北京市房山区周口店中学2014年八年级下学期期中考试英语试卷.doc

北京市房山区周口店中学2014年八年级下学期期中考试英语试卷

总分：100分 考试时间： 120分钟
第一部分：听力理解（共16分）
二．听对话或独白，根据对话或独白的内容，从下面各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选择最佳选项。
请听一段对话，完成第5至第6小题
（ ）5.What does the woman want to buy?
A. A coat B. A jacket C. A skirt
( ) 6.What color does the woman choose?
A. White B. Black C. Blue
请听一段对话，完成第7至第8小题
（ ）7. Who is Betty going to see?
A. Her uncle B. Her mother C. Her grandparents
( ) 8. What will Betty take to Bill tomorrow?
A. Tickets B. Books C. Photos
请听一段对话，完成第9 至第10小题
（ ）9. How will the man go to the airport?
A. By bus B. By train C. By taxi
( ) 10. How much will he pay for the ticket?
A. ＄8 B.＄9 C.＄10
请听一段对话，完成第11至第13小题
( ) 11.What kind of rooms does she want?
A. One single room B. Two single rooms C. Two double rooms
( ) 12. How much should the woman pay for a night?
A. 120 yuan B. 240 yuan C. 360 yuan
( ) 13.How many days will the woman stay at Huangzhou Linghu Hotel?
A.2 B.3 C. 4
请听一段独白，完成第14至16小题
（ ）14. Who is the oldest?
A. Anna B. Maria C. Ben
( ) 15. What color is Ben’s hair?
A. Red B. Blond C. Blue
( ) 16. What does Maria like?
A. Numbers B. Painting and letters C. Painting and singing
三、听对话，根据所听到的对话内容和提示词语，记录关键信息。对话读两遍。
Notes
Name: 17.___________________________
Arrival time: At 18.____________ tomorrow afternoon
Flight number: CA 19_____
Build: Tall and again
Hair: 20._________________ hair
知识运用（共28分）
四．单项选择（共18分，每小题一分）
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。
（ ）21. Michael Jordan is a basketball star. I like _______ very much.
A. he B. him C. his D. himself
( ) 22. Mike was born _________1999 in London.
A. on B. at C. in D. of
( ) 23. – Must I return this book tomorrow?
-- No, you _______. You can keep it until next week.
A. can’t B. needn’t C. mustn’t D. shouldn’t
( ) 24. I was very tired last night., _________I went to bed earlier.
A. for B. but C. so D. or
( ) 25. Granny often tell us _______ water in our daily life.
A. to save B. saving C. save D. saves
( ) 26. –I’ll go with you, mum.
-- I’ll buy you a present if you _______at home with your grandma.
A. will stay B. stays C. stayed D. stay
( ) 27.—You speak Chinese very well._______ have you learnt , Amy?
---For two years.
A. How long B. How often C. How soon D. How far
( ) 28. All the boys like Jinyu Team and they often play basketball
instead of ______ football.
A. playing B. play C. to play D. played
( ) 29. – Which coat is _______, the black one or the gray one?
-- The black one, of course.

A. beautiful B. more beautiful C. most beautiful D. the most beautiful
( ) 30. Don’t turn on the TV. The baby ___________ now .
A. is sleeping B. will sleep C. slept D. sleeps
( ) 31. –How about this CD?
-- Well, I don’t think it is___
A. good enough B. enough good C. well enough D. enough well

( ) 32. My parents _______for me to have dinner when I got back home yesterday evening.
A. wait B. waited C. have waited D. were waiting
( ). 33 There is __________ with my bike. Can you lend me your bike.
A. something wrong B. anything wrong C. wrong something D. wrong anything
( ). 34. –Your classroom looks bright and tidy .
-- It __________ after school every day.
A. cleaned B. is cleaned C. cleans D was cleaned
( ). 35.Wangfujing Street is one of ___________ streets in Beijing .Let’s go there for a shopping trip.
A. busy B. busier C. busiest D. the busiest
( ). 36. ________ a lucky boy he is !
A. How B. What C. When D. Which
( ). 37. The policeman asked us _________him send the old man to the hospital.
A. help B. helps C. helping D. to help
( ). 38. Mr. Green, a famous writer, _____our school tomorrow.

A. visited B. visits C was visiting D will visit
五、完形填空（共10分，每小题1分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从短后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择最佳选项。
I still remember father spent plenty of time teaching me how to speak a word ,how to understand something that I saw for the first time and how to be polite to others. And I will never ___39____one sentence my father used to say to me , “I love you, son. Say you love me, son” Naturally, I would scream , ‘I love you ,Dad”
When I was growing up, I found that I talked with him less and less. I didn’t ___40____hearing the words “ I love you “ from my father last time . In fact ,I didn’t remember when I said that, either.
Now father was in hospital. The doctor said it was ____41_____and he needed an operation at once,____42_____he wasn’t sure whether my father was able to survive(经受得住) it. Everything in my childhood ____43______in my mind. Then I called and said , “Dad, I love you!”
He was ___44____at the other end for a while and then he replied coldly, “Well , I love you ,too!”
I cried and said , “Dad, I know you love you, and when you are ____45_____, I know you will say what you want to say.”
A few weeks later , I received my father’s call, “Paul, I love you.” I was so moved that my tears rolled down from my eyes. Perhaps ____46______of us realized that this special moment made us closer.
A few days later my father finally ______47_______well with the help of doctors. Now we are used to taking a _____48________along the country side at weekends and enjoy the wonderful time in the beautiful sunshine, also express my love to my father again.
( )39. A. say B. practice C. understand D. forget
( )40.A. expect B. remember C. enjoy D.think
( )41.A difficult B. serious C .important D. sad
( )42.A but B. because C. so D. and
( )43A came B opened C. kept D. reached
( )44.A happy B. surprised C. silent D. angry
( )45.A free B. ready C. happy D. excited
( )46.A both B. all C. neither D. none
( )47.A thought B. believed C. got D decided
( )48.A talk B. picture C. bus D.walk
第三部分：阅读理解（共36分）
六、阅读理解（共18分，每小题2分）
阅读小面的三篇文章，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。
（A）
Teen’s Life at School
Mary, 12, America
‘ I like many kinds of fruits. And my favorite is banana. It’s yellow and looks like a bright new moon. It not only looks good, but also tastes good. It’s sweet and delicious. So I eat it every day.
Mike, 14, England
I like reading detective(侦探) stories. My favorite cartoon is Detective Conan. The main character ,Conan, is my favorite star. He is a smart and brave boy. I want to be a great detective like him.
Zhang Fang ,13, Beijing
I am now a grade 8 student. I began reading Teens in Grade 4. Now I am happy to be a Teens reporter. It is fun! And it can help you with your studies. Of course, it feels good to have your story in the newspaper.
( ) 49. Who is a big detective fan?
A Mike B. Mary C. May D. Zhang Fang
( ) 50. Where is Mary from?
A. America B. England C. Beijing D. China
( ) 51. What is Zhang Fang happy to be ?
A. a good reader B. A Teen reporter C. A detective D. A Conan fan

(B)
Anger is a kind of feeling. Many things can make you angry. When your teacher gives you too much homework, when your team loses an important game, when a friend borrows your favorite video game and then breaks it, you can get really angry.
Usually, your body will tell you when you are angry. For example, you breathe faster, your face turns red, and you may want to break something or hit someone, but sometimes you hide your anger. For example, you may hide it in your heart. The problem is that if you do this , you may get a headache or your stomach may hurt.
In fact, it’s not good to hide your anger, and it’s important for you to get angry sometimes. But anger must be let out in the right way, without hurting others or yourself.
When you get angry, you can talk about it with other people. It’s helpful to talk about your anger with an adult, such as a parent ,a teacher, etc. When you talk about anger, those bad feeling can start to go away. Here are some other things you can do when you start to feel angry: talk to a good friend ;count from 1 to 100; give someone a hug ; go for a bike ride; think about good things, etc.
Remember that how you act when you are angry can make everything better or worse. Don’t let your anger control you.
52. According to the passage, which of the followings WON’T make you angry?
A. a lot of homework B .Losing a game. C Getting something from your friends
D. Your broken video game.
53. It’s better to ____ when feeling angry.
A hide it B hit someone C talk about it D breathe faster
54. From the passage, we know that it is _________to get angry.
A helpful B normal(正常的) C wrong D strange
(C)
Although it’s foolish to smoke, fifty million people in the United States still do. Most of them want to give up smoking, but smoking is a habit that’s not easy to break. Luckily, thirty-five million Americans have stopped, so it can be done.
Frank used to smoke a lot .He started to smoke when he was 16. Many of his friends were doing it, and it made feel like a grown-up. His parents told him he was making a mistake, but he didn’t listen to them. When he joined the football team in the United States, he stopped smoking for two years, but then he started again.
A month ago, he had a pain in his chest and stomach . “The pain isn’t too bad. I’m sure it will go away and I’ll be fine. I probably eat too much,” he told his wife, Helen .But it didn’t go away and both began to worry. Frank called the doctor. He told the doctor that Helen would drive him to the hospital right away. They examined his heart, took a chest X-ray, and kept him in the hospital overnight.
The next day his doctor read the X-ray report. He told Frank that he was okay, and that he could go back to work after a few days’ rest . But he advised him him to stop smoking. Frank and Helen were very happy. They were afraid that they were going to get bad news.
Since Frank stopped smoking, he has been feeling better. He doesn’t cough in the morning the way he used to . His house and car don’t have the smell of smoke, and his wife and children are breathing cleaner air.
55 . Today, the number of smokers in the United States is _______ it used to be.
A larger than B smaller than C as large as D the same as
56. In hospital they thought they might get bad news , because _______________.
A Frank had smoked a lot of for a long time B his wife sent him to the hospital
C the pain was very serious D the doctor took a chest X-ray
57 The writer wants to tell us _______________ by the story.
A many Americans stopped smoking B young people in America like smoking
C smoking does great harm to people D the habit of smoking can’t be broken.

七、阅读还原句子（共8分，每小题2分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后方框中所给的五个句子中选出四个，分别填入文中相应的序号后，使短文语义连贯，结构完整。
This morning I went to the shoe shop at 8:00 am to buy a pair of shoes. When I got there, I watched a foreign lady talking to a salesgirl. 58_____They both looked worried.
I went up to help them . I had a short conversation with the lady first. Later , I knew that the lady is an Australian and she wanted to buy a pair of traveling shoes. ____59____The lady was very glad when she got her favorite shoes in her hands. Both of the lady and the salesgirl said thanks to me. The Australian lady told me that she enjoyed traveling here in Beijing.___60______ I know a lot about the famous places in Beijing. I introduced many nice places to her. We soon became friends.
In the afternoon we went out traveling together. We had a good trip for two hours.
___61_____ I had a wonderful experience today and I felt happy that I could talk with people in English freely.
A. Traveling is my favorite hobby.
B. So I enjoyed traveling ,too .
C. So I told it to the salesgirl.
D. But the salesgirl didn’t understand what the foreigner was saying.
E. At 6:00 pm, I invited the lady to my home for dinner.
58._____________ 59._____________ 60._______________ 61.__________________

八、阅读与表达（共10分，每小题2分）
阅读短文，根据其内容回答问题。
Alexander Graham Bell was a British man who was a teacher to people who could not hear. He was born in Edinburgh , Scotland in 1847 and went to school in Edinburgh and London. People who cannot hear any sounds at all are called deaf people, and Alexander became interested in helping them to learn to speak. He taught people how to use their mouths to make the sounds needed for talking.
Bell’s family moved to Canada in 1870 and to the USA in 1871. For several years he taught the people who could not speak in Boston( 波士顿). But at the same time he was developing a way to use electricity to send the sounds of talking along a wire(电线), and he made the first telephone in June, 1875. He worked hard in his workshop for six months with his helper Tom Watson. Finally , he spoke these famous words slowly into the telephone, “Mr. Watson, come here. I want to see you.” And Watson came to him.
The telephone developed quickly in the USA over the next few years. The Bell Telephone Company started in 1877, and in 1878 the first telephone centre was built in New York. More than 150, 000 people had telephones in their homes ten years later. Alexander Graham Bell was a kind man and spent much of his money and time during the rest of his life helping deaf people In 1922 he died in Canada.
62. Was Alexander Graham Bell born in Scotland?
____________________________________________________________________
63. What was he interested in doing when he was in Britain?
__________________________________________________________
64. Where was Bell’s family in