八年级英语mid-exam.doc

宜昌市上海中学2010年八年级月考八年级英语测试卷第一部分 听力测试（25分）.听句子选择图片：你将听到五个句子，请根据所听到的内容，选出五幅相应的图片。每个句子后你有五秒钟的答题时间。听一遍，共五题，计5分。A B C D E F1_ 2_ 3 _ 4 _ 5 _.听对话回答问题：你将听到六段对话，每段对话之后你将看到一个或几个问题。请根据听到的对话内容，选择能回答所提问题的最佳答案。每段对话之后你有5至10秒钟的答题时间。听两遍。共十小题，计10分。 请听第一段对话，回答第6小题。（ ）6.What is Julie going to be?A. A reporter B. An engineer C. An artist请听第二段对话，回答第7小题。( ) 7. What lessons is Anna going to take ?A. Piano lessons B. Singing lessons C. Guitar lessons请听第三段对话，回答第8小题（ ）8. How often does Gina exercise?A. Hardly ever B. Once a month C. Once a week请听第四段对话，回答第9至10两个小题（ ）9. Whats the boy interested in? A.Special travel B.Listening to the music C. Playing ping-pong( )10. Who does the boy like? A. Jay Chow B. Zhang Yining C. Yang Liwei请听第五段对话，回答第11至12三个小题( )11.Who is Peters favorite player?A .Yao Ming B. A Liu Xiang C.Ma Lin( ) 12.What sport does Judy like?A. Swimming B. Running C. Playing volleyball请听第六段对话，回答第13至15三个小题( )13. What does Alan want to learn next year?A. Cooking B. Swimming C. Chinese( ) 14.What does Li Ming work?A. In a bank B. In a University C. In a hotel宜昌市上海中学2010年秋季期中考试 英语试卷 共7页第1页( ) 15. Whats Kate going to teach?A. History B. Music C. English. 听短文选择答案：你将听到一段短文，然后你将看到5个问题，请根据听到的短文内容选择能回答所提问题的最佳答案。听完短文之后你有一分钟的时间回答所提问题。听两遍。共5小题，计5分。( )16.When was Elvis Presley born?A. In 1935 B. In 1937 C. In 1977( )17. When did Elvis Presley begin to sing?A. At the age of 8 B. At the age of 5 C. At the age of 2( )18. What did Elvis Presley get from his parents on his 11th birthday?A. A guitar B. A bike C. A piano( )19.What was Elvis Presley when he left school?A. A doctor B.A driver C. A music teacher. ( )20.How many records did Elvis Presley make during his lifetime?A.About 30 B. Less than 100 C.More than 200.听短文填写表格：你将听到一段短文，请根据短文内容，完成表格中的有关信息。听完短文之后你有一分钟的时间填写表格内空缺内容。听两遍。共5小题。计5分。Who What to beHow to doJackA 21_To join the team and _22_it every day.JoanA writerTo write _23_and send them to _24_and _25_第二部分：语言知识及运用（30分 ）.单项选择：从下列各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选择一个可以填入空白处的最佳答案。共15小题，计15分。 ( )26.Please _two apples and then _.A. peel;cut them up B. peel; cut up themC.get; cut them D.get; cut them down ( )27.- Can you _the light?I want to read a book? .-Sure. A. turn B .turn on C.turn off D.turn to ( )28.How _relish and chicken do you need? A. much B. many C. often D. far ( )29Your little brother is _young _look after himself ,so you cant leave him alone at home . A. very , to B. too , to C. so, that D. too , that( )30.Did you have fun _yesterday? A.camping B .to camp C.camps D.camp 宜昌市上海中学2010年秋季期中考试 英语试卷 共7页第2页( )31.- Were there any dolphins in the zoo? .- _ A. Yes ,there werent B. No. there were C. Yes ,there were D. Yes ,there was.( )32.They finished writing the novel _of the month. A. at the end B. by the end C. on the end D. in the end( )33. Finally ,_,we took the bus back to school.A. tired and happy B. exciting but happy C. tired but happy D.tiring and happy( )34.On his next day _,he would like to go _ a drive. A. of, for B. of,of C.off, of D. off,for( )35. We stopped _when the teacher came into the classroom. A. talking B. to talking C. to talk D. talk( )36. My mother spent a lot of money _the new house.A. buy B. buying C. to buy D. bought( )37. When and where _she _?A. did, born B. were, born C. was, born D. do,bear( )38. Im going to travel _.A. somewhere beautiful B.a place beautiful C. a beautiful place D. beautiful somewhere( )39. He is going to _an anctor when he _up? A. do,grow B. do,grows C. be grow D. be ,grows ( )40. All the parents want to _.A. communicate better with B. communicated better with C. communicate better to D. communicated better in。完型填空：先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从各小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案。共15小题，计15分。Mrs Jack was always 41 lots of time and money in 42 the shopping. %ov$q5_(m$&Iz(iIt was winter, Mrs Jack wanted to do a lot of shopping, she waited 43 it was Saturday when her husband was 44 , and she 45 him to the shops with her and 46 for everything. They went to a lot of shops and supermarkets, and Mrs Jack 47 a lot of things, and Mr Jack certainly had to 48 all these things. Mrs Jack often 49 and said, Look, Joe! 50 that beautiful! 南充校园网_0a3J k)p c南充校园网 Q;3N$y UHe then answered, All right, dear. How 51 is it? and took his money out to pay for it.南充校园网 g1?x9j&UPT j+C5cE#7nAW3mch_!It was dark when they came out of the last 52 and Mr Jack was so 53 that he didnt stop 54 about those things. Suddenly his wife looked up and said, Look at that beautiful moon, Joe! Without 55 , Mr Jack answered, All right, dear, How much is it?w5l8ne(0p5AS1R( ) 41. A. spent B. spending C. spend D. to spend南充校园网0s/j Cz-a$J4b南充校园网bv&JpY,v,_0( ) 42. A. do B. doing C. does D. did UT n*LS$R6N+ho6Z|Ft-UQ( ) 43. A. for B. when C. until D. because南充校园网NFT&w?B)XV8h:p.SF2_:v1n,U( ) 44. A. busy B. working C. free D. out南充校园网w,Ush2K:J南充校园网z22xi( ) 45. A. took B. brought C. let D. showed南充校园网zc,lZ6NPX7oh c4kgL9Dq( ) 46. A. sold B. bought C. saw D. paid 南充校园网:J u_bUO W(W.u4fP南充校园网4UO0jK(k( ) 47. A. sold B. carriedC. boughtD. paidWmO2YE Ob u#P#Ck2VR0H( ) 48. A. give B. catch C. find D. carry 南充校园网 wT zFUIw,R宜昌市上海中学2010年秋季期中考试 英语试卷 共7页第2页南充校园网P ;Y.rE9?0e( ) 49. A. stopped B. asked C. went D. walkedyrcWOH7zb 南充校园网%dn8X,( ) 50. A. isnt B. doesnt C. arent D. dont南充校园网 Q!v2q,UeD南充校园网/AF:E,LJ6F( ) 51. A. many B. much C. beautiful D. dear南充校园网$Y4iXgmPk;c/gZ)Ev ( ) 52. A. money B. cinema C. shop D. hour南充校园网|(a6x4IG |j!Of_j( ) 53. A. tired B. sad C. happy D. sorry+Z)R h!bb)EL-_ tp!i0j3_ ( ) 54. A. to think B. thinking C. thought D. think南充校园网3Rb k G PSz9,C9?p( ) 55. A. to think B. thinking C. think D. thought第三部分：阅读与写作（65分）.阅读理解：读A、B两篇文章，根据短文内容选择最佳答案；读C篇短文，将方框里的五个句子还原到短文当中；读D篇短文，根据短文内容完成句子，每空填一词。共20小题，计40分。AMr Smith gave his wife money every Friday evening. His wife always spent it all the next Wednesday, so that for the next three days she had no money to spend at all. One day Mr Smith asked her,“ But how did you spend all that money?” She answered, “I dont know . ”So one Friday evening, Mr Smith gave her money together with an exercise book and a pencil. He said to his wife ,“Please write down how you spend the money . ”Next Tuesday, his wife had no money again. Mr Smith took the exercise book to see how she had spent it. “I have done what you told me ,”she said gladly. She had written “Friday, I got 18 pounds from Mr Smith. ”on the first page, and on the second page, she wrote ,“Tuesday, I have spent it all. ”（ ）56. Mrs Smith always spent all the money . A. the next day B. in four days C. in a week D. on next Wednesday（ ）57. Mr Smith gave his wife an exercise book and a pencil and asked her A. to do homework B. to have a look C. to write down how she spent the money D. to draw a picture on it（ ）58. Mrs Smith was to do what Mr Smith asked her to . A. happy B. sad C. sorry D. excited（ ）59. Mr Smith gave his wife money a week. A. once B. twice C. three times D. four times（ ）60. The story tells us that Mrs Smith was not very . A. glad B. tall C. careful D. goodB At the Barbers Shop(理发店)Jack went to a barbers shop and had his hair cut, but when he came out, hewas not happy with the result(结果). When his friend Bob saw him, he laughed and said, What has happened to your hair,Jack? 宜昌市上海中学2010年秋季期中考试 英语试卷 共7页第2页Jack said, I tried a new barbers shop today, because I wasnt quite satisfied with my old one, but this one seems even worse.Bob agreed(同意). Yes, I think youre right, Jack. Now Ill tell you what to do when you go into a barbers shop next time: look at all the barbers hair,find out whose hair looks worst, and then go straight to him.Why shall I go to him? Jack asked. But that would be foolish!Oh, no, it wouldnt, answered Bob. Who cut that mans hair? Just think it. He couldnt cut it himself, could he? Another of the barbers cut it. So you know he cant be the worst barber. 61. When Jack went out of the barbers shop, he was not happy because _.A. nobody had cut his hair B. the barber hadnt cut his hair wellC. the barber had cut his hair carefully D. he was not satisfied with his old barber62. I tried a new barbers shop today. means _.A. this barbers shop was a new one B. this was the only barbers shop in this townC. Jack often went to this barbers shopD. Jack had not been to this barbers shop before63. After Jack had his hair cut, he thought _.A. the new barbers shop was the best one B. the old barbers shop wasnt so good as the new oneC. the new barbers shop was worse than the old oneD. the old barbers shop was the worst one64. Bob told Jack to find out which barbers hair looked the worst and then go straight to him. Why?A. Because he was certainly the best barber. B. Because he was free all the time.C. Because he was the worst barber. D. Because he wasnt the worst barber.65. From the story we know that _.A. its foolish to have ones hair cut at a barbers shop B. barbers cut each others hairC. barbers never have their hair cut D. a barber always cuts his hair by himself CA. Tea is also important in Japan.B. Another tea-drinking country is England. C. Americans usually use tea bags to make their tea.D. The Chinese drink it at any time of the day at homes or in teahouses.E. In different countries, people have very different ideas about drinking tea.All around the world, people drink tea. But tea does not mean the same thing to everyone. 66 In China, for example, people always drink tea when they are getting together. 67 They prefer their tea plain, with nothing else in it. 68 The Japanese have a special way of serving tea called tea ceremony. It is very old and full of meaning. Everything must be done in a special way in the ceremony. There is even a special room for it in Japanese homes.宜昌市上海中学2010年秋季期中考试 英语试卷 共7页第2页 69 In England, the late afternoon is “tea time”. Almost everyone has a cup of tea then. The English usually make tea in a teapot and drink it with milk and sugar. They also eat cakes, cookies and a little sandwich at teatime. This is the so-called “Afternoon Tea” in Britain.In the United States, people drink tea mostly for breakfast or after dinner. 70 1Making tea with the bags is faster and easier than making tea in teapots. In summer, many Americans drink cold tea“iced tea.” Sometimes they drink iced tea from cans, like soda. DToday is October 31st. Tonight is Halloween in many countries like the UK, the USA and parts of France. Long ago, people used to believe that Halloween was a special night. It was the one night in the year when ghosts came back to visit their old homes. Many people used to believe that some of these ghosts were very bad. They were afraid to be alone. So they used to get together. They used to wear strange clothes to look like witches(女巫). Then the bad ghosts would think that they were ghosts, too, and not hurt them.If they went outside, they used to carry lanterns. Each person cut out the inside of a big pumpkin(南瓜) and cut a face on the pumpkin. Inside the pumpkin, they put a candle. When they went outside, the ghosts would see the strange pumpkin heads and stay away from them.71.Halloween is on th