[江苏]2012-2013学年江苏省扬州市邗江区八年级下学期期中考试英语试卷

--- Have you ever seen _____ one-eyed elephant ?
--- No, never. And you?

---What do you think of the 3D film UP?
---I enjoy it from beginning to end. This is the best one I have        seen.

--- English is widely spoken in the world, isn’t it?
---Yes. It’s spoken         about 400 million people as the first language.

---Is that Jack speaking?
---Sorry, he isn’t in right now. He ______ the cinema with his aunt.

Alice ___________ a young man from China two years ago.

Metal ______making machines and many other things.

--- Is your father in?
--- No, he ______ for three hours.

---I’ll fly to Qingdao for my holiday this weekend.
---Wonderful! _________.

---I have been waiting here for        . But where is Tom?
---He is on his way back now.

---How much money does the package cost?
---It cost 20 yuan         , including two CD-ROMs and a guidebook.

---It’s a long time         we last met. How is everything going?
---Well, I am living a happy life.

---Do you still go to school in your mother’s car?
---No, since I started secondary school, I’ve come to school by bike ______.

---When        Mo Yan’s Red Sorghum       ?
---In 1986. And it was made into a movie by Zhangyimou.

---Great changes         in the past ten years in China.
---I agree with you.

---Do you mind telling me how to use this function?
---         .

China is a country that is changing very quickly over the past fifty years and   1   you look closely(仔细地) you can see it   2   in front of your eyes. Fifty years ago, everybody travelled around by bike. Today lots of people in China still ride their bikes  3   school or work, but many people also take the bus or travel   4    underground. There are some people who even drive their own cars. Shops   5   small businesses but now the centre of China’s cities are full of   6    department stores. In these department stores, you can buy  7   you want in one trip. You can buy food, toys, bikes and even televisions. Television is    8    change that China has seen. Many children would say that they can not imagine life   9   TV set , but years ago they had to live without them. The Internet and the computer have only recently become regular items in our lives. Without the Internet, people would not  10   to get information as quickly as they can now and the Internet helps to make people   11   friends all over the world. Computers help   12   children and adults in their   13   lives Many students are lucky enough   14  able to use them to do their homework or   15   with their friends and sometimes play games.

A．even if B．if C．although D．so

A．be changing B．to changing C．changing D．changes

A．from B．to C．in D．at

A．with B．at C．in D．by

A．is B．was C．are D．were

A．large B．larger C．small D．smaller

A．anything B．something C．everything D．nothing

A．others B．one C．the others D．another

A．with one B．without one C．with it D．without it

A．can be able to B．be able to C．able to D．could

A．being B．been C．be D．to be

A．both B．all C．either D．neither

A．every day B．everyday C．some day D．someday

A．be B．being C．to be D．to

A．speak B．chatting C．chat D．speaking

Do you always understand the instructions on a bottle of medicine? Here’s one for John. John is twelve years old. He had a bad cold and coughed(咳嗽) day and night. He went to see a doctor and was given some cough medicine. Please read the following instructions and see if you can understand them.

John should take ____________ a day.

John should ___________ before he takes it.

When people are ____________ years old, they cannot take this medicine.

Body language shows all kinds of feelings and is sometimes more important than spoken language.A smile is a usual facial expression----it shows that you are friendly to others. However, it does not always mean that you are happy. A smile can hide other feelings, like anger, fear, or worry.
In most countries, nodding the head up and down shows agreement, while shaking the head means that you do not agree, or that you would not like to do something. If you stand holding your arms across your chest, you may be protecting yourself---just from a conversation you do not want! If you sit looking at the person you are talking to and then turn toward to him, it shows that you are interested. If you roll your eyes and turn your head away, most likely you do not believe what you are hearing, or you do not like what you hear.
Body language shows__________.

When a person smiles, ______________.

______________, nodding heads up and down shows he agrees with you.

If a man stands holding his arms across his chest, it means __________.

An English traveler found himself in Norway with only enough money to buy the ticket for his journey back home. As he knew that it would take him only two days to get to England, he decided that he could easily spend the time without food. So he bought a ticket and got on the ship. The man closed his ears to the sound of the lunch bell. When dinnertime came, he didn’t go to dinning room, saying that he was not feeling very well.
　　The next morning he still didn’t have breakfast and at lunchtime he again stayed in his room. But at dinnertime he was so hungry that he went to the dinning room and ate everything the waiter put in front of him. He got ready for the quarrel.
“Bring me the bill,” he said. “The bill, sir?” said the waiter in surprise. “There isn’t any bill. On our ship meals are included (包括) in the money for the ticket,” said the waiter.
The story happened _______.

Why didn’t the traveler go to the dinning room first?

The traveler went to the dinning room to eat something because _______.

How many meals did the traveler have on the ship?

Today it is found that school students hardly pay much attention to sports. Is it because they aren’t interested in sports? No. They often say they have other more important things to do.
What are these important things? Examinations! Students have to spend much time on all kinds of examinations at school. So many of them almost become bookworms (书呆子). Books stop them from doing sports. Because of the pressure from their parents and teachers, the students have to work harder and spend most of their time on books. As for (就……而言) the students, they want to get good results so that they can improve their studies. So it is necessary for them to give all of their free time to their studies and stop their school sports. In fact, education can’t go without physical (身体的) exercises, because a quick mind hardly goes along with a weak body. If you don’t have a strong body, you can never get anything, let alone (更不用说) a great success in your life.
       are the greatest problems, so the school students don’t pay much attention to sports now.

The underlined word “pressure” means “        ”.

The writer thinks the students should         .
A. work hard all day and all night
B have all kinds of sports after studying
C. do not have sports
D. spend the free time on the studies and give up the sports
Which sentence is true?

词汇
It was really an  　　        (pleasant) trip. I felt sick from morning to evening.
My parents will celebrate their fifteen years of             (marry) this Saturday,
Miss Wu always buys a newspaper when he         (pass) the market every day.
We all           (clap) when the singer appeared on the stage.
Chinese is used more and more            (wide) around the world.
With the           (发展)of modern science, people have lived a happy life.
There is            (少) air pollution in the countryside than in the city now.
Thanks for           (借) me your umbrella. Otherwise, I would get wet in the rain.
Chairman Xi Jinping is having an __________ (采访)with President George Bush.
The Greens have            (到达) Nanjing already.

根据首字母完成短文
We live in the “computer a  ”. People, such as scientists, teachers, writers and students, use computers to do all k   of work. But more than 30 years ago, computers couldn’t do  m  . They were very big and expensive. Few people were i   in them or knew how to use them. Today computers are smaller and c  . Since they can do lots of work, many people like to use them. Some people even have them at home. Computers became very important, because they can work faster than men and make f   mistakes. They can help people do a lot of things. W   now use computers to write, teachers use them to help teaching, students use them to help study, and children use them to play g  . Computers are very u  and helpful. They are our good friends. Do you want to o   a computer?

阅读短文，按要求完成后面的任务。
阅读下列短文，根据短文中的信息完成文后表格。（每空一词）
Today, there are many problems between parents and children. Many people always ask, “ Why do we often argue(争论)?”
Parents show their love to children in different ways. They cook nice food, buy new clothes for them. They also care about their studies. Parents always ask “ You must work hard”,  “You should do your homework”, “Why not do homework for your exam?” all the time.
When children get bad marks, their parents get very angry. They stop their children watching TV, playing games or going outside until they are good at their studies.
Why? Most families have only one child. The child is the hope of the family, they want the child to be the best.
Many children want to do things themselves. They want to do many unusual things that parents dislike. They like pop music, basketball and other new things. They enjoy surfing on the Internet and playing QQ games. They spend a lot of time chatting online and listening to the QQ music. In their parents’ eyes, these are a waste of time. For these reasons, parents and children often argue.

___ do Children and Their Parents Argue?
Reason	Parents want their child to be the____	A. They ____ their children in different ways. B. Their children should ____ hard all the time. C. ___TV and playing games on the Internet are ____ for their studies.
Many children want to do many ___ things.	A. They like to sing pop ____, listen to the QQ music and other ____ things. B. They usually spend a lot of time surfing on the Internet and playing QQ games, ____online with their friends.

完成句子
当我一个人在家时，我时不时地感到孤独。
新机场投入使用已经有一年多了。
春天是参观中国园林的最好时间。
这一课程涉及很多主题，包括旅游和宾馆。（用被动语态）
一天，他躺在草地上，不知不觉睡着了，并且做了一个奇怪的梦。

书面表达
古城扬州吸引了越来越多的国内外游客，假设你是小明，今天你带领北京老师们进行了扬州一日游。请根据下列表格内容，以“A day trip to Yangzhou”为题，写一篇100词左右的英语短文。