八年级下学期期中质量检测英语试题.doc

第二学期期中质量检测试题 八年级英语 时间：100分钟 满分：120分 一、 听力部分（共25分） A.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，并将最佳选项的字母编号填写在题后的括号内。（每小题听一遍） (　　)1．How does Peter go to school every day？ (　　)2．What did Linda have for breakfast this morning？ (　　)3．Where does the girl come from？ (　　)4．What will Mike probably do this weekend？ (　　)5．What does the boy want to be when he grows up？ B．听对话 根据所听内容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，并将其字母编号填写在题后的括号内。(每段对话听两遍) 听第一段对话，回答第6小题。 (　　)6．What is Anna going to be in the future？ A．A scientist. B．A dancer. C．An artist. 听第二段对话，回答第7小题。 (　　)7．What’s the matter with the woman？ A．She is relaxed. B．She has nothing to do. C．She has a lot of work to do. 听第三段对话，回答第8小题。 (　　)8．What do you think of Kate？ A．She’s beautiful. B．She’s helpful. C．She’s lazy. 听第四段对话，回答第9小题。 (　　)9．Where are the speakers going this Sunday？ A．The aquarium.　　 B．The zoo. C．The museum. 听第五段对话，回答第10小题。 (　　)10．How long can the man keep the magazines？ A．For two days. B．For three days. C．For seven days. 听第六段对话，回答第11～12小题。 (　　)11．What test did Liu Hua fail？ A．English. B．French. C．Chinese. (　　)12．How many times has Liu Hua failed？ A．Once. B．Twice. C．Three times. 听第七段对话，回答第13～15小题。 (　　)13．What’s the weather like？ A．Fine but cool. B．Lovely and warm. C．Cloudy but warm. (　　)14．Where are the two speakers？ A．In a park. B．At a station. C．In a building. (　　)15．What’s the boy doing in England？ A．Spending his holiday. B．Practicing his English. C．Visiting a Russian family. C．听短文 根据所听短文内容，在各题所给的三个选项中，选出一个最佳选项，并将其字母编号填写在题后的括号内。(短文听两遍) (　　)16．What happened to the three boys on a cold day？ A．They lost their way. B．They couldn’t find the big house. C．They had to spend the night in the open air. (　　)17．What did the three boys ask the farmer to do？ A．To give them some water and food. B．To let them stay in his house for a night. C．To tell them the way to walk out of the forest. (　　)18．Why did one of the boys have to sleep in the big house？ A．The farmer didn’t like the third boy. B．One of the boys made a loud noise when he slept. C．There wasn’t enough room in the farmer’s house. (　　)19．Who was the first to sleep with the horses？ A．Tom. B．Mike C．Jack. (　　)20．Why were all the horses outside at the house door？ A．Because someone drove them out of the house. B．Because the smell in the big house was really terrible. C．Because the horses didn’t like to stay with people at night. D．听填信息 请根据题目要求，从听到的内容中获取必要的信息，填写下面的信息卡。(本题听两遍) Tony’s Birthday Party Tony will be 21.________ years old. Day of the party: on 22.________. Time: At 7：30. Address: Near the town 23.________ on Shindy Street. Place：At the 24.________ Hotel. Jenny can bring some pencils and two 25.________. 二、 单项选择（20小题，每题1分，共20分） ( )26. —Will you go to Hangzhou by _____ car? —No, I'll take _____ train. A. a；不填 B. a；the C. 不填；不填 D. 不填；a ( )27. It’s impossible for us ____ there on foot in two hours. A. to get B. get C. getting D. got ( )28. It is about _______by bus from here to Harbin. A. one and half hours B. one and a half hour C. one hour and half D. one and a half hours ( )29. —Mary can’t help ___the house. Why? —Because she is busy ____a hotel reservation.    A. to clean; making   B. cleaning; making   C. cleaning; to make   D. to clean; to make  ( )30. I was doing my homework _______ a dog came in. A. when B. while C. as D. at ( )31. I can’t swim. And she can’t, _______. A. too B. also C. but D. either ( )32. ---- why not swim in the river? ---oh, no. our teacher told us _____ here. It’s dangerous. A. will swim B. will not swim C. to swim D. not to swim ( )33.It ______ forty-five minutes ______ there by bus. A. cost; to get B. takes; getting C. takes; to get D. takes; to get to ( )34. —We'll go to visit Chengdu next week. —_____ A. It's hard to say. B. Thank you. C. How time flies! D. Have a good trip! ( )35. --–Excuse me, ______is Qinhuangdao from Beijing? ----It’s about three hours by car. A. how wide B. how long C. how far D. how fast ( )36. —We’ll go hiking if it ____ rain tomorrow. —That would be fine. A. isn’t B. won’t C. don’t D. doesn’t ( )37. Li Lei isn’t ____ Liu Ming. A. tall as B. as taller as C. as tall as D. as the taller as ( )38. My parents are always strict ____ me. A. with B. in C. on D. at ( )39. On my way ____ home, I lost a ticket ____ Titanic. A. to; to B. to; of C. /; of D. /; to ( )40. —John isn’t happy today. Let’s go and ____. —Good idea. A. cheer up him B. cheer him up C. to cheer up D. cheer up ( )41. The weather in Beijing is not ____ good ____ that in Hainan. A. as; than B. so; as C. than; as D. as; so ( )42. Chinese culture stands for the culture in the east. It is different from that in the ______. A. south B. north C. west D. foreign ( )43. Guangzhou is ___ the southeast of China . A. in B. on C. to D. into ( )44. —I’m sorry that John is out.  —Please ask him to call me as soon as he ____.    A. returned  B. returns  C. will return  D. is returning  ( )45. Sally always likes to sit ____________ Mr. zhang, because she enjoys talking ______ him. A. in; with B. on; to C. beside; with D. between; to 三、 完形填空（10小题，每题1分，共10分） Everyone wants to be successful. But failure is a common(普通的) thing for us to meet with. 46 , sometimes we fail the exams, sometimes in the sports meet, others 47 but we fail. So 48 everybody meets with the failure in his life. However, different people have different 49 to deal with the failure. Some people lose hope when they fail. They seem to think that it is the 50 of the world. Others, on the other hand, don’t take failure 51 . They seem to think that failure is the first step(步骤) to success. They will keep up and try their best 52 the final success.[来源:学科网ZXXK] Now let’s imagine (猜想) the ends of the two ways. If we are afraid of the failure and always feel 53 , and don’t try our best to change ourselves, we may meet with more and more failures. But as long as we are hopeful and brave to face them, and never give up, we will 54 successful and our dreams will come true some day. So, please remember: Life doesn’t give us the pleasure we want. But if we never give up and 55 do little by little, it will make a big difference. ( )46. A. At first B. All the time C. For example D. Of course ( )47. A. lose hope B. win C. get D. accept ( )48. A. almost B. never C. always D. still ( )49. A. activities B. answers C. ideas D. ways ( )50. A. area B. end C. start D. shock ( )51. A. seriously B. serious C. angry D. angrily ( )52. A. getting B. gets C. to get D. get ( )53. A. careful B. happy C. angry D. upset ( )54. A. become B. turn C. get D. grow ( )55. A. often B. always C. never D. seldom 四、 阅读理解（15小题，每题2分，共30分） (A) Some Advice on Travel 1. Forget fashion(时尚)! Always wear your most comfortable clothes when going on long journeys(旅行). 2. Traveling on trains and buses can be boring, so take a good book to read. 3. If you’re going somewhere cold, remember to put on your warm clothes! 4. If you are going somewhere sunny, remember to bring your sun-block(防晒霜) and sunglasses. 5. Always take a camera with you to capture those special moments. 6. Be careful with your things whenever you go to a busy place, like a train station. There are many thieves there! 7. Most countries have lower prices for students, so if you are a student, take your student card with you. 8. Always leave room in your bag and buy presents on the way home. 9. Bus tours often stop at expensive shops along the way, save your money by buying presents at local shops. 10. If you travel abroad(国外), remember to take your passport. Whatever you do, don’t lose it! ( )56. If you go to Hainan Island for a trip in summer, you should take ____ with you. A. warm clothes and sports shoes B. sunglasses and sun-block C. fashionable(时尚的) clothes and a big bag D. some fruit and drinks ( )57. According to the passage, ____ is a good way to keep away from boredom(单调) while you’re on a train or a bus. A. taking a camera B. reading a good book C. listening to music D. sleeping for some time ( )58. You must always ____ while you are at busy places because there are often thieves there. A. put your things away B. look after your things well C. give your things away D. get your things ready ( )59. If a student wants to buy some presents at lower prices while traveling, he should show ____ to the shop assistant. A. prices B. his things C. his passport D. his student card ( )60. The underlined word “capture” in this passage means ____. A. 拍摄 B. 感受 C. 抓住 D. 控制 (B) Mr. Zhang, our geography teacher, held a map of the world and asked us where we would like to travel. [来源:学科网ZXXK] Li Ming said, “I like countries with an interesting history, such as China, Egypt, Greece and Italy. They are all old countries with a long history. You can see many old buildings in these countries, such as the Great Wall, the Pyramids(金字塔) and the Acropolis(卫城).” The teacher asked, “Do you want to go to places with beautiful beaches?” Yang Ying said, “Of course. It’s pleasant to visit places with fine weather and beautiful beaches. For example, the U.S.A., Australia and Malaysia(马来西亚) have beautiful beaches.” Shanshan said, “I know many countries in Southeast Asia have beautiful beaches. But I like visiting countries where the people are very friendly and helpful to visitors.” Mr. Zhang said, “Remember: hotel, food and souvenirs (纪念品) always cost us much money. So we should make a good plan before we go to visit other countries.” 根据短文内容，选择正确答案。 ( )61. How many countries were mentioned (