八年级期中考试试卷.doc

20122013年度八年级上期中测试英 语 试 题时间：100分钟 分值：100分一、 听力部分（15分）A) 从A、B、C三幅图中找出与你所听内容相符的选项。听两遍。( )1. Where are the two speakers? ( )2. How does the boy feel today?( )3.What does Stephen want to be when he grows up?( )4.When does the boys mother take him to the park?( )5.Which girl is Amy?B) 听对话，根据所听对话及问题选择正确答案。听两遍。( )6. What is Kate doing now? A. Shes reading.B. Shes sleeping.C. Shes studying.( )7. How many students are there in Class One? A. 33.B. 43.C. 42.( )8. How does the boy usually go to school? A. In Dads car.B. Take a bus.C. By bike.( )9. When will they have an English party? A On Thursday.B. On Friday.C. On Saturday.( )10.What colour is Simons tie? A. Its red.B. Its purple.C. Its yellow.C)听短文，选择正确答案。听两遍。( )11. When does Jim usually get up in the morning? A. At 5:30. B. At 6:00. C. At 6:30. D. At 7:00.( )12. Where does Jim have lunch on weekdays?A. At school. B. At home. C. At the table. D. At the desk. ( )13. Does Jim watch TV on Sunday evening? A. Yes, he does. B. No, he doesnt. C. Yes, he is. D. No, he isnt.( )14. How many people are there in Jims family? A. One. B. Two. C. Three. D. Four ( )15. When does Jim go to bed? A. At 7:00. B. At 8:00 C. At 9:00. D. At 10:00. 二、单项选择（15分）（ ）1、John is _ honest boy. He has _ useful book. A. an; an B. a; a C. a; an D .an; a（ ）2、 When is the welcome party for the new students? Its _ the afternoon of September 15th.A. at B. inC. by D. on（ ）3、Would you please _ the children _ with snake? A.to ask; not to play B. ask; not to playC. ask; not play D. ask; dont play（ ）4、The children are _when they hear the _news. A. exciting, exciting B. exciting, excited C. excited, exciting D. excited, excited（ ）5、I dont think you should buy clothes_ animals fur. A. made of B. be made of C. making of D. is made of（ ）6、Shanghai is bigger than _ in Jiangsu and bigger than _ in China. A. any city, any city B. any city, any other city C. any other city, the other cities D. any other city, any city （ ）7、The number of swimmers _ getting larger and larger. Look! A number of students _ swimming in his river. A. is; are B. are; is C. is; is D. are; are（ ）8、Is there _ about animals on the Internet? A. special something B. something special C. special anything D. anything special（ ）9、_ important for us _wild animals and birds.A. It; protect B. It; protecting C. Its; to protect D. Theyre; protect（ ）10、Tom is a true friend, _ I dont like him at the _. A. and, end B. but, beginning C. or, end D. and, beginning（ ）11、Daniel sits at the back of the classroom_ he is the tallest boy in our class. A. because of B. when C. until D. because of（ ）12、You look nice _ this fur coat, but I dont think it looks _ me. A. on, nice on B. in, lovely in C. in, beautifully on D. in, lovely on（ ）13、The old man always thick glasses and works very hard.A. puts on B. takes off C. dresses D. wears（ ）14、You must be very tired. Why not a rest? A. stop takingB. stop to takeC. to stop takingD. to stop to take（ ）15、. - Would you like to go camping with us this weekend? - _ A. Im afraid so. B. Im glad to hear that. C. Yes, Id love. D. Great! Why not?三、完形填空（10分）In the United States, Monday is the beginning of the workweek(工作周). It is the day most Americans like（1） _. And it is certain that the day they like most is Saturday. Saturday is the（2） _ of the workweek, and it is the beginning of the weekend. Life is（3） _ at weekends. Most Americans take care of their houses, cars or gardens. They （4） _ the feeling that time seems to move more slowly. The workweek is for things you have to do, but the（5） is for things you want to do. Some people may get in a car and go for a（6） _ in the country. They like to take part in outdoor activities. They（7） _ go to a public eating or a film on Saturday night. The（8） _ of weekends is a recent invention(近期的发明). In the 1879s ,rich people began to speak of （9） _ weekends in the country visiting friends. For most people, however, the workday was six days （10） _.（ ）1.A. mostB. leastC. moreD. less（ ）2.A. endB. beginningC. middleD. starting（ ）3.A. terrible B. hardC. differentD. same（ ）4.A. hateB. enjoyC. rememberD. forget（ ）5.A. weekendB. weekdayC. weekD. workweek（ ）6.A. walkB. danceC. driveD. run（ ）7.A. mustB. shouldC. needD. might（ ）8.A. dayB. ideaC. programmeD. knowledge（ ）9.A. costingB. spendingC. payingD. taking（ ）10.A. longB. shortC. earlyD. late四、阅读理解（15分）AIt was getting late. There was no noise in the forest. We could only hear the birds singing. And then, a beara big brown bearcame into the forest.The bear stopped under a tall tree. He was very hungry. He looked up into the tree. There in the nut tree was his suppera supper of nice nuts. But the nuts were high up in the tree. The hungry bear could not reach them. But he knew how to get his supper. He climbed up the tree.Up and up he climbed. He climbed onto a big branch of the tree. He sat there and then shook(摇) the branch again and again. At last the branch broke. The brown bear fell down with the branch and nuts.The bear sat up and looked around. With his big paws he picked up the nuts and ate them up.( )1.How did the brown bear get his supper? A. He climbed up the tree and ate the nuts there. B. He shook the apples off a tree and ate them. C. He picked up the nuts on the ground and ate them. D. He fell down with the branch of the tree. Then he took the nuts and ate them.( )2.The bear was . A. black B. brown C. black and white D. brown and black( )3.The story took place . A. in the morning B. at noonC. before evening ca D. at midnight( )4.The word “branch” in this passage means in Chinese. A. 树干 B. 树叶 C. 树枝 D. 树桩( )5.Where did the bear eat the nuts? A. in a forest. B. outside the forest.C. near a forest. D. in front of the forest.BIf we find a bird nest, we will have a good place of observing(观察) and knowing about birds.Birds sit on eggs and take care of their baby birds from April to June. Because the baby birds are too young to leave the nest, mothers often leave and come back to the nest during the time to look for food. So it is good to observe birds. When we observe birds, wed better hide ourselves in a close place to the nest, and its better to use binoculars(双筒望远镜).But how to make a bird nest? Its very easy. If you want to make one, please follow these:Making a nest: A good nest must be very fine, strong, thick and easy.a) Each nest must have six boards. Dont make the boards too slippery, or birds cant stand on easily.b) Dig a small hole in the front of the nest as a door. The “door” is from 3cm to 5cm. So the bird can fly in or out easily.c) Make sure the rainwater doesnt go into the nest.d) One piece of the boards should be easy to open.e) Please dont forget to color the nest. ( )6. The most important thing in observing birds is to _.A. look for a place near the nest B. climb treesC. write down notes every day D. make a bird nest( )7. When were observing birds, we have to hide ourselves to _.A. look after them B. use the binocularsC. make them do everything as usual D. catch the birds at last( )8. If we make the nest too slippery, _. A. its not strongB. its not easy to makeC. its not very beautifulD. its very difficult for birds to hold or stand on ( )9. We should leave a hole in the front of the nest so that _.A. we can clean the nest B. the birds can fly in or outC. we can hang it easily D. its easy to make( )10. Whats the title of this passage?A. Birds and men B. Playing with the birdsC. Observing birds and making bird nestsD. Listening to the songs of birdsCOnce upon a time there was a man in a small town. He had two children, a boy and a girl. The boy was good-looking but the girl was not.One day they found a mirror (镜子) for the first time and they saw what they looked like. The boy was very happy and he said to his sister, “How handsome I am! I look much nicer than you!”The girl did not like what her brother said and gave him a hard push (推). “Go away!” she said.Their father saw what was happening. He went up to them and said to the boy, “You must always BE good as well as LOOK good.”Then to the girl he said, “My dear, if you help everyone and do your best to make him happy, everyone will love you. It does not matter that you are not as good-looking as your brother.”( )11.Once upon a time a man had _A、a good-looking boy B. a good-looking girlC、tw