湖北省十堰市茅箭区实验学校2013-2014学年八年级英语下学期期中试题

某某省某某市茅箭区实验学校2013-2014学年八年级下学期期中考试英语试题（满分120分）
听力部分（共25分）
Ⅰ.听句子，选择正确的图片（每小题1分，共5分）
1． 2. 3. 4. 5.
Ⅱ.听句子,选择正确的答案(每小题1分,共5分)
( )6 A .That’s a good idea. B .You’re wele. C .That’s right.
( )7 A .It’s about 2km. B .It’s about 15 minutes.
C .It takes me three hours to do it.
( )8 A .It’s Sunday B .Good luck. C .Yes, I’d love to.
( )9 A .It’s hard to say. B .All right. C .Don’t worry.
( )10A .No, thanks. B .Yes, please. C .I want some cakes.
Ⅲ.听对话和独白，选择正确答案（每小题1分,共10分)
请听一段对话，回答地11小题。

( )11.When will Linda play in a snow ?
A.Tomorrow.
B. This weekend.
C. Next week.
请听一段对话，回答的12-13小题。

( )12.Who gave Luce the model plane ?
A.Her mother.
B. Her father.
C. Her brother.
( )13.What does Jim think of the model plane ?
A.Small.
B. Ugly.
C. Nice.
请听一段对话，回答第14-16小题。

( )14.What does Mary wear ?
A. A shirt.
B. A skirt.
C.A T-shirt.
( )15.What is it made of ?
A.Cotton
B. Paper
C. Wool
( )16.What is Jack’s favorite color ?
A.White.
B. Black.
C. Yellow
请听一段对话，回答第14-16小题。

( )17.Who did the writer go to the Sumer Palace with ?
A.His brother.
B. His sister.
C. His cousin.
( )18.What didn’t they take with them ?
A.Fruit.
B. Money.
C. A map.
( )19.What time did they get to the Sumer Palace ?
A.At about 7:00.
B. At about 8:00.
C. At about 9:00 ( )20.What did they do while they were on the hill ?
A.They had some food.
B. They took photos of the lake .
B.They drew pictures.
Ⅳ.听短文，根据说听内容完成表格，每空不可超过三个词(每小题1分,共5分)
笔试部分（共95分）
Ⅰ.单项选择（每小题1分，共15分）
（）26. ---Do you like playing football?
---Yes, I often play it on Saturday afternoon.
A. a; the
B. / ; the
C. the ; a
D. / ; /
（）27. ---Why not shopping together?
---Sorry, I have a lot of homework ____ .
A. to go ;do
B. go ;to do
C. go ;doing
D. go ;did
( ) 28. All of us felt ____ when we saw such a little girl speak English.
A．surprise B．surprised C．surprising D．in surprise
（）29. Jack used to _______up early, but now he is used to _______up late.
A. get, get
B. get, getting
C. getting, get
D. getting, getting
（）30. ---Must I go to the doctor? ---No, you _________.
A. needn’t
B. can’t
C. mustn’t
D. couldn’t
（）31. My watch is broken. I ask my father to ____________.
A. fix it up
B. fix up it
C. put it up
D. put up it （）32.He stopped when he saw an old man ________on the side of the road.
A. lie
B. lying
C. lied
D. to lie
（）33. ________the doctor, the boy was saved.
A. Thanks
B. Thanks to
C. Thank for
D. Because
（）34. What ____ you ______ at this time yesterday?
A．did；do B．is；doing C．were；doing D．are；doing
（）35. ---It’s raining hard .The rain is beating the windows.
---How terrible! We can’t go out to play.
A.against
B. below
C. across
D. behind
（）36. You can read you like in the reading room.
A.that
B. which
C. what
D. why
（）37.They sent the man to the hospital ________.
A. in time
B. on time
C. for time
D. at times
（）38.He has to work hard, because his wife him.
A.depend on
B. depends
C. depends on
D. depended
（）39. useful invention the puter is!
A.What a
B. What an
C. How a
D. How an
（）40. ---Wh at’s wrong?
---I fought with my friend this morning.
---___________
A. That’s nothing!
B. Great!
C. Let’s play soccer!
D. You should say sorry to him.
Ⅱ完型填空（每小题1分，共15分）
A driver went to an insurance office(保险公司) to have his life insured. The manager of the advice asked him how old his ___41__ were when they died.
“Father died from heart ___42__ at the __43___ of 35. Mother had __44_wrong with her head and passed away when she was only ___45__.”
“I am sorry,”said the manager. “We cannot insure your life _46__ your parents were not ___47___.”
The driver was disappointed. He was __48__ when a kind man in the office stopped him and told to him not to __49___ the truth, “__50___ office will insure you if you speak like that. Try to say in __51__ way.”
The driver went to another office. “Well, how _52__ were your parents when they died?”said the manager. “Mother ___53_ 93 ,and she died from a __54_ off her bike. Father died when he w as playing football. He was 94.”
“Fine, we can insure your ___55__”said the manager. Then the driver went home happily. ( )41. A. parents B. father C. mother D. brother
( )42. A. question B. trouble C. wrong D. beating
( )43. A. end B. age C. old D. first
( )44. A. nothing B. anything C. something D. no
( )45. A. three B. thirteen C. thirty D. thirtieth ( )46. A. if B. anything C. that D. as
( )47. A. happy B. rich C. healthy D. young
( )48. A. ing B. getting up C. leaving D. looking
( )49. A. tell B. give C. take D. Say
( )50. A. Any B. An C. Some D. No
( )51. A. other B. another C. the other D. others
( )52. A. much B. many C. old D. often
( )53. A. be B. are C. is D. was
( )54. A. fall B. get C. stop D. drop
( )55. A. mother B. car C. life D. father
Ⅲ.阅读理解（本题有15小题，每小题2分，共30分
A
( )56. Zoe wants to be _________________.
A. a doctor
B. an engineer
C. a teacher
D. a musician
( )57. Who loves children ?
A. Zoe
B. Paige
C. Joanne
D. Tom
( )58. Where does Tom want to live ?
A. In France
B. In England
C. In America
D. In Greece
( )59. The underlined wo rd “that ” refers to (指的是)_______________.
A. reading
B. being happy
C. being a writer
D.teaching children
( )60. What can we know from the passage ?
A. Zoe loves reading very much.
B. Paige and Joanne are of the same age.
C. Both Joanne and Tom are from England.
D. Tom likes to help people and make them feel better.
B
The train started moving. There were many people of all ages. Most of them were working men and women and young college boys and girls.Near the window sat an old man with his son, who looked about thirty years old.
As the train moved, the son was filled with joy(快乐) because he was very excited at the scenery （风景）outside. He said in a high voice, “See, Dad, the green trees and the scenery are very
beau tiful!” It made the other people feel very strange. Everyone started talking in a low voice about the old man’s son. A few minutes later it started raining. Raindrops fell on the travelers through the opened window. Seeing the rain, the old man’s son said happily, “See ,Dad, how beautiful the rain is!” Hearing these words, a young lady became angry with the man, as the raindrops were dropping on her new clothes. She shouted at the noisy son and his father. “Can’t you see it is raining? You! Old man! If your son is not feeling well, get him to a mental(精神的) hospital quickly and please don’t disturb（干扰）us any more!” The old man’s face turned red and then he answered in a low voice, “We are on the way back from hospital. He couldn’t see anything at birth. Only last week he could see again. The rain and the nature（自然）are new to him. Please forgive him.” All the other people became quiet.
（）66. How old was the old man’s son?
A. About 7 years old.
B. About 20 years old.
C. About 50 years old.
D. About 30 years old.
（）67. What did people think of the son at first?
A. lovely
B. funny
C. strange
D. clever
（）68. What was wrong with the son when he was born?
A. He had mental illne ss.
B. He couldn’t see.
C. He couldn’t hear.
D. He couldn’t walk.
（）69. What is the Chinese meaning of the underlined word ?
A. 忘记
B. 谴责
C. 原谅
D. 尊重
（）70. According to the passage, what does the writer want to tell us?
A. We should be friendly to sick people.
B. We should learn to enjoy the nature.
C. We should respect the elder people.
D. We should know the truth before plaining.
C
The surprise party is very popular in America. Most of the Americans think it is very exciting to have surprise parties for their friends or family members. It is quite possible to plan a surprise party when one’s birthday is ing. Do you want to know what a surprise party is like? Look at the following example.
It’s Saturday night. Bob’s wife asks him to go to the kitchen and bring her a glass of milk. Bob walks to the kitchen and opens the door. Suddenly, he hears a strange sound and then sees a
bear standing in front of him!
Bob is very scared and falls backwards. Just then the bear takes off him costume. It’s Bob’s
friend Charles! There are also some other people behind him. All of them say to Bob , “Surprise!”
Bob is puzzled, and does not know what it is until his friends say “Happy birthday!” to him.
In fact, there are many kinds of surprise parties. A successful surprise party always makes people
feel surprised, excited and unforgettable.
任务一：根据短文回答问题
71.How is the surprise party in America?
___________________________________________________________________
72 Where does the strange sound Bob hears e from?
___________________________________________________________________
任务二：根据材料内容，判断下列句子正(T)误(F)
73.Charles is the name of the bear. ( )
74.It is Bob’s birthday that day. ( )
任务三：将文中划线部分译成汉语
IV. 词汇运用（每小题1分，共10分）
(A)根据汉语提示填单词，完成句子。

76.They decided to sell old books to________（筹集）some money.
77.It was _________（疯狂的）of you to go skating on such thin ice.
78.Some people are afraid to help others because they don’t want to get into
_____________（麻烦）.
79.It is ___________（也不）cold nor hot in winter here.
80.We didn’t ___________（认识到）the seriousness of her illness.
(B)用括号中所给单词的适当形式填空，完成句子。

81.Jack agreed________________(repair) the puter for me.
82.Her life changed________________(plete) after she found a good job.
______________(develop) of industry（工业）causes air pollution and
noise pollution.
84.Michael found it ____________(difficulty) to explain the problem to a little
child.
85.I ______________(sweep) the floor at 8:00 yesterday morning.
V. 翻译句子（每小题2分，共10分）
根据汉语意思及括号内所给提示翻译句子。

86.他太累了所以很快就睡着了。

He was he fell asleep soon.
87.看肥皂剧就是浪费时间。

Watching soap operas is .
88.令我们吃惊的是，他们决定卖掉自己的房子。

, they decided to sell their house.
89.彼得曾是他班里最好的学生。

Peter the best student in his class .
90.为了找个好座位，她早早地到那了。

a good seat ,she arrived there early.
IX. 书面表达（15分）
我是一名中学生，我很喜欢我的学校生活和我的家庭，但我有时也有许多烦恼。

在学校里我没有很好的朋友，学习不好；在家里我不想与父母交流，感到孤独；老师给我提出几点建议：多参加活动，多与同学交流，把父母当作最好的朋友（look on …as）……
根据所给话题的内容，适当发挥。

要求：1. 意思连贯，符合逻辑；2. 词数不少于70字。

My Problem
____I am a middle school student .
答案
1-5 BEDCA 6 -10 AACAC 11-15 CBCBA 16-20 CAACB
21.history books 22. his subjects 23. happy and relaxed
24.30 /thirty 25.music.
26-30 DBBBA 31-35 ABBCA 36-40 CACAD
41-45 ABBCC 46-50 ACCAD 51-55 BCDAC
56-60 ABDBC 66-70 DCBCD
71. It’s very popular in America 72. It es from the kitchen.
73. F 73. T
75.大多数美国人认为为朋友或家人举行惊喜派对是非常激动人心的。

81. to repair 82. pletely 83. development 84. difficult.
85. was sweeping
86.so tired that 87. a waste of time 88.To our surprise ed to be 90. In order to get
word X文：
11 / 11。