八年级第二学期期中考试英语试题____2009年4月

八年级第二学期期中考试英语试题考试时间100分钟听力部分一、听句子，选择正确答语。

(每小题1分，共5分)( )1. A. That‟s OK. B. Don‟t worry. C. No, thanks. ( )2. A. Yes, I know Helen. B. Yes, this is Helen speaking. C. Yes, I‟m here.( )3. A. No, they‟re too busy. B. Yes, they should.C. No, they won‟t. ( )4. A. You bet! B. We have no time.C. Oh, you look very happy.( )5. A. Yes, of course. B. Yes, I‟d like to. C. Perfect.二、听对话，选择正确答案。

(每小题1分，共5分)( )6. Where will Lily live if she goes to Canada for her vacation? A. In Tony‟s house. B. In a hotel.C. In Tony‟s friend‟s house.( )7. Who is looking forward to meeting the teacher? A. Mike. B. Jenny. C. Jim. ( )8. Why does Bill look happy? A. He will go to Dalian. B. He will go to Hangzhou. C. He will go to Nanjing. ( )9. Where will Betty visit? A. She will visit the Ming Tombs. B. She will visit the West Lake. C. She will visit the Great Wall.( )10. How will David explore the northeast of China? A. By bus. B. By bike. C. By car.三、听短文，选择正确答案。

（每小题1分，共9分） 短文Ⅰ( )11. Today in class the teacher will tell the students ____. A. something about Mount Tai B. something about the Great Wall C. something about the Summer Palace ( )12. The Great Wall is about ____ high. A. 4-5 meters B. 11-12 meters C. 6-7 meters ( )13. It took millions of men ____ to build it. A. thousands of years B. hundreds of years C. a few years学校 班 姓名 编号( )14. When we look at the Great Wall, __ may come into our mind.A. one ideaB. one planC. one question( )15. How did the Chinese people build the Great Wall?A. They used special machines.B. They used horses.C. The passage doesn‟t tell us.短文Ⅱ( )16. Jack and his father ____ when it rained.A. were at homeB. were taking a walkC. were in a theater ( )17. They didn‟t bring ____ with them when it rained.A. umbrellasB. raincoatsC. hats( )18. They found ____ to hide from the rain.A. a placeB. no placeC. a house( )19. Jack wasn‟t very ____ because it rained.A. busyB. sadC. happy四、听短文回答问题。

（注意要用完整的句子回答。

每小题2分，共6分）20. How does Peter play basketball?21. Who is active?22. Where does Carrie usually stay?笔试部分一．.选择填空(20分)( ) 23. I am looking forward to ________ him.A. meetB. meetingC. sawD. met( ) 24. My father was watching TV ____ my mother was cooking.A. whenB. untilC. whileD. as soon as ( ) 25. You don't know the way. Why ____ the policeman for help?A. don't askB. no askC. not askD. not to ask ( ) 26. His parents often make him his homework till 10 p.m.A. doesB. to doC. doingD. do( ) 27. My father warns me in the sea alone.A. to not swimB. swimmingC. not to swimD. to swim ( ) 28. The girl is new here and she lives ____. So she seems _____.A. lonely; lonelyB. alone; aloneC. lonely; aloneD. alone; lonely( ) 29. Is there _______ in today‟s newspaper?A. important somethingB. everything importantC. anything importantD. important anything ( ) 30. We'll go on a field trip if it _______ this weekend.A. won't rainB. isn't rainingC. doesn't rainD. will rain( ) 31.When their English teacher came into the classroom, the students .A. stop to talkB. stopped to talkC. stop talkingD. stopped talking( ) 32. This film is as ________ as that one.A. interestedB. more interestingC. interestingD. more interested( ) 33.—When did your father come back last night?-- He didn‟t come back he finished all the work.A. untilB. whileC. ifD. before( ) 34. The Greens will have _______ holiday in China.A. two weeksB. two weekC. two-weekD. a two-week( ) 35. While I with my friend, she came in.A. am talkingB. was talkingC. talkedD. am going to walk( ) 36. His parents often make him his homework till 10 p.m.A. doesB. doC. to doD. doing( ) 37. If you , you more energy.A. are activities; haveB. are activities; will haveC. will be active; haveD. are active; will have( )38、If the camera , the “camera” key.A. don‟t work; to pressB. isn‟t work; pressC. doesn‟t work; to pressD. doesn‟t work; press( ) 39. The teacher told the students ______ in class.A. not talkB. don‟t talkC. didn‟t talkD. not to talk( ) 40. The boy was too busy ______ his father last term.A. to hear fromB. to write toC. hearing fromD. write to( ) 41. You must be very tired. Why not ______ a rest?A. to stop to haveB. to stop havingC. stop to haveD. stop having( ) 42. Please let me _____ where the meeting is _____ tomorrow.A. know; to be heldB. to know; to holdC. knowing; to be heldD. known; to hold二．完形填空(10分)Mr. Wang teaches English in a middle school. He likes his work very much. There 46 six classes in a school day. Mr. Wang teaches five of these 47 . At his …free‟ hour from 2 to 3 in the afternoon, Mr. Wang 48 meet with paren ts, check students‟ homework 49 take care of many other things. He gets to school early and he leaves for home 50 in the afternoon.Mr. Wang sometimes teaches poems（诗）. He is interested in poems very much. In his 51class today, he taught a poem. He wrote it on the blackboard and read it. As 52 as he finished reading the poem, the students began to 53 questions. He answered all the questions. Then he asked the students to talk about the poem. No one wanted to stop when the bell rang.On his way home, Mr. Wang thought about his fifth class. He was 54 about what he did as a teacher. Every one of his students 55 the poem. He did not have to make them learn. He only had to answer their questions and help them understand the poem.( ) 43. A. is B. are C. have D. has( ) 44. A. classes B. subjects C. students D. days( ) 45. A. shall B. need C. has to D. has( ) 46. A. or B. and C. but D. also( ) 47. A. early B. last C. lately D. late( ) 48. A. fifth B. five C. six D. sixth( ) 49. A. fast B. quickly C. soon D. good( ) 50. A. say B. ask C. tell D. talk( ) 51. A. angry B. sad C. happy D. surprised( ) 52. A. got B. enjoyed C. had D. wanted三．阅读理解(30分)(A)There is nothing more important to life than the Sun. Without he Sun all living things on the Earth would die. The Sun is a star. In the sky there are thousands of stars like the Sun. They are as large as the Sun and as hot as the Sun. At night you can see many stars, but in the day time you can only see one star the Sun. The Sun is much nearer to us than any other stars. That is why it looks the biggest and brightest of all the stars. The distance between the Sun and the Earth is as much as 150million kilometers. Most of the stars are thousands of light years away from the Earth. Do you know the light year? Nothing in the world travels faster than light. It travels 300,000 kilometers a second(秒). And one light year is the distance that light travels in one year.( )53、can live without the Sun.A. PeopleB. AnimalsC. PlantsD. Nothing( )54、The most important to life is .A. the MoonB. the starsC. the SunD. the sky( )55、The Sun looks the biggest and brightest of all the starsbecause .A. it's the biggest of all the starsB. it's the brightest of all the stars.C. it's much nearer to us than any other starsD. it's far away from the Earth( )56、Light travels in the world.A、fastestB、slowestC、much fasterD、much slower( )57、From the passage we know that light travels kilometers per(每个) minute.A、600, 000B、300, 000C、150, 000D、18,000,000（B）Strange things happen to time when you travel because the earth is divided into twenty-four zones，one hour apart．You can have days with more or fewer than twenty-four hours，and weeks with more or fewer than seven days．If you make a five-day trip across the Atlantic Ocean，your ship enters a different time zone every day．As you enter each zone，the time changes one hour．Travelling west，you set your clock back；travelling east，you set it ahead．Each day of your trip has either twenty-five or twenty-three hours．If you travel by ship across the Pacific，you cross the international date line. By agreement，this is the point where a new day begins．When you cross the line, you change your calendar one full day，backward or forward．Travelling east，today becomes yesterday；travelling west，it is tomorrow．根据短文，选择正确答案。