1、2013-2014学年江苏省盐城市景山中学八年级上学期期中考试英语试卷与答案（带解析） 其他 根据短文内容和首字母提示，填写所缺单词，使短文意思完整。（ 10分） DIY, which means Do It Y 【小题 1】 , is quite popular in UK. Lots of stores and supermarkets sell DIY things. TV programs show people how to DIY. Lots of people s 【小题 2】 their holidays making their homes beautiful. If the
2、re is anything that needs fixing around their homes, such as p【小题 3】 the walls or putting in a new shower, they will do the jobs themselves. They share DIY experience(经历 ) w 【小题 4】 their friends. More and more people have discovered the joy of DIY. DIY can be difficult. There is a big market for DIY
3、 furniture,however, people often find it not easy to build a p 【小题 5】 of furniture because they cant understand the instructions. Sometimes the i 【小题 6】 are simple and clear, but the furniture itself is difficult to build. DIY can also be dangerous. For e 【小题 7】 , anything electrical（带电的） should be
4、done by a professional（专业的） worker. Unluckily, many people dont c 【小题 8】 about this warning（警告） and put themselves in danger. It is reported that in just one year o【小题 9】 ,000 people were hurt while doing DIY in UK, including 41,000 who f 【小题 10】 off ladders. 答案： 【小题 1】 Yourself 【小题 2】 spend 【小题 3】
5、painting 【小题 4】 with 【小题 5】 piece 【小题 6】 instructions 【小题 7】 example 【小题 8】 care 【小题 9】 over 【小题 10】 fell 试题分析： 本文介绍的是 DIY在英国广受欢迎，而且在各种场合有着广泛的运用；但是又举例说明了生活中由于自制一些家具时所存在的潜在危险因素是值得我们大家引以为戒的，并且通过活生生的例子说明了事态的严重性。 【小题 1】本句是对 DIY的解释，根据 they will do the jobs themselves.再结合后面的首字母提示可知， DIY即 Do It Yourself，意为
6、 “自己动手做或者自助的 ”；故答案：为 Yourself。 【小题 2】本句考查短语 spend time doing sth的用法，即花费时间做某事，本句的意思是花费假期的时间装饰家庭，使之更美丽；故答案：为 spend。 【小题 3】家庭内部的修饰或者是装饰，结合后面的宾语 the walls可知应该指的是粉刷墙壁等活计，参照 or后面的 putting in可知应用动词的 ing形式；故答案：为 painting。 【小题 4】本句考查 share sth with sb意为 “与某人分享某物 ”，即他们与朋友分享自己动手做事情的经历；故答案：为 with。 【小题 5】制作家具并不是
7、一件容易的事情，家具 furniture为不可数名词，表示一件家具要用数量词短语 a piece of furniture；故答案：为 piece。 【小题 6】根据前面的一句 because they cant understand the instructions.可知，他们遇到的困难是有时产品说明太简单，故答案：为 instructions。 【小题 7】上一句说 DIY can also be dangerous.接下来自然是举例说明制作家具的具体困难之处，即 for example故答案：为 example。 【小题 8】句首的 Unluckily一词说明很多人不注意或者不在乎这些危
8、险事项；care for意为 “关心，在乎 ”；故答案：为 care。 【小题 9】本句是列举的报道中的一些危险案例和事件，人数之多是超出大家的预料的， over意为 “超过 ”；故答案：为 over。 【小题 10】受伤的人中包括从梯子上掉下来的事件；既然是报道的已发生事件，当然时态用一般过去时；故答案：为 fell。 考点：词汇运用。 根据句意用所给动词的正确形式填空 （ 5分） 【小题 1】 He was late for school because of _(get) up late. 【小题 2】 Their team _ (win) the basketball final ye
9、sterday. 【小题 3】 I decided (make) Millie a birthday card by myself. 【小题 4】 We kept (run) on the playground last Monday afternoon. 【小题 5】 Youd better (go) to bed early. Its good for your health. 答案： 【小题 1】 getting 【小题 2】 won 【小题 3】 to make 【小题 4】 running 【小题 5】 go 试题分析： 【小题 1】句意：他上学迟到是因为起晚了。 because o
10、f为介词短语，后面跟动词时要用动词的 ing形式，故答案：为 getting。 【小题 2】句意：他们的队在昨天的篮球决赛中赢了。本句考查动词的时态，根据后面的 yesterday可知需用一般过去时；故答案：为 won。 【小题 3】句意：我决定亲自为米莉制作一张生日卡片。 decide to do意为 “决定做某事 ”；故答案：为 to make。 【小题 4】句意：上周一下午我们一直在操场上跑步。 keep doing sth意为 “一直做某事 ”；故答案：为 running。 【小题 5】句意：你最好早些上床睡觉。这样对你的健康有好处。 had better do sth意为 “最好做某
11、事 ”，故答案：为 go。 考点：动词的用法。 Two careful and brave children-Benjamin,12, and his sister Emily, 11, found a stolen(被偷的 ) car in the woods（树丛） yesterday morning. The happy owner, Mrs Judy Roberts,said she would thank them by taking then out to dinner. Both Benjamin and Emily like hiking. They were walking
12、along a path through the woods near their home. And they noticed a car. They were surprised because very few people parked their cars there. They looked inside the car and there was nobody in it. The children thought something went wrong. They made a note of the type of the car and its colour. Benja
13、min also wrote down its number. When they went back to their school, they told their teacher about the car. The teacher reported （报告） it to the police. Soon the police found the owner, Mrs Judy Roberts. “I really have to thank Benjamin and Emily. Im going to write to the local newspaper and their he
14、admaster（校长） to thank them” she said. Benjamin and Emilys teachers felt proud(自豪的 ). “Benjamin and Emily are not only students but also good members of the community” they all said. Profile （简介） of the children 【小题 1】 Benjamin and Emily 【小题 2】 12 and 11 Personalities Careful and 【小题 3】 Finding the c
15、ar They found the car when they were 【小题 4】 . They made a note of the type of the car, its colour and 【小题 5】 . Finding the 【小题 6】 They 【小题 7】 their teacher about the car and the teacher reported it to the 【小题 8】 . They found the car was Mrs Judy Robertss . Being praised（表扬） and thanked Mrs Judy Robe
16、rts invited them to a 【小题 9】 . The teachers said they were good 【小题 10】 of the community. 答案： 【小题 1】 Names 【小题 2】 Ages 【小题 3】 brave 【小题 4】 walking 【小题 5】 number 【小题 6】 owner 【小题 7】 told 【小题 8】 police 【小题 9】 meal 【小题 10】 members 试题分析：本文介绍了两个勇敢细心的中学生 Benjamin and Emily的故事。他们两人在树林里玩耍时发现了一辆不明的车辆，记下车的型号、
17、颜色和号码，并且回校后报告给了老师，老师又报了警，最终帮助失主找回自己的爱车，两个孩子受到了高度称赞。 【小题 1】根据短文第一句话 Two careful and brave children-Benjamin,12, and his sister Emily, 11, found a stolen(被偷的 ) car in the woods（树丛） yesterday morning.可知，本句介绍了两个主人公的姓名；即 names；并根据下一行的Personalities可知应该用首字母大写的形式来表达；故答案：为 Names。 【小题 2】根据上一题的解释，本句是介绍了两个人的年龄；
18、故答案：为 Ages。 【小题 3】还是由第一句话可知，两个孩子的品质是细心和勇敢的，故答案：为 brave。 【小题 4】根据第二段第二句话 They were walking along a path through the woods near their home.可知，当他们在树 林里徒步旅行时发现的这辆车；故答案：为walking。 【小题 5】根据 Benjamin also wrote down its number.可知两人记下了车的型号、颜色以及号码等基本信息；故答案：为 number。 【小题 6】根据第三段的第一句话 Soon the police found the
19、owner, Mrs Judy Roberts.可知在警察的帮助下，找到了车的主人；故答案：为 owner。 【小题 7】根据第二段中 When they went back to their school, they told their teacher about the car.一句可知，回校后两个人将这件奇怪的事情告诉了老师；故答案：为 told。 【小题 8】根据第二段最后一句话 The teacher reported （报告） it to the police.可知老师又报告给了警察；故答案：为 police。 【小题 9】由第一段最后一句 The happy owner, Mr
20、s Judy Roberts,said she would thank them by taking then out to dinner. 可知 ，车的主人很高兴地邀请二人吃饭以示感谢，由因前面有冠词 a，所以用名词 meal；故答案：为 meal。 【小题 10】最后一句 “Benjamin and Emily are not only students but also good members of the community”老师夸奖两人不仅在学校是好学生，而且在社区也是好居民、好成员；故答案：为 members。 考点：词汇运用。 单项选择 * Jimmy and Timmy ar
21、e both 50 kg, that is to say, Jimmy is _ Timmy. A so heavy as B as heavy as C so heavier as D as heavier as 答案： B 试题分析：句意：吉米和蒂米两个人都重 50千克，也就说吉米和蒂米一样重。表达比较级的结构通常为 as+adj./adv.+as 表示 “和 一样怎么样 ”,句型结构中只能用形容词和副词的原级形式；故选 B。 考点：考查比较级的表达。 There are many skirts in this shop. I cant choose . A what to buy B w
22、hich one to buy C to buy which one D to buy which 答案： B 试题分析：句意：这家商店有许多裙子。我不能决定该买哪一个了。前面是说裙子的种类多，不知道该挑选哪一件，所以 A项表示 “不知道该买什么 ”错误；该买哪一个用 which one to buy来表示，即疑问词 +不定式做动词 choose的宾语；故选 B。 考点：考查疑问词 +不定式做宾语。 The room is not bright enough. I need to a light on the ceiling. A put in B put on C put up D put
23、with 答案： A 试题分析：句意：这个房间不够亮。我需要在屋顶上安装一盏灯。 Put in意为“插话，把 插入 ”； put on意为 “穿上，戴上 ”； put up意为 “悬挂，张贴，搭建 ”； put up with意为 “忍受，容忍 ”， put一般不与 with搭配；故选 A。 考点：考查动词短语的词义辨析。 The piano sounds . I want to leave now. Where is the exit(出口 ) A wonderful B good C nice D terrible 答案： D 试题分析：句意：这首钢琴曲子听起来太难听了。我想离开。出口在什
24、么地方呀？根据后面的描述可知， “我 ”想离开的原因肯定是曲子不好听，而四个选项中只有 D项是表示糟糕的，故选 D。 考点：考查形容词的词义辨析。 Jack his pet dog every day. The dog must feel sad when hes alone all day long. A should walking B should to walk C had better walk D had better to walk 答案： C 试题分析：句意：杰克最好每天都要遛遛他的宠物狗。那条狗一整天都单独呆着一定感到难过。 had better do sth意为 “最好做某
25、事 ”； should do sth意为 “应该做某事 ”；故选 C。 考点：考查情态动词。 -Dont touch my computer when Im away, OK -Sorry, . A I wont B I cant C I dont D Im not 答案： A 试题分析：句意：当我不在的时候不要碰我的电脑，好吗？对不起，我不会了。此句表达将来的动作，表示我将来不会动你的电脑了 I wont touch your computer when youre away；故选 A。 考点：考查一般将来时的简短答语。 Thanks for _ the secret _ me. A kee
26、p, for B keeping, for C keep, at D keeping, to 答案： B 试题分析：句意：多谢为我保守秘密。 Thanks for中的 for为介词，后面跟动词的 ing形式做宾语；为某人做某事多用介词 for；故选 B。 考点：考查非谓语动词和介词。 Paul always goes to the center of the city _. A on bike B take a bus C on feet D by car 答案： D 试题分析：句意：葆罗总是坐车去市中心。 “乘坐交通工具去做某事 ”即 “do sth by bike/car/bus/boat
27、/on foot”，注意需要交通工具使用单数形式，所以 on feet表达错 误， take a bus在句中做谓语；故选 D。 考点：考查介词短语。 Would you like something _ A todrink B drink C drinking D drank 答案： A 试题分析：句意：你喜欢喝点东西吗？常用句型 Would you like sth to eat/drink？表示 “你想喝点 /吃点什么东西吗？ ”；故选 A。 考点：考查常用句型。 Please help _ to some fish, girls. A you B me C yourself D you
28、rselves 答案： D 试题分析：句意：姑娘们，请随便吃些鱼吧。 Help oneself to sth表示 “请随便吃些 吧 ”；本句中根据后面的 girls可知，是对一群女孩的请求，所以表示复数，即用 yourselves；故选 D。 考点：考查常用短语。 -Our team won the basketball final today! -_ A I hope not. B Im not sure. C I know. D Thats great! 答案： D 试题分析：句意： 我们队在今天的篮球决赛中赢了。太棒了！当别人向我们说他们的成功事件时，我们通常会表示祝贺以示礼貌，故选 D
29、。 考点：考查交际用语。 You can see some photos _ the trip _ the Internet. A of; on B with; in C from; at D to; by 答案： A 试题分析：句意：你可以在网上看到这次旅行的一些照片。表示所属关系时多用介词 of， some photos of the trip即这次旅行的一些照片；在网络上即 on the Internet；故选 A。 考点：考查介词的用法。 There arent enough chairs. Would you please _ ones here A to bring another
30、 three B bring more three C to take three other D bring three more 答案： D 试题分析：句意：这里的椅子不够。请你再去拿三把椅子到这里来好吗？Would you please do sth 意为委婉地请求对方做某事，即 “请你做 好吗？ ”；“三个更多的 ”的表达形式为 three more或者 another three，其中的 A项把不定式的符号 to去掉也是正确答案：；故选 D。 考点：考查固定短语。 Im going to _ them something about our new school. A say B t
31、ell C talk D speak 答案： B 试题分析：句意：我将告诉他们一些关于我们新学校的情况。 say般着重讲话的内容，指有连贯性的说话，通常用做及物动词； tell指把一件事情传达给别人或讲述一 件事情、一个故事等。常用做及物动词，常用 tell sb sth about sth，即 “告诉某人关于什么的情况 ”； talk“讲 ”、 “说话 ”、 “谈话 ”，与 speak的意义相近。一般用做不及物动词，指一般的谈话或交谈，须跟宾语时，与 to、 with、 about等介词连用； speak“说 ”、 “讲 ”、 “演讲 ”，做及物动词时，宾语常是表示语言的词；故选 B。 考点
32、：考查动词的词义辨析。 Han Han is one of writers, though some old writers dont like him very much. A more famous B most famous C the most famous D famous 答案： C 试题分析：句意：韩寒是最有名的作家之一。尽管一些老的作家很不喜欢他。本题考查形容词最高级的用法，多音节的形容词的最高级是在形容词前加 most然后再加定冠词 the，即 the most famous/important/beautiful等；故选 C。 考点：考查形容词的最高级。 完型填空 My w
33、ife and I spent a few weeks in London last year. We went there in . We think it is the best season to visit England. The is usually quite fine and there arent too many in October. We in a small hotel in the west of England. We did most of sightseeing on foot. We went to look at many wonderful of int
34、erest. We also went shopping and spent much .What we liked most was going to see some . We dont have the chance to see such good plays at home. A lot of people say that food is very nice. We didnt think so. Its true that most of the restaurants are French or Italian or Chinese, but we had some good
35、really. We enjoyed our holiday so much that we have already decided to go there again this year. We are going to take our umbrellas with us. I believe well them sometimes. 【小题1A spring B summer C autumn D winter 】 A place B weather C people D library A tourists B doctors C scientists D students A li
36、ved B stayed C bought D borrowed A schools B buildings C shops D places A days B food C money D holiday A museums B cinemas C films D plays A English B Chinese C Japanese D Canadian A visitors B friends C meals D clothes A like B give C see D need 答案： 【小题 1】 C 【小题 2】 B 【小题 3】 A 【小题 4】 A 【小题 5】 D 【小题
37、 6】 C 【小题 7】 D 【小题 8】 A 【小题 9】 C 【小题 10】 D 试题分析：本文介绍了作者和妻子在去年的秋天去伦敦旅行，这个时节气候好、游客少，旅行便利，作者和妻子在伦敦观赏名胜、购物、看戏剧、吃可口的食物等，并且打算明年再来游玩。 【小题 1】考查名词及语境的理解。根据后面的 in October可知，我们选择的是在秋天去伦敦旅游的；故选 C。 【小题 2】考查名词及语境的理解。前面说这个季节是游览伦敦最好的季节，后面紧接着说那时的天气是晴朗的；故选 B。 【小题 3】考查名词及语境的理解。根据下文的描述可知十月份的伦敦游客不多，所以作者才选择这个季节来玩，没有谈到医生、
38、科学家或者学生的数量多少；故选 A。 【小题 4】考查动词及语境的理解。外出旅游自然是住旅馆，结合后面的 a small hotel in the west of England可知应该是住在里面；故选 A。 【小题 5】考查名词及语境的理解。 place of interest意为 “风景名胜 ”； 我们去观看了许多壮观的风景名胜，而不仅仅是学校、商店或者建筑物；故选 D。 【小题 6】考查名词及语境的理解。根据本句的前 半部分可知，去商店购物自然需要花费金钱；故选 C。 【小题 7】考查名词及语境的理解。根据后面的一句 We dont have the chance to see such
39、 good plays at home.可知我们在伦敦观看了一些戏剧，这是我们最开心的事；故选 D。 【小题 8】考查名词及语境的理解。根据后面一句 We didnt think so. Its true that most of the restaurants are French or Italian or Chinese,许多人认为英国的 饭菜好吃，但是我不认为；故选 A。 【小题 9】考查名词及语境的理解。根据作者的陈述可知，许多饭店都是一些中式、日本和加拿大的饭菜， but表示转折，说明我们却吃得很好；故选 C。 【小题 10】考查动词及语境的理解。根据常识可推断英国伦敦的天气是多变
40、的，所以我们带着伞是可以用得上的；故选 D。 考点：故事类短文。 阅读理解 If you go to Egypt, youll see a lot of pyramids. The biggest of all is the Great Pyramid. It is about 137 meters high and made of 2,300,000 big stones. Each stone weighs about two and a half tons（吨） .The biggest ones even weigh fifteen tons. It took more than 10
41、0,000 men twenty years to build it. Nobody can tell just how the men cut, carried and lifted（举） the huge stones without our modern machines（机器） . The Egyptian kings told the people to build the pyramids for themselves. They thought they had tombs （坟墓） strong enough to keep their bodies well until th
42、ey came back to life. But they never thought that about 5,000 years later their bodies would be on show in museums. 【小题 1】 The Great Pyramid is in _. A China B Japan C Egypt D France 【小题 2】 A pyramid is _. A a house B a huge stone C a kings tomb D the name of a museum 【小题 3】 The Great Pyramid is abo
43、ut _ and made of _ huge stones. A 137 metres high; 100,000 B 137 high metres; 2,300,000 C 137 metres; 2,300,000 D 137 meters high; 2,300,000 【小题 4】 Pyramids are built for _. A the kings B the queens（皇后） C the kings teachers D People 【小题 5】 The kings thought they had the pyramids built to keep their
44、bodies until _. A they came home B they became alive C they die D they were on show in museums 答案： 【小题 1】 C 【小题 2】 C 【小题 3】 D 【小题 4】 A 【小题 5】 B 试题分析：这篇短文讲解了埃及的金字塔中的大金字塔的情况。包括塔高、石块原料以及建造的代价等；最后介绍了埃及国王当初建造金字塔的目的以及今天的发展状况。 【小题 1】细节理解题。根据第一段 If you go to Egypt, youll see a lot of pyramids. The biggest o
45、f all is the Great Pyramid.可知大金字塔在埃及；故选 C。 【小题 2】推理判断题。根据第二段中 The Egyptian kings told the people to build the pyramids for themselves. They thought they had tombs （坟墓） strong enough to keep their bodies well until they came back to life.可知埃及国王让人们为他们自己建造金字塔一存放尸体；故选 C。 【小题 3】细节判断题。根据第一段 It is about 13
46、7 meters high and made of 2,300,000 big stones.可知大金字塔高达 137米，由 230万块石头制成；故选 D。 【小题 4】细节理解题。由第二段第一句 The Egyptian kings told the people to build the pyramids for themselves.可知金字塔是国王为自己制造的；故选 A。 【小题 5】细节理解题。由第二段 They thought they had tombs （坟墓） strong enough to keep their bodies well until they came ba
47、ck to life.他们建金字塔是为他们复活之前存放尸体 准备的；故选 B。 考点：历史类短文阅读。 Some students think it difficult to learn English well. Thats because they dont find the right way. I think reading is very important for students. The more you read, the better youll understand. Reading is helpful to listening, speaking and writin
48、g. If you often read English aloud, youll improve your listening. On the other hand, listening a lot can help you to read better. Reading English everywhere when you are free, if you wish. You can get a lot of knowledge when you read. Sometimes you need to express your ideas, you can either speak or write. That means you are using what you learned from reading. The same as Chinese, the more you read, the better you can write. If you want to
