北京市西城区2014-2015学年度初二英语期末测试(第二学期)

北京市西城区20142015学年度第二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ABC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二、 ABC2. ABC3. ABC4. ABC5. 三、 听对话或独白，根据对话或独白的内容，从下面各题所给的ABC三个选项中选择最佳选项。每段对话或独白你将听两遍。 请听一段对话，完成第6至第7小题。6. Why does Nancy look unhappy? A. Because she has lost her friends phone.B. Because she has a problem with her friend.C. Because she has forgotten her friends birthday.7. What will Nancy do? A. Make a call to her friendB. Send an email to her friendC. Give some flowers to her friend请听一段对话，完成第8至第9小题。8. Where should the man start his trip, in the womans opinion? A. In LondonB. In CambridgeC. In Oxford9. What is Bath famous for? A. Wonderful activitiesB. Ancient buildingsC. Quiet environment请听一段对话，完成第10至第11小题。10. The opera will be _ A. at the school hallB. at the radio stationC. at the playground11. This passage is most probably_. A. an introductionB. a suggestionC. a competition四、 听独白，根据所听到的内容和提示词语，记录关键信息。独白你将听两遍。A message from the City Health CentrePlace Opening timeThings to rememberPhone numberThe Health Centre8:00 am-6:00 pmVery _12_ early in the morning 7852306Toms Chemist Shop8:00 am-_13_Take the No. 77 Bus_14_University _15_ a dayFor accidents only793-2230知识运用五、 单项选择17. -Danny, is this model spaceship yours? -Yes, its _. I made it by myself. A. myB. mineC. yourD. yours18. -Have you heard of Yang Liwei? -Yes. Hes Chinas first astronaut and were all proud _ him. A. ofB. atC. onD. for19. -Bill, would you like to join in the writing competition? -Id love to, _ Im afraid I have no time recently. A. orB. soC. butD. and20. -Mum, how about having a picnic this weekend? -OK. It _ great. A. soundsB. feelsC. looksD. smells21. -Granny, _ do you water the flowers? -Once a week. A. how longB. how oftenC. how soonD. how much22. Tom and Jerry are very funny and I cant help _ when I watch them. A. laughB. laughingC. laughedD. to laugh23. Id like to offer her some help, but Im not sure _ shell accept it. A. whyB. whichC. whereD. whether24. -Tom, lets go to see The Fantastic Four tonight! - I _ it already. I went with my father yesterday. A. seeB. sawC. will seeD. have seen25. Tintin has been popular for over eighty years since the artist _ him. A. inventB. inventsC. inventedD. inventing26. -We didnt see you at the party yesterday. What were you doing? -I _ the diary about the trip to Beihai Park.A. writeB. wroteC. will writeD. was writing27. - Tina, do you know what todays homework is? -We have to _ sentences with the words given.A. make upB. take upC. wake upD. tidy up28. -Sorry, what did you say just now? -I asked _. A. how I can get to the stationB. how can I get to the stationC. how I could get to the stationD. how could I get to the station六、 完形填空：阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从短文后各题所给的ABCD四个选项中，选择最佳选项Its between over eleven years now. one cold afternoon, my older son, Stephen, was at school, and Reed, my husband, at work. My _29_ little boys were sitting around the kitchen table. Tom was perfecting a paper plane, _30_ Sam was busy drawing.But Laura, our only daughter, sat quietly, working on her project. Once in a while she would ask how to _31_ the name of someone in our family. Next, she would add flowers with small green leaves, complete with grass at the bottom. She finished off each with a sun in the upper right hand corner. Holding them at eye level, she let out a long sigh of _32_.“What are you making, Honey?” I asked.“Its a _33_,” she said.It wasnt until later that evening that I noticed a “mailbox” on the doors to each of our bedrooms. For the next few weeks, we received mail usually. There were little _34_ showing her love for each of us. There were short letters full of thanks. I was in charge of Sams letters, page after page full of colored sights including flowers with happy faces.“He cant read yet. But he can look at pictures.” She said.Each time I received one of my little girls gifts, it _35_ my heart. I was touched at how carefully she watched. When Stephen lost a baseball game, there was a letter telling him she thought he was the best ballplayer in the whole world. After I had a particularly _36_ day, there was a message thanking me for my efforts, complete with a smile face near the bottom corner of the page.This little girl is grown now, driving off every day to college. But some things about her have _37_ changed. One afternoon only a week ago, I found a love note next to my bedside. “Thanks for always being there for me, Mon,” it read, “Im glad that were the best of friends.”I couldnt help but remember the precious child whose _38_ has brought me countless hours of joy throughout the years. There are angels among us. I know l live with one.29. A. twoB. threeC. fourD. five30. A. soB. whileC. becauseD. although31. A. readB. giveC. spellD. change32. A. angerB. worryC. sadnessD. satisfaction33. A. toyB. letterC. successD. surprise34. A. notesB. facesC. boxesD. newspaper35. A. brokeB. darkenedC. changedD. brightened 36. A. easyB. hardC. dullD. happy37. A. yetB. everC. neverD. already38. A. viewB. smileC. progressD. experience阅读理解七、 阅读下列短文，根据短文内容，让短文后各题所给的ABCD四个选项中，选择最佳选项ABig Hero 6 is a 2014 computer animated comedy-superhero film made at Walt Disney Animation Studios. The film is directed by Don Hall and Chris Williams. The film was released on November 7, 2014 in the US, Canada and India. It won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.The Croods is a 2013 American 3D computer-animated adventure comedy film. The Croods was written and directed by Kirk DeMicco and Chris Sanders. The film premiered at the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival on February 15, 2013.Frozen is a 2010 American thriller written and directed by Adam Green. Frozen won to Academy Awards, the Golden Globe A ward, the BAFTA Award, five Annie Awards.Cinderella is a 2015 American film directed by Kemmeth Branagh. Cinderella had its world premiere on February 13, 2015, at the 65th Berlin International Film Festival.39. Frozen is directed by_. A. Don HallB. Kenneth BranaghC. Kirk DeMiccoD. Adam Green40. _ won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. A. Big Hero 6B. The CroodsC. FrozenD. Cinderlla41. All the films were made in _. A. CanadaB. AmericaC. IndiaD. GermanyBJack threw the papers on my desk.“Whats wrong?” I asked.“Annie, next time you want to change anything, ask me first, ” he said, turning around and leaving me in anger.“How dare he treat me like that?” I thought. I had changed one long sentences, and corrected grammar.As the weeks went by, I grew to look down upon Jack. One day another of his words left me in tears. I stormed into his office, and Jack looked up. “What?” he asked.Suddenly I knew what I had to do. After all, he deserved it.I sat across from him and said calmly, “Jack, the way youve been treating me is wrong. Ive respect had anyone speak to me that way.”“I promise I will be a friend,” I said. “I will treat you as you deserve to be treated, with respect and kindness. You deserve that. Everybody does.”Jack avoided me the rest of the week. I brought cookies to the office one day and left some on his desk. Another day I left a note. “Hope your day is going great, ” it read.Over the next few weeks, Jack reappeared. Every time I saw Jack, I smiled at him. After all, thats what friends do.One year after our “talk”, I discovered I had cancer. I was scared.One day, Jack stood in the doorway of my hospital room. I waved him in with a smile.“Tulips,” he said. “If you plant them when you get home, theyll come up next spring. I just want you to know that I think youll be there to see them when they come up.” Tears clouded my eyes and I reached out my hand.42. At the beginning, the writer was very angry because_. A. she correctedB. Jack left her there aloneC. Jack treated he rudelyD. she did something wrong43. The writer thinks friends should show _ to each other. A. pityB. helpC. trustD. respect44. Which of the following is true according to the passage? A. Jack often smiled at Annie.B. Annie brought food to JackC. Jack often wrote notes to AnnieD. Annie avoided talking with Jack45. From the last paragraph, we know that_. A. the writer felt the warmth of friendshipB. the writer was getting wellC. Tulips would surely come up next springD. the writer liked Tulips a lotCSo you think you know your dog. But how well does your dog know you? She probably recognizes you when she sees you. But can a dog tell by simply looking at you whether you have a happy or an angry expressions on your face? Researchers in Austria have taught pet dogs to know the difference.Dogs are very mindful of sound. When dog owners shout or speak in a strong, angry voice, dogs often act guilty and quietly move away from the area.Recently, researchers found that dogs can look at our faces, and tell the difference between a smile and frown. The animals were able to recognize a look of agreement from one of disagreement.The researchers tried to teach dogs to recognize facial expressions. They showed the dogs tow pictures of either the upper or lower half of a persons face. On one picture, the person looked happy. The other appeared angry.The dogs were then shown pictures of the eyes or mouths of people they had never seen before. They were also shown the left half of the faces used in training. The goal of the research is to find out if the dogs realize that smiling eyes have the same meaning as smiling mouth, or angry eyes have the same meaning as an angry mouth. And it turned out that they really did perform very well in these tests.Once the dogs learned to recognize which picture was happy or angry, they could easily tell the same expressions in pictures of any face.The study has shown that they can discriminate these expressions are different. They would connect something nice with the smiley face and something bad with the angry face. But what is not sure of at this point is if they really know the true meanings of them- for example, a frown means angry.The researchers findings provide the first certain idea that humans are not the only species that can read the body language of another people.46. Scientists did the research by _. A. having dogs make smiley faces in the test B. shouting at dogs or speaking to them angrilyC. teaching dogs to tell happy or angry expressionsD. showing pictures of the eyes or mouths of people 47. The word “discriminate” in paragraph 7 means “_” A. explain B. tellC. acceptD. believe48. What is the research mainly about? A. How dogs show their feelingsB. How dogs owners show their feelingsC. Whether dogs can tell peoples feelingsD. If dogs can tell peoples facial expressions49. What can we infer from the passage? A. Humans are the only species that can read body languageB. If you shout to your dog in an angry voice, it will act guiltyC. If you train your dog, it can recognize you by your eyes or mouthD. Researchers may study if dogs know the true meaning of a frown next八、 阅读短文，根据短文内容，从短文的五个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。每个选项只能用一次。One day a bookseller let a big box of books fall on his foot. “Go to see the doctor.” Said his wife. “No,” he said. “Ill wait until the doctor comes into the shop next time. _50_ if I go to see him, Ill have to pay him.”_51_ When the bookseller was getting them ready, he told the doctor about his bad foot. The doctor looked at it. “You must put that foot in hot water every night. Then you must put something on it, ” sand the doctor. _52_ “Buy this and put it on the foot before you go to bed every night,” he said, “Thank you, ” said the bookseller. “And now, sir, here are your books.” “How much?” said the doctor. “Two pounds.” “Good, ” said the doctor. _53_“Why?” asked the bookseller. “I told you about your foot. I want two pounds for that. If people come to my house, I ask them to pay one pound for a small thing like that. _54_ And I came here, didnt I.”A. Then Ill ask him about my foot.B. “I shall not have to pay you anything.”C. He took out a piece of paper and wrote on it.D. But when I go to their houses, I want two pounds.E. The next day the doctor came into the shop for some books.九、 阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题Scientists in UK have discovered a solar system with five earth-size planets born at the very beginning of galaxy. The star and its planets of years older than our own sun. That is to say, life might be somewhere in our galaxy in the long past.We can hear the music of the stars. Its the vibrations of a 2.6 billion-year old star that changed into sound. While researchers now compare it with the sound of a star thats nearly three billion years ol