江苏省南通市通州区十总中学2011-2012学年八年级英语上学期期中联考试题
(满分：100分 考试时间：105分钟)
第Ⅰ卷（选择题 共55分）
一、听力（本题共20小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
A．听对话回答问题。（听两遍） ( )1. Where is Mr. Green from?
A. B. C.
( )2. What did Tom do yesterday?
A. B. C.
( )3. How often does the boy watch TV?
A. Every day. B. Sometimes C. Never. ( )4. How long does it take Jack to get to school by bus?
A. 15 minutes B. 50 minutes C. 30 minutes ( )5. How many people are going to the Great Wall? A. 3 B. 4 C. 5
B、听下面3段对话或独白，每段对话后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听第一段对话，回答6---7小题
( )6. Where does the woman want to go?
A. The bus station. B. The supermarket. C. The post office ( )7. Which bus can take the woman there?
A. The No.7 bus. B. The No.1 bus C. The No.6 bus. 听第二段对话，回答8---10小题。
( )8. When does the man start work?
A. Late in the morning. B. In the afternoon. C. At midnight. ( )9. What does Mr Wang do? A. He works in a TV station. B. He is a news reporter. C. He works for a newspaper.
( )10. Which is RIGHT according to the dialogue? A. The woman knows about Mr Wang's job very well. B. Mr Wang gets up early every day.
C. Mr Wang does some reading in the morning. 听一段独白，回答11-15小题。 ( )11. What is the speaker?
A. A guide. B. A driver. C. A teacher. ( )12. What is the speaker doing? A. Giving a history lesson.
B. Showing the visitors around London.
C. Telling the visitors something about London. ( )13. Where are the visitors?
A. In the London Museum. B. In front of Big Ben. C. On the way to London. ( )14. What season is it now?
A. Summer. B. Autumn. C. Spring. ( )15. What is London like?
A. Big and noisy. B. Busy and interesting. C. Busy and beautiful. 二、单项选择（本题共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
( )16. — I have read ______ article about softball. Are you interested in it?
— Sure, let me have a look.
A. an; the B. an; ∕ C. a; a D. the; a ( )17. She put her photos of the trip to Taiwan on her own homepage
for everyone to .
A. look B. read C. get D. enjoy
( )18. —Why don’t we have a day out? —_________.
A. That’s right. B You’re great. C What a good idea! D No, I don’t ( )19. — How do you like your trip?
—____ great fun we had ____with each other all the way on the coach!
A. How; chatting B. What; chatting C. What; to chat D. What a; chatting ( )20. —Please don’t make so much noise．—__________．
A. Sorry，I won’t B. Sorry，I will C.OK，I will D. Oh，I don’t
( )21.The child is crying．Please do something to make him__________．
A．stop to cry B．to stop to cry C．stop crying D．to stop crying ( )22.---Would you like to come to our party?
--- I’d love to, ____ I can’t come.
A. and B. but C. or D. then
( )23.When the bus stopped, some people ____and some others ____ .
A. got off it; got it on B. got it off; got it on C. got it off; got on D. got off, got on it
( )24．—-Were you late ____the meeting?
—-No, I arrived there ten minutes______ the meeting started.
A. for, before B. at, before
C. for, till D. at, after
( )25．The girl, her classmates, chatting with her friends.
A．like; likes B．like; like C．likes; like D．likes; like
( )26．Shanghai is bigger than _____ in Jiangsu and bigger than _______ in China. A. any city, any city B. any city, any other city
C. any other city, the other cities D. any other city, any city ( )27. The meat is ________expensive and eating ________meat is bad for your health. A. too much; much too B. much too; too much
C. too much; too much D. much too; much too ( )28. I didn’t find ______ in the picture. What about you? A. unusual anything B. nothing unusual C. anything unusual D. unusual something
( )29. —-Can I have ________? —- Of course .Here you are.
A. some more cakes B. a few milk C. another more water D. a little eggs
( )30. --- Sir, I want to ask for a leave. My daughter was ill in hospital. --- _________________
A. That sounds good. B. Have a good time.
C. I’m sorry to hear that. D. I hope you feel better soon. 三、完形填空（本题共10小题; 每小题1分，满分10分）
I don’t do well in my study. Most of my classmates are much better than me. So I get very 31 . You know, 32 is difficult to keep on working hard. And I think 33 I spend much time studying for the tests, I can’t get good grades. Luckily my father 34 gives me some help. He tells me not to 35 about it. He says many 36 people are not so good at their subjects. Edison, the famous scientist, had a bad headache for his 37 when he was a 12-year-old boy. But everyone knows that he did a lot for the people in the world. And Newton, had the same story like 38 . After hearing that, I believe I shouldn’t give up. I 39 try my best. And if I keep on studying hard, I can do much 40 . My father is very happy to hear that and he says he will always help me and be with me. ( ) 31. A. happy ( ) 32. A. that ( ) 33. A. although ( ) 34. A. hardly ( ) 35. A. worry
B. stressed B. there B. but B. twice B. forget
C. tired C. it C. because C. often C. talk C. famous C. sports C. her C. may B. more fun
D. hungry D. this D. if D. never D. think D. interesting D. studies D. them D. would C. better
D. worse
( ) 36. A. traditional B. American ( ) 37. A. hobbies ( ) 38. A. you ( ) 39. A. should
B. health B. him B. can
( ) 40. A. more different
四、阅读理解（本题共15小题; 每小题1分，满分15分）
(A)
Here are some notes from Tina’s family.
December 12th Tina, Could you help me with my English tonight? Tommy December 15th Tina, Please buy some dog food for our love, Angel. Honey December 16th Tina, A Simple Noodle Story is on show at Sanmen Cinema tomorrow. Can you come with me? Jack