江苏省泰州市姜堰区20xx-20xx学年八年级上学期期中考试英语试卷

江苏省泰州市姜堰区20xx-20xx学年八年级上学期期中考试英语试卷内容摘要：

)!‖ All the children went to the barn to look for the watch, except little Mike. They stayed in the barn for more than two hours but couldn‘t find it. After they came back, Mike went to look for the watch in the barn. Joe asked why he was going there. The little boy just asked the other children not to follow him and to keep silent. He was there for about 15 minutes and then ran quickly to his grandfather. He found the watch! Joe was very surprised and asked how he was able to find it. The little boy answered, ―I sat there without making a noise, and the barn was so quiet. After a few minutes, I heard the ‗tick, tick‘ sound and found the watch.‖ Joe hugged him and thanked the little boy. This shows the power of silence. If we stay calm, we are able to find a solution (解决方法 )! 61. Why was Joe very sad when he found he lost his watch? A. Because it was very expensive. B. Because he didn‘t like it. C. Because it was a gift from his wife. D. Because it was very beautiful. 62. How long did it take the little boy to find the watch? A. About one hour. B. At least 50 minutes. C. About 15 minutes. D. More than 2 hours. 63. Which of the following is NOT true? A. Joe was a 75yearold man and he had a beautiful family. B. The little boy found the watch with the help of other grandchildren. C. Joe was very surprised when he knew Mike found his watch. D. Mike heard the ―tick, tick‖ sound in the barn. 64. The underlined word ―silent‖ may mean . A. healthy B. warm C. quiet D. quick 65. What does the writer want to tell us? A. We should take good care of our watch. B. Cleaning the house is very important for all of us. C. When we meet problems, we should stay calm and find a solution. D. The barn isn‘t a good place. C China came into the world‘s focus(焦点 ) because of the G20 Leaders Summit (峰会 ) in the last few days. Leaders of the G20 members met in the city of Hangzhou. As they talked about world problems, they also experienced Chinese culture. President Xi Jinping used Chinese poems in his speech at the wele dinner to the leaders. ―Up in heaven there‘s paradise, down on earth there are Suzhou and Hangzhou (上有天堂，下有苏杭 ),‖ Xi said of the host city. He also described the beautiful West Lake as ―Green lotus leaves outspread as far as boundless sky。 pink lotus blossoms take from sunshine a new dye (接天莲叶无穷碧，映日荷花别样红 ).‖ The logo of the summit looks like a bridge, and it shows Chinese architectural (建筑的 ) culture. ―I got the idea from the traditional arched (拱形的 ) bridges at the West Lake,‖ said the designer Yuan Youmin. ―Bridges connect people and places in many different ways, just as the G20 brings east and west together.‖ Chinese dishes (菜肴 ) also impressed many foreign guests with their cultural meaning. At the wele dinner to the member leaders, Dongpo Rou was one special dish. Song Dynasty (9601279) poet Su Dongpo first made this dish. Su was also an official in Hangzhou. There was another famous dish – Longjing tea fried prawns (虾仁 ). Longjing or dragon‘s well is a kind of green tea that only grows in Hangzhou. It grows best with water from a special well. The Qing Dynasty (16441911) emperor Qianlong once drank from it. 66. Which city held the G20 Leaders Summit this year? A. Beijing. B. Shanghai. C. Hangzhou. D. Suzhou. 67. Where did the designer get the idea of the bridge logo? A. From the bridges he did before. B. From the old arched bridges at the West Lake. C. From the old story of the West Lake. D. From the famous poet Su Dongpo. 68. The dish Dongpo Rou got its name because . A. the Song Dynasty poet Su Dongpo was the first to make it B. it was a place name in Hangzhou C. one of the Hangzhou officials liked the name D. it connects the west and the east best 69. Which of the following is Not right? A. Leaders of G20 not only talked about world problems but also experienced Chinese culture. B. President Xi Jinping used Chinese poems in his speech at the wele dinner to the leaders. C. The logo of the summit looks like West Lake. D. Su Dongpo was an official in Hangzhou. 70. The last paragraph explains . A. how Longjing tea fried prawns is cooked B. how Longjing tea got its name C. why Longjing tea fried prawns could be on the G20 table D. why the water in the dragon‘s well is special 第二部分 非选择题（共 65 分） 五、阅读表达 阅读下面的短文，根据短文内容回答问题 （共 5 小题；每小题 2 分，满分10 分） (Not more than 6 words) Yang Yang has good looks and a nice smile. But behind his pretty face is a stubborn (倔强的 ) heart. The hit TV drama A Smile Is Beautiful (《微微一笑很倾城》 ) has made this 25yearold actor more popular. The show is from writer Gu Man‘s book. He plays a handsome and smart college student. His major (专业 ) is puter science. Many people think Yang is the right person for the role. Yang‘s acting life started well. At the age of 16, he played Jia Baoyu in the TV drama A Dream of Red Mansions (《红楼梦》 ). But that doesn‘t mean he never had ―ups and downs‖. For a while, he felt lost in acting. Yang once was a dancer and graduated from People‘s Liberation Army Academy of Art. ―At the beginning, I didn‘t know how to be an actor,‖ but he says he likes to pete (较劲 ) with himself. So he tried to improve his acting skills through different kinds of works. That‘s why in only nine years he has been in many TV dramas and movies. Many stars working with Yang say he tries his best in everything. ―So many times he felt his acting was not good enough and asked to try it again. He couldn‘t be more serious,‖ Alee Su, director (导演 ) of movie The Left Ear (《左耳》 ), said in a talk show. Yang is even serious about games. In the show Happy Camp, he once peted with South Korean actor Ji Changwook (池昌旭 ),。