八年级上学期期中考试英语试题第一部分听力（共五大题，满分3 0 分）一. 短对话理解（共10小题; 每小题1分, 满分10分)1. A. What does the boy look like?A B C2. Which sign are they talking about?A. B. C.3. Where are the students going?A. B. C.4. What is Jack’s favorite sport?A B C5. Where did David spend his holiday?A B C6. What colour of shoes should the man probably wear?A. Blue shoes. B. White shoes. C. Black shoes.7. What is Betty like? A. She is smart. B. She is helpful. C. She is honest.8. What is the relationship between the two speaks?A. Brother and sister.B. Mother and son.C. Teacher and student.9. What does the man mean?A. The girl doesn’t carry the key with her very often.B. The girl lost her bike.C. It is not the first time for the girl to lose her key.10. What can we learn from the dialogue?A. The boy thinks the girl should use her own dictionary.B. The girl wants to borrow the boy’s dictionary.C. The boy doesn’t know what the girl means.二．听长对话，回答问题。

（5%）11. Who wants to study science?A. Alan B. Lisa C. Peter12. When is Alan free?A. This evening B. Tomorrow evening C. Tomorrow afternoon13.When is Mike’s birthday?A. Thursday, 14th B. Friday, 16th C. Saturday, 16th14. What’s Mike doing for his birthday?A. Having a party B. Having a picnic C. Having a game15. Why can’t Charlie go there?A. His friends are visiting him. B. His friends are having a party.C. He’s visiting his friends.一. 单项填空26.My sister still wants to go to school ____she is ill. A. although B. for C. but D. and27. There is going to _______a soccer match tomorrow afternoon . A. have B. is C. has D. be28.The meat is ______expensive and eating _______meat is bad for your health.A. too much , muchB. much too ,too muchC. too much ,too muchD. much too, much too29.“Jenny ,could you come to my party on Sunday afternoon?”--A. Sure ,I’d love toB. Sorry, I have to study for a testC. I’m sorry I’m lateD. A and B30.-Would you like _______to eat?A. something deliciousB. delicious anythingC. anything deliciousD. delicious something31. –Why you come and play basketball with us? –Good idea?A. not you B. not C. not to D. don’t32. Take exercise, you will become stronger and healthier. A. or B. and C. butD. because33. she ready to help people any time?—Yes, she .A. Is; does B. Does; does C. Does; is D. Is; is34. —That book I lent to you yesterday is than this one.—Really? I’ll return it to you as soon as I finish reading it. A. much expensive B. more expensive C. as expensive D. too expensive35. —I can’t find my pen. Could you lend me ?—Sorry, I’m using itA. you; meB. yours; meC. yourself; mineD. yours; myself36. —Don’t stand the room. Please come in.—Thank you very much. That’s so nice of you.A．in front of B. in the front of C. before D. at the front of37. English is one of John’s subjects.A. the worst B. worst C. the worse D. worse38. I think this is useful advice.A. / B. a C. an D. the39. My best friend often shares things me and helps people trouble.A. with; withB. in; inC. with; inD. in ; with40. My school has weeks in the summertime than John’s school.A. less; restB. less; offC. fewer; restD. fewer, off二. 完型填空It was almost 9:00 p. m. when Mia Jameson left her office to go home. It was 1 . She started her car and she 2 down the dark road that led to her house in the country. She 3 the radio and sang songs while she was driving. The heater (暖气机) wasn’t working, and singing helped to keep her 4 .The snow was heavy. Then Mia went across a small 5 . The bridge was covered with ice and the car went out of control (失去控制). Mia hit her head on the steering wheel and lost consciousness (知觉).When she 6 , her head was bleeding (流血), and she was shaking from the cold. She didn’t know 7 she was. Mia opened the car door and looked around. She was under the bridge, and her car was sitting on the 8 river! She felt very 9 . She knew the ice wouldn’t 10 her car for very long. She 11 to walk up the hill several times, but she kept falling in the snow. Mia tried 12 time. She fell again, but this time she couldn’t get up. She knew that 13 could see her car under the bridge. She was lying in the snow, and she couldn’t 14 . Mia closed her eyes and 15 die.Then she heard a voice. Mia opened her eyes. There was an old man standing over her. She stood up and walked up with the help of the old man. “That’s my truck,” said the old man. “Get in and I’ll take you home.”(1) A. raining B. cool C. snowing D. late(2) A. ran B. drove C. walked D. rode(3) A. turned on B. turned over C. turned off D. turned down(4) A. happy B. not alone C. warm D. not lonely(5) A. bridge B. village C. town D. farm(6) A. got up B. came back C. looked up D. woke up(7) A. how B. what C. why D. where(8) A. deep B. frozen C. wide D. cold(9) A. angry B. sad C. surprised D. afraid(10) A. keep B. pull C. take D. hold(11) A. tried B. wanted C. would like D. seemed(12) A. one B. one more C. other D. the other(13) A. someone B. anyone C. everyone D. no one(14) A. feel B. hear C. move D. go(15) A. waited to B. had to C. was able to D. decided to三．阅读理解ALittle Tommy was doing very badly in math. His parents had tried everything—tutors (家庭教师), cards, special learning centers—in short, everything they could think of. Finally they took Tommy to a catholic (天主教的) school.After the first day, little Tommy came home with a very serious look on his face. He didn’t kiss his mother hello. Instead, he went straight to his room and started studying. Books and papers were spread (铺开) out all over the room and little Tommy was hard at work. His mother was surprised. She called himdown to dinner and as soon as he finished eating, he went back to his room, without a word. In no time he was back hitting the books as hard as before. This went on for some time, day after day while the mother tried to understand what was happening.Finally, little Tommy brought home his report card. He quietly put it on the table and went up to his room and hit the books. His mom looked at it and to her surprise, little Tommy got an A in math. She couldno longer hold her curiosity (好奇心). She went to his room and asked, “Son, what was it? Was it the nuns (修女)?”Little Tommy looked at her and shook his head, “No.”“Well then,” she asked again. “WHAT was it?”Little Tommy looked at her and said, “Well, on the first day of school, when I saw that man nailed (钉) to the plus sign (加号), I knew they weren’t joking.”1. Why did Tommy’s parents send him to a catholic school?A. Because he could eat well there.B. Because he could earn more about nuns.C. Because his parents wanted him to do better in his math.D. Because his parents didn’t want him to learn math any more.2. Tommy’s mother felt surprised that his son _______.A. was still the same as usualB. ate so much at dinnerC. kissed her hello after schoolD. worked hard but said little3.“Hitting the books” means “_______” in Chi nese.A.用功 B.捶书C.发泄 D.振作4. The last sentence in the passage shows that _______.A. Tommy felt sorry for the mailB. Tommy was afraid of being nailedC. Tommy didn’t like the plus signD. Tommy liked playing jokes on others5. From the passage, we can infer (推断) that _______.A. teachers should be strict with their studentsB. mistaking (误解) might do good sometimesC. a catholic school is much better than other onesD. nuns are good at helping children with their mathBHe is quiet and shy. He likes to hide his eyes behind his hair. He doesn’t smile very often. However, if you talk to him about music, he’ll have a lot to say.This is Jay Chou, the 24-year-old Taiwanese pop king(天王). His fans are so excited because he will sing songs in Beijing on September 12. Those songs are from his new album (唱片), “Ye Huimei”, and the album was released (发行) in July and was named after his mother.Chou g rew up just with his mother. He did not talk much and did badly in many school subjects.His mother noticed the boy’s special interest in music and sent him to learn piano when he was only three years old. He loved it and kept on practicing.Chou is not very handsome. He does not speak clearly when he sings or talks. But the singer has hugecrowds of fans. “He is really good at music. It makes him attractive(有魅力的) to me,” said Liu Jiajun, aJunior 2 student in No.101 Middle School in Beijing.“He is true to himself. He never follows others,” said Zhang Yujie, a Junior 1 girl at Huaibei Middle School in Sihong, Jiangsu Province.1. From this passage, we know that Jay Chou _______.A. is very handsomeB. has a bright smileC. often makes too much noiseD.. is a pop music star2. His fans are so excited because ___. A. he released a new album in July B. he will sing new songs in BeijingC. he can play the piano very wellD. his new album was named after his mother3. When he was a little child, he _______.A. talked a lot every dayB. did well in his study at schoolC. started to like musicD. had huge crowds of fans4. According to one of his fans, Jay _______. A. is a good student B. has long and beautiful hairC. is a well-known pianistD. is very attractive to them5. The sentence “He never follows others” in the last paragraph means _______.A. he always has his own style(风格)B. he likes to walk aloneC. he doesn’t like other people’s songs at allD. no one can catch up with him四．词汇运用。