[江苏]2012-2013学年江苏省盐城市盐都区八年级下学期期中考试英语试卷

China has _____ area of about 9,600,000 square kilometers, including Diaoyu Island(钓鱼岛) .

Some people won’t realize the importance of their health _____they have lost it.

—Listen！Helen is singing in the next room.
—It _____be Helen .She has gone to Beijing.

—How long have you _____the novel?
—Three days.

You look quite tired. You’d better _____a good rest.

—What do you think of tomorrow’s football match?
—_____difficult for us_____ the match.

With the help of the Internet, information can _____every corner of the world quickly.

Many accidents_____ by careless drivers last year. 

If there ______no buying and selling of animals, there ______no killing in nature.

In the past ten years, our hometown named Yandu（盐都） _____a lot.

—_____you ever _____to the hometown of Hao(郝氏故里)?
—Yes, twice.

A boy with two dogs ______when the earthquake rocked the city.

Chinese ______by the largest number of people in the world now.

The number of cars on the road is becoming _______ now in our hometown.

—I have very good grade in English this time.
—_________!

The clock in the old building in front of Max showed six o'clock. As the clock began   1   , he noticed a tall man with a bag walking to him. 2 turned around, looked at the clock, and then moved his steps   3   . Max walked faster as well. Miss Fritz invited him for dinner. He didn't want to be  4  .
"I’m glad you can come," Miss Fritz said. "I've  5   a lovely cake for us. " She pointed Max to a chair. "Good thing I prepared just now. A surprise visitor just left. " "Who  6   you?" Max asked.
"A teacher  7  a school for the deaf. He was totally deaf （耳聋的）himself. What a poor man! But he could  8   the shape of my mouth perfectly. He wrote down   9    he wanted to tell me." "Why was he here?"
"Well, the   10   needs more money. I was glad to help out. I got    11    money from the bank so I was able to give him five hundred   12   ." "Did he just leave? Was he a   13   man with a bag?"
"Yes."
"We'd better 14   the police. I don't think that man is honest. I know for sure   15    was not totally deaf," How did Max find it out?

A．to go B．to work C．to run D．to ring

A．Max B．A teacher C．The man D．Miss Fritz

A．farther B．closer C．slower D．faster

A．late B．early C．polite D．tired

A．passed B．given C．made D．sold

A．helped B．decided C．visited D．traveled

A．by B．behind C．around D．from

A．fit B．take C．read D．find

A．what B．who C．whom D．which

A．factory B．school C．police D．bank

A．little B．some C．no D．less

A．chairs B．bags C．clocks D．dollars

A．fat B．thin C．tall D．short

A．beat B．call C．catch D．save

A．I B．it C．he D．she

APPLICATION FOR EMPLOYMENT(求职申请)
Name：Harry Smith
Address：2341 Maple Avenue Oakland，California，USA
phone Number：564-2113
Work Experience

What did Harry Smith do in2001?

In 2002，the yearly pay Harry Smith got from his work was_________．

Harry Smith left Ames Bookstore to work in________ in Massachusetts．

Computers are useful machines. They can help people a lot in their daily life. For example, they can help people to save much time to do more work, and they can help people to work out many problems they can't do easily. Our country asks everyone to learn to use computers before the twenty-first century, except the old people.
Today more and more families own computers. Parents buy computers for their children. They hope computers can help them improve their studies in school. However, many of their children use computers to play games, to watch videos or to sing. The teachers and parents complain that computers can not help children to study but make them fall behind. So computers are locked in boxes by parents.
In some other countries, even some scientists also hate computers. They say computers let millions of people lose their jobs or bring them a lot of trouble. Will computers really bring trouble to people or can they bring people happiness?
It will be decided by today's students themselves!
Why do we say the computer is a useful machine? Because ______. 

What do many teachers and parents complain about? They complain that ______ .  

How do you understand the last sentence of this passage? I think it means ______. 

When the world was very young, people lived in hot places .They didn’t live in cold places because they could not keep warm there.
At first men didn’t know how to make a fire. Sometimes trees were hit by lightning .Then a fire was started .People took some of the fire near their homes. A fire was very important for three reasons. It kept them warm. Wild animals were frightened when they saw it. And when food was cooked, it tasted much better.
But men didn’t know how to make a fire. When they had a fire, they didn’t let it stop burning. If it went out, they couldn't start it again. They had to wait for lightning to start another fire. Sometimes they had to wait for years.
Later, they learned how to make a fire. But it was not easy to make something burn . Now we have matches. We can carry them in our pockets and make a fire when we want to.
Millions of years ago people didn’t live in cold places because________.

People found that _______.

Now we can make a fire___________.

Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage.

任务型阅读。根据短文内容完成表格所缺信息，每空一词。
How to beat sadness
We all have days when we are down, tired and unhappy. That’s OK. You need days like this, or how would you know you are happy？You’ll enjoy your good days even more when you have a few bad days. Even if sadness is a part of life, Let’s try to make it small. Here are a few simple ways to help you fell better when you are feeling sad.
1.Stand up straight and this helps your energy flow(流动).When your energy is flowing freely, you can flow too.
2.Smile!It’s easy to do and have good results. This way can not only leave you in a good mood(情绪)but also bring others a good mood.
3.Listen to music. It can be your favourite music. some kinds of music work better than others, so try and find out what kind of music works the best for you.
4.Take some“me”time. You can find pleasure in reading a book, watching a sunrise or having a hot bath, or something like that.
5.Exercise.Even something as simple as taking a walk will get your blood flowing. It is a great way to clear your mind of anything that makes you sad.
These ways will cheer you up when you are down, but don’t just use them when you are sad. Try and practice them every day to make them a habit. You will be surprised to learn that these simple ways will keep your sadness away. But if you are in a deep depression(沮丧)，go to see a doctor.

Opinions	◆It is OK to feel down,   and unhappy. ◆It is possible to make sadness a small   of life.
Simpleto cheer you up	◆Stand up straight so that your   can flow freely.
◆ at others because it can bring you and others a good mood.
◆Listen to your   music because it works the best.
◆ pleasure in everyday life, such as watching a sunrise.
◆Take a walk and you can clear your   of sad things.
suggestions	◆Try to make these simple ways a   . ◆Go to see a   when you are in a deep depression.

根据句意和汉语提示及所给的单词，完成句子。
The Great Wall is the ___________(象征)of China.
Finally, he _________(意识到) that he passed the English exam.
Is there a_________(公共的) telephone nearby?
It seemed to be __________to get inside because of too many people(hope).
Many people use computers in their __________lives(day).

根据句意用所给动词的适当形式填空。
The star sang so well that all of us couldn’t stop __________(clap) our hands.
The teacher asked him __________(read) English more after class.
—Where is your father? I haven’t seen him for a few days.
—He________(go) abroad for a meeting.
There was a football match on TV yesterday, but Tom_______(have) no time to watch it.
—______his homework__________(finish)?
—No, not yet.

根据短文内容及首字母的提示，填写所缺单词。
Mr. Martin went into a coffee shop one morning, and sat a . Many others came in, but most of them did not stay long.
After fifteen m, a young man and a young woman came in. There were only two e   seats at the counter, one on Mr. Martin’s left, and the other on his r .So Mr. Martin offered  to change places w the man, so that the man and the young woman could be t.
“Oh, that isn’t necessary,” the young man said. But Mr. Martin still wanted to c. When  they were side by side, the man said to the woman, “Well, this gentleman wanted us to s   together, so may I introduce m  ? My name is Tom. What’s y?”

根据所给提示完成下列句子。
现在我们的家乡多美呀！
_______________our hometown is now!
我父亲过去常常步行去上班。
My father_______________________ work on foot.
华西村老书记吴仁宝已经去世几个星期了。
Wu Renbao, the old secretary from Huaxi ,______________________for some weeks.
莫言的书上个月都卖光了。
The books written by Mo Yan____________________ last month.
Tom将被选为慈善义演的主持人。
Tom_________________ to be the host of the charity show.

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