八、九年级英语期中考试反思
期中考试后到现在将近一周的时间了，我把所教两个班学生的分数又看了一遍，仔细想想学生的分数不高的原因，觉得自己有许多地方做得实在是有欠缺。
一 平时我对学生很严厉，如果学生不能够回答出我在上课反复强调的知识，我会厉声呵斥他们。如果学生不能按时背好所背的课文，我会让他们放学后留下来背好，上课不允许讲无关的话，思想不能开小差，看起来这很有道理，作为教师，就应对学生严加管束，但太严了也会有负面影响，比如有位学生因为开小差了，你再三强调的知识他又不知道，如果他来问你这个问题，你会为他解答吗？我是会的，但他却不会来问你，为什么？因为他怕你骂他，结果怎样可想而知。其实“严”在于一个度，我似乎没有把握好这个度
二 应该每天听写单词和词组，可单词和词组是学生最头痛的事，学生们都说他们记不住，一部分学生对英语学习失去兴趣，学生两极分化的明显出现很大程度上是没过好词汇关，这些学生记单词只会死记硬背，但不会读，这样是学不好英语的。因此，一定要注重课堂词汇教学，让学生掌握一定的学习单词的方法，按读音规则认读、记忆单词而不是死记硬背，当学生感悟到记单词不再困难时，他们的英语学习也就迈出了很可喜的坚实的基础一步，他们对英语学习才会真正感兴趣。
三 这次考试学生听力丢分较多，在今后的教学中要有意识地加强学生听读能力的训练与培养，重点训练学生的阅读和听的习惯的培养。课外还要多选用一些内容健康，时代感强、知识性、趣味性并存的短文来让学生阅读，通过大量阅读来培养学生的语感以及通过上下文捕捉信息的能力，从而提高阅读，理解，分析，判断的能力。
四 实行分层次教学，降低对差生的要求，比如让成绩好些的学生背课文时，其他学生能读熟就可以了，检查单词和词组时，要求差生写对一半就算优秀，这样他下次会背单词背的更好！这样才能让每个学生有成就感，逐步提高学习英语的兴趣
五做好补差工作，缩小两极分化， 从测试情况看，英语学习已明显出现两极分化现象。由于知识点的深化，学生的个体差异以及多种内外在因素，学生学习上的两极分化是客观存在的，但我们一定要通过我、家长、包括学生本人的不懈努力，力争减少差生，使他们在英语学习上不断进步，这就需要我真正的去爱他们关注他们，及时做好补差辅导工作，尽可能缩小两极分化，这样才能大面积提高英语教学质量。
六 平时上课讲课速度快，因为不快就完成不了教学任务，但快了会有效果吗？我把知识进行整合了吗？上课的效果重要还是进度重要呢？
希望通过自己的努力，所教两个班的英语成绩会前进一大步！
周万敏
2009/11/24
第二篇：初三英语期中考试
英 语 试 卷
（考试时间为120分钟，试卷满分为120分）
一、二、三听力理解（共26分）（略）
知识运用（共25分）
四、单项填空 （共13分，每小题1分）
从下面各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
22. He is an honest man, so we like to do business with ________.
A. he B. his C. him D. her
23. We visited the Grand Canyon ________ a rainy morning.
A. in B. at C. to D. on
24. This great book was written in 1876 _______ it is still read and loved by people.
A. but B. because C. or D. so
25. —Guess what! We received _______ articles for the school magazine than last month.—You bet. They are nicer as well.
A. much B. many C. more D. most
26. Mrs. Lee is not new in our school. In fact, she _______ here since 2000.
A. worked B. has worked C. was working D. is working
27. — _______ I ask you a question, sir?
—Sure. Go ahead.
A. Need B. Must C. May D. Should
28. —Bill, why do you look sad today?
—I have made________ mistakes in the physics exam.
A. few B. a few C. little D. a little
29. With the development of technology, some people believe there ________ no books in the future.
A. is going to have B. will be
C. will have D. were
30. —What did the teacher say just now?
—He told us ______ about a great invention.
A. to write B. writing C. wrote D. write
31. —Why didn’t you answer my phone?
—Sorry, I _______ chemistry experiments at that moment.
A. am doing B. did C. will do D. was doing
32. —Excuse me. _______ is it from here to the zoo?
—Let me see. It’s about two kilometers.
A. How far B. How soon C. How long D. How much
33. Some people do not use money. Instead, they ________ by money.
A. use B. used C. were used D. are used
34. —Could you please tell me_______ now?
—Yes. I live in Beijing.
A. where do you live B. where did you live
C. where you live D. where you lived
五、完形填空（共12分，每小题1分）
阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择最佳选项
As I look back on it now, I realize it was kind of silly of me to be so worried when Daddy was really just late. I waited every night for Daddy whom I followed around everywhere.
That day, I stood at my ___35___place by the door, awaiting his return from work. After standing there for a while, I began to ___36___where Daddy was. I ran into the kitchen and asked Mummy ___37___, “When is Daddy coming?”
“Soon, honey,” Mummy replied distractedly because she was following a recipe (cookbook) for dinner.
I ran back to the ___38___, for I knew that Daddy was coming and that I wasn’t standing there for nothing. I began to recite the words.
Tired of that, I went back to the kitchen to ask Mummy again but ___39___I could open my mouth, she handed me a My Little Pony coloring book. She said, “I’m busy, Daniel. Go and ___40___a pretty picture and I’ll hang it on the refrigerator. ” I went back, put my book and crayons down, then went to get my chair to sit in. After a while, the ___41___became a pink-and-purple artistic wonder.
Soon I ___42___with relief (放心) as I heard the sound of the garage door ___43___and Daddy’s driving in. I heard him open and close his car door. The ___44___thing I knew was that the door opened and there stood Daddy. I stood up and ___45___my arms. I hugged him and whispered, “I love you.”
As I sit at the computer finishing this story, I know Daddy will be home soon. I still ___46___when he’s late. I still go to greet him when he arrives.
35. A. own B. usual C. favourite D. strange
36. A. plan B. understand C. wonder D. search
37. A. hopefully B. thoughtfully C. politely D. unhappily
38. A. garage B. yard C. room D. door
39. A. when B. as C. before D. until
40. A. colour B. make C. draw D. paint
41. A. book B. picture C. refrigerator D. chair
42. A. smiled B. cried C. laughed D. called
43. A. shaking B. opening C. shutting D. breaking
44. A. important B. natural C. next D. last
45. A. carried out B. took out C. gave out D. held out
46. A. mind B. realize C. doubt D. worry
阅读理解 （共44分）
六、阅读下列短文，根据短文内容，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择最佳选项。（共26分，每小题2分）
47. What’s the name of the cat?
A. Danny. B. Puss. C. Dreamland. D. Little star.
48. How many pictures are there in The Secret Key?
A. Sixty. B. Forty-eight. C. Forty-five. D. Twenty-eight.
49. If you want to read about dinosaurs, you should buy______.
A. Puss the Cat B. A Monkey’s Adventure
C. The Lost World D. The Secret Key
B
If I were to ask you to close your eyes and I gave you a piece of apple to eat, would you be able to tell me what it is just by tasting it? Of course, you could. Your tongue helps you know what different foods taste like. Do you know that foods would taste different if you did not have a nose?
These experiments show how important your nose is when you taste things. Experiment 1
Have your friend close her eyes and open her mouth. Give her a piece of the food and ask her to taste it. Then, ask her what she thinks it is. She will probably guess correctly.
Experiment 2
While your friend has her eyes closed, give her a piece of potato. At the same time, hold a piece of apple right under her nose. Ask her to eat the potato and tell you what she thinks it is. She will say it is a piece of apple! You can even do it the other way around, and she will think she is eating a potato, or, perhaps, she won’t be able to name what she is eating.
Experiment 3(for the brave)
Take a piece of raw onion. You don’t have to close your eyes this time. Press your nose closed with your other hand so that no smells can get into your nose. Now eat a small piece of the onion. Surprise! As long as you hold your nose, you will not be able to taste the onion.
What You Find
Your nose and your tongue work together to make food taste the way it does. Your tongue, however, can taste only certain flavors like salty, bitter, sour, and sweet. All of the other “tastes” are actually “smells”, and you need your nose to “taste” them.
Oh, you might use this science secret the next time you are told to eat something you don’t like the taste of. If you hold your nose while you eat, you won’t “taste” it at all.
50. How many experiments are mentioned in the passage?
A. One. B. Two. C. Three. D. Four
51. Why is Experiment 3 for the brave?
A. Because you have to eat a raw onion.
B. Because you have to press your nose.
C. Because you do the experiment alone.
D. Because you must keep your eyes open.
52. The passage mainly tells us ____________.
A. why different foods can smell the same
B. why some things smell better than others
C. how smell changes the way we see things
D. how smell influences the way food tastes
C
Words play magic. They can create pictures in our minds; they can help us express our feelings that we’ve been trying to hide, and like a key, words can open up locked hearts and free our souls that have been kept deep inside.
When different people are reading the same passage, for example, about a scene which shows a palace at midnight, the words they read are the same, yet if they are asked to paint out what the scene is like in their minds, each person will have the pictures drawn differently.
Although human minds are different, I do believe that somehow we have all come across mutualfeelings. Stories that touch us, stories that terrify us, stories that set us free – we all have tasted the pain, the fear, and the freedom because we all have feelings. I believe all of us have personalities within personalities, and by that I mean people who seem to be strong are not always that strong, they are easily hurt on the inside.
Good writers, who can smartly use the right words in their writings, will easily break through the shell of one’s personality within. Great writers, who can use only the perfect words to move the personality within, will understand one’s weakness or one’s heart – even rewrite his or her life.
I want to be an excellent writer because when I read, I feel like home. Home is where my books are. When I feel scared, I read, and it becomes my candle. When I feel sad, I read, and it becomes my ceiling. When I feel lonely, I read, and it becomes my company.
Home is where we leave the sadness, fear and stress behind, where we only allow happiness to stay. I want to be a writer who brings such feelings to everyone to bring them home with my words.
Reading is all that I need. Whenever I read, I just feel the magic that words created, leaving everything behind.
53. What does the underlined word “mutual” in Paragraph 3 mean?
A. different B. strange C. special D. shared
54. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?
A. Many words can help hide your feeling deep inside.
B. Some writers can free your personalities from locked hearts.
C. Most people will draw the same picture for the same passage.
D. No places will keep the sadness, fear and stress away from people.
55. Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?
A. Wonderful Words B. Excellent Writers
C. Touching Stories D. Creative Minds
D
Supermarkets are trying out new computers that make shopping carts more
intelligent. They will help shoppers find paper cups or toilet soap, and keep a record of the bill.
The touch-screen devices(装置) are on show at the Food Marketing Institute’s exhibition here this week. “These devices are able to create value and get you around the store quicker,” said Michael Alexander, manager of Springboard Retail Networks Inc., which makes a smart cart computer called the Concierge.
Canadian stores will test the Concierge in July. A similar device, IBM’s “Shopping Buddy”, has recently been test-marketed at Stop & Shop stores in Massachusetts.
Neither device tells you how many fat grams or calories are in your cart, but they will flash you with items on sale. The idea is to make it easier for people to buy, not to have second thoughts that maybe you should put something back on the shelf.
“The whole model is driven by advertisers’ need to get in front of shoppers,” said Alexander. “They’re not watching 30-second TV ads anymore.”
People can use a home computer to make their shopping lists. Once at the store, a shopper can use a preferred customer card to start a system that will organize the trip around the store. If you’re looking for toothpicks, you type in the word or pick it from a list, and a map will appear on the screen showing where you are and where you can find them.
The device also keeps a record of what you buy. When you’re finished, the device figures out your bill. Then you go to the checker or place your card into a self-checkout stand and pay.
The new computerized shopping assistants don’t come cheap. The Buddy devices will cost the average store about $160,000, and the Concierge will cost stores about
$500 for each device.
56. The underlined word “they” in paragraph 1 refers to __________.
A. supermarkets B. shopping carts
C. shop assistants D. shop managers
57. Which of the following is the correct order of shopping with computerized shopping carts?
a. Start the system.
b. Make a shopping list.
c. Find the things you want.
d. Go to a self-checkout stand.
A. abdc B. acbd
C. bacd D. bcad
58. We can learn from the last paragraph that ____________.
A. intelligent shopping carts cost a large sum of money
B. the Concierge is cheaper than the Buddy devices
C. shop assistants with computer knowledge are well paid
D. average stores prefer the Concierge to the Buddy devices
59. What might be the most suitable title for the text?
A. Touch-screen Devices Make Shopping Enjoyable
B. New Computers Make Shopping Carts Smarter
C. Concierge and Shopping Buddy
D. New Age for Supermarkets
七、阅读短文，根据短文内容，从短文后的五个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有一项为多余选项。（共8分，每小题2分）
Be Careful about Energy Drinks
Be careful with what you drink: something that looks cool may not be good for your health.
The weather is getting hotter and you’ll be getting thirstier playing basketball or riding home from school. ___60___But be careful what you pour down your throat; something that looks cool may not be good for your health.
There are plenty of so-called energy drinks on the market. ___61___But after a careful check you may find that most energy drinks have high levels of caffeine (咖啡因). These drinks are specially aimed at young people, students, busy people and sports players. Makers sometimes say their drinks make you better at sports and can keep you awake. But be careful not to drink too much.
___62___Because of this, the International Olympic Committee has limited their use. The amount of caffeine in most energy drinks is at least as high as in a strong cup of coffee or strong tea.
Research by Australian scientists has found that many teenagers are affected by caffeine. The results of their study show that 27 percent of boys aged 8-12 take in more caffeine than their parents. ___63___Just one can of energy drink can make you nervous, have difficulty sleeping and can even cause heart attacks. “Teenagers should not be encouraged to have drinks with high level caffeine in them,” a
Societies all over the world name places in similar ways. It often happens that a place has two names: One is named by the people and the other by the government. As in many areas, old habits died hard, and the place continues to be called by its unofficial name long after the meaning is lost.
Many roads and places in Singapore are named in order that the pioneers will be remembered by young people today. Thus we have names such as Stamford Road and Raffles Palace. This is in keeping with traditions in many countries – in both the West and the East.
Another way of naming places is naming them after other places. Perhaps they were named to develop friendships between the two places or it could be that the people who used to live there were first from the places that the roads were named after. The mystery is clearer when we see some of the roads named in old British bases. If you step into Selector Airbase you will see Piccadilly Circus – clearly named by some homesick Royal Air Force soldiers.
Some places were named after the activities that used to go on at those places. Bras Basah Road is an interesting example. “Base Basah” means “wet rice” in Malay. Now why would anyone want to name a road “Wet Rice Road”? The reason is simple. During the pioneering days, wet rice was laid out to dry along this road.
A few roads in Singapore are named by their shapes. There is “Circular Road” for one. Other roads may have part of their names to describe their shapes, like “Paya Lebar Crescent”. This road is called a crescent (月牙形的) because it begins on the main road, makes a crescent and comes back to join the main road again.
64. Do societies name places in similar ways or quite different ways? _________________________________________________________________
65. Where are the roads mentioned in this passage?
_________________________________________________________________
66. How can a place often get its two names?
_________________________________________________________________
67. Why do people name the place as Stamford Road?
_________________________________________________________________
68. According to the passage, how can a place be named?
_________________________________________________________________
书面表达 （共25分）
九、完成句子（共10分，每小题2分）
根据中文意思完成句子。
69. 请尽快做出决定。
Please make your decision ____________________________.
70. 孩子们害怕天黑后外出。
The children ____________________________ going outside after dark.
71. 老板让员工们从早到晚地工作。
The boss ______________ the employees ______________ from dawn to dark.
72. 我们有必要回收利用玻璃和纸张。
________________________________ recycle glass and paper.
73. 大明对科技非常感兴趣，他盼望着再次参观科技馆。
Daming is __________________ science and technology ____________ he ___________ the Science and Technology Museum again.
十、文段表达（15分）
根据中文和英文提示，写一篇意思连贯、符合逻辑、不少于60词的短文。
74. 假定你是李华，从21st Century Teens英文报上得知一个国际中学生组织将招募志愿者到新加坡的博物馆去做环保知识的讲解员(speaker)，请你写一封邮件申请参加志愿者活动。内容主要包括：
1. 简要介绍自己的情况。
2. 你曾为环保做过的事情。
3. 你对环保的认识。
【参考答案】
四、单项填空
22-26 CDACB 27-31 CBBAD 32-34 ADC
23. D。在具体某一天的上午、下午、晚上用介词on。介词in后加年、月和季节；at后接时间点。
26. B。根据时间状语since 2000可知用现在完成时。
28. B。a few和few修饰可数名词；little和a little修饰不可数名词；mistakes是可数名词，故排除C、D项；a few和a little表示肯定意义，意为“有一点，有一些”，few和little表示否定意义，意为“几乎没有”，根据上下文可知答案为B。
29. B。本题考查there be句型的一般将来时。
30. A。tell sb. to do sth.意为“告诉某人某事”。
31. D。根据时间状语at that moment可知本句用过去进行时。
32. A。根据答语可知问句在问距离，对距离的提问用how far。
33. D。根据句意及by money可知本题考查被动语态。
五、完形填空
35-46 BCADC ABABC DD
35. B。usual意为“通常的，经常的”，符合题意。own意为“某人自己的”；favourite意为“最喜欢的”；strange意为“奇怪的”。
36. C。wonder意为“想知道”，符合句意。I began to wonder where Daddy was意为“我开始想知道爸爸在哪里”。
37. A。hopefully意为“充满希望的”，因为急切地想知道爸爸什么时候回家，所以用hopefully最能表达作者的心情。
38. D。根据上文的“by the door”和题空前的ran back可知此处答案。
39. C。before意为“在??之前”，此处表达“在我还没开口说话之前，妈妈就??”。
40. A。根据上文的“she handed me a My Little Pony coloring book”下文的“I went back, put my book and crayons down”可知答案。
41. B。根据上文的“a pretty picture”可知答案。
42. A。根据题空后的“with relief (放心) as I heard the sound of?”可知答案。
43. B。根据题空后的“Daddy’s driving in”可知是打开车库的门。
44. C。按照事情发展的顺序，可知答案。
45. D。hold out 意为“伸出，张开”，符合句意。
46. D。根据文章开头的“I realize it was kind of silly of me to be so worried”，首尾呼应，可知答案。
六、阅读下列短文，根据短文内容，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择最佳选项
47-49 BDC 50-52 CAD 53-55–DBA 56-59-BCAB
50. C。根据文中的“Experiment 1；Experiment 2；Experiment 3”可知答案。
51. A。根据文章第一句可知答案。
52. D。根据文章第一、二段可知答案。
53. D。根据“Although human minds are different?”可推出mutual和different的意思应该是相反的，可推知答案为D。
55. A。文章的第一句话是本文的中心句，可推知答案为A。
56. B。根据文章第一句话可知they指的是“shopping carts”。
57. C。仔细读文章倒数第二段和倒数第三段可知答案。
58. A。文章最后一段再说这种装置不便宜，会花费很多钱。
七、阅读短文，根据短文内容，从短文后的五个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有一项为多余选项。
60-63 EDCA
八、阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题。
64. In similar ways.
65. In Singapore.
66. One is named by the people and the other by the government.
67. To remember the pioneers. / To make sure the pioneers will be remembered by young people.
68. They are named after the pioneers, after other places, after the activities and by their shapes.
九、完成句子
69. as soon as possible 70. are afraid of
71. makes/made; work 72. It’s necessary for us to
73. so interested in; that; is looking forward to visiting