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吉林通化外国语学校2015-2016学年八年级下学期英语期中考试试卷

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    Mr. Hunt came from a poor family. He had three brothers and two sisters. His father worked hard but wasn't paid much. And his mother did all the housework at home. They were both able but they couldn't get enough money for their family.

    Mr. Hunt was in school for only three years and he had to stop to help his parents though he was good at his lessons. When he was sixteen, he came to the city and began to work in a small factory. He learned from an old worker and became a skilled worker. The old worker liked him and married his daughter to him. The young man did not have his own house and had to live with his parents-in-law. His mother-in-law always thought he was poor and often chattered. So the young man tried to save everything and hoped to have his own house.

    It was one fine Sunday. The old woman wanted to have a picnic on the top of the hill. She told Mr. Hunt to drive her car. But sometimes she told him to turn left and sometimes to turn right. The young man had to listen to her. At a crossing the lights were red but she made him turn left. The policeman stopped them and told the young man to give his license to him.

    "If I did wrong, sir," said Mr. Hunt, "It was my mother-in-law's fault(过错). She was driving the car though she sat behind me!"

(1)、The Hunts were poor because _______________.
A、they were lazy B、they were too weak to work C、they couldn't make enough money D、they were not strong
(2)、Mr. Hunt left the school because ______________.
A、he didn't like studying B、his family was poor C、he wasn't clever D、he hoped to stay at home
(3)、______________, so the old man married his daughter to him.
A、Mr. Hunt became a skilled worker B、Mr. Hunt was friendly to him C、Mr. Hunt was paid much in the factory D、Mr. Hunt worked for six years there
(4)、The old woman was _________ to Mr. Hunt.
A、good B、bad C、friendly D、helpful
(5)、Which of the following is wrong?
A、The old woman herself drove the car that day. B、It was the old woman's fault. C、Mr. Hunt disliked his mother-in-law. D、The old woman told Mr. Hunt to run the red lights.
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 阅读理解

The Chinese language differs from Western languages in that, instead of an alphabet (字母表), it uses characters which stand for ideas, objects or deeds. Chinese words are formed by putting together different characters. In many cases, a single character can also make up a word. As one kind of the most ancient characters, Chinese characters have played an important role in the development of Chinese culture.

   ①    Chinese writing began thousands of years ago. According to an ancient story, a man named Cang Jie invented Chinese writing. One winter day while he was hunting, he saw the footprints of animals in the snow and noticed that the appearance of each one was different. Then he had the idea that he could use different shapes to represent different objects. The first Chinese characters were drawings of physical objects. Some characters have been simplified (简化) and others have been made more difficult over time.

   ②    However, as a whole, the characters have developed from drawings into standard forms. The character for a mountain was at first three mountaintops together. This became one mountaintop and three lines, and over time turned into the character used nowadays.

  ③     Sometimes to express ideas, some characters were made by combining two or more characters together. For example, "休" was made up of the characters for a man and a tree. The character "囚" was formed with a "man" inside a square. Other characters were developed for directions and numbers. It is easy to distinguish (区别) their meanings by looking at them, for example, the characters for "up" and "down", which are opposites of each other.

   ④    Though these kinds of characters indicate meanings, one of their shortcomings is that they do not show how they should be pronounced. Therefore, a method was developed to have one part of a character represent the meaning and the other suggest the pronunciation. Many Chinese characters used today were made this way.

In the 1950s, the Chinese government introduced simplified Chinese characters in the hope to make learning to read and write more understandable to the general population, which would increase literacy (读写能力) across the country. And now they have widespread use in China's mainland.

 配对阅读I栏中是来广东学习、工作或旅游的一些人的情况介绍,II栏中是广州和珠海两地的出租房信息。请根据这几个人的信息为他们介绍最合适的出租房。

I栏

II栏

{#blank#}1{#/blank#}. Mr.Wang is a businessman who does business in Zhuhai. He usually goes to Guangzhou or HongKong.

{#blank#}2{#/blank#}. Mr. and Mrs. Smith want to rent a proper apartment in Guangzhou. They can go sightseeing in the daytime, and cook for themselves and surf the Internet at night.

{#blank#}3{#/blank#}. Lily is a college student who studies in Guangzhou. She wants to find a quiet apartment.

{#blank#}4{#/blank#}. Four farmers from Sichuan have found a job in Zhuhai. They want to rent a cheap apartment together.

{#blank#}5{#/blank#}. Li Ping has come to travel in Guangzhou with his parents. They want to find a simple apartment close to convenient transportation.

A. Are you coming to Zhuhai? We have a private apartment for 2 thousand yuan a month. It has four bedrooms with large beds.

B. This two-big bedroom apartment without a kitchen is perfect for a small family.

It is between CITIC Plaza and Guangzhou Eastern Train Station, 3 minutes' walk to the subway station and the bus station.

C. In Guangzhou Zhujiang New Town, there are high buildings with 780 sets of apartments from 50m² to 200m². All apartments have a kitchen, an air conditioner, a TV, the Internet, a refrigerator, a washing machine, etc.

D. A new building with new decoration(装饰), new furniture and a big garden.

It's near the Zhujiang New Town Walking Street 3 minutes walk to Line 5 Liede Subway Station.

E. Quiet, comfortable, safe and convenient—Green Garden in the north of Tianhe, Guangzhou. It is made up of 2 blocks of 30-floor apartment buildings.

F. Hotel service, modern-decorated style Hillton Sunshine in Guangzhou. Opposite to PARK&SHOP Supermarket, next to Sunshine and Gome Supermarket, 10-minute walk to the subway station.

G. Sea View Apartment in Zhuhai, the beautiful apartment with wonderful sea views. Close to the train station to Guangzhou, the ferry terminal(客运码头)to Hong Kong Airport. Close to shopping malls and restaurants.

 阅读短文,回答问题

On the night of Aug 11, the Paris Olympics officially closed with an impressive ceremony at France's national stadium (体育场). As the first game started on July 24, around 10,500 athletes from more than 200 countries and regions competed at the biggest sports event in the world.

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Paris saw a series of "dream-come-true" moments. China's Olympic team delivered its best performance away from home soil, winning 40 gold, 27 silver and 24 bronze medals. Chinese divers and table tennis players swept all the gold medals in their sports. In swimming, Chinese swimmer Pan Zhanle, 20, broke his own world record to win the men's 100-meter freestyle in 46.40 seconds, leaving his name in history. Zheng Qinwen, 21, won China's first Olympic gold in the tennis singles at the Paris Olympics on Aug 3. After withdrawing (退出) from most of her competitions in Tokyo, US gymnast Simone Biles, 27, made a comeback at the Paris Olympics, winning three gold medals and one silver.

Heartwarming moments

Beyond pushing the limits of athletic achievement, the Olympic athletes who participated in Paris will also be remembered for their excellent sportsmanship. After winning silver in women's singles badminton, China's He Bingjiao, 27, carried a Team Spain Olympic pin with her onto the podium (领奖台), showing respect for her semifinal opponent (对手) Carolina Marin, who withdrew due to a knee injury. This act of sportsmanship touched millions.

Better Olympics, better society

The dormitories (宿舍) in the Olympic village will be turned into 2,800 housing units post-Games. By holding the opening ceremony in an open urban space along the Seine, Paris brought athletes, performers and the audience closer together, igniting (点燃) the city of fashion with an amazing carnival.

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