八年级英语期中试题.doc

八年级英语期中试题
选择题（共65分）
一、听力测试（20分）
第一节：听短对话，选择最佳答案。
1. How does Mary go to work when it rains?
A. By subway. B. By bus. C. By bike.
2. When did J.K Rowling start to write Harry Potter?
A. In 1998. B. In 1965. C. In 1990.
3. What did the man buy for his sister on the trip?
A. Nothing. B. A football. C. A watch.
4. What are they doing?
A. Doing shopping. B. Having sports. C. Making a telephone call.
5. How often does the man learn English by watching TV?
A. Once a week. B. Twice a week. C. Every day.
6. What are Tom’s family going to their hometown to do?
A. swimming B. hiking C. fishing

第二节：听长对话或独白，选择正确答案。
听第一段材料，回答第7至9小题。
7. What animals does Jack like?
A. Elephants. B. Dogs. C. Horse.
8. Why does Mary like dogs?

A. Because they are cute. B. Because they are friendly and clever.
C. Because they are cute and friendly.
9. How many kinds of animals does Mary like?
A. One. B. Two. C. Three.

听第二段材料，回答第10至12小题。
10. Who does Bob live with?
A. His wife. B. His wife and her daughter. C. Her daughters.
11. Where is Bob living now?
A. In a town in England. B. In West Hills, a small town in California.
C. In a village in the west of England.
12. Which country are Bob’s travel books mainly(主要的) about?
A. England. B. Italy. C. France.

听第三段材料，回答第13至15小题。
13. What is the weather like?
A. It’s a rainy day. B. It’s so noisy. C. It’s a beautiful day.
14. Why doesn’t the man feel like going out for a walk with the woman?
A. There is too much noise and the air isn’t good.
B. It’s a rainy day. C. It’s too hot.
15. What are they going to do in the end?
A. They want to take a walk. B. They want to listen to music.
C. They will do a lot of interesting things.

听第四段材料，回答第16至20小题。
16. By which means(方式) can we get a lot of knowledge faster?
A. By listening to the radio. B. By reading books. C. By watching TV.
17. What could you know on TV?
A. super stars. B. your family. C. something in our life.
18. What do you get probably if you have no time to travel?
A. worried. B. sad. C. shy.
19. What does the writer think of watching TV?
A. It’s good. B. It’s bad. C. It’s good, but too much is bad.
20. Why do some of the students don’t like their studies?
A. Because their studies are too boring.
B. Because they don’t know how important their studies are.
C. Because they love watching TV too much.

二、选择填空（15分）
21. —What’s wrong with me, doctor? — ______. You just have a cold.
A. Something much. B. Nothing much. C. Much something. D. Much nothing.
22. —Are there any oranges in the bag? —Yes. But only ______ .
A. few B. a little C. a few D. little
23. —Hey, Tina. ______ are you going for your vacation?
—I think I’m going to Shanghai.
A. How B. Where C. When D. Why
24. —I’m going for a summer camp in Beijing next month. — ______ .
A. What a pity B. Not at all C. Don’t worry D. Have a good time
25. —How often are the Olympic Games held? — ______ four years.
A. Every B. Each C . In D. For
26. He must ______ his sister with her math.
A. try help B. trying to help C. trys to help D. try to help

27. The woman is ______ fat because he eats ______ junk food.
A. much too, too much B. much too, much too
C. too much, too much D. too much, much too
28. Which one is ______, football or basketball?
A. more popular B. popular C. popularer D. much popular
29. Mickey Mouse was the first cartoon ______ sound.
A. and B. of C. with D. in
30. If I have ______ , I can do ______.
A. enoght time, enogh well B. enough time, well enough
C. time enough, enough well D. time enough, well enogh
31. We had a good time ______ because of the fine weather.
A. to dance B. at dancing C. dancing D. of dancing
32. ______ it rained heavy, ______ I went on visiting.
A. Though, but B. But, though C. Though, \ D. Because \
33. This is an important problem. Please ______.
A. write it down B. write down it C. write it in D. write in it
34. —What is a resolution? —It’s ______.
A. a promise B. an action C. a message D. a letter
35. Walt Disney is famous ______ his cartoon characters: Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Goofy, Snow White and many others.
A. with B. to C. for D. of

三、完形填空。(10分)
One day a woman walks 36 a hat shop. The boss smiles and says, “Good afternoon, madam.”
“Good afternoon.” The woman answers. There is a green hat 37 red flowers on it in your 38 . Will you please take it out of there?
“Yes, madam,” the boss says, “I’m happy to do that 39 you.” Usually women look at a lot of 40 before they buy one, and the boss gets very tired. “ Good , ” he thinks, “I can sell this hat very 41 today. ” “Do you want it in a box or 42 your head, madam? ” he asks.
“Oh, I don’t want it , ” she answers. “I 43 want you to take it out of your window. I pass your 44 every day, and I don’t like to 45 the ugly(丑) thing there. ”
36. A. to B. into C. at D. by
37. A. with B. has C. have D. of
38. A. door B. wall C. window D. table
39. A. to B. for C. about D. help
40. A. clothes B. shirts C. trousers D. hats
41. A. quickly B. dear C. cheap D. late
42. A. from B. in C. on D. with
43. A. really B. only C. can D. must
44. A. park B. car C. room D. shop
45. A. look B. read C. see D. watch

四、阅读理解。（20分）
A
A young boy was playing with a ball in the street. He threw(扔) it too hard and it broke(打破) the window of a house and fell(掉) inside. A woman came to the window and shouted(大喊) at the boy. The boy was afraid and ran away. But he still wanted his ball back. A few minutes(分钟) later. The boy came back and knocked(敲) at the door and said, “My father is going to come and repair(修理) your window soon. ”
After a while, a man came to the door with tools(工具) in his hand, so the woman let the boy take his ball away.
When the man finish repairing the window, he said to the woman, “Please pay ten dollars. ”
“But aren’t you the father of the boy? ” the woman asked, looking surprised(惊奇) . “No, ” he answered, looking more surprised, “Aren’t you his mother? ”
46. The boy came back again because
A. his father will come soon B. he wanted the ball back
C. the woman was his mother D. a man would come to repair the window
47. The woman let the boy take his ball away ______.
A. because she thought he was honest(诚实的)
B. because his father repaired the window
C. because she thought the man was his father.
D. because he came back and repaired the window
48. Which of the following is RIGHT?
A. The boy was the son of the man.
B. The woman knew the man was the father of the boy.
C. The man was the father of the boy.
D. The man thought the woman was the boy’s mother.
B
Cindy, Jerry and Mary are giving their opinions about a good friend.
Cindy: I think a good friend should be honest(诚实的). That’s more important than any other things and is where a good friendship starts. If a friend isn’t honest, he may lose his friend’s trust.
Jerry: I think a good friend has to be generous. Here “generous” doesn’t mean he has to give his friends his lunch money or his clothes. It means he should share(分享) his ideas and feelings with his friends. In fact, his friends can know him better in this way.
Mary: In my opinion a good friend should understand(理解) his friends. When there is something wrong between him and his friends, he must put himself in his friends’ place and think more for his friends.
49. Mary thinks friends should ______.
A. visit each other often B. go to more places to play
C. understand each other D. help each other do more things
50. Which of the following is TRUE?
A. They are talking about what they think a good friend should be.
B. They are talking about money.
C. They are talking about clothes. D. They are talking about trust.
51. What’s the title of the passage?
A. My friend. B. Trust is the most important
C. Opinions about a good friend. D. Being generous is the important.
C
Dick lived in England. One day in January he said to his wife, “ I’m going to fly to New York next week because I’ve got some work there. ” “ Where are you going to stay there? ” his wife asked. “ I don’t know yet. ” Dick answered. “ Please send me your address from there in a telegram(电报)，” his wife said. “ All right, ” Dick answered.
He flew to New York on January 31st and found a nice hotel in the center of the city. He put his things in his room and then he sent his wife a telegram. He put the address of his hotel in it.
In the evening he didn’t have any work, so he went to a cinema. He came out at nine o’clock and said, “ Now I’m going back to my hotel and have a nice dinner. ”
He found a taxi and the driver said, “ Where do you want to go? ” But Dick didn’t remember the name and address of his hotel. “ Which hotel are my things in? ” he said, “ And what am I going to do tonight? ” But the driver of the taxi did not know. So Dick got out and went into a post office. There he sent his wife another telegram, and in it he wrote, “ Please send me my address at this post office. ”
52. Why did his wife want a telegram from him?
A. Because she didn’t know his address yet.
B. Because she wanted to go to New York, too.
C. Because she might send him another telegram.
D. Because she couldn’t leave her husband by himself in New York, too.
53. Where did Dick stay in New York?
A. In the center of the city. B. In a hotel.
C. In a restaurant. D. At his friend’s house.
54. Who would send him the name and address of his hotel?
A. The manager(经理) of his hotel. B. The police office.
C. The taxi driver. D. His wife.
55. Which of the following is not true?
A. Dick stayed at a nice hotel in the center of the city.
B. Dick didn’t work on the first night of his arrival.
C. Dick forgot to send his wife a telegram.
D. Dick wanted to go back to his hotel in a taxi.

非选择题（共35分）
五、完成句子。(10分)
56. —What will you do?
—My father and _________________________(我今天决定去公园). （decide）
57. —What do you think of the food?
—The food tasted great __________________________(因为我太饿)！（hungry）
58. —Li Wei _____________________(制定了他的新年计划) yesterday.
—So did I. （resolution）
59. —I am going to ______________________(努力学习并取得好成绩)
—Good. (study)
60. —_____________________________(你打算做什么) next weekend?
—I’m going to buy some books. (do)

六、短文综合填空。(10分)
Only mother love is true love. It gives e________(61) everything all his life.
When you are still a baby, mother takes good care of you as much as possible. In your waking hours she always holds you in he arms. When you are ill, she stops her work right now to look after you day and n________(62) and forgets about herself. When you are growing up day by day, she feels very happy.
When you are old e________(63) to go to school, mother still looks after you all the t________(64) . On cold winter days, she always tells you to put on more clothes. She always stands in the wind waiting for you back from school every day. When you hurry to leave home for school with little b________(65) . She always feels worried about you at home. She u________(66) knows about your study and spend much money on your school things. When you do well at school, you will see the brightest s________(67) on her face. Mother can do e________(68) for you day after day.
Mother is always ready to give everything she has to her children, not to receive. What true love that is in the w________(69) ! We will r________(70) Mother Love forever!

七、书面表达。(15分)
请以 My Dream 为题写一篇短文，词数70左右。内容必须包括提示中的三项要求。
提示：1. What do you want to be?
2. Why do you want to be a/an ...?
3. How can you make it come true?