北京四中八年级英语上学期期中考试试题.doc

北京四中2008-2009学年八年级英语上学期期中考试试题卷说明：本部分考试答案全部做在机读卡上。请同学们对准题号依次做答。一听力(21分，每小题1分)1听句子，选择最佳答语。1. a. speaking. whos that, please? b. i think so. please speak.c. hello! who are you?( ) 2. a. thanks. b. thank you all the same. c. the same to you.( ) 3. a, its very far from here.b. its about two kilometers away.c. go along this street. at the end of the street you can see it.( ) 4. a. of course. b. thats all right. c. not at all. please do it.( ) 5. a. dont worry. ill get better soon.b. forget it. it doesnt matter. c. i am sorry to hear that听对话和对话后的问题，选择合适的图片。 听对话和对话后的问题，选择正确答案。( ) 11. a. a teacher.b. a doctor.c. a policeman.( ) 12. a. by train.b. by plane.c. by bus.( ) 13. a. 16.b. 32.c. 64.( ) 14. a six yuan.b. eight yuan.c. fourteen yuan( ) 15. a its 8:00 a.m.b. its 2:00 p.mc. its 10:00 p.m 听对话，选择正确的选项。请听第一段材料，完成第16至18小题。( ) 16. why does jack want to borrow a book about the environmem?a. he is interested in the pollution.b. he wants to give a talk about the environment.c. he will giv, a talk on pollution and the envirnment.17. what kind of hook is jack interested in?a. about population.b. about environment.c. about chins shenzhou.( ) 18. when isnt the library open?a. on tuesdays.b. on wednesdays.c. on weekends.请听第二段材料，完成第19至21小题。( ) 19. what arethey talking about?a. the sports meeting.b. the headmaster.c. some favorite sports.20. what will kate bake part in?a. the long jump.b. the high jump.c. the 100-meter race.21. why doesnt bill want to take part in the c. ompetition?a. because he doesnt like sports.b. because he feels too nervous.c. because he is ill.二单项选择(14分，每小题1分)( ) 22. after the strong wind, the lights suddenlya. go away b. go offc. went away d. went off( ) 23. they are practicing _ now. you can wait here.a. swimming b. going swimmingc. to go swimming d. to swim( ) 24. _ you are out of this hotel, your life will be in danger.a. once b. becausec. unless d. though( ) 25. this book is _ than we think.a. much good b. too betterc. more better d. a lot better( ) 26. there is _ snow in the northern part of china.a. many b. a lot ofc. a great many d. a large mumber of( ) 27. we were copying the new words _ our teacher came in.a. while b. asc. when d. unless( ) 25. dont forget to call me as soon as you _a. arrive b. reachc. get d. arrive at( ) 29. we would like to go and thank him oursel ves, hut we _ out. his addressyet.a. havent found b. hadn, t foundc. didnt find d. dont find( ) 30. what _ do you want to say?a. on earth b. on earthc. on the earth d. on the earth( ) 31. - i cant understand what the teachers talk in class. what should i do?- why not _ them what you dont know after class?a. ask b. to askc. you ask d. asking( ) 32. - john called you yesterday but you didnt answer the phone.- oh, i _ flowers in the garden at that time.a. watered b. am wateringc. was watering d. have watered33. -you have never met a famous film star, _?-yes, i have. i met maggie zhang last year.a. did you b. didnt youc. havent you d. have you34. -are you ok? you look tired.-no, i am not tired but scared. just now i saw a meuse _ in front of me.a. running b. runc. ran d. to run( ) 35. -have you seen tommy, rose?-no, i think he _ america.a. has been to b. has gone toc. has been in d. went to三完型填空(10分，每小题1分)in may, 1927, at least four different people were planning to fly between newyork and paris. on the moming of. may 20, however, only lindbergh 36 fromnew york in his small plane.for the first eleven hours he flew 37 the atlantic coastline (海岸线). when he turned gourd the open ocean, he had flown almost as far and as long asalcock and brown had in 1919. it was getting dark and the 38 part of theflight was just heginning.first, there was freezing fog (冻雾). for a time he avoided (避免) this by flyinglow over the water. but then the fog 39 down to the tops of the waves. lindbergh. flew 40 but it was so 41 that ice formed on his wings (机翼) in the black darkness he shook the ice off 42 diving and turning sharply. twenty-four hours had passed now and he was terribly 43. he was still overthe at lantic in darkness. he ate 44 because he thought it would be easier tostay awake on an empty stomach (胃). then dawn, (黎明) came. a few minutes later, he was over the irish coast. he flew on over england and crossed france. ahuge, excited crowd of 100,000 people were waiting for him when he 45. he hadflown for thirty-three and a half hours. it is probably one of the most famous flights in history.( ) 36. a. went tob. left toc. took offd. got off( ) 37. a. onb. abovec. alongd. under( ) 38. a. shortestb. worstc. bestd. longest( ) 39. a. droppedb. cardedc. broughtd. came( ) 40. a. betterb. fasterc. higherd. lower( ) 41. a. hotb. warmc. coold. cold( ) 42. a. byb. inc. tod. through( ) 43. a. frightenedb. excitedc. wordedd. tired( ) 44. a. somethingb. anythingc. everythingd. nothing( ) 45. a. landedb. reachedc. felld. stomped四阅读理解(30分，每小题1.5分)(a)the following is from a bbs online lalking about the two sinaers.author/timetopic: whos a better singer: andy lau or. jacky cheungaodyfan3-2-20052:45 p.m.andy is the best. i went to his conccrt last year. it was incredible(难以置信的), i almost cried! ok, i did cry, but thats because andy is so handsome.1000 reasons3-2-200514:38p.m.i totally disagree. andy sounds like other singers his voice is nothing special. jackys voice is unique(独特的), vad his sangs are so romantic!movieman3-2-20058:55 p.m.i think theyre about the same. but andy is definitely a better actor. ive seen almost all of his movies. remember the one in which he was an airplane pilot, and his plane crashed ncar a farm? i love that movie.lindalee5-2-200510:15 a.mi also think jacky is a better singer. j prefcr his cantoncse songs.maybethey suand better because he speaks cantonese.1000 reasons5-2-200512:30 p.m.i agreejaekys cantonese songs are better than his mandarin songs. i still like all his songs though.( ) 46. who likes andy lau best?a andyfan b.1000 reasons c. movieman d. lindalee( ) 47. why did andyfan cry?a. she was sad at a concert.b. she had a broken heart.c. she was angry at jacky chung.d. she thought andy lau was very good-looking.( ) 48. whats moviemans opinion?a. andy is a better singer. b. jacky is a better singer.c. andy sings as well as jacky. d. jacky is a better actor.( ) 49. l-indalee thinks jacks cantonese songs sound better becausea. jacky has no experienoe in singing in mandarianb. jacky only sings cantonese songsc. his mandar in pronunciation is not as good as his cantonesed. jackys mandar in songs are boring( ) 50. which of the following is true?a. nobody likes andys movies.b. 1000 reasons has similar (相似的) opinion as lindalee.c. 1000 reasons thinks andys voice is more special than jackys.d. andyfan has never seen an andy lau concert.(b)many students complain about learning english and they often fail in the exams. its not that they dont want to learn it well, but that they dont know how they canlearn it well and how they can pass the exams. here is some advice from a teacher.a good way to pass an exam is to work hard every day in a year. you may fail inan exam if you are lazy for most of the year and then work hard only a few daysbefore the exam if you want to be good at english, you have to read stories inenglish. and speak. english as much as possiblc. a few days before the exam, youshould go to bed early. do not go to bed late at night studying. before you start theexam, read carefully over the question papers, and try to understand the exact meaning of each question. when you have at last fimished your exam. rend over your answers. correct the mistakes if there are any, and make sure. that you dont missenything out.( ) 51. it is important to _ a few days before the exam.a. play too much b. have a good sleepc. read the question papers d. have a good drink( ) 52. when people have finished the exam, they should _a. stand up and leave at onceb. answer a few more questionsc. make sure that they dont miss anything outd. leave some mistakes on the question paper( ) 53. thebest title for the massage isa. an important exam b. an easy examc. get ready for exam d. how to pass an exam(c)1) liu sicong has lived. in hutong in beijings dongcheng district for nine years. the 12-year-old saysthat he likes his life there and doesnt want to move into ahighrise building.2) people in tall buildings dont even know who theirneighbors are, says liu. if you live in hutong you oftenshare food with the people who live around you.3) zhang yuanyuan has a similar idea.4) there may be several classmates living in the same hutong. if you want to play, you just shout out their names, says the 14-year-old.5) to kids like liu and zhang, hutong is not just a place to live but also an important part of their culture.6) people in hutong enjoy eating outside, with their noodle bowls in their hands. they talk about everything - weather, money, football. they play chess with dozensof neighbors looking on, discussing the game.7) hutong is typical of life in beijing. there are thousands of hutong in the city. they are passages (通道) between siheyuan-houses around a square courtyard. mostof them were built in the yuan, minand qing dynasties (朝代).8) hutong give beijing its special flavor and beauty.many people from other parts of the country or other countries come in great numbers to the city just to have a look. at them the shiehahai area, with its many interesting hutong, has become a scenicspot (景点).9) today, many hutong have been pulledown because they lack (缺少) cleanwater and proper toilets. many people are. sorry about this. they say that hutong arepart of beijing peoples life and should be kept as part of. the culture.( ) 54. according to the passage, which is not the reason for the childrens love for their life in hutong.a. the neighhors know each other well.b. they can often eat in a neighbors home.c. its easy to get a playmate (玩耍伙伴) out.d. the neighbors are friendly to each other.( ) 55. which paragraph gives us a general reason why some children love to live in hutong?a. paragraph 4 b. paragraph 5c. paragraph 6 d. paragraph 7( ) 56. the phrase pull down in the last paragraph most probably means _a. make it disappear b. rebuild itc. repair it d. make it stay( ) 57. from the passage, we can see that the author _ the idea that hutong should be kept as part of the culture.a. developed b. doubtedc. agreed to d. explained(d)around twenty years ago i was-living in seattle and going through hard times. icould not find a satisfying job and i found this especially difficult as i had a lot ofexperience and a masters degree.to my, shame i. was driving a school bus to make ends meet (收支平衡) andliving with friends. i had been through five interviews with a company and one daybetween bus runs they called to say i did not get the job.later that afternoon, while doing my rounds (当班出勤) through a quietneighborhood i had an internal (inside) wave - like a scream (尖叫) come upfrom deep inside me and i thought why has my life become so hard?immediately after tbis internal scream i pulled the bus over to drop off a littlegirl and as she passed she handed me an earring saying i should keep it in casesomebody looked for it. the earring was stamped with words be happy.at first i got angry. then it hit me. i had been putting all of my energies intowhat was wrong with my life rather than what was right! i decided then and there tomake a list of 50 things i was thankful to.at first/t was hard, and then it got easier. ome day i decided to up it to 75. thatnight there was a phone call for me, asking if i would do a one-day training for 200hospital workers. i said yes and got the job.my day with the hospital workers went very well. i got a standing welcome andmany more days of work. to this day i know that it was because i changed myattitude (态度) to gratitude.by chance, the day after i found the earring the girl asked me if anyone had looked for it. i told her no and she snid i guess it was meant for you then.i spent the next year doing training, workshops all around the seattle area andthen decided to risk everyghing and go back to scotland where i had lived before. iclosed my one man business and bought a plane ticket. one month later i met-mywonderful english wife and best friend of 15 years now. we live in a small heautifulhouse in scotland.the only attitude is gratitude has been my motto (座右铭) for years now and yes, it completely changed my life.( ) 58. whatdoes the underlined word it mean?a. to make a list of things he was thankful tob. the words be happyc. to forget that his life became so hardd. the special earring the girl gave to the writer( ) 59. the underlined word gratitude means beinga. thankful b. open c. careful d. kind( ) 60. which of the following is not true according to the passage?a. the writermade a list of 75 things he was thankful tob. the writers wife has been his best friend for 15 years.c. the writer has lived in seattle since 20 years ago.d. the writer did the training for 200 hospital workers.( ) 61. what would be the best title for the passage?a. attitude and behavior. b. the girl and i.c. be happy. d. the earring.(e)do you know how many stars there are in the universe? the answer is wany! our sun is one of about 100 billion stars in our galaxy, the milky way. but the milkyway is just one of billions of galaxies that we know about! some other scientists saythere are 2,000,000,000,000,000,000 stars!the largest star that we know about is called the pistol star (手枪星). the pistolstar is closer to the center of the milky- may than we are. because of space dust wecant see it with the naked eye (肉眼). its about 100 times the size of our sun, and10,000,000 times as bright as the sunthe closest star to the earth is the sun! the sun is about 93 million miles away. we measure bigger distances in space in light years, and one light year is about6,000,000,000,000 miles. besides the sun, proxima centauri (半人马比邻座星) isthe closest star at 4.2 light years away: some of the brightest stars are more distant rigel (参宿七), in the constellation orion (猎户星座), is the seventh brightest star inthe sky but is 900 light years away. to see the faraway stars, scientists use the hubblespace telescope (哈勃空间望远镜). hubble has been stars that are 12 billion lightyears away!a stars color has a lot to do with its temperature. a blue-wbite star is very dense(密集的) and hot. when a star becomes red, its energy has begun to fade(消失). therefore, a star that is nearing the end of its life is called a red giant(红巨星). whilehumans grow smaller in old age, stars grow bigger until they die. in thefar future, maybe our sun willbecome a red giant and destroy the earth! luckily, itll be a longtime before we have to think about that problem.( ) 62. of all. the stars, _ is the newest to the earth.a. the sun b. the moonc. the pistol star d. rigel( ) 63. we measure bigger distance in space ina. meters b. kilometers c. miles d. light years( ) 64. which is the seventh brightest star in the sky?a. the sun. b. rigel.c. proxima centauri. d. the pistol star( ) 65. if a star i.s nearing the end of its life, its color is _a. blue b. redc. yellow d. red and blue卷说明：本部分考试答案全部做在答题纸上。请同学们对准题号依次做答。五选词填空(5分，每小题0.5分)从方框中选择合适的词汇，并用其恰当的形式填空，如有需要请组成短语或用变形词或同义词填空。注意动词时态，详见例句。take end with late alonebeyond news piece pay conversation例句：the plane will take off as soon as all the passengers are in their seats withthe belt on.1. with so much loud music in the restaurant, _ between us was almost impossible.2. the son, johann strauss the younger, was even more successful than his father. the blue danube is one of his finest _ music.3. _ report says that five more ribbons died of bird flu. people in town are in great panic now.4. he was so angry that he slammed the door and left _ word.5. my brother is a pilot, and he _ to over 300 countries up till now.6. you have to _ the book you lost. this is the rule in library.7. most people do not choose to work _ the normal retirement (退休) age.8. _ the movie, the nother finally found her lost daughter and gave the baddie (坏人) a hard attack.9. i heard all ahout the bombs _: 13 people were badly injured,