江苏省常州市八年级第二学期期中英语试卷

--- Simon has gone abroad to have ____________ European tour.
--- Oh, really? It must be ____________ unusual trip for him.

____________ honest the boy was! All the students told a lie ____________ him.

--- I hear that your good friend David ____________ books about history.
--- Yes, but now he ____________ novels.

--- Must I return the book this week?
--- No, you ____________. You can ____________ it for 20 days.

Can you give me ____________ on how to learn English well? I need your help.

--- Have you finished your homework ___________?
--- Yes, I have done that ____________.

You can only borrow two books ____________ if you don’t have a library card.
A. on time  B. in time 
. from time to time D. at a time

--- ____________ my glasses? I can’t read without them.
--- I ____________ them on the desk, but they are not there now.

--- It’s so cold today. Would you mind my ____________ the door?
--- ____________. Do it as you like.

--- Lily, you’re so kind to help me. Thanks a lot.
--- ____________.

One day I found that my computer disappeared(消失). I looked for it everywhere. I asked, “Where is my computer?” Dad rushed into my room and shouted at me      , “Your computer? I sold it!          I found you were spending too much time playing online games!”
I was very unhappy, but I knew it was             to beg(乞求) him for my computer. All day long, I did              but sit in front of my desk. Thinking of my homework and reports, I was even more            . I couldn’t look up information on the Internet. What was more, getting used to typing(打字) on the computer, I wrote so            just like a primary school student. I usually spent more than four hours talking with my friends online. But what could I do now?
I            to go out and talk a walk. I walked into a park. I saw kids playing or doing exercise in the park and having fun. I suddenly felt            . “How long ago did I last come to this park?” I asked myself. I used to play in the park every afternoon with my classmates. We played basketball and had a lot of fun. What happened to me?              can I choose to lock myself in a room in front of a computer, wasting my time, doing nothing useful? I am a              .

A．angrily B．sadly C．happily D．carefully

A．So B．If C．Although D．Because

A．useful B．useless C．helpful D．possible

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

A．happy B．unhappy C．angry D．worried

A．quickly B．slowly C．well D．happily

A．forgot B．decided C．helped D．hated

A．angry B．disappointed C．relaxed D．unhappy

A．How B．What C．When D．Who

A．fool B．guest C．leader D．wiser

Will you trust your friends if you can’t see anything? If you are falling, do you believe they will catch you and help you stand up? Our teacher helped us to get the answer.
One day, Mr. Morrie came into the classroom and said he had a game for us to try. He divided us into two groups. One student from the first group, stood in front of us with his eyes closed, and then fell backwards(向后地). The second group stood behind him. Before he fell on the floor, they should catch him and not let him get hurt. Most of us were uncomfortable with this. We were afraid that they wouldn’t catch us and we would hit the floor. So we didn’t move. We just stood there and laughed in embarrassment.
Finally, one student, a thin, quiet, dark-haired girl called Sarah, decided to move. She crossed her arms in front of her body, closed her eyes, and slowly fell backwards. She looked quiet but brave.
For a moment, I was sure that she was going to fall on the floor. But before she hit the floor, the other students caught her, held her and finally helped her stand up.
“Whoa!!” We were all surprised, and also encouraged(受鼓舞的). The girl was happy, too. Seeing this, Morrie smiled and said to the girl, “When you close your eyes, you can’t see anything. You won’t feel safe. When you are falling, the feeling gets stronger. You are not sure whether you will hit the cold, hard floor or the warm, soft hands of your friends. But if you are brave enough to trust them, they will not let you down(使人失望).”
   What is Morrie?

   Why didn’t the students move at first?

   What did the writer think of the girl?

   What happened to the girl in the end?

  Why did the students feel encouraged?

A habit is an action that we have acted so often that it becomes something we do almost without thinking. Some of them are not good habits. People spend countless hours and dollars each year trying to give up these bad habits but often fail. Why? Change is hard work and there is no shortcut to get it. However, there is still some advice for you to follow.
First, look at why you do it. In other words, what’s the result(结果) of doing this thing? If your bad habit is shouting at people when you are unhappy or under pressure(压力), what do you get from it? It may make you feel a little better for the moment. Or maybe you have a bad habit of leaving your homework undone. The result could be that you get more time to spend on the Internet!
Next, take a look on the other hand. What are you losing because of your habit? Shouting at other people is a bad habit because it makes people around you feel bad and unhappy. Leaving your homework undone is a bad habit because you may be punished by your teacher. Having more Internet time means that you are losing the chance to learn the things you need to learn. When you think that way, you’ll find that it’s not wise to keep your bad habit! Now it is time to make a decision(决定). What will you choose? I’m sure you will choose to do something that is more important.
   From the first paragraph, we know that ____________.

   The underlined sentence “there is no shortcut to get it” means that ____________.

According to the passage, if you want to give up your habits, you have to ____________.

What does the underlined word “punished” mean in Chinese?

  The best title for this passage is ____________.

Scientists said that in the past 100 years, as the global(全球的) temperatures went up by 0.74℃, the temperature in North China has climbed 1.4℃ in only 50 years.
China needs to cut down carbon dioxide(二氧化碳) emission(排放)，because it’s the main reason for global warming. The good news is that China has seen the importance of going green. China has decided to cut energy use down by 20% and pollution emission by 10% in the 11th Five-Year Plan.
Can you slow down global warming? Sure! You and your family can take some steps.
Here are some pieces of advice to help you save the earth.
Wear used clothes. It means that you save the energy when you wear your brother’s, sister’s or dad’s old T-shirts.
Change your light bulbs(灯泡). Use energy-saving light bulbs. And don’t forget to turn off the lights when you leave a room and turn off your television and computer when they are not in use!
Take a bus. Taking a bus saves a lot of oil(石油) every year.
Say no to plastic bags. The next time your parents go to the market, ask them to use baskets. Open the windows. Don’t use the air conditioner(空调). Let some fresh air in. When you have to use the conditioner,setthetemperature higher in summer and lower in winter to save energy.

The main  for global warming	Too much carbon dioxide in the air.
to save the earth.	1. Wear   clothes.
2. Use energy-saving light bulbs and   to turn off the lights and your television or computer when you don’t need them.
3. Take a bus.
4. Use baskets instead of plastic bags when you or your family go
5. Try to use the air conditioner less.

词汇运用（共8小题；每小题1分, 满分8分）
(A) 根据句意，用所给单词的适当形式填空
A report says that ____________ (marry) men usually save more money than single men.
English is such a useful language that we have to use it in our daily ___________ (communicate).
Air ____________ (pollute) is becoming worse and worse. We must take action right now.
The weather in the north is usually better than that in the ____________ (south) part of China.
(B) 根据句意及所给汉语提示完成单词拼写
I really hope to go abroad for getting more traveling ____________ (经历).
The rain kept beating ____________ (撞，碰) the windows, and the little girl looked so sad.
Since Mo Yan won the Nobel Prize, he has become ____________（世界闻名的）.
Every day there are a number of ____________ (评论) about the missing plane.

请用所给动词的适当形式填空（共6小题；每小题1分, 满分6分）
So far, people ____________ (not find) the plane from Malaysia to Beijing.
When workers asked for better working conditions, the boss didn’t know how _____________
(deal) with the situation.
When I was a child, I once dreamed of ____________ (receive) a letter from the queen in the UK.
---I’m afraid you can’t park your car in front of our school. Look at the sign, please.
---Sorry, I ____________ (not see) it.
Simon, together with his classmates, ____________（search）the Internet in the classroom when the teacher went in.
Could you tell me when the theme park ____________ (open) in summer?

句型转换（共4小题；每格0.5分, 满分5分）
It’s about 10 minutes’ bus ride from my home to the school. (对划线部分提问)
____________ ____________ is it from your home to the school?
There are five doctors, three nurses and one volunteer in the health group. (改为同义句)
The health group ____________ ____________ ____________ ____________ five doctors, three nurses and one volunteer.
Our school has changed a lot in the past ten years.  (改为同义句)
There ____________ ____________ great changes in our school in the past ten years.
He has been a member of the basketball club for 3 years. (改为同义句)
He ____________ the basketball club 3 years ____________.

句子翻译（共6小题；每小题1.5分, 满分9分）
  政府已经意识到了这个问题并且决定采取行动来改善形势。
The government has already _____________________________________________ the situation.
Sandy多久一次用电脑搜素有用信息？
_____________________ Sandy use her computer ____________________________________?
你能告诉我什么时候交作业吗？
Can you tell me ________________________________________________________________?
我们去年后就没有见面了。
We ___________________________________________________________________________.
繁忙的一天工作后，他们累坏了。
They __________________________________________________________________________.
直到设法拽断了绳子，Gulliver才逃离了他们。
Gulliver didn’t __________________________________________________________the rope.

假如你校将开展“读好书，促成长”活动，请你根据这项活动的主题，向全校同学发出倡议。请参考表格内容，用英语写一份倡议书。

要求：1）要点完整，可适当发挥，使句子通顺、连贯。
2）正确使用时态，语法正确,书写整洁。
3）80词左右，开头结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
Dear friends,
Reading is very important in our daily life.
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