上海闸北八年级第一学期第二次月考

2015学年第一学期八年级英语质量检测卷2（2015年12月）

Part 1 Listening

I. Listening Comprehension: (25%)

I. Listen to the sentence and choose the right picture. (5%)

A B C

D E F

1. ________

2. ________

3. ________

4. ________

5. ________

II. Listen to the dialogue and choose the best answer to the question you hear. (6%)

( ) 6. A. Black. B. Blond. C. Yellow. D. Brown.

( ) 7. A. Coffee. B. Tea. C. Water. D. Orange Juice. ( ) 8. A. 9:00. B. 9:30. C. 10:00. D. 10:30.

( ) 9. A. Yes, he will. B. No, he won’t. C. Yes, he did. D. No, he didn’t. ( ) 10. A.￥9,548 B.￥5,958. C.￥5,498. D.￥4,598.

( ) 11. A. About one week. B. About two weeks.

C. About three weeks.

D. About four weeks.

III. Listen to the passage and tell whether the following statements are true or false. (6%) ( ) 12. The Mozart family lived in Canada.

( ) 13. Mozart’s father was a musician.

( ) 14. Mozart began to write his own music when he was only six.

( ) 15. Most people believed Mozart was clever enough to write such beautiful music himself. ( ) 16. Mozart was asked to stay in a room all by himself for seven days and write some music. ( ) 17. Mozart worked so hard that he got a lot of money to live happily all his life.

IV. Listen to the passage and complete the sentences. (8%)

Tips about what to do in a fire

18. Shout as __________ as you can because people may be __________.

19. Keep down __________ __________ the floor where it is easier to breathe.

20. Do not stop to pick up __________. A fire can become very big in a few__________!

21. Don’t use the __________ because it may go __________ and keep you inside.

Part 2 Vocabulary and Grammar (40%)

V. Choose the best answer: (15%)

( ) 22. Zero is ________ important invention because it made it easier to write big numbers and to calculate.

A. a

B. an

C. the

D. /

( ) 23. Everyone knows at least two --- his or ________ own language and the international language of numbers.

A. she

B. her

C. hers

D. herself

( ) 24. The train to Beijing leaves ________ eight o’clock. Let’s hurry.

A. in

B. on

C. at

D. from

( ) 25. --- Why did you buy two bikes?

--- I bought them for my two daughters. The red one is for Mary, and ______ is for Alice.

A. other

B. the other

C. others

D. another

( ) 26. We all know that dinosaurs lived on the Earth more than ________ years ago.

A. sixty million

B. millions of

C. sixty million of

D. million of

( ) 27. The old man used to raise many ________ to make a living on the farm.

A. duck

B. horse

C. bird

D. sheep

( ) 28. We are glad to see that Shanghai is developing ________ these years than ever before.

A. quickly

B. less quickly

C. more quickly

D. the most quickly ( ) 29. The little boy saved his classmate in the earthquake. ________ brave he was!

A. What

B. How

C. What a

D. What an

( ) 30. Tara is interested in Chinese culture. She ______ Chinese at Fudan University next year.

A. studies

B. is studying

C. studied

D. will study

( ) 31. Your friend ---Tom met you at the airport, ________?

A. does he

B. doesn’t he

C. did he

D. didn’t he

( ) 32. “Tom, ________ afraid of speaking in public. You are not a small boy,” said Mum.

A. don’t be

B. not to be

C. be not

D. not be

( ) 33. --- Shall we call for a taxi?

--- OK. Let me ________ the telephone number in Yellow Pages.

A. look at

B. look for

C. look up

D. look after