(最新版)牛津英语八年级下册期中考试英语科试卷

2018-2019学年度第二学期八年级期中联考英语科试卷
（满分100分, 考试时间为90分钟）
注意：请把所有答案填涂或书写在答题卡上。

书写在试卷上无效。

I．听力测试。

（13 小题，选择题 6分；回答问题4分；信息转述 3 分；信息询问 2 分；小计 15 分）
i.听对话，根据你所听到的内容选出问题的答案，录音念两遍。

（3 小题，每题 1 分）
1. What month is it now?
A. April
B. May
C. June
2. Why was Jane late for school?
A. Because she broke the bus.
B. Because the bus broke down.
C. Because she forgot her homework.
3. What’s Steve’s favourite cartoon film?
A. The Lion King
B. Kung Fu Panda
C. Tom and Jerry
ii．听录音，选出你所听到的问句的合适答句，问句念两遍。

（3 小题，每题 1 分）
4. A. By air. B. For a week. C. It’s ten meters.
5. A. Thanks a lot! B. That’s a great idea! C. How boring the book is!
6. A. He fell down from a bike. B. He was tall and thin. C. He came from Wuhan.
iii. 听对话或短文，根据你所听到的内容和所给提示，写出问题的合适答案，录音念两遍。

（4 小题，每小题1分）
7. How long has Tim been in Australia? (six months / three months)
________________________________________________________________________________ 8.What is Tim? ( pioneer / engineer)
________________________________________________________________________________ 9.Where is Alice Spring? (in the south / in the centre )
________________________________________________________________________________ 10.Has Tim been abroad before? ( never / ever )
________________________________________________________________________________ iv. 信息转述。

（3 分）
你将听到一段关于Jane去香港迪士尼乐园游玩的短文，请你根据所听到的内容，按照思维导图中所提供的信息要点，用4-6 句话进行转述。

包括以下四项内容。

录音念 2 遍。

现在你有15 秒钟的时间阅读思维导图。

11.你的介绍可以这样开始：Jane went to Disneyland by
bus______________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________
V. 信息询问。

（2 小题，每小题 1 分，小计 2 分）
你希望了解更多关于迪士尼乐园游玩的事情，请根据提示提两个问题。

12.你想了解那个3D电影花了Jane多少钱。

你问Jane：
________________________________________________________________________________ 13.你想知道Jane最喜欢哪个卡通人物，你问Jane：
_________________________________________________________________________________
Ⅱ. 词汇。

（15分, 共15小题，每小题1分）
ⅰ. 从下面每小题的 A、B、C三个选项中选出可以替换划线部分的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将相应的字母编号涂黑。

（8小题，每小题1分）
14.--- Success in one’s career requires many years of hard work, and also some luck.
A.needs
B. has
C. gets
15. --- The old Chinese picture cost me up to 5000 dollars.
---It is worth buying.
A. over
B. less than
C. as much as
16. --- The twins went to see the film separately.
A. not together
B. seriously
C. simply
17. --- What do you think of your classmate Lily?
--- She is a cheerful girl. Never judge a person by his appearance.
A. face
B. looks
C. gesture.
18. --- Students are doing some voluntary work at the local hospital.
A. work to help others
B. part-time work
C. work done for no pay
19. --- I finally made it after working so hard for three months.
--- I am proud of you!
A. failed
B. cried
C. succeeded
20.---His coat matches his trousers.
A. mentions
B. goes with
C. means
21. --- How will you set off for Beijing this afternoon? --- By plane.
A. go away from
B. begin to leave
C. leave for
ⅱ. 根据句子意思，从下面每小题的A、B、C三个选项中选出填入横线的最佳答选项，并在答题卡上将相应的字母编号涂黑。

（7小题，每小题1分）
22. If a man ______ to do something, he is willing to do it.
A. offers
B. stops
C. begins
23. The ______ is the act of writing or saying in words that what somebody or something is like.
A. meaning
B. pattern
C. description
24. One’s expression and gestures belong to _______ .
A. a travel guide
B. body language
C. a treasure hunt
25. --- I have great _______ in learning math and I’m so worried. Could you help me?
--- Sure. I’d be glad to.
A. difficulty
B. interest
C. fun
26. --- Would you mind my_______ here?
---_______. If you do that, you will be fined.
A. to smoke; OK
B. smoking; Certainly not
C. smoking; Better not
27. --- Who will _______ the activity?--- Some volunteers.
A. organize
B. express
C. accept
28. —A person with_______ is usually not afraid of something dangerous or difficult.
A. spirits
B. courage
C. joy
Ⅲ. 完形填空。

（15分，共10小题，每小题1.5分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将相应的字母编号涂黑。

A kind of cartoon that kids should watch is cartoons 29 The Flintstones, The Jetsons and Scooby Doo. Kids will 30 this kind of cartoon. But today’s cartoons like South Park, Robot Chicken, or Family Guy have a lot of bad 31 . Characters in those cartoons say curse (诅咒) words, and those words are 32 for kids to learn. When they get angry, t hey can’t keep their words clean. Children should enjoy cartoons that don’t have any curse words in them. Parents should 33 kids between the ages of 11 and under from watching cartoons with bad words. The best cartoons for kids should be 34 like The Flintstones or The Jetsons. Cartoons should 35 kids to learn how to share or be nice to their friends because they are young and they don’t know much.
A boy killed 36 three-year-old sister after he watched Beavis and Butthead. So MTV
37 to put it on their network at 10 p.m. instead of during the daytime. They should put The Flintstones and those kinds of 38 back to help children not do any kinds of bad things.
29. A. such as B. as well C. instead of
30. A. produce B. enjoy C. reply
31. A. programs B. plans C. effects
32. A. funny B. easy C. practical
33. A. keep B. promise C. show
34. A. natural B. educational C. traditional
35. A. allow B. want C. order
36. A. your B. her C. his
37. A. kept B. refused C. decided
38. A. diaries B. cartoons C. letters
Ⅳ. 阅读理解（30分，共20小题，每小题1.5分）
阅读下列短文，从下面每小题的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将相应的字母编号涂黑。

A
Volunteers Needed
Saturday April 11th, 2015
9 a.m.-4 p.m.
M&Y Health Centre is looking for
students to help out in a charity event for the
children and their families.
All Saturday volunteers will be offered
a free lunch and a Children’s Health Festival
T-shirt.
Please call Elizabeth at 898-6644.
Friendly Visitor Volunteers Needed
Do you have an hour to spare each
week? Are you a good listener and do you get
on well with people? Join us in the
Chilliwack Better at Home programme.
You will be the person who puts a smile
on someone’s face.
Please call us at 238-8099.
Volunteers Needed for the Carnival(狂欢
节)
If you’re interested in helping out
during the night of the carnival, please call
Ashley at 405-7428. We need lots of people
to play games with the kids.
The carnival will be from 6 p.m.-8 p.m.
on Thursday April 23. We need volunteers
from 5:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m.
Interested in Volunteering for Guide
Dogs?
We are looking for hard-working
people to join our East Help Centre.
We want you to spend much of your free
time looking after guide dogs. If you think
you can do the thing, please get in touch and
help change someone’s life today. Please call
us at 689-0034.
A. will be offered a free lunch
B. will get a free book
C. should be a good listener
D. should be hard-working
40. If you want to be a friendly visitor volunteer, you should ____.
A. spare two hours each week
B. be active
C. smile a lot
D. be good with people
41. If you want to play games with kids, you can call ____.
A. 898-6644
B. 238-8099
C. 405-7428
D. 689-0034
42. How long will volunteers work at the carnival?
A. For one hour.
B. For two hours.
C. For three hours.
D. The whole night on April 23.
43. East Help Centre is looking for people who know how to _______.
A. help them raise money
B. take care of guide dogs
C. get on well with people
D. cheer up lonely people
B
A greeting is a way of saying “Hello”to someone. People in different countries greet each other in different ways. Here are some world greetings.
44. In which country do people bow when they meet for the first time?
A. Philippines.
B. Brazil.
C. Japan.
D. New Zealand.
45. In this passage, which of the following is NOT mentioned?
A. Kisses.
B. Hugs.
C. Bows.
D. Handshakes.
46. Which is the traditional greeting of Maori?
A. A kiss on the cheek.
B. A pat on the back.
C. A hug.
D. Pressing each other’s noses together.
47. Which of the following is TRUE, according to the passage?
A. Both men and women shake hands in Brazil when they meet.
B. It is not polite to give a business card with one hand in Japan.
C. In Philippines, women pat each other on the back when they meet for the first time.
D. In New Zealand, women kiss each other on the cheek when they meet for the first time.
48. What is the main idea of this passage?
A. It tells us some world greetings.
B. It tells us some countries.
C. It tells us some fun facts .
D. It tells us some special notes.
C
Chinese Acrobatics (Zaji) is one of the oldest performing arts. The history of acrobatics can be traced back of between 475-221BC in China. In the past, the acrobatics was never performed in theatres. The acrobats(杂技演员)had a hard life and they moved from place to place to make a living. Since 1949, the Chinese government has tried to develop national arts and acrobatics. In the past years, many Chinese acrobatic troupes (剧团) have toured more than one hundred countries all over the world.
The Lion Dance is one of the traditional acts of the Chinese acrobatics. It comes from an old folk dance in China. In the dance, there are two types of lions — the big lion (played by two acrobats) and the small lion (played by one acrobat). The acrobats not only perform different movements of the lion like rolling and jumping but also show us the lion’s strength. Wushu is another kind of the Chinese acrobatics. With the movements of somersault (翻跟头), pulling, jumping, kicking and other actions, Wushu has become an acrobatic symbol.
49. The Chinese acrobatics has a history of _________.
A. less than 2,000 years
B. about 1,000 years
C. over 2,000 years
D. more than 200 years
50. What’s the Chinese acrobatics in the passage?
A. The Lion Dance and Wushu.
B. Somersault and Wushu.
C. Rolling and jumping.
D. The Lion Dance and pulling.
51. If there are two big lions in the Lion Dance, _________ acrobats will be needed.
A. three
B. four
C. five
D. six
52. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. The Chinese acrobats have a hard life now.
B. Many Chinese acrobatic troupes have travelled more than two hundred countries all over the
world.
C. The Lion Dance comes from an old folk dance in China.
D. The Chinese acrobatics is not very popular at all.
53. What’s the best title of the passage?
A. A traditional skill
B. The skillful acrobats
C. The Chinese acrobatic troupes
D. The Chinese acrobatics
D
On most weekends, you can find Zoe Stone, 8, in front of a computer. But she isn’t playing games or watching videos. She’s learning how to code (编码). Now more and more children become interested in learning coding. Code tells a computer what to do. Coders or programmers are the people who write the instructions for a computer.
Zoe started to learn to code when she was 4 years old. She uses code to create art and change games. “Code is really fun,” she said. “You can show yourself in what you make.” How does she learn to code? Zoe takes classes at . The website offers hundreds of free coding lessons to kids. In fact, more than 29 million students from about 180 countries are using it.
The website hopes to bring coding to even more kids. “We believe that every child should have the opportunity to learn about computers and coding,” Alice Steinglass said. She is tie head of . For kids who want to give code a try, Steinglass gives advice of “Hour of Code”. It’s a beginning lesson at . “Computers are part of our world,” said Steinglass. “It’s important for kids to understand how they work.”
People around the world understand different languages. Computers do too. There are many coding languages. One is called Java. It can help people do difficult math problems very quickly. Another language is HTML. People use it to make words and pictures on a computer screen. Coding languages use words, letters, numbers and symbols.
54. What CANNOT we learn from the second paragraph?
A. What Zoe uses code to do.
B. Where Zoe learns to code.
C. How Zoe uses code to change games.
D. What Zoe thinks of code.
55. What does the underlined word “opportunity” mean?
A. Ability.
B. Chance.
C. Competition.
D. Communication.
56. What does the last paragraph mainly tell us?
A. The way of learning math.
B. Different languages.
C. Words on a computer screen.
D. Different coding languages.
57. What can we know according to the passage?
A. Zoe started to learn how to code four years ago.
B. Zoe isn’t interested in playing online games at all.
C. Alice Steinglass is the teacher of “Hour of Code”.
D. Over 29 million students from 18 countries study at .
58. Why did the writer write the passage?
A. To tell us why Zoe learns to code.
B. To advise us not to play online games.
C. To ask us to take classes at .
D. To show us a coding learning website.
Ⅴ. 语法填空（10小题，每小题1分，小计10分）
根据句子意思，用所给单词的适当形式填空，或在横线上填入一个合适的词，使短文语义通顺，语法完整。

并将答案写在答题卡。

Smiling is the best way of 59 (make) friends.
When I was thirteen 60 (year) old my father found a job in the city. So my family moved there. I also came to a new school near where we live. My old school was far away. At first, I did not know anyone in my class. I was very lonely 61 I was afraid to make friends with my new
classmates. I couldn’t talk to anyone 62 my problem, and I didn’t want my parents to worry about me.
Then one day, something good happened. I was sitting at my desk 63 (happy) as usual while my classmates were talking happily with each other. At that moment, a boy came into the classroom. I didn’t know who he 64 (be). He passed me and then turned back. He looked at me and, without saying 65 word, smiled. Suddenly, I felt happy, lively and warm. My heart 66 (light) by that smile and my life changed. I started to talk with the other classmates and make friends. Day by day, I became much 67 (close) to everyone in my class.
Thanks to the smile, I have moved on to a new life. Now, I believe that the world is what you think it is. So smile at the world and 68 will smile back.
Ⅵ. 书面表达（15分）
假如你叫李华，最近你的美国朋友Jim 想通过电子邮件了解你家乡最著名的传统艺术是什么。

请你根据提示和问题给他回一封电子邮件。

词数：80左右。

邮件的开头和结尾已经给出，不计入总词数。

Name of the artwork( 艺术品): kite
History : over 2,000 years
Material(材料): paper
Features (特征): different sizes and shapes, fly high
Hi, Jim!
I’m glad to hear from you.
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
whicjh W hi 世ch teacher do you love best?
● Which is the most famous traditional art in your
home town?
●
How long is its history? ● What ’s it made of / from?
● …
_________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________
Yours,
Li Hua。