学年度第二学期期末调研测试卷 八年级英语.doc

高新区20082009学年度第二学期期末调研测试卷八年级英语 2009. 06一、听力选择 (共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分) (请先用两分钟时间熟悉听力试题，然后再动笔答题。做题时，先将答案划在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。)A) 听下面4段对话。每段对话后有三幅图，从A、B、C三幅图中选出与你所听内容相符的选项。每段对话读两遍。1. Where will Bob go for his holiday?A. B. C. 2. What does Jack think is the most helpful invention?A. B. C.3. What was Mary doing last night?A. B. C.4. What will the woman do to be a volunteer?A. B. C.B) 听下面6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。每段对话读两遍。5. How is Rose going to school today? A. On foot.B. By bike.C. By car.6. What does the man want? A. Water.B. Coffee.C. Nothing. 7. What does the man mean? A. He will buy all of the shoes. B. He wont buy any of the shoes.C. He will buy one pair of the shoes.8. How did the man feel about the movie? A. He found it boring.B. He found it interesting.C. He found it amazing.9. What subject does Billy like best now? A. Maths.B. Music. C. History.10. Where may the conversation take place? A. At a station. B. At a theatre.C. At a library. C) 听下面2段对话。每段对话后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。每段对话读两遍。听下面一段对话，回答第11至第12题。11. What are they talking about in the conversation? A. How to protect the environment.B. What to buy in the shopping mall.C. The terrible traffic.12. Which is the best way to go to work according to the speakers? A. By bus. B. By taxi. C. By bike.听下面一段对话，回答第13至第15题。13. Who is answering the phone? A. Mary Smith B. Mr Menon. C. Mrs Menon.14. Whats the womans telephone number? A. 8532736. B. 8523763. C. 8325736.15. What should Mrs Menon do when she comes back? A. Go to see Mary. B. Go to the party. C. Phone Mary.D) 听下面的短文。短文后有5个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。短文读两遍。16. Why do people like going surfing in summer? A. Because it is good for health.B. Because it is cool in the sea. C. Because it is hot in summer.17. Who trains the dogs for surfing? A. Some special people. B. Their hosts.C. Teachers. 18. Which of the following is true? A. Both the dogs and their hosts take part in the game. B. All the dogs are brave enough to take part in the game.C. People hold the game once a year.19. What can we learn from the passage? A. Many people keep dogs as pets in the USA. B. All the dogs are good at surfing. C. Surfing is the most popular sport in the world. 20. What is the passage mainly about? A. Surfing in the USA. B. Dogs going surfing.C. Peoples love for surfing.二、选择填空 (共25小题；每小题1分，满分25分)A) 单项填空 从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。21. Paper money was in _ use in China when Marco Polo visited the country in _ thirteenth century. A. the; 不填 B. the; the C. 不填; the D. 不填; 不填22. How long _ here? About ten minutes. Tim _ here with me.A. have you been; walkedB. were you; walkedC. are you; has walked D. have you been; has walked23. Tom, you _ play with the knife; you _ hurt yourself. A. wont; can B. mustnt; may C. shouldnt; must D. cant; should24. Excuse me, does Mr Smiths son live here? He _, but he has moved somewhere else. A. is used to B. used to C. was used to D. had to25. When can we play tennis on the court? Not until it _ next week. A. will be repairedB. has repairedC. will repairD. is repaired26. What _ it is to go camping in _ weather!A. a great fun; so fine B. great fun; such a fineC. great fun; so fine a D. great fun; such fine27. How about your book, Jane? It _. A. is printing out now B. has sold out alreadyC. will come out soonD. gives out28. Why did you look so _ when you saw Tom? Oh, its almost ten years _ we met last time. A. excited; sinceB. exciting; afterC. excitedly; sinceD. excited; before 29. What do you usually have for breakfast? Fast food, _ bread, eggs and cakes.A. for exampleB. such asC. as D. that is to say30. When did the Smiths moved _ the old city? Where are they living now? Sorry, I dont know. A. into B. in C. to D. out of31. Many boys and girls are made _ what theyre not _. A. to do; interested B. to do; interested in C. do; interested in D. doing; interested32. Your bedroom is so dirty. Would you mind _ it, Sam? _, Ill do it right now, mum.A. cleaning; Yes B. cleaning; Of course notC. to clean; OK D. to clean; No33. No free plastic bags in the supermarkets helps to _ white pollution. A. reduceB. removeC. provideD. produce34. Wheres your father? He _ France. Hell stay there for a month. A. left forB. has leftC. has been toD. has gone to35. I feel really nervous before the interview. _.A. Be careful B. Thats too bad C. Take it easy D. Sorry to hear thatB) 完形填空 先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后在每小题的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。When I was 18 years old, on the evening before I went to college (大学), my parents and I were sitting in a restaurant. We chatted happily and enjoyed the dishes there. There was a small band (乐队) in the restaurant. When the band started to 36 a walts tune (华尔兹舞曲), I looked at my father and said, “Dad, you know Ive never danced with you. When I was a little girl I asked you to dance with me, you 37 wanted to. But I will be a college student tomorrow. How about right now?” I waited for a(n) 38 answer that would once again hurt me. But he agreed 39 . I felt very happy. I had the 40 to dance with my father.While we danced, I found that my dad never 41 me. “Dad,” I said with tears (眼泪) in my eyes. “Why is it so 42 for you to look at me?”He said with a smile, “My parents never hugged (拥抱) or kissed (亲吻) me and its hard for me, too. Im too old to change my ways.”“I love you, Dad,” I said. After the dance, my dad looked very 43 and fell down. The doctor in the restaurant rushed to help him. But it was already too late. He had gone.It was the first and the last dance that I ever had 44 my father. I was very sad. But I could say “I love you” 45 it was too late. So I want to say, if you have chances, please try to show your love to your parents as much as possible.36. A. singB. play C. say D. write 37. A. didntB. ever C. always D. never38. A. right B. wrongC. usual D. unusual39. A. insteadB. it C. yetD. so40. A. ability B. chance C. interest D. luck41. A. shouted at B. said to C. smiled at D. looked at42. A. shy B. afraid C. hard D. lazy43. A. tiredB. relaxed C. worried D. frightened 44. A. to B. for C. with D. by45. A. whenB. before C. as D. after三、阅读理解 (共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分) 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AJames finished his Maths homework late that night. He put it on the doorstep (门阶) so he wouldnt forget to take it to school.The week before, he had put his homework on his desk and somehow (不知何故) it had been covered with clothes, magazines and posters. Mrs Dargo, his Maths teacher, had said, “Thats a weak excuse. Hand it in at the end of lunchtime!”Early in the morning, James heard a low strange noise. He looked out of the window. There was a shining silver spaceship in front of his house!He saw a small alien (外星人) walk up to the door. The alien took his Maths homework away and returned to the spaceship. The alien was in fact James friend, Tom. He wanted to play a trick on James.In the Maths class, Mrs Dargo was in a bad mood (情绪) again!“OK, class. Who hasnt done their homework? James, I hope you arent going to give me another weak excuse, like the dog ate it.” “Oh, no, Mrs Dargo! It was an alien who came in a spaceship ”The other students began to laugh a lot.“Go and wait for me outside my office. And you had better think of a better excuse by the time I arrive!” she shouted.46. What can we learn from the story? A. James always forgot to finish his Maths homework. B. Mrs Dargo already knew who hadnt handed in the homework before her class. C. Mrs Dargo was always angry when she gave her Maths lessons. D. All the students in the class studied very hard except James.47. When James gave his excuse, the other students began to laugh because _. A. they didnt believe what James said B. they thought James was right C. they thought Mrs Dargo wasnt a nice teacher D. they all wanted to see that alien with their own eyes48. What was going to happen next? A. James would wait for Mrs Dargo outside the office, but Mrs Dargo would not return. B. James would try his best to think of a better excuse. C. James and Mrs Dargo would argue (争论) in the office. D. James would say sorry to Mrs Dargo for his weak excuse.BJane came back from school. As soon as she saw her mother, she cried, “Mum, what happened to your hair?”Her mother answered, “How do you like it? Isnt it beautiful? Ive just had my hair waved (烫).”Jane said, “I dont like it. It looks like a birds nest (窝).”Janes mother tried to comfort her, and at the same time seemed to comfort herself, “Maybe in a few days youll start to like it.”First thing the next morning, Janes mother got up and looked in the mirror. “My god!” she exclaimed (惊叫). After a nights sleep her hair was worse than the day before.Jane walked in. She was surprised and cried, “Mum, your birds nest is growing. You told me it was going to be better, but its worse.”“Birds nest! Birds nest!” Her mother cried. “How many times are you going to say it? Please cut it out. OK?”Jane was silent for a long time. Then she opened her mouth. “Remember last year when I was playing the piano? You stood by me and kept saying that my playing was not right. I was sad and angry. I wanted you to go away. But you didnt listen.”Janes mother seemed very surprised, “Hair and piano are two different things. Dont get them mixed up.”“Are they really different?” Jane answered. “I thought they were the same. What is the difference?”49. How did Jane feel when she saw her mothers hair for the first time? A. Calm. B. Surprised. C. Angry. D. Happy.50. From the story we know that _. A. waving the hair cost Janes mother a lot of money B. Janes mother had long and black hair before C. Janes mother herself didnt like her hair now D. Jane would like her mothers hair in a few days51. Why did Jane say “Birds nest” to her mother again and again? A. Because she didnt like her mothers hair very much. B. Because she wanted her mother to have her hair cut. C. Because she wanted to make her mother angry. D. Because she wanted to let her mother understand something.52. Through this story, the writer wants to tell us _. A. we should never keep saying something bad because it may hurt others feelings B. this kind of hair isnt suitable for Janes mother C. Jane didnt like her mothers hair D. when the hair looks like a birds nest, it looks uglyCAs a child, Tanya always loved swimming in the sea. She grew up in the Cayman Island in Caribbean (加勒比海). She could dive in the deep (深的) places of the sea. But she didnt know then that she could dive deeper than anyone else in the world.Tanya found her diving abilities in 1997, when she joined a class in free diving. Free diving is a new sport. It is very dangerous, because people dive with no oxygen (氧气). There were only men in the class and no one wanted to dive with her because she was a girl. But her class were surprised when they saw how long she could swim underwater. Her teacher soon wanted to train her.A few months later, Tanya started breaking records. She could swim underwater for nearly six minutes with just one breath (呼吸)! Last year she broke the world free diving record. She dived 121 metres with one breath.“At the bottom of the sea Im calm. I love the peace and quietness down there. Coming up again is very difficult. You cant think about the pain (痛苦)!” she said.“Im not planning to break any more records for a while. Im going to wait and see if anyone breaks my last record! In the future Im going to teach free diving and work for sea protection.”53. Which of the following is NOT true about Tanya? A. She lived near the sea. B. She loved the peace and quietness underwater. C. She loved swimming when she was a child. D. She would stop diving in the future.54. From the passage we know that _. A. Tanyas teacher had known she was a good swimmer before she joined the class B. it is easy to dive in the water C. at first the men in the class didnt believe Tanya could learn to dive well D. a new sport is always dangerous for women to take part in55. The underlined sentence shows that _. A. Tanya is quite sure of herself and very proud of her last record B. nobody can break her record in the future C. Tanya doesnt want to make any progress (进步)D. Tanya is good at swimming56. The writer writes this passage in order to _. A. tell us what job Tanya is going to do in the future B. talk about Tanya and her abilities to dive C. tell us how Tanya dives underwater with one breath D. talk about why Tanya can dive better than anyone else in the worldDIt was almost two. A cold wind had come up over the lake. As black clouds moved across the sun, Walt, a small boy, looked up. “I smell a storm,” he thought.Shorty, a man of forty, had gone into town. He had said he would be back before two. He had told Walt to watch the boats and the shop. There were no people around. They had all gone out on the lake to fish.So Walt went to work on one of the boats. From there he could hear the telephone if it rang. And he could watch the door.It was a little after two when a stranger came. Walt saw him stop by the shop. The stranger looked in for a minute. Then he went down to the boats. He was a big man in a coat.Walt called to him, “Do you want something, sir?”The stranger looked at Walt and said, “No, thanks.” Then the stranger moved slowly away. As he went on, he looked at the boats one by one.Walt sat there with his eyes on the back of the strangers coat. He thought, “I can smell something as I can smell that storm. I hope Shorty comes back soon.”57. The story happened _. A. by the lake in the afternoonB. on the lake at night C. along the river in spring D. near the river in summer58. What do you think of Walt? A. He was frightened.B. He was kind. C. He was careful. D. He was interesting.59. Which of the following is true? A. The stranger came to see Walt. B. Shorty came back on time. C. Walt worked far away from the shop D. Some people lived around the shop.60. At the end of the story Walt thought _. A. the stranger would not return again B. Shorty would not come back soon C. trouble might happen around the shop D. Shorty would lose his life in the storm20082009学年度第二学期期末调研测试卷答题纸八年级英语 2009. 06总 分题 号第II卷复核人四五六七得 分第II卷 (四大题，共45分) 注意事项：1第II卷共2页，用0.5毫米黑色墨水签字笔直接答在试卷中的指定位置。2答卷前将密封线内的项目填写清楚。四、单词拼写 (共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分) 请根据下列句中所给的首字母或中文，写出一个符合语法和语义的词。每空只写一词。61. Its u_ to tell him to do that and he wont listen to you.62. Engli