八年级第二学期期中考试英语试题卷卷I听力部分（25分）一、听力（25分）第一节：听小对话，回答问题。

（共5小题, 每小题1分, 满分5分）( ) 1. What does Henry want to be when he grows up?A. A doctorB. An artistC. An astronaut ( ) 2. What kind of person is Jim’s head teacher ?A. humorousB. kindC. careful ( ) 3. When will Sam leave for Sydney?A. Next Wednesday.B. Next Thursday.C. Next Saturday. ( ) 4. .What's wrong with Peter?A. He caught a cold.B. He got a high fever.C. He had a cough ( ) 5. Where does the conversation probably take place?A. In a zooB. On a streetC. At a restaurant 第二节：听长对话，回答问题。

（共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分）听下面一段较长对话，回答6-7两小题。

( ) 6. What’s the weather like tonight?A. Fine.B. Snowy.C. Rainy.( ) 7. What are the speakers talking about?A. The weather.B. The moon.C. The animals听下面一段较长对话，回答8-10三小题。

( ) 8.Why did Tony go to Sydney?A．To have a trip. B．To visit his friends. C．To study English. ( ) 9.How long did Tony stay there?A．About half a year. B．About one year. C．About two years. ( ) 10.Where did Tony stay?A．In a school.B．With a family. C．At a hotel.第三节：听短文，回答问题。

（共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分）( ) 11.When should the students arrive at school?A. Before 6:30B. Before 7:20C. Before 7:50( ) 12. What colour are the school uniforms?A. BlueB. WhiteC. Black( ) 13. How often must the students clean the classroom every day?A. OnceB. TwiceC. Three times( ) 14. What can’t the students do in the hall way?A. WalkB. EatC. Run( ) 15. What does John think of his school rules?A. Much too strictB. Much too relaxingC. Much too busy第二部分笔试部分（95分）二、完型填空（共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项选出最佳选项。

One’s education starts from his or her family, especially the mother. Here is a story that happened in my childhood.One Saturday morning, I __16__TV in the living room with two brothers. My mum 17 several apples of different colors and sizes. She put all the apples on the table, then 18 me and my younger brothers, “Which do you like?”19 my younger brothers and I wanted the biggest one. 20 I could say “The biggest one”, one of my brothers stood up and said what I wanted to say.My mum 21 the biggest apple and said to us, “It is 22 to get the biggest apple. Many people want the best thing, but few really get it. Now let’s start a 23 . Look at the lawn(草坪) in front of our 24 . I’ll divide(划分) it into three parts. Each of you must finish pruning(修剪) 25 own share(一份). The best and quickest one will 26 the biggest apple.” I won the apple finally.Since then, I have learned to try my best to succeed whenever I get a chance. I work __27 to get what I want. That was what my mother advised me to do. I feel very thankful to my mum because she taught me a very basic but the most 28 lesson. It is quite fair that we can get what we want 29__ competing. My mother kept teaching us in this way and we followed her 30 all the time.I do believe that mother is the first teacher of children, who can teach them to be a No. 1 pursing(有追求的) person.( )16. A. watch B. watched C. was watching D. have watched( )17. A. gave B. drew C. hid D. brought( )18. A. told B. answered C. took D. asked( )19. A. All B. Both C. None D. Each( )20. A. Before B. When C. Until D. After( )21. A. ate up B. looked up C. picked up D. gave up( )22. A. good B. strange C. bad D. polite( )23. A. lesson B. party C. conversation D. competition( )24. A. school B. church C. house D. library( )25. A. my B. our C. your D. their( )26. A. get B. send C. offer D. fight( )27. A. carelessly B. hard C. easily D. comfortably( )28. A. expensive B. important C. difficult D. traditional( )29. A. on B. without C. about D. by( )30. A. advice B. example C. decision D. plan三、阅读理解（共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下面四篇短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

ASaturday,March 18thWe have arrived in the hot,wet city of Bangkok. This is our first trip to Thailand(泰国). All the different smells make us want to try the food. We are going to eat something special for dinner tonight. The hotel we are staying in is cheap,and very clean. We plan to stay here for a few days , visit some places in the city, and then travel to Chiang Mai in the north.Tuesday,March 21stBangkok is wonderful and surprising！The places are interesting. We visited the famous market which was on water, and saw a lot of fruit and vegetables. Everything is so colourful, and we have taken hundreds of photos already！Later today we will leave for Chiang Mai. We will take the train north, stay in Chiang Mai for two days, and then catch a bus to Chiang Rai.Friday,March 24thOur trip to Chiang Rai was long and boring. We visited a small village in the mountains. The village people here love the quiet life—no computers or phones. They are the kindest people I have ever met.They always smile and say “hello”.Kathy and I can only speak a few words of Thai, so smiling is the best way to show our kindness.I feel good here and hope to be able to come back next year.( )31.The diaries(日记) above show the writer’s days in Thailand.A. 6B. 7C. 15D. 30( )32.It seems that visitors in Bangkok.A. often feel hungryB. can always find cheap thingsC. can’t take any photosD. can enjoy themselves( )33. The writer thinks people in Chiang Rai are very _________.A. strangeB. friendlyC. activeD. smartBOnce upon a time, there was a spider(蜘蛛) with the name Anansi. He knew that he was very clever but he also knew he wasn't wise(英明的). He didn't like this, but he did not know what to do.One day he had an idea. He went around the village with a basket and asked each person to give him some of their wisdom(智慧). The people laughed at Anansi because they knew that he needed wisdom the most. So each person put a bit in his basket and wished him good luck.Soon his basket was full, but Anansi was worried that his neighbors might be jealous(嫉妒) of his wisdom and take it from him. He decided to hide it at the top of a tall tree. When he tied the basket to the front part of his body, he tried to climb the tree, but it was too difficult. He tried again and again without____▲___.Then his youngest son walked by. "What are you doing, father?" he asked and Anansi told him." Why don't you carry the basket on your back instead?" his son said.Anansi put the basket on his back and climbed the tree easily, but he wasn't happy. "I walked all over the village and collected so much wisdom that I am the wisest person by now, but my baby son is still wiser than me. Take back your wisdom!" he said.So he threw the basket of wisdom into the air and went home. And that's how wisdom went all over the world.( ) 34. Anansi went around the village because_______.A. he knew he was very cleverB. he wanted to show his good luckC. he hoped to meet his sonD. he thought he wasn't wise enough( ) 35. In the cartoon story, Anansi wanted to get his wisdom from_______.A. his sonB. his fatherC. the villagersD. the neighbors( )36. The best word to be put in the blank __▲__ in Paragraph 3 may probably be ______.A.dreamsB. successC. pleasureD. feelings( )37. The story mainly tells us _______.A. what wisdom really isB. why wisdom is importantC. how wisdom goes all overD. when wisdom comes fromCDo you know how important it is to have breakfast? A study of 2,000 teenagers in the US showed that eating breakfast daily is helpful to young people.According to the study, teenagers who eat breakfast weigh around 5 pounds less than teenagers who do not. Although they take in more calories (卡路里) in the morning, they are more active during the day because they have more energy. This means they burn(燃烧) more calories than non-breakfast eaters. The breakfast does not even have to be very healthy, as eating anything is better than nothing.The study also showed that eating breakfast keeps teenagers feeling full for longer, so they will not eat too many snacks (零食) later in the day. This is goo d news as most popular snacks, like sweets and potato chip s, are usually unhealthy and full of calories.Another big advantage of eating breakfast is that it helps teenagers do better at school. This is because it gives them more energy to keep their attention in class.What's more, a study in the UK showed that adults (成年人) who eat breakfast daily put on less weight and also perform better at work.Whatever your age is, take time to have breakfast every day.( ) 38. The underlined sentence in Paragraph 2 means that _________.A. teenagers should eat something for breakfastB. breakfast helps teenagers do better at schoolC. breakfast must be healthy with lots of caloriesD. the energy makes teenagers active the whole day( ) 39. Having breakfast daily makes the teenagers _________.A. burn less caloriesB. put on more weightC. relax themselvesD. eat fewer snacks ( ) 40. The passage is mainly about _________.A. the importance of snacksB. how the adults perform at workC. the advantages of having breakfastD. losing weight without breakfast( ) 41. We can probably read this passage in a (an) _________.A. story bookB. health magazineC. movie posterD. instruction bookDThe universe is a big place. It is hard to believe that humans would be the only intelligent life. So scientists have been searching outer space for years, hoping to find signs of alien(外星人) life.They use radio telescopes to search the sky for signals (信号) fromother civilizations (文明). It is called SETI. SETI has been working forover half a century, but so far they haven’t heard any alien messages.Scientists suggested aliens might not want to contact(联系) us butcould reply（回复）to a message we send. So scientists sent radio signalsinto the universe, hoping one day they would be picked up by alientechnology. These scientists call themselves METI.Both METI and SETI want to prove that we are not alone in the universe. But what if the “alien phone” rings one day? Should we reply to it?British scientist Stephen Hawking thinks we should not answer because aliens could be dangerous. Hawking said that aliens could visit our solar system in search of resources (资源). “If aliens ever visit us, I think the result would be much like when Christopher Columbus first landed in America, which didn’t turn out very well for the American Indians”.But other scientists think we have no need to worry. David Morrison, a NASA scientist, said that if an alien radio signal reaches us from a distant planet hundreds or thousands of light-years away, then that civilization would have to be more advanced than ours.( ) 42. What does “they” refer(指) to in the third paragraph?A. Scientists.B. Aliens.C. Radio signals.D. Americans.( ) 43. Why did Stephen Hawking think that aliens would be dangerous?A. Because he thought aliens would rule the solar system.B. Because he thought aliens would come to search for resources.C. Because he thought humans would kill all the aliens on the earth.D. Because he thought aliens would harm American Indians.( ) 44. Which of the following statement is TRUE according to the passage?A. Sc ientists haven’t received any alien messages so far.B. Aliens have replied to the message from the earth.C. All the scientists think that we should not send signals into the universe.D. Scientists are sure that humans are not alone in the universe.( ) 45. Which can be the best title of the passage?A. Humans and AliensB. What are SETI and METI?C. Looking for Life in SpaceD. The Only Life in the Universe卷Ⅱ四、词汇运用（共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分）A ．用方框中所给词或短语的适当形式填空。