无锡市第二学期八年级英语期中考试含答案

无锡市第二学期八年级英语期中考试1
I 听力部分（共20分）
一、根据你所听到的对话，选择正确的选项。

（本大题共10分，每小题1分）
1. Which picture are they talking about?
A. B. C.
2. What’s Mary’s dream work?
A. B. C.
3. Which clock is the girl’s?
A. B. C.
4. What’s the weather like today?
A. B. C.
5. What does Mary often do to help her mother?
A. She often helps her mother to cook meals.
B. She often helps her mother with the washing.
C. She often helps her mother to clean the house.
6. How’s Jim?
A. He’s OK.
B. He’s ill.
C. He’s tall.
7. What would the woman like?
A. Tea.
B. Juice.
C. Coffee with milk.
8. What do you think of the woman?
A. She doesn’t like reading newspapers.
B. She likes cleaning the windows.
C. She doesn’t like sports.
9. What does the woman mean?
A. She hasn’t prepared for the exam yet.
B. The exam will be easy for her.
C. The exam is not important for her.
10. How much should the man pay for the ticket？
A. 64 yuan.
B. 72 yuan.
C. 96 yuan.
二、根据你所听到的对话或短文，选择正确的选项。

（本大题共10分，每小题1分）
听一段对话，回答第11至12题。

11. Where is the man going?
A. The railway station.
B. The clock tower.
C. The park.
12. Why can’t the man find the place?
A. This is his first time to visit the place.
B. The railway station is still next to the clock tower.
C. Things have changed a lot over the years.
My friend Helen
Age and interest
13 years old Interested in history
Things to do in summer Travel with her parents Her favourite place—14
Plan for this summer Come to China
Go to Beijing from my city by 15
14. A. New York B. New Zealand C. China
15. A. car B. plane C. train
听第二篇短文，回答第16至20题。

16. Mr. Brown told his son that ______________.
A. he would be away from home for four days
B. he would be back in seven days
C. he would be back in a month
17. Mr. Brown wrote the words down on ______________.
A. the door
B. a piece of paper
C. his son’s pocket
18. A man came to visit the boy’s father on ______________.
A. the second day
B. the third day
C. the fifth day
19. The man was very surprised because ______________.
A. he thought the child’s father was dead
B. the child didn’t ask him to sit down
C. the child gave him a cup of tea
20. What was burnt?
A. The piece of paper.
B. Mr. Smith.
C. The boy.
II 笔试部分（共80分）
一、单项填空 (本大题共14分，每小题1分)
1. — I hear there’ll be ________ talk on science next Monday.
— Do you mean ________ talk our teacher asked us to listen to?
A. a; the
B. a; a
C. the; the
D. the; a
2. I know this plan is far from perfect, but I just can’t think of ________ one.
A. a better
B. the better
C. a best
D. the best
3. The little girl was afraid of staying ________ in the ________ house.
A. alone; alone
B. alone; lonely
C. lonely; lonely
D. lonely; alone
4. He is a kind man. Although he is old now, he still tries his best to help people in need ________.
A. as often as before
B. as many as possible
C. as possible as he can
D. as a lot of as usual
5. Young people may grow quickly ________ and more slowly in others.
A. at a time
B. from time to time
C. on the way
D. in some ways
6. — What do you think of my answer to the questions?
— Sorry. I ________ about something else and didn’t hear.
A. thought
B. have thought
C. am thinking
D. was thinking
7. — He’s never been to England, ________ he?
— ________. He even had photos taken in front of the Big Ben.
A. is; No
B. has; Yes
C. has; No
D. is; Yes
8. Hurry up! The film ________ for ten minutes.
A. began
B. has been on
C. has begun
D. will begin
9. — ________ is the train station from this shopping mall, do you know?
— About 30 minutes by bus.
A. How much
B. How long
C. How far
D. How soon
10. His mother thought it would be good for his character to ________ from home and make
some money on his own.
A. get away
B. run away
C. take away
D. keep away
11. — I never thought she would ________ my invitation to the theatre.
— She will feel sorry for missing the theatre some day.
A. return
B. review
C. refuse
D. recommend
12. — I missed the train, so I ________ take a taxi.
— That’s OK.
A. must
B. had to
C. have to
D. need to
13. — Excuse me, could you tell me ________ arrive at the City Museum?
— Sorry, I am new here.
A. how can I
B. where I could
C. how to
D. what I can
14. — Do you mind coming to see me tomorrow?
— ________. I’d like to talk with you.
A. Yes, I do mind
B. Of course not
C. No, you mustn’t
D. Yes, I’d love to
二、完形填空 (本大题共10分，每小题1分)
Advertisements are everywhere. They are on TV and the 1 , in newspapers and magazines, and on buses and buildings. Companies 2 their products(产品) to film stars and sports stars to 3 , so fans of them will buy them too. Advertisements have become so common(常见的) that they aren’t 4 any more. We don’t like them, so we try not to see them. We turn 5 the advertisements on our computers. We don’t want to watch them on TV or read them in magazines. Sometimes we don’t copy the stars 6 we know maybe they don’t really like the things they advertise. This means the companies need a new 7
to sell their products. Especially(尤其是), they should make their products “cool”, or young people won’t buy them. More and more teenagers want to be 8 from others. For example, teenagers won’t dress like everyone else. They want to look special and create(创造) their own styles. So, some companies use teenagers instead of using stars. They 9 them。