八年级下学期半期考试英语试题.doc

第二学期期中质量检测试题 八年级英语 第一卷（共100分） I.听力测试（共30分 ） 第一节. 听句子，选择正确图片。每个句子读一遍。(7.5分) 1. ____ 2. ____ 3. ____ 4. ____ 5. ____ 第二节. 听句子，选择正确答案。每个句子读一遍。(7.5分) ( )6. A. Beijing. B. San Francisco. C. Athens. ( )7. A. Good idea! B. What bad news! C. It’s very kind of you. ( )8. A. Travel. B. Book. C. Blue. ( )9. A. I’m sorry to hear that. B. What a pity! C. The same to you. ( )10. A. Really? B. Good idea! C. Thank you. 第三节. 听对话及问题，选择正确答案。每段对话及问题读两遍。（7.5分） ( )11. A. He played the piano. B. He danced. C. He sang. ( )12. A. Traveling by plane. B. Traveling by train. C. Traveling by sea. ( )13. A. She is shy. B. She is polite. C. She is attractive. ( )14. A. To see Beijing Opera. B. To go to library. C. To stay at home. ( )15. A. Her teacher. B. Her mother. C. Her father. 第四节. 听短文，选择正确答案。短文读两遍。（7.5分） ( )16. Some western people don’t like the number ____. A. 11 B. 12 C. 13 ( )17. They don’t like the number because they think it’s ____. A. small B. boring C. unlucky ( )18. When all the friends arrived, Mr. Smith asked them ____. A. to have dinner B. to have a party C. to drink coffee ( )19. Mr. Smith invited ____ friends to get together. A. 11 B. 12 C. 13 ( )20. Mr. Brown said there were 14 people because ____. A. his wife would have a baby soon B. another friend was coming C. Mrs. Smith was coming II.单项选择。（20分） （ ）21.It was raining I left the station. A. before B. when C. while D.as soon as （ ）22.The poor man feels and lives . A. happy; happily B. happily; happy C. happy; happy D. happily; happily （ ）23.There _______ a football match next week. Shall we go and watch it? A.will have B. has C. have D.will be （ ）24.Li Ming, you’re the winner in the running race. Are you happy? —Yes, but very tired _______. A.as well B. too C. either D.as well as （ ）25.The foreigners arrived _______ Shanghai _______ night. A.at; at B.in; at C.in; in D.at; in （ ）26.My teacher didn’t come back he finished all his work. A. while B. when C. until D. if （ ）27. Sam spends two hours _______ his homework every day. A.to do B. doing C.do D. does （ ）28. it doesn’t rain tomorrow, I will go fishing. A.Until B. If C. Though D. As soon as （ ）29.I’ll play baseball, because it can_______. A.to build me up B.to build up me C. build up me D. build me up （ ）30.The Greens will have holiday in China. A. a two-week B. two week C. two-week D. two weeks[来源:学科网] （ ）31.I used to in the country for a long time. So I’m not used to in a city now. A. living; living B. live; live C. live; living D. living; live （ ）32. My keys are missing. I looked them , but still found them. A. nowhere B. everywhere C. anywhere D. somewhere （ ）33. My grandpa lives in a house, but he doesn’t feel . A. alone; lonely B. lonely; lonely C. lonely; alone D. alone; alone （ ）34. Our math teacher is very strict us and he is also very strict his work. A. with; in B. about; with C. with; with D. about; in （ ）35. ---- there anything wrong with the computer? ---- No. Everything going on well here. A. Are; is B. Is; does C. Is; is D. Are; are （ ）36. He has no friends . So he is lonely. A. to talk B. to talk with C. talk D. talk with （ ）37. Michael is feeling bad, so we should do something him happy again. A. make B. making C. to make D. to making （ ）38. When I came in, I saw Tom . A. cry B. crying C. cried D. cries （ ）39. --- will you stay here? ---- About three weeks. A. How soon B. How long C. How far D. How much （ ）40. He was very when he knew the news. A. exciting; excited B. excited; excited C. excited; exciting D. exciting; exciting III. 完形填空。（20分） Maybe you know about Sun Ying on TV. She is a 41 young woman. She was born in Jilin Province. In January 2006, she left her hometown 42 Shenzhen. She found a job in a factory and began to work there. 43 after working for seven months, she went to a mountain shool in Guizhou Province for 44 because she wanted to help the students there. She found that the school had 45 but(除…之外) the old houses without doors. She felt quite 46. When she got there, she got a warm 47 . The students called her“Aunt”and the parents 48 food to her. All the people 49 her. She planned to work there all her life. She wanted to bring 50 to the kids there. IV. 阅读理解。（30分） （A） There was a pilot and three people in a small plane. Suddenly there was something wrong with the plane when it was flying in the air. The smoke was everywhere in the plane. The pilot told the people there were only three parachutes(降落伞)。They all became worried and started to make excuses. “I must go and mend the machine(机器).” Said the pilot, taking one of the parachutes. There was nothing he could do so he just jumped out. The next person said, “I must have a parachute. I am a very clever person, and I have to take part in an important sports game. I know I am going to win the game because I am going to be the cleverest person there.” He picked up a pack and jumped out. Two men were left, an old businessman and a young mountain climber. By this time the plane was going down fast. The businessman said, ” Young man, I am old but you’re still young. You take the last parachute.” The young mountain climber smiled, ” Don’t worry,” he said ,” We can both jump to safety because there are still two parachutes. Just now the clever person jumped out with my backpack.” ( ) 51. All the people became worried because________. A. they couldn’t find the parachutes B. they were afraid the plane would be broken and knew there were not enough parachutes for each person. C. There was too much smoke and they couldn’t jump out from the plane. D. They saw the pilot jump out first. ( ) 52. From this story, we know ______would die. A. the clever man B. the businessman C. the pilot D. a young mountain climber ( ) 53. ________was a kind hearted man. A. The pilot B. The mountain climber [来源:Z,xx,k.Com] C. The businessman D. a young mountain climber （B） The following is the information about an accident. Time January 21, 2012 Place Mount Hua, Shanxi People A team of seven mountain climbers Weather Heavy snow[来源:学*科*网] Event[来源:学+科+网] Two climbers fell into the valley (山谷) What happened Mr. Zhang hurt his left leg. Miss Wang was hurt in the head Time of call for help 2:30 p. m. Name of the caller Mr. Chen, a member of the team Action Firemen（消防员） arrived there at 3:00 p. m. and took the wound (伤者) to the nearest hospital at 3:15 p. m. [来源:学科网ZXXK] 根据短文内容，选择正确答案。 ( )54. Maybe it was _______ when they were climbing the mountain. A. rainy B. snowy C. sunny D. windy ( ) 55. The accident happened in the _______. A. morning B. afternoon C. evening D. night （C） Last summer vacation I went to Taiwan with my parents. Taiwan is really beautiful ! The weather is always warm and humid because around Taiwan is the sea. In the north, there is the winter season , but in the south, there is no winter season and you can enjoy sunshine every day. The typhoon(台风) season is from June to October. There are many mountains in Taiwan . A-li Mountain is one of the five biggest mountains there. We went to climb A-li Mountain one afternoon. There are many trees in the forest here . They are very tall and many of them are really old. Sun Moon Lake is the largest natural lake in Taiwan. In the lake there are many kinds of fishes. When we were watching the fish, an old man asked us, “Are you from Shanghai?” When we said “yes”, he looked very happy and told us he was born in Shanghai and missed the city very much. He asked a lot of questions about Shanghai and gave us some fish when we left. We also went to the beach and enjoyed the sunshine. There are many kinds of food in the small towns near the sea. A kind of dumplings with sea food in it is my favorite. Taiwan, a beautiful island, I love it! ( ) 58. The writer travel with . A．his friends B. his classmates C. his sister D. his parents ( ) 59. The weather in Taiwan . A. sunny B. windy C. cool and warm D. warm and humid ( ) 60. The typhoon season is . A. from June to October B. from June to August C. from May to June D. from May to July ( ) 61.The old man born was born in . A. Taiwan B. Shanghai C. Guangdong D. Hainan (D) Most American families are smaller than the families in other countries. Most American families have one or two parents and one or two children each. Children in the US will leave their parents’ home when they grow up. They usually live far from their parents because they want to find good jobs. They often write to their parents or telephone them. And they often go to visit their parents on holiday. Parents usually let their children choose their own jobs. Americans think it important for young people to decide on their lives by themselves. Children are asked to do some work around their house. And in many families, children are paid for doing some housework so that they learn how to make money for their own use. ( )62. The size of most American families is ________ that of other countries. A. larger than B. smaller than C. as big as D. as small as ( )63. When children grow up, they leave their parents’ home to _________. A. g