江苏泗阳县八年级下期中调研英语试卷

________ a basketball match between our school and No. 1 middle school next Sunday.

I think_________ is the fastest in the world.

—Hello, could I speak to Sam?
—Sorry, he ________ Australia.

—How long have your family lived in the new flat, Jill?
—________ 2011.

The teacher always reads a story for the children  ________ a day.

I have a garden ________ many different kinds of beautiful flowers in it.

Whenever I see the birds, I'll ________flying in the sky.

—Thank you for providing such useful information for me.
—________．

—Mr Smith will check our homework this afternoon.
_______ you ________ it?
—Not yet. I'm doing it right now.

—Jack will go to Dalian for his summer holidays. How about you?
—Sorry, I haven't decided ________．

Excuse me, you ________ open the door before the bus stops.

You should try your best to learn to swim  ________ Tom.

You'd better spend as much time as you can________ Maths and English.

Remember to look around ________ you cross the road, boys and girls.

—Would you please tell me what to ________ my secondhand car?
—Sorry, I really don't know how to ________ it.

How many English words ________ you ________  since last year?

—Does your aunt live ________？
—Yes. But she never feels ________．

Millie has seen the TV ________. Have you seen it ________？

Jack has worked here since he ________school.

—How does your uncle usually go to work?
—He ________ drive a car, but now he ________ a bike  to lose weight.

 Do you often feel being neglected (被忽视) by teachers and parents?         in China, teachers and parents always tell children       they should and shouldn’t do. The young only need to do what they are told. They hardly ever think       themselves.
A       wrote to the magazine Teens about her family story. She was very       before because her father hardly played with her. After years of thinking, she finally       to write her father a letter, telling him about her sadness. To her      , her father said sorry to her. From then on, he really      .
Sometimes, we should       our parents hear our voices, so that they can understand our thoughts and feelings.
Don’t be afraid of speaking your mind out.       your suggestions are denied (否定), at least you have tried your best.

A．Luckily B．Traditionally C．Finally D．Hardly

A．when B．why C．how D．what

A．to B．in C．on D．by

A．mother B．father C．girl D．boy

A．sad B．happy C．busy D．angry

A．advised B．discovered C．decided D．allowed

A．worry B．surprise C．interest D．wish

A．changed B．wrote C．left D．played

A．let B．do C．see D．fear

A．Because B．Not only C．After D．Even if

An English traveller found himself in Norway with only enough money to buy the ticket for his journey back home．As he knew that it would take him only two days to get to England，he decided that he could easily spend the time without food. So he bought a ticket and got on the ship. The man closed his ears to the sound of the lunch bell．When dinner time came，he didn't go to dining room，saying that he was not feeling very well．
The next morning he still didn't have breakfast and at lunchtime he again stayed in his room. But at dinnertime he was so hungry that he went to the dining room and ate everything the waiter put in front of him． He got ready for the quarrel．
“Bring me the bill，”he said．“The bill，Sir?” said the waiter in surprise.“There isn't any bill．On our ship meals are included（包括）in the money for the ticket，”said the waiter.
The story happened_______．

Why didn't the traveller go to the dining room first?

The traveller went to the dining room to eat something because_______．

How many meals did the traveller have on the ship？

After the traveller finished eating，_______.

In China, more and more villagers have left to make a living in big cities. As a result, their children have become left-behind children and they need more care. The survey below is from villages in Yongzhou, Hunan Province. Three hundred children were chosen to answer the questions.

In the survey, children were asked about many things except    .

Of all the four things, the left-behind children need     most.

Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

How many children think their happiest place is their school?

We can learn from the survey that    .

根据句意及所给中文提示、英文解释或首字母，写出句中所缺单词，每空限填一词。
The government is planning to build a new       (小学的) school near the new community.
The match has been       (结束) for half an hour.
I have been to Beijing        (more than two) times already.
Mum is waiting for me at the bus stop at p    .
Tom should go south. But he is walking in the o     direction, to the north.
There are many birds on those        (岛). They are good places for birdwatching.
Egypt is one of the richest countries in        (非洲).
If we train a dog, it can be a        (向导) for people in need.
The children carefully wrote their names at the        (底部) of their pictures.
Pattaya in Thailand has some        (世界闻名的) beaches.

根据句意或句子的语法要求，用括号中所给单词的适当形式填空。
Mr And Mrs White have been       (marry) for half a century.
Would you mind ________ (close) the window?
The old man was so kind and he led us out of        (dark).
Guangzhou is the largest city in the        (south) part of China.
What do you think of those __________ (Europe) rulers in history?
It is my       (please) to become part of your group.
I don't know how ________ (use) the new camera.
James is       (able) to cook himself anything and has to eat biscuits.
So far, we have sold out 200       (copy) of the book.
I saw three ________ (Germany) in the street just now.

根据所给汉语完成下列句子，每空一词。（共5小题；每空0.5分，满分10分）
当我感到陆地在我的脚下时，我已经筋疲力尽了。
By the time I finally felt the land under my feet, I _____ ______ _____．
我们班是由50名学生和5位老师组成的。
Our class _____ _____ ______ _____ 50 students and 5 teachers.
我追赶他们，忍不住一直拍照。
I ______ ______ them and couldn't _____ ______ _____．
乘飞机去香港花费我们大约三个半小时的时间。
It took us about three and a half______ _______ _______ ______ Hong Kong.
它是一天辛苦工作后放松的好地方。
It’s a good place ______ ______ after ______ _______ day’s work.

Reading is an activity people enjoy a lot in their free time．Some like reading newspapers and o   enjoy novels or comic(喜剧的）books. My f books are those about the lives of great people．Reading them always gives me a lot of ideas on how to make my o  life better. Great people are remembered not because they were handsome or beautiful ．but because they did not give up w    their lives were difficult. They tried to use e  chance to change their lives and make the world better.
One good example is Orville and Wilbur Wright． the two brothers w   invented the airplane. The plane has m  the world into a small village. Hard work，not good luck，is the r     why the Wright Brothers could invent this convenient（方便的） machine and become great people. Today we will remember them when we see planes i    the sky.
Whenever I read s     about great people，I always learn a lot from them and they encourage me to march on．This is why I enjoy reading about great people's lives.

假如你是李华，准备参加学校举办的主题为“快乐成长”的英语演讲比赛。请按要求写一篇短文，主要内容包括：
1.保持快乐的心情；      2.努力学习；          3.积极参加体育锻炼。
注意：
1．词数80词左右，文章开头已给出，不计入总词数。
2．可以适当发挥想象，以使行文连贯。
Dear friends, we all want to grow happily and healthily, so we have to do some things.