2012～2013学年度下期八年级期中英语测试题

密 封 线 内 请 不 要 答 题学校 班级 考号 姓名 20122013学年度下期八年级期中检测试英 语（满分150分，考试时间120分钟）A卷（100分）第一部分 听力部分（共25小题，计25分）一 听句子，根据所听到的内容选择正确答语。每题读两遍。（共6小题，每小题1分，计6分）( ) 1. A .I like the color of green. B. Its big and modern. C. A school with many trees.( ) 2 . A. All right. Thanks. B. OK, turn the lights off. C. Dont mention it.( ) 3. A. I agree B. Yes, it is. C. Not yet.( ) 4. A. Such as ? B. Great! Lets go! C. Guess what？( ) 5 . A. It means “careful”. B. I dont mean that. C. Ill do that later.( ) 6. A. We should protect the environment B. We shouldnt waste water. C. He always collects waste at weekends.二、听句子，选择与你听到的句子意思相符合的图片，并将代表图片的字母填在相应的题号前。每题读两遍。（共4小题，每小题1分；计4分） A B C D7._8._9._10._三听对话，根据对话内容及问题选择正确答案。每题读两遍。（共10小题，每小题1分；计10分）( ) 11.A. Lindas classmate B. Lindas uncle C. Lindas brother.( ) 12.A. This Saturday B. Next Friday C. Next Saturday( ) 13.A. She doesnt agree with the man B. She cant find the website C. She cant use a computer.( ) 14.A. Shes washing her shirt. B. Shes watching TV. C. Shes cleaning the floor.( ) 15.A. On a piece of paper B. On a computer C. On a notebook.( ) 16.A. Its dirty B. Its broken C. Its wet.( ) 17.A. He forgot to do his homework. B. He forgot to turn off the light C. He forgot to close the window( ) 18.A. 68 B. 71. C. 170( ) 19.A. A website of a kind of plane B. A website of a kind of pollution C. A website of an environmental group( ) 20.A. Gives it to the parents B. Gives it to the teachers C. Gives it to the poor students四听短文，根据短文内容选择正确答案。短文读三遍。（共5小题，每小题1分；计5分）( ) 21. What class are the girls in ?A. In Class8, Grade2 B. In Class2, Grade8 C. In Class3, Grade8( ) 22. Who does well in singing and dancing ？A. Wang Hui B. Li Hong C. Yang Fang ( ) 23.What does Li Hong enjoy?A. Writing essays. B. Drawing pictures C. Reading stories.( ) 24. Whats Yang Fangs favorite sport?A. Table tennis B. Basketball C. Volleyball( ) 25. What does Zhang Mei usually do at the weekend?A. Plays computer games B. Does some shopping C. Does some housework. 第二部分 基础知识应用 （共45小题，计45分）五、选择填空。（共25小题，每题1分，计25分）A）从下面方框中选出与下列各句中划线部分意思相同或相近，并能替换划线部分的选项。（共4小题，每题1分，计4分）A. looks after B. went after C. could D. one more（ ）26. The boy was able to read before he was seven.（ ）27. I followed the man to see what he was going to do.（ ）28. I want to listen to another story on the radio.（ ）29. The girl often cares for his grandfather.B)从各题的A、B、C三个选项中选择正确答案。（共17小题，每题1分，计17分）（ ）30. There a basketball game match in our school next week.A. is going to be B. is going to have C. is （ ）31. Yesterday the teacher told us that the earth around the sun. A. moved B. moves C. was moving（ ）32. Its important for us English well. A. to learn B. learning C. learns（ ）33. Alice to see her aunt if she free tomorrow. A. will come, will go B. come, is C. will come, is（ ）34. How much did you the house? A. pay for B. cost for C. paid for（ ）35. a sports game on the playground next week? A. Will there be B. Will there have C. Will there（ ）36. I didnt want to talk about that the phone. A. on B. in C. at（ ）37. - do you go to a movie? -Twice a week. A. How soon B. How often C. How old（ ）38. Could you please me some ? A. giving, advices B. give, advices C. give, advice（ ）39. He asked me if I mad him. A. am, at B. was, at C. was, to（ ）40. Dont leave your books on the table. Please . A. take away it B. take them away C. take away them（ ）41. My mother wants me milk every day. A. drink B. to drink C. drinking（ ）42. Who broke the door? Lets . A. look it out B. find it out C. take out it（ ）43. Mr Chang has money but friends than Mr Chan A. more, more B. less, less C. more, fewer（ ）44. Everyone except Tom and John there when the class began. A. are B. was C. were（ ）45. His parents dont have , they are . A. enough time, enough busy B. time enough, busy enough C. enough time, busy enough（ ）46. -You argued your mom, why? -She asked me bring my phone to school. A. at, dont B. with, not to C. with, dont C）补全对话。根据对话内容，从方框中选出适当的选项补全对话，并将选项的编号依次填入题前括号中。（共4分）A. But if I dont do now. Ill never do it.B. But money isnt everything, son.C. Dont you think its really exciting?D. I know you want to be happy. A: You shouldnt join the Lions. B: Why not? A: If you become a professional soccer player, youll never go to college. B: But I really want to play soccer. I want a job I love, I want to be happy. A: 47 But there are many interesting jobs youd like. B: But my dream is to play soccer! 48 A: Of course its exciting. And I know you want to make a lot of money. 49 B: I know. 50 （ ）47. （ ）48. （ ）49. （ ）50.六、完形填空。通读下面两篇短文，根据短文内容，从A、B、C三个选项中选择可以填入空白处的最佳答案。（共20小题，每题1分，计20分）A Someone says, “Time is money”, but I think time is 51 important than money. Why? Because when money is spent, we can get it back. However, when time is 52 , itll never 53 . That is 54 we must not waste time. It goes without saying that the 55 is usually limited. Ever a second is very important. We should make full use of our time to 56 useful.But it is a pity that there are a lot of people who do not know the importance of the time. They spent their limited time smoking, drinking and 57 . They do not know that wasting time means wasting part of their own 58 .In a word, we should save time. We shouldnt 59 todays work for tomorrow. Remember we have no time to 60 .( ) 51. A. much B. less C. mush less D. even more( ) 52. A. cost B. bought C. gone D. finished( ) 53. A. return B. carry C. take D. bring( ) 54. A. what B. that C. because D. why( ) 55. A. money B. time C. day D. food( ) 56. A. nothingB. something C. anythingD. everything( ) 57. A. readingB. writing C. playing D. working( ) 58. A. time B. food C. money D. life( ) 59. A. stop B. leave C. let D. give( ) 60.A. lose B. save C. spend D. takeB Grandma Li lived alone in an old building. She was old and didnt like noise at all. The young man and woman 61 always made much noise every night, so she couldnt 62 .When the young man and woman moved out of the building, Grandma Li was very 63 . Another young man moved in and Grandma Li thought, “Well, he 64 .” But at three oclock the next morning, when Grandma Li 65 , some noise 66 . She 67 carefully. It was a dog. She thought, “There wasnt any dog here before. It 68 be the young mans.” She 69 him and telephoned the young man at once. Before the young man could say something, she stopped the call. Nothing more happened 70 four oclock. Then Grandma Lis telephone rang. When she answered the phone, she heard, “Im the man upstairs. Im sorry to trouble you, but I want to tell you I dont have a dog at all!”61. A. upstairs B. up C. above D. higher62. A. get to sleep B. sleeps C. slept D. falls asleep63. A. sad B. pleased C. surprised D. worried64. A. looked quiet B. looks quiet C. looked quite D. looks quite65. A. was sleeping B. was falling asleep C. slept D. was getting to sleep66. A. woke her up B. waked she up C. woke up her D. waked up she67. A. heard B. listened C. was hearing D. listened to68. A. can B. may C. must D. could69. A. angry with B. angrier with C. is angry with D. was angry with70. A. when B. after C. at D. until第三部分 阅读理解（共15小题，计30分）七、阅读理解。（共30分） A Last Friday after I got my pay, I went shopping on my way home. In the crowded supermarket, I lost my purse and my money was gone with it. I felt very angry and sad. We were not rich and the money was important to us. How could I tell my wife about it? I felt really sorry for losing the money. When I got home, I cleaned the house and prepared a nice meal. I hoped what I did could comfort(安慰)my wife. When she came back, she was surprised to see the clean house and the nice meal. Then I began to tell my story when were at table, but my wife didnt respond（反映）as if she had not heard my words. Maybe she was trying hard to hide her anger, I thought.“I have lost my pay.” I said to her again.“I see.” She didnt seem to be angry with me. For a moment, she said nothing but enjoyed the meal with me.“I have lost my money,” I couldnt help asking, “ Why dont you blame(责备)me?”“Oh, my dear,” she raised her head, looked at me and said, “Im thinking about how to comfort you. Its the thief who is to be blamed!”根据短文内容，判断句子正误，正确的写“A”,错误的写“B”（ ）71. In the supermarket I lost my purse and money.（ ）72. I cleaned the house because I liked doing it.( ) 73 .I told my story when my wife came back . （ ）74. My wife was surprised to see what I did.（ ）75. When my wife heard my story, she became very angry. B EverytimewhenIlookatthemoon,IwishIcouldgothere.Doyouwishyoucouldflytothemooninaspaceshiponeday?Forhundredsofyear,menhavewantedtotraveltothemoon.Whentheylookedatthemoon,theyaskedmanyquestions.Wasthemoonhotorcold?Werethereanyplantsorotherlivingthingsthere?Theyaskedmany,manyotherquestions.Somepeoplesaidtherewerelivingplantsonthemoon.Otherssaidnothingcouldlivetherebecausetherewasnoairorwateronthemoon. Weknowmuchaboutthemoonnow.Scientistshavestudiedthemoonformanyyearsandhavefoundoutmanyfacts.Notlongagospaceshipswithmeninthemflewtothemoon.Whatdoweknowaboutthemoon?Wefindthatthemoonismuchsmallerthantheearth.Itisaboutonequartersizeoftheearth.Itistravelingroundtheearthallthetime.Daysandnightsonthemoonareverylong.Onedayonthemoonisaslongastwoweeksontheearth.Onenightisalsoaslongastwoweeksontheearth.Inthedaythemoonisveryhot.Atnightitisverycold.Themoonismuchhotterandmuchcolderthantheearth. Thereisanothersurprisingthing.Onthemoon,thingsarenotasheavyastheyareontheearth.Isntthatinteresting!Perhapsonedaywecanalltraveltothemoon.Itmustbegreatfun.76.Therearenotanyplantsorotherlivingthingsonthemoonbecause_.A.thereisnoairthereB.theirisnowaterthereC.bothAandB77.Themoonis_theearth.A.muchsmallerthanB.muchbiggerthanC.aboutasbigas78.Onedayonthemoonisaslongas_ontheearth.A.oneweekB.twoweeksC.onemonth79.Themoonismuchhotterinthedayand_atnightthantheearth.A.muchhotterB.muchcolderC.ashotas80.Onthemoonthingsare_theyareontheearth.A.heavierthanB.lighterthanC.asheavyasC Dreamsmaybemoreimportantthansleep.Somepeopledontneedmuchsleep .Butweallneedtodream,scientistssay. Dreamstakeupaboutonequarterof oursleepingtime.Peoplehaveseveraldreamseachnight.Dreamsarelikeshort films.Theyareusuallyincolor.Somedreamsarelikeoldfilms.Theycometousoverandoveragain.Thatmaybebecausethedreamerisworryingabout something.Dreamingmaybeawayoftryingtofindananswer. Somepeoplegetnewideasabouttheirworkfromdreams.Theycouldhave beenthinkingabouttheirworkallday.Thesethoughtscancarryoverintodreams. Sometimeswewakeupwithagoodfeelingfromadream.Butoftenwecantrememberthedream.Dreamscandisappearquicklyfrommemory.Toomuch dreamingcanbeharmful.Themorewesleep,thelongerwedream.Themindis hardatworkingwhenwedream.Thatiswhywemayhavealongsleepandstill wakeuptired.81.Itmaybelessimportanttosleepthanto_.A.thinkB.dreamC.workD.study82.Dreamsandfilmsareusually_.A.verylongB.incolorC.aboutworkD.verysad83.Thepeopleoftendreamabouttheirworkbecause_.A.theyaretiredinthedaytimeB.theyarenotinterestedintheirworkC.theymaybethinkingabouttheirworkatallD.theyhavetoomuchworktodo84.Themainideaofthestoryisthat_.A.peopleneedtodreamB.peopleliketosleepC.dreamsarelikefilmsD.wealwaysrememberdreams85.Thetitleforthestorycouldbe_.A.TerribledreamsB.ThelongestsleepC.MemoryD.DreamsB卷（共50分）一、完成对话。在对话的空格中填上适当的单词，使对话完整正确。一空一词（含缩写词）。把答案按编号依次填入下方表格内。（共10小题，每题1分，计10分） A: Hello, Tommy! What are you going to do when you grow up? B: I want to be an 1 . A: Why? Are you good at sports? B: Yes, I love playing basketball very much. So I want to be a 2 basketball player. A: Oh, I see. If you become a professional basketball player, youll be very 3 . The people all over the world will know you. B: Yes, and I can 4 a lot of money. I will be very rich. A: But you will have some 5 , too. For example, people will watch you all the time and 6 you everywhere.B: It doesnt matter. I like that. Anything else?A: Your job will sometimes be dangerous. Its easy for you to get 7 .and maybe you cant go to college.B: Oh. Thats very terrible. But I wont 8 my mind. You know being a basketball player is my dream. If I dont do it now, Ill 9 do it.A: I wish your dream will come 10 .B: Thank you. .50.二、短文填空。用下面方框中单词的适当形式填入短文空格内，使短文意思正确、通顺（每词限用一次）。将答案按编号依次填入下方表格内。（共10小题，共10分）homework, study, later, sleep, lot, else, only, change, unusual, because, complain, play School children say they have too much pressure in their studies. They often 1 about the early start of school. School 2 starts at about 7:40 am. As a result, some of them often get 3 for school in wintertime and easily fall 4 during the class in spring. They usually have no weekends 5 because their parents always expect them to learn something 6 . Sometimes “endless exams and too much 7 have taken the place of the interesting sports. They find that 8 of Childrens palaces have been 9 into places for the money-making training classes.” Childrens wish for a fine atmosphere（氛围）for 10 and life. Lets work together to allow children to have a happy childhood。..9.10. 三任务型阅读。（共15小题，计15分）A）阅读排序。(每小题0.5分，共2.5分)One day, a boy found a turtle(龟) in his yard. He was so interested in it that he kept watching it .But he found that the turtle had all four legs and the head in its shell._1_ _2_ _3_4_5_ “turtles are like that,” said the uncle , “and people, too. You cant force(强迫) them to do anything . But if you first warm them up with some kindness, they will do what you want them to do. A. A few minutes later， the turtle felt warm。B. So the boy found a stick (枝条) and tried to make it open.C. It pushed out its head and legs and began to crawl (爬行).D. Then the uncle took the turtle into the house and put it on the sofa. E. The boys uncle saw what the boy was doing and told him not to do that. 12345 B）. 阅读排序 (每小题0.5分，共2.5分) Do you know the game “Rock, paper or scissors”? A. May be you think its just a simple game for children .But in fact, some adults use it to make decisions and solve their problems. B. Top players from around the word take part in the championship and the winner can get a lot of money and the honor of all the fans of “Rock, paper or scissors. C. In 1842, England founded the Paper Scissors Stone Club and from then on people could get together to play the game. There is even an international club named the World Rock Paper Scissors Club in Toronto. D. There are different stories about the history of the game. But many people believe the game came from Japan. and Japanese have played it for a long time. Later it came to Europe in the middle of the 18th century. E. The club makes “Rock, paper or scissors more and more popular. It holds the world championship(锦标赛) every year. 678910 C）根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出适当的选项补全短文，并将选项的字母编号依次填入题后横线上。（共5小题，每题1分，计5分） A hobby can be almost anything that a person likes to do in his free time. People can raise pets, watch birds, paint pictures, play the piano and grow flowers. 11 . They collect everything from books to butterflies and from boxes to stamps. People take up hobbies because these activities offer enjoyment, friendship and relaxtion, Hobbies help people relax after a long time of hard work, and provide a balance between work and play. Hobbies offer interesting activities for the old. Some hobbies can make a child grow as a person, develop his interest and help him learn new skills. 12 Doctors have found that hobbies are useful in helping patients recover from illness. Hobbies