八年级下期英语半期考试题.doc

学校 班级 姓名 考号 八年级下期英语半期考试题 选择题（三部分，满分100分）第一部分 听力部分（共两节，满分20分）第一节（共5小题，各小题1分，满分5分）听下面5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。( )1.Whats the matter with Mandy? A. She has a headache. B. She has a toothache. C. She has a stomachache. ( )2. Where might the accident happen? A. At school. B. In the library. C. In front of the library.( )3. When will Jack clean his room?A. Right away. B. After dinner C. Ten minutes later.( )4. Who is going to the movies? A. Jim B. Judy C. Jim and Judy( )5. How often does Jimmy clean the living room? A. Every day. B. Twice a week. C. Four times a week.第二节（共15小题，各小题 1分，满分15分）听下面4段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听第6段材料，回答第6至第8三个小题。 ( )6. Whats wrong with the girl? A. She has a headache. B. She has a fever. C. She has a toothache. ( )7. Does the girl cough? A. Yes, she does. B. No, she doesnt. C. We dont know.( )8.How often should she take the medicine? A. Once a day. B. Twice a day. C. Three times a day.听第7段材料，回答第9至第11三个小题。( )9.Where did the girl go last weekend? A. To the childrens hospital. B. To the old peoples home. C. To the City Park.( )10. How many people went there? A. One. B. Two. C. Three. ( )11. What will the girl do this weekend?A. Go hiking. B. Do the chores. C. Watch TV.听第8段材料，回答第12至第15四个小题。( )12.Was Helen at work yesterday? A. Yes, she was. B. No, she wasnt. C. We dont know. ( )13.Why did Helen go to her sisters home? A. Because her sister had a party. B. Because her sister was ill. C. Because she went to get her clothes.( )14. What did Helen do at her sisters home? A. She played the drums. B. She danced. C. She slept.( )15. When did Helen go back home yesterday? A. At 6:00 p.m. B. At 7:00 p.m. C. At 8:00 p.m.听第9段材料，回答第16至第20五个小题。( )16. What did Mary do early in the morning?A. Went shopping. B. Cooked breakfast. C. Played tennis. ( )17. When did Mary do the chores? A. After dinner. B. After lunch. C. After breakfast.( )18. Who cooked lunch? A.Marys father. B. Marys mother. C. Mary( )19. What was Marys present? A. A skirt. B. A wallet C. A hat.( )20. How did Marys mother feel? A. Excited. B. Lonely. C. Sad第二部分 基础知识运用（共两节，满分25分）第一节 单项选择（共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分）( )21. His brother was taking a shower he was watching TV. A. after B. when C.while D. until( ) 22. My father when the rainstorm came. A. is reading B. was reading C. read D. reads.( )23. Tom used to a bike to work, but he is used to a bus to work now. A. riding. take B. ride . taking C. ride. take D. riding . taking ( )24. He ran fast he could catch the bus. A.because of B.so that C.because D.that( )25. _help your mother with the housework? A. Why dont B. Why dont you C. Why not you D. Why you not( )26. The old man lives _,but he never feels_. A. alonealone B. lonelyalone C. alonelonely D. lonelyalone( )27. he was ill, he still went to work yesterday.A. Although B. So C. because D. As long as ( )28. He is tired _ he cant move again. A. sothat B. suchthat C. tooto D.enoughthat( )29. There are 66 students in our class,34 are girls, _ are boys. A. the others B. another C. others D. the other ( )30. _that they didnt know the good news. A. It seems B. They seemed C. They seem D. It seemed( )31. The old man continued stories until he died. A. to write B. writing C. to writing D. write( )32. She did not do any housework and_. A. Neither I did B. So did I C. So I did D. Neither did I( )33. Alice always thinks about_,so no one would like to make friends with her. A. she B. herself C. him D. himself( )34. I dont mind_the floor. A. to sweep B. sweeping C. swept D. to sweeping( )35. The problem is _, I can work it out_. A. easyeasy B. easilyeasy C. easilyeasily D. easyeasily 第二节 完形填空（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）The Americans were getting ready to send their first man to the moon, an old Irishman (爱尔兰人) was 36 them on TV in a hotel room. There was an Englishman in the room 37 . And he said to the Irishman, “The Americans are very 38 , arent they? They are going to send some men to the moon. Its a very 39 way from our world.” “Oh, thats 40 ,”the Irishman answered quickly.” “The Irishman are going to send some men to the sun in months 41 . Thats much 42 away than the moon, you know. “The Englishman was very 43 when he heard this. “Oh, yes it is,” he said, “But the sun is too 44 for people to visit.”The Irishman laughed and answered, “Well, the Irish are clever, too, you know. We 45 go to the sun during the day, of course. Well go there during the night.” ( )36.A. reading B. watching C. making D. mending ( )37.A. too B. also C. of course D. only ( )38.A. kind B. bad C. clever D. good ( )39.A. short B. long C. far D. near ( )40.A. nothing B. all C. wrong D. great ( )41.A. later B. ago C. long ago D. time ( )42.A. far B. never C. farther D. longer ( )43.A. angry B. surprised C. glad D. sorry ( )44.A. warm B. big C. cold D. hot ( )45.A. dont B. wont C. want to D. must 第三部分 阅读理解（共20小题，每小题 2分，满分40分）AThe hard-working blacksmith (铁匠), John, used to work all day in his workshop. Dave, the son of Mr Brown, a rich neighbor, used to stay in the workshop the whole day and enjoy himself watching how John worked.“Young man, why not learn to make shoe tacks (钉子), even if you learn only to pass the time?” said the blacksmith. “Who knows, one day, it may be useful to you.The lazy Dave wanted to see what he could do. After a little practice he found that he was becoming very skilled and soon he could make some of the finest tacks.Later Old Brown died and Dave lost all his wealth (财富) because of the war. He had to move to another place. It happened that in the village there were many shoemakers who were spending a lot of money buying tacks. Sometimes they couldnt get what they wanted, though they paid high prices, because in that part of the country there was a great need for soldiers shoes.Dave, who was finding it difficult to earn（挣钱） his daily bread, remembered that he had learned how to make tacks. He told the shoemakers that he could make tacks for them if they would help him build his workshop. The shoemakers were glad to do that. Then Dave had his own shop and soon he could make the finest tacks. Making tacks brought him wealth.( )46. Dave used to stay in Johns workshop to every day. A. learn how to make tacks B. watch John workingC. help John with his work D. spend time with Tom( )47. At first, Dave learned to make shoe tacks from John in order to . A. make some money B. see what he could do C. waste the time D. Help John make the tacks. ( )48. Later, Dave became poor because . A. his father died B. he was very lazy C. there was a war D. he spent too much money ( )49. Dave made the tacks to . A. make shoes for the soldiers B. remember John C. sell to the shoemakers D. save much money ( )50. Which of the following is NOT true? A. Dave learned how to make shoe tacks quickly. B. John knew that Dave would lose all his wealth after his father died. C.Then Dave had his own shop and soon he could make the finest tacks. D.Later Old Brown died and Dave lost all his wealth (财富) because of the war. B.In England, people often talk about the weather because they can experience four seasons in one day. In the morning the weather is warm just like in spring. An hour later black clouds come and then it rains hard. The weather gets a little cold. In the late afternoon the sky will be sunny, the sun will begin to shine, and it will be summer at this time of a day.In England, people can also have summer in winter, or have winter in summer. So in winter they can swim sometimes, and in summer sometimes they should take warm clothes. When you go to England, you will see that some English people usually take an umbrella or a raincoat with them in the sunny morning, but you should not laugh at them.If you dont take an umbrella or a raincoat, you will regret later in the day.( )51. Why do people in England often talk about the weather? A. Because they may have four seasons in one dayB. Because they often have very good weatherC. Because the weather is warm just like in springD. Because they like talking about the weather.( )52. From the story we know that when come, there is a heavy rain. A. sunshine and snow B. black clouds C. summer and winter D.the clouds( )53. “People can also have summer in winter.” Means “it is sometimes too in winter.” A. warm B. cold C. Rainy D.windy( )54. In the sunny morning some English people usually take a raincoat or an umbrella with them because . A. their friends ask them to do so B. it often rains in EnglandC. they are their favorite things D. it often snows in England( )55. The best title for this passage is .A. Bad Seasons B. Summer or Winter C. The Weather in Summer D. The Weather in England C My name is Betty Sanders. Im a telephone operator(话务员)， and work for a company. My job is very interesting. I love it very much. I work five days a week，and my hours are from 9 a.m to 5 p.m. I do a lot of thingsI place long-distance(长途)calls for people；I answered questions，and I help people when they are in trouble. Today，for example，I had an interesting experience. At 11 oclock this morning，I got a call from a man. I dont know who he was. He was in trouble and I could tell that he was worried about something. He gave me address and asked me to send an ambulance(救护车)right away. I asked him if somebody was hurt，but he didnt answer my question. He told me he needed a doctor at once，so I said Id call an ambulance for him but I still wanted to know what was wrong. Then he said，“Our keys are gone!”I didnt understand that! Why would he need an ambulance just because he couldnt find his keys? Then I found out what the trouble was. The man and his wife left the car keys on a coffee table，and later they couldnt find them. Their little boy Johnny was playing in the room，and they thought he swallowed them. But before I could help him，he told me he wouldnt need an ambulance anymore. His wife found the keys in her bag. They were there all the time. ( )56.Betty Sanders works . A. in a factory B. in a shop C. in a company D. in a hospital( )57.She works . A. forty hours a week B. from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. C. from Monday to Saturday D. seven days a week( )58.When did Betty get a call from a man this morning?. A. At eleven B. At twelve C. At ten D. At nine( )59.In fact，his keys . A. were swallowed by his little son B. were on a coffee table C. were left in the car D. were put in his wifes bag( )60. From the passage we can see . A. Betty Sanders likes her work B. Bettys job is to place long-distance C. the mans little boy likes playing with keys D. doctors can help people find keys DDear editor, I am not a good-looking boy and Im not good at studying, either. Some people dont even want to talk to me. So I usually feel lonely. Sometimes I think that if I wanted to leave home, nobody would care. How can I stop feeling like this? Peter Dear Peter, Without knowing more about you, it is hard for me to give you some good advice. But first, I am sure that you are wrong that nobody would care if you left home. What about your parents? And other family members? It seems that you are very sad. Youd better go to see a doctor or talk to your parents. They will be able to help you. Secondly, Im sure there is someone in your class who feels lonely, too. You never know how other people feel inside. Try to make friends with them. Or you may join a club to meet new people and to keep yourself busy. You need to find happiness in yourself. Write a list of all the good things about yourself, learn to like yourself, and then others will see your confidence and like you, too. Editor ( ) 61. Whats the trouble with Peter? A. He doesnt like his parents. B. He doesnt like others. C. His parents dont like him. D. He isnt good at studying and feels lonely.( )62. Why does Peter write to the editor? A. Because he wants to make friends with him. B. Because he wants to ask the editor to help him. C. Because he wants the editor to know about him. D. Because he wants to give the editor some advice. ( )63. If Peter joins a club, he can . A. meet new people and make friends with them B. keep his friends busy C. study hard but never think about others D. be a good-looking boy( )64. Peter will probably feel when he reads the letter from the editor. A. sad B. lonely C. glad D. afraid( ) 65. How many pieces of advice did the editor give to Peter? A. one B. two C. three D. four学校 班级 姓名 考号 答题卡选择题 （满分85分）注: 1-45小题，每小题 1分，满分45分。46-65小题，每小题2分，满分40分。1 ABCD 2ABCD 3ABCD 4ABCD 5ABCD 6 ABCD 7ABCD 8ABCD 9ABCD 10ABCD 11ABCD 12ABCD 13ABCD 14ABCD 15ABCD 16ABCD 17ABCD 18ABCD 19ABCD 20ABCD21 ABCD 22ABCD 23ABCD 24ABCD 25ABCD 26 ABCD 27ABCD 28ABCD 29ABCD 30ABCD 31 ABCD 32ABCD 33ABCD 34ABCD 35ABCD 36 ABCD 37ABCD 38ABCD 39ABCD 40ABCD41ABCD 42ABCD 43ABCD 44ABCD 45ABCD 46ABCD 47ABCD 48ABCD 49ABCD 50ABCD 51ABCD 52ABCD 53ABCD 54ABCD 55ABCD 56ABCD 57ABCD 58ABCD 59ABCD 60ABCD 61ABCD 62ABCD 63ABCD 64ABCD 65ABCD 加试卷（共三节，满分35分）第一节 句子成分与基本句型.指出1.指出下列句子划线部分是什么句子成分。（共5小题，每小题1分，满分5分）66.There are many people in the park. 67.The teacher made us stay here for two days.68.The bus driver went out without saying anything. 69.Zhang Ping is the driver of No.23. 70. She doesnt have time to rest.66. 67. . 68. 69. 70. II汉译英，将下列汉语翻译成英语。（共5个小题，每空0.5分，满分5分） 71.由于糟糕的天气，他没去那里。 He didnt go there the bad weather. 72.他