1、 20112012学年第一学期期中考试 八年级英语试题卷I听力部分（20分）一、听对话回答问题（10分）本部分共有10小题，每小题你将听到一段短对话，每段对话听两遍。听每段对话前，你将有时间阅读相关小题, 每小题5秒钟。( ) 1. Where do they talk?A. In the classroom. B.At home. C.In a shop.( ) 2. What are the man and the woman talking about?A. About the food.B.About the drink. C.About the work.( ) 3. Whens M
2、ike going to help Betty with her maths?A. This evening.B.This morning.C.Tomorrow morning.( ) 4. Whats the man perhaps going to do?A. To write a letter to Mr. White. B. To see Mr. White himself. C. To telephone Mr. White.( ) 5. When does school start?A. At 6:30 B. At 6:00 C. At 7:00( ) 6. Must the bo
3、y finish his work today?A. Yes, he must. B.No, he mustnt. C.No, he neednt.( ) 7. How many pandas are there in the zoo? A. Four. B. Three. C. Two.( ) 8. How does Betty usually come to school? A. On foot. B. By car. C. By bike.( ) 9.When did they have the sports meeting？ A. On April 13th. B. On April
4、14th. C. On April 15th.( ) 10. What does the mother think about her son? A. She thinks her son is a little too thin. B. She thinks her son is a little too fat. C. She thinks her son is very clever.二、听对话和短文回答问题 （10分）你将听到两段对话和一篇短文，各听两遍。听每段对话或短文前，你将有时间阅读相关小题，每小题5秒钟。听第一段对话，回答第1112小题。( ) 11. Why wont Ben
5、s father cook dinner? A. He is away on a business trip. B. He does not know how to cook. C. He wont come back home in time.( ) 12. What will Ben do later?A. He will go to a restaurant on his own.B. He will cook some noodles for himself.C. He will have dinner at the girls home.听第二段对话，回答第1315小题。( ) 13
6、.Why does Toms sister want to be a singer?A. Because she wants to be popular and famous.B. Because she thinks its interesting.C. Because she thinks its helpful.( ) 14. Who likes children and teaching?A. Toms sister does. B. Miss Wang does. C. Tom does.( ) 15. How many brothers and sisters does Tom h
7、ave?A. Two brothers and one sister.B. One brother and two sisters.C. One brother and one sister.听一篇短文，回答第1620小题。( ) 16. Where did Mike live? A. He lived in England. B. He lived in a town close to New York City. C. He lived in a small town outside Washington.( ) 17. Why did Mike do badly in his lesso
8、ns? A. He spent much time on football. B. He worked hard at his lessons. C. He liked to be at school.( ) 18. What did Mr. Clark do? A. He was a maths teacher. B. He played football that Sunday. C. He was a history teacher.( ) 19. When did Mr. Clark test his students? A. On Sunday. B. Before Christma
9、s. C. After New Year.( ) 20. Why was Mr. Clark angry?A. Because Mike didnt do well in the test.B. Because God knows the answers.C. Because God gets 100!II笔试部分（80分）一、单项填空 在A、B、C、D四个选项中, 选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。(本大题共15分，每小题1分)1. Zhang Hua was ill in _ hospital for two months. During that time his mother was in
10、 _hospital to look after him.A. a, the B. a , / C. /, the D. /, /2. _ advice it is! A. How great B. What greatC. How a great D. What a great3. -_ do you feed your pet? -Once a day.A. How long B. How much C. How often D. When4. Mr. Black wrote _ article（文章）for the Reading Club.A. a five-hundred-word
11、B. a five-hundreds-wordC. a five-hundred-words D. a five hundred words5. That dog is _ one of all.A. clever B. cleverestC. a cleverestD. the cleverest6. Dont _ meat _ the horse.A. feed, on B. feed, atC. feed, forD. feed, to7. -You should _ the umbrella with you. Its going to rain. - OK, Mum.A. take
12、B. bring C. to takeD. to bring8. -Tom, which is _ , Mille or Sandy?A. slim B. slimer C. slimmer D. slimmest9. It took the firemen（消防队员）six hours to _ the fire.A. put on B. put off C. put out D. put over10. The man usually has _ unhealthy food, so he is _ unhealthy.A. too much, too much B. much too,
13、much tooC. too much, much too D. much too, too much11. -Tom says the teacher may know the news. -No, she _, because nobody told her about it.A. may not B. mustnt C. neednt D. cant12. Im 1.63 metres tall. My friend Max is 1.69 metres tall. So Im _ him.A. as tall as B. not taller than C. not so short
14、as D. not so tall as13. My hometown is _ beautiful than his.A. very muchB. more muchC. much more D. very more14. I feel _ because I heard a _ noise. A. frightening, frightened B. frightening, frightening C. frightened, frightening D. frightened, frightened15. -Your dress is wonderful. - _ A. You are
15、 right. Thank you. B. Thank you. And you? C. Thank you. Im glad to hear that. D. No, no, yours is better. 二、完形填空先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意, 然后从下面四个答案中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。(本大题共10分，每小题1分）Once a man and his wife worked for an old man. There was a big box in the old mans living room. The old man pointed（指着）to the box a
16、nd said, “Theres only one thing you (1) do. Dont open the box.” (2) saying this, he left his home. The woman said to her husband, “There must be (3) expensive in the box. Lets open it, shall we?” Her husband said (4) to her. But the woman didnt give up her (5) . One day, she decided to find out (6)
17、was in it. Her husband didnt stop her. She opened the box and looked inside. To her surprise, she found nothing in the box. She tried hard to close it, but she (7) . That evening the old man came home and found the box was (8) . He was very (9) and asked the woman and her husband to leave his home.“
18、But there was nothing in the box,” the woman said, “We didnt take anything at all.” The old man (10) them, “The box is not important, but I cannot believe you. That is important.”1. A. may notB. mustntC. could notD. neednt2.A. AfterB. ForC. ByD. Before3.A. nothingB. everythingC. somethingD. anything
19、4.A. noB. yesC. goodbyeD. much5.A. workB. boxC. wayD. idea6.A .whichB. whatC. whoD. that7.A. didB. openedC. failedD. stopped8.A. lostB. openC. emptyD. broke9.A. generalB. happyC. carefulD. angry10.A. turned toB. listened toC. shouted atD. smiled at三、阅读理解阅读下面的短文，然后根据短文内容选出最佳选项。（本大题共10分，每小题1分） (A) Peo
20、ple began making clocks over 500 years ago. The first clocks had only one hand-the hour hand. At a later time the clocks had the minute hand. The first clocks were big and heavy. Some rich people had servants (仆人) to carry the clocks when they were out. Time passed and clocks became smaller. Bells b
21、ecame a part of some large clocks in cities and towns. They were for people unable to see the clock. Some clocks were in large towers（塔）. Some of them are 400 or 500 years old now. Big Ben in London is a very famous tower clock. Now many people have alarm clocks (闹钟) to wake them up to go to work or
22、 go to school. So clocks are the very important part of peoples life.( ) 1. People began to make clocks _ 500 years ago. A. less than B. for C. more thanD. without ( ) 2. At the beginning the clocks had _ . A. one hand B. two hands C. three hands D. four hands( ) 3. The famous Big Ben is in _ .A. En
23、gland B. America C. Canada D. France( ) 4. Bells were made for _ .A. the old people B. everyone C. the people unable to see the clock D. the children( ) 5. Alarm clocks can help people _ .A. work hard B. wake up C. see the time D. go to bed(B)Fast food restaurants are popular with many kinds of peop
24、le around the world, and they are popular with children, too. One reason is that many fast food restaurants now give people a toy with their meal. Most fast food restaurants make a series of toys, usually about six, for people to collect. The collectors are not only children-many adults also enjoy c
25、ollecting the toys. Some people collect the toys over many years. The toys are from dolls and soft toys like Teddy bears to model cars, trucks and electronic toys such as Tamagochis. Some of the older toy collections are worth a lot of money today. There are now several websites(网站) where collectors
26、 can buy and sell the toys, or chat about their collections online with other collectors.( ) 6. What is the main idea of the passage?A. Many people today enjoy collecting toys from fast food restaurants.B. People can buy and sell toys on the Internet.C. People around the world love to eat fast food.
27、D. Fast food restaurants are popular because people like their toys.( ) 7. Where do many people buy and sell their toys in the passage? A. At meetings. B. In the fast food restaurants. C. On the Internet. D. At school.( ) 8. Which kind of toy is NOT in the passage? A. Electronic toys. B. Toy boats.
28、C. Dolls. D. Teddy Bears.( ) 9. From the passage you know are popular around the world now. A. toys B. fast food restaurants C. Teddy bears D. collections( ) 10. Which of the following is true? A. Many fast food restaurants give free meals to children. B. Some restaurants give electronic toys like C
29、D players. C. Some of the toys from fast food restaurants are worth lots of money. D. Six types of fast food restaurants give away toys. 四、单词拼写 (本大题共10分，每小题1分)(A) 根据句意和汉语注释写出单词的适当形式。1. I dont understand, can you _ (重复) it?2. The trip to Xinjiang is _ (令人愉快的). Well never forget it.3. You can read the
30、se _ (杂志) in the reading-room.4. Its very important to have a good _ (记忆力) when you learn a language.5. Tom is an _ (诚实的) boy, we all like him.(B) 根据句意写出括号内所给单词的适当形式。6. Simon is very _ (cheer) and he is happy all day.7. The boy is 1.55 metres in _ (high) .8. Do you know the _ (speak) names?9. We use
31、 _ (brush) to brush fish tanks.10. Doctor King, I feel even _ (bad) now.五、动词填空用括号内所给动词的适当形式填空 (本大题共10分，每小题1分)1. The teacher often makes his students _ (laugh) in his class.2. I saw a boy _ (play) football in the street when I came here.3. Look! He _ (wait) for us at the school gate.4. We _ (spend) t
32、hree hours shopping yesterday.5. Tom with his grandparents _ (do) housework every Sunday.6. I dont know how _ (talk) to my new friends.7. We found a dog _ (lie) at the school gate this morning. 8. He is very fat because of _ (eat) lots of sweet snacks.9. Daniel put on his coat and _ (leave) for scho
33、ol.10. It is very important _ (not give) your goldfish too much food.六、首字母填空 根据所给字母提示填写对话中所缺的单词 （本大题共5分，每格0.5分）A: Who is the boy o 1 your right?B: Oh, this is Simon. He is good at schoolwork. I think he is very h 2 , he is always w 3 to help us with lessons.A: Yes, I see. B: He is one of the most h
34、4 boys in my class. He is tall and s 5 . He does well in PE.A: W 6 do your teachers think of him?B: They all say hes generous and p 7 . Hes ready to share things with others andn 8 says a bad w 9 about anyone.A: He is really a good student. We must l 10 from him.B: Yes. You are right. 七、完成句子 按所给的汉语，
35、用英语完成下列句子，每空填一词(本大题共10分,每格0.5分)1. 小心不要把汤泼到你的外套上。Be careful not to 1 the soup 2 your coat .2. 我们期待着再一次见到你。We are looking 3 to 4 you again. 3. 每天给宠物们干净的水是有必要的。Its 5 6 give pets clean water every day. 4. 当你离开教室的时候务必确保窗户是关着的。 7 8 the windows are closed when you leave the classroom.5. 我不知道他昨晚出了什么事。I dont
36、 know what 9 10 11 last night.6. 她总是面带微笑。She always 12 13 14 15 16 17 .7. 我认为潜水是所有运动中最危险的。 I think diving is 18 19 20 of all the activities.八、书面表达：（10分） 根据中文提示，以“My best friend”为题写一篇英语短文。要求：语言流畅，条理清晰，词数不少于70词。要点：1. Mary是我最好的朋友。2. 她出生在1995年9月12日，你可能不会相信她和我同一天生日。3. 她长得好看，有两只大眼睛，圆圆的脸，很可爱。 4. 她很有幽默（humour）感，常讲笑话，与她在一起时从不会无聊。 5. 她想当社会工作者，她说将来要帮助更多有需要的人。 My best friend
