浙江省乐清市育英寄宿学校2015-2016学年八年级（实验A班）上学期期中考试英语试题

育英学校八年级A 班期中考试英语试卷听力 （15分）一、听力（本题有15小题，每小题1分，满分15分）第一节：听小对话，请从A、B、C三个选项中选择符合对话内容的图片（5分）1. Hows the weather now? A B C 2. What does Lucy want to be? A B C3. Which city is Tony going to for holiday? A B C4. How does Sam usually go to school? A B C5. What was Mary doing at 8 am yesterday? A B C第二节： 听较长的对话，请从A、B、C三个选项中选择正确的答案。（5分）听一段较长的对话，回答第6至7两小题。6. When did Chen Hong go to America for a holiday?A. Last spring B. Last summer C. Last winter7. What presents do Americans like?A. Food B. Books C. Flowers听第二段较长的对话，回答第8至10三小题。8. What is Susans favorite movie?A. Tiny Times B. Gone with the Wind C. Spiderman9. Who is the writer?A. Lao She B. Moyan C. Guo Jingming10. How is the movie?A. exciting B. interesting C. boring第三节：听长对话，完成信息记录表。（5分）I am from 11 .Im happy to share the ways of 12 learning.At first I found it a little 13 . But now I think its 14 .I think 15 and watching English films are good ways.Telephone 15 11. A. Class One , Grade Eight B. Class Two , Grade Eight C. Class Three , Grade Eight12. A.math B. Chinese C. English13. A. easy B. difficult C. boring 14. A. exciting B. dangerous C. funny15. A. taking notes B. listening to the teacher C. listening to English songs 笔试部分（85分）一完型填空：（15 分）We kids have different ways to get in touch with each other now. And for the old, theyd like to go to the market or 1 each others houses, but for the young, we kids neednt follow the 2 of doing so. The easiest way for us to get in touch and make 3 is to use the Internet services, like QQ. A lot of websites such as have appeared(出现)in the last few years and offered such kinds of 4 for free. So we can make friends 5 through the Internet. Maybe we do not 6 all these “friends” well. We add friends only 7 we seem cooler with more friends online.Then how do we kids 8 in touch with friends online? We make it by sending our _ 9 to each other. At times , “friends” 10 “be missing” for months 11 a message. Is this the friendship in the 21st century?Of course, using these Internet services is not just for saying “ Hi, whats up?” Some of us have found long-lost classmates and friends 12 these websites. And at times we kill a time to go to a movie or get together. Whats more, we kids can 13 our friends favourite music when we are on the Internet.Believe it or not, these Internet services will be 14 for a while, and it is 15 a convenient way for us to keep in touch.1. Avisit Benjoy Clike Dbuild2. Achances Bthoughts Cways Dplans3. Aquarrels Bfriends Csentences Djokes4. Acomputers Bservices Cbooks Drooms5. Aeasily Bloudly Cactually Dearly6. Alearn Bknow Chear Dteach7. Aif Bwhen Cbecause Dhow 8. A. have B. tell C. want D. keep9. Amoney Bpaper Cpositions Dmessages10. Amust Bwill C. may D. shall 11. A. with B. without C. taking D. of 12. Athrough Bfor Conto D. into 13. Aenjoy Bhear from Clook at Dfeel like14. Adifficult Bpopular Cdangerous Dpolite15. A. very B. real C. really D. much 二阅读理解：（30分）A.In todays world many people seem to be hungry for money. Some of them even lose their lives for it. Money does have its most useful effect (影响) on the poor，but once a person has a rich life，a lot more money doesnt mean more happiness.If money was everything，all millionaires (百万富翁) would have true love， true friendship，good health and a long life. However，this is not always true. Many of them are not happy, and die earlier.Nothing else is more pleasant than the three words which are “I love you”. But can love be bought？Im afraid not. Love means to give，not to take. To every person，health and long life are probably the most precious(宝贵的) things. Well，can health and a long life be bought with money？The answer is “No”.Of all the longest living people in the world，few of them are millionaires. True friendship cant be bought either. In a word，Where money is worshiped(崇拜)，money can cause brothers to quarrel，lovers to hate，strangers to fight and so on. No matter how much money you have，it is still not enough to make you a happy person, if you have no one to laugh with，no one to cry for.16. According to the passage，which of the following do you think is right？ AMoney is everything.BMoney isnt necessary. CMoney is important，but not the most important.DWith no money，with no success.17.Which sentence of the following is TRUE according to the passage? AIf you havent much money，you cant get more happiness.BYou may live a long life even if you are poor.CEvery year many people die in the world because their family is poor.DIf you are rich，you will have less friendship.18.What does the sentence“Love means to give, not to take.” Mean ? A爱意味着给予，而不能带走。 B爱是可以得到的，不要走开。C爱意味着奉献，而不是索取。 D爱是可以索取的，而不必付出B.If you get into the forest with your friends, stay with them always. If you dont, you may get lost. If you really get lost, this is what you should do. Sit down and stay where you are. Dont try to find your friendslet them find you by staying in one place. There is another way to help your friends or other nearby people to find you. Give them a signal(信号)by shouting or whistling(吹口哨)three times. Any signal given three times is a call for help. Keep up shouting or whistling always three times together. When people hear you, they will know that you are not just making noise for fun. They will let you know that they have heard your signal. They give you two shouts, two whistles, or two gunshots(枪声). When someone gives you a signal, it is an answer to a call for help. If you dont think that you will get help before night comes, try to make a little housecover up the holes with branches(树枝)with lots of leaves. Make yourself a soft bed with leaves and grass. What should you do if you get hungry or need drinking water? You would have to leave your little house to look for a river. Dont just walk away. Pick off(去除)small branches and drop them as you walk so that you can find your way back. The most important thing to do when you are lost is to stay in one place. 19. If you are lost in the forest, you should_. A. stay where you are and give signals three timesB. walk around the forest and shout so that your friends could hear youC. try to find your friends as soon as possibleD. try to get out of the forest and shout for help20. When you hear two shouts, two whistles, two gunshots, _ . A. you should shout more loudlyB. you can whistle three timesC. it is an answer to your call for helpD. you should try to run to them21. When you want to leave your place to get drinking water, you should _ .A. just go to the riverB. find some glasses or bottles before you goC. make a fire so that you can have some teaD. leave marks so that you can find your way back22. This passage mainly tells you_. A. when you hear a signal always three times, it is a call for helpB. what you should do if you get lost in a forestC. any signal given twice means an answer to a call for helpD. how you can live longer in a forestC.Living in a foreign culture can be exciting, but it can also be confusing(令人迷惑的). A group of Americans who taught English in other countries recently discussed their experiences. They decided that miscommunications were always possible, even over something as simple as“yes”and“no”. On her first day in Micronesia, an island in the Pacific, Lisa thought people werent paying any attention to her. The day was hot. She went into a store and asked, “Do you have cold drinks? ”The woman there didnt say anything. Lisa repeated the question. Still the woman said nothing. She later learned that the woman had answered her: She had raised her eyebrows(眉毛), which in Micronesia means“yes”. Jan remembered an experience she had in Bulgaria, a country in Europe. She went to a restaurant that was known for its cabbage. She asked the waiter, “Do you have cabbage today? ”He nodded his head. Jan waited, but the cabbage never came. In that country, a nod means“no”.Tom had a similar problem when he arrived in India. After explaining something in class, he asked his students if they understood. They answered with many different nods and shakes of the head. He thought some people had not understood, so he explained again. When he asked again, they did the same thing. He soon found out that his students did understand. In India, people nod and shake their heads in different ways depending on where they come from. You have to know where a person is from to understand whether they mean“yes”or“no”. 23. These Americans teaching English in other countries found that they _ . A. should go abroad for vacationsB. needed to learn foreign languagesC. should often discuss their experiencesD. had problems with communications24. People in Micronesia show“yes”by _ . A. nodding headsB. raising eyebrowsC. shaking headsD. saying“no”25. Which of the following is TRUE according to(根据)this passage? A. In Bulgaria, nodding heads means no. B. Jan taught English on a Pacific island. C. Lisa was trying to buy some cabbage. D. In India, only shaking heads means“yes”. 26. The passage is mainly about _ . A. body language in foreign restaurantsB. class discussion in Indian schoolsC. miscommunication in different culturesD. English teaching in other countriesD.You dont have to be great to get started, but you have to get started to be great. I believe it is a normal thought in todays society to just let life happen to us. I also believe that we sometimes destroy（毁灭） our well-planned thoughts about success because its easier to just continue as usual rather than “try” with the possible failure in mind.Most people never get moving because they dont know what they want. Without a certain result already set in your mind, its really difficult to get going, and even if you do, your attention may soon disappear and you give up before long.Why not consider whats really important in your life? Write down what excites you, what would truly make you happy and what problems you have. At the end of the week, take a careful look at the notes youve taken .Youll soon begin to see a clearer picture of what direction you should be going towards.Knowledge is useless without action. You read many books but your life will stay the same if you dont use the knowledge. Knowledge is fantastic but it will not change your life until it is used. I love to read personal development material to keep a positive attitude(积极的态度) towards my life , but I also realize that if I dont set goals to achieve, then I will always be a talk the talk person who is great at giving advice but useless at realizing it .If you have no plans of practicing what you say, then it may be best to keep your mouth closed.Do you want to know who you are? Dont ask, Act! Action will explain you. Whatever excuses we have for not living up to our talent, the fact is that time will always move forward. Be whatever you want to be and whatever you can be. Always remember the only limits(限制）we have are the ones we create for ourselves. Life is not what we think. It is what we experience when we behave according to the thoughts we have.27. What will happen if you have the possible failure in your mind? AYou will destroy your well-planned thoughts about success. BYoull have great pressure and try not to make any mistakes.CYou will try your best and come up with a much better plan,DYoull put all the opportunities to good use to try your plan.28. In Paragraph Two, the writer wants to . Atell us what people need to get successBshow us what people set in their mind Ctalk about why people should practiceDexplain why people stop going ahead29. Which of the following is NOT true of the passage?A. Knowledge is fantastic when its used, or its useless.B. Knowledge is useless without action.C. Success always stop us from succeeding but ourselves.D. Action will tell you who you are.30.What is the best title (标题) for the passage? ASee a Clear Picture of LifeBTaking Actions Leads to SuccessCSet Your Goals to AchieveDActions Speak Louder than Words三语法填空（10分）Once upon a time, there was a girl named Alice. When she was nine years old, her mother died of 31 (ill). Later, her father Mr. Hand got 32 (marry) again to a pretty woman called Linda. At first, Linda was 33 (friend) to Alice. Two years 34 , Lindas daughter, Alices stepsister Helen was born. Alices life 35 (change) a lot. Linda didnt allow Alice 36 ( go ) to school. Alice had to spend the whole day 37 (look) after Helen. From morning to evening, Alice had to stay with Helen. 38 Helen was hungry, she had to get food for her. When Helen was thirsty, she had to get her some water. When Helen felt sleepy , she needed to make the bed for her. But Alice didnt have enough food to eat, enough water to drink or a good place to live. Six years passed. Helen grew up. Linda thought she didnt need Alices help 39 more. One day Mr. Hand went to work, Linda invited a witch (女巫). She turned Alice 40 a stone. Oh, what a poor girl! 四词汇运用：（10分）It was the day of the big match 41 (对) the citys best school team.It was very important for us to 42 ( 战胜 ) the other team . In the early part of the match , we made some 43 (错误). But in the end , we 44 (得分) and we won the match .