八年级第二学期期中测试英语试卷一听力部分(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)第一部分：听对话回答问题(10分)听下面10段短对话，每段对话后有一个小题，从题中A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。

听完每段对话后，你都有5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 does Peter like to read?( ) 2．How will the man's family travel to Beijing?( ) 3. What is the boy doing?( ) 4．What is the boy going to do this Saturday?( )5. Whichpicture are they talking about?( ) 6. How much did the woman’s daughter pay for her coat?A. ＄100.B. ＄150.C. ＄200.( ) 7. What does Susan think of her school life?A. It’s lonely.B. It’s interesting.C. It’s boring. ( ) 8. What does the boy want to do?A. Learn to use the CD-ROM.B. Teach the girl to use the CD-ROM.C. Buy some CD-ROM( )9. What are the speakers doing?A. They’re climbing a mountain.B. They’re celebrating the man's birthday.C. They’re celebrating the woman's birthday.（）10. Where are the speakers?A. In a hospital.B. On a beach.C. In a street.第二部分：听短文回答问题，短文读两遍。

（5分）（）11. Bob's favourite was _______.A singingB dancingC drawing（）12.It was difficult for Bob to join the school dancing group because______.A. the school only had a girls' dancing groupB. the school didn't allow (允许) boys to danceC. the group had enough dancers already（）13. The school was worried that_______ if Bob stayed in the group.A. nobody would watch their danceB. other boys would join and the girls might leaveC. other schools would laugh at them（）14. The judge (法官) thought the school's decision was_______.A. usefulB. necessaryC. wrong（）15. We can infer (推断) that Bob felt______ when he went back to the group.A. sadB. happyC. hungry二单项选择 (共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)( )1. - Is Central Park_______ largest city park in the USA?- Yes. It is______ perfect place for people to rest after_____ hard day's work.A. a; the; aB. the; a; aC. a; a; theD. the; a; the ( ) 2. I know the city very well, for I _______ here since 1999.A.will liveB. am livingC. was livingD. have lived( ) 3. The water there ________very dirty, but now it is very clean. A.was used to be B. was used to being C. used to be D. used to being ( ) 4. Mother is unable to open the door because she _______ her key in her office.A.forgotB. has forgottenC. leftD. has left( ) 5. When I walked past her room, I heard her _______ happily.A.singB. was singingC. singingD. sang( ) 6. ---Where’s Mike? ---- He ______ the USA for a holiday.A.has gone toB. went toC. has been toD. was going to( ) 7.I knew nothing about the accident _______he told me.A. untilB. whenC. sinceD. if（）8. When did your father _______ your mother?A. marryB. marry toC. marry withD. get married（）9. He has _______ for two years.. Two years _______ a long time.A. left home, areB. left home , isC. been away from home , isD. been away from home , are（）10. Mary with her parents _______ to the UK. They ______ back in three weeks.A. have gone; will comeB. has gone; will comeC. have been; comeD. have been; have come（）11. We _________ pay to get into the concert. It’s free.A. can’tB. mustn’tC. don’t have toD. might not（）12．----You have never been to Japan，_____?---- I've only been to the UK．A．have you；Yes，I have B．haven’t you；Yes，I haven’tC．have you；No，I haven’t D．haven’t you；NO，I have（）13.---Mum's birthday is coming. What would you buy for her?----I'm not sure. Anyway, I will find _______.A. enough good something B something good enoughC. something enough goodD. good something enough( )14. The old man was_____ angry____ a word. He just stood there, looking at his son.A. enough; to sayB. so; sayingC. very; to sayD. too; to say ( )15．--- do you the new film?----It’s very interesting．A．What；like B．How；think of C．What；think of D．How；is like 三完形填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）Mike is an Englishman. He lives in a ___1__ building in the ___2__ London. There are eighteen floors in the building and he lives on the fifteenth floor. He __3__ a lift(电梯) to go up and down. He works very hard. He __4_ to work early. Every day he leaves his ___5__ and walks to the lift. He gets into the lift. It __6__him down to the first floor. He gets out of the lift. Then he walks to ___7__ bus stop. The bus stop is in front of a station. It is about two hundred meters from __8__ home. Usually, he catches the number 11 bus to work, but sometimes he goes __9_. He works in a factory about ten __10__ from his home. His work starts at half past eight, and finishes at a quarter to five. He gets back home at half past five.( )1. A. tall B. short C. small D.large( )2. A. country B. town C. city D.village( )3. A. makes B. uses C. does D.mends( )4. A. begins B. wants C. runs D.goes( )5. A. home B. building C. office D.room( )6. A. costs B. spends C. takes D. brings( )7. A. an B. a C. the D. /( )8. A. his B. he C. him D.himself( )9. A. by plane B. by train C. on foot D. by air( )10.A. metres B. kilometers C. minutes D.hours四阅读理解(共10小题，每小题2分，满分20分)阅读下面短文，从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，把其编号填入答题卷相应的位置上。