扬中2011-2012第一学期牛津八年级英语期中试卷

20112012学年第一学期期中测试试卷八年级英语（满分100分）听力部分（20分）一、听力（共20小题，每小题1分）A) 听下面10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。读一遍。（ ）1. Whats the boys favourite sport?（ ）2. What did Lee probably see during his holiday?（ ）3. What does Jack look like?（ ）4. How did Sally go to the Palace Museum?（ ）5. What subject is Andy good at?（ ）6. Why does the girl look tired today? A. Because she went to bed too late. B. Because she didnt sleep last night. C. Because she did homework all night. （ ）7. Who went to the Temple of Heaven yesterday? A. Lily and Tom. B. Lily and her cousin. C. Tom and his cousin. （ ）8. Whats the man going to do first? A. Go out to dinner. B. Write a report. C. Go for a trip. （ ）9. Whats the girls dream? A. To travel around the world. B. To climb famous mountains. C. To be a singer. （ ）10. What can we learn about Lindas pencil box? A. Its bigger than Jims pencil box. B. Its like Jims pencil box. C. Its smaller than Jims pencil box. B）听下面3段对话或独白，选出正确答案，读两遍。听第一段对话，回答第1112小题。( )11.Whats the man going to do for his holiday?A. He will be on business. B. He will travel to Nanjing. C. He will travel to Dalian.( )12.How long will it take him to get there?A. Less than 2 hours. B. Over 2 hours. C. 2 hours and a half.听第二段对话，回答第1315小题。( )13. What are they talking about?A.The weather of the weekend B.Going swimming at the weekend C.Their plans for the weekend( )14. What will the weather be like at the weekend?A. SunnyB. RainyC. Cloudy( )15.What would Millie like to do?A. Go swimmingB. Go shoppingC. Stay at home听第三段材料回答第16-20小题( )16. What will you do in the morning? A. Do some exercise B. learn Math C. learn English( )17. When will they have lunch ? A. 11:30 B.12:30 C.12:00( )18. What can they do in the afternoon? A. They must learn English B. They take exams C. They are free to do anything( )19. What can a student take to the exam? A. a computer B. A dictionary C. A mobile phone( )20.How long will they wait for the results of the exam? A. 4 weeks B. 3 months C. 4 monthsII笔试部分（80分）一、单项选择 (15分)( )1. Lucy didnt make mistakes in the math exam. She is _ in my class. A. the most careful B. the most careless C. more careful D. much careful ( )2.He was so _ _when he heard the _ news that he got the first prize in the contest. A. exciting, exciting B. exciting, excited C. excited, excited D. excited, exciting ( ) 3. -Shall we go to see a film tonight?-_. A. Thank you B. Thats a good idea C. Its very kind of you D. I have no time ( )4.He tries to do what he can _English well.A. to study B. studies C. studying D. study( )5.All of us want to do more work with _ time and _ workers. A. fewer, less B. less, fewer C. more, much D. less, more ( )6._ hard work it is!A. What a B. How a C. What D. How( )7.Shanghai is larger than _ in Japan.A. any other city B. the other city C. any city D. other city( )8.Lucys sports shoes are _ yours. A. like B. alike C. the same D. different ( ) 9.How many apples did you pick when you were on the farm?- I picked _ apples than any other student in my class.A. many more B. more much C. the most D. the most of all( )10.I run faster than _.A. she does B. her does C. hers D. she is ( )11.When he was six, he _speak some Japanese.A. is able to B. can C. could D. must( )12 I dont like the colour of this pair of shoes. Please show me _.A. another pair B. another one C. other pair D. the other pair( )13.Her mother looked _ at that moment when she heard the good news.A. happy B. happily C. unhappy D. sadly( )14.Jack with his classmates _play football if it _tomorrow.A. are going to , doesnt rain B. is going to , isnt; rainC. is going to, doesnt rain D. are going to , wont rain( )15.Nacny spent half an hour _ the piano every day.A. to practice playing B. practising playing C. practising to paly D. to practise to play二、完型填空。（10分） David had a hobby. He enjoyed collecting things of old times. One day he _1_a farmer owned a bowl with a long history. He drove to the village as soon as he came into _2_. In the farmers home, he saw the bowl was on the ground and a cat was _3_milk from it. The farmer was lying beside the bowl. David pretended(假装) he didnt know that the bowl cost a lot, _4_ he said to the farmer in a soft voice. “ I want the cat. Wont you _5_it?”The farmer opened his eyes and asked, “How much would you spend on it?” “20 dollars. Would it be _6_?” _7_ minutes later, the farmer agreed. After he _8_ the farmer, he said, “ May I take the bowl _9_ the cat can have milk?” The farmer said, “ Im sorry I cant give it to you. _10_ the bowl, Ive already sold 20 cats.”( ) 1. A. heard of B. heard about C. heard D. heard from( ) 2. A. his home B. the farmers home C. his car D. the farmers car( ) 3. A. carrying B. catching C. eating D. drinking ( ) 4. A. so B. because C. though D. until ( ) 5. A. give B. show C. buy D. sell( ) 6. A. full B. bad C. useful D. enough( ) 7. A. A few B. Much C. Few D. A little( ) 8. A. paid for B. paid C. spent D. cost( ) 9. A. so B. since C. for D. so that ( ) 10. A Thanks to B. Thanks C. Thankful D. Thanked三、阅读理解。（10分） APeter is eight years old, and he goes to a school near his house. He always goes there and comes home on foot. He usually gets back on time, but last Friday he came home from school late. His mother saw him and said to him, “Why are you late today, Peter?”“My teacher was angry and told me to see the headmaster after class,” Peter answered.“To see the headmaster?” his mother asked. “Why did she tell you to see him?”“Because she asked a question in class,” Peter said, “And nobody could answer it except me.”His mother became angry. “But why did your teacher tell you to see the headmaster then?” she asked.“Because her question was Who put the glue(胶水) on my chair?” Peter said.( )1. How does Peter often go to school? .A. By busB. On footC. By carD. By water( )2. Why was Peter late last Friday? Because _.A. he had to do his homework at schoolB. his mother wasnt at homeC. his teacher told him to see the headmasterD. his mother went to school( )3. What question did his teacher ask?A. Who wanted to go home early?B. Who put the glue on mychair?C. Who was late this morning?D. Who saw my book?( )4.Why was Petersmother angry?Because she thought_ at first.A. the question had no answerB. the question was too hardC. the teacher did something wrong D. the headmaster shouldnt do that( )5. Peter is _ .A. a naughty boy B. good at EnglishC. angry D. a clever boyBAlice is a young woman. She likes to exercise for her health. She walks five kilometers before breakfast every morning, and goes swimming twice a week at the swimming pool. She doesnt smoke and never drinks wine(酒). She doesnt eat chocolate, and she doesnt eat sweet and fat foods. One day Alice was on her daily walk when she saw a man sitting in a chair. He looked very old and his hair was white. He looked thin and weak, and his hands were shaking(发抖), but he looked very happy. He smiled at her and said, “ Good morning! Lovely day, isnt it?”He was very happy, and his eyes showed his happiness. But Alice saw that he had no teeth. “Good morning!” said Alice. “Yes, its a lovely day.” Alice thought he was old and clever. She thought he must be more than 90 years old. She wanted to ask him about the secret of a happy old age. “Excuse me. But what is your secret for being so happy at your age? I hope I can look as happy as you do when I am your age.”The man in the chair said, “My secret for happiness? I smoke every day, and drink three bottles of wine every day. I eat hamburgers, I eat chocolate and I never eat vegetables. I never walk anywhere and I never play sports. I sit and watch TV all day.” Alice couldnt understand. She wanted to know how the man got to be so old when he did everything wrong. She thought he should be sick and unhappy. Perhaps she was wrong. Maybe, she thought, people could live a long happy life without eating well and doing lots of sports. “How old are you? she asked. “Its my birthday today.” Said the man, “I am forty-seven.” ( )6. What does Alice like? A. Smoking. B. Drinking wines. C. Eating unhealthy food. D. Doing sports. ( )7. Which is WRONG about the old man? A. He didnt have any teeth. B. He was more than 90 years old. C. He looked happy although he looked thin and weak. D. He looked very old. ( )8. How often did the old man do sports? A. Never. B. Often. C. Sometimes. D. Every day. ( )9. How did Alice feel when he heard the old mans secret for happiness? A. Happy. B. Interested. C. Excited. D. Surprised. ( )10. After the old man told Alice about his age, Alice knew .A. the man was in good health for his age B. the man had a healthier lifestyle than her C. a good lifestyle was important for ones health D. people could live a long life without a good lifestyle 四、单词拼写（10分） 1.Sandys drawing is the best in the drawing _(竞赛)。2._(地理) is my favourite subject.3.The beef _(尝起来) delicious. Would you like some?4.The knife is made of _(金属)。5.There are some differences between American English and _(英国的) English.6. I love basketball very much，Michael Jordan and Yao Ming are my h_.7.We are now in the West Lake in Hangzhou and really feel the b_of it.8. If you want to come, please let us know as soon as p_9.There was a lot of t_ on the city roads. Please be careful when you cross the road10.I a_ the popular singers very much when I was a child.五、根据句意，用所给词的适当形式填空。（10分）1.All of us hope you _(try) your best to learn English well this term.2.Would you please _(not make) so much noise?3.It _(rain) hard when I got home. 4.My dream is _(travel) around the world.5.My teacher invited me _(join) the school trip.6. They had a good time _(play) football on the playground yesterday.7.If you take more exercise, you will feel much _(health).8.Whose shoes are thes