江苏扬州邗江区八年级上期中英语试卷

Running Man is________ very popular TV programme in China. One of______ most famous actresses, Angelababy, always appears in it.

When the man walked _______ the library, he found a cat at the corner.

---My bike is ________ yours.
--- But mine is much more expensive than yours.

---What about going to the Slim West Lake?    ---_________.

--- What do you think of the film?
--- The story ____is good, but I felt ____because of its length---over three hours.

---The students look very tired after the sports meeting.
---We’d better make them ____a rest in the classroom.

--- __________ is the cost of the trip to Nanjing ?  --- About forty yuan per person.
A. How          B What             C. How many      D. How much

--- My son is two years old, but he can _________ draw.    ---How clever!

--- Could you help me ______a shelf on the wall?     ---No problem

---I can’t find my scissors , can you help me buy______?   ---Ok

---When something _______me, I always go to my parents for help.
---Me too, parents are always behind us.

---What did you do last night?
---I didn’t play the piano, _______, I watched a film with my parents.

________all the cities, Yangzhou is __________to live in.

---What’s the________ of this word “sorrow”?   ---It _______ “sadness”.

---I had a pleasant weekend at your birthday party.    ---_________.

完形填空（共15小题；每小题1分，计15分）
阅读下列短文，从文后所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。
Once there lived two brothers. The elder was called Simon and the younger Victor. They  36  ea ch other very much, and always took care of one another. Every day they worked from morning  ______night, getting as much grain(谷物) as possible from their fields.
One late autumn evening, after their work in the_______was done, Simon said to his wife, "Victor got married last month. He has many bills(账单) to pay. I think I will put a bag of rice in his barn(谷仓). “Oh, that's a good idea,” said his wife. “But please don't tell him,” said Simon, “If he knows I put the rice there, he will________take it.”
So, la te that night Simon took a bag of rice to Victor's barn. The next day, while looking at his own barn, he found_______strange. “I took a bag of rice to Victor's house last night,____ ____ I still have the same number of bags in my barn.__________ did that happen?”
Simon decided to take another bag of rice to his brother's barn that night. But the next morning, he found the________number of bags in his barn again! “This is very strange,” he thought. That night he_______again. He carried a large bag of rice on his shoulder(肩膀); and walked down the road to his younger brother's house. In the bright moonlight, he could see another______coming down the road. He was carrying something on his_______, too. “Younger Brother!” Simon cried, “What are you doing?” “I was_____you, Older Brother,” said Victor, “Your family is_____ than mine. I thought you needed more rice.” The two brothers quickly______that they had been taking rice to each other. They________what had happened. “It is good to have a brother like you,” they both said. And they lived happily ever after.

A．disliked B．hated C．loved D．enjoyed

A．until B．at C．through D．with

A．shops B．fields C．hospitals D．factories

A．never B．sometimes C．usually D．ever

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

A．so B．and C．but D．or

A．How B．What C．Why D．Where

A．small B．different C．big D．same

A．planned B．failed C．hoped D．tried

A．brother B．person C．sister D．wife

A．back B．shoulder C．head D．hand

A．proud of B．polite to C．angry with D．worried about

A．Smaller B．richer C．larger D．happier

A．remembered B．knew C．believed D．hoped

A．laughed about B．dreamed about C．pointed at D．shouted at

Leeds Castle
One of the most popular places of interest in Britain
Opening times
Open all year round except(除了) 7th and 8th November and Christmas Day（25th December）2014．
1 April to 30 September 2014
Open：10:30 am—5:30 pm;  Gates close at 6pm
1 October 2014 to 31 March 2015
Open：10:30 am—4 pm ; Gates close at 5pm
Prices
Adults：￡16.50
Students：￡9.50
Children under 4：free
Leeds Castle is closed on _________．

John and Mary will take their three-year old son to Leeds Castle．How much should they pay?

What time does Leeds Castle close on 29th October?

Michael Jordan is the most famous basketball player in the world. He was born in Brooklyn, New York. He didn't like to talk to other people about himself. He was also very short. He didn't play very well when he joined the basketball team in his high school at first. But the next year things changed greatly for him as he grew much taller.
Michael Jordan became famous when he joined the university basketball team in North Carolina. Michael used his speed and strength (力量) to reach the basket again. He played so well that people called him “Air Jordan”.
After college, Michael became a basketball team member in the Chicago Bulls. The NBA was very surprised at this high-flying player. He was named “Rookie” (新秀) of the year in 1985 and “Most Valuable (价值的) Player” in 1987. He once set a record (创纪录) by getting 63 points in one game.
Michael Jordan was born in_________.

He began to become famous in _____________.

He is often called“__________”.

The NBA was very surprised at the superstar when _________.

An old man was fishing on the bank of a river. A child came to see him fishing. The old man was really good at fishing and it didn't take long for him to catch a full basket of fish. The old man saw that the child was very cute, and he wanted to give her a whole basket of fish. But the child shook her head. The old man was surprised and asked, "Why don't you want the fish?" The child replied, “I want the fishing rod (竿) in your hands.” The old man asked, “Why do you want the rod?”
“It doesn't take long to eat all the fish in a basket. But if I have the fishing rod, I can go fishing by myself and I won't be afraid of not having any more fish to eat.”
I think you will certainly say that the child is very smart. Wrong! If she doesn't know how to fish, she cannot have fish to eat, even though she has the fishing rod. It's useless to only have a fishing rod. Fishing skills are the most important, not the fishing rod.
Too many people think that if they have a “fishing rod” in their life, they will no longer fear the wind and rain. They are just like the child, who thought that if sh e had a fishing rod, she would have fish to eat.
Why did the child refuse(拒绝) the fish the old man gave her?

The writer thought the child was __ after she explained why she didn’t want the fish.

The article mainly tell us _________

What is the best title for the article?

Most people at some time or another have dreamed of being a popular kid at school. Being popular in middle school is much easier than it sounds. Just follow a few steps and finally see what it feels like to be a popular kid.
First, why do you want to be popular? Ask yourself if your desire(渴望) for being popular comes from looking down on yourself or an unlucky situation. If it does, then work first on your self-confidence.
Be friendly to everyone, even people that other people think are weird or different. If you are strange or different, realize (意识到)that everyone is strange in their own way. Take part in school activities and make yourself more visible( 可见的) to the school population.
Find a talent or special skill that you have. Whether your skill is telling jokes, drawing, singing or playing soccer, show your skill in right way.
Volunteer to help with classroom or school activities that will help you leave a good impression (印象）on teachers. Develop a personal style that you feel goes well with your personality.
Be yourself and have fun. Keep your strong sense and personality. Join school clubs, sporting teams and student government to show yourself as someone who makes a difference at your school .
What does the underlined word “ weird ” in Paragraph 3 mean?

What does the writer probably think is important to do according to the last paragraph?

Which of the following is NOT mentioned by the writer?

The writer writes the passage to tell us________.

词汇运用（共10小题；每小题1分，计10分）
根据句子意思，用括号中所给的汉语提示或英语单词的适当形式填空。（每空一词）
It’s dangerous to leave your five-month-old boy baby in the car by _________(he)
The girl with long hair is the ___________(slim) of all her classmates.
The _________(high) of the Mount Tai is about 1,532 metres.
At the_________(begin) of the class, we often have a free talk with each other.
We don’t have a_________(month) test on each subject.
Yesterday I cut out a paper rose and_________(贴) it on my picture.
He is a ________(诚实的) boy. He often tells lies and no one likes to be friends with him.
We say “holiday” in British while_________ in American English.(假期)
I kept_________(拼写) the words wrong yesterday because I was too excited at the good news.
I like watching TV programmes with fewer__________(广告)

任务型阅读（共10小题；每小题1分，计10分）
阅读短文，根据短文内容补全表格中所缺的信息。（每空一词）
Is it difficult for you to get up in the morning? Are you often late for work or school? Yes? Then a scientist called Mike has a special bed for you. His Bed will get you up in the morning! Here is how it works!
The bed is connected to an alarm clock. First, the alarm clock rings. You have a few minutes to wake up. Next, a tape recorder in the bed plays soft music and then your girlfriend’s beautiful voice comes, “Wake up, darling, please.” A few minutes later, loud music comes from the tape recorder. At the same time, you may hear the voice of your boss. Your boss shouts angrily, “ Wake up at once, or you’ll be late!” If you don’t get up after that, you’ll be sorry! A plastic “foot” is in the bed. It kicks you in the head. Then the bed waits for a few more minutes. What! You’re still in bed! Slowly the top of the bed rises higher and the foot of the bed goes lower. Finally, you fall off the bed and onto the floor. You are out of the bed and awake!
Mike made his bed because he wanted to take part in a competition. Mike won one of the top prizes for his bed.
Title A  ________ Bed
_____ was it made by A scientist called Mike
Why was it made It’s difficult for people to get up in the morning and Mike made it to take part in a _______.
____does it work Step 1 The alarm clock wakes you up.
Step 2 A tape recorder plays ________music and you will ______your girlfriend’s voice.
Step 3 Loud music together with your_______voice will wake you up.
Step 4 A plastic “foot”_________ you in the head so   ________ you can wake up.
Step 5 The bed makes you  _______ off it and onto the floor and you have to wake up.

缺词填空（共10小题；每小题1分，计10分）
根据短文内容和首字母提示，在下文空格处填入适当的词使短文完整。（每空一词）
Once there was a lovely vegetable field with a very big tree in it. Both the vegetables and the
tree made the garden l________ wonderful.
No one knew that the vegetables in the field and the tree couldn't get on well with each other. The vegetables h_______ the tree. They thought the tree did not leave them e_______ light to stay alive. On the other hand, the tree hated the vegetables. He complained that the vegetables drank nearly all the water b______ it could get to him.
The situation became worse and worse. One day, the vegetables got angry and decided t o use up all the w_______ in the ground so that the tree would dry up. The tree fought back by refusing to give the vegetables shade(树荫) from the hot sun. Soon they both began to dry up.
Neither of them thought that the gardener would stop watering his vegetable field when he saw it becoming w_________. When the gardener did that, the tree and the vegetables really felt how t________ they were. There seemed to be no ways to solve the problem, but one of the vegetables, a small pumpkin knew what was going on, and d_______ to deal with it. Though there was little water and it was too hot, the little pumpkin did all he could to grow. F_______ he grew very big, the gardener noticed that and started watering the field again because he wanted to win the beautiful big pumpkin competition. At the same time, the tree and the vegetables grew better. They realizes that it was better to help each other than to fight.
From then on, they worked t________ and lived in harmony with these around them.

根据中文意思，完成下列句子，词数不限。（每题2分，计10分）
我认为溜冰不如游泳刺激。
时间似乎过得更快当我们阅读有趣书籍的时候。
到世界公园的旅行乘公交花了我三个小时。
不仅我弟弟而且我擅长做三明治。
周末你最好呆在家里不要出去。

写作 (计20分)
提示：你们班将于期中考试后参观扬州名胜。请你以班长的名义写一封信，向全班同学发出邀请，并对行程和交通工具做出安排。
要点：1. 上午8：00 校门口集合上车；参观瘦西湖(the Slender West Lake)，个园( the Bamboo Garden)并拍照。
2. 中饭后，到茱萸湾(the Zhu yu Park) 看熊猫并欣赏美景；
3. 傍晚，到东关街购物，品尝扬州小吃， 在DIY商店学做水果色拉。
4. 每人费用100元。参观后会把照片放在网上供同学们浏览。
5．希望每个同学会喜欢本次旅行并玩得开心。
注意：1. 词数100左右。开头和结尾已为你写好，不计入总词数；
2. 邀请信须包括所有内容要点，不要逐词翻译，可适当发挥，使其连贯、通顺。
Dear classmates,
____________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________
I hope all of you will ha ve a good time then.
Best wishes
John