湖北省随州市洛阳镇中心学校八年级英语下学期期中试题 人教新目标版.doc

湖北省随州市洛阳镇中心学校2012-2013学年八年级英语下学期期中试题 人教新目标版第卷（选择题，共90分）一、听力（共二节，计30分）第一节（共5小题，每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）请听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的a、b、c三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话读一遍。( )1. a. a double room. b. a standard room. c. a single room. ( )2. a. sunrise. b. film. c. xiangshan. ( )3. a. rainy. b. sunny. c. windy. ( )4. a. to work in renai english school. b. to study in renai english school. c. to buy a renai english machine. ( )5. a.￥320. b.￥160. c.￥260. 第二节（共15小题，每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）请听下面5段对话或独白，每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的a、b、c三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟。听完后各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。请听下面一段对话，回答第6、7小题。( )6.the party will begin at . a.5:30 b.6:30 c.7:30( )7.helen went to see her . a.father b.grandpa c.grandma请听下面一段对话，回答第8至10小题。( )8.how far is the bank from here ? a.less than five kilometers b.five kilometersc.more them five kilometers( )9.how long will it take the man?a.40 minutes b.14 minutes c.half an hour( )10.which bus will he take ?a.the no.6 bus b. the no.10 bus c. the no.5 bus请听下面一段对话，回答第11至13小题。( )11.who is chen hui talking with ? a.ann b.emma c.james( )12.what are they talking about ? a.their homework b.their mother c.their plans for the sunnmer holiday( )13.what is chen hui going to do this summer holiday? a.she is going to stay at homeb.she is going to visit some cities in the westc.she is going to visit some places of interest.请听下面一段对话，回答第14至15小题。( )14.what are the two speakers talking about ? a.a birthday party b.a new bike c.lucys parents( )15.what did lucy ask mike to do at the end of the conversation ? a.try her new bike b.join her in the party c.say thanks to his parents.请听下面一段独白，回答第16至20小题。( )16. today in class the teacher will tell the students _. a. something about mount tai b. something about the great wallc. something about the summer palace( )17. the great wall is about _ high. a. 4-5 metersb. 11-12 meters c. 6-7 meters( )18. it took millions of men _ to build it. a. thousands of years b. hundreds of years c. a few years( )19. when we look at the great wall, _ may come into our mind. a. one ideab. one plan c. one question( )20. how did the chinese people build the great wall?a. they used special machines. b. they used horses. c. the passage doesnt tell us.二、单项选择。（共15小题，满分15分）( )21. the smile on the teachers face showed that she was with us.a.strict b.pleased c.angry d.sorry( )22.every day i spend two hours my homework.a.finishing to do b.finishing doing c.to finish to do d.to finish doing( )23. i refused my parents the result of the math exam.a.talk with, because b.to talk with, becausec.talk with,because of d.to talk with, because of( )24. sue is looking forward to to china. she wants to visit xian.a.come b.comes c.came d.coming( )25.its too expensive to go by airplane. so i decide the train.a.to take b.take c.by d.taking( )26.my brother was watching tv while i my homework. a.did b.am doing c.was doing d.will do( )27.japan lies the east of china.a.in b.at c.on d.to( )28. is it from your home to school ? its about ten minutes walk.a.how many b.how much c.how long d.how far( )29. it was already (已经) two oclock when i london.a.arrived b.got c.reached d.came( )30、the gold watch him 5000 yuan. a.spent b.paid c.cost d.took ( )31.my classmates will go on a visit to guilin. a.five day b.five-day c.five-days d.five days( )32.she failed the exam she tried her best. a.though b.because c.if d.so( )33.mike is as as me. a.carefully b.careful c.more carful d.carefuler( )34.the mother warned her son on the road. a.to play b.playing c.not to play d.not playing( )35.lets plan a surprise for our class, whats your idea ? why not a short play? a.get on b.keep on c.go on d.put on三、完形填空。（共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分）do you hope to do a lot of homework every evening? are you 36 in your english classes ? 37 do you want to teach you ? maybe you have lots of questions in your mind.well, i want to give you some 38 on these problems.first, keep calm. dont 39 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. dont 40 a lot of time on it. do more reading or writing in english. think about the problems you have and solve them at once. dont 41 late, or you cant stude well the next day.third, invent something instead of copying or repeating. 42 you can remember the words in your way, you can tell your teachers you dont like the way 43 copying them again and again. be sure, you must pass the exam, i think your teachers will 44 with you. and they can give you some interesting work to do.school is really a good place for you 45 .believe in your teachers and yourself. you are the best one and you can do everything well.( )36. a.worried b.interested c.excited d.pleased( )37. a.how b.why c.who d.what( )38 a.idea b.way c.suggestion d.advice( )39. a.worry b.think c.talk d.keep( )40. a.cost b.pay c.spend d.take( )41. a.get up b.stay up c.wake up d.put up( )42. a.if b.though c.so d.while( )43. a.to b.by c.in d.of( )44. a.play b.agree c.repeat d.copy( )45. a.to play b.play c.to learn d.learn四、阅读理解。（共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分）ascientists find that colors can change peoples feelings. some colors can make people feel relaxed, and some colors can make people feel nervous. people know how to use colors. for example, school walls are always painted green because green makes students feel relaxed. it is also good for the studentseyes. some books are also green or light blue for the same reason. restaurants also know the secret of colors. red makes people hungry. many fast-food restaurants have red furniture(家具) or walls. soft colors like pink and light blue make people feel relaxed, so they spend more time eating. loud music may be nice at first, but it soon makes people want to leave. hard seats also make customers (顾客)eat quickly and leave. many restaurants, especially fast-food restaurants, use this knowledge to make customers eat faster.阅读短文，选择正确答案。( )46.how does green make the students feel ? a.hungry. b.nervous. c.angry. d.relaxed.( )47.how does red make people feel ? a.hungry. b.comfortable. c.excited. d.worried.( )48.which color isnt mentioned(被提及) in this passage ? a.green. b.white. c.light blue. d.red.( ) 49what do many fast-food restaurants do ? play loud music. play soft music. have hard seats. paint the walls red. a. b. c. d.( )50.whats the best title for this passage ? a.colors and food b.use colors to make moneyc.colors and feelings d.use colors to study hardbmaybe we dont think bike accidents can ever happen to us, but we see them sometimes. they bring us sadness and death.my best friend joe used to like riding a bike very much. he rode his bike to go to school , go shopping , go camping and go anywhere he wanted. but a terrible accident happened to him last month , and he cant ride a bike any more.it was a friday afternoon. joe was riding his bike home with his classmates after school. there were few cars in the quiet street. joe was talking with his classmates while crossing the street. the traffic lights were red, but he didnt notice them. a car was driving down the street, but joe didnt see it . when the driver found joe, the car was very close to him. it was too late to stop his car, and it hit joe. joe was badly hurt. the car driver rushed to him and took him to a hospital. a month later, joe left hospital, but he couldnt walk any more. he said he was lucky because he didnt die.请根据材料内容从所给选项中选出最佳选项。( )51.maybe we often think that according to the first paragraph.a.bike accidents are terrible b.its important to obey the traffic rulesc.walking is better than riding a bike d.bike accidents wont happen to uscim taking my family to other countries to have a trip. my wife, i and our two children are all going along . my elder brother has decided to go with us . he has never been overseas(出国) and he is even more excited than the children. my father is so old that hed like to stay home and takes care of the house.were going to go by trian to new york, and then take a ship to europe . when we arrive in europe, were going to several countries for sightseeing. well go to places either by train or by bus. were going to fly home.it took us a long time to decide where to go, but i think we have planned a very interesting trip. we will go to england, france and italy. my wife is very interested in going to france because she is a teacher of french. and my brother, who speaks very good italian is looking forward to the trip to italy.we also talked about how we would go to europe. at first we wanted to fly because it would be faster and would save(节省) more time. but my brother likes to take a boat trip and the children enjoy that, too( )56.my brother is very excited because .a.he has many friends in other countriesb.he has never traveled by planec.he wants to buy some books in italy d.he has never been overseas( )57.were coming back home by .a.sea b.air c.bus d.train( )58.in europe, we will .a.go sightseeing at the seaside(海边)b.go to different countries by shipc.buy a lot of presentsd.go from place to place by train or by bus ( )59.my wife works in a .a.hospital b.factory c.shop d.school( )60.my brother and my children would like to .a.do some shopping in europe b.study the italian language in italyc.enjoy a trip by ship d.learn french in france第卷（非选择题，共60分）五、任务性阅读。（共8小题，每小题2分，满分16分）a、阅读下面短文，然后根据短文内容回答问题。last week i met zhang yong in the street. we are very happy to see each other. zhang yong was tall and fat. he told me that he was a manager(管理人员) of a factory. he earned(挣) a lot of money.“lets go to a restaurant, li cong. we can talk when we have dinner,”said zhang yong happily. then we went into a western style restaurant(西餐馆).zhang yong was my classmate when we studied in a middle school. he liked sports very much. but he didnt do well in his studies. he left junior middle school(初中) before he finished it.when we sat the table, the waite brought a menu. zhang yong passed it to me. i was near-sighted(近视) and i forgot bringing my glasses with me. i couldnt see the english words clearly. i passed the menu to the waiter and asked him to read it .the waiter looked at the menu for a minute, then he returned it to me. “im sorry, sir”said the waiter in a low voice. “i dont konw the english words just like you.”61.what did zhang yong look like ? 62.where did they have dinner ? 63.was zhang yong rich or poor ? 64.what did zhang yong like when he studied in the middle school? b、阅读下面短文，然后根据短文内容完成表格。last saturday afternoon, a group of boys put up(支起) their tent in the middle of a field. then they cooked a meal over an open fire. they were all hungry and the food smelt good. after a wonderful meal, they told stories and sang songs by the camp fire. but some time later it began to rain. the boys felt tired so they blew out the fire and went to sleep in their tent. their sleeping-bags were warm and comfortable, so they all slept very fast . in the middle of the night, two boys woke up and began shouting. their tent was full of water! it was raining beavily and they found that a stream(溪流) formed in the field. the stream made its way across the field and then went through right under their tent!根据短文内容，完成下列表格六、根据汉语提示完成句子，每空一词。（共7小题，每小题2分，满分14分）69. lance armstrong was one of the (一流的自行车手)in the world.70. my task is to (查明) the cost by bus.71. (穿红色衣服)often makes me aitive.72. we can (轮留) to look after the sick boy.73. i am to up early.(我习惯于起早床)74. they are _（骄傲）their daughter.75. they are busy _ _（准备）the food festival.七、短文填空。请根据所给单词，选词填空，并注意形式，使短文完整。（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）because seem well spend calm with fight lonely monitor becomeabout three years ago. i felt very 76 . i didnt like my classmates, my parents or anyone else. my classmates didnt want to talk 77 me and my parents were always saying that other kids were better than me. i thought i was the most unlucky person in the world.one day i had a big 78 with one of my classmates. i was so angry that i hit him in the face. just at the moment, a boy stood up and stopped the fight. he was the 79 of our class.after that, he often helped me and we 80 good friends. whenever(无论什么时候) i got angry or sad, he would help me to 81 down. my life begins to change because of the boy, my best friend. we 82 a lot of interesting days together. as time goes by, i become happier with people and things and get along well with everyone here. and it 83 that people around me change, too. my parents dont shout at me any more and my classmates become friendly to me.but now i cant often see my best friend 84 he is badly ill and is staying in hospital. how i miss the days when we were together! i hope he will be 85 and come back to school soon.76. 77. 78. 79. 80. 81. 82. 83. 84. 85. 八、书面表达。（共1题，满分20分）假如你和你的同学一起在周末去武汉游玩了一天，请根据所给提示写一则日记，介绍你游玩的情况。1、时间：4月20日，星期天，天气：晴朗。2、交通方式：坐汽车。早上6:30出发，8:00到达。3、游玩地点：上午：东湖（the east lake），磨山（mount mo）。下午：武汉动物园（the wuhan zoo）4、活动：购物，照相，做游戏，爬山等。5、下午5:00返回。要求：1、注意日记格式。 2、内容必须完整，可适当增补，书写要整洁。 3、不少于80词。八年级外语听力材料第一节（共5小题，每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）请听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的a、b、c三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话读一遍。1 w: excuse me, is there a single room?m: yes, there is. q: what are they talking about?2. m: hi, lucy, we want to visit mount tai. would you like to go with us?w: yes, id love to. i want to see the sunrise. q: what does lucy want to see?3. m: we are going on a trip to the summer palace this sunday, mom. w: dont forget your umbrella. it often rains in summer. q: what will the weather be like?4. m: maria! what are you thinking?w: i wish to study in renai english school. m: good idea! but you must work hard. q: whats marias wish?5 m: excuse me! how much does a single room cost?w: oh! let me see. a sing