江苏苏州市工业园区八年级下期中英语试卷

He used ____on the right in China, but he soon was used____on the left in England.

Mike's father_______ to London last month. He_______ there three times.

It_______ ten years since Professor Du last_______ to the earth.

-Ann is in hospital.   -Oh, really? I_______ know. I_______ her for a long time.

-How long may I_______ this book?    -For about a week.

- Do you mind coming to see me tomorrow?  -_______. I'd like to talk with you.

She’s never spent much money on her own clothes, ______ she?

I know nothing about the accident _______he told me.

When did your father _______ your mother?

I became a student ten years      . I have been a student       1996.
I have studied here            about 10 years.
A. ago, since, for  B. ago ,for ,since
C. ago, before, for  D ago, in, after

Would you please give me_______ my English study?

- Is Central Park_______ largest city park in the USA?
- Yes. It is_______ perfect place for people to rest after_______ hard day's work.

When you feel helpless and_______, just remember you are not_______ in the world because your friends are around you.

He has _______ for two years.. Two years _______ a long time.

--- How _______ is it from Xi'an to Dunhuang?  --- It's less than 3 _______ flight.

One midnight, a little girl was thirsty and got up to drink some water. She walked to the bedroom door and       it. The little girl looked outside but walked       and stood in the center of the room, because it was so       in the hall and she was afraid. Her mother said： “Don’t be afraid, honey. Have courage (勇气), I believe you can do it yourself!”
“     is courage?” she asked, running to her mother’s bed. “Courage is the brave breath (呼吸),” her mother answered.
“Mom, do you have courage?” “Certainly.” her mother replied, The little girl held out her cold hands, saying： “Mom, blow some of your breath of courage to      .”
After her mother blew into her little cold hands, the little girl clenched her fists (握拳)
     , afraid that the “breath of courage” would       away. Then with her fists clenched, she walked out of the bedroom towards the kitchen with       to be afraid of. Her mother said to herself： “It will be nice         someone can blow some courage to me. Then I can also hold it in my hands when I feel terrified.”
In a word, the thing that we are afraid of is nothing but the       in our mind. The person who we should win is nobody but ourselves.

A．closed B．knocked C．opened D．kicked

A．in B．back C．out D．down

A．bright B．dark C．cold D．warm

A．What B．How C．Where D．Why

A．me B．you C．her D．it

A．politely B．happily C．luckily D．carefully

A．pull B．run C．move D．took

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

A．because B．though C．if D．until

A．fear B．idea C．worry D．secret

When he was a little child, Andrew had a serious bad habit of sucking（吮吸） his fingers all day long, especially when he had nothing interesting to do： when he was sleeping, when watching TV, when sitting on the sofa and so on. At the beginning, his parents didn’t think it was a bad habit.
Therefore, as time goes by, the boy couldn’t give up his habit. Now, in his twenties, Andrew seems to have developed the bad habit into another one： he always bites his nails(指甲). He cannot stop biting his nails all the time. There’re moments when he even doesn’t know that he is doing it. He realized it was a problem and this worried him a lot. Some of his friends told him about this bad habit, and he stops for a while. But then, if he isn’t busy doing something, he starts biting his nails again!
In fact, there’re a lot of bacteria(细菌) in your nails and they can cause some disease. Also, the nails will become ugly and hard to recover. The worst thing is that this bad habit will bring the mental illness（心理疾病）. If people cannot correct it in time, it can affect man’s mental health.
In short, bad habits are very worrying, especially when the person with the habit is in public and cannot stop himself or herself doing it. Still, there must be ways to give up these bad habits and these people should try their best to stop doing them.
When Andrew was a little boy, he had a bad habit of          .

What’s the Chinese meaning of the underlined word “recover” in paragraph 3?

Which is TRUE according to the passage?

Why do people smoke? One reason is that people become addicted(成瘾) to cigarettes. The addictive substance(物质）in cigarettes is nicotine(尼古丁). When people smoke, the nicotine goes right into the blood stream and makes people feel comfortable. A smoker's body gets used to the nicotine, and if he stops smoking, he feels nervous. Many smokers try to stop smoking but because of the addiction to nicotine they feel so uncomfortable that they often find it too difficult to do so .
Another reason is that people simply enjoy smoking. Having a cigarette for many people means taking a break. For some people smoking becomes part of certain social rituals (礼仪), for example, sending the cigarette after dinner. Many people enjoy smoking because it gives them something to do with their hands. Reaching for a cigarette, lighting it and flicking (弹掉) the ashes are special comfort in a situation where they feel nervous.
Many people also like the taste of tar (焦油) in cigarettes. However, it is the tar that causes cancer. While governments and health experts have tried to get people to give up smoking completely, cigarette manufacturers (生产商) have tried to keep selling them by producing cigarettes with less tar. Many people in western countries have welcomed these cigarettes since they found it hard to stop smoking and wanted to reduce the danger to their health.
According to the passage, what gets people into the habit of smoking?

What do the underlined words "to do so" mean?

Why do people welcome low-tar cigarettes?

Which of the following sentences is TRUE, according to the passage?

There are several ways you can find out about the countries and places you wish to visit. You can talk to friends who have traveled to the places, you can go and see a colour film about them, or you can read a travel book.
It seems that there are three kinds of travel books. The first are those that give a personal, subjective(主观的) idea of travels which their writer has got himself. These books can be useful if the writers share their traveling experiences with others. The second kind are those books which give objective(客观的) information of things to be done and seen. If a cultured person has written such a book about the facts of a place, then it is more useful. The third kind are those books which are called “a guide” to some place or other. If they are good, they will describe and explain the place in detail. Like the first kind , they can be interesting and exciting, but their main purpose is to help the reader plan his travel in the most practical way.
Whatever kind of travel book you choose, you must make sure that the book does not describe everything as interesting, exciting or fantastic. You must also keep an open eyes on its date of publication(出版) because travel is very practical matter and many things change quickly in the 21st century. Finally, you should make sure that it’s easy to find the useful information for you travel.
The passage was written to introduce_______.

The writer of the first kind of travel books gave his ideas after he _______.

The date of publication must be noticed because ________.

动词填空
Mr Wu gets angry because most of us              (not hand) in our work so far.
Look! The snow                (stop). Why not go out to make a snowman?
I often listen to music                (relax) myself before exams.
The price of the cameras               (drop) a lot during the past two years.
I               (book) two tickets if you fly to Shanghai with me tomorrow.

单词拼写 (10分)
Do you mind me              （交流）with you by email?
Oh dear! The second house looks much              （丑陋）than the first one.
His father went to New York for an                （国际的）meeting.
He spent two hours                 (捆) all the package with string.
He has so many pleasant              （经历）when he visited America.
We all look forward to              （实现）our dream by taking online tours.
There are              （几个）students cleaning the windows of the library.
We often use computers for sending and r              emails.
I find it hard to do so much work at the same time. However, I will m      to finish it anyway.
The boy often greets his                /`relətivz/ with some food and flowers.

句子翻译
那个著名的法国作家去世三年多了。
 
你曾经梦想过没有护照就出国吗？
当你到北京时，请和我保持联系。
当妈妈离开时，我禁不住哭了。
读书能够帮我们开启一个全新的世界。

作文
假如你叫李平，你的笔友Scot不久将来到你的家乡访问。他希望你能提前告知一些你家乡现在的情况。请根据下面的提示写一封英文信。简要描述你的家乡现况。
位置：赣江边；
面积：40万平方公里；
人口：30万；
交通建设：修建多座立交桥，拓宽了主要街道；
环境保护：迁移改造产生污染的工厂，净化了水源；
人才引进：广纳各类专家，技术人员；
相关词汇：交通：transportation，立交桥：traffic bridge，改造：transform
信的开头已经给出。
Dear Scot,
I'm very glad to know form your letter that you'll pay a visit to my hometown. And I'm too glad to tell you that my hometown has taken a new look!
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Look forward to seeing you soon!
Yours
Li Ping