2014-2015学年第一学期教学质量检测八年级英语试卷说明：本试卷考试时间为90分钟，满分100分。

答题必须在．．．答题卷上作答，在试题上作答无效第一卷听说题（15分）略第二卷选择题（60分）II．选择填空（15分）i）根据句意，选择与划线部分意思最接近的选项，并在答题卷选择题答题区将相应的字母编号涂黑。

（共8小题，每小题1）13. ---Don’t make jokes about the blind girl. It’s very impolite.---Sorry, I won’t do things like that any longer.A. laugh loudlyB. play tricks withC. make fun of14. ---I have a problem with my classmate. What should I do?---I think you should be friendly to them first. Above all, you should help them when they are in trouble.A. At lastB. Most importantlyC. First of all15. ---A lot of plants and animals are dying out because of the pollution.---I am sorry to hear that. It’s time for us to take action to protect our earth.A. disappearingB. livingC. in danger16. ---All the foreign teachers in our school can speak a bit of Chinese.---Yes. They often learn Chinese from us students after class.A. a piece ofB. a littleC. a lot of17. ---Children shouldn’t always depend on their parents.---It’s not their fault. Many parents do most of the things for their children.A. put onB. decide onC. ask help from18. Michael told me some practical methods of learning English. So I have done much better this term.A. wiseB. usefulC. special19. ---There are fewer and fewer days with blue sky in Shenzhen.---But most people are unaware of the danger of air pollution.A. don’t realizeB. want to knowC. doesn’t understand20. ---The 77-year-old runner succeeded in finishing the race in 2014 Shenzhen International Marathon.---Surely he did. He said he was 6 minutes faster than himself in the last race.A. hoped to finishB. won the prize in finishingC. managed to finish ii）从下面每小题的A、B、C三个选择中选出最佳答案，并在答题卷选择题区将相应的字母编号涂黑。

（共7小题，每小题1分）21. If you _________ someone, you invite them to fight or compete with you in some way.A. encourageB. challengeC. introduce22. A _________ is a person who plays a musical instrument as their job or hobby.A. musicianB. scientistC. manager23.---What can we do with this _________?---A lot of things. _________, we can use it to print different kinds of things.A. instruction; In the endB. invitation; Such asC. invention; For example24.---My parents _________ me that they would buy me an e-dictionary.---Great! You can _________ the new words in it.A. advise; look intoB. promise; look up C gave; look out25.---We have an unforgettable _________ in Happy Valley last week.---So we did. How happily we played! We took some nice photos _________.A. information; tooB. message; eitherC. experience; as well26.---John, would you please help me with this sum?---Sure. Firstly, _________ 5 and 4 and then _________ the answer, you will get 18.A. add; doubleB. plus; divideC. subtract; multiple27. ---Your English text is excellent _________ you bad handwriting.---I will be more _________ next time.A. except; helpfulB. except for; carefulC. besides; carelessⅢ. 完型填空（15分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从28-37各小题的ABC三个选项中选出最佳答案，并在答题卷答题区将相应的字母编号涂黑。

（共10小题，每小题1.5分）Lim Dingwen comes from Singapore. He is still a pupil, but he has a 28 life. He is the youngest iPhone Programmer in the world. He is working for Apple INC. (苹果公司). He could use a computer at the 29 of two. He 30 to learn programming (编程) when he was seven years old. Now he is 31 using six programming languages and we can find over twenty 32 written by him.He once 33 a painting program for iPhone. The program is Doodle Kids (涂鸦儿童). Lots of people go on the 34 and download it. “At first, I wrote the program for my younger 35 . She was aged 5 and liked drawing,” Lim said.Lim Dingwen is an iPhone programmer, and he is also a 36 of an online show. The show teaches children to learn software and programming.What a busy life he has! He will turn his 37 into his career.28. A. same B. different C. unhappy29. A. end B. age C. beginning30. A. ended B. finished C. started31. A. good at B. well in C. interested in32. A. phones B. subjects C. programs33. A. spoke B. wrote C. read34. A. Internet B. market C. classes35. A. brother B. sister C. classmate36. A. teacher B. listener C. host37. A. hobby B. habit C. inventionⅣ. 阅读理解（30分）阅读下列短文，从下面每题的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳答案，并在答题卷选择答题区将相应的字母编号涂黑。

（共20小题，每小题1.5分）38. The cheapest price for the concert is _________.A. 60 yuanB. 80 yuanC. 180 yuanD. 280 yuan39. The dancers in the ballet SWAN LAK are from _________.A. AmericaB. RussiaC. EnglandD. China40. The ballet SWAN LAKE will be on for _________ days in Shenzhen Grand Theatre.A. 1B. 2C. 3D. 441. If you want to book the tickets to Anne’s Diary, you can call _________ from some information.A. 8246-8470B. 2590-6000C. 8284-1888D. 6216-700642. If you see the movie with your classmate Jack, you will pay _________ yuan for your tickets.A. 40B. 80C. 160D. 180(B)British Study ToursUsing the wonderful railway system, we offer teenager an unusual holiday, a sport and language study program. You hotel is on a train: eat and sleep on the train and spend each day at different parts of Britain.Summer School in FranceWe offer summer schools for student between the ages of 12 and 16. Live with a French family and choose from different activities including horse-riding, football, swimming and skiing.Summer in AustraliaWe will arrange a program for students. All of our courses take place at the college in Sydney. Morning classes are held in Chinese, evening classes on Australian history are in English. We offer an exciting program of evening activities including music, dance and theatre.Holiday Programs in GermanyWe offer morning classes in German at all levels from beginners upwards. In the afternoon you are free to join in our mountain walking or to go shopping in the nearby town. In the evening we organize a full program for fun. All ages are welcome.43. If you like travelling by train, you can go to _________.A. Summer School in FranceB. Summer in AustraliaC. Holiday Programs in GermanyD. British Study Tours44. What difficulty does the girl have?A. Holiday Programs in Germany and British Study ToursB. Summer in Australia and Summer School in FranceC. British Study Tours and Summer in AustraliaD. Summer School in France and Holiday Programs in Germany45. Which program offers study for all ages?A. Holiday Programs in Germany.B. Summer School in FranceC. British Study ToursD. Summer in Australia46. Summer School in France is different from the others because _________.A. you can go at any time of the yearB. you can stay with a local familyC. you can go at any ageD. you can do sports47. This passage was written to?A. encourage people to have a holidayB. introduce some beautiful placesC. ask people to study foreign languagesD. attract people to take part in their programs(C)Google Glass is a special type of glasses. Actually, it can work as a hand-freewearable smart phone. Google Company began to sell it to the public onDecember 15, 2014 for US$1,500 (RMB9,194).There is a screen and a camera in front of the Glass. They are in front of of you right eye. When you say “OK, Glass”, a menu will appear on the screen. And the magic Glass starts to work. Then you can tell it to do what you wish to do. You can control it al by your voice to take photos, make video calls, surf the Internet, send e-emails, deal with written messages and so on. You can say an action, such as “Take a picture”“Record a video”“Google what year BBC was founded”“Give me directions to the Eiffel Tower”“Send a message to John”“Tell me the weather in New York”. Of course you can use also operate the “glass” by touching the outer side of the Glass.It is small, but powerful. It’s always ready to work. You won’t lose our way any more with the help with GPS in it. You won’t be bored with language problems when you’re in other countries.48.We shall pay RMB_________ yuan for a Google Glass.A. 1,215B. 2,014C.1,500D. about 10,00049. If you want to start a Google Glass, you need to _________ .A. say “OK, Glass”B. touch the screenC. take a pictureD. send a message to John50. According the passage, a Google Glass can do all the things EXCEPT _________ .A. making a video callB. giving the directions to a placeC. drawing a pictureD. dealing with language problems51. The underlined word “They” in the second paragraph means _________.A. the screen and the cameraB. the menu and the screenC. the magic Glass and the smart phoneD. the glasses and the out side52. The passage mainly tells us _________.A. where we can find a Google GlassB. what we can do with a Google GlassC. a Google Glass is not expensive but powerfulD. when the company began to sell the Google Glass(D)In the Hollywood movie, The Green Hornet, Chou needs to speak English.This is the first time Chou played a role in an English-speaking film. It was a hardjob, but he did it well.Chou practised very hard to prepare for the movie. While he was making themovie, he spent about three hours remembering the script (剧本) every day.Chou said, “It’s not easy for me”. In my opinion, learning English is harder than playing magic tricks.”When the movie came out, some people said that Chou’s English had a funny accent (口音). But the director Michael Gundry said that he liked Chou’s style and hard work.In the movie, Chou plays the role of Kato. Kato helps Britt Reid, the Green Hornet, make special weapon (武器). They stop the bad men in the streets together.Besides English, Chou also shows off his driving abilities, basketball moves and even his piano and rapping skills in the movie. He said that he wanted to show that we Chinese actors were talented. (有天赋的).53. Chou spent _________ remembering the script every day while he was making the movieA. about for hoursB. about three hoursC. about two hoursD. about one hour54. According to the passage, we can know Chou thinks _________?A. both learning English and playing tricks are difficultB. both learning English and playing tricks are easy.C. playing magic tricks is easier than learning English.D. learning English is easier than playing magic tricks.55. Who is Michael Gundry?A. He is the actor who plays the role of Kato.B. He is the actor who plays the role of Britt Reid.C. He is the man who taught Chou to learn English.D. He is the director of the movie, The Green Hornet56. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?A. Everybody says that Chou’s English is perfect.B. In the movie, Chou only shows off his driving abilities.C. In the movie. Kato and Britt Reid stop the bad men in the streets together.D. This is the second time Chou played a role in an English-speaking film.57. What’s the best title of the passage?A. Actor of the The Green HornetB. A director and a popular movieC. Chou and a great movieD. Several talented Chinese actors第三卷非选择题（25分）V. 语法填空：用所给单词的适当形式填空，未提供单词的根据上下文填入适当的词，将答案写在答题卷上。