期中考试初二英语试卷

1 2011学年第一学期期中考试试卷 八年级英语（满分100分，考试时间90分钟） Part 1 Listening (第一部分 听力) I. Listen and choose the right picture (根据你听到的内容，选出相应的图片): (共6分)

A B C D E F G 7. A) 6.30. B) 7.0. C) 6.45. D) 7.15. 8. A) Her father. B) Her mother. C) Her friends. D) Her aunt. 9. A) Five dollars. B) Twenty dollars. C) Fifteen dollars. D) Six dollars. 10.A) He got on the wrong bus. B) He was late. C) He wasn’t careful. D) He missed the bus. 11. A) 23. B) 730. C) 6. D) 300. 12.A) 15 minutes. B) 20minutes. C) 50 minutes. D) 30minutes. 13.A) In the cinema. B) At the post office. C) At home. D) In the street. 14. A) Ten miles. B) Sixty miles. C) Fifty miles. D) Forty miles. III. Listen to the passage and tell whether the following statements are true or false (判断下列句子是否符合你听到的内容, 符合的用“T”表示，不符合的用“F”表示): (共6分) 15.The first robot was made by a Greek. 16. Robots can only be seen in films. 17. Robots can help some people look after themselves. 18. Today’s robots have a lot of different uses. 19. All blind people use dogs to help themselves move around. 20. Robots will take the place of human beings. IV. Listen to the dialogue and fill in the blanks (根据你听到的内容，完成下列句子，每空格限填一词): (共5分) 21. Tony will have a study trip to Ireland during _________ holidays. 22. The English teacher and some _________ students will go there. 23. They will leave on June _________ and return on August 28th. 24. Some will stay at local ________ and some will live in the school dormitory. 25. The holidays will cost twenty ________ yuan. 2

Part 2 Vocabulary and Grammar (第二部分 词汇和语法) V. Choose the best answer (选择最恰当的答案): (共20分) 26. –You’ve got ______ e-mail address, haven’t you? --Yes, it's ______ 11jk8@sohu.com. A) a, / B) an, the C) an, / D) /, an 27. Mr. Jackson gained a great ______ in writing novels. A) succeed B) successful C) successfully D) success 28. Gardeners are very helpful to keep our housing estates _______. A) wonderfully B) beautiful C) clearly D) well 29. No one _______ where he is from and what his name is. A) know B) knows C) have noticed D) is noticed 30. It’s very nice ______ you to teach ______ English for so long a time. A) of, my B) for, me C) of, me D) for, my 31. When I went in the classroom, Miss Liu ______ some words on the black board. A) writes B) wrote C) was writing D) has written 32. I’m waiting for my mum. If she ______, I’ll go shopping with you. A) doesn’t come B) won’t come C) comes D) will come 33. Every major has much______ to read. A) letters B) information C) stories D) books 34. ______fun it is to jump into a swimming pool to swim in summer! A) What a B) How C) How a D) What 35. He ______ medicine. He just ______ have a good rest. A) doesn’t need any…needs to B) needn’t any…need C) doesn’t need any… needs any D) needn’t any…needs to 36. My brother likes making a phone call to his friends _______ A) by the way home B)by the way to school C) on his way school D) on his way home 37. ______ one night, something unusual happened while the woman was sleeping. A) In B) At C) On D) / 38. It is very hot in Africa. So it ______ there. A) never snows B) usually snows C)always snows D) often snows 39. About ______ of the books in our school library are written in Chinese. A) four-fifth B) four-fifths C) fourth-fifths D) fourth-fifth 40. --I’m afraid English is too hard for me. --_______. You can do it! A) I’m sorry to hear that. B) So am I. C) It’s terrible. D) Don’t give it up. 41. Mike ______ be here now because he has just gone to Washington. A) mustn’t B) needn’t C) shouldn’t D) can’t 42.We are keen on using MSN to talk with each other online. The underlined part means “ ______”. A) are in favour of B) are pleased with C) like D) hate 3

43. Don’t lose your temper easily. It is bad for your health. The underlined part means “ ______”. A) be happy B) be sad C) get very angry D) get excited 44. – I really sorry about that. -- _______. Which of the following is Wrong? A) That’s right. B) It doesn’t matter. C) Not at all. D) Never mind. 45. –Summer holidays are coming. Why not go to Hainan Island? A) Good luck! B) Good idea! C) That’s right. D) I’m afraid not. VI. Complete the sentences with the given words in their proper forms (用括号中所给单词的适当形式完成下列句子): (共8分) 46. John and Tom went on a trip with a cousin of ______. (they) 47. My neighbour looked _______ at the broken window and said “Who did it?”. (angry) 48. I ______ in the Maths test and felt upset. (failure) 49. Last Sunday was my little brother John’s ______ birthday. (five) 50. After supper Mary went on _______ her homework. (do) 51. They have worked as ________ for quite a few years . (engine) 52. The children are ______ than before because they have more to learn. (busy) 53. It’s about 15 ______ walk from my home to school. (minute) VII. Rewrite the following sentences as required (根据所给要求，改写下列句子。每空格限填一词): (共12分) 54. James has a piano lesson every Sunday. (改为一般疑问句) ______ James ______ a piano lesson every Sunday? 55. It is about 3000 kilometres from shanghai to Tibet. (对划线部分提问) ______ ______ is it from Shanghai to Tibet? 56. This answer is wrong. That one is wrong, too. ( 合并为一句) _______ this answer nor that one ________right. 57. There are some interesting books in the library. (用just now改写成否定句) There ________ _________ interesting books in the library just now. 58. If you read more books, you will get more knowledge. (保持句意基本不变) _______ more books, ______ you will get more knowledge 59. He’s never absent from school. (改为反意疑问句) He’s never absent from school，_______ ________?