[江苏]2012-2013学年江苏省泰州市海陵区八年级下学期期中考试英语试卷

The modern traffic has changed our lives        .

I have ________ interesting book. _________ book is Millie’s.

Great changes         in China since 1978.

It is really a wonderful film. I      it just now and still feel frightened at present.

There         a lot of farmland here. But now you can only see tall buildings.

The students        be in the classroom because there are lights in it.

--- Where is your brother, Leo?
--- He is in Hainan on vacation. He         for two weeks.

Learning English will         us a lot of time.

These kinds of vegetables       only in that shop over there. They_____ well.

Noise pollution was a serious problem here      .

It’s more than 8 years since I         a teacher.

---Will you please have dinner with me tonight?
---         . I’ll have something more important to do.

Simon makes         friends in his class because he is very selfish.

    boring story he told us!

Dad is sleeping. Please        a little.

We visited the old woman        a cold winter morning.

Let’s help the old lady do some cleaning,         ?

---________ have you studied in this school?
--- For about two years.

---What’s wrong with my son, doctor?
--- _______ serious. Just a slight cold.

I had        Mr Ding this morning.

When I was in my first year of middle school, my father died. And my mother was ill just after I started high school, I had to stop   1   school because my mother had no ___2___ to pay for my school bills.
We started working in people’s gardens to save up enough money  3  me to go back to school. After some time, I returned to school. Unluckily, my mother died the next year. Suddenly my world went  4 . I asked my headmaster  5   I could work for the school so I could pay my bills. He was a nice man and let me  6  in the school garden during the  7  . I had not been able to study well because of my mother’s  8 .   9  the end of my second year,   I  10  most of my exams and was told I would have to repeat (重复) the year. After  11  summer working in the school garden, I went back to lessons again. But suddenly I fell  12 .
Because of my illness, I was weak and couldn’t work at school. I was hopeless. My headmaster told me not to give up (放弃). And my teachers  and  classmates  helped me  a   13  . Now I’m feeling better and will finish my third year.
My life is still not  14  . A few students  15  my poor clothes. They also call me ‘farmer’ because I work in the school garden. But I know I have to do with such problems.

A．to go to B．going to C．living in D．visiting the

A．time B．money C．help D．friends

A．for B．of C．to D．by

A．bright B．late C．dark D．wrong

A．what B．which C．if D．when

A．work B．to work C．working D．study

A．afternoon B．holidays C．night D．morning

A．illness B．death C．rest D．work

A．Near B．In C．At D．By

A．passed B．went through C．failed D．had

A．another B．other C．the other D．more

A．tired B．asleep C．up D．ill

A．little B．few C．lot D．lot of

A．the same B．hard C．difficult D．easy

A．laugh at B．like C．put on D．laugh

In America, street dancing is a great outdoor sport for young people to do with a group of friends. Many people bring their radios out onto the streets, and then wait for others to join in.
Step 1
Wear comfortable clothes. Also wear comfortable running shoes that allow (允许) you to jump easily. Dancing needs a lot of movements, so it is smart to take care of your feet.
Step 2
Get some music that you can dance to and bring a radio or a CD player.
Step 3
Invite some friends to street dance. Put some music on and start dancing to it. Use your feet as much as possible and make quick movements.
Step4
Put your arms up to the right, and then move them quickly to the left while turning your body. This will make others start street dancing.
Step5
Try different movements if possible. Street dancing is all about free-style dancing. You can enjoy yourself while getting exercise by street dancing.
Street dancing is a kind of      sport for young people.

The underlined word “movements” means      in Chinese.

If you want to street dance, you don’t need to       .

Which of the following is NOT right?

The best title for the passage may be       .

Mr. and Mrs. Brown have two children, Mike and Liz. The whole family are all busy, so they often leave notes for each other. Read these notes and answer following questions.

When will Liz be back home?

Who should walk the dog today?

What’s Mike probably doing at 6:50 p.m.?

Where can Mike find his tennis shoes?

According to the notes, Teddy is          .

The Beets were a new couple (夫妇). The things in their rooms, such as the television, the computer, the fridge, furniture and so on, were all left by their parents. They only paid some money for their food and clothes. But they tried their best to save money. If they had something important to tell their friends, they always visited them instead of calling them.
One day, it was a quarter past nine. Mr. Beet didn’t come back. His wife was a little worried. The supper was cold and she had waited for two hours. She was sitting by the table in the dark room.
Suddenly the woman heard someone coming upstairs. It was her husband’s step. She hurried to open the door. In the dark she could hear his deep breathing(呼吸). As soon as he sat down, she turned on the light and found he looked very tired.
“Why do you come back so late, dear?” asked the woman. “Haven’t you caught a bus?”
“Yes, but I didn’t take it.” “Why not?”
“I ran after it so that I saved two dollars this evening.”
“That’s great!” the woman said happily. “Run after a taxi next time and you’ll save both more time and money.”
The supper was ready at       .

Mrs. Beet sat in the dark because         .

Mr. Beet went back          .

When Mr. Beet got home that evening,               .

Mrs. Beet hoped          .

Most people who work in the offices have a boss, so do I. But my boss is a little unusual. What’s unusual about him? It’s a big dog. Many men have dogs, but few men bring their dogs to the office every day. My boss’s dog, Robinson, is a big and brown one. My boss brings him to work every day. He takes the dog to meetings and he takes the dog to lunch. When there is a telephone call for my boss, I always know if he is in the office. I only look under his desk. If I see something brown and hairy under it, I know my boss is somewhere in the office. If there is no dog, I know my boss is out.
People         bring dogs to the office.

My boss is Robinson’s        .

Robinson goes to meetings       my boss.

Robinson is always under the desk if the boss is        .

The passage tells us the boss         the dog very much.

用所给词的适当形式填空。
Hearing the good news, she shouted with           (excite).
The best time __________ (visit) Chinese gardens is spring.
She just couldn’t stop      ___  (laugh) when she heard the joke.
The Changjiang Bridge      __   (build) in the 1950s.
I am           (terrible) sorry that I’m late again.
These pictures must _________ (keep) well.
We will have fun       __    (visit) the park?
It’s a waste of time to read that book because it’s       __   (mean)?
   __   (luck), they survived the earthquake on April 14.
We were all    __     (happy) because we lost the basketball match.
The Greens         __  (have) supper at this time yesterday.
Nobody tells me how          (read) this word.
My aunt       __  (real) like shopping.
These birds fly to the          __  (south) part of China.
We’ll have a sports meeting if it       __  ( not rain) tomorrow.

任务型阅读。
People often complain( 抱怨) about buses in Shanghai. The dirty smoke from the buses pollute our city. Buses are always full of            ① and it’s ② to get a seat. ⑵有时人们得等很长时间，but the bus doesn’t come. And some bus drivers stop the bus suddenly, so people on the bus may fall down and get hurt easily. It is natural that not so many people like to take the bus. ⑶If the bus service can be made better, there will be fewer traffic problems. Then people will feel it convenient to go anywhere in our city.
在空格处填上合适的词。
①     ____    ②      ____  
将⑵处译为英文。                                 .
将⑶处译为中文。
                                                。
在文章中找出下句的同义句, 并写在横线上。
People on the bus may fall down and get hurt easily because some bus drivers stop the bus suddenly.
                                                          
找出文章的中心句。
                                                      。

根据短文内容和首字母提示填空。
The Internet has become part of people’s life. A report s that 38% of the students often use the Internet. Most of them get useful i and use the Internet to help their studies. But many students don’t use it in a good way. Some p games too much, some visit websites they should not look at. So bad things may happen if students s  too much time on the Internet.
It’s important for students to use the Internet in a good w . Now we have textbooks which use many examples to teach students how to u  the Internet well. The give useful advice, such as it's good to rnews or find helpful information to study.
Some students also m friends on the Internet. But if you want to have a face-to-face meeting w your online friends, let your parents know and meet in a s  place.

书面表达。
假如你是李明，你的美国笔友Tina Sweet想来中国旅行，轻你根据下表提供的信息给她发个电子邮件，简要介绍几个旅行目的地的情况，要求要点齐全行文连贯。

注意：1.词数：80个左右；
2.开头和结尾已经给出。
Dear Tina,
Thank you for your letter. _______________________________________           
_______________________    ______________________________________      
_______________________    ______________________________________      
_______________________    ______________________________________      
Best wishes
Li Ming