2015-2016年北京西城初二上学期期末英语试题及答案北京市西城区2015-2016学年度第一学期期末试卷八年级英语听力理解一、听对话，从下面各题所给的A、B、C三幅图片中，选择与对话内容相符的图片。

每段对话你将听两遍。

（每小题1分）二、听对话，根据对话内容，从下面各题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选择最佳选项。

每段对话你将听两遍。

（每小题1.5分）请听一段对话，完成第4小题至第5小题4. Where will Becky travel this winter holiday?A. To HainanB. To BeijingC. To Taipei.5. What will John probably do this winter holiday?A. Travel around the worldB. Finish the work.C. visit museum请听一段对话，完成第6小题至第7小题6. Who is the woman’s favourite actor?A. RichardB. Ant-manC. Paul Rudd7. What will they do next Thursday?A. Watch a playB. Act in a playC. Meet actors请听一段对话，完成第8小题至第9小题8. Why did Linda look worried?A. Because she saw an accidentB. Because her bike was brokenC. Because her brother had an accident9. What will Tom do after schoolA. Play games at homeB. See Linda’s brotherC. Go shopping三、听独白，记录关键信息。

本段独白你将听两遍。

（每小题2分）知识运用四、单项选择（每小题1分）14._______________ is the population of China?A. WhoB. How manyC. How muchD. What15. This classroom is three times as __________ as that one.A. bigB. biggerC. biggestD. the biggest16. Don’t take photo in the museum! You ___________ follow the rules.A. canB. mustC. cannotD. mu stn’t17. Which one is________ in your school, football or basketball.A. popularB. more popularC. the most popularD. most popular18. Of all the students in his class, Xiao Ming writes_______________.A. very carefulB. the most carefulC. most carefullyD. much more carful19. I planned ________ in the park with my family last weekend.A. campB. campingC. to campD. camped20. The football team worked hard _________ they would win the matchA. ifB. so thatC. as soon asD. because21. –I called you up at 8:00 last night, but you didn’t answer the phone.--Oh, really? I ________with the housework.A. am helpingB. helpedC. helpD. was helping22. The mom was so young that she was always worried about how to ______ her baby.A. look upB. look forC. look afterD. look in23. He was reading a book while his mom_______________.A. cooksB. is cookingC. cookedD. was cooking五、完型填空。

（每小题1.5分）A Father Learns A Lesson From His SonVelan was a carpenter. He was living in a village. His mother died a long time back. His aged father, Kuppan, lived with him. Kuppan was very weak. He could not even walk well. He was weak ____24____ Velan did not give him enough food. He had given his father a small earthen plate. Velan was a had man.Velan had a son. His name is Muthu. Muthu was just ten years old. He was a very good boy. He ___25_______ his grandfather. He had great respect for his grandfather. He did not like his father because he was treating his grandfather badly.One day Kuppan was eating his food out of earthen plate that his son had given to him. The earthen plate fell down and ____26_____ into pieces. The food also fell on the floor. Velan was working at the other end of the room. When he saw the broken plate, he was very__27_____, and shouted at Kuppan. The old man felt bad about what happened. He was sorry for his mistake.The next day Velan saw his son working on a piece of wood.“What are you doing, Mum?” he asked.“I am making a wooden plate ______28_____ you, father. When you grow old, like my grandfather, you will need a plate for food. And it may not break so ____29_____,” Muthu said.The carpenter was surprised to hear this. At that time, he realized his mistake. He was very sad about what he did. Then he became a ___30____ person. From that day on, Velan treated his father with great respect. He learnt a lesson from his own son. You should respect your __31____ at all times. It is your duty.24. A. though B. because C. if D. before25. A. hated B. missed C. loved D. hurt26. A. ran B. broke C. put D. took27. A. angry B. sad C. happy D. surprised28. A. of B. with C. from D. for29. A. hard B. hardly C. easily D. quickly30. A. different B. difficult C. serious D. useful31. A. children B. teachers C. parents D. friends阅读理解六、阅读选择（每小题2分）AWalt Disney world32. When is Disney World open?A. At 10:30 amB. At 7:30 am.C. At 10;00 AMD. At 12:00 pm33. What entertainment can you enjoy at 7:10 pm?A Turtle Talk with Crush B. Father ChristmasC. The Monkey KingD. Behind the Seeds Tour34. Which character is from China?A. Winnie the PoohB. AliceC. Snow WhiteD. Mulan35. Where can you go if you are happy?A. Tube StadiumB. Father ChristmasC. Behind the Seeds TourD. Living with the landBWhen I was five years old. I took a boat out on the river and went fishing by myself. I really wanted to catch a fish! But they were not biting.I stayed in my boat for three days, waiting. A few times, I thought I felt a fish at the end of the line. The first time I pulled in my catch, it was not a fish; it was an old bag. The second time, it was a shoe. Finally, at the end of the third day, I felt a strong pull at the end of the line. The pull was so strong they my boat raced around and around. I needed all my power just to hold onto the fishing rod. I pulled, and I pulled and I caught the biggest fish that ever swam on the Earth! It was heavier than everyone in this room put together! Then something terrible happened!After I pulled the huge fish into my boat, I saw that the boat was going under water! Water was coming into the boat from all sides! I was not a very good swimmer, so I was scared.Although it was the hardest choice I ever made. I had to let the fish go. I pushed it back over the side of the boat, and we waved good-bye to each other as it swam away.36. How long did the writer spend in his boat?A. Two days.B. Two hoursC. Three daysD. Three hours37. What did the writer get when he pulled in his catch the second time?A. A shoeB. An old bagC. A fishD. A small boat38. Why did the writer let the fish go?A. The fish bit peopleB. The fish was too small to keepC. The boat started to go under water.D. There was a hole in the side of the boat.39. The underlined word “raced” in Paragraph 2 probably means “____________”.A. walkedB. beat somebodyC. moved very fastD. swamCIf you think Iphones are expensive, think about those who have to work months to buy one.A person in New York has to work just three days to be able to buy a new iphone 6; people in Beijing have to spend 27 days at the office.That information is from a new ideas of pay and prices in 71 words cities collected by Swiss bank UBS. The index, which comes out every three years, show the rich people of Zurich have to work the least, putting in just under 21 hours on the job before having the money for the must-have phone. Londoners have to work a little more—41 hours—while workers in Mexico City have to work well over 200 hours, making the phone too rich for many. In Ukraine, it is worse than all other places. People there have to work about 627 hours---or 78 days. In Nairobi and Jakarta they have to work 468 hours, or 59 days.The research shows how expensive Apple iphones can be for locals in many cities. That makes it easier for other companies to sell more that Apple in many nations.For example, India’s phone company Micromax has become the country’s largest phone seller, according to a research company. In fact, India doesn’t have an Apple Store because the products are to expensive. Beijing phone maker Xiaomi has become one the world’s top five phone makers, and often sells more that Apple to in China. Earlier this year Xiaomi had its bestsales day ever, selling 2.12 million phones in 24 hours.40. According to the passage, people from ________work the most time to buy an iPhone.A. New YorkB. BeijingC. Zurich.D. Ukraine.41. What is the best title for the passage?A. The Apple iPhone is the best phone on the worldB. Other phone companies are just as good as Apple.C. Not everyone can easily buy Apple iPhoneD. All people have to work many days to buy a new iPhone.42. What can we learn from the passage?A. Research doesn’t help in phone sales informationB. People should work harder so that they can buy an iPhone.C. Xiaomi will be more popular than iPhone around the world.D. Phones from other companies are less expensive for locals than iPhones.七、阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题（每小题2分）People have always wanted to know what our future will look like. Go on reading this text, and you will know what will happen in the next fifty years.How can we know what the future will look like? To be able to understand the future, you have to know the past, what has taken us to where we are today and what has changed along the way? The world has changed a lot in the last 150 years, but people are driven by the same basic needs as they were 150 years ago. Will this change in the next 150 years? No.What inventions have really made a different in the last 150 years? In the past years, the inventions that have changed most people’s everyday life are telephone, radio, television, computer, the car and the internet. Then we of course have a lot of inventions that have made life easier, like new medicine, faster cars, trains, etc. In general, people have been working hard in the last 150 years to make inventions that will make the world a better place. Since there is still much to do in the area, this will be important for at least the next 150 years.Why do we need to guess the future? Guessing the future is important for two reasons: First, we need to start to think about what kind of future we would like for ourselves and our children. And then we need to know what decisions we need to make today that will give us the best future.43. Do people want to know what our future will look like?44. What do people have to know if they want to understand the future?45. Why did people work hard to make inventions in the last 150 years?八、阅读短文，根据短文内容，从短文后的四个选项中选出填入空白处的最佳选项.(每小题1分)A Smart DogRico is a dog who lives in Germany, ____46______ When his owner says the name of a certain toy, Rico can find it. In fact, he seems to know the names of 200 toys!____47_____. They put his toys in a room and then told him to go in the room and find acertain toy. Since nobody was in the room with Rico, he had no help from anyone finding the right toy. The researchers did this test forty times. Rico found the right toy thirty-seven times!Then the rese archer tried something else. They put seven of Rico’s toys in the room and one new toy that Rico had never seen before. ______48___ . This new toy had a name Rico had never heard before. Rico found the right toy seven out of ten times.!Researchers cannot really say that Rico know words or languages. ___49____They believed Rico can think about what he hears and thin about what he knows. In fact, Rico seems to thin and remember thins as well as three-year-old child.From these tests, animal researchers know one thing for sure. Rico has given them a lot to think about.A. Then they told Rico to go into the room and get the new toy.B. However, these tests seem to show Rico is smart.C. Some researchers in Germany wanted to test Rico.D. His owner has trained him to find his toys.书面表达九、根据中文意思，用所给词语写句子。