牛津版英语8A期中测试卷Part One Listening（听力）I．Listening Comprehension (听力理解):(共25分)A. Listen to the sentence and choose the suitable picture. (听句子，选出与句子容相符的图片): 5%AD E FB. Listen to the dialogue and choose the best answer to the question you hear. (根据你听到的对话和问题，选出最恰当的答案): 10%6. A. Milk B. Coffee C. Orange juice D. Apple juice7. A. Spring B. Summer C. Autumn D. Winter8. A. By bus B. By taxi C. By underground D. By train9. A. Sarah B. Sarah’s classmate C. Sarah’s teacherD. Sarah’s mother10. A. 5:30 B. 5:40 C. 6:00 D. 6:2011. A. Sunny B. Rainy C. Cloudy D. Windy12. A. A teacher B. A lawyer C. An engineer D. An artist13. A. 50 yuan B. 130 yuan C. 30 yuan D. 180 yuan14. A. He stayed at home inside B. He went fishing with his friendC. He went shopping with his motherD. He watched a football match.15. A. Doctor and patientB. Mother and sonC. Teacher and studentD. Waitress and customerC. Listen to the passage and tell whether the following statements are True or False. (判断下列句子是否符合你听到的短文容, 符合的用“T”表示,不符合的用“F”表示): 5%16. After visiting Beijing, the Smiths would visit Shanghai.B C17. They were in such a hurry that they lost their expensive camera.18. Mr. Smith told the family a sad story.19. The old man in the story lived on the first floor.20. A Chinese policeman found the camera and sent it back.D. Listen to the passage and fill in the blanks. (根据你听到的容，完成下列句子，每空格限填一词):5％21．K is the short form of ________.22. ________ 7th is the K Day in the USA.23. Some kites are big, others are small and they are in ________ colours.24. Of all the kites in the sky, the one like a bird is the _______.25. When children are flying kites, people are ________ them and laughing.Part Two Vocabulary and Grammar（词汇与语法）Ⅱ.Choose the best answer. (选择最恰当的答案): 16%26. Which of the following is wrong?A. Did you enjoy yourself at the Christmas Party?B. I didn’t go.C. What happened?D. I had a bad cold before Christmas.27. My ambition is ________ a famous actor.A. to beB. beC. beingD.been28. We’ll have a picnic ________ Sunday morning.A. onB. inC. withD. at29. Over _______ people watched the football match yesterday.A. thousand ofB. two thousandC. two thousandsD. two thousands of30. A group of _________ from Britain came to visit EXPO in Shanghai.A. woman touristsB. women touristsC. woman touristD. women tourist31. What do you enjoy _______ after school?A. doB. doingC. to doD. did32. Steven Spielberg is one of ________ in the film industry in the world.A. best directorsB. the best directorC. the top directorD. the top directors33. We usually spend ________ finishing our homework every day.A. two and half hoursB. two hour and a halfC. two and a half hoursD. two hours and half34. I _______ find my key to the office. It _______ be at home.A. must; canB. may not; mustC. can’t; mayD.have to; should35. _______ me your homework, Ben. I’ll check it.A. GiveB. To giveC. GivingD. Gave36. I hope you ________ my advice to be more friendly to your classmates.A. takeB. will takeC. to takeD. took37. Jane is a top student in our class. She ________ achieves C in all subjects.A. usuallyB. alwaysC. sometimesD. never38. My little sister __________ my ice-cream and wanted to eat it.A. laughed atB. shouted atC. stared atD. knocked at39. A: _______ will you come to Shanghai?B: In three weeks.A. How longB. How highC. How soonD. How far40. John didn’t _______ the class meeting yesterday because he was ill.A. attendB. joinC. take part inD. join in41. A: Thank you for your delicious dinner.B: _______.A. Don’t say that.B. It’s nothingC. I don’t think so.D. I’m glad you enjoyed it.Ⅲ. Complete the following passage with the words or phrases in the box. Each word or phrase can only be used once.8%（将下列单词或词组的字母编号填入空格。

每空格限填一词，每词只能填一次）I began writing to penfriends when I was only 11 years old. I 42 with a disability（残疾）that left me in a wheelchair since I was a little young boy.My mother helped me find my first penfriend. I still write to him to this day. He lives in Germany. He is two years older than me.I never felt sad after finding penfriends. While all of the other kids were riding bikes or skateboarding, I would 43 sit in my room and write to my penfriends. My penfriends means 44 to me because I can learn about the world and other 45 , share beautiful photos, and most of all, make new friends.I have never felt 46 for myself and I enjoy being able to meet people in places I can’t reach.I enjoy writing to anyone in any country. I don’t need to play with them or talkwith them 47 .I keep all of the letters from penfriends. That way I can read them again. I also enjoy sending small 48 to my penfriends.I like to write to my penfriends because that would give me a chance to make more friends 49 the world. This has become a very important part in my life.Ⅳ. Fill in the blanks with the proper forms of the words. (用所给词的适当形式填空): 6%50. A _______ took place in the bank yesterday. (rob)51. It was _______ that the boy was able to solve the problem so quickly. (amaze)52. The ________ of iPhone has made smart phones more and more popular. (invent)53. Can you tell me the ________ of that building? (high)54. My father is _________ for taking me to school every day in our family. (responsibility)55. _______, Joe failed to achieve his goal this year. (luckily)Ⅴ. Rewrite the following sentences as required.(根据所给要求改写句子): 10%56. John has breakfast with his family every morning. (改成否定句)John _______ _______ breakfast with his family every morning.57. The room is very small. We can’t hold a meeting in it.（合并成一句）The room is _______ small _______ we can’t hold a meeting in it.58. He really likes playing rugby.（保持原句意思）He is _______ _______ playing rugby.59. It takes ten minutes for a ferry to cross the river. (划线部分提问)_______ _______ does it take for a ferry to cross the river?60. A grades, seldom, in, achieves, Ben, English. (连词成句)__________________________________________________.61. unusual, Paul, an, three, thing, ago, happened to, days (连词成句)__________________________________________________.Part Three Reading and Writing（读和写）Ⅵ. Reading comprehension. (阅读理解) 25% A. Choose the best answer. (选择最佳答案): 6%Why do people travel? “To see more of the world,” many people would say. But travelling abroad (到国外) now means much more than that for the growing number of Chinese tourists.According to the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), more than1 billion people travelled to another country in 2012. In 2012, Chinese people travelled abroad 30 percent more than in 2011. Chinese people usually join large tourist groups and visit several countries in one trip.Chinese people don’t just travel for sightseeing. The China International Travel Service Company said that all their tour trips sold out a month before Christmas Day. Stores offered discounts (打折) during that time, so shopping in Europe and the United States is popular among Chinese travellers.In December, China is going through a very cold winter. So many people like to go to some countries in Southeast Asia because the weather there is quite pleasant.The improvement of living standards means more Chinese can travel abroad. But some of them don’t have a sense of public manners（举止，规矩）. A report by Living Social website in March 2012 even listed Chinese as the world’s second worst tourists.If you want to change that bad name, remember to avoid the following: littering, spitting, snatching bus seats, line-jumping, talking loudly and smoking in non-smoking areas. Besides, we should learn some necessary manners of foreign countries.62. Chinese people travel abroad not to ______.A. go shoppingB. see more of the worldC. go sightseeingD. make money63. According to the UNWTO, ______.A. 30% of the people who travelled abroad are ChineseB. the number of people who travelled abroad rose by 30%C. more than 1 billion people travelled abroad in 2012D. more Chinese people travel abroad in 2011 than in 201264. Some Chinese travellers like to go to Europe and the USA during Christmas because ______.A. they can visit several countries in one tripB. they want to meet people from other countriesC. they can learn about their culture and customsD. stores offer discounts during that time65. Which of the following is NOT true?A. Chinese people like joining large tourist groups.B. Many Chinese like to go to Southeast Asia in winter for shopping.C. More and more Chinese people can travel abroad now.D. Chinese people are the second worst tourists in the world.66. From the fifth paragraph we know that Chinese tourists are ________A. friendlyB. honestC. not welcomeD. not rich67. As a good tourist, you should ______.A. litter and spit here and thereB. jump the lineC. have a sense of public mannersD. speak loudly and smoke as you likeB. Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage. (选择最佳答案): 6%In America, when people say “man’s best friend”, they mean a lovely animal: a dog! These words show the friendship between people and 68 . Dogs and other pets can give 69 to people’s lives.Animals can help people, too. Dogs can be taught to become the “ 70 ” for a blind person or “ears” for a deaf person. Scientists have found that pets help people live longer!Americans hold “ Be 71 to Animals Week”, the first week of May. Pet shows are held during the week and people will take more time this week to play with their pets.If you don’t have a pet, be kind to animals around you. If you see a 72 dog, don’t kick it or throw things at it. Instead, just leave it alone, or better yet, make friends with it. If others around you do bad things to an animal, try to 73 them. As people, we protect animals who can’t speak for themselves.68. A. persons B. people C. plants D. animals69. A. sadness B. trouble C. happiness D. harm70. A. eyes B. ears C. hands D. feet71. A. Bad B. Happy C. Nice D. Sad72. A. lovely B. little C. homeless D. nice73. A. help B. catch C. beat D. stopC. Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words. (在短文的空格填入适当的词，使其容通顺，首字母已给，每空格限填一词): 7%We live in computer age. People like a 74 in banks and teachers in school use computers to do most kinds of work. But more than 30 years ago, computers couldn’t do much. They were very big and expensive, so very few people were interested in them and k 75 how to use them. Today computers are smaller and c 76 . Some of them are small enough to put in your p 77 like a bar of chocolate. They can do a lot of work. Many people like to use them.Computers become very important today b 78 they can work faster than people and make few mistakes. Computers can help people do a lot of work. Writers now use computers to write. Teachers use them to help teaching. Students use them to learn. Computers can also r 79 what you put into them. Computer are very useful and h 80 . They are our friends.D. Answer the questions. (阅读短文，回答问题): 6%Now and then we all get ill. Then we usually go to see a doctor. Doctors know a lot about what makes us ill. They may give us something to take. The medicine often makes us well again.However, sometimes the doctor’s medicine doesn’t work. This happened to one patient（病人）called Peter. He was in hospital, but he was not getting well. Then he found a new “doctor” inside himself. This “doctor” was his own sense of humour. He saw funny films. He read funny books. And something wonderful happened. Laughing took away his pain. Then he was able to sleep and rest. His own happy feeling helped him to feel well again. He said laughing was his best “medicine”. His doctor thought so, too.Another man, Sam was also ill, and he had a terrible pain in his back. The doctors could not stop it from hurting. So he began to “picture” his pain. In his head he “drew” a picture of a dog. He imagined it as a real dog. And he made friends with the dog. And his pain went away!These stories may surprise you. But more and more people are getting well in this way. So visit the “doctor” inside your own head and you can stay happy and well.Answer the questions（回答下列问题）：6%81. Does medicine always work?82. Who was Peter’s new “doctor”?83. Laughing didn’t make the first patient well again, did it?84. How did Sam make his pain go away?85. Why does the writer ask us to visit the “doctor” inside our heads?86. What might be the title of the passage?Ⅶ. Writing. (写话): 10%87. Write a passage of at least 60 words on the topic “My school life”. ( 以“我的学校生活”为题写一篇不少于60个词的短文，标点符号不占格。