外研版八年级下册英语期中试卷

2011-2012年柏兴学校八年级下册英语期中检测卷班级：姓名：评分：一、听力理解（25分）A)听句子（5分）根据所听句子的内容和所提的问题，选择符合题意的图画回答问题，并把最佳选项字母写在题号前的括号内。

每小题听一遍。

( )1. Where was Tom last night?( )2. What can Sally play very well?( )3. What did they do after Mark finished his report?( )4. How did Ted and Jenny have a good talk?( )5. When did the two boys have a fight?B）听对话（10分）回答每段对话后面的问题，在各题所给的三个选项中，选出一个最佳答案，并将其字母写在题号前的括号内。

每段对话听两遍。

听第一段对话，回答第6题。

( )6. What are they talking about?A. book.B. A magazine.C. A film.听第二段对话，回答第7题。

( )7. What does the boy’s sister do?A. teacher.B. A singer.C. A student听第三段对话，回答第8题。

( )8. Where was the boy yesterday?A. In the English Club.B. In the cinema.C. At home听第四段对话，回答第9题。

( )9. When was Tom watching a football match?A. At 10pm.B. At 9pm.C. At 8pm.听第五段对话，回答第10题。

( )10. What does the boy think of the band?A. TerribleB. FantasticC. Creative.听第六段对话，回答第11-12题。

( )11. What does Mary like?A. Watching films.B. Seeing operas.C. Playing games.( )12. How often does the boy go to the movies?A. Once a week.B. Once a month.C. Twice a month.听第七段对话，回答第13-15题。

( )13. Where are they talking?A. In front of a cinema.B. At school.C. In a gym.( )14. How is Alice getting here?A. By bike.B. By busC. By subway.( )15. What is Cindy buying for Peter？A. An ice cream.B. Apple juiceC. Green tea.C). 听短文（5分）在每小题给出的三个选项中，选出一个以完成所给句子的最佳选项，并将其字母写在题号前的括号内，本题听两遍。

( )16. Life is not always according to the speaker.A. boringB. difficult.C. happy( )17. First, write down all the things every day.A. badB. goodC. helpful( )18. Second, you need to have your own and do new things.A. bobbiesB. thingsC. work( )19. Sometimes you should go to a beach or a mountain to get fresh .A. foodB. airC. vegetables( )20. The best way to stay happy is to give a helpful to others.A. presentB. smileC. handD)听写信息笔试部分二、单项选择（共20小题；每题1分）( )26. Hobbies can make you as a person.A. growingB. to growC. growD. grown( )27. If it fine tomorrow，we a picnic.A. be ; haveB. is ; will haveC. will be ; will haveD. will be ; have ( )28. Don’t forget your homework after you get home.A. doB. doingC. didD. to do( )29. His first novel in 2009.A. took outB. came outC. gave outD. looked out( )30. Tom is honest boy.A. aB. anC. theD. /( )31. the end of this term, we will have a big party.A. ToB. InC. AtD. On( )32. look at the lights in our classroom, please go and .A. turn them offB. turn off themC. turn it offD. turn off it( )33. You aren’t outgoing , so you’d better others.A.make a friend withB. make friend withC. make friends withD. make friends ( )34. ---My hobby is old coins, what about you?---In my free time, I like in the park.A. collected; paintingB. collects; to paintC. collecting; to paintD. collect; painting( )35. Mary did’ t go to bed everything was ready for the party.A. whenB. ifC. becauseD. until( )36. What’s wrong her plan?A. withB. inC. onD. for( )37. As they get older, they continue the hobby.A. doB. doingC. didD. are doing( )38. I spend two hours reading English every day.A. onB. toC. forD. in( )39. Can you tell me what time ?A. Is the train leaverB. does the train leaveC. the train leavesD. leaves the train( )40. By the way , is there _______ in today’s newspaper?A. nothing newB. anything newC. new somethingD. new anything ( )41. Monday will be_________. ________bad weather it is!A. rainy; WhatB. rainy; What aC. sunny; HowD. sunny; How a ( )42. It is important_______ you_______ out for a walk after supper.A. of ; to goB. to; to goC. for; to goD. for; going( )43. Now many people are________ in playing_______ games on the Internet.A.interested; interestingB. interesting; interested;C. interested; interested;D. interesting; interesting;( )44. Smoking will_______ your health.A. be good forB. good atC. be bad forD. bad at( )45. ---Could you please tell me something about your travel in Sydney?--- !A. Excuse meB. It’s very nice of you to say soC. Certainly, I’ll be glad toD. No, I don’t like it三. 完形填空(10分)先通读下列短文，掌握其大意，然后从每题所给的四个选项中选择最佳答案填空。

Kate played with her Aunt Jane at the beach. It was a beautiful day. Kate built a big sand castle(沙城堡) in the morning. Aunt Jane __46__ many pictures of the castle to send to Kate’s parents.Kate wanted to __47_ again on the beach that afternoon. She wanted to build __48__ sand castle. Aunt Jane told her it was too __49__. Aunt Jane said Kate could only go if she had a __50_. But Kate didn’t have one. Aunt Jane agreed that Kate could take one of hers.Kate tried __51__ three hats.The pink one was really__52__ with long ribbons(丝带) but that would not be good for building a sand castle.The red hat with flowers on it was nice. But Kate was _53__ the flowers would get dirty.Then, Kate __54__ a big straw hat(草帽) with a short red ribbon on it and it would be easy to clean. __55__ Kate put it on and went to the beach.( )46. A. hung B. sent C. took D. looked ( )47. A. play B. sleep C. study D. read ( )48. A. other B. the other C. others D. another ( )49. A. windy B. rainy C. sunny D. snowy ( )50. A. coat B. hat C. glass D. boat ( )51. A. in B. on C. with D. by ( )52. A. awful B. terrible C. stupid D. beautiful( )53. A. afraid B. sad C. happy D. good ( )54. A. saw B. heard C. felt D. smelt ( )55. A. But B. Or C. So D. Since四、阅读理解(30分)AYour Passport(护照) Please!Mr. Hill arrives at London Airport at the end of a three-week holiday in France. Usually he wears a beard(留胡须). Since it has been hot there, he has taken it off(剃掉). But his passport photo shows him with his beard.An office looks at the photo for a moment and says: "Will you excuse me? Please sit down. I won’t keep you long." With this, he walks away, shows the photo to a second office and says: "I know that face." The second officer looks at the passport and asks where Mr. Hill has come from. When he hears that Mr. Hill has arrived back from Paris, the second officer smiled and says: "An Englishman with a beard stole a painting in Paris on Friday, and that man just looks the kind of man ..."Suddenly it comes to the first officer who Mr. Hill is. He returns to him and asks: "Did you teach at the No.2 . High School?" When Mr. Hill answers in surprise that he did, the first officer smiles and says: "I thought so. I'm Jack Smith. You taught me French. You haven't changed a bit."( )56. Mr. Hill ____.A. has just come back from the airport.B. is on his way to Paris.C. spent three weeks in Paris before he went to France.D. has been in France for three weeks( )57. Mr. Hill ____.A. has a beard on his face but not in his photoB. grew a beard while he was on holidayC. has a beard in his photo but not on his faceD. took his beard off long before he went on holiday.( )58. The first officer is sure ____.A. Mr. Hill stole the paintingB. he has seen the face in the photo beforeC. he knows the second officer's faceD. a man without a beard stole the painting( )59. The second officer says that ____.A. Mr. Hill stole the paintingB. a man with a beard, from France, stole a painting in EnglishC. an Englishman took his beard off and stole a paintingD. a man with a beard, from England, stole a painting in Paris.( )60. Mr. Hill taught ____.A. Jack Smith French at the No. 2 High SchoolB. Jack Smith to be a first officerC. at the No.2 High School, in FranceD. French some years ago and his name was Smith, not HillBOnce there was an old farmer, with a horse which was almost as old as himself. He set out one morning with his son to sell the horse before it died. Father and son walked, because the farmer did not want the horse to be too tired. They met two men on the road who said, "Why are you walking, farmer? You have a horse, It's a long way to market(市场). " The farmer know that this was true, so he rode on the horse, while his son walked. Then they met two old women, "What are you doing up there, farmer? Can't you see how tired the boy is?" So the farmer got down, and his son rode instead.Next, three old men stopped them, one said, "Why are you walking, farmer? Get up, It's too hot for an old man like you to walk today," So the farmer got up behind his son, and they rode on. Some time later, a young woman passed them, "Why aren't you walking?" she asked, "It isn't far to the market. Give your poor horse a rest." So the farmer, and his son, got down once again. It is a fact that you cannot please all the people all the time.( )61. The farmer wanted to sell the horse ____.A. before it was deadB. before it become too tiredC. before it market was overD. before it was as old as he was( )62. The two men on the road ____.A. asked how far it was to the marketB. said they thought the horse looked very tiredC. asked why the farmer was not riding on his horseD. told the farmer's son to get off the horse and walk( )63. The two old women said it was wrong for ____.A. the farmer to ride such a tired horseB. the farmer to ride while his young son walkedC. the boy to ride instead of his fatherD. only one person to ride such a long way( )64. The farmer got up behind his son because ____.A. the old man said it was too hot for him to walkB. the three old men stopped them on the roadC. he did not know why he was walkingD. his son could not ride the horse by himself( )65. The young woman was most sorry ____.A. for the old manB. for the farmer's young sonC. that it was not far to the marketD. for the horseCMiss Xie is a teacher of a school in Kangding. She has taught for three years. Many people asked her why she gave up ( 放弃) the better life in a big city. Miss Xie always answers them like this: Everything here is so clean. All the children are lovely and hope to learn something. I know they need me.Before she came to this school, Miss Xie was a music teacher. She is good at playing the piano. But this school didn’t need music teachers. In the past( 过去的) three years, Miss Xie was a Maths teacher and an English teacher. When it needed Chinese teachers, she became a Chinese teacher. She bought many Chinese books and taught herself Chinese from the beginning. Then in class she tried to teach her students. More and more children come to this school to study. Miss Xie is very tired but she never complains ( 抱怨) about it. She is happy that her students are good at their lessons. She said she would like to stay here for a long time.根据短文内容，判断下列句子的正（T）误（F）。