江苏无锡江阴马镇八年级上学期12月联考英语试卷

----Do you know Peng Liyuan？
----Of course, she is        First Lady of China,        famous singer.

_______ exciting sports news! Our team has won again.

Which is ____________ city, New York or London?

-----Where are you going for your winter vocation?
----- We _______ go to Hainan, but we are not sure.

---Mom! May I have some cakes?
---Sorry, there’s ________ left in the box. I will go and buy some for you this afternoon.

There will not _________ enough room for __________.

I really don’t know _______________.

You seem ___________. What are you____________?

This piano is too big. Can you make_______ for it?

We found it ______ on well with him.

The boy ran away _____________ I could say a word.

That company _____________ us ¥30, 000 in 2013 to help the children in need.

Red-crowned cranes fly to Yancheng Nature reserve _______ spend the winter.

---- Didn’t you go to the football club with them that day?
---- __________. I have no interest in football at all.

--- How are you going, buddy?  ---A little busy. However, _________.

完形填空
An old man lived in a nice house with a large garden. He took care of his flowers all the time, watering and fertilizing(施肥) them.
One day a young man went by the garden. He looked at the beautiful flowers, imagining how happy he could be if he lived in such a beautiful place. Then, suddenly he found the old gardener was______. He was very surprised about this and asked, “You can’t see these flowers. Why are you busy taking care of them every day?”
The old man smiled and said, “I can tell you four ______. First, I was a gardener when I was young, and I really like this job. Second, ______ I can’t see these flowers, I can touch them. Third, I can ______ the sweetness of them. As to the last one, that’s______.”
“Me? But you don’t know me,” said the young man.
“Yeah, it’s true that I don’t know you.  But I know that flowers are angels(天使) that everybody ______. We enjoy the happiness these flowers have brought us.”
The blind man’s work opened our eyes and ______ our hearts, which also made his life _____. It was just like Beethoven, who became deaf in his later life and wrote many great musical works. Beethoven himself couldn’t ______ his wonderful music, but his music has   ______millions of people to face their difficulties bravely. Isn’t it one kind of happiness?

A．blind B．famous C．smart D．friendly

A．stories B．reasons C．excuses D．conclusions

A．although B．since C．because D．until

A．taste B．smell C．sound D．look

A．me B．you C．my mother D．my son

A．greets B．wonders C．meets D．knows

A．broke B．hurt C．pleased D．treated

A．emptier B．busier C．luckier D．happier

A．write B．hear C．play D．believe

A．changed B．made C．found D．encouraged

Weather Facts around the world
The wettest place: Tutunendo, Colombia, has an average of 11,700 mm of rain every year.
The hottest place: The average temperature in Dallol, Ethiopia, is 34℃.
The foggiest place: There is fog in some place on the new foundland coast of Canada for an average of 120 days a
Year The cloudiest place: For 182 days every year there is no sunshine at the South Pole because clouds cover the area. The Sunniest place: In Yuma, Arizona, in the United States, the sun shines 90 per cent of the time.
The windiest place: In parts of Antarctica, winds often reach 320 km an hour.
The driest place: Arica, in the north of Chile, has less than 0.1 mm of rain each year.
The coldest place: The average temperature in one area of America is -58℃.
Which place has the least rain ?

Why do we say Tutunendo is the wettest place in the world?

If you’d like to have a good holiday and enjoy the sunshine, where will you go?

Some people think that they will get ill if they use their brains (大脑) too much. It is not true. Through many studies, scientists show us that the more you use your brains, the better it will be, and the cleverer you will become.
Of course, if you want to keep your mind clear and active, you must take a proper rest and study properly. To the teenagers, using their brains in the morning is good for their health.
There are many ways to rest. One is a peaceful rest. Sleep is a peaceful rest. Another is an active rest. For example, take a walk outdoors, do more exercise every day. To change the way of the brains’ activities is also a good way to rest.
In everyday life, to eat some eggs, meat, fresh vegetables and fruitis also good for the brains.
Wish you a wise man and a happy life.
According to the writer of the passage, our brains should be used ____.

Which of the following sentences is not true?

Which of the following can be used as the best title for the passage?

We know the mosquito (蚊子) very well. Mosquitoes fly everywhere. They can be found almost all over the world, and there are more than 2,500 kinds of them.
No one likes the mosquito. But the mosquito may decide if she loves you. She? Yes, she. It’s true that male mosquito doesn’t bite and only the female mosquito bites because she needs blood to lay（产蛋） eggs. She is always looking for things or people she wants to bite. If she likes what she finds, she bites. But if she doesn’t like your blood, she will turn to someone else for more delicious blood. Next time a mosquito bites you, just remember you are chosen. You’re different from the others!
If the mosquito likes you, she lands on your body without letting you know. She bites you so quickly and quietly that you may not feel anything different. After she bites, you will have an itch（痒） on your body because she puts something from her mouth together with your blood. By the time the itching begins, and she has flown away.
And then what happens? Well, after her delicious dinner, the mosquito feels tired. She just wants to find a place to have a good rest. There, on a leaf or a wall, she begins to lay eggs, hundreds of eggs.
If the mosquito doesn’t bite you, it will ______.

The mosquito bites you ______.

Which of the following sentences is NOT true?

From the passage we know __________.

根据句意和汉语注释，在答卷标有题号的横线上，写出单词的正确形式。
We hope you can _____________ (收受) our invitation and join us.
We need the correct ______________ (地址) of our American friends so that they can soon get our letters.
You can understand his report ___________ because there are few new words. (不费力地)
All of us should _____________(行动) to protect our earth.

根据句意，在答卷标有题号的横线上，写出括号内所给单词的适当形式。
The leather bag may be one of the ___________ (visit) over there.
It is said that this morning Beijing had the __________ (thick) fog this year.
My father will go to Beijing on business at the   ____          (begin) of next month.
Little Tommy didn’t come to school today because of his ___________(ill).

动词填空
___________  (hunt) foxes is a special sport in England.
They ___________ (plan) to go on a trip to the zoo a moment ago, didn’t they?
Please write down what I say, or you _____________ (forget) the important points.
The doctor advised my father____________(not smoke) any more.
Now each of us ___________ (face) many problems in our daily life.
She decided to offer as much money as she could ____________ (help) the poor.
This story told us a lesson --- the early bird ____________ (catch) the worm.
You’d better _____________(not speak) loudly here in the library, my girls!

完成句子 按所给汉语，用英语完成下列句子，并将答案写在答题卡标有题号的横线上。
我们人类应该同情处于困境中的狼。
We humans should _________________________________ in danger.
在我呆在北京期间，他们给我提供了很多美食。
During my stay in Beijing, They ______________________________ lots of delicious food.
通过研究鸟类数量的变化，我们可以了解它们的生存状况。
We can learn how birds live by _______________________________________________.
为了上学不迟到，我们应该早点起床。
We should get up earlier _______________________________________________ school.
蜜蜂总是记得从原路返回。
Bees always remember ____________________________ they went.
我们能采取什么行动来阻止人们砍伐竹林呢？
What action can we______________________________________________ bamboo forests?

任务型阅读 认真阅读下面短文，并根据所读内容在文章后的表格中填入最恰当的单词，注意：每个空格一个单词。
Many of us have ever loved the two toy bears—a brown Teddy bear and a yellow Winnie-the-Pooh bear. The two toy bears come from real stories in life.
In 1902, Theodore Roosevelt, President of the USA, went on hunting. The hunting dogs found and old bear in the forest near Washington D.C. and the guide asked the president to shoot(射杀) it. But President Roosevelt disagreed. A cartoonist(漫画家) drew a cartoon showing that the president refused(拒绝) to shoot the bear. Soon, the bear began to appear in other newspapers. People named the bear Teddy which was Theodore’s nickname(昵称).
In 1913, a captain named Harry Colebourn paid 20 dollars for a black bear which was born in the Canadian countryside. The captain’s hometown, Winnipeg, was the origin(起源) of the bear’s name. In Winnipeg, Winnie served as the mascot(吉祥物). When World War I began, the captain went to France. Winnie was sent to London Zoo which many kids often visited. Because of its lovely look, the bear became popular with children.

The Stories about the Two Real Bears
Name	Teddy	Winnie-the-Pooh
Appearing Time	11 years           than Winnie	In 1913
Birth Place	America
Origin of the Name	Teddy, the nickname of President Theodore Roosevelt	Winnipeg, the          of Captain Harry Colebourn
for Being Popular	A cartoon showing that the president didn’t          with the idea of shooting the bear	The lovely look attracting the attention of children who often went to London Zoo

书面表达
请你对张华同学做一个介绍。请根据以下内容要点提示，用英语写一篇短文。
1、 张华是一个八年级的学生，为人诚实，待人礼貌；有幽默感。
2、 去年他成为了观鸟协会的一名成员。现在他懂得湿地的重要性。
3、鸟正面临严重的问题， 它们正在丧失它们的居住地。
4、他经常参加各种活动，经常叫别人不要杀鸟取乐。
5、他希望更多的人将……
注意：
1. 第5 要点的内容须用2-3句话展开合理想象，作适当发挥；
2. 短文须包括所有内容要点，要求语句通顺、意思连贯；
3. 词数80个左右。
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