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2015-2016学年人教版八年级下册期中考试英语试题及答案

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A B

2. What is Sam going to do this afternoon?

A B C 3. What did Lucy watch last night?

第二节：听下面一段较长的对话，回答6—7两小题：

6. Where did Garfield first appear?

A. In a film.

B. In a cartoon book.

C. On TV.

7. Why does the man like Snoopy?

A. Because it is a dog.

B. Because it is very funny.

C. Because it is very lovely.

听下面一段较长的对话，回答8—10三小题： 8.How long has Lucy been feeling sick?

A. About a day.

B. About 48 hours.

C. About a week. 9. W hat’s Lucy’s trouble now? A. She has a headache.

B. She has a fever.

C. She hates taking the medicine.

10. What shouldn’t Lucy do?

A. Take the medicine three times a day.

B. Have a good rest.

C. Take the medicine with cold water.

第三节：听独白，请从A、B、C三个选项中选择正确的选项。

Telephone message

From: John To: 311131

John’s friend David is going to Qinghua University in311231. .He wants to rent（租）a single

room at a low price ＿＿about311331 yuan a month because he can’t find a311431 job easily.

Call him before 31153131 if you can help him. His telephone number is 85694526．

11. A. Jack B. Sam C. Jim

12. A. September B. October C. November

13. A. 150 B. 250 C. 350

14. A. weekly B. full-time C. part-time

15. A. July B. June C. August

笔试部分（80分）

二、完形填空(本小题有10小题，每小题1分，共10分)

阅读下面短文，掌握大意，然后从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

A group of adults, highly succeeded in their jobs, went to visit their old professor. Soon they began to 16the stress(压力) in work and life.

The profes sor went to the kitchen and returned 17 a pot of coffee and all kinds of cups-crystal(水晶的), glass, plastic; some nice looking, some plain looking; some 18, some cheap. And he told them to help 19 to the coffee.

When all the students had a cup of coffee in hand, the professor said, ―I’ve noticed that all the nice looking expensive cups were taken up, leaving behind the plain and cheap ones. While it is normal for you to take only the best for yourselves, that is the root（根源）of your 20 and stress. You know that the cup itself adds no quality to th e coffee. 21 you really wanted was coffee, not the cup, 22 you consciously（有意的）went for the best cups. Now consider this: Life is the coffee. The jobs, money and position in society(社会) are the cups. They are just 23 to hold life, and the type of cup does not change the quality of our life. Sometimes, by concentrating only on the cup, we fail(失败) to enjoy the coffee that God has 24 us. God offers us the coffee, not the cups. Please enjoy your coffee!‖The happiest p eople don’t have the best of everything. They just make25 of everything.

Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. And leave the rest to God.

16. A. think of B. thank for C. complain about D. drop out

17. A. for B. at C. in D. with

18. A. expensive B. ordinary C. strong D. serious

19. A. them B. themselves C. him D. everyone

20. A. thought s B. failure C. questions D. problems

21. A. Who B. How much C. What D. That

22. A. and B. but C. so D. or

23. A. cups B. tools C. bags D. bowls

24. A. taught B. offered C. returned D. bought

25. A. fun B. use C. the best D. the worst

三、阅读理解(本题有15小题，每小题2分，共30分)

阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

New Schedules of Cathy Pacific Airways

Shanghai –Hong Kong

CX 301 Dep Shanghai 20:30

Tue., Thur., Sat., Sun., Arr Hong Kong 21:45

Hong Kong –Shanghai

CX 300 Dep Hong Kong 16:15

Tue., Thur., Sat., Sun., Arr Shanghai 19:15

Beijing –Hong Kong

CX 331 Dep Beijing 17:45

Tue., Thur., Fri., Arr Hong Kong 19:45

Hong Kong –Beijing

CX 330 Dep Hong Kong 12:50

Tue., Thur., Fri., Arr Beijing 16:00

26. The above is a _______

A. picture

B. piece of news

C. table

D. schedule

27. It gives information to people who are going between Shan ghai and Hong Kong or Beijing and Hong

Kong_______.

A. by car

B. by train

C. by air

D. by sea

28. There are _______flights from Shanghai to Hong Kong every week.

A. three

B. four

C. five

D. six

29. There are _______flights between Hong Kong and Beijing each week.

A. three

B. four

C. five

D. six

30. If you arrive in Shanghai by Cathy Pacific on Thursday, you will have to return to Hong Kong by Cathy Pacific

Airways at once. Now the best way is _______.

A. to wait until Saturday

B. to stay in Shanghai and take the Friday’s flight from Beijing to Hong Kong

C. to go to Beijing and take the Friday’s flight

D. to take the same day’s flight from Shanghai to Hong Kong

An old lady in a plane had a blanket( 毯子) over her head and she did not want to take it off. The air hostess spoke to her, but the old lady said, ―I have never been in a plane befor e, and I am frightened. I am going to keep this blanket over my head until we are back on the ground again!‖

Then the captain(机长) came. He said, ―Madam, I am the captain of this plane. The weather is fine, there are no clouds in the sky, and everything is going very well.‖ But she continued to hide.

So the captain turned and started to go back. Then the old lady looked out from under the blanket with one eye and said, ―I am sorry, young man, but I don’t like planes and I am never going to fly again. But I’ll say one thing,‖ She continued kindly, ―You and your wife keep your plane very clean!‖

31. The old lady _________.

A. had been in a plane before

B. was in a plane for her first time

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