八年级英语下试题（月考）听力材料.doc

八年级英语听力材料

第一部分听对话，回答问题，每段对话读两遍。
1. M: Sandy, what are you doing here?
W: I'm waiting for my friend. Look she's coming, the girl with glasses.
2. M: How do you come to school every day, Ann?
W: I usually take a bus, but sometimes I ride my bicycle.
3. M: What does this sign mean?
W: It means turning left.
4. M: How is your father?
W: He has been ill for three years. Now he is still in hospital
5. M: How about my noodles? I’ve been here for half an hour.
W: Sorry, Sir. It must be ready now.
6. M: What a sunny day today! Shall we go hiking tomorrow if it is fine?
W: But the radio says we'll have rain tomorrow.
7. M: Hurry up！It's 6:20 already!
W: Yes, the train will leave 10 minutes later. We have to run all the way.
8. M: Madam, how old are you ?
W: I’m sorry. It’s a secret. I can’t tell you.
9. M: What will you do in north-west China?
W: I’ll teach children in a primary school.
10. M: He is seriously ill. He needs an operation.
W: Yes. But it will cost over 50,000 yuan.

第二部分 听对话和短文回答问题，各听两遍。
听一段对话，回答第11-12小题
W: Hi, Paul, Don’t you remember me?
M: Wow! You’re Sophia.
W: That’s right.
M: But you used to be short and quiet when we were in middle school.
W: Yes. I used to be a little shy when I talked to others.
M: But now you are different.
W: Yes. I like talking with people and making new friends.
I remember you used to be interested in swimming.
M: But now I don’t swim a lot. I’m busy learning Japanese.

听第一篇短文，回答第13-15小题
Summer vacation is coming next week. Everyone in my class has his or her own plan for it. Tom doesn’t want to stay at home for the whole vacation. He plans to spend one week going camping with his friends. David likes travelling. He is going to visit Harbin with his cousins. It’s a good idea to spend time there in summer. He will stay there for 5 days. My best friend Alice is going to have piano classes, because she thinks music can bring her happiness. She wants to be a singer in the future.

听第二篇短文，回答第16-20小题
Jim Green is a 15-year-old English school boy. His sister Kate is fourteen. At present, Jim and Kate are at a school in Sydney, one of the biggest cities in Australia. They have been there for two years. They like the school, but they know that soon they will leave and return to England with their parents.
Jim and Kate have also been to schools in America, France, Japan and China. This is because their father Mr. Green works for a very big international company. The company has sent him to work in many different countries. Mr. Green usually stays in one country for about two years. Then the company moves him again. His family always goes with him.
The Greens are a happy family and love seeing the world. Jim and Kate have learned to speak French, Japanese and a little Chinese. The two children have friends all over the world. But they are glad that they are going to return to England.
Recently, the children told their parents, “We want to stay in England. We don’t want to move again.” Their father agreed and asked his company to keep him in England. The company has agreed. Jim and Kate are very happy about this.