2016～2017学年第一学期阶段性质量调研
八年级英语试题
（考试范围: 至牛津初中英语8上 Unit4）
注意事项：1．本试卷共8页，满分100分。考试时间90分钟。
2016.11
2．请将答案全部填写在第6—8页的答题纸上，在1-5页上答题无效．
第一卷（共62分）
一、听力（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
A) 听下面10段对话。每段对话后有1个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。
听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话读两遍。 1. What sport does the boy like best?
ABC
2. Why will the boy be late for the party?
A
BC
3. What place of interest did Tom go?
A
BC
4. When did the meeting begin?
09:30 A09:45 B10:00 C 5. Where is the boy’s father now? A. He is in the office. B. He is at home. C. He is in hospital. 6. How much does it cost Jack? A. 100 dollars. B. 50 dollars. C. 25 dollars. 7. When does the dialogue most probably take place? A. In winter. B. In autumn. C. In spring. 8. What has the boy done many times before?
A. He has jumped over the gate. B. He has swum across the river. C. He has climbed the tree.
9. What may make the room full of water?
A. His room had a power cut. B. He hit a pipe. C. The ceiling fell down. 10. What will they do then? A. They’ll have lunch. B. They’ll visit the restaurant. C. They’ll go home.
B）听对话或独白。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
佳选项。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读相关小题，每小题5秒钟。听完后，每小题你仍有5秒钟的时间来选择你认为最合适的答案。每段对话或独白读两遍。 听第一段对话，回答11—12小题。 11. What will the boy give a talk about? A. Chinese history. B. Chinese culture. C. Space science. 12. On which day is the library closed? A. Sunday. B. Wednesday. C. Friday. 听第二段材料，回答13—15小题。 The story of 13 about American cities ? Over 14 people live in New York. Many people dream about going there. ? Frank sings about it in his most popular song. The second largest city: ? It’s famous for its 15 . ? Randy sings about his feelings for it. Los Angeles 13. A. movies B. songs C. books 14. A. 88 million B. 18 million C. 8 million 15. A. weather B. games C. cinemas 听第三段材料，回答16—20小题。 16. What was Li Hong like before? A. Shy. B. Generous. C. Careless. 17. What was she afraid to do in the English classes? A. Listen to the teacher. B. Answer questions. C. Sing songs. 18. When did she begin to show interest in English? A. Five years ago. B. At the age of 15. C. After going to middle school. 19. How did she learn English in her free time? A. By reading English stories. B. By listening to English songs. C. By going to the English corner. 20. What does she hope to do? A. To teach English. B. To study abroad. C. To travel abroad.
The biggest city: New York 二、单项选择 （共12小题；每小题1分，满分12分）
从A、B、C、D四个选项中, 选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
21. It is _________ usual wish for most Chinese basketball fans to watch _________ NBA match. A. a; an B. an; a C. the; an D. an; the 22. — Mum, can you tell me how to use the cooker? — Oh, I’m busy now. Why not read the _________ yourself? A. information B. magazine C. instructions D. advertisements 23. — Did you enjoy the food at the party last night? — Yes. But it was _________ the food cooked by my mother. A. as good as B. better than C. not so good as D. nicer than 24. It’s better for us to share our sadness _________ others than to keep it _________ ourselves. A. with; for B. with; to C. to; for D. for; to 25. — This history book is very interesting. — _________. Most of the students in the class enjoy it very much. A. Instead B. Exactly C. Finally D. Possibly 26. — Li Lei, do you have a lot of time _________ after-school activities in China? — Of course. I am a member of the Football Club and often have a good time ________ football. A. to do; to practice B. doing; practicing C. to do; practicing D. doing; to practice
27. — We need to _________ a telephone in this office. — Why? Everyone has a mobile phone. A. put up B. put on C. put in D. put out 28. — Excuse me, can you tell me where the post office is? — It is at _________ side of the road, next to the hospital. A. another B. the other C. other D. others 29. — The places of interest in Beijing are more famous than _________ in Kunming. — Yes. But the weather in Kunming is better than _________ in Beijing. A. that; those B. those; that C. they; it D. ones; one 30. — Don’t keep the water running when you wash clothes. — _________. A. I’m afraid not B. I hope so C. Take it easy D. Sorry, I won’t 31. Mr. Wu looks as well as a young man. This sentence belongs to _________. A. S+V B. S+V+O C. S+V+P D. S+V+O+OC
32. What great fun the children had flying the kite on such a windy and warm day. “fun” in the
sentence is _________. A. adj. B. adv. C. v. D. n.
三、完形填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
After a day’s hard work, Alex decided to take a walk in the forest near his home to relax(放松) himself. Bu only after about five minutes, the sky became dark and the rain began to pour down. He had to 33 back home. When he got home, he was 34 through. “What terrible weather!” he complained.
His grandfather was standing by the window, looking outside. “Look, Alex!” he said. “The leaves of the trees are trembling(摇动) in the wind, making a pleasant(令人愉快的) 35 . This is a welcome rain for them. And the crops in the fields will grow 36 . The farmers will have a good harvest(收成). This is a 37 rain in fact. Do you think so, Alex?”
Alex thought what his grandpa said was reasonable(有道理的). “Yes, Grandpa,” he said.
“Listen, Alex!” Alex’s grandfather added. “The rain is beating against the window as if(似乎) it was playing 38 .”
After a little while the old man 39 . “No matter(无论) what a person does, he will meet with difficulties or unhappy things. Complaining is of 40 . Instead, we should face them bravely and think of good ways to deal with them. What you think bad maybe 41 for others or good for yourself next time. Is it true?”
Alex thought a lot about what his grandfather had said. “You’re right, Grandpa,” he said to his grandfather. “I’ll do 42 you told me.” 33. A. ride B. stay C. hurry D. hide 34. A. dirty B. dry C. cold D. wet 35. A. sound B. voice C. cry D. noise 36. A. worse B. better C. heavily D. slowly 37. A. timely B. heavy C. big D. boring 38. A. games B. tennis C. music D. cards 39. A. went out B. came in C. went on D. came on 40. A. importance B. meaning C. no hope D. no use 41. A. bad B. worse C. good D. better 42. A. as B. after C. because D. since