八年级英语第一学期期中试卷(带答案)

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八年级英语第一学期期中试卷(带答案)
(满分140分:时间110分钟)
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第一卷(满分80分)
一、(共20小题;每小题1分,满分20分)
A)听下面10段对话,每段对话后有1个小题,从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。每段对话读两遍。
1.What is their favourite fruit??
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2.Where is Mr.Black from??
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3.What is the woman looking for??
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4.How did the woman visit many places in Beijing??
5. What does the woman want the man to do?
A. She wants the man to see a film with her.
B. She wants the man to visit a museum. www. xkb1.com
C. She wants the man to play basketball.
6. What would Mr. Green like?
A. He’d like another mooncake with meat in it.
B. He’d like another mooncake with nuts in it.
C. He’d like another mooncake with fruit in it.
7. Why did his parents hurry off?
A. They hurried off to catch a train. B. They got up late this morning.
C. They hurried off to catch a plane.
8. Where are they?
A. In a hospital. B. In a shop. C. In an office.
9. What does she want to do?
A. She wants to get some presents for her mother.
B. She wants to help her parents.
C. She wants to go on a holiday.
10. Where is the nearest post office?
A. It’s behind the tall building. B. It’s over there on the left.
C. It’s over there on the right.
B) 听下面一段对话和两篇短文,每段对话和短文后有几个小题,从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。每段对话和短文读两遍。
听一段对话,回答第11-12小题。
11. Where are the two speakers?
A. At a food shop. B. In a library. C. At a bookshop.
12. Who likes maths very much ?
A. The man. B. The man’s son. C. The woman.
听第一篇短文,回答第13-15小题。
Andy’s visit
On the second day He went to the top of ______13_______.
On the ___14___ dayHe took a boat trip on the River Seine.
After he returned to LondonHe showed the _____15____ to many friends.
13. A. the Eiffel Tower B. the White House C. the Opera House
14. A. first B. second C. third
15. A. gifts B. photos C. books
听第二篇短文,回答第16-20小题。
16. What is Mrs. Smith’s telephone number ?
A. 54688. B. 51688. C. 5688.
17. What trouble does Mrs. Smith have?
A. There was something wrong with her telephone.
B. She often got a wrong call.
C. She had to go to the cinema with her husband at night.
18. Who called Mrs. Smith one evening?
A. A young girl. B. A tired woman. C. A tired man.
19. How did Mrs. Smith feel when she heard the strange call ?
A. She was happy. B. She was surprised. C. She was worried.
20. What would possible happen to the man after the call?
A. He felt surprised. B. He had a good rest.
C. He went to the cinema with his wife at once.
二、单项(共15小题;每小题1分;计15分)
在下列各题A、B、C、D四个选项中选择一个能填入题干空白处的答案。
21. ---What do you think of Duan Linxi’s song ?
---I think it’s ________best song in the world. Isn’t it _______ beautiful one?
A. the, the B. a, a C. the, a D. a, the
22. We are all happy to find the exam much _________ than before.
A. easy B. easily C. more easily D. easier
23. ---Did you also walk to Zhenguo Temple, Gaoyou from Yangzhou ?
---Yes, it was a great trip ______ we didn’t enjoy it ______ the beginning because it rained .
A. and; in B. or; at C. so; at D. but; at
24. --- How tall the boy is!
--- Yes, he is taller than __________ in his class.
A. any other student B. any student C. other student D. other students
25. --- I have _____________, I’m afraid I have to see the doctor.
--- I ‘m sorry to hear that.
A. a good eyesight B. good eyesight C. a poor eyesight D. poor eyesight
26. --- I’d like to buy a skirt like this.
--- OK. We can buy ________ one than this, but ________ this.
A. a good; not as cheap as B. a better; as expensive as
C. a better; not as expensive as D. a better; not so cheap as
27.---Why does Tommy look unhappy ?
--- Because his teacher makes him _______ the classroom all by himself .
A. to clean B. clean C. cleans D cleaning
28. He spends as much time as he can ____ English every day.
A. practising speaking B. practise to speak C. practise speaking D. to practise to speak
29. ---What did you do last night?
---I didn’t play the piano, _______, I watched a film with my parents.
A. but B. and C. instead of D. instead
30. Nobody teaches ______ English. I learn English by ________.
A. me ; me B. my ; myself C. me ; myself D. myself ; myself
31.---Most of us are looking forward to the _____________ trip to Nanjing .
--- I agree with you.
A. pleasant B. pleased C. please D. pleasure
32. American students have ______ weeks ______ in summer holiday than Chinese students.
A. more ; on B. fewer ; on C. more ; off D. less ; off
33. ---My bike is _______________ yours.
--- But mine is much more expensive than yours.
A. so big as B the same size as C. as bigger as D. the same big as
34. How much does the ticket ______ from Shanghai to Beijing?
A. cost B. take C. spend D. pay
35. ---I’m going to Sanya for my holiday tomorrow. ?_______
A. Have a good time! B. You’re right. C. It’s good. D. Goodbye!
三 、完型(15分)
下列短文,从文后所给A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。
Some people believe that dreams can tell them what will happen in the future. 36 knows why this is so, but there are many stories about people. The people make their dreams 37 . One of these people was a man 38 John Chapman, who lived in Swaffham in England many years ago.
John Chapman dreamt that he 39 on London Bridge and a man told him how to become rich. John Chapman was a poor man and he needed 40 , so the next day he decided to leave for London. 41 was 100 miles from Swaffham to London. He walked for two days and at last he 42 London Bridge. There were many people on the bridge, but they weren’t 43 in John Chapman. No one 44 him. After three days, John Chapman decided to go home, 45 before he could do this, a shopkeeper came up to him.
“I am watching you these days,” he said. “Are you 46 someone?”
“Yes,” said John. “I had a dream about a man here. He would help me to get much money.”
“Oh,” said the shopkeeper. “You shouldn’t believe in dreams. 47 I believe in dreams, I’d be in Swaffham right now. I had a dream a few days ago about a man called John Chapman from Swaffham. He had 48 in his garden, near an old apple tree.”
John Chapman was 49 by what the shopkeeper said. At once he went home and dug near an old apple tree. He soon found many pieces of gold. He was so happy that he 50 some of the gold to his poor neighbours. What a kind man he was! For the rest of his life, he was a rich man.
36. A. Nobody B. Anybody C. Somebody D. Everybody
37. A. come out B. come up C. come true D. come to
38. A. call B. to call C. calling D. called
39. A. is standing B. stood C. will stand D. stands
40. A. dream B. future C. money D. apple
41. A. This B. It C. That D. Its
42. A. reached B. arrived C. got D. went
43. A. interest B. interests C. interesting D. interested
44. A. listened to B. talked to C. said to D. needed to
45. A. as B. and C. but D. or
46. A. waiting for B. asking for C. caring for D. looking after
47. A. When B. Where C. If D. How
48. A. money B. apple C. tree D. gold
49. A. angry B. surprised C. happy D. sad
50. A. borrowed B. gave C. brought D. got
四、理解(30分)
阅读下列短文,从每小题A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。
A
Leeds Castle
One of the most popular places of interest in Britain
Opening times
Open all year round except 7th and 8th November and Christmas Day(25th December)2009.
1 April to 30 September 2009
Open:10:30 am?5:30 pm
Gates close at 6pm
1 October 2009 to 31 March 2010
Open:10:30 am?4 pm
Gates close at 5pm
Prices
Adults:£16.50
Students:£9.50
Children under 4:free
51.Leeds Castle is closed on _________.
 A.7th January B.8th August C.25th December D.1st April
52.John and Mary will take their three-year old son to Leeds Castle.How much should they pay?
  A.£33. B.£16.50. C.£26. D.£9.50.
53.What time does Leeds Castle close on 29th October?
  A.6 pm. B.6:30 pm. C.5:30 pm. D.5 pm.
B
Michael Jordan is the most famous basketball player in the world. He was born in Brooklyn, New York. He didn't like to talk to other people about himself. He was also very short. He didn't play very well when he joined the basketball team in his high school at first. But the next year things changed greatly for him as he grew much taller.
Michael Jordan became famous when he joined the university basketball team in North Carolina. Michael used his speed and strength (力量) to reach the basket again. He played so well that people called him “Air Jordan”.
After college, Michael became a basketball team member in the Chicago Bulls. The NBA was very surprised at this high-flying player. He was named “Rookie” (新秀) of the year in 1985 and “Most Valuable (价值的) Player” in 1987. He once set a record (创纪录) by getting 63 points in one game.
54. He began to become famous in _____________.
A. the university basketball team B. the NBA
C. his high school at first D. the Chicago Bulls
55. He is often called“__________”.
A. Rookie    B. the NBA    C. Air Jordan   D. Most Valuable Player
56. The NBA was very surprised at the superstar when _________.
A. he was young B. he joined the basketball team in his high school
C. he joined the university basketball team D. he joined the Chicago Bulls
C
Each morning a rich man found a poor man sitting on a park bench (长凳). The poor man always sat there, looking at the big hotel in which the rich man lived. One day the rich man got out of his car and said to the poor man, “Excuse me, but I just want to know why you sit here and look at my hotel every morning.” “Sir”, said the poor man, “I am a failure (失败者). I have no money, no family, no home. I sleep on this bench, and every night I dream that one day I'll sleep in that hotel.” The rich man said, “Tonight your dream will come true. I'll pay for the best room in that hotel for you for a whole month.
A few days later, the rich man went by the poor man's room to ask him how he was enjoying himself. To his surprise, he found that the man had moved out of the hotel, back to his park bench. When the rich man asked why, the poor man said, “you see, when I am down here sleeping on my bench, I dream I'm up there, in that big hotel. It's a wonderful dream. But when I was up there, I dreamed I was back to this cold bench. It was a terrible dream, and I couldn't get any sleep at all.”
57. The poor man lived in ________ before he met the rich man.
  A. the hotel B. his home C. the park D. the car
58. Every morning, the poor man sat on the bench and __________.
  A. waited for the rich man B. looked at the rich man's hotel
  C. looked at the rich man's car D. enjoyed the clean air
59. Every night the poor man dreamed of _____________.
  A. sleeping in that hotel B. becoming rich
  C. owning that hotel D. being the rich man's friend
60. The poor man moved out of the hotel because __________.
  A. he didn't want to live in such a fine room B. he didn't like the rich man
  C. he couldn't pay for the room D. he couldn't get any sleep at all there
D
Young people and older people don’t always agree. They sometimes have different ideas about living, working and playing. But in one special programme in New York State, adults and teenagers live together in a friendly way.
Each summer 200 teenagers and 50 adults live together for eight weeks as members of a special work group. Everyone works several hours each day. They do so not just to keep busy but to find meaning and enjoyment in work. Some teenagers work in the woods or on the farms near the village. Some learn to make things like tables and chairs and build houses. The adults teach them these skills.
There are several free hours each day. Weekends are free, too. During the free hours some of the teenagers learn phototaking or painting. Others sit around and talk or sing. Each teenager chooses his own way to spend his free time.
When people live together, rules are necessary. In this programme the teenagers and the adults make the rules together. If someone breaks a rule, the problem goes before the whole group. They talk about it and ask, “Why did it happen? What should we do about it?”
One of the teenagers has this to say about his experience, “You stop thinking only about yourself, You learn to think about the group.”
61. In one special programme in New York State, young and older people _______ .
A.don’t work well together.
B.are friendly to one another.
C.teach one another new ways of building houses.
D.spend eight weeks together, working as farmers..
62. All the members work some time every day mainly to _______ .
A.lead a busy life. B.learn new skills of farming;
C.get used to the life on the farms D. find value and pleasure in work
63. Living together, _________ .
A.the teenagers don’t have to obey the rules
B.the teenagers have to obey the rules the adults make
C.the members have no free time on weekends
D.the members are not allowed to break the rules they make together
64. The last programme shows that the teenager thinks his experience in the programme is ____ .
A. unpleasant B. tiring C. helpful D. boring
65. The best title for the passage is __________ .
A.The rules of living together B. Life in New York State
C. Teenagers in the special group D. Free hours in the special work group
第II卷(非60分)
五、词汇应用(共10小题;每小题1分,计10分)
根据句子意思,用括号中所给汉语提示或英语单词的适当形式。(每空一词)
66. Our teacher wrote the ____ (英雄) names on the blackboard and asked us to learn from them.
67. I think Mickey’s drawing is _______ (差的) than Nancy’s drawing .
68.________ (几乎) nobody believed the exciting news
69. The boy fell off the bike yesterday, but _______(幸运的是), he didn’t hurt himself at all.
70. Everybody _______(欢呼)when the pop star arrived
71. The twins look the same but are not of the same (high).
72. It’s _________ (use) to cry. You’d better work harder from now on.
73. Did you enjoy ____________(you) , children?
74. He had a good time (taste) those delicious dishes in the restaurant.
75.Tom with his friends often (miss)living in the country.
六、任务型阅读(10分)
阅读下列短文,根据短文中的信息完成文后表格。(每空一词)
Here is a 2-way student exchange. Fred, 19 , spent last year in Germany with George’s family. In turn, George’s son Mike spent a year in Fred’s home in America.
Fred knew little German when he arrived. But after 2 months of studying, the language became easy for him. School was very different from what he had looked forward to and it was much harder. Students stood up politely when the teacher came into the room. They took 14 subjects while American students usually took 6 in the US.
Family life, too, was different. The father’s word was the law(法律) . All the children had to do their activities with their family. Fred also missed having a car. In Germany, you should walk to go out to have a good time.
At the same time, in America, Mike was forming his own ideas. He says,’ American schools are too easy for our level but I have to say that I like it a lot in Germany , we do nothing except study. Here we take part in many other activities.
Differences between American school life and German school life
ItemsAmerican students German students
Class rulesThey don’t have to stand up when their teacher come in They have to __76___ up and show respect(尊敬) to their __77___
____78___life They do their own things alone.They have to listen to their __79__
School ___80___They have six and they are very easy for them They have 14, but the lessons are much more ___81____ .
Going out They can ___82___ cars They have to _83_____ all the way
School activities They have____84__ other activities They have to ___85__ hard all the time.
七、短文填空(10分)
根据短文内容和首字母提示,在下文空格处填入适当的词使短文完整。(每空一词)
My 14-year-old brother John and I saw the coat at the same time. The thick black woolen coat was soft, and it cost only $28. We looked at each other, saying n 86 , but John’s face was shining with joy. Dark woolen coats were p___87___ with boys just then, and could cost several hundred dollars. But this coat was even better and m 88 _ cheaper.?
John t 89 __ on the coat and bought it at once. John wore the coat to school the next day and came home with a big smile. “H_ 90__ did the kids like your coat?” I asked. “They loved it,” he said. I started c 91_ him “Lord (老爷) John”.
A few weeks later , something good h 92_ to John. He became more polite, more helpful and more pleasing. He was willing to lend his classmates his pens; he was willing to bring his father a cup of tea when he got home; he was willing to help a blind man c 93_ the road.
When my mother told this to one of his teachers, he said, “It must be his coat!” One day, in the library, my brother and I ran into a friend. “Could this be John?” he asked. John shook hands with him, l _ 94 a gentleman(绅士)!
I think John changed b____95___ of his own attitude(态度). If you think you are a gentleman or a lady, you can become a perfect one.
八、书面表达(30分)
(A)完成句子
根据中文意思,完成下列句子,词数不限。(10分)
96. 谢谢你同意让我参加你们的旅行。
____________________________________________________________________
97. 做火车去北京比公共汽车花的时间少。
____________________________________________________________________
98. 我可以告诉他任何事,因为他能为我保守秘密。
____________________________________________________________________
99. Kate认为潜水是所有运动中最令人兴奋的。
___________________________________________________________________
100. Max很有幽默感,当他和我在一起的时候,我从不感到乏味。
___________________________________________________________________
(B) 写作(20分)
提示:你们班将于本周六参观扬州名胜。请你以班长的名义写一封信,向全班同学发出邀请,并对行程和交通工具做出安排。
要点:1. 上午8:00 校门口集合上车;参观瘦西湖(the Slender West Lake),个园( the Bamboo Garden)并拍照。
2. 中饭后,到茱萸湾(the Zhuyu Park) 看熊猫并欣赏美景;
3. 傍晚,到东关街购物,品尝扬州小吃。
4. 每人费用100元。参观后会把照片放在网上供同学们浏览。
注意:1. 词数100左右。开头和结尾已为你写好,不计入总词数;
2. 邀请信须包括所有内容要点,不要逐词翻译,可适当发挥,使其连贯、通顺。
Dear classmates,
______________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________
I hope all of you will have a good time then.
Best wishes
John

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