苏州市吴中区2015-2016年八年级上期中考试英语试题及答案.doc

吴中区初中办学联盟2015-2016学年第一学期期中统一测试
初二英语试卷

第I卷（共75分）

一、听力选择（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
（请先用两分钟时间熟悉听力试题，然后再动笔答题。做题时，先将答案划在试卷上。录音内容结束后，请将试卷上的答案誊写到答题卷上。）

A) 听下面10段对话，每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，每段对话读两遍。
1. What’s the boy’s favourite animal?
A. B. C.
2. How does the boy go to school?
A. B. C.
3. What did the boy see last summer?
A. B. C.
4. What does the boy want?
A. B. C.
5. What does the girl want to do this weekend?
A. Go skiing. B. Go cycling. C. Go hiking.
6. What does the boy think of the film?
A. Interesting. B. Boring. C. Exciting.
7. What does the boy think is the most important to be a friend?
A. Being clever. B. Being honest. C. Being good-looking.
8. Who has the most rubbers?
A. Jack. B. Nancy. C. Daniel.
9. What subject isn’t the boy good at?
A. Maths. B. English. C. History.
10. What does the boy want to be?
A. A writer. B. An editor. C. A social worker.

B）听对话和短文回答问题
听一段对话，回答第11-12小题。对话读两遍。
11. What’s the boy’s ideal school like?
A. A small one near the sea.
B. A big one near the sea.
C. A small one near the river.
12. Which of the following is TRUE?
A. The boy wants to learn Home Economics.
B. The boy wants to stay at school for long.
C. The boy hopes his ideal school starts early and finishes late.

听第一篇短文，回答第13-15小题。短文读两遍。

Information Sheet
Name
Marry Lee
Interests
Watching 13 and reading
More important information
14
Part-time job
15

13. A. movies   B. music C. sport.
14. A. Swim well B. Speak English well C. Get on well with people
15. A. A newspaper reporter B. An English teacher C. A computer programmer

听第二篇短文，回答第16-20 小题。短文读两遍。
16. What does Mr. Clock like buying?
A. Clocks. B. Stamps. C. Books.
17. How many clocks does Mr. Clock have?
A. Two hundred. B. Three hundred. C. Four hundred.
18. Does Mr. Clock's wife like buying clocks, too?
A. Yes, she does. B. No, she doesn't. C. We don't know.
19. Who keeps all the clocks clean every day?
A. Mr. Clock's wife. B. Mr. Clock. C. No one.
20. What do you know from this passage?
A. Few of the clocks can keep the right time.
B. Every clock tells the right time.
C. All the clocks have the sound only at night.

二、选择填空（共25小题；每小题1分，满分25分）
A)单项填空 请认真阅读下面各题，然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。答案写在答题卷上。
21. ----I'm looking forward to_______ school trip after the exam.
---- We'll make it_______ really fun day for everyone.
A. the; the B. a; the C. the; a D. the; ／
22. Lorry is also called_______ in American English.
A. truck B. store C. fall D. yard
23. Mum, go and see for_______. But we must keep the secret to_______.
A. ourselves; yourselves B. yourself; ourselves
C. ourselves, ourselves D. yourself; yourselves
24. ----I hope we can have ________ homework to do at weekends.
----That’s what I think. Then we can have ________ free time for my hobbies.
A. fewer, less B. less, more C. more, fewer D. fewer, more
25. --- I can’t wait ________ the film The Wolverine2(金刚狼2) this evening
--- You’d better ________ a ticket first because many people want to watch it.
A. see, buy B. to see, to buy C. to see, buy D. see, to buy
26. The weather in Beijing is different from_______ in Suzhou.
A. it B. that C. one D. those
27. My father told me to a photo of my family on the wall yesterday.
A. put out B. put on C. put in D. put up
28. I can’t speak English _____you .
A. so well like B. as well as C. as good as D. so good as
29. What a________ lesson! I really get_______ with it．
A. bored; bored B. boring; boring C. bored; boring D. boring; bored
30. I think Simon can swim faster than ________ in our class.
A. other students B. any other student
C. the other student D. any other students
31. ----When did you _________ Suzhou last night?
----At about 9 pm.
A. arrive in B. arrive C. arrive at D. got to
32. - _______ exercising, and you'll be healthier.
A. Keep B. To keep C. Keeping D. Kept
33. We didn’t find________ in the picture.
A. interesting anything B. nothing interesting
C. anything interesting D. interesting something
34. -_______is the old bridge over the river?
- Not very wide. It's about three meters.
A. How long B. How heavy C. How wide D. How high
35. ---- Please don’t smoke here. Look at the sign. ---- ________.
A. No, I will. B Yes, I will C. Sorry, I will D. Sorry, I won’t

B)完形填空 请先通读下面的材料，掌握其大意，然后从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。答案写在答题卷上。
One midnight, a little girl was thirsty and got up to drink some water. She walked to the bedroom door and 36 it. The little girl looked outside but walked 37 and stood in the center of the room, because it was so 38 in the hall and she was afraid. Her mother said: “Don’t be afraid, honey. Have courage (勇气), I believe you can do it yourself!”
“ 39 is courage?” she asked, running to her mother’s bed. “Courage is the brave breath (呼吸),” her mother answered
“Mom, do you have courage?” “Certainly.” her mother replied, The little girl held out her cold hands, saying: “Mom, blow some of your breath of courage to 40 .”
After her mother blew into her little cold hands, the little girl clenched her fists (握拳) 41 , afraid that the “breath of courage” would 42 away. Then with her fists clenched, she walked out of the bedroom towards the kitchen with 43 to be afraid of. Her mother said to herself: “It will be nice 44 someone can blow some courage to me. Then I can also hold it in my hands when I feel terrified.”
In a word, the thing that we are afraid of is nothing but the 45 in our mind. The person who we should win is nobody but ourselves.
36. A. closed B. knocked C.opened D. kicked
37. A. in B. back C. out D. down
38. A. bright B. dark C. cold D. warm
39. A. What B. How C. Where D. Why
40. A. me B. you C. her D. it
41. A. politely B. happily C. luckily D. carefully
42. A. pull B. run C. move D. took
43. A. something B. anything C. everything D. nothing
44. A. because B. though C. if D. until
45. A. fear B. idea C. worry D. secret

三、阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
请认真阅读下列材料，然后从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。答案写在答题卷上。
A
Here is an advertisement about two-day tour between Hong Kong and Macao.
Two-day tour between Hong Kong and Macao
Date: July 15 th ～16 th
Travel: Sightseeing bus in the city and the ship/boat/speedboat(快艇) between Hong Kong and Macao
Places to visit:
Hong Kong: Ocean Park and Victoria Peak
Macao: Mazu Temple, the Ruins of St. Paul
Cost: HK ＄600, including travel, three-star hotel, meals and admission tickets. 40% off for students.
For more information, call 852 3881 3502 or 852 3882 3503.
Bill is a student in Beijing Sunshine Secondary school. Last week he joined the two-day tour between Hong Kong and Macao with his parents.

46. Bill enjoyed the beautiful views(风景) in the city by last week.
A. ship B. boat C. bus D. speedboat
47. In Hong Kong you can visit .
A. Victoria Peak B. Mazu Temple
C. the Ruins of St. Paul D. Moon lake
48. The tour cost Bill’s family .
A. HK ＄1,800 B. HK ＄1,560 C. HK ＄1,320 D. HK ＄1,080

B
Now some women are spending a weekend at Mother's Camp .There ,husbands and children are not allowed (允许). Why would a woman want to take a vocation without her family? Some women say they need time to be alone.
At Mother's Camp, a woman has room of herself. She can sleep, read, or watch TV, and no one will disturb (打扰)her. No children will ask, "Mom ,what's for dinner?" No husband will say, "Oh, dear. I can't find any clean socks." In fact almost 50% of women in the United States work outside the home. Many of them work full time and then come back to a second job --- taking care of their homes and families. These working women say one of their biggest problems is housework.
In the United Stated, working wives do about 75% of the housework Many of their husbands say they want to help. But then they burn the rice or they can't find pans. They ask so many questions that their wives decide it is easier to do the job themselves.
Some women go to Mother's Camp just to get a break from housework. For two days they don't cook, they don't clean, they don't look after their children and husbands. What do they do? They enjoy warm, sunny weather ,walking ,swimming or boating in a clear blue lake and sing songs around the campfire. They relax away from home. They have a really wonderful vacation at Mother's Camp.

49. What can't the women do at Mother's Camp?
A . Watch TV. B. Read newspapers.
C. Swim in the lake D. Bring their husbands and children.
50. Why would some mothers like to be alone?
A. Because they don't like their husbands or children.
B. Because they have to work full-time.
C. Because they are too busy to relax themselves.
D. Because they want a new life.
51. What do most working women have to do after th