北京市西城区八年级英语上学期期末考试试题 人教新目标版五四制.doc

北京市西城区2015-2016学年度第一学期期末试卷八年级英语听力理解一、听对话，从下面各题所给的a、b、c三幅图片中，选择与对话内容相符的图片。每段对话你将听两遍。 （每小题1分）1、答案：a2、答案：c3、答案：c二、听对话，根据对话内容，从下面各题所给的a、b、c三个选项中选择最佳选项。每段对话你将听两遍。（每小题1.5分）请听一段对话，完成第4小题至第5小题4. where will becky travel this winter holiday? a. to hainanb. to beijingc. to taipei.答案：c5. what will john probably do this winter holiday? a. travel around the worldb. finish the work.c. visit museum答案：b请听一段对话，完成第6小题至第7小题6. who is the womans favourite actor? a. richardb. ant-manc. paul rudd答案：c7. what will they do next thursday? a. watch a playb. act in a playc. meet actors答案：a请听一段对话，完成第8小题至第9小题8. why did linda look worried? a. becauseshe saw an accidentb. because her bike was brokenc. because her brother had an accident答案：c9. what will tom do after school a. play games at homeb. see lindas brotherc. go shopping答案：b三、听独白，记录关键信息。本段独白你将听两遍。（每小题2分）culture tipstalk about the weather and _10_ to begin a conversation.you shouldnt _11_ about age or money.you shouldnt _12_ or drink in public places.choose the right _13_ flowers when you visit friends.write a thank you note for gifts.答案：10.sports 11.ask 12. eat 13.color知识运用四、单项选择（每小题1分）14._ is the population of china? a. whob. how manyc. how muchd. what答案：d15. this classroom is three times as _ as that one. a. bigb. biggerc. biggestd. the biggest答案：a16. dont take photo in the museum! you _ follow the rules. a. canb. mustc. cannotd. mustnt答案：b17. which one is_ in your school, football or basketball. a. popularb. more popularc. the most populard. most popular答案：b18. of all the students in his class, xiao ming writes_. a. very carefulb. the most carefulc. most carefullyd. much more carful答案：c19. i planned _ in the park with my family last weekend.a. campb. campingc. to campd. camped答案：c20. the football team worked hard _ they would win the match a. ifb. so thatc. as soon as d. because答案：b21. i called you up at 8:00 last night, but you didnt answer the phone. -oh, really? i _with the housework. a. am helpingb. helpedc. helpd. was helping答案：d22. the mom was so young that she was always worried about how to _ her baby. a. look upb. look forc. look afterd. look in答案：c23. he was reading a book while his mom_. a. cooksb. is cookingc. cookedd. was cooking答案：d五、完型填空。（每小题1.5分）a father learns a lesson from his sonvelan was a carpenter. he was living in a village. his mother died a long time back. his aged father, kuppan, lived with him. kuppan was very weak. he could not even walk well. he was weak _24_ velan did not give him enough food. he had given his father a small earthen plate. velan was a had man.velan had a son. his name is muthu. muthu was just ten years old. he was a very good boy. he _25_ his grandfather. he had great respect for his grandfather. he did not like his father because he was treating his grandfather badly.one day kuppan was eating his food out of earthen plate that his son had given to him. the earthen plate fell down and _26_ into pieces. the food also fell on the floor. velan was working at the other end of the room. when he saw the broken plate, he was very_27_, and shouted at kuppan. the old man felt bad about what happened. he was sorry for his mistake.the next day velan saw his son working on a piece of wood.“what are you doing, mum?” he asked.“i am making a wooden plate _28_ you, father. when you grow old, like my grandfather, you will need a plate for food. and it may not break so _29_,” muthu said.the carpenter was surprised to hear this. at that time, he realized his mistake. he was very sad about what he did. then he became a _30_ person. from that day on, velan treated his father with great respect. he learnt a lesson from his own son. you should respect your _31_ at all times. it is your duty.24. a. thoughb. becausec. ifd. before25. a. hatedb. missedc. lovedd. hurt26. a. ranb. brokec. putd. took27. a. angryb. sadc. happyd. surprised28. a. ofb. withc. fromd. for29. a. hardb. hardlyc. easilyd. quickly30. a. differentb. difficultc. seriousd. useful31. a. childrenb. teachersc. parentsd. friends答案：24.b25.c26.b27.a28.d29.c30.a31.c阅读理解六、阅读选择（每小题2分）awalt disney worldtimes guide & new informationopening hours10:00 am-7:30 pmentertainment10 am11 am12 am1 pm2 pm3 pm4 pm5 pm6 pm 7 pmturtle talk with crush10:40-6:30father christmas2:453:554:355:256:107:10the monkey king12:101:302:153:204:00attractionsbehind the seeds tour10:30-4:30living with the land2:00-6:00restaurant tube station12:00-3:105:006:10fountain view ice cream11:006:50character greeting timesmulan 10:0012:00snow white12:50-2:10winnie the pooh2:504:10alice in wonderland4:506:1032. when is disney world open? a. at 10:30 amb. at 7:30 am.c. at 10;00 amd. at 12:00 pm答案：c33. what entertainment can you enjoy at 7:10 pm? a turtle talk with crushb. father christmasc. the monkey kingd. behind the seeds tour答案：b34. which character is from china? a. winnie the poohb. alicec. snow whited. mulan答案：d35. where can you go if you are happy? a. tube stadiumb. father christmasc. behind the seeds tourd. living with the land答案：abwhen i was five years old. i took a boat out on the river and went fishing by myself. i really wanted to catch a fish! but they were not biting.i stayed in my boat for three days, waiting. a few times, i thought i felt a fish at the end of the line. the first time i pulled in my catch, it was not a fish; it was an old bag. the second time, it was a shoe. finally, at the end of the third day, i felt a strong pull at the end of the line. the pull was so strong they my boat raced around and around. i needed all my power just to hold onto the fishing rod. i pulled, and i pulled and i caught the biggest fish that ever swam on the earth! it was heavier than everyone in this room put together! then something terrible happened!after i pulled the huge fish into my boat, i saw that the boat was going under water! water was coming into the boat from all sides! i was not a very good swimmer, so i was scared.although it was the hardest choice i ever made. i had to let the fish go. i pushed it back over the side of the boat, and we waved good-bye to each other as it swam away.36. how long did the writer spend in his boat?a. two days.b. two hoursc. three daysd. three hours答案：c37. what did the writer get when he pulled in his catch the second time? a. a shoeb. an old bagc. a fishd. a small boat答案：a38. why did the writer let the fish go? a. the fish bit peopleb. the fish was too small to keepc. the boat started to go under water.d. there was a hole in the side of the boat.答案：c39. the underlined word “raced” in paragraph 2 probably means “_”. a. walkedb. beat somebodyc. moved very fastd. swam答案：ccif you think iphones are expensive, think about those who have to work months to buy one.a person in new york has to work just three days to be able to buy a new iphone 6; people in beijing have to spend 27 days at the office.that information is from a new ideas of pay and prices in 71 words cities collected by swiss bank ubs. the index, which comes out every three years, show the rich people of zurich have to work the least, putting in just under 21 hours on the job before having the money for the must-have phone. londoners have to work a little more41 hourswhile workers in mexico city have to work well over 200 hours, making the phone too rich for many. in ukraine, it is worse than all other places. people there have to work about 627 hours-or 78 days. in nairobi and jakarta they have to work 468 hours, or 59 days.the research shows how expensive apple iphones can be for locals in many cities. that makes it easier for other companies to sell more that apple in many nations.for example, indias phone company micromax has become the countrys largest phone seller, according to a research company. in fact, india doesnt have an apple store because the products are to expensive. beijing phone maker xiaomi has become one the worlds top five phone makers, and often sells more that apple to in china. earlier this year xiaomi had its best sales day ever, selling 2.12 million phones in 24 hours.40. according to the passage, people from _work the most time to buy an iphone. a. new yorkb. beijingc. zurich.d. ukraine.答案：d41. what is the best title for the passage? a. the apple iphone is the best phone on the worldb. other phone companies are just as good as apple.c. not everyone can easily buy apple iphoned. all people have to work many days to buy a new iphone.答案：c42. what can we learn from the passage? a. research doesnt help in phone sales informationb. people should work harder so that they can buy an iphone.c. xiaomi will be more popular than iphone around the world.d. phones from other companies are less expensive for locals than iphones.答案：d七、阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题（每小题2分）people have always wanted to know what our future will look like. go on reading this text, and you will know what will happen in the next fifty years.how can we know what the future will look like? to be able to understand the future, you have to know the past, what has taken us to where we are today and what has changed along the way? the world has changed a lot in the last 150 years, but people are driven by the same basic needs as they were 150 years ago. will this change in the next 150 years? no.what inventions have really made a different in the last 150 years? in the past years, the inventions that have changed most peoples everyday life are telephone, radio, television, computer, the car and the internet. then we of course have a lot of inventions that have made life easier, like new medicine, faster cars, trains, etc. in general, people have been working hard in the last 150 years to make inventions that will make the world a better place. since there is still much to do in the area, this will be important for at least the next 150 years.why do we need to guess the future? guessing the future is important for two reasons: first, we need to start to think about what kind of future we would like for ourselves and our children. and then we need to know what decisions we need to make today that will give us the best future.43. do people want to know what our future will look like?答案：yes, they do.44. what do people have to know if they want to understand the future?答案：they have to know the past.45. why did people work hard to make inventions in the last 150 years?答案：they want to make the world a better place.八、阅读短文，根据短文内容，从短文后的四个选项中选出填入空白处的最佳选项.(每小题1分)a smart dogrico is a dog who lives in germany, _46_ when his owner says the name of a certain toy, rico can find it. in fact, he seems to know the names of 200 toys!_47_. they put his toys in a room and then told him to go in the room and find a certain toy. since nobody was in the room with rico, he had no help from anyone finding the right toy. the researchers did this test forty times. rico found the right toy thirty-seven times!then the researcher tried something else. they put seven of ricos toys in the room and one new toy that rico had never seen before. _48_ . this new toy had a name rico had never heard before. rico found the right toy seven out of ten times.!researchers cannot really say that rico know words or languages. _49_they believed rico can think about what he hears and thin about what he knows. in fact, rico seems to thin and remember thins as well as three-year-old child.from these tests, animal researchers know one thing for sure. rico has given them a lot to think about. a. then they told rico to go into the room and get the new toy.b. however, these tests seem to show rico is smart.c. some researchers in germany wanted to test rico.d. his owner has trained him to find his toys.答案：46.d47.c48.a49.b书面表达九、根据中文意思，用所给词语写句子。（每小题2分）50. 大风过后，天气更冷了。（strong wind, weather, get）答案：the weather got colder after a strong wind.51. 及时改正错误是很重要的。（important, correct, in time）答案：it is important to correct mistakes in time.52. 我昨天花了一小时帮妈妈网上订票。（take, book tickets, online）答案：it took me an hour to help my mother book tickets online.十、文段表达53. 假如你是李华，你美国的朋友tom 在寒假打算学习中文。请你根据他提出的问题给出一些学习建议。要求，50个词左右。提示词语：practice, listen, speak, china, computer, easilydear tom,i am glad that you want to study chinese. best wishes, yours, li hua答案：dear tom,i am glad that you want to study chinese. i think chinese is more difficult to learn than english. but i have some advice on language learning for vou. if you couldnt find nartive speakers around you，there are some great computer programs that will help you learn to speak and listen to chinese. it is very important to listen and practice speaking for language learner. why dont youcome to china during your winter holiday? 1 think there are some very good tourist guide books you can carry around with you. i believe that it will help you learn chinese quickly and easily.i hope this helps you and see you next time in beijing.best wishes, yours, li hua八年级英语附加题 2016.1一、根据短文内容从方框中选词，并用其正确形式填空。（共12分，每小题2分)easy hard hear but miss pay story onravi loved to talk to his grandma，who lived in india. grandma had grown up in a small village called tambaram and had lived there her whole life. sometimes ravi got to visit her with his mom and dad and his sisters. grandma would make him tea and tell him 1 about her childhood.when ravi was younger，grandma would often come to visit him in texas. but now it was much 2 for her to travel，so she stayed at home. he 3 her visits. smetimes she would call 4 the phone. grandma always called late at night. dad explained to ravi that when it was nighttime in texas, it was daytime in india. ravi loved 5 her voice. he would always ask grandma if she would make him a cup of tea. she would always laugh and gay，“ravi sweetheart, i can send you my voice, 6 not my tea.1. 答案：stories2. 答案：harder3. 答案：missed4. 答案：on5 答案：hearing/to hear6. 答案：but二、阅读理解(共8分，每小题2分)阅读短文，根据短文内容，从各题所给的a ,b,c ,d四个选项中，选择最佳选项how soccer can help us understand physics sports provide a great way to understand some concepts(概念) in physics. physics，after all is the study of matter, motion(运动), force, and energy. and since sports liken soccer, swimmingand cycling involve bodies moving through space，they can help us understand how the principles of physics work.imagine that youre looking at a soccer hall on a grassy field. if you do nothing to the hall, it will stay motionless on the grass. if you kick the ball, it will roll along the grass before coming to rest again. pretty simple , right?for thousands of years, though，people thought that objects like this soccer ball come to rest because they have a natural tendency to stop. it took a famous physicist by the name of sir isaac newton, who lived in the 1600s, to prove that this was not exactly correct. newton suggested that objects like the soccer ball have a natural tendency to keep moving. the only reason they stop，he believed, is because an unbalanced force acts on them. by an unbalanced farce, newton meant the force applied to the soccer ball by its environment. when kicked, the surface of the ball travels over the grass, creating friction(摩擦力).the taller the grass，and the rougher the surface of the ball, the more friction is created. and the more friction that exists between the ball and the grass, the less it will travel after being kicked.now, imagine that there is no grass. instead, the ball is resting on a frozen lake. when youkick the ball on the ice, the ball will go much farther than it would have on the grass. this isbecause ice provides a lot less friction than the grass.even so, ice does cause some friction. the balls interaction with the frozen water crystals onthe surface of the lake eventually causes it to come to rest again. but now imagine that instead ofice, the ball is in a place where theres no friction at all. the ball is floating in a vacuum. if youremove friction entirely, kicking the soccer ball would cause it to keep going and going at the same speed, until some force caused it to slow down and stop. to paraphrase sir isaac newton, a soccer ball on the grass will stay where it is unless acted on by a force. similarly, once you kick the ball, it will remain in motion unless acted on by force. this, in so many words, is known as