江苏省南通市崇川区2017_2018学年八年级英语上学期期中测试试题牛津版20180112347

2017-2018学年度第一学期期中测试卷八年级英语（试卷共 8 页总分：150分时间：120分钟）第I卷（选择题90分）一、听力部分（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）第一部分听对话回答问题本部分共有10道小题，每小题你将听到一段对话，每段对话听两遍。

在听每段对话前，你将有5秒钟时间阅读题目；听完后，你还有5秒钟的时间选择你认为最合适的备选答案，在听到嘀的信号后，进入下一小题。

（）1.Where are the students from?A. B. C.（）2.What are the two speakers talking about?A. B. C.（）3.How does the boy usually go to school?A. B. C.（）4.What subject does George have on Friday afternoon?A. B. C.( ) 5. What does Nick like?A. Monkeys.B. Giant pandas.C. Lions.( ) 6. When is the woman’s birthday?A. On December 24.B. On December 25.C. On December 26.( ) 7. Where were the woman and her father four years ago?A. In China.B. In England.C. In America.( ) 8. Where are the two speakers?A. In the bus.B. At the bus stop.C. In the Children’sHouse.( ) 9. Who runs the fastest?A. Lucy.B. Lily.C. Kate.( )10. When did the early bus leave?A. At 6:25.B. At 6:30.C. At 6:35.第二部分听对话和短文回答问题听第一段对话，回答第11—12小题。

（）11.Why does Joan look so happy today?A. Because she will get some presents.B. Because her friends will come.C. Because many singers will come to give a show.（）12.Where is Joan going to see it?A. At homeB. In the theatreC. At school听第一篇短文,回答第13--15小题.请根据短文内容,选择正确答案,完成信息记录表。

We wer e visiting ___15____.( ) 14. A. drawing B. swimming C. drinking water( ) 15. A. factories B. the museum C. a market听第二篇短文，回答16—20题。

( ) 16. How old is Peter?A.16 years old.B. 13 years old.C. 30 years old. ( ) 17. What was he interested in doing?A.Making more money.B. Finding a good job.C. Reading books. ( ) 18. Why did he want to look for a job?A. Because he wanted to buy some books.B. Because he wanted to make a lot of money.C. Because he didn’t want to go to school.( ) 19. What is Peter’s first job?A.To buy newspapers.B. To send newspapers.C. To sellnewspapers.( ) 20. Which of the following is true?A. Peter’s family was rich.B.Peter could get only 5 dollars now.C. Peter could get only 3 dollars now.二、单项填空（共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分）从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

( )21.---I think English is ______ unimportant subject.---I don’t think so. It is _______useful tool when we talk with foreigners.A. a, anB. an, aC. a, aD. an, an ( )22. ---Did you go to the cinema last night?---No. _________ seeing a film, I just stayed at home and watched TV.A. ButB. SoC. InsteadD. Instead of( )23. We all like to make friends with people, because no one likes to hear lies.A. patientB. politeC. generousD. honest( )24. —Which do you think is , Chinese or English?—It’s hard to say. I think Chinese is as as English.A. interesting, interestingB. more interesting, interestingC. interesting, more interestingD. more interesting, more interesting ( )25. They are clever men. It took them ________ time to do _______ jobs.A. less, moreB. more, lessC. less, lessD. more, more( )26. They often had fun ______ ball games before. But now they have no time ______ after-school activities.A.playing, doingB. to play, doingC. to play, to doD. playing,to do( )27. --- I’d like to buy Guo Jingming’s Tiny Times.---You had better his books. The stories he tells are far from real life.A. don’t readB. not to readC. not readingD. not read ( )28. ---The job is too hard. I am afraid I can’t do it.---Don’t impossible before you try.A. sayB. sayingC. to sayD. says( )29. Teenagers like to photos of famous stars in their bedrooms.A. put onB. put awayC. put upD. put out( )30. Dennis doesn’t paint others, but his ideas are the most wonderful of all.A. as careful asB. as carefully asC. more careful thanD. as good as( )31. Helen draws better than __ _ boy in her class.A. any otherB. the otherC. all theD. any( )32. Nancy spent half an hour _________ the piano every day.A. to practice playingB. practising playingC. practising to palyD. to practise to play ( )33.--- I think students should have mobile phones to call their parents.--- . They often use them to play games instead.A. I hope soB. I don’t agreeC. No problemD. Good idea( )34. --- I am tired out. I can’t go any further.--- . We will arrive at the top in one minute.A. No problemB. What a pityC. Not badD. Come on( )35. --- Don't keep water running when you wash hands.---_______.A. I hope soB. I'm afraid notC. Sorry, I won'tD. It's nothing三、完形填空（共15小题；每小题1分，计15分）阅读下列短文，从文后所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。

Once there lived two brothers. The elder was called Simon and the younger Victor. They 36 each other very much, and always took care of one another. Every day they worked from morning ____37__night, getting as much grain(谷物) as possible from theirfields.One late autumn evening, after their work in the____38____was done, Simon saidto his wife, "Victor got married last month. He has many bills(账单) to pay. I thinkI will put a bag of rice in his barn(谷仓). “Oh, that's a good idea,” said his wife.“But please don't tell him,” said Simon, “If he knows I put the rice there, hewill____39____take it.”So, late that night Simon took a bag of rice to Victor's barn. The next day, whilelooking at his own barn, he found____40___strange. “I took a bag of rice to Victor'shouse last night,____41____ I still have the same number of bags in mybarn._____42_____ did that happen?”Simon decided to take another bag of rice to his brother's barn that night. Butthe next morning, he found the____43____number of bags in his barn again! “This isv ery strange,” he thought. That night he____44___again. He carried a large bag ofrice on his shoulder(肩膀); and walked down the road to his younger brother's house.In the bright moonlight, he could see another___45___coming down the road. He wascarrying s omething on his____46____, too. “Younger Brother!” Simon cried, “Whatare you doing?” “I was___47__you, Older Brother,” said Victor, “Your familyis__48___ than mine. I thought you needed more rice.” The two brothersquickly___49___that they had been taking rice to each other. They____50____what had happened. “It is good to have a brother like you,” they both said. And they livedhappily ever after.( ) 36. A. disliked B. hated C. loved D. enjoyed( ) 37. A. until B. at C. through D. with( ) 38. A. shops B. fields C. hospitals D. factories ( ) 39. A. never B. sometimes C. usually D. ever( ) 40. A. everything B. anything C. nothing D. something ( ) 41. A. so B. and C. but D. or( ) 42. A. How B. What C. Why D. Where( ) 43. A. small B. different C. big D. same( ) 44. A. planned B. failed C. hoped D. tried( ) 45. A. brother B. person C. sister D. wife( ) 46. A. back B. shoulder C. head D. hand ( ) 47. A. proud of B. polite to C. angry with D. worried about( ) 48. A. Smaller B. richer C. larger D. happier ( ) 49. A. remembered B. knew C. believed D. hoped( ) 50. A. laughed about B. dreamed about C. pointed at D.shouted at四、阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，计30分）阅读下列内容，从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。