八年级英语第一学期期中考试试卷
听力部分（20分）
I.听句子，选出你所听到的单词、短语或句子。
1. A. Useful B. Helpful C. Wonderful 2. A. Look at B. Knock at C. Lock at 3. A. From time to time B. From now on C. On time
4. A. The boy finished his homework on the bed B. The boy didn’t finish his work in the end
C. The boy finished his homework in the end
5.A. I have lived in Canada for fourteen years. B. I have lived in Canada for four years.
C.I have loved the food in Canada for years. II.听句子，选择最恰当的应答语。
6. A. It’s delicious B. It’s exciting C. It’s strong 7. A. The great one B. The big one C. The red one 8. A. About 3 years B .Once a week C. Since last year
9. A. I read a book B.I am going to fish C. I have seen it before 10. A. Since 1998 B. Last year C. In a big city. III.听对话及问题，选出正确的选项。
11.A.Reading B. Smoking C. Doing sports 12.A.Thank you B. You’re welcome C. Great 13.A.Do homework B. Talk loudly C. Keep quiet 14.A. Friendly B. Beautiful C. Creative
15.A. Stay up studying B. Have a good rest C. Pretend to be ill IV.听短文，根据其内容选出一个最佳选项。
16.In Bruce’s opinion ,what is the best time to swim ? A. June B. July C.August
17.What is yesterday’s temperature? A. About 23℃ B. about
32℃ C.About 35℃
18.Who is good at swimming? A. Jim B. Tom C. Bruce 19.What did they mainly do yesterday afternoon ?
A. They did their homework together. B. They swam in the river. C. They played football along the river. 20. When did they go back home?
A. At about six o’clock. B. At about seven o’clock. C. At about eight o’clock.
笔试部分（100分） I.单项选择（20分）
21. ---_______does your mother watch the Talk show? ---Once a week. A. How long B. How often C. How son D. How many 22.It’s bad for your eyes _____computer games too much. A. plays B. to play C. play D. to playing 23.Timmy tells me that you have read _____on the Internet. A. something amazing B. anything amazing C. amazed something D. amazed anything
24.Can you finish ____the book in about a week? A. read B. reading C. to read D. reads
2 5.Do you mind my ______the door. It’s cold outside. A. close B. closing C. closes D. closed
26.---Why do you like The Legend of Phoenix(凤凰传奇)_____? ---Because they choose songs ____. A. best; the most careful B. most; the most careful
C. best; the most carefully D. most; the most carefully 27.He is fat because he eats junk food.
A. much too, too much B. too much, much too C. too much, too much D. much too, much too
28. did you go vacation? — I went to Shanghai. A. What, for B. When, on C. Where, on D. Where, for
29.She isn’t as ______ as her sister Mary.
A. more seriously B. more serious C. serious D. seriously
30.----_____ do you ______ the Blue Moon ?----- The worst in the city. A. How ; think of B. How ;think about C. What ; like D. What ;think of 31. He is not ______ to go to school.
A. enough old B. old enough C. enough young D. young enough 32.._____ she is young ,______ she plays the piano very well. A. Although; but B. But ; although C. Although ; / D. But ; /
33.—Is this schoolbag different ____ that one? —No. That schoolbag is the same ______ this one.
A．as；from B．with；as C．from；with D．from；as
34.I finished ________ the first book last week.I plan ________ the second one this week.
A．reading；to read B．to read；reading C．reading；reading D．to read；to read 35.Our city is becoming _____ . A. more and most beautiful B. more beautiful and more beautiful
C. more and more beautiful D. beautiful and beautiful 36.Jane is______ high school student in the United States.
A. a 18-year-old B. a 18-years-old C. an 18-year-old D. 18-years-old 37. --- Did they _____ a great time yesterday ? --- Yes. They enjoyed ________. A. have; them B. had; they C. have; themselves D. take; myself 38.Shu-how Lin is now one of ______ basketball players in the NBA.
A. popular B. more popular C. the most popular D. most popular 39.In our city, it’s _____ in July, but it is even _____ in August. A. hotter, hottest B. hot; hot C. hotter; hot D. hot; hotter
40.It was raining heavily. Mary felt cold, so she stood _____ to her mother. A. close B. closely C. closed D. closing II.完形填空。(每小题1分，共10分)
Susan was Cindy's best friend，but now things are different. Cindy is a member of Purple Girls Club and the club has some__41__about what kinds of friends each
member should have. Susan isn't very__42__and doesn't wear cool clothes，so she can't be in the club.
Last Friday Cindy took the __43_．Three days later，her mom said to her，“Cindy，you didn't pass your math test this time，and you did__44__in other subjects than before. Why? You were__45__a very good student！” her mom said.
After__46__her mom's words，Cindy felt sad. The activities of the club made her have__47__time to study. The girls got together almost every day to watch movies or go shopping.
Then Cindy asked her friends in the club to help her__48_her studies. But they all refused(拒绝)．
Then Cindy's mom took her to Susan's house. Cindy said__49__to Susan，and Susan was glad to help Cindy.
Now Cindy has a new rule for __50_．It's that a friend who gives a helping hand is a true friend.
( )41.Apetitions B．rules C．activities D．games ( )42.Amon B．meaningless C．loud D．pretty ( )43.A.tests B．hobbies C．actions D．seats ( )44.A.better B．harder C．worse D．more ( )45.A.once B．just C．only D．already ( )46.A.wondering B．hearing C．describing D．learning ( )47.A.much B．few C．little D．any ( )48.A.with B．about C．inside D．below ( )49.A.no B．goodbye C．sorry D．thanks ( )50A.telling stories B．playing sports C．playing games D．making friends
III.阅读理解（每小题2分，共20分） A篇
Bruno was a boy of eight. His father worked in a cinema and his mother worked in a shop. He lived not far from his school. He always walked there and walked home. On his way to school, he had to pass a playground. It was very wet after it rained. One day, when he got home, his clothes were all wet. His mother became angry(生
气的)and said, “Don’t play in the water on your way home from school!” On the next day Bruno came home with wet and dirty(脏的)clothes. His mother became even angrier. “I’ll tell your father if you come back wet again,” said his mother. “He’ll punish(惩罚)you, you know.”
The third day the little boy was dry when he came home.
“You’re a good boy today”, his mother said happily. “You didn’t play in the water.”
“No,” the boy said unhappily. “There were too many older boys in the water when I got there this afternoon. There wasn’t any room(空地方)for me at all!”
根据文章内容选择正确答案
51.Bruno went to school every day. A. by bike by car D. on foot
52.The playground was between(在……之间) A. two classrooms B. the cinema and shop C. Bruno’s house and school D. the shop and Bruno’s school 53. The little boy liked to play on the playground . A. when it snowed
B. when there was some water there
B. by bus C.
C. when the children played football there D. when his father was busy with his work
54.Bruno was afraid of the most.
A. his father B. his mother C. his teacher D. the older boys 55. That afternoon, the boy’s clothes were dry because .
A. nobody made room（地方）for him in the water B. there was no water on the playground
C. he took off his clothes before he played there D. he played in the water carefully
B篇
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