[浙江]2013-2014学年浙江杭州市西湖区八年级第一学期期末英语试卷

If you know the pronunciation of the letter“a”in the word“cake”,do you know how to read“haze”?

—He can write well.
---He_____, but he doesn’t. He’s too lazy.

—Did you do __________ on vacation?
---Not really. I just stayed at home and helped mom.

--________do you go to the dentist?
--Let me see, twice a year, maybe.

You should read the article as ____ as I do to know what the writer really wants to tell us.

Though Mandela﹙曼德拉﹚____27 years in prison﹙监狱﹚, he thought it meaningful.

—What do you expect ______ from your hard work?
---Nothing, I just want to try my best.

The Chinese Characters Dictation Contest﹙汉字听写大赛﹚was very popular. There ____ a similar one in our school next Friday. I can’t wait.

If there is a will, there is a way to get the trouble ______.

More often, the air in Hangzhou is dirty because of _____.

David lives a very simple life ____ he has a lot of money.

My grandma started using Weibo at the age of 70. She always says it’s never ____ old to start doing things.

If daddy ____, we will go to the mountains tomorrow.

Cindy’s father, Tian Liang ___ as a policeman in the TV show Daddy, where are we going?

---Can you come to my birthday party on Sunday?
---_____, but I have to meet my cousin at the airport. He is coming from Beijing.

The happy Prince was blind﹙瞎﹚。The swallow﹙燕子﹚sat on his shoulder and told him many   __.
He told him about so many amazing places __  __ Nile River﹙尼罗河﹚，the desert in Africa and so on. The Happy Prince greatly enjoyed his stories. He wanted to know   __ was happening in the city, so he asked the swallow to fly over the city to have a look. The Swallow did as the Prince asked. He _  ___ through the sky. Below him, he saw rich people living __  __ in their homes. He saw poor people were in cold and hunger.__  __ one bridge, two boys shook their bodies t stay warm. The Swallow told the Prince everything. The Happy Prince became even __  _ and told the Swallow to take his gold to the cold and hungry people. Heavy snow fell off the sky on the city. Life for the swallow was becoming more difficult._  __ he still didn’t leave the Prince, he flew to the Prince’s shoulder fell dead at his feet. At the same time, there was a loud“Crack”and the Prince _  _  two halves, he might be very sad.The next morning, people in the city found them_  _ and took them out of the square. The angel found them and made them live forever in the city of gold.

A．magazines B．stories C．novels D．words

A．such as B．at least C．so far D．because of

A．how B．what C．why D．when

A．walked B．ran C．flew D．rode

A．normally B．surprisingly C．comfortably D．personally

A．From B．In C．Under D．With

A．sadder B．happier C．sad D．happy

A．And B．But C．So D．Because

A．brought out B．fell down C．made up D．broke into

A．both B．all C．each D．none

Here is an interview with a painter. Read and choose the best.
Reporter:Mr Shum, you were one of Taiwan’s most outstanding youths last year. Why was that?
Mr Shum:Well, I can tell you that there are two reasons.First, I am a painter. Second, and more important reason is I am handicapped﹙残疾的﹚。I have no arms and only one leg.
Reporter:Well, how do you paint then if you’ve got no arms? Do you use your foot?
Mr Shum:Hah! For some handicapped people, it’s true and they are able to use their feet.No,I use my mouth. I put my paintbrush or my crayons or pencils or whatever I am using in my mouth. I hold it firmly in my teeth and paint or draw like that. It was a little strange for me at first, but it quickly became very easy.
Reporter:I know you feel that you are first a painter and only secondly that you are a disablbed person, but can we talk first about your handicap?
Mr Shum:Well,in fact I think of myself firstly as a person, secondly as a painter and thirdly as someone with a physical handicap. Can I say that I am not happy with the word “handicapped”?
I am a popular painter because my paintings are good, not because they were painted by a handicapped person. “handicapped”means you can’t do anything. It is difficult for me to do some things like getting dressed.
Reporter: Were you born with your handicap?
Mr Shum:No. An accident happened to me when I was 15 years old.After that I became depressed﹙沮丧﹚and even tried to end my life, but my mother was always there for me.
Mr Shum is a painter who has no ____.

Mr Shum thinks himself first as ____.

He doesn’t like the word“handicapped”because it suggests ______.

What does the underlined word“firmly”in this passage mean?

What can we learn from Mr Shum’s story?

There are seven continents﹙洲﹚in the world. Among them, Antarctica﹙南极洲﹚is the most special one. It is a world of snow and ice all year round. China has sent many scientists there. They try to find resources﹙资源﹚under the icy land and study climate change and sea biology.
What do they eat?
Scientists don’t have many choices on what they eat. About 60% their food is frozen food. It is easy to heat﹙加热﹚。Meat is common on the menu, while vegetables are not usual. Fresh vegetables are hard to grow in the cold weather. Therefore, people often eat dried and canned vegetables.
How do they sleep?
In Antarctica, summer lasts from November to March. During this time, Antarctica faces the sun and gets sunlight 24 hours of the day. In order to get some sleep,scientists cover the window with black cloth to make “night”.
How do they work?
People can wear warm clothes to be against the cold weather, but they can do little with the strong wind. Sometimes, the wind is even stronger than a typhoon. It can easily blow people away.
So there are ropes﹙绳索﹚that connect some research stations. People can hold these ropes to keep balance in strong winds.
How do they keep in touch with others?
There are no cables or Internet on the frozen continent. So mobiles and computers don’t work there. Scientists usually use two-way radios to communicate at work. If they want to say hello to family and friends, they can use the satellite phones.
What do scientists do in Antarctica?

What kind of vegetables do they usually eat?

What do they do when the day lasts for 24 hours?

How do the scientists work on the terrible windy days?

If scientist wants to say “I love you”to her daughter, what can she use?

请仔细阅读题中的情境要求，从A-F六首歌曲﹙节选﹚中为各情境选出符合要求的最佳选项，其中一项为多余选项。
A. What about nature’s worth﹙价值﹚
It’s our planet’s womb﹙What about us﹚
What about animals﹙What about it﹚
We’ve turned kingdoms to dust﹙What about us﹚
What about elephant﹙What about us﹚
B. And there are children to think of.
Baby’s asleep in the backseat.
Wonder how they’ll ever make it through this living nightmare.
But the mind is an amazing thing.
Full of candy dreams and new toys and another cheap hotel.
C. Then up the stairs he would carry me
And I knew for sure I was loved
If I could get another chance, another walk, another dance with him
I’d play a song that would never, ever end
How I’d love, love, love to dance with my father again
D.I think I’ve found my best friend
I know that it might sound more than a little crazy.
But I believe
I knew I loved you before I met you
I think I dreamed you into life
E. That even though it’s far
He’ll find me at Christmas Eve
I guess Santa is busy
Cause he never comes around
I think of him when Christmas comes to town.
F. What we’ll find
What lies waiting down the line
In the end of Ninety-nine
Happy new year.
It’s December 29^th.Emily plans to have a New Year’s party at home. She wants to invite all her friends to the joyous party.
January 30^th is a special day for Paul and Jenny because three years ago they met each other and fell in love with each other on that day.
Max’s father is going to have his 40^th birthday. Max wants to hold a small family party for him to show his love to his father.
Ferro is a one-year-old baby. Every night when he is going to sleep, his mother will sing a gentle song to him.
Alice cares about the environment we live in. She wants to hold a school meeting to ask all her classmates to take part in saving the earth.

会话配对。﹙共10题，计10分﹚
请从B栏中选出适合A 栏的答语。
A                                                         B
How was the food?                        A.I think Tina is more serious.
How much sugar do we need?               B. Because it makes me feel relaxed.
Which is more serious,Tina or Tara?          C.Really? How come?
Will there be clean air and blue sky?          D.The one with shorter hair.
Oh, which one was Lisa?                   E.I’m going to practice basketball really hard
Next week is quite full for me,Jack.          F.Yes, I hope so.
Classes finish on the sixteenth.              G.No,I think they finish on the fifteenth.
Why do you like watching the talk show?     H.Everything tasted really good!
Can you hang out with me tomorrow?          I.A tea spoon.
How are you going to be a basketball player?   J.Sure! Catch you then!

用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空，使短文通顺、正确、连贯﹙每个单词限用一次﹚
enjoy   with   enough   but   he   possible  only   mean   book   fact
Can you imagine inviting 12 friends to a party with only 35 yuan to spend? Or could you take a holiday in Tibet with ______ 500 yuan? Can you imagine making a short film with only 3,000yuan?
Well, you might say it’s _____ because these things cost a lot of money.But Qiao Xiaodao,, a 36-year-old artist, shows it’s all possible in his_______ The Good Life Doesn’t Have to Cost a Fortune﹙大笔钱﹚。“People like to say that ‘I will do something as soon as I have got ______ money’,but you should never let money become a problem to stop you from _____ a happy life,” he said. Qiao lived a cheap ______ wonderful life. He started a rock band with his nephew, and ________ own CD record came out a few years ago.“In _____, we can do many things with only a little money,”he said. “A happy life ______ that you are able to feed yourself every day, to have money to make your dream come true, and to be good ______ family members,”said Qiao.

根据句意和给出的首字母， 完成单词，每空一词。
I need a piece of p______ to write down her telephone number.
Rick’s dream is to t_______ around the US and he can see a lot of great things there.
I usually watch TV11 for national and international n____.
F______,LiQi, a talented boy became the winner of The Voice of China in 2013.
My favorite saying is,“A true friend r______ for your hand and touches your heart.”
I got really bad grades in my e____.I’m going to study harder this year.
Michelle l___ her job last month. So she is trying to find a new one.
The TV play INHERITORS﹙继承者们﹚is very s______ and most people in China know it.
Nowadays, most Americans still celebrate this idea of giving thanks by having a big m___ at home.
A____ many students like sports, game shows are the most popular.

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