苏州市11-12学年八年级下学期期中模拟卷(2)（英语）一、单项选择(每小题1分，满分25分)()1．Ibelievethat________younghaveapromisingfuture!A．aB．anC．theD．/()2．—Doyouthinksheisthemostclever?—________．A．MoreorlessB．MostorleastC．MuchorlittleD．Manyorfew()3．Ineverseemtoloseanyweight，_________hardItry．A．eventhoughB．nomatterhowC．asifD．eversince()4．Thisisthemostwonderfulamusementpark_________wevisitedlastyear．A．whereB．whenC．whichD．that()5．“Help________tosome_________，children”，AuntWangsaid．A．yourself；fishB．yourselves：pearC．yourselves；applesD．you：meat()6．Whata_________cough!Youseem_________ill．A．terrible；terriblyB．terribly；terribleC．terrible；terribleD．terribly；terribly()7．Thetwofriendswere________pleasedtoseeeachotherthattheyforgoteverything．A．soB．tooC．veryD．much()8．ThedoctoradvisedElsastronglythatsheshouldtakeagoodrest，but________didn’thelp．A．sheB．itC．whichD．he()9．—Thispairofshoes________belongtoJack.Helikesthiskindverymuch.—It_______behis.It’stoolargeforhm．10\nA．can；can’tB．may；needn’tC．must；mustn’tD．must；can’t()10．—Billisill，Doyouknowwhat’swrongwithhim?—Poorboy．Hisillnessisthe_________ofeatingunhealthyfood．A．resultB．causeC．reasonD．end()11．—WecangoscubadivingnextFriday．—That’sa_________．Let’smeetatthebeach．A．dealB．OKC．problemD．terrific()12．_________girlsheis!A．WhatbrightaB．HowabrightC．HowbrightaD．Whatbright()13．—CouldyoupleasetellJimthatIwillcallhimlater?—Sure．I’lltellhimwhenhe_________．A．comesB．cameC．hascomeD．willcome()14．Keeppracticingandyou________yourEnglish．A．improveB．willimproveC．improvedD．wereimproving()15．Helenlovestotalkabouttravel．She_________manyplaces．A．hasgonetoB．hasbeentoC．hasgoneforD．hasbeenfrom二、完形填空(每小题1分，满分10分)Aman16sleepathomeonenight.Thenextdayhetoldhiswifethathehadsleptatafriend’splace.Thenshecalled10ofhisbestfriends,178ofthemsaidthatherhusbandhadsleptattheirplacesand182evensaidthathewas19attheirplaces!Anetfriendanswered:lastnightIshowedthisstorytomywife,andshewas20interestedthatshecalledmyfriendstoask21Iwasattheirplaces.Youknowtheresults.Itprovedthestory!AfriendevensaidthatIhadbeendrunk(喝醉)athisplaceandwassleepingandaskedherwhetherornot22toanswerthephone!Afterthe10\ncallfrom23,myfriendcalledmeonmyphoneimmediately.OnceI24it,hecouldn’twaitformetospeakandshouted:Whereareyou?Gohomenow!Yourwifeislookingforyou!Itoldherthatyouweredrunkatmyplaceanddon’tforget25beforegoinghome.That’smen’sfriendship,truefriendship!()16.A.doesn’tB.didn’tC.isn’tD.won’t()17.A.andB.soC.butD.then()18.A.otherB.othersC.theotherD.theothers()19.A.notB.stillC.neverD.always()20.A.soB.tooC.veryD.much()21.A.thatB.whenC.whetherD.why()22.A.towakemeupB.towakeupmeC.wakingmeupD.wakingupme()23.A.mywifeB.mybuddyC.myfriendD.aman()24.A.gotB.answeredC.hadD.called()25.A.haveadrinkB.havingadrinkC.tohaveadrinkD.tohaveacall三、阅读理解(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)(A)ThisAugust，we’llwelcomeguestsfromallovertheworld．Someofthemfollowtheirownspecialculturaltraditions．It’simportantforustoknowaboutthem．Inmanycountries，suchasThailand，IndiaandMalaysia，peoplebelievethatthelefthandisunclean．So，It’snotpropertouseone’slefthandtoholdfood，touchothersorpassobjects．Doingsomayoffendcertainguests．SomeWesternersmaybeoffendedifyoutouchthemortheirpersonalthings—evenbyaccident．Ifthishappens，saysorrypolitely．SomeelderlyWesternersmaybeoffendedifyoutrytohelpthemwithouttheiragreement．Peoplethinknumberscanbeluckyorunlucky．SomeWesternersavoidthenumber13becausetheybelieveitisunlucky．Muslims(穆斯林)donoteatpork，andwordslikepigsarenotconsideredproper．PeoplefromBrazil，ItalyandPakistandonotgivehandkerchiefs(手帕)asgifts．Theybelieveahandkerchiefiscloselyconnectedwithunhappyfeelings．WineisnotsentasagiftinmanypartsofwesternandmiddleAsia．wheremostMuslims10\nlive．()1．Indiansdon’tholdfoodwiththelefthandbecausetheyconsiderit_________．A．uncleanB．uselessC．valuelessD．unimportant()2．Theword“offend”inthesecondparagraphmightmean“________”．A．honorB．helpC．hateD．hurt()3．Muslimsdonot_________．A．sendgiftsB．eatporkC．drinkmilkD．usehandkerchiefs()4．WhichofthefollowingisTRUEaccordingtothepassage?A．PeoplefromPakistanliketosendhandkerchiefsasgifts．B．Alltheelderlypeopleinthewestlikebeinghelpedbyothers．C．Thenumber13isthoughttobeunluckybysomeWesterners．D．Westernersdonotmindtheirpersonalthingsbeingtouched．(B)Beforethe1980s,modelswerejustbeautifulpeopleinmagazinephotographs.Peopleknewverylittleaboutthem.Theydidn'tknowhowoldtheywere,wheretheylivedorwhattheirfavouritesportswere.Mostpeopledidn'tevenknowtheirnames. Thencamethe1980s,theera（时代）ofthesupermodel.ThiswaswhensomemodelsbecamesofamousthattheybecameaswellknownasHollywoodfilmstars.MostpeopletodayhaveheardofNaomiCampbell,Kate Moss, Elle Macpherson, Claudia Schiffer and theothersupermodels.Storiesaboutthemappearinmagazines.Journalistsinterviewthem.Televisiondocumentarieshavebeenmadeabouttheirlives.Therearealsohundredsofsupermodelwebsitescreatedbyfans.Onthesewebsites,fansincludeinformationaboutthemodels'weight,shoesizeandhaircolour. Oneofthereasonsthesemodelsbecamesofamouswasthehugeamountsofmoneytheywerepaid.CanadiansupermodelLindaEvangelistaoncesaid,“Iwon'tgetoutofbedforlessthan$10,000(￡6500)aday.”ClaudiaSchifferhadafour-yearcontract（合同）withthecosmetics10\n（化妆品）companyRevlon.Thecompanypaidher￡4,000,000forjustthirtydays'workperyear—that'smorethan￡130,000perday! Supermodelsdon'tmaketheirmoneyjustfromposingforthecameraorwalkingdownthecatwalk.Theyhavediscoveredmanyotherareaswheretheycanmarketthemselves:films,televisionshows,exercisevideos,calendars,andeventhelingerie（女内衣）business.ElleMacphersonhasherownunderwearcompanywhichmakesmillionsofpoundsayear. Supermodelshavemanyotherthingsincommon,too.Theytravelallovertheworldtowork.Theyownhousesandflatsinmanydifferentplaces.()5．Howdopeoplegettoknowaboutthelivesofsupermodels? A.Bywatchingtheirshows. B.Bycallingtheirmobiles. C.Bysurfingtheirwebsites. D.Bysendingpresentstothem.()6．Foroneday'swork,LindaEvangelistaexpectstobepaid_________. A.￡6,500ormore B.lessthan￡6,500 C.￡4million D.morethan￡130,000()7．Whichofthefollowingisnottrue? A.Supermodelsarepaidtoomuchmoney. B.NowadayssupermodelsarejustasfamousasHollywoodstars. C.Supermodesdon'tjustmakemoneyfrommodelling. D.Allthesupermodelshavetheirownunderwearcompanies.(C)CATVisashortwaysaying“communityantenna(公用天线)television”．But“cabletelevision”isthenamemostpeopleuse．Cabletelevisionallowsviewers(观众)toreceiveTVprogramsthattheyCallnotpickupwiththeirordinaryantenna．Televisionsignals(信号)donotfollowthecurve(曲线)oftheearth．Theytravelinstraightlinesinalldirections．SignalsfromaTVstationmovetowardsthehorizon(水平线)andthengointospace．IfyouliveonlyafewmilesfromaTVstation，youmaygetagoodpictureonyourset．Butifyoulivemorethan50milesfromastation，youmaynotgetanypicturesatall．CATVbeganin1948．PeopleinplacesfarfromTVstationshadtopayforputtinguphighantennas．Acommunityantennawasusuallyplacedonahill，amountainoronahightower．TheantennapickedupTVsignalsandfedthemintoasmalllocal(当地的)station．Fromthestation，thickwirescalledcableranouttonearbyhomes．Eachpersonusingthecablepaida10\nmonthlycharge(费用)．CATVworkedwell，andsoonnewuseswerefoundforit．Localstationscouldfeedprogramsintoemptychannelsthatwerenotinuse．Peoplealongthecablecouldhavelocalnews，weatherreport，andfarmandschoolnewsatnoextracharge．Today，cabletelevisionhasmovedintocities．Itbringsinextraprogramsthatcityviewerswithordinaryantennacannotsee．Itisalsousedinmanyclassroomsthroughoutthecountry．()8．Fromthefirstparagraphweknowthat_________．A．mostpeopleusecabletelevisionB．“communityantenna”isusedforcabletelevisionC．acommunityantennaisusedforcabletelevisionD．anordinaryantennacannotpickupTVprograms()9．Ofthefollowing．whichisnotthewayTVsignalstravel?A．Inacurve．B．Inastraightline．C．Inalldirections．D．Towardsthehorizon()10．CableTVisbecomingmoreandmorepopularbecause_________．A．itisfreeofchargeB．itprovidesallTVusersgoodpicturesC．itonlyneedsabitofcableD．itcanprovidemoreprograms()11．Fromthepassagewecaninferthat_________．A．TVhasbeguntobeusedforeducationalpurpose(目的)B．viewerscanreceivemoreTVprogramswiththeirordinaryantennasC．cableTVcannotbeusedinsmalltownsD．antennasforcableTVareusuallyputupinthecenterofacommunity(D)Studentsshoulddresswellatschool．Thisisbecauseschoolsareplaceswherestudentsstudy．Studentsshouldn’tbedressedfashionablyorstrangely．Thatisthoughtofasimpolitebehavior(行为)atschool．Somanyschoolshavetheirownschooluniforms．Ingeneral，thepriceischeaperthanthatofcommonclothesinmarkets．Thecolorsandstylebetween10\nboys’andgirls’aredifferent．Andeachoftheuniformshastheschoolnamewherethestudentstudies．Manystudentsthinktheylookverynice．However，someschoolsalsoallowstudentstochooseotherclothestheylike．Butthosewhowearotherclothesmustobeytheschoolrulesaboutclothingatschool．ThefollowingarerulesfromZhongshanMiddleSchool：◎Clothingmustcovershouldersandbacks．◎Nohaltertops(三角背心)areallowed．◎Skirtsmustbelongenoughtocovergirls’knees．Skirtstraps(裙带)mustbeaswideasthreefingers．◎Shortsmustbeatleastaslongaswhereyourfingertipsarewhenyourarmsarestraightbyyourside．◎Sleeveless(无袖)shirtsareonlyOKforboys．()12．Whycan’tstudentswearfashionableclothingatschool?A．Becausefashionableclothinglooksbeautiful．B．Becausefashionableclothingisstrange．C．Becausefashionableclothinghasadifferentcolorfromschooluniforms．D．Becausestudentswillbethoughtofimpolite．()13．Whenweseeastudent’sschooluniform，wemayknow________．A．wheretheschoolisB．wherethestudentlivesC．whattheteacher’snameisD．whichschoolthestudentstudiesat()14．Accordingtothepassage，wecanknowthat________．A．someschoolsallowstudentstowearcommonclothesB．schooluniformsaremoreexpensivethancommonclothesinmarketsC．bothboysandgirlscanwearhaltertopsatZhongshanMiddleSchoolD．atZhongshanMiddleSchool，girlsarerequiredtowearsleevelessshirts()15．Thepassagemainlytalksabout_________．A．sleevelessshirtsB．rulesofdressinginschoolsC．fashionableclothesD．differentschooluniforms四、单词拼写(每小题1分，满分10分)10\n1．Haveyouever_______(写)alettertoyourparents?2．Ifully________(赞同)withyouthatitisnottoolatetoactnow．3．Youwill________(意识到)themistakeyoumadetodayinfuture．4．Mr．Greenreceivedapresentfromhisfriend，buthedidn’t________(接受)it．5．Thecamerawasoneofthegreat_________(发明)inthesecondhalfofthe19thcentury．6．Itisvery_________(有意义的)formetojointheTree-plantingClub．7．Tenpeoplewerekilledinthetrafficaccident，_________(包括)twobabies．8．Thetruthofthenewsisbeyond_________(怀疑)．9．Jimwas_________(幸运的)togetachancetostudyinAmerica．10．Hedoesn’thavetheskillsor_________(知识)neededtodothejob．五、句子翻译(每小题3分，满分15分)1．我们在香港已呆了两个多星期。______________________________________________________________________2．这部电影有助于帮你了解中国的过去和现在。______________________________________________________________________3．我已经很长时间没有看望过我爷爷了。______________________________________________________________________4．这张光盘是我叔叔上个月设计的。______________________________________________________________________5．最近，食品安全问题是人们谈论最多的话题。______________________________________________________________________六、书面表达(满分20分)现在电脑被广泛使用，因特网越来越受欢迎。但学生和老师及父母之间对此看法不一。请根据以下要点，写一篇短文，并表达自己的观点。学生的观点1.可以上网聊天，交朋友；2.可以打游戏，放松自己；3.可以学到很多知识。老师家长的观点1.网上交友不安全；2.浪费时间，影响学习。我的观点……（至少两点）注意：1.词数70左右；短文开头已写好，不计入总词数；10\n2.短文必须包含所有要点，不要逐词翻译，可适当发挥，使其连贯、通顺。Today,computersarewidelyusedandtheInternetisbecomingmoreandmorepopular.______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________参考答案一、单项选择1．C2．A3．B4．D5．C6．A7．A8．B9．A10．A11．A12．C13．A14．B15．B二、完形填空16．B17．A18．C19．B20．A21．C22．A23．A24．B25．C三、阅读理解1．A2．D3．B4．C5．C6．B7．D8．C9．A10．D11．A12．D13．D14．A15．B四、单词拼写1．written2．agree3．realize4．accept5．inventions6．meaningful7．including8．doubt9．lucky10．knowledge五、句子翻译1．WehavebeeninHongKongformorethantwoweeks．2．ThisfilmhelpsyoulearnaboutChina’spastandpresent.3．Ihaven’tvisitedmygrandfatherforalongtime．4．ThisCD-ROMwasdesignedbymyunclelastmonth．5．IThehottopicthatpeoplearetalkingaboutissafetyoffoodthesedays.六、书面表达Today,computersarewidelyusedandtheInternetisbecomingmoreandmorepopular.Manystudentslikechattingandplayingcomputergamesonline.Theythinkchattingandplayingcomputergamesonlinecanmakethemfeelrelaxedafterschool.Theycanalsomakealotoffriendsandlearnalotofknowledge.However,mostteachersandtheirparentsdon’tthinkitissafetomakefriendsonline.Besides,itisawasteoftimetochatonlineandplaycomputergames.They10\narebadfortheirstudies.Ithink…10
