1、2013-2014学年江苏省东海西部八年级上学期第二次联考英语试卷与答案（带解析） 单项选择 * What honest boy! And he is best student of all. A a; a B an; / C a; the D an, the 答案： D 试题分析：句意：多么诚实的一个孩子呀！而且他是所有学生中最优秀的一个。Honest首字母 h不发音，之后的 o的发音为元音音素 / / ，所以用不定冠词 an；所有学生中最优秀的一个为形容词的最高级，要用定冠词 the；故选 D。 考点：考查冠词的用法。 - Whats your best friend like - He
2、_. A likes playing football B is like tall and thin C is like to help me a lot D is helpful and kind 答案： D 试题分析：句意：你最好的朋友是个什么样的人？他很善良而且乐于助人。Whats your best friend like 问的是你最好的朋友是什么样的人，指性格，不是问她的长相外貌，故选 D。 考点：考查交际用语。 Millie could look after _ though she was only five years old. A she B her C himself D
3、 Herself 答案： D 试题分析：句意：米莉尽管只有五岁但是她可以照顾好自己。 Look after oneself表示 “照顾好自己 ”；米莉为女孩，所以用 herself；故选 D。 考点：考查代词的用法。 -The number of the tigers is getting _. - I agree _ you. A more and more , to B smaller and smaller, to C smaller and smaller, with D more and more ,with 答案： C 试题分析：句意：老虎的数量正在变得越来越少。我同意你的观点。老
4、虎的数量变少要用 small来修饰，变多要用 large来表示，不用 more； agree with sb意为 “同意某人的观点 ”；故选 C。 考点：考查比较级的用法和动词短语。 Youd better _ short passages every day. A to practice reading B practice reading C practicing reading D practice read 答案： B 试题分析：句意：你最好每天练习阅读短文。 Had better do sth意为 “最好做某事 ”； practice doing sth意为 “练习做某事 ”；故选
5、B。 考点：考查动词短语。 James with the Greens _ the White Tower Park if it_ tomorrow. A are going to, isnt rainy B are going to, doesnt rain C is going to, wont rain D is going to, isnt rainy 答案： D 试题分析：句意：如果明天不下雨；詹姆斯和格林一家人将去白塔公园。主语为单数名词或代词，尽管后面跟有 with， together with，等引起的短语，谓语动词仍用单数形式； if引导的条件状语从句通常用一般现在时表示将来
6、时；故选D。 考点：考查主谓一致和时态。 We must hurry up.There are few minutes . A to leave B leaves C left D leave 答案： C 试题分析：句意：我们必须要抓紧了，剩下的时间没几分钟了。 Left为过去分词短语做后置定语；故选 C。 考点：考查非谓语动词 Would you please the children with snake A to ask;not to play B ask;not to play C ask; not play D ask; dont play 答案： B 试题分析：句意：请你不要让孩子
7、们玩蛇好吗？ Would you please do sth意为 “委婉地请求某人做某事 ”； ask sb to do sth意为 “要求某人做某事 ”；故选 B。 考点：考查常用短语和句式的用法。 I feel _ because my job is too _. A bored, boring B bored, bored C boring, boring D boring, bored 答案： A 试题分析：句意：我感到很无聊因为我的工作太乏味了。 Bored意为 “感到无聊的 ”，修饰人； boring意为 “令人乏味的 ”，修饰物；故选 A。 考点：考查形容词的辨析。 I want
8、 to provide you _ food and clothes. A to B for C against D With 答案： D 试题分析：句意：我想为你提供衣服和食物。 Provide sb with sth意为 “为某人提供某物 ”；故选 D。 考点：考查介词的搭配。 My brother is interested in _ languages. A to study B studying C study D Studies 答案： B 试题分析：句意：我的弟弟对于语言的学习感兴趣。 Be interested in doing sth意为 “对做 感兴趣 ”；故选 B。 考点
9、：考查非谓语动词。 Nanjing is one of _ in China. A beautiful city B more beautiful city C the most beautiful city D the most beautiful cities 答案： D 试题分析：句意：南京是中国最美丽城市之一。形容词的最高级 most前要加定冠词 the；而在表达 “ 之一 ”时，后面的名词要用复数形式；故选 D。 考点：考查形容词最高级的用法。 You have _ money than me, but you have _ friends than me. A more, fewe
10、r B more, more C fewer, less D more, less 答案： A 试题分析：句意：你的钱比我的多；但是你的朋友却比我的少。 Money为不可数名词，其比较级用 more来修饰， fewer修饰可数名词，描述 friends合适；故选。 考点：考查比较级的用法。 If I watch the animals _, Ill get _for my class report. A careful; enough information B carefully; information enough C careful; information enough D care
11、fully; enough information 答案： D 试题分析：句意：若果我认真地观察动物，我就能获得足够的信息来写我的班级报告。修饰动词短语 watch the animals要用副词 carefully； enough修饰名词时多放在名词的前面；故选 D。 考点：考查形容词和副词。 完型填空 Bill and Fred were students at a university and they were friends. They didnt have money, so when it was time their summer vacation, Bill said, “L
12、ets our vacation in trailer(活动房车 ), Fred. It is than a hotel. I can borrow my fathers trailer.” Fred was very happy, so they got into the trailer and began their vacation. They wanted early the next day to go fishing, they didnt have an alarm clock.“ Thats , Bill,” Fred said, “ I have a good way. Il
13、l put bread on the roof of the trailer tonight and they will wake us up in the morning.” Bill was very , but he didnt say anything. Fred was right. When it was at the first light, some came down to eat the bread, and their noise on the roof (屋顶 ) of the trailer woke them up quickly. 【小题1】 A many B m
14、uch C a lot D some A in B to C for D on A take B taking C takes D to take A cheap B cheaper C expensive D more expensive A to get up B getting up C gets up D get up A and B but C so D or A right B true C all right D wrong A a B some pieces C many D some pieces of A happy B surprised C excited D sad
15、A birds B dogs C elephants D Ants 答案： 【小题 1】 B 【小题 2】 C 【小题 3】 A 【小题 4】 B 【小题 5】 A 【小题 6】 B 【小题 7】 C 【小题 8】 D 【小题 9】 B 【小题 10】 A 试题分析：本文讲解了一对大学生因为没很多钱，想办法借了一辆房车出去度假，想第二天早起钓鱼苦于没有闹钟但是弗莱德的办法让人叫绝。 【小题 1】考查形容词及语境的理解。句意：他们没有很多钱， money为不可数名词，所以用 much来修饰；故选 B。 【小题 2】考查介词及语境的理解。句意：所以当暑假来临时，比尔说：让我们坐活动房车去度假吧，弗
16、莱德。 Its time for意为 “到了做某事的时候了 ”；故选 C。 【小题 3】考查动词及语境的理解。 Lets do sth意为 “让我们一起做某事吧 ”，为一固定句型；故选 A。 【小题 4】考查形容词及语境的理解。句意：这要比住旅馆要便宜。根据前面的交代 They didnt have much money可知，比尔的建议是能够省钱的；故选。 【小题 5】考查动词及语境的理解。句意：他们第二天想早起去钓鱼，但是他们没有闹钟。 Want to do sth意为 “想要做某事 ”；故选 A。 【小题 6】考查连词及语境的理解。 A和 B但是 C所以 D或者。前后两句表示转折关系；故选
17、 B。 【小题 7】考查形容词及语境的理解。句意：弗莱德说： “没关系，比尔 ”。 A对的 B真实的 C没关系 D错的。根据后面的 I have a good way. 可知，是要比尔放心，他有办法解决这个问题； Thats right和 Thats true都意为 “那是对的 ”；故选C。 【小题 8】考查名词及语境的理解。句意：今天晚上我在房车的房顶上放一些面包，明天早上它们会叫醒我们的。 Bread为不可数名词，所以表示一些面包时要用量词 piece来表示，即 some pieces of bread；故选 D。 【小题 9】考查形容词及语境的理解。句意：比尔很吃惊，但是没有说什么。 A
18、幸福的 B吃惊的 C兴奋的 D难过的。根据后面的 but he didnt say anything. Fred was right.可知应该是当时比尔对于弗莱德的做法感到疑惑的；故选 B。 【小题 10】考查名词及语境的理解。句意：当天刚亮时，鸟儿下来吃面包，他们在房车屋顶上的吵闹声惊醒了他们两。 A鸟 B狗 C大象 D蚂蚁。根据后面 的谓语宾语部分可知应该是鸟儿下来吃食；故选 A。 考点：故事类短文。 阅读理解 Many animals hide to stay alive. They hide in many ways. Some animals hide in leaves; some
19、 animals hide in snow. Usually their colors or shapes help protect them. Its hard to see an Arctic bear in snow. Its white fur helps protect it. Chameleons(变色龙 ) can hide by changing colors. Their skin turns the same color as what is around them. Some chameleons can change colors in five minutes. Ma
20、ny animals try to look bigger than they are to stay alive. Some animals can make other animals think they are very big. If they look very big, animals that are looking for food will run away. Bears can walk on two legs. They look very, very scary. Some animals will run away from them. Many animals t
21、ry to stay around other animals. This helps them stay alive. Zebras stay close together so that they can help each other look out of danger. Seeing many stripes at once can also confuse animals that want to eat them. Some birds stay in a circle, each toward a different direction. In this way they ca
22、n also help each other stay alive by looking around for animals that many want to eat one of them. 【小题 1】 Animals have ways to stay alive. How many of them are mentioned in the passage A One B Two C Three D Five 【小题 2】 Why do animals hide A Because they like to play hide-and-seek. B Because they are
23、 shy. C Because they want to catch other. D Because they want to protect themselves. 【小题 3】 How do Chameleons hide A They change colors. B They change shapes. C They hide in snow. D They hide in leaves. 【小题 4】 How do zebras hide A Become good friends. B Talk to each other. C Help each other look out
24、 for danger. D Eat and play together 【小题 5】 Why do animals try to look bigger than they are A They want other animals to run away from them. B They want other animals to follow them. C They want other animals to see them. D They want other animals to like them. 答案： 【小题 1】 C 【小题 2】 D 【小题 3】 A 【小题 4】
25、C 【小题 5】 A 试题分析：这篇短文中作者主要介绍了一些动物为了更好的生存保护自己来掩饰自己的几种不同的方法。 【小题 1】细节理解题。根据短文第一段 Some animals hide in leaves; some animals hide in snow.介绍了两种生存的方法，第二段第一句话 Many animals try to look bigger than they are to stay alive. 介绍了第三种自我保护的方法；故选 C。 【小题 2】细节理解题。根据短文第一句话 Many animals hide to stay alive. 及第二段 This hel
26、ps them stay alive. 可知，动物掩饰自己的目的是为了更好的生存；故选 D。 【小题 3】细节理解题。根据短文第一段 Chameleons(变色龙 ) can hide by changing colors. 可知，变色龙的特点就是变换颜色；故选 A。 【小题 4】细节理解题。根据短文第二段 Zebras stay close together so that they can help each other look out of danger. 可知斑马可以通过聚在一起来相互提醒对方注意危险；故选 C。 【小题 5】细节理解题。根据短文第二段 If they look ve
27、ry big, animals that are looking for food will run away. 可知，他们使自己看起来很庞大的原因是吓跑觅食的动物；故选 A。 考点：知识类短文阅读。 If you do not use your arms or your legs for some time, they will become weak, when you start using them again, they slowly become strong again. Everybody knows that. Yet many people do not seem to k
28、now that memory works in the same way. When someone says that he has a good memory, he really means that he keeps his memory in practice by using it. When someone else says that his memory is poor, he really means that he does not give it enough chance to become strong. If a friend says that his arm
29、s and legs are weak, we know that it is his own fault. But if he tells us that he has a poor memory, many of us think that his parents may be blamed(责备 ), and few of us know that it is just his own fault. Have you ever found that some people cant read or write but usually they have better memories T
30、his is because they cannot read or write and they have to remember things, they cannot write them down in a small notebook. They have to remember days, names, songs and stories, so their memory is the whole time being exercised. So if you want to have a good memory, learn from the people: practise r
31、emembering things in a way as other people do. 【小题 1】 Someone cant have a good memory if _. A he cant read or write B he doesnt use his memory C his parents havent a good memory D he doesnt use his arms or legs for some time 【小题 2】 If you do not use your arms or legs for some time, _. A you cant use
32、 them any more B they will become stronger C they become weak but they slowly become strong again D they become weak and wont become strong until you use them again 【小题 3】 Which of the following is TRUE A Your memory works in the different way as your arms or legs B Your memory, like your arms or le
33、gs, becomes weak if you do not give it enough chance for practice C Dont learn how to read and write if you want to have a better memory D A good memory comes from less practice 【小题 4】 Few people know that it is only _ if a friend has a poor memory. A his own fault B his parents fault C his teachers
34、 fault D his grandmothers fault 【小题 5】 The writer wants to tell us _. A how to use our arms or legs B how to read and write C how to have a good memory D how to learn from the people 答案： 【小题 1】 B 【小题 2】 D 【小题 3】 B 【小题 4】 A 【小题 5】 C 试题分析：这篇短文中作者主要通过举例介绍了如何才能拥有好的记忆力，及提高记忆力的方法。 【小题 1】细节理解题。根据短文第一段 Yet
35、many people do not seem to know that memory works in the same way.可知，记忆力也遵循这一规律；故选 B。 【小题 2】细节理解题。根据短文第一段 If you do not use your arms or your legs for some time, they will become weak, when you start using them again, they slowly become strong again.可知，答案：为 D。 【小题 3】细节理解题。根据短文第一段 Yet many people do
36、not seem to know that memory works in the same way.可知，记忆力也符合这一规律，故 A错误；第二段 When someone else says that his memory is poor, he really means that he does not give it enough chance to become strong.可知 B项正确；根据最后一段 So if you want to have a good memory, learn from the people: practise remembering things i
37、n a way as other people do.可知 C项错误； D项与原文的意思背道而驰，错误；故选 B。 【小题 4】细节理解题。根据短文第三段 But if he tells us that he has a poor memory, many of us think that his parents may be blamed(责备 ), and few of us know that it is just his own fault.可知，一个人的记忆力低下是与个人缺乏锻炼引起的，即自己的责任；故选 A。 【小题 5】主旨大意题。根据短文内容可知，其核心话题就是如何提高我们的记
38、忆力；故选 C。 考点：教育类短文阅读。 There are many wetlands in China and some of them have become the worlds important wetlands. The Chinese Yellow Sea Wetlands are among them. They are in Yancheng, Jiangsu Province. They are home for many different kinds of animals. The worlds largest Milu Deer Nature Reserve is
39、in them. More than 700 Milu deer live freely there. There are not many red-crowned cranes in the world, but every winter you can see some in the Red-crowned Crane Nature Reserve in the Yellow Sea Wetlands. The temperature in the wetlands is usually neither too high nor too low. There is a lot of rai
40、n and sunshine, too. They are really good places for wildlife. Offering(提供 ) food and home for some special kinds of animals is not the only reason why we need to protect wetlands. Wetlands are important because they also prevent flood. But some people want to change the wetlands to make more space
41、for farms and less space for wildlife. Luckily, more and more people are beginning to realize the importance of wetlands and wildlife. Every year, on February 2nd, many activities are held to tell people more about wetlands. 【小题 1】 The Chinese Yellow Sea Wetlands are in the _of China. A east B south
42、 C west D north 【小题 2】 Usually the weather in the wetlands is _ A hot B pleasant C cold D dry 【小题 3】 The World Wetlands Day is on _ A April 22 B June 25 C February 2 D March 22 【小题 4】 We must protect wetlands because _ A they are home for wildlife B they can offer food to animals C they can prevent
43、flood D all of the above 【小题 5】 Some people want to change _ to make more space for farms A lands B world C wildlife D wetlands 答案： 【小题 1】 A 【小题 2】 B 【小题 3】 C 【小题 4】 D 【小题 5】 D 试题分析：这篇短文中作者主要介绍了中国的湿地状况及其重要性，以及人们为了保护湿地所作出的努力。 【小题 1】细节理解题。根据短文第一段 They are in Yancheng, Jiangsu Province.可知，中国的黄海湿地位于江苏省，
44、即华东；故选 A。 【小题 2】细节理解题。根据短文第二段 The temperature in the wetlands is usually neither too high nor too low. 可知，湿地的天气是很温和的；故选 B。 【小题 3】细节理解题。根据短文第三段 Every year, on February 2nd, many activities are held to tell people more about wetlands.可知，世界湿地日应该是在每年的 2月 2号，那天会举行许多活动；故选 C。 【小题 4】细节理 解题。根据短文第二段 Offering(
45、提供 ) food and home for some special kinds of animals is not the only reason why we need to protect wetlands. Wetlands are important because they also prevent flood. 可知，保护湿地的原因包含三个方面的内容，故选 D。 【小题 5】细节理解题。根据短文第二段最后一句 But some people want to change the wetlands to make more space for farms and less spa
46、ce for wildlife.可知，答案：为 D。 考点：环保类短文阅读。 A crow(乌鸦 ) is about twenty inches(英寸 ) long and black all over. Crows are dirty birds because they live on bad food. Crows eat a lot of waste food. In this way they are more useful to us than any birds. They clean up the dirty things in our streets. Crows are
47、always hungry. They look for food all day, and in the evening you can see them in large numbers flying back to their nests(巢 ) in the trees. They sleep there at night. Crows are much noisier than other birds. Very often a large number of crows will get together on one house and talk. Sometimes they
48、talk together, and sometimes they do it by turns(轮流 ) like human beings(人类 ). It is easy to tell(判断 ) from crows sound if they are pleased or angry. Perhaps crows talk a lot because they are friendly birds. A pair of crows will live together all their lives, and if one of them dies, the other one becomes very sad and quiet for the rest of its life and some time later it dies too. 【小题
