2015-2016学年度上期期末
八年级英语试题
总分：150分 时间：120分钟
注意：全卷分为第I卷和第II卷，第I卷的答案做在答题卡上，第II卷的答案做在答题卷
上。
第Ⅰ卷（选择题，共100分）
I. 听力测试。（共30分）
第一节：情景反应。（每小题1.5分，共9分） 听一遍。根据你所听到的句子，从A、B、C三个选项中选出最恰当的答语，并把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。 1. A. Yes, I will. B. Yes, I am. C. Very good. 2. A. Tea. B. Meat. C. Basketball.
3. A. She is a doctor. B. She is fine. C. She likes walking. 4. A. Often. B. About an hour. C. Two days. 5. A. Great. B. I’m sorry to hear that. C. Good idea. 6. A. You are kind. B. It doesn’t matter. C. I have a cold. 第二节：对话理解。（每小题1.5分，共9分）
听一遍。根据你所听到的对话和问题，从A、B、C三个选项中选出正确答案，并把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。
7. A. Class One. B. Class Two. C. Class Three. 8. A. By bus. B. By bike. C. On foot. 9. A. Go to the park. B. Go to school. C. Finish her homework. 10.A. Traveling. B. Reading. C. Cooking. 11.A. It’s snowing. B. It’s raining. C. It’s blowing strongly. 12.A. Rock music. B. Country music. C. Light music. 第三节：短文理解。（每小题1.5分，共12分） 听两遍。根据你所听到的短文内容，从A、B、C三个选项中选出正确答案，并把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。
A
13. What does Dave do? A. A doctor. B. A teacher. C. A student. 14. What are the children doing? A. Playing football. B. Learning something about animals. C. Talking to the teacher. 15. What’s Dave’s father? A. A worker. B. A writer. C. A policeman. 16. Where is Dave’s house? A. Near the school. B. Next to the zoo. C. Across from the library.
B
17. How was the weather last Sunday? A. Sunny. B. Rainy. C. Windy. 18. Where did Kate come back from?
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A. Tianjin. B. Shanghai. C. Beijing. 19. Where did Kate visit?
A. The Palace Museum. B. The Great Wall. C. Both A and B. 20.What did Maria and Kate have for lunch? A. Noodles. B. Rice. C. Bread.
Ⅱ、单项选择（每小题1分，共20分）
从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案，并把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。 21. Look! Can you see many boys ______ basketball on the playground.
A. played B. playing C. play D. to play 22. ---What do you usually do after school?
---We usually play ___ soccer for half ___ hour
A. /; an B. the; a C. /; a D. the; an 23. Mr. Xiang is the best teacher in our school. He is good _______ teaching.
A. at B. to C. with D. for 24. —Would you mind _______ us in the game?
—Not at all. A. join B. joined C. join in D. joining 25. My foreign friend, Tom, will come to _______.
A. cheer me up B. cheer up me C. cheer me on D. cheer on me 26. —_______ can I keep the books?
—Two weeks. A. How long B. How often C. How far D. How soon 27. There _______ a football match next week. Shall we go and watch it?
A. have B. has C. will be D. will have 28. You look pale. _______ have a good rest?
A. Why don’t you B. Why are you C. What about D. Why you don’t 29. —Watching TV too much _______ bad for your eyes.
—I’ll go to bed right away. A. are B. is C. was D. be 30. _______ necessary for us _______ English well.
A. This is; to learn B. It’s; to learn C. It’s; learn D. That’s; learn 31. His mother is ill. He ______ stay at home.
A. has to B. had to C. have to D. can to 32. The children enjoyed ______ in the park.
A. to play B. play C. played D. playing 33. He is interested ______ drawing.
A. at B. to C. in D. for 34. Chongqing is ______ hot-pot and beautiful girls.
A. known B. famous for C. ready for D. ready to 35. The music _______ beautiful. A. looks B. feels C. hears D. sounds 36. I _______ a museum with my friends at this time yesterday. A. am visiting B. was visiting C. visited D. will visit 37. John is ________of all.
A. taller B. tall C. the tallest D. shorter 38. There are two books on the desk, __________?
A. are there B. is there C. aren’t there D. isn’t there
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39. Everyone knows elephants are much ______ than horses.
A. big B. biger C. biggest D. bigger 40.—I’m sorry to keep you waiting for me so long. —_______
A. I don’t think so. B. Don’t say so. C. It doesn’t matter.
D. I’d love to.
III．完形填空。（每小题2分，共20分）
根据短文内容，从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个能正确填入相应空格内的最佳答案，并把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。
Do you think of your parents? “Yes, of course.” you may answer, “I buy a present for my mother on 41 . And I give my father a present on Father’s Day, too.” Then what about the other days of a year? Always remember to think 42 your parents, not just on some 43 days.
I have a friend. She 44 alone, because her parents live in another city. One day I went to see her. We had a nice talk. Then she wanted to make a telephone call. She dialed(拨) the number, but then she put the phone 45 . After about ten seconds(秒), she dialed the number again. “Hi, Mom …”
Later, I asked, “Why did you dial the number 46 ?” She smiled, “My parents are old. They can’t get close to the telephone 47 . I always do so when I call them. I just want to give them 48 time to answer the call.”
My friend is a good girl. She is always 49 her parents, so why not 50 her? You’ll also be a good child.
41.A. Father’s Day B. Mother’s Day C. Teachers’ Day D. Children’s Day 42.A. at B. to C. of D. in 43.A. important B. interesting C. difficult D. boring 44.A. live B. lives C. lived D. living 45.A. up B. off C. down D. on 46.A. once B. twice C. several times D. many times 47.A. quickly B. quick C. slow D. slowly 48.A. few B. enough C. many D. little 49.A. thinking about B. picking up C. looking for D. listening to 50.A. ask B. miss C. talk about D. learn from
IV. 阅读理解。（每小题2分，共30分）
阅读下列材料，从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳答案，并把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。
（A）
Most people make their living（谋生）with their hands, but Bob makes his living with his feet.
Bob’s story began in a small city in England. His parents were poor. Seven people lived in a small house. Bob had no place to play but on the street.
Bob’s father often played football. Little Bob wanted to play football, too. So his father made a soft (柔软的) ball for him to kick. It was a sock full of old cloth. He kicked it every day.
At last Bob learned to kick a real football. And after a few years he could play football very well.
51. People usually make their living _______. A. by learning by themselves B. with their feet C. by playing football D. with their hands 52. The word“kick”in the story means _______. A 踢 B. 玩 C. 射门 D. 弹起 53. Which of the following is TRUE? A. Bob was born in a small village. B. The little boy often played on the street. C. There were eight people in the family. D. Bob’s house was very big.
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（B）
Toby went to China for a holiday with his father this summer. Their first destination（目的地） was Beijing. They arrived in Beijing on 8th, August.
According to the travel plan, can you guess what they did in Beijing? A Four days Tour to Beijing for $ 280 each Day 1 （L） Day 2 （B,L） Arrive in Beijing. Take a bus to the hotel. Have a city tour to the Summer Palace. Full day trip to the Tian’anmen Square, the Palace Museum, and the Temple of Heaven(天坛). See Beijing Opera(京剧) in the evening. Day 3 Full day trip to the Great Wall, Ming Tombs and Beihai Park. Enjoy a famous （B,L,D） Beijing Roast Duck Banquet(宴会) for dinner. Day 4 （B,L） Visit Hutong and the Silk Market. Take the afternoon flight to the next destination. （B: Breakfast L: Lunch D: Dinner）
54. They paid _______ for the Beijing tour. A. $190 B. $ 280 C. $ 470 D. $ 560 55. On which day did they see Beijing Opera in the evening? A. The first day. B. The second day. C. The third day. D. The fourth day.
56. How many places of interest did they go to on their third day? A. One. B. Two. C. Three. D. Four. 57. On the fourth day, they visited _______. A. Hutong B. Silk Market C. Beihai Park D. A and B
(C)
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58. What kind of people can become volunteers? A. Only children. B. From 12-year-old people to people in their 80s.
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C. Only old people. D. Only students and teachers. 59. _______ need help. A. Many people B. Nobody C. Volunteers D. Animals 60. Volunteers want to get _______ when they help others. A. everything B. money C. nothing D. computers 61. Carlos Domingo works as a volunteer to help _______. A. dogs B. cats C. children D. old people
(D)
When Abraham Lincoln was just a boy, he had to help his father to look after their farm. It was hard work and there wasn’t anything interesting for him. Abraham wanted to go to school, but there was no school there. He was sad most of the time.
Mrs. Lincoln loved the boy very much. She tried her best to make Abraham happy. One morning she got up early and went to the town. It was a long way so it took her a long time to get there. She bought something there and went back. It was late in the evening when she got home.
The next morning Mrs. Lincoln said to Abraham,“Today is your birthday, so we’re going to have a party.”She put some food on the table, and then brought out a present.
“A book!”Abraham cried. It was an old book, but he liked it. A smile came on his face. He looked up at Mrs. Lincoln and said,“Thank you, Mom.”
62. Abraham Lincoln’s father was a _______. A. farmer B. soldier C. worker D. teacher 63. Abraham Lincoln couldn’t go to school because _______. A. his family had no money B. his mother wanted to teach him herself C. he didn’t like school D. there was no school near his home 64. On the farm most of the time little Lincoln was _______. A. happy B. unhappy C. worried D. angry 65. What was the present for Abraham’s birthday? A. A mooncake. B. A new book.
C. An old book. D. A school bag.
第Ⅱ卷（非选择题，50分）
V．完成句子。（每空1分，共10分）
根据所给提示，完成句子。每空一词，含缩略词。 66. He can draw some beautiful pictures. (变成否定句)
He _________draw _________ beautiful pictures. 67. He was mending his bike .（改为一般疑问句） _______ he _______ his bike?
68. This city is over 500 years old. (同义句转换) This city is ______ ______ 500 years old.
69. I like cats best because they are lovely. (对划线部分提问) _______ _______ you like the cats best?
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