牛津英语8A期末试题及答案.doc

8A第一学期期末考试试卷
初二英语
听力部分
一．根据对话，回答下列问题，每段对话读两遍。(1*5)
1. Who did Millie vote for?
A. Sandy B. Andy C. Simon D. Millie
2. What’s Millie’s favourite sport?
A. Cycling B. Camping C. Skiing D. Swimming
3. What is John doing?
A. He is lying in bed. B. He is reading in bed.
C. He is playing with a cat in bed. D. He is playing with a dog in bed.
4. How does the boy go to school on Wednesdays?
A. On foot. B. Ride a bicycle. C. Take a bus. D. Take a taxi.
5. What time is it now?
A. 10:45 B. 11:00 C. 11:15 D. 11:45
二．根据短文，回答下列问题，短文读两遍。(1*5)
6. How many people died in the earthquake?
A. 25 B. 250 C. 2500 D. 25,000
7. When did the earthquake happen?
A. In the morning B. In the afternoon C. In the evening D. At night
8. What was the speaker doing at that moment?
A. The speaker was enjoying a nice day. B. The speaker was going out.
C. The speaker was studying at school. D. The speaker was sleeping.
9. Did the mother feel anything?
A. Yes, she did. B. Yes, she didn’t. C. No, she did. D. No, she didn’t.
10. Why did the father look out of the window?
A. Because he had nothing to do. B. Because he saw the computer shaking.
C. Because he was tired. D. Because he was on the first floor.
三．根据录音，完成短文，短文读三遍。(1*10)
Here is the 11 report for this weekend. It will be 12 on Friday. On Friday night, it will be cloudy. Most of Saturday it will rain and the temperature will be 13 0℃ to 4℃. On Saturday night, it will snow. Temperatures will be 14 0℃. It will get windy at night. Sunday will be windy. The wind will be very 15 , so keep your windows 16 and bring your 17 indoors. The temperature will be from -10℃ to 6℃. And that is your three-day weekend 1 8 . Listen at this time tomorrow to 19 any 20 .

笔试部分
四．单项选择(1*20)
1. It’s necessary ______ us ______ read English every day.
A. of, to B. for, to C. for, for D. to, to
2. She likes _____ her joy ______ her friends.
A. share, with B. sharing, with C. share, for D. sharing, for
3. Do you think British students spend ______ time ______ their homework than Chinese students?
A. less, doing B. less, to do C. fewer, doing D. fewer, to do
4. It was getting dark. There were ______ people in the street.
A. less and less B. fewer and fewer C. less and fewer D. fewer and less
5. He finds _______ to make a paper ship.
A. it easy B. that easy C. it easily D. that easily
6. How ______ she ______ French!
A. fluent, speak B. fluently, speak C. fluent, speaks D. fluently, speaks
7. The teacher told us to leave school early ______ the snow got worse.
A. but B. so C. because D. and
8. If Jim ______ free tomorrow, I’ll ask Tom instead.
A. isn’t B. won’t be C. won’t D. doesn’t
9. Mother asks him ______ forget to lock the door when he leaves home.
A. to B. don’t C. to not D. not to
10. The teacher is coming. Stop ______ and keep ______.
A. to talk, quiet B. talking, quiet C. to talk, quietly D. talking, quietly
11. Our government provided food and money____ the people in the disaster areas.
A. for B. with C. in D. on
12. There will be a strong ______ tomorrow and it will be quite ______.
A. wind, wind B wind, windy C. windy, wind D. windy, windy
13. The news report is about ______ a month ago.
A. what he happened B. what he happened to
C. what happened him D. what happened to him
14. There ______ a lot of ______ in the south in summer.
A. are, rain B. are, rains C. is, rain D. is, rains
15. --- My brother fell off his bike and hurt his legs. --- ______.
A. That’s too bad B. He is too careless
C. He should be careful D. I am sorry to hear that
16. The land is _______ after a heavy rain.
A. much weter B. much wetter C. more weter D. more wetter
17. The sunlight came in ______ the window.
A. through B. across C. in D. with

18. What did you do in the garden? I watched John ______ his bike.
A. to mend B. mended C. mend D. mends
19. The big box is ______ heavy and I can’t carry it.
A. much too B. too much C. so much D. very too
20. Daniel thinks climbing is ______ diving.
A. so excited as B. as excited as C. so exciting as D. as exciting as

五．完型填空(1*20)
(A)
One day a rich man wanted to sell some goods in another town and buy some things there. He 21 to take ten servants(仆人)with him. They would carry the goods and also some 22 to eat on their way. The rich man said to 23 of his servants, “ Ali, you are the 24 and the weakest one. You may 25 the lightest load(担子)to carry.” Ali thanked him and chose the 26 load. It was their food— bread. The rich man said, “How foolish you are! That’s the heaviest one.” But Ali was 27 to lift it up. And so they set off. Four hours 28 , they stopped for a rest. They all 29 some of the bread. Then there was 30 bread for Ali to carry. Each time they ate some, the load became smaller and lighter. At last the clever servant had nothing to carry.
21.A.agreed B. liked C. decided D. refused
22.A.food B.goods C.water D.meat
23.A.all B.both C.none D.one
24.A.tallest B.smallest C.busiest D.fastest
25.A.find B.give C.choose D.carry
26.A.lightest B.smallest C.best D.biggest
27.A.glad B.worry C.sorry D.tired
28.A.early B.later C.past D.last
29.A.loved B.put C.called D.ate
30.A.more B.little C.less D.no

(B)
Almost everyone knows the 31 of Mr, Mrs and Miss. Mr is used before the names of men, Mrs is for married women and Miss is for unmarried women. But 32
is Ms? For some time businessmen in the United States have used Ms before a woman’s name when they don’t know whether the woman is married or not. Today, however, many women prefer to use Ms 33 Mrs or Miss. The word 34 does not tell us 35 or not a man is married. They want to be equal to 36 in this way. These women feel that it is not important for people to know whether they are married or not.
These are some problems with Ms, however. Not all women 37 it. Some like the older ways of doing things. Some find it 38 to read.

Ms 39 “miz”. Young women like it better than older women 40 . It is difficult to know whether or not Ms will be used by more American women in the future. What do you think of it?
31.A.meanings B.letters C.English D.makings
32.A.how B.what C.who D.which
33.A.hardly B.no C.not D.rather than
34.A.Sir B.Mrs C.Miss D.Mr
35.A.when B.if C.whether D.whom
36.A.men B.girls C.ladies D.boys
37.A.are against B.hate C.agree D.like
38.A.easy B.good C.difficult D.impossible
39.A.sounds B.read like C.is sounded like D.is sounded as
40.A.to do B.do C.did D.like

六．阅读理解(1*20)
(A)
Coffee has become the most popular American drink. Today people in the United States drink more coffee than people in any of the other countries. People drink coffee at breakfast, at lunch, at dinner and between meals. They drink hot coffee or coffee with ice in it. They drink it at work and at home. They eat coffee ice-cream and coffee candy. Coffee is black and very strong. Different people like to drink it in different ways. Some people like coffee with cream or sugar in it. Other people like coffee with both cream and sugar in it. In all ways it is served. Coffee has become an international drink.
41.Coffee is an drink.
A.interesting B.international C.ice-cream D.American
42.Different people like to drink coffee .
A.at work or at home B.in different ways C.with cream or sugar D.between meals
43.Today Americans drink coffee than people in any of the other countries.
A.as much as B.less C.more D.most
44. “Coffee is black and very strong.” The word STRONG here means .
A.坚固的 B.淡的 C.清的 D.浓的
45. is the most popular American drink.
A.Black tea B.Coffee C.Water with ice D.Whisky
(B)
Can you make animals work for us? Some scientists think that one day we can teach animals to do a lot of things for people. In a film shown on TV, you may see elephants, monkeys, tigers or some other animals are always given a little food to eat after they have done something. Scientists say that people can teach many different animals to do some of the easy work if they know they will get something to eat. We all know elephants can carry large logs(圆木)，and dogs can look

after houses.
And we even teach animals to work in factories. In America, for example, people have used apes to help make cars and scientists think that those large monkeys may drive trains one day. Now people are trying to get them to do the same thing that man does.
46.Scientists think animals can help people to do something .
A. if they know they will get food after doing something
B. because animals are so clever.
C. if they know the work is easy enough
D. because most animals are friendly to man
47. can do some heavy work because they are so strong.
A.Tigers B.Elephants C.Monkeys D.Dogs
48.As we know, dogs can our houses.
A.build B.clean C.look after D.look at
49.Scientists are planning to make big monkeys to .
A.make trains B.carry logs C.drive trains D.work at school
50.If we teach animals carefully, .
A. some animals can do the same things as a man does
B. all the animals can do some work for us
C. many animals can do all the work as we do
D. we may get many animals work without giving them food

(C)
Computers are useful machines. They can help people a lot in their everyday life. For example, they can help people save much time, and they can help people work out many problems they can’t do easily. Our country asks everyone to learn to use computers except the old people.
Today more and more families own computers. Parents buy computers for their children.
They hope computers can help them improve(提高) their studies in school. Yet many of the children use computers to play games, to watch video or to sing Karaoke, instead of studying. So many teachers and parents complain that computers can not help children to study but make them fall behind. So computers are locked by parents in the boxes.
In some other countries, even some scientists hate computers. They say computers let millions of people lost their jobs or bring them a lot of trouble.
Will computers really bring trouble to people or can they bring people happiness? It will be decided by people themselves.
51.Why do we say the computer is a useful machine? Because .
A. our country asks us to learn it
B. it can help us a lot
C. we can use it to play games
D． it can help us to find jobs

52.What do many teachers and parents complain about?
A. Their students and children use computers to play games.
B. Computers let them lost their jobs.
C. Computers make the students and children fall behind.
D. Computers bring people a lot of trouble.
53.In this passage we know computers .
A. also bring us trouble
B. bring us happiness only
C. are hated by people
D. are bad for people’s health
54.Can computers really help children to study?
A.Yes, they can. B.It’s hard to say C.No,they can’t. D.Of course not.
55.How do you understand the last sentence of this passage? I think it means .
A. computers are used by people
B. people can live well without computers
C. one must decide how to use computers
D. computers are strange machines

(D)
In 1955, Walt Disney himself opened the first Disney Park in Los Angeles, the USA. Later Disney World was opened in Florida in 1971. It cost between $500 and $600 million to build. Tokyo Disney Park opened in Japan in 1983, and Europe Disney opened in France in 1992.
Now Hong Kong is going to build a Disney Park and it will be open in 2005.
More than 80% of Hong Kong’s population would like to visit the Disney Park when it is open. But about half of them thought the adult admission fee, of between HK $250 to HK $300 (US$32 to US$38), was too high. The children’s admission fee is not known yet. But children may not mind paying any entrance fee. “If I start saving money now, I’ll have enough money to pay the entrance fee in five year’s time,” said Chan Posang, a 12-year-old girl. “I can’t take my son to the Disney Park in the USA,” said Mrs Yu, mother of a small boy, “that’s why I agree with the government plan to build one here. Then I’ll be able to take my son there. The admission fee of several hundred dollars is nothing compared with the price of an air ticket to the USA. ”
56.The first Disney Park was built in
A.France B.Tokyo C.America D.Hong Kong
57.How many Disney Parks will there be in Asia by the year 2005?
A.1 B.2 C.3 D.4
58.What do the Hong Kong people think about the plan?
A. Most of them agree to it.
B. Half of them don’t agree to it.

C. Few of them agree to it.
D. Only children like it.
59.Do all the Hong Kong people care much about the entrance fee?
A. Yes, they all think that the fee is too high.
B. No, the children may not mind how much the fee will be.
C. Yes, most of them feel that the fee is not high.
D. The writer doesn’t tell us.
60.According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?
A. The adult admission fee is lower than the children admission fee.
B. Disney Parks are getting more and more popular among children and adults.
C. The children’s admission fee is about HK$250 to HK$300.
D. Since the fee is too high, few Hong Kong people want to visit the park.

七．句型转换(1*5)
61.There is nothing else in the fridge in his kitchen. (一般疑问句)
62.The children are working hard. (感叹句)
________ ________ the children are working!
63. Our Chinese teacher asks us to copy the word ten times so that we won’t forget it. (划线提问)
64. It take