浙江省桐乡市实验中学等五校2013-2014学年第一学期期中联考八年级英语试卷一、听力部分(20分)第一节，听句子，选择图片。（5分） A B C D E1._ 2._ 3._ 4._ 5._ 第二节：听下面小对话，回答问题，每段对话读一遍。（5分） 6. The woman goes to the music store_A once a week B twice a week C three times a week7. What are they talking about?A. The teacher B. The TV C. The film8. Which country is the letter from?A. China B. America C. Japan9. How long can the boy keep the book?A. Two days B. Two weeks C. Three days10. What would Kate like to have?A. A cup of tea B. A bottle of milk C. A glass of water.第三节： 听独白，选择正确的选项，独白读两遍。（10分）11. Which city is Maggies favorite?A. Beijing B. Shanghai C. Hangzhou12. When did she go there?A. In January B. In May C. In October13. What did she do?A. Visited friends B. Visited her teacher C. Visited grandparents 14. How was the weather?A. Hot and wet B. Sunny and hot C. Sunny but cool 15. What did she think of her vacation?A. Tired B. Relaxing C. Terrible二笔试部分（80分）四、单项选择（15分）五、完形填空（10分）There are four seasons in _31_ of the countries. But the weather is not always the same. In England, winter is not very cold and summer is not very hot. There is not a great difference between summer and winter. Do you know why?England has a warm winter and a cool summer because it is an _32_country.In winter the sea is warmer than the land. The winds _33_the sea bring _34_air to England. In summer the sea is cooler than the land. The winds from the sea bring cool air to England. The west winds blow over England all the year around. They blow from the southwest. They are wet winds. They also bring _35_to England. So England has _36_rain all the year .Sometimes it rains heavily. The west of England is wetter than the east.In Canada they have four seasons, too. But the average( 平均 )temperature is very low. Spring is usually very _37_in most part of the country. It comes in February. People can still go skating in some places. Summer is usually very cool. Early in the morning the weather is so cold that people usually wear sweaters. Autumn comes _38_summer. Canadians like to watch maples(枫叶) in the park or on the hills. They are reallybeautiful. Winter is the_39_ season of the year. Its often freezing cold. There is thick ice on the river or lake. Children like to go skating there. Of course, they should wear warm, thick coats, _40_they will catch a cold.31 A. more B. most C. many D. much 32. A. land B. island C. big D. small33. A. from B. to C. come D. go34. A. hot B. cold C. warm D. cool35. A. wind B. snow C. rain D. wet 36. A. a little B. a few C. a bit of D. a lot of37. A. warm B. hot C. cool D. cold38. A. after B. before C. with D. in39. A. cold B. colder C. coldest D. warmest 40. A. and B. or C. but D. so 六、阅读理解（30分） ( A )This weekend Bob and his friends went to a mountain. When they got there, they put up their tents(帐篷) and then rode their horses to the forest to see how the trees were growing. In the afternoon, when they were going back, it started to snow. Then minutes later, they couldnt find the road. Bob knew there were two roads. One road went to the camp(营地), and the other went to his house. But all was white now. Everything was the same. How could he and his friends go back to the camp? Soon Bob had an idea. Maybe the horses could help them. They can let the horses take them back! But what would happen if the horses took the road to his house? That was going to be a long trip.It was getting late. They rode on and on. At last the horses stopped. Where were they? No on