目标英语八级下学期期中英语试题

1、.八年级下学期英语期中试题听力部分(20分)第一题 情景反应 （每小题1分，共5分）这一大题共有5个小题，每小题你将听到一句话。请你从A、 B、 C 三幅图片中选出与所听到的信息相关联的一项，并将其字母标号填入题前的括号内。第二题 对话理解 （每小题1分，共5分）这一大题共有5个小题，每小题你将听到一组对话和一个问题。请你从A、B、C三个选项中选出一个最佳选项，并将其字母标号填入题前的括号内。( )6. A. Thin. B. Fat. C. Short.( )7. A. Math. B. P.E. C. Gym.( )8. A. Shes too busy. B. Shes too shy.

2、 C. Shes too worried.( ) 9. A. Yes, she did. B. No, she didnt. C. No, she doesnt.( )10. A. Plays table tennis. B. Plays basketball. C. Plays tennis.第三题 语篇理解 （每小题2分，共10分）这一大题你将听到一段对话。请你根据对话内容和所提出的5个问题，从A、B、C三个选项中选出一个最佳选项，并将其字母标号填入题前的括号内。( )11. What is Meimei doing ? A. Reading a book. B. Writing a le

3、tter. C. Writing an e-mail.( )12. Where does Meimeis pen pal live ? A. In Australia. B. In America. C. In Canada.( )13. What did Meimei use to do at weekends ?A. She used to take computer lessons.B. She used to do endless (无数的) homework and have classes.( )14. What can Meimei do in the evening now ?

4、A. Watch news on TV or listen to music.B. Read newspapers or listen to music.C. Watch news on TV or read newspapers.( )15. What time can Meimei go to bed now ? A. At 11:00 pm. B. At 10:00 pm. C. At 11:30 pm.笔试部分（80分）一、单项选择：（15分）( )1.- _do you improve your listening? - I improve it _ listening to tap

5、es.A. How; with B: What; with C: How; by D. What; by( )2. He must be in the room, because the light in the room is _ .A. in B. on C. off D. open( )3. I got an A this term, so my teacher was _ A. to impress B. impress C. impressing D. impressed( )4. _ seems that Jane has known the bad news.A. She B.

6、It C. This D. That( )5. All of us were _ at the _ news.A. frustrating, frustrating B. frustrating, frustrated C. frustrated, frustrating D. frustrated, frustrated( )6. Jack likes playing _ soccer, but he doesnt like playing _ piano.A. /, / B. the. / C. the, the D. /, the( )7. When we practice speaki

7、ng English, we often end up _ in Chinese.A. to speak B. speaking C. spoken D. speak( )8. It is impolite to _ those persons in trouble.A. laugh to B. laugh with C. laugh of D. laugh at( )9. If you dont know how to spell a new word, youd better _ . A. look up a dictionary B. look up an dictionaryC. lo

8、ok it up in a dictionary D. look it up in an dictionary( )10. Jane is so shy that she is afraid of _ in front of a group.A. speak B. speaks C. spoke D. speaking( )11. My grandfather _ us stories when I was young.A. was used to tell B. is used to telling C. used to tell D. used to telling( )12. Steve

9、 used to be quiet, but now he is _ .A. outgoing B. more quickly C. noisy D. quieter( )13. Most Chinese children like to sleep with their mother. They are _ the dark. A. interested in B. afraid C. terrified of D. sure of( )14. I had a little trouble _ English grammar.A. learn B. learned C. learning D

10、. to learn( )15. Chen Hui was chewing gum _ .A. anyway B. all the time C. all time D. all the same二、完形填空：（10分）My parents took me to Japan when I was little. I lived there for five years. _ I came back, my Japanese was very good. “Can I do something useful with my Japanese?” I asked myself. Then, one

11、 day last spring, I got a good opportunity(机会). Everyone was afraid of SARS, so I stayed at home with _ to do. My father brought me a Japanese book. “Why dont you translate it into Chinese? It will be better than _ computer games all day.” I promised(许诺) to do 2,000 words each day. But _ I found it

12、was hard to keep the promise. One day in May, the weather was beautiful. But I couldnt go out. Those 2,000 words were still _ me. After translating only three pages, I already lost interest in the book. I looked at it for a long time. But I couldnt make myself turn the pages. How wished I could just

13、 go outside and _ football with my friends! I counted the words again and again. I just wanted to give up. I felt as if two people were fighting _ my mind. One said, “Dont give up! Keep working hard, and youll do well!” But then the other one said, “Go and play! It will be more _than translating. Do

14、 your work tomorrow.” I stood up and would _ the computer. But then I remember _my parents had told me: “Whatever you do, dont stop halfway.” So I sat down and went on with it.( )1. A. Because B. Until C. Since D. When( )2. A. nothing B. something C. everything D. anything( )3. A. be played B. playi

15、ng C. played D. plays( )4. A. just then B. right now C. soon D. suddenly( )5. A. talking to B. looking at C. smiling at D. waiting for( )6. A. play B. give C. buy D. watch( )7. A. in B. with C. about D. for( )8. A. fun B. important C. useful D. dangerous( )9. A. turn on B. turn off C. open D. close(

16、 )10. A. how B. where C. which D. what三、阅读理解：（30分）AWhen you are learning English, you find it not clever to put an English sentence, word for word, into your own language. Take the sentence “How do you do?” as an example. If you look up each word in the dictionary, one at a time, what is your transl

17、ation? It must be a wrong sentence I your own language. Language do not just have different sounds, they are different in many ways. Its important to master(掌握) the rules(规则) for word order in the study of English, too. If the sentences put words in a wrong order, the listeners cant understand the s

18、peakers sentences easily. Sometimes when the order is changed, the meaning of the sentence doesnt change. Lets see the difference between the two pairs of sentences.“She only likes apples.” “Only she likes apples.” “Ive seen the film already.” “I have already seen the film.” When you are learning En

19、glish, you must do your best to get the spirit(精神实际) of the language and use it as the English speakers do.( )1. From the passage we know that _ when we are learning English.A. we shoulnt put every word into our own languageB. we shouldnt look up every word in the dictionary C. we need to put every

20、word into our own language D. we must read word by word( )2. The writer thinks it is _ in learning English. A. difficult to understand different sounds B. possible to remember the word orderC. important to master the rules in different way D. easy to master the rules for word order( )3. We can learn

21、 from the passage that _ .A. the meaning of an English sentence always changes with the order of the words B. the order of words can never change the meaning of an English sentence C. sometimes different order of words has a different meaningD. if the order of words is different, the meaning of the

22、sentence must be different( )4. “She only likes apples,” _ A. is the same as “Only she likes apple”. B. is different from “Only she likes apple”.C. means “She likes fruit except apples”. D. means “She doesnt like apples”.( )5. Which is the best title for this passage? A. Different Orders, Different

23、Meanings B. How to speak English? C. How to Put English into Our Own Language? D. How to Learn English?B Pets are a part of peoples lives. Some pets are like family. In these days, many people have pets at home and spend a lot of money improving their lives. In fact, in some parts of the world, pets

24、 get real VIP treatment(待遇). VIP usually means Very Important People, but here VIP means Very Important Pets! When you want to give Fido or Kitty a holiday, or when you are going away on business, you can exercise inside or outside, and cats have a large place with something to climb on and play wit

25、h. The guests get the best food during their stays at these hotels. There are other special services at these hotels. Imagine you are traveling and you want to see your pet: the hotel can put a video camera in the pets room. So you can see your Fido or Kitty on TV. The hotels usually have good groom

26、ers(美容师): They often bath and take the best hair care for the pets. But you need to make an appointment because people are usually very busy taking care of pets.1. Whats the new meaning of “VIP” in this passage? 2. According to this passage, where can you put your pet when you are away on business?

27、3. What does “Fido” stand for(代表) here? 4. How can you see your pet during your traveling? 5. Why need you make an appointment when you want a good groomer for your pet? CMr Ellis is very old. He has seen many changes in his hometown. He knows that things are different now. But he never forgets the

28、old days. He often talks about his favorite birds, the robins(一种小鸟 知更鸟). “When I was a boy, these houses were not here. These were wild fields and tall trees. Every spring the robins would come. Thousands of them would fly up to the south. They spent the winter in the south. Some would build their n

29、ests(巢)in the trees near our houses. Then people started to cut down trees, and they built more houses. The robins stopped coming. They couldnt build their nests near our houses because there were no trees.”“Now there are too many houses and too many roads. There are no places for the robins. They d

30、o not come any more.”( )1. Mr Ellis often talks about _ . A. his old house . B. the old days C. his life now D his family( )2. The birds, the robins spent the winter in _ . A. the south B. the west C. the north D. the east( )3. _ built the nests in the trees.A. Mr Ellis B. Some people C. The robins

31、D. Some dogs( )4. Then people _ trees because they wanted to build some houses.A. cut down B. planted C. bought D. watered( )5. From the passage we can know that_ .A. Mr Ellis likes his new life nowB. there were many houses there in the old daysC. the robins can make their nests without treesD. Mr E

32、llis is not happy with the changes there四、补全对话：( 5分)A: Have you finished your homework?B: _1_ Exercise Three is very difficult. A: Don't worry. I'll help you.B: _2_ But I think I can do it myself. Could you lend me your English- Chinese dictionary?A: _3_. Here you are.B: Thanks a lot. Is Mis

33、s Gao in the office?A: Oh, no. She's out at the moment.B: Where is she? Do you know? _4_.A: I think she's at the library. She told me she wanted to borrow some books.B: _5_. A. Of course. B. Then I'll have to wait for her. C. Not yet. D. It's very kind of you. E. I have some questions to ask her.五同义句转换。（10分）1. Todays meeting was less important.Todays meeting was