八年级英语下学期期中试卷

2013---2014学年八年级下学期期中水平测试

英语试卷

一．听力(20分)

Ⅰ.听对话，选择正确的答案，对话读两遍。（5分

（）1.What does the girl think of the movie?

A.She likes it very much.

B.She doesn’t like it at all.

C.She thinks it’s interesti ng.

( ) 2.When will the plane from Beijing arrive today?

A.11:15.

B.11:45.

C.10:45.

( )3.What subject is Mike not good at?

A.Math.

B.English.

C.Physics.

( )4.Why didn’t the woman take a plane?

A.Because she didn’t want to go by air.

B.Because she didn’t get a ticket.

C.Because she liked to go by train.

( )5.How much should the man pay?

A.￥135.

B.￥540.

C.￥270.

Ⅱ. 听句子，选择正确答案。每个句子读一遍。(5分)

( )6. A. Beijing. B. San Francisco. C. Athens.

( )7. A. Good idea! B. What bad news! C. It’s very kind of you. ( )8. A. Orange. B. Yellow. C. Blue.

( )9. A. I’m sorry to hear that. B. What a pity! C. The same to you. ( )10. A. Really? B. Good idea! C. Thank you. Ⅲ.听对话，选择正确的答案，对话读两遍。（5分）

（）11.What’s the girl’s problem?

A.She feels nervous about the test.

B.She has never taken any test.

C.She doesn’t work hard.

（）12.How does the girl’s mother treat her?

A.Her mother is pleased with her.

B.Her mother is strict with her.

C.Her mother is bored with her.

( )13.What can help the girl feel better before the test?

A.Good luck.

B.Having a deep breath.

C.Having a good sleep. ( )14.What should the girl do tonight?

A.Going to the cinema and having a big dinner.

B.Going through her short notes and having a big dinner.

C.Going through her short notes and having a good sleep.

( )15.What’s the boy’s suggestion for getting good results in exams?

A.Talking with others.

B.Often taking tests.

C.Always working hard. Ⅳ.听短文，选择正确的答案，短文读两遍。（5分）

（）16.Jack and his parents will spend their vacation in________.

A.Dalian.

B.Hainan.

C.Tianjin.

( )17.Jack will________.

A.visit some places of interests.

B.visit some old friends.

C.buy some clothes.

( )18. ________is leaving with jack on the same day.

A.Jack’s father.

B.Jack’s mother.

C. Nobody.

( )19.Jack’s father is staying there for________days.

A.5.

B.6.

C.7.

（）20.Jack’s mother will come back on________.

A.Thursday.

B.Monday.

C.Sunday.

二：单项选择（15分）

( )1．Shanghai is the east of China and Japan is

the east of China.

A. in; to

B. in; on

C. on; to

D. in ; in

( ) 2．The girl turned her head around to avoid her parents in the street.

A. to see

B. see

C. seeing

D. saw

( )3. How much I’m looking forward you!

A. seeing

B. to seeing

C. for seeing

D. at seeing

( ) 4. -- What would you like to do this Sunday?

-- If it rain, I to Mount Tai for a spring field trip.

A. not; will go

B. doesn’t, will go

C. won’t; will go

( ) 5. We can’t wait home every weekend.

A. to go

B. going

C. goes

D.went

( ) 6. What girl she is!

A. a beautiful

B. beautiful

C. beautifully

D. the beautifully

( ) 7. The Greens will have holiday in China.

A. two weeks

B. two week

C. two-week

D. a two-week

( ) 8. He did not write ，though he had

A. careful enough；enough time

B. carefully enough；enough time

C.enough careful；enough time

D.enough carefully；time enough

( ) 9. There are many shops on sides of the street.

A. both

B. every

C. each

D. each of

( ) 10.—I will go to Dalian with my parents next month. —.

A. Well done

B. Have a good trip

C. What a pity

D. How time flies!

( ) 11. We couldn’t help after hearing the joke.

A. laughed

B. laugh

C. to laugh

D. laughing

( ) 12.Li Ming , I have some good news you.

A. to telling

B. to tell

C. tell

D.telling

( )13. Someone knocked at the door he was doing his homework.

A.after

B. when

C. until

D. as soon as

( ) 14．-- Who the football game last night?

--Class 1.They did their best and Class 2.

A. won; beat

B. won;won

C.beat;beat

D. beat; won

( ) 15. He used to up late,but now he gets used to up early .

A.getting; get

B.getting ; getting

C. get; getting

D.get; get

三：完型填空（10分）

Mr Jones went to the sea for a holiday one summer.He 16 in a cheap hotel 17 he was not a rich man.At 7:00 am 18 the first morning a woman came and said,”Please get up.”Mr Jones hated getting up 19 .”I’m still 20 tired.”T he woman went away,but at 8:00 am 21 one came and said to Mr Jones,“please get up.We need the sheets(床单) 22 your bed.”Mr Jones still wanted to sleep,so he answered 23 ”Why?”“Because breakfast is starting,”answered the woman,“and we need 24 them on our tables. They are our tablecloth, 25 .”

( )16.A. stay B. stayed C. stays D. staying

( )17.A.because B. when C. and D.or

( )18.A.for B. from C.on D. at

( )19.A.early B. late C. later D. last

( )20.A.even B. any C. very D. some

( )21.A. same B. different C. another D. the other

( )22.A.in B.from C. with D. up

( )23.A. angry B. happy C. angrily D. more angry

( )24.A. putting B. putted C. to put D. puts

( )25.A. too B. also C. either D. as well

四：阅读理解。（40分）

（A）

Last Sunday afternoon, I was having dinner in a restaurant when my friend Poor came in. Poor is working in a bank and is quite rich, but he is always borrowing money from his friends and never pays it back. Poor saw me and came to sit at my table. He had never borrowed any money from me. When he was eating, I asked him to lend me two dollars. To my surprise, he gave me the money at once.“I have never borrowed any money from you,”Poor said,“So you can pay for my dinner.”

（）26. The story happened________.

A. at home

B. in a restaurant

C. in a bank

D. in an office

（）27. Poor is the name of a man and the writer________.

A. knows him well

B. doesn’t know him

C. often lends him some money

D. often borrows money from him

（）28. Poor is a________man.

A. busy

B. clever

C. rich

D. poor

（）29. Why was Poor glad to lend the writer two dollars?

A. Because they are brothers.

B. Because Poor is rich.

C. Because the writer is rich.

D. Because Poor wanted the writer to pay for the dinner.

（）30. From the story we can see________.

A. Poor is an old man

B. Poor is friendly

C. the writer paid for the dinner

D. the writer is poor

(B)

One day a boy was walking along the street. Suddenly he stopped and looked up into the sky.A young man passed by him.When he saw the boy,he felt curious and look up,too.Just then a girl came up and saw them.”Is there anything in the sky?”She thought and looked up,too. After a while there were quite some people. They were interested in the clear and blue sky.Suddenly the boy asked ,”Hey,what are you looking up at?”“that is what we are going to ask you,”said the young man.”You want to ask me ?But I wasn’t looking at anything,” the boy said.”I raised my head up because my nose bled(流血)。

( )31.Whose nose was bleeding?

A. The boy’s.

B. The young man’s .

C. The girl’s.

( ) 32.The underlined phrase “felt curious” may mean________in Chinese.

A. 感到恶心

B. 感到抱歉

C. 感到好奇

( ) 33.Was the boy looking up into the sky?

A. Yes ,he is.

B. No ,he wasn’t.

C. I don’t know.

( ) 34.Why did the girl look up into the sky?

A,Because she thought the young man enjoined the blue sky .

B.Because she thought there was something wrong into the sky.

C. Because she thought there was something strange in the sky.

( ) 35.From the story we can see______ .

A.The sky must be the most beautiful that day.

B.The boy was surprised why so many people were looking up into the sky.

C.There must be something interesting in the sky.

（C）

( ) 36. If you like football, you may choose ________ at 20:00.

A. CCTV-1

B. CCTV-4

C. FJTV

D. ZJTV

( ) 37. On ZJTV, the English program at 18:40 is for ________.

A. adults

B. teachers

C. children

D. women

( ) 38. Animal World on FJTV lasts about ________minutes.

A. 30

B. 40

C. 50

D. 60

( ) 39. A volleyball fan can enjoy a volleyball match on ________.

A. CCTV-1

B. CCTV-4

C. FJTV

D. ZJTV

( )40. If you want to improve your English listening ability, you can watch TV at ________.

A. 19:35

B. 21:30

C. 19:30

D. 22:30

（D）

Do you hope to do a lot of homework every evening ? Are you interested in your classes ? Who do you want to teach you ? Maybe you have lots of questions in your mind before school starts·Well,I want to give you some good advice on these problems. First,keep calm. Don't worry about all the questions you have. Put your heart into learning and you can find something you are interested in. Do it actively（积极地）. Second, try your best to finish your homework quickly. Don't spend a lot of time on it. Do more reading or writing in English.Think about the problems you have and solve them at once. Don't stay up late, or you can't study.well the next day. Third, think of something instead of copying or repeating. If you can remember the words in your way, you can tell your teachers you don't like the way of copying them again and again. Be sure you can pass the test. I think your teachers will agree with you. And they can give you something interesting to do. School is really a good place. Believe in your teachers and yourself. You are the best one and you can do everything well.

( )41.The writer writes the passage to________.

A .give students some good ways of learning

B. ask students not to listen to tlleir teachers

C. ask students not to do their homework

D. tell students what a good teacher is

( )42.How many pieces of advice does the writer give us________?

A. 3

B. 4

C. 5

D. 6

( )43.What does the writer tell students to do about their English homework?_______ _ .

A. They should spend a lot of time on it

B. They should stay up late doing

C. They should do more reading or writing in English

D. They should have boring work to do

( )44. What's the third piece of advice about?________ .

A. How to get on with friends

B. How to get high grades

C. what kind of schoolwork is better for students

D.How to finish the homework in a short time

( )45.According to（根据）the passage.students should believe in________.

A.themselves and their classmates

B.themselves and their parents

C.their parents and teachers

D.themselves and their teachers

五：词语运用（10分）阅读短文，从方框中选择适当的词并用其正确形式填空. 使短文意思完整、通顺。注意：每个单词只能用一次.

An artist went to a beautiful part of the country for a holiday, and stayed with a farmer. Every day he 1 out with his brushes（刷子）, and painted from morning to evening. And then when it got 2 , he went back to the farm and had a good dinner 3 he went to bed. At the end of his holiday, he wanted to pay the farmer, but the farmer said, “No, I don’t want 4 . Please give me one of your 5 . In a week the money will be used up, but your picture will 6 be here.” The artist was very pleased and thanked the farmer for saying such kind of things 7 his pictures. The farmer smiled and 8 again, “It’s not that. I have a son in London. He wants to 9 an artist. When he comes home next month, I’ll show 10 your picture. Then he will not want to be an artist any more, I think.”

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

六：补全对话（10分）根据下面的对话情境，在空白处填上一个适当的句子，使得对话完整

A:,Tony , Long time no see!1. ?

B:I went to Ping yao, Shanxi with my daughter.

A: 2. ?

B: We stayed there for two weeks.

A:3. ?

B:We visited the old city walls in Pingyao.

A:Old city walls? I heard of them, but I didn’t go there.

4. ?

B:We also tasted many different kinds of food. They were really delicious. And we enjoyed some shows there.

A:5. ! I will take my son to visit there next year. 七：书面表达。（15分）

李雷和他的同学要到圆山去春游。因为春天是爬山的最好时候。天气好，即不会太冷也不会太热。李雷和他的同学骑自行车去圆山，结果在路上，李雷拐错了弯，发生了交通事故，伤到了右腿。所以说遵守交通规则对于我们来说非常重要。我们平时必须遵守交通规则。1. 注意交通灯。红灯停,绿灯行。 2.不要骑得太快，应该靠右边行。3. 骑车要小心，戴头盔。 4. 不能违反交通规则，否则会被罚款。

We should obey the traffic rules

2013--2014学年八年级下学期期中水平测试

英语试卷答案

一、听力理解(20分)

Ⅰ. 1-5BBCAA

Ⅱ.6--10. B CCAB

Ⅲ.11--15ABBCC

Ⅳ.16-20AAABC

二、单项选择（15分）

1. A

2. C

3.B

4. B

5. A

6.A

7.D

8.B

9.A 10.B

11.D 12.B 13.B 14.A 15. C

三、完型填空（10分）

16.---20BACAC 21.-- 25.CBCCA

四、阅读理解（40分）

26.--30BACDC 31. --35ACBCB

36. –40DCCBD 41.-- 45.AACCD

五、词语运用（10分）

1.went

2. dark

3. before

4. money

5. pictures

6. still

7. about

8.said

9. become 10. him

六、补全对话（10分）

1. Where did you go ?

2.How long did you stay there?

3. What did you do there?

4.What else did you do there?

5.Sounds great/interesting!

七、作文：（略）