八年级英语期中考试英语试题
2005－2006（二）八年级英语期中考试英语试题
命题人佐龙二中杨志坤
I．听力测试（共20分）（读两遍）
一、句子理解从每小题的三个选项中，找出与你听到的内容意思相同或相近有联系的选项。( )1.A. The children are boating now.
B. The children are in the boat now.
C. The boat is out of water now
( )2.A.I will leave before they come back.
B. I will leave after they come back.
C. I will wait for them because they will come back
( )3 A I am at home B I am at a factory. C I am at a hospital.
( )4 A I went shopping in the morning.
B. I played pingpong ball in the afternoon. C I went to the cinema in the evening.
( )5. A They started the work at 6:15.
B. They started the work at 6:45
C. They started the work at 7:15.
二、对话理解: 听十段简短对话，选出一个与你所听到的每段对话相同的问题的答案( )6.A. Fifteen minutes B. Twenty minutes C. Five minutes
( )7.A. Pears B. Apples C. Bananas
( )8.A. By the river B. Near the lake C. Near the river
( )9.A. Pandas B. Bananas C. Monkeys
( )10.A. Tomorrow B. This afternoon C. This morning
( )11.A. The woman is asking the way.
B. the woman is asking the time.
C. The woman is asking the weather.
( )12.A. Jane is in England now. B. Jane is in Australia now. C. Jane is in America now. ( )13.A. The can’t find the pen. B. Th e pen is broken. C. The pen is under the desk. ( )14.A. Lin Tao went to see his uncle in the morning.
B. Lin Tao may go to see his uncle in the evening.
C. Lin Tao may go to see his uncle in the afternoon.
( )15.A. Liu Hai knows the word “danger”.
B. Li Lei knows the word “danger”.
C. Liu Hai doesn’t know the word “danger”.
三、短文理解根据你听到的短文内容和所提问题选择正确答案。
( )16.The children will go to the
A.bird-house
B. panda-house
C. zoo
( )17.They are not going to see there.
A. elephant
B. birds
C. animals
( )18.Mary and Ann like very much.
A. monkey
B. birds
C. animals
( )19.The children will go there tomorrow because
A.it will be fine
B. they don’t have to go to s chool
B.they don’t want to stay at home.
( )20.A. Mary will give something to to eat.
A. John
B. Ann
C. the monkeys
Ⅱ.笔试部分（共100分）
一、单词填空（5分）
21. Go the bridge, you ‘ll find the library on the left.
22.Who teaches the twins Chinese? Nobody. They teach
23.There is a lot of traffic ,please be _____________.
24.The terrible noise __ me up last night.
25.If you make much noise, you may others.
二、选择填空（20分）
( )26.—It’s a fine day today.---Yes,
A. so it is
B. so is it
C. so it does
D. so does it
( )27.I will let you know as soon as I the news.
A. will get
B. gets
C. got
D. get
( )28.The teacher told Xiao Ming late for school again.
A.not to be
B. not be
C. don’t be
D. not to
( )29.--I’m sorry I my homework at home.
--That’s all right. Don’t forget it to school this afternoon.
A. forgot; to take
B. forget; to bring
C. left; to take
D. left; to bring
( )30. Lily Lucy may go with you, because one of them must stay at home.
A. Not only, but also
B. Neither, nor
C. Both, and
D. Either, or
( )31.The baby has only two .
A. tooth
B. tooths
C. teeth
D. teeths
( )32.The meat has gone bad(变坏了),it smells
A. badly
B. nice
C. terrible
D. terribly
( )33.So much work usually makes them very tired.
to feel B. feels C. feeling D. feel
( )34.The 2008 Olympic Games will in Beijing. Chinese are learning English.
A. The more and the more
B. more and more
C. Fewer and fewer
D. Most and most
( )35.—Do you mind(介意)if I the TV a bit?
---Yes,I do, because I’m busy with my homework now.
A. turn on
B. turn off
C. turn down
D. turn up
( )36.She’s never late for school, she?
A.is
B. isn’t
C. doesn’t
D. hasn’t
( )37.There many animals on the island.
A.maybe
B. maybe have
C. may have
D. may be
( )38.I don’t know how to this word in English.
A. speak
B. say
C. tell
D.talk
( )39.My grandpa is too old to look after .We can’t leave
. A. him; him himself B.himself; him by himself
C. himself;himself
D. him; by himself
( )40. terrible cough you had last night.
A. What
B. What a
C. How
D. How a
( )41.It’s an job, I can finish it .
A. easy, aeasy
B. easily, easily
C. easy, easily
D. easily, easy
( )42. evening, Robert kept playing games on the computer.
A. All
B.The all
C. The whole
D. Whole of the
( )43.Nobody knew the man.
A.asleep
B.alone
C.tired
D.afraid
( )44.The he is, the he feels.
A.busy, happily
B. busier, happier
C.busiest, happiest
D. busier, more happily
( )45.Hurry up, you’ll be late for class.
A. and
B. or
C. but
D. so
三、完形填空：（20分）
If you do not use your arms or legs 46 some time, they become weak; when you start using them again, they slowly become strong again. Everybody 47 that. Yet many people do not seem 48 the memory works in the same way.
When someone 49 that he has a good memory, he really means that he keeps his memory in practice by 50 it. When someone else says that h is memory is poor, he doesn’t give it enough chance（机会）to become strong.
If a friend says that his arms and legs are weak, we know that it is 51 own fault(自己的过错). But if he tells us that he has a poor memory, many of 52 think that his parents are to blame（谴责，归咎于）and few of us know that it is just his own fault.
Have you ever found that some people can’t read or write but usually they have better memories? This is 53 they can not write them down in a little notebook. 54 have to remember days,names, songs 55 stories,so their memory is the whole time exercised.
So if you want to have good memory, learn from the people: Practise remembering.
( )46.A. at B. in C. for D. on
( )47.A. know B. knows C. knew D. knowing
( )48.A. know B. knows C. knowing D. to know
( )49.A. say B. says C. speak D. speaks
( )50.A. use B. useful C. using D. to use
( )51.A. he B. his C. him D. himself
( )52.A. we B. our C. us D. ours
( )53.A. so B.because C. yet D. but
( )54.A. They B. He C. She D. We
( )55.A. and B. but C. or D.\
二、阅读理解（40分）
(A)
Mr King was the manager of a hotel . One weekend all the hotels in the city were full because there was a large meeting. On Friday night, three men came into the hotel and asked for rooms. Mr King said there were no rooms ready because of the meeting. The men were a bit angry.
Mr King wanted to help them. He remembered that Room418, a very small room, was empty. He asked them if(是否)they would share(分享)a room. The three men said OK. Mr King said the
room would be thirty dollars: ten for each one. Each man gave him the money and then they went upstairs(上楼). Mr K ing soon began to feel sorry. “Thirty dollars is a lot to ask as price for that small room,”he thought. He called his assistant over and said, “Here is five dollars. Take it to the men in Room418. I asked too much for their room.”
While the assistant was on the way upstairs, he started to think with the money, “How can three men do with the five dollars? I’ll give them each only one dollar and keep the two dollars for myself. The men will be happy to get something back, and Mr King will never know.” So th e assistant gave each one dollar
At first each man paid(付款)ten dollars. After the assistant gave them back one dollar each, they each paid nine. There were three men, $9×3=$27. The assistant kept $2. $27+$2=$29. Where is the missing dollar?
( )56.The three men were angry because .
A.there was a large meeting.
B. it was weekend
B.there was only one small room. D. they couldn’t have a place to stay
( )57.With the help of the manager, the three men
A.went to another hotel
B. each got a small room for the night
C.stayed together in a small room
D. got a small room Mr King kept for himself
( )58.At first A. the three men paid $ 27 B. each of the three paid $30
C. the three men paid $ 9
D. each of the three paid $ 10
( )59.The assistant A. helped the men to divide(分配)the money. B. kept two dollars for himself C. returned three dollars to the manager. D. kept three dollars for himself ( )60.Where is the missing dollar? A. There wasn’t any missing do llar.
B. The assistant took it too.
C. Mr King kept it.
D. The three men took it.
(B)
Once a boy came to ask a fisherman how to become cleverer, because his mother always called him foolish boy.
“That’s easy,” answered the fis her man, “I know one way to make you become cleverer.” 阶段“Really?” “Of cou rse. It is said a fish head is good for brain（大脑）.If you eat one, you’ll become clever indeed. Pay only three pounds for one fish head. ”The boy paid him three pounds and the fisherman cut off a fish head and handed it to him.
A row(生的)fish head is no good—not even for a hungry boy to eat—but the boy ate it up in two gulps(大口). “Do you feel anything ?” asked the fisherman. “Not in my head,”said the boy. The boy lay on the ground a nd thought, “one whole fish costs(价值)only two pounds. I had paid him three pounds for the fish head, why couldn’t I have the whole fish for the soup, a head of fish and one pond left over?” He jumped up and shouted at the fisherman. “You thief! You are foo ling me!” The fisherman laughed, saying, “the fish head works now, you see.”
( )61.The boy thought could help him become cleverer.
A.his mother
B. the fisherman
C. fish
D. money
( )62.The boy ate up the raw fish head only in two gulps, because he
A.enjoyed it
B. wanted to taste it
C. took it as good medicine
D. was a foolish boy
( )63.”Not in my head” means “”
A.The fish head was not in the boy’s head.
B. The boy felt nothing come into his head
B.It’s difficult to give an answer right away D. The boy didn’t feel that he was cleverer ( )64.The boy paid three pounds. He could have
A. a whole fish and a fish head
B. a whole fish and one pound back
C. a fish head and one pound back
D. a whole fish, a fish head and one pound back
( )65. helped the boy become cleverer.
A. A good mial
B. The raw fish body
C. Nothing
D. What had happened
(C)
Bill Clinton took office on January 20,1993 and became the 42nd U.S. president.(总统). He is the first U.S. president who was born after World WarⅡ(第二次世界大战).He is also one of the youngest of all U.S. presidents.
Clinton was born in a poor family in 1946. Three months before he was born, his father, Willian Blats,died. When he was small, his mother remarried Norger Clinton, so the boy’s family name was changed.
In the summer of 1963, Clinton was asked to visited the city of Washington. During this visit, he met President Kinnedy in the White House(白宫). At that time, he wanted to become a president, and then, he was!
( )66.When Clinton became the 42 nd US president, he was
A. thirty
B. about forty
C. forty--seven
D. 37 years old
( )67.Clinton’s father died A. after 1946 B. before Clinton was born
C. before World WarⅡ
D. When Clinton was young
( )68.Why was the boy’s name changed?
A.Because he became a president
B. Because his family was very poor
C. Because his father was dead
D. Because his mother remarried Norger Clinton
( )69. In 1963 Clinton came to the city of Washington . A. to take part in an exam
B. for his holiday
C. for a visit
D. to have a meeting with Kennedy
( )70.Which one of the following is NOT true?
A.Everybody can visit the president in the White House.
B.The U.S. presidents work in the White House.
C.Clinton wanted to become a president after he saw President Kennedy.
D.Clinton made his dream come to true at last.
(D)
Miss Tam was a selfish(自私)woman. Her manners(行为)were bad. She never thought of other’s feelings.
One day, she got a cold and went to see the doctor. However, it was raining heavily. So she decided to catch a taxi outside the building she lived. She jumped the queue in order to(为了)get on ahead of the other passengers. The other passengers were very angry with her and told her to wait for her turn later. But she did not listen to them and tried to open the door of a taxi. The taxi-driver saw that and did not open the door for her. She was embarrassed and went to the back of the queue.
After she arrived at the clinic(诊所), there were many patients. As she waited for the treatment, she sat with two seats. One was for herself and the other for her umbrella! Because of the wet floor, she slipped(滑) on the floor when it was her turn to see the doctor. As a result, she saw the doctor not only for her cold but also for her injury of slip.
根据短文内容回答问题：
71.Why did she go to see the doctor?
72.Why did she jump the queue!
73.What did the passengers do when they saw Miss Tam jumped the queue?
74.Did Miss Tam listen to them? What did she do then?
75. At last, why did she go to see the doctor except for(除了…之外) the cold?
三、补全对话：在横线上写上一个适当的句子，使对话完整（10分）
A—Jill B--- Doctor
A: Good morning, doctor!
B: Good morning. Sit down, please. 76. ? A:I’ve got a headache and …(cough)
B: 77. ?
A: Yes I did, my temperature seems to be all right.
B: Open your mouth and say “Ah”.78. . You’re just caught a bit of a cold.
A: Re ally? But I don’t think any better now.
B: Well, 79. three times a day, have a good rest and drink more water. I’m sure 80. .
A: Thank you, doctor.
B: Yo u’re welcome.
六、书面表达（15分）
80．根据下面提示，写一篇2006年4月1日的日记。开头已写好。（不少于80词）提示：今天上午，天气晴朗。Miss Li 带你们去参观了the shoe factory。你们步行去，Aunt Sun
在工厂门口等你们。她先介绍了工厂的情况，然后领你们参观了NO.2 workshop。在那儿，你们同工人们一起劳动、交谈。你们很开心。你学到了许多东西。
Saturday April 1 st, 2006
听力材料及参考答案：
一、句子理解从每小题的三个选项中,找出与你听到的内容意思相同或相近有联系的选项
（读两遍）
1.The children are jumping out of the boat, and they are pulling the boat up from the
water. (C)
2. I’ll wait for them here. I won’t leave until they come back. (B)
3.Where is the doctor? Is he at the office? I must see him at once. I feel terrible. (C)
4. After lunch, I played pingpong ball with my brother. In the evening, I went shopping with
my father. (B)
5.It’s seven now. We started the work 45 minutes ago. (A)
二、对话理解: 听十段简短对话，选出一个与你所听到的每段对话相同的问题的答案（读两
遍）
6.W: Is this island far?
M: No. If we go in a boat, it will take about fifteen minutes.
Q: How long will it take if we go in a boat? (A)
7.W: Look at the bananas.
M: Good! We can have them for our picnic lucnh.
Q: What can they have for their picnic lunch? (C)
8.W: There are many apple trees near the lake.
M: OK! Let’s go and have a look.
Q: Where are the apple trees? (B)
9. W: Are there many people on the island?
M: No, but we are not alone. There’re mon keys on it.
Q: What’s on the island? (C)
10. W: Shall I bring my exercise book tomorrow?
W: No, Jim. You’d better bring it here this afternoon.
Q: When will Jim bring his exercise book? (B)
11.W: Excuse me. Where is the nearest hospital?
M: Go along this street until you reach the end.
Q: What is the woman doing? (A)
12. W: Hello, Li Lei! What’s the weather like in China?
M: Hello,Jane! It’s quite windy here, and there’s a lot of snow.
What’s the weather like in your country?
W: Oh, it’s sunny here, and sometimes it’s too hot.
Q: Where is Jane now? (B)
13.W: Do you see my pen? I can’t find it.
M: It may be under the desk. Yes, here it is!
Q: Where is the pen now? (C)
14.W: What’re are you going to do this afte rnoon, Lin Tao?
M: Maybe I’ll go to see my uncle.
Q: What’s Lin Tao going to do? (C)
15.W: What does “danger”mean, Li Lei?
M: I’m not sure. You may ask Liu Hai.
W:: What does “danger”mean, Liu Hai?
M: It means “You must be careful”.
Q: Who knows the word “danger”? (A)
三、短文理解根据你听到的短文内容和所提问题选择正确答案。（读两遍）
Tomorrow is Sunday. The children are going to the zoo to see the animals. They are going to the monkey-house to see the monkeys and to the tiger-house to see the tigers. Peter and John are going to the panda-house to see pandas. Mary and Ann are going to the bird-house. They like to see the birds very much. John will bring something for the animals. (CABBC )
笔试部分参考答案:
21.across 22.themselves 23.careful 24.woke 25.disturb
26—45 ADADD CCDBD ADBBB CCCBB
46—55 CBDBC BCBAA
56-70 DCDBA BCDBC CBDCA
71.Because she got a cold.
72.She jumped the queue in order to get on ahead of the other passengers.
73.Thdy told her to wait for her turn.
74.No, she didn’t. She tried to open the door of a taxi.
75.Because she slipped on the floor and hurt herself.\ Because of her injury of slip.
76.What’s wrong\ up with you?\What’s the matter\trouble with you?\What’s your trouble?
77.Did you take your temperature?
78.Nothing serious.\ There is nothing much wrong with you.\There isn’t anything much wrong with you?\Don’t worry.
79.Take this medicine\ these pills.
80.You’ll be\ get\ feel well \all right\OK\ better\ fine soon.