重庆市南开中学八年级英语上学期11月半期考试试题（无答案）.doc

重庆市南开中学2015-2016学年八年级英语上学期11月半期考试试题温馨提示： 1本试卷共10个大题，总分150分，120分钟完卷。2第1卷的答案填涂在机读卡上，第卷答案填写在答题卷上。第卷(95分)i听力测试。（共30分）第一节：（每小题1.5分，共9分）听一遍。根据你所听到的句子，从a、b、c三个选项中选出最恰当的答语，并把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。1. a. yes, i am. b. yes, i did. c. yes, i do.2. a. no, she doesnt. b. once. c. twice a week.3. a. not at all. b. youre welcome. c. good idea.4. a. the one with glasses. b. she is funny. c. she is thirty.5. a. very much. b. its educational. c. not at all.6. a. i dont think so. b. yes, he is. c. yes, it does.第二节：（每小题1.5分,共 9分)听一遍。根据你所听到的对话和问题，从a、b、c三个选项中选出正确答案，并把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。7.a.he visited his friends. b. he stayed at home. c. he climbed the mountain.8.a.13. b.15. c.11.9.a. every day. b. every week. c. never.10. a. yes, he did. b. no, he didnt. c. we dont know.11. a. call 4556321. b. read the newspaper. c. go to www.e.12. a. because he doesnt look cool. b. because he doesnt work hard. c. because he doesnt use his money well.第三节：（每小题1.5分，共6分）听两遍。根据你所听到的对话，从a、b、c三个选项中选出正确答案，并把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。 听第一段对话，回答第13和14小题。13. the woman would like .a. a dress b. a handbag c. a dress and a handbag14. the woman decided not to take the handbag because . a. it looked terrible b. it was too expensive c. her daughter didnt like the color 听第二段对话，回答第15和16小题。15. mr.tians school is different from others because . a. it helps students to get good grades b. it helps students to learn and enjoy themselves c. it helps students to find the best teachers16. from the interview, we know that . a. education is serious and cold b. students dont have to work hard c. many people like mr.tians school第四节：（每小题1.5分，共6分）听两遍。根据你所听到的短文内容，从a、b、c三个选项中选出正确答案，并把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。17. the speaker hopes all children can . a. eat enough food b. have good education c. live in better houses18. its important for girls to go to school because someday. a. they will learn how to look after a family b. they will help with their husbands workc. they will become their childrens first teachers19. the speakers father helped the villagers by . a. opening a night school b. reading stories to them c. bringing them into cities20. in old china, many people in the village could not . a. sing or dance b. write their own names c. talk about their dreamsii单项选择。（每小题1分，共20分）从a、b、c、d四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案，并把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。21. lei feng was example for us and we should learn from him.a. a b. an c. the d./22. -what did you do last friday? -i .a. break the cup b. read a book c. keeps a diary d. am acting23. jack is a shy boy and he talks with others. a. hardly ever b. always c. often . d. usually24. he bought for his father yesterday. a. something special b. new something c. good thing d. things nice25. -may i have some junk food, mum?-i am afraid not. bad for your health. a. they do b. theyre c. it does d. its26. greg is new in town he has quite a few friends so far.a. because, so b. though, / c. although, but d./, so27. he doesnt truly you. he just wants your money. a. make up b. bring out c. care about d. find out28. - do you exercise? -never. a. how long b. how often c. how d. how many hours29. to get more call 12345, please. a. milks b. information c. dictionaryes d. thing30. -which do you like , p.e or art? -im not sure. maybe p.e.a. the more b. most c. better d. much31. this is the answer the question watching tv. a. to, about b. of, of c. of, about d. to, of32. -is a bike a car? -i think so.a. as more expensive as b. much expensive thanc. not as cheapest as d. a lot cheaper than33. -im sorry to make you . -not at all. a. happy b. cry c. to laugh d. pretty34. -what do you think we can learn from sitcoms?- . a. some great jokes b. i cant stand them c. i never watch them d. very much35. -which month has days in a year?-february.a. the most b. least c. more d. the fewest36. -do you want to watch the news? -no, i .a. dont b. am not c. do d. am37. nankai is secondary school in chongqing, isnt it? a. best . b. the famous c. more popular d. the greatest38. -jim, i cant go to shanghai with you tomorrow, because my mother is ill. a. what? b. no, thanks. c. why? d. sorry to hear that.39. its interesting to watch the baby her books. a. to see b. read c. watching d. looks at40. when you have a meeting, you keep quiet. a. may b. might c. can d. must完型填空。（每小题l-5分，共15分）根据短文内容，从a、b、c、d四个选项中选出一个能填入相应空格内的最佳答案，并把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。we wish that we could get better grades or make funnier friends. we wish we had nicerclothes or more money. everyone likes to feel that he or she is special. 41 , many ofus grow up believing we are not special at all. we believe that were not 42 .most parents want us to be the 43 we can be. very often, they talk about thedifferences between 44 people and us, they ask us to learn from our wonderfulneighbors. by doing these, they try to help us to do better. they mean well, but we often feelwere not 45 a good job. we begin to believe that the only way to be special is by beingbetter than someone else, but we are wrong. someone is always better 46 somethingthan we are. lots of people around us may not be as smart as we are, but they may do betterin sports. or they may not be as good-looking, but they have more money. it is impossible forus to be better than everyone else all the time.if some things can truly make us become better people, we already(已经) have them.every one of us is the only one in the world. we dont look the same and we do the samethings in different ways. we just find out different fun parts of life. these things 47 us different from our friends, so the world is full of surprise. when we are growing up,parents 48 forget to tell us that we are special. maybe no one told them when theywere growing up. anyway, its up to us . 49 that each of us, in our own way, isspecial. what we are is enough. my dear friend, just learn to enjoy being 50 .41. a. again b. however c. though d. next42. a. good enough b. enough good c. enough well d. well enough43. a. worst b. best c. youngest d. oldest44. a. others b. other c. any other d. another 45. a. doing b. making c. taking d. having46. a. in b. at c. on d. about47. a. let b. stop c. keep d. help48. a. twice b. never c. hardly ever d. usually49. a. to remember b. remembered c. remember d. remembering50. a. yourself b. himself c. myself d. herself阅读理解。（每小题2分，共30分）阅读下列材料，并根据文章内容从a、b、c、d四个选项中选出最佳答案，并把答题卡上应题目的答案标号涂黑。51. if a mother takes her 3-year-old son to the zoo, she will pay . a. $24.95 b. $22.95 c. $49.90 d. $44.9052. from the zoo ad we learn that . a. it can be used for two days b. the zoo is free for old people c. the zoo has no free parking d. kids under the age of 2 dont need tickets53. people can visit the zoo . a. after 5:00 pm b. on weekends c. on thanksgiving day d. on christmas day bjoe, 75, lived very happily and had a beautiful family. he had four grandchildren, andthey all visited him during their holidays.but while he was working, he lost his favorite watch. before they came to visit, joe waspreparing his home for the kids: cleaning the house and buying their favorite foods.the watch was a gift from his deceased (已故的) wife when their first child was born, joeloved the watch very much. he was very upset.when his grandchildren came, they promised him they would find the watch.one granddaughter asked: grandpa, do you remember when you saw the watch lastbefore it went missing?joe answered: i guess when i was cleaning the barn! the children looked for more than two hours but could not find it.one grandson went to search(搜寻) the bam again, and joe asked why he was going there.the little boy asked the others not to follow him and to keep silent(安静的).he was there for about 15 minutes and then rushed to his grandfather. he found the watch!joe was surprised and asked how he was able to find it. the little boy said: ;i sat therewithout making a noise, and the bam was so silent. after a few minutes, i heard the tick,tick sound and found the watch.joe hugged him and thanked the little boy.this shows the power (力量) of silence. if we stay calm, we are better able to find asolution(解决方法) !54. from paragraph(段落) 2, we learn that joe . a. didnt know his grandchildren b. liked doing housework very much c. couldnt stand his grandchildren d. waited for his grandchildrens visits55. joe felt upset when he found the watch was lost because . a. it was beautiful b. it was a gift from his wife c. it was very expensive d. it was a gift from his first child56. one of the grandchildren found the watch by . a. cleaning the barn b. searching the barn carefully for two hours c. making no noise and following the ticking sound d. asking his brothers and sisters for help57. from the passage we learn that .a. love keeps us busy all the time.b. helping those in need makes one feel good.c. believe in yourself and you can succeed.d. silence sometimes is more powerful than using your voice. cwhos building the new china? its not the factory owners or the business men andwomen of china. its someone else.we see them every day. they work day and night in the terrible working conditions andweather. they build the roads, the theaters, the cinemas and the supermarkets. they evenclean up our rubbish. they are chinas migrant workers (民工).more than 140 million workers have left their homes in the countryside to look for jobsin big cities all over china. they hope to be rich, but they find they have many difficulties inmaking enough money. and one of the difficulties is the pride and discrimination(歧视）fromthe people in cities.when night falls, i see the sad faces of the migrant workers. many are living far awayfrom the people whom they love.yes, they dress differently, they speak differently, and they have different habits, butthey work hard. the people in cities think they are outsiders, and most governments refuse togive them medical care and public schooling for their children. if china hopes to move into the future, many things need to change. the first isdiscrimination! we need to stop our discrimination against the migrant workers of china!they may not make as much money as some people :in cities, but they are good people justtrying to survive this game of life. these workers are very important and necessary to chinaseconomic development(经济发展) and play an important role in changing chinese society.they are building the new china, so we should help them.58. the writer thinks is building the new china. a. the factory owners of china b. the business-men and women of china c. the migrant workers of china d. the people in chinese cities59. chinas migrant workers work . a. only at night b. in good working conditions c. day and night d. when the weather is fine60. the word survive here in chinese means . a.服务 b.挺过来 c.放弃 d.阻碍61. which one is not true about chinas migrant workers according to the report? a. they should be helped by all of us, the people around the country. b. more than 140 million migrant workers have been in big cities to make money. c. the people in cities welcome migrant workers though they are outsiders. d. chinas migrant workers are important in changing chinese society.dwho says we cant communicate without words? mr. bean,the popular british comedy character, almost never talks. but hehas won the heart of people in over 200 countries. this year, mr.bean celebrates his 25th birthday.the funny man first appeared on uk tv screens in 1990,he is careless and clumsy(笨拙的) and always makes a fool ofhimself wherever he goes, people like mr. bean because heshows people british humor（幽默）. the tv shows success isowed to rowan atkinson, the british actor who plays mr. bean. but the famous comedian doesnt think hes humorous at all.i dont find myself funny, but the characters i play are. uk newspaper the observer listedatkinson as one of the 50 funniest actors in british comedy,in real life atkinson, 60, is a quiet person. he was a phd student in electricalengineering at oxford university. comedy was an accident for him. the young atkinson wasa little bit shy. to fight against this he joined a drama society(戏剧社) at the university.there, his acting talent was found,atkinson said mr. bean was a child m a mans body. he said he imagined bean as the9-year-old himself. the essence（本质） of mr. bean is that hes entirely self-centered anddoesnt actually accept the outside world. .because of atkinsons excellent acting, mr. bean has become a british cultural idolaround the world. atkinson even performed mr. bean at the opening ceremony of the 2012london olympics.62. rowan atkinson is . a. an american actor b. a british actor c. a reporter d. a doctor63. the underlined word this in paragraph 4 means . a. atkinsons shyness b. atkinsons acting talent c. british comedy d. british humor64. which of the following about mr. bean is not true? a. he appeared on screens 25 years ago. b. he shows british humor to the world. c. he is popular in many countries. d. he uses many words to express comedy.65. about mr. bean, rowan atkinson thinks that . a. mr. bean shows exactly who he isb. there is a little boy living in mr. beans heartc. mr. bean always stays inside his housed. mr. bean is his cultural idol第ii卷(55分)v任务型阅读。（每题2分，共8分）阅读下文并回答问题。watching the moon and eating moon cakes are some of the fun activities we do during themid-autumn festival. on the 15th day of the eighth lunar（阴历的）month every year, peoplecelebrate this traditional festival. the full moon stands for being together with friends andfamily. also, many popular legends and poems are about the moon. they all show how chinesepeople watch the moon.the most famous legend is about the lady change. long ago, people said there were tensuns in the sky. her husband hou yi shot down rune of them. the empress of heaven（王母娘娘）gave him a magic pill(仙丹）as a reward. this pill would make him live forever.however, change took the pill by accident. then she flew to the moon and lived thereforever.another legend tells the story of a woodcutter(伐木工)named wu gang, he had to cutdown trees because he once made the jade emperor angry. but the magical tree kept growingback. so he had to work endlessly.people often write poems when they watch the moon. for example, su shi of the songdynasty wrote his famous the mid-autumn festival, tune: prelude to water melody（水调歌头明月几时有）during the mid-autumn festival.66. is the mid-autumn festival on the 16th day of the eighth lun