八年级英语下期期中考试试卷一.听力理解（20小题，每小题1分，共20分）第一节 听下面五段对话。

每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A 、B 、C 三个选项中选出最佳答案，并将其标号填入题前括号内。

每段对话读两遍。

( )1. What does Jim worry about ?A.His ChineseB. His math.C. His English ( )2. What ’s the matter with the boy ? A.He doesn ’t have many clothes.B.His clothes are out of style.C ．He has no money to buy new clothes.( )3.What was Mary doing at 4:30 yesterday afternoon ?A.Flying a kite.B.Making a kite.C.Playing the piano. ( )4.Why doesn ’t Lana buy her son a computer ?A.Because her son doesn ’t need it.B.Because her son can ’t use it.C.Because she thinks it ’s bad for his study. ( )5. What will Gina do for her mother ?A.Buy a nice gift.B.Have a surprise party.C.Make a surprise dinner. 第二节 听下面几段对话或独白。

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答案，并将其标号填入题前括号内。

每段对话或独白读两遍。

听下面一段对话，回答第6至第7两个小题。

( )6. What does Helen like ?A.Only animals.B. Only plants.C. Both animals and plants. ( )7. What pet does Helen keep ?A. parrot.B. A dog.C. A pig.听下面一段对话，回答第8至第9两个小题。

( ) 8. What color is Jack ’s shirt ?A.White.B. Blue.C. Red.( )9.What will happen if Jack brings his sister to the party ?A.She will have a good time.B. She will meet her teachers.C. She will have to leave.听下面一段对话，回答第10至第12三个小题。

( )10.Who is ill in hospital?A.Mike ’s mother.B. Mike ’s grandmother.C. Mike ’s grandfather.( ) 11. When did Mike go to the hospital yesterday ?A.In the morning.B.In the afternoon.C.In the evening. ( )12. Which team won the football match yesterday ?A.England.B. America.C.France. 听下面一段独白，回答第13至第15三个小题。

( )13. Where did the writer meet his friends yesterday ?A.In the school.B. In the zoo.C. In the park. ( )14. What was Mary doing when she heard the news?A.Playing computer games.B. Reading a newspaper.C. Playing cards with her friends.( )15. Who was drinking when he heard the news ?A.Tom.B. Kate ’s father.C. Jack.第三节 听下面一篇短文，根据短文内容完成下面的表格，每空词数不限。

短文读两遍。

Job Interview Job A 16._____________Date On 17._______________________ PlaceIn the 18.________________________ TimeAt 19.________________Telephone number20. _________________________________二.单项选择（每小题1分，共15分）( ) 1. Do you often ____ from your cousins?A. heardB. hearsC. to hearD. hear ( ) 2. She dances better than Mary ____.A. isB. hasC. doesD. dance ( ) 3. I ______ the child as soon as I saw him.A. fell in love withB. fall in loveC. fell in loveD. fall in love with ( ) 4. I don ’t have any money with me. He doesn ’t, ____.A. eitherB. tooC. alsoD. but ( ) 5. I really don ’t know ____.A. what should I doB. what doingC. what doesD. what to do ( ) 6. –Are you free today, Mrs. Black? -Sorry, I ’m free every day ___ today.A. besidesB. exceptC. butD. or班级 姓名 考号 座号( ) 7. This passage is not _____ that one.A. as easier asB. so easy thanC. as easy asD. easier as ( ) 8. You ’re late. The plane ____ ten minutes ago.A. tookB. took offC. took on C. took out( ) 9. I was too excited to fall asleep that night because I ____ of meeting my closefriend all the time.A. am thinkingB. thoughtC. was thinkingD. think ( ) 10. Mother got mad ____ me for watching TV for hours.A. atB. aboutC. forD. in( ) 11. Her father is a math teacher and she ____ math.A. is good toB. does well inC. is good forD. does good to ( ) 12. I don ’t think it ’s good to copy other ’s homework. You should ____ it.A. get overB. get onC. get upD. get off ( ) 13. If you come to the party, you ____ a good time.A. would haveB. haveC. will haveD. to have( ) 14. He likes flowers very much and he ____ a living by planting them.A. savesB. makesC. spendsD. wastes ( ) 15. –Would you like some more rice? -Thank you. I have got _____.A many too. B. much too C. too many D. too much三. 完形填空（共10分）Dear grandma,How is it going? 1 hope that grandpa is 1___ now. I was sorry to hear that he had a 2___ last week. I hope you are in good health.Things are fine now. I finished my end-of-year exams last week and got my 3____card today. I always get 4____ when I see the envelope from school in the mail, but 5____ I did OK this time. I had a really hard 6____ with science this semester, and I wasn't surprised to find that my worst report was from my science teacher. She said I was lazy ，which isn't 7____. It's just that I find science really difficult ．8____ disappointing result was in history. My history teacher said I could do better. The good 9____ is that my math teacher said I was hard-working. And my Spanish teacher said my listening was good.Well ，that's about all the news I have for now. Dad and Mom 10____ their love ． Love, Alan ( ) 1 .A. well B. rich C. busy D. kind( ) 2. A. rest B. dream C. game D. cold ( ) 3. A. report B. ID C. phone D. library ( ) 4. A. excited B. sad C. nervous D. tired ( ) 5. A. carefully B. luckily C. suddenly D. quickly ( ) 6. A. business B. question C. problem D. time ( ) 7. A. important B. true C. boring D. enough ( ) 8. A. Each B. Some C. Another D. Other ( ) 9. A. meaning B. notice C. news D. letter ( ) 10. A. have B. send C. provide D. show四. 用同义句改写下列句子(每空1词，每空0.5分，共5分)1.Kate said, “I ’m excited about going on vacation.”Kate said______ ______ excited about going on vacation. 2. “What should I do?” Li Ping ’s mother asked Wang Lin.Li Ping ’s mother asked Wang Lin what she ______ _______. 3. Hurry up, or you ’ll be late.（改为条件句） _______ you ______ hurry up, you ’ll be late. 4. What ’s your trouble?______ ______ with you?5. I like to wear different clothes from my brother.I hate to wear the ______ clothes ______ my brother.五. 阅读理解（每小题1分，共20分）(A)Some British and American people like to invite friends for a meal at home. You should not be upset if your English friends don't invite you home. It doesn't mean they don't like you ！Dinner parties usually start between 7 and 8 p. m. and end at about 11 p. m. Ask your hosts what time you should arrive. It's polite to bring flowers ，chocolates or a bottle of wine as a gift.Usually dinners start with drinks and snacks. Do you want to be extra polite? Say how much you like the room ，or the pictures on the wall. But remember--it's not polite to ask how much things costIn many families the husband sits at one end of the table and the wife sits at the other end. They eat with their guests.You’ll probably start the meal with soup or something small，then you'll have meat or fish with vegetables，and then dessert，followed by coffee. It's polite to finish everything on your plate and to take more if you want.Did you enjoy the evening? Call your hosts the next day，or write them a short “thank you" letter. British and American people like to say "thank you" all the time. ( )1. A dinner party will usually last for_________.A. 7 or 8 hoursB. 11 hoursC. 3 or 4 hoursD. it is uncertain( )2. If you want to be a polite guest，you shouldn't _____.A. come at a proper timeB. bring some gifts to your hostC. say something nice about the host's roomD. ask how much the host's furniture is( ) 3．What we can learn from the passage is that _____.A. usually there are drinks in the beginningB. the last course（菜肴）of the. meals is usually soupC. dessert is usually served before the main courseD. at the end of the course ice cream is often served( ) 4. What is NOT right?. A．To eat up everything in your plate .B．To leave some food to show you are not greedy.C．To ask for more if you really like it.D．To call your host the next day to express your thanks.( ) 5. The guest won't bring____as a gift when he goes to a dinner party.A. some nice flowersB. chocolatesC. a bottle of wineD. some money(B)Dear Mum,I don't think you understand my life. You think I should be studying all the time. I know you want me to find a good job when I grow up, but I would like to have a wonderful time, too. You never think about fun things for me to do, like music, sports. Two days ago, when I was watching a football game on TV, you asked me to stop and do my homework. After finishing my homework, still I wasn't allowed to read my football magazines. You said I had to go to bed early. That was bad enough, but yesterday was the worst day. I bought some computer games, and put them in my bag so that you wouldn't see them. I told you I had to do my homework first. I know it was wrong to lie（说谎）to you, but you told me that dad would talk to me later. Mum, I didn't quite like what you did to me! I really love you, mum, but I wish you could try not to be so hard on me.Love,Zhang Ning ( ) 6. Zhang Ning's mother wants him______ when he grows up.A. to be a teacherB. to find a good jobC. to work in a big cityD. to become a football star( ) 7. _______ is Zhang Ning's favorite sport.A. FootballB. V olleyballC. BasketballD. Baseball( ) 8. Zhang Ning is asked ______.A, to watch TV B to do sportsC. to play computer gamesD. to study all the time ( ) 9. Why did Zhang Ning put the computer games in the bag? Because_______.A. he didn't like themB. he played them many timesC. he wouldn't like his mother to find themD. there was something wrong with them( ) 10. We know from the letter that_______.A. Zhang Ning lives a very happy lifeB. Zhang Ning hates his motherC. Zhang Ning wishes to study all the timeD. Zhang Ning's parents are very hard on him(C)My friend, Dick, has a large police dog. Its name is Jack. Every Saturday afternoon Dick takes Jack for a long walk in the park. Jack likes these long walks very much.One Saturday afternoon, a young man came to visit my friend. He stayed a long time. He talked and talked. Soon it was time for my friend to take Jack for a walk. But the man was still there. Jack became very worried. He walked around the room several times and then sat down in front of the man and looked at him. But the man kept talking. Finally Jack could stand it no longer. He went out of the room and came back a few minutes later. He sat down again in front of the man, but this time he held the man’s hat in his mouth.( ) 11．From the story, we know that Jack is ________.A. Dick’s good friendB. a large police dogC.a young man( ) 12．Where does Dick walk with his dog every Saturday afternoon?A.In his roomB.In the streetC.In the park( ) 13．Jack became very worried one afternoon because ______.A .he couldn’t be taken out for a walk at the usual time.B.a young man came to visit Dick that afternoon.C.Dick walked around his room several times.( ) 14．What does the word “stand” mean in the passage?A.站立B.理解C.忍受( ) 15．Why did Jack sit down again in front of the man with the hat in his mouth?A.Try to make the man laugh.B.Like the young man very much.C .Ask the young man to leave.(D)根据短文内容，回答问题You will see a new doctor at a hospital near London if you go there. He's veryclever, but he never speaks and has not been to a medical school. He can work 24 hoursand never gets tired. He's one meter tall and has a face like a TV screen. He's Dr Robot.Doctors often need to ask their patients many questions. Busy doctors usually askeach patient a few questions. But Dr Robot can ask a patient questions for an hour if itis necessary. With the help of Dr Robot, a human doctor can have a lot of informationwhen he meets his patient. How can Dr Robot do this? A computer "tells" him what todo. Dr Robot can do lots of things people can do, though he cannot completely（完全）take the place of human doctors.16. In which country does Dr Robot work？______________________________________17. What does Dr Robot look like?______________________________________18. Does Dr Robot need any rest?______________________________________19. What help can a human doctor get from Dr Robot when he meets his patient?_____________________________________________________20. What does the phrase "take the place of" mean in Chinese?______________________________________________________六.补全对话（每小题1分，共10分）A: Emilio,you look sad .What’s the matter?B: 1_____________________________________________.A: I’m sorry to hear that .You should see a dentist.B: Oh ,yes.And I have another problem.I want to be a professional football player,butmy parents don’t agreeSo 2_____________________________________________.A: Well ,you should’t argue with them.B: But I don’t know 3_____________________________________________. Canyou give me some advice?A: Yes. Why not ask your coach (教练) to talk with them?B: 4 _____________________________________________.Let me try.A: I hope your dream will come true.B: 5 _____________________________________________.A: You’re welcome.七. 短文填空（用所给词的适当形式填空。