八年级下期英语半期试题

同心小学2013上八年级英语半期检测题

（时间：90分钟满分150分）

听力（30）分

一听句子，根据所听句子的内容，在各题所给的三个选项中选出与你所听到的句子意思相同或相近的答案。（5分）

1. A. That’s my doorbell. B. It’s a doorbell. C. The doorbell is ringing.

2. A. His birthday is coming. B. His birthday is on Sunday next week. C. This is his birthday.

3. A. How about you? B. How are you? C. How do you do?

4. A. You can come to my party. B. Thank you for coming to my party. C. Thank you because you invited me to your party.

5. A. I’m sorry to say he isn’t out. B. I’m sorry to say he isn’t in right now. C. I’m sorry to say he went out just now.

二听句子选择恰当的答语(共5分）

6 A Yes, I will. B Yes, there will. C Yes, they will.

7 A Not at all. B No, I couldn’t. C sorry, I can’t.

8 A My mother will be mad at me. B I will get good grades. C I will watch TV.

9 A Nothing much. Why? B I am a doctor. C I like English.

10 A It’s sunny. B It will be we ll. C It will be good.

三、听短文，判断正误，正确的选A；错误的选B。(共10分)

( ) 11. Jack did well in his lessons.

( ) 12. Jack’s parents work in a hospital.

( ) 13. Jack’s parents want him to be a cleaner.

( ) 14. Cleaners work only one day a week.

( ) 15. Jack is lazy and not clever.

四听短文根据所听内容，选择与文章意思一致的选项。(共10分)

( ) 16. When did the speaker walk into the town?

A. In the morning.

B. In the afternoon.

C. At night.

D. At noon.

( ) 17. How did the donkey(驴) look?

A. Lovely.

B. Clever.

C. Funny.

D. Angry.

( ) 18. Whose was the donkey?

A. The writer’s.

B. The farmer’s.

C. The policeman’s.

D. Grandmother’s.

( ) 19. What helped the donkey move?

A. A carrot.

B. A rope.

C. A donkey.

D. A parrot.

( ) 20. What will happen next?

A. The farmer will beat the donkey.

B. The donkey will be angry.

C. the traffic jam（交通堵塞）will happen again.

D. The writer and her grandma will go on having lunch in the restaurant.

单项选择题( 20分)

( ) 21. A place to live in space is _________.

A. a space station

B. an apartment

C. a rocket

( ) 22. 10 years ago，_________ only one classroom building in our school.

And in 10 years，_________ five classroom buildings in our school.

A. there will be, there are

B. there was, there will be

C. there will be; there was ( ) 23. He goes to work early on workdays _________ Saturday and Sunday.

A. except

B. besides

C. and

( ) 24. She wanted to know if it _________ tomarrow.

A. he calls her .

B. he will call her.

C he would call her.

( ) 25. “What time does the plane _________?” “I think at about 10 o’clock.”

A. drop off

B. get off

C. take off

( )26. Lily called me____ Friday morning and told me she was having a birthday party__ me tomorrow.

A. at; for

B. on; with C on; for

( ) 27. Nina is clever but kind of lazy. If she ______harder, she ________ better grades.

A. will work; gets

B. works; will get

C. will work; will get

（）28. If you meet troubles in your life, you must try to _______the troubles.

A. turn over

B. get over

C. look over

( ) 29. I was never_____ to receive a _____ result from my science teacher.

A. surprised; disappointed

B. surprised; disappointing

C. surprising; disappointed

( ) 30. Would you mind ________ the window, please? It’s so cold.

A to close

B close

C closing

( ) 31 –Would you mind mending the bike for me?

A Not at all.

B No, thanks.

C whith a pleasure

( ) 32 In China, many families are ______ to buy cars these days.

A enough rich

B rich enough

C very rich

( ) 33 If you come to the party, you _____ a great time.

A would have

B have

C will have

( )34 I don’t know ______ happened outside.

A how

B what

C when

( ) 35 Paul told us he wasn’t mad ______ Marcia anymore.

A in

B at

C on

( ) 36 _______ the boy was walking down the street, the UFO landed.

A While

B After

C Before

( ) 37 Will there be more trees? Yes, ______.

A there will.

B they will.

C there have.

( ) 38 Tom often makes his friends _______.

A laugh

B laughed

C laughing

( ) 39 My friend was planning a party. _________ was invited except me.

A Other everyone

B Else everyone

C Everyone else

( ) 40 We’ll stay at home if it _______ tomorrow.

A will rain

B rains

C rained

完形填空（15分）

How to practice spoken English?

How can we practice our spoken English (英语口语)?

The first and most important thing is to believe 41_____ You should always have confidence or you 42--- be able to improve your English. You should often encourage (鼓励) yourself, “Come on, don’t be afraid!’’

You should never lose heart and never give up.

Maybe you are afraid of losing face, but you should think we are students and we’re 43--- there’s no need to worry 44--- anything. You must always be active in practice. There’s no problem that your pronunciation and intonation(语调) can’t be as good 45--- the native (某国的,当地的) people because we are Chinese, and we don’t have chances to live in foreign countries and talk with the people there 46--- . But you must know that the main way to study English is to make ourselves understood and understand other people. You should believe that native speakers will not 47--- you, 48--- they will encourage you . If you are brave (有勇气的) enough, you’ll certainly be better at 99--- English than before.

50--- be shy or afraid! Just have a try.

( ) 41. A. itself B. yourself C. themselves D. myself

( ) 42. A. can’t never B. are never C. will D. will never

( ) 43. A. learning B. saying C. students D. teaching ( ) 44. A. / B. to C. about D. for ( ) 45. A. so B. with C. as D. than

( ) 46. A. some time B. sometime C. sometimes D. all the time

( ) 47. A. laugh at B. get over C. open up D. seem like

( ) 48. A. so B. instead C. or D. nor ( ) 49. A. speaking B. speech C. speak D. spoke

( ) 50. A. Don’t B. Not C. No D. Do

阅读理解（30分）

（A）

My friend, Dick, has a large police dog. It’s name is Jack. Every Saturday afternoon Dick takes Jack for a long walk in the park. Jack likes these long walks very much.

One Saturday afternoon, a young man came to visit my friend. He stayed a long time. He talked and talked. Soon it was time for my friend to take Jack for a walk. But the man was still there. Jack became very worried. He walked around the room several times and then sat down in front of the man and looked at him. But the man kept talking. Finally Jack could stand it no longer. He went out of the room and came back a few minutes later. He sat down again in front of the man, but this time he held the man’s hat in his mouth.

51 From the story, we know that Jack is ________.

A Dick’s good friend

B a large police dog

C a young man

52 Where does Dick walk with his dog every Saturday afternoon?

A In his room

B In the street

C In the park

53 Jack became very worried one afternoon because ______.

A he couldn’t be taken out for a walk at the usual time.

B a young man came to visit Dick that afternoon.

C Dick walked around his room several times.

54 What does the word “stand” mean in the passage?

A 站立B理解C忍受

55 Why did Jack sit down again in front of the man with the hat in his mouth?

A Try to take the man laugh.

B Like the young man very much.

C Ask the young man to leave.

（B）

Mr. Jenkins is a farmer. One day he drives his truck to town and on the way his truck knocked down a boy and hurt（弄伤）him. He takes the boy to a hospital and he pays a lot of money for that, but the boy’s parents want to get more money from him, so they say their son can’t lift（举起）his right arm above his head.

Mr. Jenkins’ lawyer comes and asks the boy some questions. “Now, my boy,” he says, “Mr.Jenkins’ truck knocks you down in the street.”

“Yes, sir,” he says.

“And you can’t lift your right arm now?”

“Yes, sir,” he says.

“Could you show how high you can lift your right arm?”

Slowly the boy lifts his right arm before his nose.

“Poor boy,” says the lawyer, “And how high can you lift before the accident?”

“Oh, I can lift it very high.” Says the boy, and the right hand goes up high above his head.

56 Mr. Jenkins’ truck knocks down ________.

A. a lawyer

B. a boy’s father

C. a boy

57 The boy’s parents want to get ________ from him.

A. more trucks

B. more money

C. more monkeys

58 Mr. Jenkins’ lawyer asks the boy to ______.

A. ask some questions

B. answer some questions

C. lift his left arm

59 The boy says he can’t lift his _________ now.

A. right arm

B. left arm

C. right foot

60 There is _______ wrong with the boy.

A. something

B. anything

C. nothing

（C)

Many young people can use the computer, but few of them know how to look after them. Remember the following when you use the computer.

Keep? your computer in a cool, dry room. Too much or too little heat is bad for computers. Damp is also bad for them. Most computers work best at a temperature of 5-30 degrees centigrade.

Do not let people smoke cigarettes near your? computer. Smoke of all kinds is very bad for many parts of a computer and can cause many problems.

Do not eat or drink when you are near your computer.? Pieces of food and a little water in the keyboard can also cause many problems.

Make sure that the keyboard and the screen are the correct height? for you. If they are not correct, you‘ll get backache.

Make sure the screen? is the correct distance from your eyes. If you wear glasses, make sure these glasses are correct for using with the computer. Some people use a different pair of glasses when they use a computer.

Keep your screen clean and do not? have it too bright. A dirty screen can hurt your eyes. A very bright screen can also be bad for your eyes. If you can afford one, buy a computer screen. It will be better for you than using the screen of a TV set.

61. According to this passage, ________.

A. more and more people can control computers as well as take care of them.

B. fewer and fewer people pay any attention to the protection of the computers nowadays.

C. most young people can control computers well while paying little attention to keeping them well.

D. Most computer lovers are fond of eating their food while playing computer games.

62 Computer, just like some people, may prefer(更喜欢) ________.

A. autumn to（比起）summer and winter

B. neither winter nor summer or autumn

C. summer to winter and autumn

D. both summer and winter

63. Putting the keyboard and screen too high means you ________.

A. have to straighten your back long every time

B. have to lower your head while using the computer

C. don’t have to look at your manuscript while typing

D. don’t have to look sideways from time to time

64 Some people use a different pair of glasses when they use a computer because they want to ________. A. protect the computer B. prevent their eyes being hurt

C. make them look cool

D. show off his glasses

65. Which is NOT true according to the passage?

A. If the height of the screen isn’t correct, you’ll get backache.

B. Smoking is bad for a computer and is one of the cause of many problems.

C. You should wear a different pair of glasses when you use a computer.

D. You should use a computer screen instead of a TV screen.

补全对话（10分）

A: You look unhappy. ___66___ .

B: My parents want me to learn to play the piano after school.

A: ___67 __ .

B: But I have no time. ___68__ .

A: You should talk about it with your parents.

B: ___69___ .They won’t listen to me.

A: Why not ask your uncle for advice?

B: ___70 __ .

A: That’s a good idea.

B: No, I don’t think so.

C: What should I do?

D: Thank you very much.

E: They want you to learn more.

F: What’s wrong?

选词填空。（10分）

less, kinds of, took, until, was mad at, in good health, organize, get on, pass on, landed

71 Lana said she _____________ Marcia.

72 –Will there be ________ pollution than before? -- I think so.

73 I have a good friend. I ________ well with him.

74 Can you _______ the games for the class party?

75 She ________ the bus to school last week.

76 He takes exercises every day. So he is ___________.

77 There are many different ____________ animals in the zoo.

78 The students didn’t stop talking ________ the teacher came in.

79 My flight to New York _________ at 9:00 last night.

80 I’m seeing Sue this afternoon. Do you want me to _______ any message?

按要求变换句型（10分）

81 I was watching TV when Mother came in.(用while替换)

________ I was _______ TV, Mother came in.

82 Mr Wang told us, “We will have a long holiday.”(改写为间接引语)

Mr Wang told us ______ _______ have a long holiday.

83They will go to Beijing on vacation next week. They will have enough time.(合并为含if的复合句)

They will go to Beijing on vacation next week ______ they ______ enough time.

84 The boy was walking when the UFO landed?(对划线部分提问)

_______ was the boy _______ when the UFO landed?

85 John did his homework last night.(用at nine o’clock last night替换last night)

John _______ ________ his homework at nine o’clock last night.

根据汉语完成句子，每空一词。（10分）

86. 他所有的梦想最后都变成了现实。

All his dream ______ ______ at last.

87.我需要一些钱来支付夏令营的费用。

I need some money to _________ _________ summer camp..

88.当外星人走出UFO的时候，这个女孩正在购物。

The girl ______ _____ when the alien got out of the UFO.

89 我们的航班一小时后起飞。

Our flight will ________ ________ in an hour．

90 她说她不喜欢穿牛仔裤。

She said she _______ _______ ________ jeans.

写作（15分）

请根据所给的成绩报告单完成下面这封信，100词左右，开头已给出。

答题卷

听力：一、二题：（1—10小题，每题1分，共10分）。

三、四题：（11—20小题，每题2分，共20分）。

单项选择题( 21—40小题，每小题1分，共20分)

完形填空（41—50小题，每小题1.5分，15分）

阅读理解（51—65小题，每小题2分，共30分）

补全对话（66—70小题，每小题2分，共10分）

选词填空。（71—80小题，每小题2分，共10分）

71、72、73、74、75、76、77、78、79、80、按要求变换句型（81—85小题，每小题2分，共10分）

81、

82、

83、

84、

85、

根据汉语完成句子，每空一词。（86—90小题，每小题2分，共10分）

86、

87、

88、

89、

80、

写作：（15分）

Report Card

Name: Scott

Chinese: very good

English: good at writing

Physics: hard-working

Math: lazy student, should do more exercises

Science: can do better, should listen more

carefully in class

History: not careful enough

Dear Aunt,

I finished my end-of-year exams last week and got my report card today.

______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ ____ __