江苏阜宁县八年级上期末英语试卷

The winter holiday is coming．I hope ______ a holiday without homework．

The boss made the workers ________ten hours a day．

______, pandas may not have a place to live or food to eat．

“ Farmers harvest crops．” The structure of this sentence is____________．

— I really like Chinese food !
— Me , too．My mouth was watering _____ I was watching the TV program A Bite of China．

We often go to the market ______ the birds．

Mr John’s car hit a tree and he was trapped in the car．What telephone number shouldhe call for help?

—Tom , where is Lucy ?
—She ______ be in the library．But I’m not sure．

Do you know Sunshine Town  ______ , Mr Chen?

We have moved into the new flat             ．

完形填空（共10小题；每小题1分,计10分）
In England, winter is not very cold and summer is not very hot．There        a great difference between summer and winter．Why is this? England has a warm winter and a       summer because it is an island country．In winter the sea is       than the land．The winds from the sea       warm air to England．In summer the sea is cooler than the land．The winds from the sea bring cool air to England．The      winds blow over England all the year round．They blow from the southwest．They are       winds．They bring       to England all the year round．England has a lot of rain all the year round．The west of England is       than the east．More rain falls there．The four seasons are all       months long．If you want to visit England , you can go there in       ．

A．isn’t B．doesn’t have C．is D．has

A．cold B．cool C．hot D．warm

A．warmer B．warm C．hot D．hotter

A．carries B．are C．bring D．take

A．west B．east C．southeast D．southwest

A．cool B．winter C．wet D．cold

A．cloud B．rain C．cold D．snow

A．wet B．drier C．wetter D．colder

A．two B．four C．three D．same

A．spring B．autumn C．winter D．each season

SAN FRANCISCO CITY HALL TOUR

When will you leave if you enter San Francisco City Hall at 10:00 a．m．on weekdays?

What must you do before you visit San Francisco City Hall in a group of 10?

Lighting strikes are the second most common(普通）cause of death of all natural disasters in America．The first is floods．
Because lighting kills only one or two people at a time , people don’t think it was as dangerous as other disasters．The US wants more people to learn about lighting．It makes June 22-28 National Lighting Safety Week．It also provides safety tips during the thunderstorms．
“If you hear thunder , you are in danger from lighting ,” said Rocky Lopes , a disaster worker． “Thunder means that lightning is close enough to hit you at any minute , so you should move indoors at once and stay there until the storm is over．This is the most important thing to remember ,” Lopes said．And he also gives us some advice on safety :
Stop working , fishing , swimming or playing in the open air．
Don’t stand under the tree．
Keep down if there is no cover．
Of all the natural disasters , __________ are the most common cause of deaths in the US．

When there is lighting, the most important thing is to ____________．

We may find this article ____________．

课外阅读考查:根据《快乐阅读》内容回答1—3题，《勃朗特一家的故事》回答4—5题。
How did the crow manage to get the water in “Creative Thinking Counts”

Which of the following things a person can’t do to get a good night’s sleep?

The writer in Passage 7 in “We Can Make a Difference” started “Plant a Row” movement in order to _______．

Which of the six children went to Cowan Bridge School ?

Which of the books was Charlotte’s most famous book in England ?

阅读下面短文，根据短文内容完成表格中所缺信息，每空一词。（共10小题；每小题1 分，计10分）
Birds protect themselves by always listening and watching out for danger．At the smallest sign of it，they will fly away．Birds that cannot fly are often able to swim fast，or run quickly．Some birds make themselves look bigger and more dangerous by fluting（抖动）their feathers．
Another important protection for many birds is their color．Their feathers often have same colors that match the things around their nests（巢）．Some birds change colors with the seasons．In the winter they are white to match the snow．In the summer they are brown to match the ground．
People sometimes kill birds without meaning to．When people cut down forests to build houses and factories，birds lose the homes and the food．If the birds have nowhere else to go and nothing to eat，they will die out．
Pollution may cause some birds to die．Birds that eat fish from polluted water get poison（毒）in their bodies．Then they cannot lay healthy eggs．New birds can’t be born．
Now people protect birds by passing the laws to stop hunting and pollution，by setting up some special parks where all the birds are safe from hunters，and by teaching people to care about birds rather than kill them．

It is necessary to     birds from dying out．
How do birds protect themselves?	By listening and     out for danger By fluttering their By having almost the    colors as the things around it By     colors with the season
Why do some birds die out?	They    their homes when people cut down trees．It’s difficult for them to      a hiding place from hunters． Some birds die from pollution
do people protect birds?	By passing the laws to stop     and pollution By setting up some      parks to keep birds safe By teaching people to care about birds instead of killing them

根据句意和中文、首字母或所给词的正确形式，写出恰当单词，使句子完整、正确。
_________(令人遗憾地），no one was alive in the traffic accident．
As time goes , my grandmother can’t see as__________ (清楚）as she used to．
The days of spring are_________ (多云）and bright．
It is __________（激动人心的）to have big snowball fights in winter．
I think all the Chinese should follow President Xi’s words and work hard to_________(实现) the great China Dream．

根据句意用括号中单词的适当形式填空，使句子的意思完整、正确。
There are four ___________(season) in a year．
Birds are________ (sing) . They can make beautiful sounds.
It is sometimes ___________ (fog) in autumn and winter．
Birds in Zhalong are in _______(dangerous)．
Eddie, you used to share food with______( I )．

根据句意用括号中动词的适当形式填空，使句子的意思完整、正确。
Would you like________ (live) in the zoo , Eddie?
If we do nothing, soon there may be none __________ (leave) ．
When autumn comes , tree leaves ___________(turn) brown．
I___________(watch) TV when someone knocked at the door．
Mr Green _______(teach) us English since he came to our school．

根据短文内容及首字母提示，填写所缺单词，使短文意思完整。每空限一词 。
Good morning ! Here’s the weather report for some big cities across China．It’s quite different from one place to another．
Shenzhen is rainy．The wet w     will last for two more days．The h    temperature today will be 18 ℃．But it will be sunny this coming weekend．People can enjoy the bright sunshine．
Shanghai will be windy this afternoon．It’s good news for children b      they can fly kites happily．But the temperature will d      ．So people need to wear warm clothes so that they won’t have a c    or a fever ．
Beijing is quite foggy today．The drivers should be careful while d     cars．The fog will go away a    noon．
Harbin is cloudy now．It will be s     early this afternoon．This will be the first snow in Harbin this year．It will be a     exciting moment for children．They can make snowmen and have  snowball f       ,too．

根据所给提示，完成下列句子。（共5小题；每小题2分，计10分）
一开始，希望是吃母乳．
In the beginning, Xi Wang  _____________________________．
我们经常听到她在隔壁唱歌。
We often _____________________________ in the next room．
春季是放风筝最好的季节。
Spring is__________________ fly kites．
当玻璃碎片和砖块纷纷掉落下来时，人们正四处逃散。
People were running in all directions while pieces of glasses and bricks _________________．
这本书我已经看过多次了。
I _____________________ this book many times．

书面表达（共1题；计15分）。
请你为动物保护俱乐部写一篇报道，根据所提供的信息介绍老虎。
Tigers

注意：
1．语言通顺，意思连贯，条理清楚，书写规范；
2．词数80左右，开头与结尾已经给出，不计入总词数。
Tigers are in danger!
Tigers are big and strong , they have bright eyes．
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