黄冈中学2008年秋季八年级英语期末考试试题

第 1 页 共 8 页 黄冈中学 2008 年秋季八年级英语期末考试试题 命题 亢玉枝 周丽娜校对 亢玉枝 周丽娜 满分 120 分 考试时间 120 分钟 第一部分 选择题 共 74 分 一 听力 共二节 计一 听力 共二节 计 25 分 分 第一节 共 9 小题 每小题 1 分 满分 9 分 听下面 9 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 每段对话读一遍 1 A Jim B Tom C Robots 2 A How to drive a car B How to use a computer C How to make a telephone call 3 A In the cities B In the countryside C In rainforests 4 A The Great Pyramid B The Summer Palace C Emperor Qin s Terracotta Warriors 5 A They are useless B They are useful C They are beautiful 6 A See movies B Watch TV C Swim 7 A Yes she is B No she isn t C Yes he is 8 A Because he had a cold B Because he had the flu C Because he went to bed late 9 A Jim B Maria C Maria s parents 第二节 共 16 小题 每小题 1 分 满分 16 分 听下面 5 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 每段对话或独白读两遍 听第 10 段材料 回答第 10 至 11 小题 10 What s the matter with Mr Lee A He has a backache B He has a stomachache C He has a toothache 11 When will Mr Lee go to see a doctor A After school B After supper C After work 听第 11 段材料 回答第 12 至 14 小题 12 What s wrong with the young man A He smokes a lot B He often coughs and can t sleep well C He drinks coffee more 13 How long does the young man work a day A Less than 10 hours B More than 10 hours C 8 hours 14 Which one isn t the doctor s advice A Sitting in front of the TV with coffee B Giving up smoking C Getting some exercise and eating more vegetables 听第 12 段材料 回答第 15 至 17 小题 15 Who will go to school with Tom A Tom s friend B Tom s sister C Tom s mother 第 2 页 共 8 页 16 Who s Tom s new teacher A Miss Green B Mr Green C Mr Brown 17 What does the new teacher look like A Thin and short B Fat and tall C Tall and thin 听第 13 段材料 回答第 18 至 20 小题 18 What was Maria doing when she saw the UFO A Shopping B Waiting for a bus C Walking down the street 19 Where did the dialogue 对话 happen A In a shop B In the street C At school 20 What did the alien do when the UFO stopped A Got out of the UFO B Bought things C Got into a shop 听第 14 段材料 回答第 21 至 25 小题 21 Maybe a says these words A writerB teacherC guide 导游 22 Where are they now A On the Great Wall B At the foot of the Great Wall C At the foot of Mount Huang 23 They can stay there for A three hoursB two hoursC three hours and a half 24 It s now A 1 00 pmB 8 00 amC 8 10 am 25 What must they do before they leave the bus A Wear sports shoes B Take money and important things with them C Check the time 二 语言知识运用 共二节 计二 语言知识运用 共二节 计 35 分 分 第一节 单项选择 共 20 小题 每小题 1 分 满分 20 分 A 从 A B C D 四个选项中 选出与所给句子划线部分意义相同或相近并能代替的 那一项 26 The scientists arrived in Beijing the day before yesterday A get toB reachedC arrived atD went to 27 Tom could you please come and do me a favor Sure A help youB give a handC ask for helpD help me 28 We should drink plenty of boiled water every day A muchB manyC too manyD much too 29 Must we keep the windows open all the time No we don t have to A mustn tB can tC needn tD had better not 30 The girls in our class only cover 20 of the students A get upB make upC put upD grow up B 从 A B C D 四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项 31 I am going to the concert 第 3 页 共 8 页 exciting A HowB What aC WhatD How a 32 May I your dictionary Tom Sorry I can t it to you because I am using it right now A borrow borrowB borrow lendC lend borrowD lend lend 33 It her brother two hours to paint the picture of a horse last Sunday A usedB tookC spentD paid 34 I think drinking milk is good our health Yes I agree you A to toB with toC for withD at with 35 This book was very popular A in 1980sB in the 1980sC at 1980sD at the 1980s 36 I like to keep dogs at home Dogs are than other animals A interestingB the most interesting C more interestingD the more interesting 37 Only a few students in our class have computers at home A do theyB don t theyC are thereD have it 38 We believe there a robot in our school library in ten years A isB wasC is going to haveD will be 39 I hate vegetables You should try to them It can make you strong and healthy A eating eatB eat eatingC eating eatingD eat eat 40 My father a music lesson at 8 30 am the day before yesterday A givesB gaveC was givingD will give 41 You wash your hands before meals It s good for your health A mayB canC have toD must 42 A famous scientist wants to a new school for the poor children in the village A set upB give upC look upD get up 43 Did you finish the work Yes I did it all by A myself yourselves B yourself herselfC myself ourselvesD yourself myself 44 Wang Hai is a very boy and he won t get up until it s time for class in the morning A carefulB cleverC boringD lazy 45 My friend hurt himself yesterday A It s nothing B A bad thing C I m sorry to hear that D Is it true 第二节 完形填空 共 15 小题 每小题 1 分 满分 15 分 阅读下面短文 从短文所给的四个选项中 选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项 An old man lived in a nice house with a large garden He took care of his 46 all the time watering and fertilizing 施肥 them One day a young man passed 47 the garden He looked at the beautiful flowers imagining 设想 how happy he could be 48 he lived in such a beautiful place Then suddenly he 49 the old gardener was blind He was very 50 about this and asked You can t see 第 4 页 共 8 页 these flowers Why are you busy taking care of them every day The old man smiled and said I can tell you four 51 First I was a 52 when I was young and I really like this job Second although 即使 I can t see these flowers I can 53 them Third I can smell the sweetness of them As to the last one that s 54 Me But you don t know me said the young man Yeah it s 55 that I don t know you But I know that 56 thinks flowers are angels 天使 We enjoy the happiness these flowers bring us The blind man s work 57 our eyes and pleased our hearts It also made his life 58 It was just like Beethoven Beethoven wrote a lot of great music but there was something wrong with his ears in his later life Beethoven himself couldn t 59 his wonderful music but his music 60 millions of people to face their difficulties bravely Isn t it one kind of happiness 46 A grassB flowersC vegetablesD trees 47 A inB aroundC byD above 48 A afterB whenC beforeD if 49 A feltB foundC gotD watched 50 A sadB worriedC happyD surprised 51 A excusesB storiesC reasonsD facts 52 A teacherB gardenerC workerD doctor 53 A smellB waterC pickD touch 54 A my childrenB youC my wifeD me 55 A wrongB OKC trueD sure 56 A everybodyB somebodyC nobodyD anybody 57 A closedB openedC hurtD broke 58 A emptierB busierC luckierD happier 59 A hearB playC seeD write 60 A makesB asksC encouragesD tells 三 综合阅读 共两节 计三 综合阅读 共两节 计 28 分 分 第一节 阅读理解 共 7 小题 每小题 2 分 满分 14 分 阅读下面短文 从短文所给的各题的四个选项中 选择最佳选项 1 Sally was a student It was going to be her mother s birthday She wanted to buy her a present that would be nice and useful but not expensive She went shopping after a quick and simple lunch After she looked for half an hour she found a shop that was selling cheap umbrellas and she decided to take a black one She thought Mom can carry it when she is wearing clothes of any color So she bought a lovely black umbrella and took it to school with her until her class finished On her way home on the train she felt hungry because she had so little for lunch So she went to the buffet car 餐车 She left the umbrella on her seat But when she got back it had gone Sally began to cry The other passengers felt very sorry for her and asked what the matter was She told them the black umbrella she bought for her mother had gone and she had to get off at the next station After the three passengers 乘客 heard this they asked her for her mother s address They could send the umbrella to her if someone took it by mistake and brought it back 第 5 页 共 8 页 And now a week passed Sally got a letter from her mother It said Thank you very much for your lovely gifts but why do you send me three black umbrellas 61 What kind of present did Sally want to buy for her mom A Beautiful and expensive B Useless and beautiful C Useful and expensive D Useful beautiful and cheap 62 Where did Sally find the umbrella was lost A On the train B In her school C At the train station D On her way to the train station 63 The writer wants to tell us A we should look after our things when we are traveling B if we show our love to others we can get love from others C we should often send our parents gifts D it s no use crying when we are in trouble 2 Reading is a good habit but the problem is there s too much to read these days and too little time to read every word of it There are hundreds of skills 技巧 to help you read more in less time Here are two skills that I think are very good Preview if it s long and hard Previewing is very useful for getting a general 概括性的 idea of heavy reading like long magazine 杂志 articles and science reports Here s how to preview Read the first two paragraphs and the last two paragraphs 段落 carefully Then read only the first sentence of the other paragraphs Previewing doesn t give you all the details It tells you not to spend time on things you don t really want or need to read Skim if it s short and simple Skimming is a good way to get a general idea of light reading like popular magazines or the sports of your daily paper Here s how to skim Get your eyes to move fast Sweep them across each line Pick up only a few key words in each line Everybody skims differently You and I may not pick up the same words when we skim the same piece but perhaps we ll get the same idea of what it s all about 64 How many skills are talked about in this passage A One B Two C Three D Four 65 What does the underlined word preview mean in Chinese A 精读B 默读C 朗读D 略读 66 What should we NOT do when we read the news about sports events in a daily paper according to the passage A Get our eyes to move fast B Read the last two paragraphs carefully C Sweep our eyes across each line D Pick up only a few key words in each line 67 What is the best title 标题 for this passage A Why we should readB What to read 第 6 页 共 8 页 C When to readD How to read faster 第二部分 非选择题 共 46 分 第二节 任务型阅读 共 7 小题 每小题 2 分 满分 14 分 3 As young students you have many dreams These dreams can be very big such as winning the Nobel Prize they can also be small such as becoming one of the best students in your class Once you find a dream what do you do with it Do you ever try to make your dream real Andrew Matthews an Australian writer tells us that making your dreams real is life s biggest challenge 挑战 You may think you re not very good at some school subjects or that 1 to become a writer is difficult for you Those kinds of ideas stop you from realizing 实现 your dream In fact everyone can realize his dream The first thing you must do is to remember what your dream is Don t let it leave your heart 2 Keep telling yourself what you want every day and then your dream will come true faster You should know that a big dream is in fact made up of many small dreams You must also never give up your dream There will be difficulties 困难 on the road to your dreams But the biggest difficulty comes from yourself You need to decide what is the most important 3 You shouldn t watch TV You d better study instead It will help you to get better exam results 结果 68 根据 1 处完成下面的句子 每空一词 difficult you a writer 69 将 2 处翻译成汉语 70 根据 3 处完成下面的句子 每空一词 You d better study watching TV you will get good exam results 4 Two magazines recently listed the best cities to live in Here are two of the cities listed as the world s best SAN JOSE COSTA RICA The city has comfortable 舒适的 weather all year round 15 to 26 Housing is not expensive in San Jose Also many of the city s older neighborhoods 街区 are very beautiful and have small hotels and caf s 咖啡馆 Beautiful mountains are around the city You can visit them easily from San Jose So lots of people go there for holiday every year But in the city center the air is often dirty HONG KONG CHINA This lively city once a small fishing village is today an international business center It is not too cold or too hot in a year It is an interesting mix 混合 of East and West old and new Modern tall buildings are next to small temples 庙宇 Popular nightclubs are close to old beautiful teahouses But outside the city there are parks for walking or relaxing Hong Kong is famous for its wonderful food There s also food from Europe North America and other parts of Asia Nearly seven million people live in Hong Kong That s why housing is often very expensive However the traffic is busy in this city 阅读上面短文 根据上面文章内容完成下面表格中关于 SAN JOSE 和 HONG KONG 两个 城市的信息 San JoseHong Kong WeatherComfortable71 72 CheapVery expensive Attractions 吸引人的事物 73 The beautiful buildings and wonderful food 第 7 页 共 8 页 ProblemDirty air74 四 写 共四节 计四 写 共四节 计 32 分 分 第一节 根据句意 用括号内所给单词的正确形式填空 共 9 小题 每空 0 5 分 共计 5 分 75 You d better ask your grandfather to stop smoke It s bad for his health 76 Are you interested in read novels 77 Why won t your father plant some trees around your house 78 We plan to go to visit Xi an when our teacher came in 79 It s one of danger fish in the world We must be far away from it 80 You d better not read in the sun 81 We won t begin our class until he come back 82 There are many sheep and goose on my grandfather s farm 83 I think all the students should do their homework care 第二节 汉译英 每空一词 共 6 小题 每空 0 5 分 共计 7 分 84 她姐姐过去是一位教师 但现在她是一名艺术家 Her sister a teacher but now she is an artist 85 大部分动物吃草 Most animals grass 86 他们将于后天动身前往日本 They for Japan the day after tomorrow 87 他弟弟经常把狼错当成狗 His brother often a wolf a dog 88 前天我妈妈感到十分疲惫而无法上班 My mother felt tired work the day before yesterday 88 Lucy 和她的哥哥都喜爱体育活动 Lucy her brother doing sports 第三节 补全对话 根据对话情境 在空白处填上合适的短语或句子 共 5 小题 每小题 2 分 共计 10 分 Li Lei and Wen Wei are talking on the phone L Hello Wen Wei I called you at 7 00 pm yesterday but nobody answered 89 W I was preparing for the final exams L Good luck to you Winter holiday is coming 90 W First I ll have a good rest and then I will go to Beijing to see my grandparents L 91 W Wonderful Our plans are almost the same L Are you going to visit some places of interest W 92 I want to visit the Great Wall L Let s meet in Beijing shall we W Yes 93 第 8 页 共 8 页 L See you then W See you 第三节 书面表达 1 题 满分 10 分 最近某中学出现了以下不良现象 1 许多同学因平常缺乏体育锻炼而生病 2 一些同学唯一的爱好就是上网 由于空余时间全用来上网玩游戏 聊天 而导致 视力和学习成绩下降 3 学校公共卫生间里经常由于水龙头忘关而水流成河 道路两旁的花都被同学们摘 得所剩无几 针对以上现象 Jane 所在的班级准备召开主题班会 请以 Jane 的名义写一篇发言稿 要求 1 发言稿的内容必须针对以上现象提出解决问题的办法 并说明理由 2 语言流畅 通顺 不得少于 60 词 补充词汇 eyesight 视力 tap 水龙头 waste 浪费 Hello boys and girls 第 9 页 共 8 页 启黄初中 2008 年秋季八年级英语期末考试录音稿 Text 1 W Jim works well and Tom works better than Jim M I think robots can work better than Tom Q Who works best Tex 2 M Could you teach me how to use the computer W Certainly I m glad to Q What does the man want to learn Text 3 M Rainforests are very important Do you agree with me W Yes about 75 of animals live there Q Where do most animals live on the earth Text 4 W Did you see Emperor Qin s Terracotta Warriors M Yes I did I think they are one of the greatest wonders in the world Q What are they talking about Text 5 W The old city walls make the traffic slow I think they are useless M I don t agree with you They are useful We can learn Beijing s history from them Q What does the man think of the old city walls Text 6 W Jim did you use to go swimming during the summer vacation M Yes I did Q What did Jim use to do Text 7 M Are you interested in collecting stamps Mary W Yes I am Because I can learn a lot from them Q Is Mary interested in collecting stamps Text 8 W What s the matter Jim M I have a headache I went to bed very late last night Q Why does Jim have a headache Text 9 M Maria who helped you cook dinner W Nobody I did it myself But Jim said it was delicious Q Who cooked dinner Text 10 W You don t look well Mr Lee M I m feeling terrible W Are you sick 第 10 页 共 8 页 M Yes I have a stomachache W Oh I m sorry to hear that Did you see a doctor M No I ll see a doctor after work Text 11 W What s wrong with you young man M Well I often catch a cough and can t sleep well W Do you smoke M Yes I smoke a lot W What s your job M I m a businessman I usually work over ten hours a day W Oh that s a lot How do you relax M Well I usually sit in front of the TV with coffee W I see I think you work and smoke too much You should give up smoking then eat more vegetables and get some exercise You ll be better soon M OK Thank you Text 12 W I am going to school with you Tom M All right mom W Who