苏科版2011—2012学年度第一学期第二次学情调研
八年级英语试卷
试卷满分：120分，考试时间：90分钟
一单项选择题（15题，每题1分，共15分）
( ) 1. The golden monkey will survive if the farmer________ to protect it.
A. continues
B. continue
C. will continue
D. continued ( ) 2. ________, it is difficult for the pandas ________ enough bamboo shoots.
A. Sad; to find
B. Sadly; to find
C. Sad; finding
D. Sadly; finding ( )3. The mother bear spent the whole day ________ somewhere ________.
A. looking for; live
B. look for; to live
C. looking for; to live
D. to look for; to live
( )4. The number of the birds is getting ____ these years _____ better environment.
A. more; because
B. more; because of
C. bigger; because
D. bigger; because of ( ) 5. Mi Li lives here _______ now.
His neighbours have moved away because of the_______ of farmland.
A. alone; loss
B. alone; lost
C. lonely; lost
D. lonely; loss ( ) 6. What are you going to do tomorrow if you ________ free?
A. are
B. will be
C. can
D. are going to ( )7. What can this area provide ________ wildlife?
A. to
B. with
C. for
D. towards
( )8 If we keep cutting down forests, there will be _______birds and wild animals.
A. more and more
B. much and much
C. fewer and fewer
D. less and less ( )9. ---- ________ do they do bird counts?---- Once a year.
A. How long
B. How many
C. How much
D. How often
( )10. Will the information make them _______ take action to change themselves?
A. actively
B. active
C. activity
D. action ( )11. The twins always talk loudly until I tell them to be ________.
A. noisy
B. noisily
C. quiet
D. quietly ( )12 ---- What can you see from the train timetable(火车时间表)?
---- It says the train to Nanjing ________ at nine tomorrow morning.
A. leave
B. leaves
C. should leave
D. will leave ( )13. Most tourists are very __________ in buying souvenirs here.
A. interesting
B. interested
C. excited
D. exciting ( )14. Father will become angry if we _______ return home on time, won’t he?
A. aren’t
B. don’t
C. won’t
D. shouldn’t
( )15. Some students want to join your club after they ______ your talk last week.
A. listened
B. listened to
C. heard
D. heard from
二．完型填空。
（共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分）
I like 1 best. Last week, I saw a movie called I, Robot. It tells us a story about the future with robots(机器人). It is the year of 2035 and people can see robots everywhere. Robots can help people do a lot of things, like looking 2 the old people or babies, washing, cooking, cleaning or taking dogs for a 3 . Robot does everything people ask them to do. But a policeman 4 Spooner doesn’t like robots because he doesn’t think that people can live well 5 robots. One day a scientist kills himself(自杀). He leaves（留下） a robot. Some time later Spooner finds 6 wrong with the robots in the world. A 7 robots have their own thoughts(思想) and want to control(控制) the people. If the robots succeed（成功）, it will be very 8 for people. Susan is another scientist and she is working on robots. Finally, Susan and Spooner decide 9 work together to fight against these robots. At last, they succeed. People control the robots again. I think the movie is very interesting. 10 you are interest ed in it, why not go and see it?
( ) 1. A. flowers B. TV C. movies D. books
( ) 2. A. at B. after C. for D. up
( ) 3. A. wash B. rest C. walk D. meal
( ) 4. A. name B. call C. calling D. called
( ) 5. A. and B. with C. without D. or
( ) 6. A. nothing B. anything C. something D. everything
( ) 7. A. little B. lot C. few D. lots
( ) 8. A. dangerous B. lucky C. danger D. exciting
( ) 9. A. on B. with C. to D. for
( ) 10. A. When B. If C. Because D. As
三．阅读理解。
（共10小题，每小题2分，满分20分）
★A★
We drink tea every day. But more than three hundred years ago most of the people in Europe (欧洲) did not know anything about tea. Some people heard about it, but very few of them know what to do with(处理) it.There is a story about an English sailor (水手) who went to countries in the east, the west and the south. He went to India and China. One day he came home and brought some tea as a present for his mother. She told her friends about the present and asked them to a "tea party". When her friends came to the "tea party”, the old woman offered (给) them brown tea-leaves (茶叶). The old woman's friends began to eat them. Of course, nobody liked the tea-leaves. At that time the sailor came in. He looked at the table and said, "Mother，what have you done with the tea?""I boiled (煮) it，as you said.”“And what did you do with the water?” “I threw it away，of course.” answered the old woman.” ”Now you may throw away the leaves，too，" said her son.
1. Most of the people in Europe ___.
A. drank tea every day 300 years ago
B. drink tea every day
C. knew nothing about tea
D. like to eat the tea-leaves
2. One day the English sailor brought his mother some tea from ___.
A. countries in the west
B.countries in the south
C.India or China
3. The sailor's mother asked her friends to her house, because ___.
A.the sailor told her to
B.she wanted to ask her friends what to do with the tea
C.she liked to show off (炫耀)
D.she wanted to eat the tea together with her friends
4. At the "tea party",__ _.
A.all the woman's friends enjoyed the tea
B.nobody knew what to do with the tea.
C.the woman offered her friends some food.
D.the woman gave her friends each a glass of tea water
5. What mistake did the old woman make? She ___.
A.boiled the tea
B.did as the sailor said
C. threw away the water
★B★
Do you know what the White House is? Perhaps some of you do，while others don't.The White House is a house in Washington. The president of the U.S.A. lives in it. It's really white. But do you know why the White House is white? The story happened in 1812. That year England was at war with America. The British army got to Washington and set the president's house on fire. In 1814，in order to hide the marks of the fire，the stone walls of the president's house were painted white and it has been the “White House”ever since.
1. White House is a house for ___________.
A. the American people.
B. the soldiers of U.S.A.
C. the presidents of U.S.A.
2. England fought with America in ____________.
A. 1810
B. 1812
C. 1814
D. 1916
3. The house is called “White House” because ____________.
A. it's covered with snow
B. the house is very clean
C. they like white colour
D. the stone walls of the house were painted white
4. The White House was painted white because ____________.
A. the house is old
B. the house is new
C . it was once on fire and was with marks D. they have enough paint
5. “ever since” means ___________.
A. never
B. once
C. from then on
D. before
四单词拼写（共10分，每题1分）
A 根据首字母和汉语提示完成句子。
1.The baby giant panda looked like a white __________(老鼠)when she was born.
2 Most __________(树叶) turn yellow and fall down in autumn.
3 We must do something to (防止)the weather from getting hot.
4 I got enough_________(信息)on the Internet last night.
5 If you walk __________(穿过)a forest, you will see many birds.
B、用所给词适当形式填空。
6、We can’t finish the work if you ______________( not help) us.
7、There used to be a lot of________(wolf) in this area.
8、The panda will ________(weight)10 kg when it’s four months old.
9、My English teacher greets us ____(polite)everyday.
10 It’s _____(possible)to pass the exam because they are lazy.
五选词填空（每题2分，共20分）注意用其正确形式填空。
1.___________, we lost the match in the end.
2、We should encourage farmers _______________ the reserves.
3、At the very __________, he found it interesting to play football.
4、Remember to finish your homework________, boys and girls. Don’t copy others’.
5、You should call the police for help when you___________________.
6 Daniel is one of _____(tall)boys in my class.
7、If you want to live _________, you should work hard first.
8 Our plane _____ at nine o’clock tonight. Will you see us off（送别)?
9、Farmers must stop __________________ trees and forests.
10 His parents died when he was ten years old. He had to ________________________.
六完成句子（每空1分，共13分）
1、He would like to go birdwatching with his father.(改为一般疑问句) He to go birdwatching with his father?
2、The bird show starts at 9:30 a.m.every Sunday.(划线提问)
the bird show _______ every Sunday?
3.Giant pandas spend a lot of time drinking their mums’ milk. (划线提问)
______ giant pandas their mums’ milk ?
4.To survive in the wild is very difficult for giant pandas.(同义句) very for giant pandas in the wild.。
