吴忠二中2017—2018学年第一学期期中学生学业水平检测八年级英语命题人：鲁桂芳一．听力部分（15分）I.听句子，选出最符合题意的图片。
（每小题1分，共5分。
）( )1. A.B.C.()2. A.B. C.( )3. A. B. C.( )4. A. B. C.( )5. A. B. C.II.听句子，选出正确的应答语，并将其序号填入题前括号内。
（每小题1分，共5分。
）（）6. A. Yes, it is. B. No, it isn’t. C. Xi’an( ) 7. A. It’s a city of England. B. It’s in the east of England.C. It’s famous for the university.( ) 8. A. All right. B. I think so. C. Never mind.( ) 9. A. Yes, very often. B. I dislike travelling. C. I don’t know.( )10. A. Thanks a lot. B. I t’s difficult to understand but interesting.C. I agree with you.Ⅲ.听短文，然后根据所听内容完成16-20小题。
在短文中空白处填写适当的单词，使句子意思与所听内容一致。
（每词1分，共5分。
Module 5Unit 2）Lao She was born in Beijing in 1899. His mother sent him to a teacher’sschool in 1913. After 11____ school, he became a head teacher. In 1924, Lao Sheleft home and went to England to study further. Five years 12____, he returned toChina. He wrote many plays, 13______ and short stories about people’s lives, andhe was 14 “People’s Artist”. But unluckily, he died in Taiping Lake in1966. Lao She is one of the 15_____ Chinese writers of the 20th century.二、单项选择（每小题1分，共10分。
）( )16. Let’s try to speak English as ________ as we can.A. muchB. manyC. moreD. most( ) 17.Wuzhong is a beautiful city _______ the south of Ningxia.A. onB. inC. atD. to( ) 18. Nothing is ___________ than playing tennis.A. enjoyableB. more enjoyableC. most enjoyableD. the most enjoyable( ) 19. What is the _________way to travel?A. goodB. wellC. betterD. best( ) 20.I wanted ________ the Beijing Opera.A. lookB. to lookC. seeD. to see( ) 21.Here are some mistakes in your homework, _____ and correct them.A. write down itB. write it downC. write down themD. write them down( ) 22.This is one of songs this year. We all like it very much.A. less popularB. the more popularC.the most popularD.more popular( ) 23. It takes you about twelve hours there.A. getB. to getC. gettingD. got( ) 24. This bus takes the longest time because it is the ________.A. slowB. slowerC. slowestD. slowly( ) 25. Lao She wrote the play Teahouse in the _______century.A. twentyB. twelve C .twelfth D. twentieth三、完形填空（每小题1分，共10分）Every year people in many countries learn English. Some of them are 26 people. Others are adults(成年人). 27 learn at school. Others study by themselves. But it is not so 28 to study another language well. People must work hard. Why do all people 29 to learn English? It is hard to 30 that question. Many boys and girls learn English at school or at university 31 it is one of their subjects. They study their own(自己的) 32 and maths and English.Many adults learn English, because it is 33 in their work. They want to 34 newspapers, books and some others in English to get more knowledge. And that is 35 more and more people will learn English.( ) 26. A. mid-aged B. rich C. young D. old( ) 27. A. All B. Other C. People D. Some( ) 28. A. easy B. difficult C. hard D. good( ) 29. A. need B. have C. wish D. want( ) 30. A. ask B. talk about C. answer D. think( ) 31. A. because B. when C. for D. so( ) 32. A. Chinese B. subjects C. French D. language ( ) 33. A. easy B. useful C. difficult D. interesting ( ) 34. A. read B. watch C. see D. look at( ) 35. A. why B. how C. what D. when四、阅读理解。
(30)A. 阅读短文，选择正确答案，并将其序号填入题前括号内。
（每小题2分，共10分。
）Do you know Zheng Yuanjie? He was born in Shijiazhuang on June 15th, 1955. He began writing fairy tales 34 years ago.“I wrote many different kinds of essays(散文) at the beginning. However, I found I wasn’t good at them, because I only had a four-year primary school education. So I began to write fairy tales.”In 1979 Zheng Yuanjie published(出版) his first fairy tale. In 1985, he starteda children’s magazine called the King of Fairy Tales. The magazine’s great success made him famous as the Chinese King of Fairy Tales.Now many of Zheng Yuanjie’s first readers are parents. Their children are reading the same books that they enjoyed. It seems Zheng Yuanjie’s biggest dream is coming true-------to see his fairy tales being loved by people from zero to 100 years old.( )36.When and where was Zheng Yuanjie born? __________.A. 1955年6月15日，石家庄B. 1955年7月15日，石家庄C. 1955年6月5日，石家庄D. 1955年7月5日，石家庄( ) 37. Did Zheng Yuanjie begin to write fairy tales at first? _________.A. Yes, he didB. No, he didn’tC.Yes, he was.D. We don’t know.( ) 38. In 1979 Zheng Yuanjie published(出版) his first fairy tale._________ years later, he started a children’s magazine called the King of Fairy Tales..A. 5B. 6C. 7D. 8( ) 39 Is his biggest dream come true?___________.A. Yes, he isB. No, he isn’tC. Yes, it isD. No, it isn’t( ) 40. The phrase(词组) “King of Fairy Tales”may mean ________ in Chinese.A. 故事书B. 连环画C. 孩子王D. 童话大王B 读短文,选择正确答案，并将其序号填入题前括号内(每小题2分，共10分。