[江苏]2011-2012学年江苏省常州市武进区八年级第一学期期中考试英语卷

词汇.
1. Holiday can be called _______________in American English.(假期)
2. We all know that the banks in China ______________close at 5p.m. every day.(大体).
3. Our teachers told us to read as many books as ___________during the summer holiday.(可能)
4. Some ____________(Britain) guests are visiting the Great Wall at present.
5. Fewer and fewer students have strong ____________(stomach) now.
6. Do you know the ____________(high) of the tallest building in that country?

I think it’s_______ useful advice, so I will always remember it.

–Look at that girl! Is it Susan?
--No, it _______ be her. She went to her hometown just now.

I don’t think this watch ______ as much as the one you ______ last time.______ last time.

A: Could you tell me when you will _______Tokyo?
B: I’m not sure. When I _______ I will call you.

There are _______ people in Shanghai than in Wuxi.

You will find ______ useful to learn even a little English.

He spoke very fast and very _____ people understood what he said.

Of the two pens, the boy bought ______ expensive one at last.

_____number of the students in our class ______ 40. _______ number of them ______ sporty.

I hurt my leg badly, so I __________ go to school tomorrow.

Could you tell me __________ in the future?

– Shanghai is larger than __________ city in China.
– Yes. And it is larger than __________ city in Jiangsu.

I can’t decide to choose which of them to ________.

Don’t lose ________________computer games, little boys!

The pair of trainers is a little small. Can you give me ______________?

A group of frogs were traveling1 the forests, but suddenly two of them fell into a hole. The other frogs tried to help them. When they saw how deep the hole was, they cried to the two frogs that they could not be saved. The two frogs didn’t 2 and tried their best to jump up out of the hole. The other frogs 3 saying that they were sure to die. 4, one of the two frogs, who heard what the other frogs were saying, gave up. Then he fell down and died.
The 5 frog, however, continued to jump as 6 as he could, and at last made it out. When he 7 , the other frogs asked, "Didn’t you hear us?" The frog, who had a poor 8, said, "I thought you were encouraging me all the time."
The story teaches us a 9:There is power(力量) of life and death in the tongue. An encouraging 10 to those who are down can help them out while a discouraging word can kill them.
(   )1. A. across             B. through             C. from              D. past
(   )2. A. care               B. understand           C. know            D. think
(   )3. A. kept               B. finished            C. practiced          D. stopped
(   )4. A. Luckily            B. Finally             C. Suddenly          D. Happily
(   )5. A. another            B. other               C. others           D. one
(   )6. A. wide             B. tall                 C. hard            D. far
(   )7. A. got out            B. ran away           C. got off              D. woke up
(   )8. A. smelling            B. eyesight            C. hearing             D. looking
(   )9. A. way                B. skill                C. sentence            D. lesson
(   )10. A. smile            B. laugh               C. help              D. word

动词填空
1. Your brother ___________ (practice) dancing at the moment, isn’t he?
2. My cousin _____________(not swim) so fast as I when we were young.
3. Everyone knows that it’s much easier to say than ___________. (do)
4. The day before yesterday, he made up his mind ______________(lose) weight.
5. The teacher said as much as he could _____________(help)Peter not to drop Chinese.
6. Be quiet! The Greens ______________(plan) their trip to the USA.
7. Look! The new pair of glasses your mother gave you __________(match) your coat very well.
8. Do you have any time ____________(prepare) the dinner for us?
9. Each of us ___________(tell) you the truth when we arrive home.
10. Would you please make all the boys there__________( not talk) in class?

中译英
1． 那个有音乐天赋的女孩小时候从不说任何人的坏话。
The ____________________________________________when she was a child.
2. 穿深蓝色衣服的运动员认为潜水不如攀岩危险。
The player in dark blue thinks _________________________________________.
3. 你手里的绳子和我手里的一样长。
The rope in your hand is the ___________________________ in my hand.
4. 我们不相信Billy能在家自学如何制作飞机模型。
We don’t believe Billy____________________________________________ at home.
5. 昨天，他生病了。他必须呆在家里，不能去上学。
He was ill yesterday, so he _________________________________________going to school.
6. 该是我们采取一些行动来保护濒危动物的时候了。
It’s time for us______________________________________________________________.

首字母填空
Dear Mum,
I don’t think you understand my life. You think I should study a__1__ the time. I know you want me to find a good job when I g___2___ up, but I would like to have a w___3___ time, too. You never think about fun things for me to do l__4___ music, sports or art. Two days ago, when I was watching a football game on TV, you asked me to s___5___ and to do my homework.. After f__6___my homework, you didn’t let me read football books or m___7___ still. You said I had to go to bed early .You also said I needed at least 8 hours’ s____8___at night. I feel so t___8__now because I don’t have any time to relax(放松) myself. I r___10___ love you, mum, but I wish you could try not to be so hard on me.
Love,
Jim

In almost every big university（大学）in the United States, football is a favourite sport. American football is different. Players sometimes kick the ball, but they also throw the ball and run with it. They try to take it to the other end of the field. They have four chances（机会）to move the ball ten yards（码）. They can carry it or they can throw it. If they move the ball ten yards, they can try to move it another ten yards. If they move it to the end of the field, they receive six points.
It is difficult to move the ball. Eleven men on the other team try to stop the man with the ball. If he does not move the ball ten yards, his team kicks the ball the other team.
Each university wants its own team to win. Many thousands of people come to watch. They all shout for their favourite team.
Young men and women come on the field to help the people shout more. They dance and jump while they shout.
Each team plays ten or eleven games each season.
The season begins in September and ends in November. If a team is very good, it may play another game after the season ends. The best teams play again on January 1, the first day of the New Year. Many people go to see these games and many others watch them on TV.
In American football players can_____.

Which is the best title for the passage?

One of the things to be learnt in a foreign language is guessing all the time what kind of thing to come when listening to someone talking. People do this all the time in their own language, so it is necessary (必要的) to do this in a foreign language, too. Here are some examples.
1. "What's the matter？" "I went to a party last night, so I…"
2. "I feel so tired these days."" I think you'd better…"
3."Of course, she never stops talking. She is one of the most…"
You can see from the above three examples that the context (上下文) helps a lot in understanding what is being talked about. So "guessing "is very important in understanding English, especially (尤其)spoken English.
This passage tells us mainly about _________.

From the context, we can see maybe the finished answer in EXAMPLE 1 is _________.

Maybe the finished answer in EXAMPLE 2 is ________.

Doctor Seuss was born in 1904. By the middle 1950s, he had become one of the best-loved and most successful children's book writers in the world. His books are very popular with young readers. They enjoy the invented words and the pictures of unusual funny animals and plants.
In 1954, life magazine published(刊登) a report about school children who could not read. The report said many children's books were not interesting. Doctor Seuss strongly hoped to help children and decided to write books that were interesting and easy to read. He used words with the same ending sound, like fish and wish. He did not receive training in art. Yet, he drew the pictures for most of his books.
In 1957, Dr. Seuss wrote The Cat in the Hat. He used less than 230 words to write the book and even a six-year-old should be able to read it. It was a fun story and easy to read. Children loved it. Their parents loved it, too. Today it is still one of the stories they like best. The success of The Cat in the Hat made him want to write more books for children. In 1960, he wrote a book using less than fifty words. The book is called Green Eggs and Ham.
In 1984, Doctor Seuss won a Pulitzer Prize (普利策奖). He was honored for the education and enjoyment his books provided（提供） American children and their parents.
He died at the age of 87, but his influence（影响） remains. Millions of his books have been sold worldwide. People say his books helped change the way American children learned to read. Yet, his books are loved by people of all ages. Doctor Seuss once said, "I do not write for children. I write for people.
Doctor Seuss learned from the magazine that _______.

People like his books because the books ______.

He wrote the book The Cat in the Hat at the age of _____.

Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

From the text we know that Doctor Seuss __________.

假设你是Li Ming, 请给你的美国笔友Tom 写一封 e—mail，介绍你的英语老师Mr. Lee。要点如下：
1. 他40岁，2008年来中国；
2. 富于幽默感，喜欢交朋友；
3. 他的课堂很有趣，课后常帮我们学英语；
4. 从不抽烟，非常喜欢踢足球。昨天看电视比赛，直到比赛结束才睡觉。
5. 非常喜欢中国，正计划将来在中国定居。
6. 如果想了解他更多，可以亲自写信给他。
注意：
1.词数60—80，信的开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
2. 文中不要提及真实的校名和人名。
参考词汇：smoke v. 吸烟
Dear Tom,
How are you recently? Now I’ll tell you something about my English teacher Mr. Lee.
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I’m looking forward to your reply.
Yours,
Li Ming