八年级上学期英语第一次独立听力材料
一、
1. M: Have people sent astronauts to Mars yet?
W: No. But astronauts have been to the moon already.
2. M: Have you heard the latest news?
W: Yes. It’s about the space travel. I hear that an astronaut has taken a cat into space. M: That’s interesting.
3. W: How much money has project raised so far?
M: Well, let me see, $ 561,210.
4. W: Hi Mike, would you like to play ping pong with us?
M: No, I prefer swimming.
5. M: Who do some people say was the greatest European composer Strauss, Mozart or Bethoven?
W: Some people say Mozart was the greatest European composer.
二、听第一段长对话，回答6—7两小题。

W: I t’s mother’s birthday on July the first. Remember? She’s going to be 50.
M: What are you going to get her?
W: I’m going to buy her something special, like a watch. Then it’s Father’s birthday on the tenth.
M: Right. What shall we give him?
W: Let’s, um, buy him a sweater.
M: OK. Then it’s my birthday on the twenty – third.
W: Yeah, I know. I’m going to get you the same thing you got me – a flower!
听第二段长对话，回答8—10三小题。

W: Do you have any plans for this evening?
M: No, not yet.
W: How about going out for dinner tonight?
M: Great. Where would you like to go?
W: Well, what about Chongqing food?
M: I t’s OK, but I don’t feel like having Chongqing food tonight.
W: I don’t, either. It’s too hot.
M: How do you like Italian food?
W: Hmm, I like it a lot.
M: Me, too. Let’s go.
三、
Lilei is ten years old. He started school at the age of 8 at Huaxing Hope School. He had a great time in school. But he didn’t come to school again. Mr. Brown, his English teacher, went to see him last Saturday. When he got to Lilei’s home, He found Lilei’s father ill in bed. Because of his illness, he wanted Lilei to drop out of. School and work on the farm. Mr. Brown was sad. Luckily, Project Hope gave some money
to Lilei and paid for his education. Lilei has been back to school for a week.。