八年级下册期中考试试题

1、八年级下册英语半期考试试题（时间：120分钟 总分：130分）第一部分 听力部分（共两节，满分20）第一节(共5小题，每小题1分，满分5分)听下面5段对话，每段对话后有一小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳答案。（ ）1. What will be fewer? A. Buildings B. Lakes C. Birds ( ) 2. What will there be in their school? A. An English class B. A basketball match C. Running games ( ) 3. What are they going to

2、do this Sunday?A. Go sightseeing B. Go bike riding C. Go fishing ( ) 4. What did the girl do yesterday?A. She had a math test. B. She had an English test.C. She had a Chinese test. ( ) 5. Whats the matter with the man?A. He cant send an e-mail. B. His girlfriend is angry with him.C. He doesnt want t

3、o write a letter.第二节(共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分)听下面54段对话，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答案。听第6段材料，回答第6至第8三个小题。( )6. Who will do the work in the future？ A. Robots. B. Computers. C. A few people( )7. Were will the students learn？ A. At school. B. On the moon C. At home on computers.( )8. Were will people go

4、 to take vacations?A. To the earth B. To the moon C. To the sea听第7段材料，回答第9至第11三个小题。（ ）9. Whats wrong with Tom?A. He has a headache. B. He has a toothache. C. He has a backache.( ) 10. What does Tom want to be? A. A basketball player B. A volleyball player C. A football player( ) 11. Who will ask Tom

5、 to help? A. His teacher B. His parents C. His friend听第8段材料，回答第12至第15四个小题。（ ）12. Who will have a birthday party this weekend? A. Wang Tao B. Li Ming C. Lily( ) 13. What should Lily wear for the party? A. A T-shirt and jeans B. A dress C. A skirt( ) 14. What gift should Lily buy? A. A pen B. A bike C

6、. A ball or a book ( ) 15. When will they meet?A. At three oclock this afternoonB. At nine oclock tomorrow morningC. At three oclock tomorrow afternoon 听第9段材料，回答第16至第20五个小题。（ ）16.Who got a toothache last week? A. Nicole B. Nicole mother C. Nicole father ( ) 17. What did Nicole get today? A. A report

7、 card B. A letter C. A pen ( ) 18. Who said that Nicole was great?A. Nicoles English teacher B. Nicoles Chinese teacher C. Nicoles music teacher ( ) 19. What did Nicoles math teacher say?A. He said that Nicole could do better.B. He said that Nicole was lazy.C. He said that Nicole was hard-working.(

8、) 20. Was Nicole better at listening and reading? A. Yes, she was. B. No, he wasnt C. We dont know.第二部分 基础知识运用（ 共两节，满分25分）第一节：单项选择 （共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分）( ) 21. - _ will you come back?- In an hour. A. How soon           B. How often  

9、0;    C. How far         D. How long ( ) 22. If there are _cars, the air in our city will be _ cleaner. A. less; more   B. fewer; more   C. fewer; much   D. much; more ( ) 23. There _a football match and a baseball

10、match this weekend. A. will have   B. will be    C. are     D. is going to have( ) 24. -Look at the newspaper. What _ news! Bin Laden was killed by Americans. - Really? I am greatly _. A. surprise; surprising  B. surprised, surprising C. surprising;

11、surprised    D. surprise, surprising ( ) 25. -Did you see a girl in white pass by just now?-No, sir. I _ a newspaper.A. read  B. was reading  C. am reading  D. would read( ) 26. -We can use QQ to talk with each other on the Internet. - Really? Will you please show me _? A. h

12、ow to use it    B. what to use it C. how can I use it    D. what can I use it ( ) 27. There are _ teachers in our school and _ of them are women teachers.A. hundreds of, three hundreds    B. hundred of, three hundred C. hundreds of, three hundred  &#

13、160; D. hundred of, three hundreds( ) 28. All of the classmates went to the park _ Lewis. He had to look after his weak mother at home. A. only B. except C. beside D. besides ( ) 29.- Could you tell me if Ms. Liu _ to Chongqing? - Sure. If she _, I'll call you. A. comes, will come  

14、60; B. will come, comes C. comes, comes      D. will come, will come( ) 30. Listen! I hear some birds _ the tree.A. sing in B. singing in B. sing on D. singing on( ) 31. I like the movie named Cast Away. It tells us a man who lives_ on a small _ island. A

15、. alone; lonely  B. alone; alone   C. lonely; lonely     D. lonely; alone( ) 32. Can you help me to send a _ to Tom? A. message   B. news      C. information      D. something( ) 33. Davids friend dont wan

16、t to _ _any money to him, because he never returns anything he _ from them. A. lend, lends B. lend, borrows C. borrow, lends D. borrow, borrows( ) 34. He is worried, because he has no money to the debts(债务)。 A. take B. pay for C. spend on D. cost( ) 35. -Will people work in the future?- _. Robots wi

17、ll only do some of the work for people.A. Yes, they will B. Yes, they wont C. No, they will D. No, they won第二节：完形填空 （共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分） Are you nervous when you stand in the front of the public? Are you afraid to make a speech? Li Jun, a middle school boy, felt shy when he was making

18、a speech the other day. Li had thought it would be quite easy to speak in front of 36 classmates. “I was wrong. It was very different and much 37 than talking to my classmates during playtime.” Li said. “I tried, but it was very difficult to speak. I felt like a mute(哑巴) and wanted to leave the clas

19、sroom 38. Li is not alone. Many middle school students now have the same 39 : they can talk about their ideas freely 40 their friends after class, but cant speak in public. According to Zhou Hong, a teacher from a university, the main reason is that in China pay more attention to writing instead of

20、41 . Zhou hopes schools can give students more chances to open their 42 , such as speech competitions, English corners and class discussions. Students can join in any one they want to. 43 he also gives some advice to students. “During your free time you should 44 more. When youre speaking in public,

21、 take it easy. Just imagine youre talking to nobody and speak up your ideas clearly,” Zhou said. “ That 45 a fine public speech and youll feel confident.”( ) 36. A. her B. my C. your D. his( ) 37. A. harder B. easier C. better D. later( ) 38. A. slowly B. quickly C. sadly D. happily( ) 39. A. answer

22、 B. subject C. problem D. question( ) 40. A. except B. beside C. from D. with( ) 41. A. listening B. speaking C. reading D. singing( ) 42. A. mouths B. eyes C. minds D. hearts( ) 43. A. But B. So C. And D. Or( ) 44. A. play B. practice C. write D. watch( ) 45. A. reports B. keeps C. hears D. makes第三

23、部分 阅读理解（ 共20小题，每题2分，满分40分）AIt was Christmas，and there was a big party in the houseGuests（客人）came and went，but the party went onThen the bell rangSeveral people shouted:“ Come in!” and a small man opened the front door and came inNobody knew him，but the host went to meet him and took him to the bar f

24、or a drinkThe man sat there happily for an hour and a half and drankThen suddenly he stopped and looked at the host（主人）“Do you know，”he said，“Nobody invited me to this partyI dont know you，I dont know your wife and I dont know any of your guestsMy wife and I wanted to go out in our car, but one of y

25、our guests cars was in front of our gate，so I came here to find him，and my wife is waiting in our car for me to come back!”( ) 46There was _in the house Aa New Years party Ba birthday party Can evening party Da Christmas party( ) 47While the small man was staying in the house，he was _Adancing Bdrink

26、ing Cshouting Dtalking( ) 48How long did the small man stay at the party?AFor an hour BFor half an hour CFor 90 minutes DFor a while( ) 49Why did the small man go to the party?AHe wanted to have a drinkBHe wanted to find the man who stopped the car in front of his gateCHe wanted to make friends with

27、 themDHe wanted to see his old friend( ) 50Who was the small man?AThe hosts guest BThe hosts wifes guestC. One of the guests friends DNo one knew himBMy friend is a taxi driven He has been a taxi driver for ten years. Its a nice job most of the time. He can meet a lot of people. He always works at n

28、ight because there is too much traffic during the day. He usually goes home between 1 and 3 oclock in the morning. There are some very strange things，which happen at night. One day my friend was taking a woman home from a party at 3 in the morning. She had her little dog with her. When they got to h

29、er house，she found that she had lost her key. So my friend waited in the car with the dog while she climbed in through the window.My friend waited and waited. After half an hour of ringing the bell，he decided to find out what was going on. He tied the dog to a tree and started to climb in through th

30、e window. At that moment some policemen came. They thought my friend was a thief. Luckily the woman came downstairs. She must have gone to sleep and forgotten about my friend and the dog.( ) 51.Why does the driver always work at night?A. Because it is easier to drive.B. Because it is easier to climb

31、 in through the window.C. Because it is easier to make moneyD. Because it is easier to meet a lot of people.( ) 52. Why did the woman climb in through the window?A. Because she wanted to have a rest.B. Because her husband didnt open the door for her.C. Because she didnt want to pay the money.D. Beca

32、use she couldnt find her key.( ) 53.When did the story happen?A. Early in the morning. B. Late at night.C. At lunchtime. D. At suppertime.( ) 54. Which of the following is NOT true?A. The driver worked until between 1 and 3 oclock in the morning.B. The policemen made a mistake.C. The woman had no mo

33、ney to pay.D. The woman had forgotten about the driver and the dog.( ) 55.What did the driver climb in through the window for?A. Getting money from the woman.B. Phoning the police.C. Returning the dog to the woman.D. Seeing what happened in the house.CRecently, many people have begun to try a new wa

34、y of doing shopping through the Internet. They are very interested in it. Why is it becoming more and more popular now? There are some reasons. First, more and more people have their own computers and their computers can be joined with the Internet. So it is possible for many of them to do shopping

35、through the Internet. Second, shopping through the Internet can save them some money and a lot of time. Third, they don't need to go to the shop themselves. Because of these good facts, few people refuse it.On the other hand, some people don't like this new way of shopping. They are worried

36、about the safety of shopping online. Customers(顾客)can only see the pictures of a product on the Internet. And they can't enjoy the pleasure of buying things in a large supermarket or a wonderful shopping center. These are the reasons why they do not like it.But I think more and more people will

37、like this new kind of shopping in the future.( ) 56. Many people are interested in _ online.A. watching TV B reading C. studying D. shopping( )57. From the first paragraph，we know _. A. no one likes buying things online B. more and more people don't like shopping through the Internet C. shopping

38、 on the Internet is more and more popular D. There are no advantages about shopping on the Internet( ) 58. People like doing shopping on the Internet because it can _. A. save their money and time B. help them make a lot of money C. be very easy D. help them save time( ) 59. Some people don't li

39、ke shopping online because they_.A. have to pay more money B. must send their money first online C. don't have enough time D. are worried about the safety of shopping online( )60. What's the best title(题目)of this passage? A. Why don't people like going shopping? B. Shopping through the I

40、nternet is very popular. C. How do people shop with little money? D. Chinese people don't like shopping on the Internet.D1970 was “World Conservation(保护自然资源) Year”The United Nations wanted everyone to know that the world is in dangerThey hoped that governments would act quickly in order to conse

41、rve nature Here is one example of the problemAt one time there were 1300 kinds of plants in Holland（荷兰）but now only about 860 The others have been destroyed by modern man and his technology（技术）We are changing（改变） the earth，the air and everything that grows and livesWe can't live without these th

42、ingsIf it goes on like this，we will destroy ourselves What will happen in the future? The people who will be living in the world of tomorrow are the young of todayA lot of them know that conservation is necessaryMany are helping to save our world In a small town in the United States a large group of

43、 girls cleaned the bank of eleven kilometer of their river Young people may hear about conservation through a record called "NO One's Gonna Change Our World"It was made by the Scatles，Cliff Richard and other singersThe money from it will help to conserve wild animals( ) 61. Now there a

44、re about kinds of plants in Holland.A. 860 B. 1,300 C. 1,970 D. 2,160( ) 62. The word “this” in the first paragraph means .A. the UN wanted everyone to know that the world is in danger.B. now there are fewer plants in Holland.C. we are changing the things that grow and live on the earth.D. we cant l

45、ive without these things( ) 63. In a small town in the United States, cleaned the banks of 11 kilometers of the river.A. the government B. the Scatles C. Cliff Richard D. a number of girls( ) 64. The money from the record will help to .A. plant trees B. protect(保护) wild animals C. change the earth D

46、. build bridges( ) 65. The main idea of this article is that .A. the young should protect natureB. the world of tomorrow will be worse than that of todayC. we should do something mow to save the world in dangerD. modern man destroys so many things 第四部分 写作 （15分）假如你是把八年级一班的班长李华，针对班级最近出现的不良现象，请你以“No pa

47、ins, No gains( 一分耕耘， 一分收获)” 为题，做一次班级演讲（80词左右），内容包括：不良现象：很多同学不爱学习，懒散；贪玩，沉迷网络游戏、小说，喜欢看电视；抄袭作业成风等。危害：对学习没兴趣、成绩下降；影响未来等。倡导：认真听讲、努力学习、多花时间在学习上、多于同学交流等No pains, No gainsDear students,_ _ _ _ _ _ _ 加试卷（共三节，满分30分）第一节 词语填空（共10个小题，每题1分，共10分）用方框中所给词的适当形式填空，使短文正确、通顺、连贯（每词限用一次）shoe stand use feel pick need old f

48、oot clear smallOne day, while I was sitting in my car in a parking area, I noticed a young boy in front of my car. “What is the boy doing?” I asked myself and looked closely. “Oh, he is 66 up a coin from the ground.” When he 67 up, we saw each other 68 . He is not 69 than ten and was wearing one blu

49、e glove and one brown glove. His coat was too 70 for him. As he walked away, I saw his 71 , which were too old to wear. I rolled down my window and called him over. I asked him if he 72 some money. He replied, “ No, thats ok.” The parking area was wet, and I could tell him that his 73 were cold because he kept moving his weight from one foot to the other. “Please,” I held out a five-dollar bill. “ Its not much, but the money is shared, it is much more 74 ,” I said. He