浙江省金华市聚仁教学集团2013-2014学年第一学期期中考试八年级英语试卷

金华市聚仁教学集团2013-2014学年第一学期期中考试八年级英语试卷考生须知：1. 全卷共七大题，82小题，满分为120分。

考试时间为100分钟。

2. 全卷分为卷一(选择题)和卷二(非选择题)两部分，全部在“答题卷”上作答。

请用黑色字迹钢笔或签字笔把答案写在“答题卷”的相应位置上。

卷一说明：本卷共四大题，60小题，满分80分。

第一部分听力部分一、听力（共15小题，满分20分）一、听力（共15小题，第一、第二节每小题1分，第三节每小题2分，共20分）第一节：听小对话，回答问题：( )1.How does the boy practise speaking English？A. By reading English booksB. By working in pairs.C. By watching English films.( )2. What is the boy looking for?A. His grammar bookB. His English newspaperC. His English magazine( )3. Where will they go?A. To the schoolB. To the zooC. To the museum( )4.What’s the population of Shanghai?A. 20 millionB.23 millionC. 32 million( )5. What’s the matter with Peter？A . He hurt his leg B. He hurt his knee C. He hurt his finger第二节：听第一段长对话，回答6-7两小题( ) 6. What does the woman speaker want to do ?A. To buy a present for her sonB. To buy a present for her fatherC. to buy a present for herself( ) 7. How old will Mike’s father be ?A. fortyB. fiftyC. sixty听第二段长对话，回答第8-10三小题（）8.What are they planning to do tomorrow?A. To have a piano lessonB. To see a show in the theatreC. To see a movie（）9. What will the boy do tomorrow afternoon?A. He will go to school.B. He will have a piano lessonC. He will have a P.E lesson（）10. When will they go to see the show?A.At 2:45 in the afternoonB. At 3:00 in the afternoon.C.At 10:20 in the morning.第三节：听独白，回答问题：( )11.What does Wu Jun find hard？A. SpeakingB. Learning new wordsC. Pronunciation( )12. What is he good at ?A. SpeakingB. ReadingC. Grammar( )13. What doesn’t he like doing?A. ListeningB. Checking wordsC. Writing( )14. What does he think is important?A. Listening to h radioB. Reading moreC. Checking words in the dictionary( )15. What’s the teacher’s advice?A. Speaking more in EnglishB. Reading more in EnglishC. Writing more in English第二部分笔试部分（共100分）二、单项填空（共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分）请从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

( ) 16. Though he is only an 8-year-old boy, he can play_____ piano well.A. aB. anC. theD. /( ) 17.Tom is ______ to go to school by bike.A. enough oldB. old enoughC. enough olderD. older enough( )18. Jim always looks at the traffic before crossing the streets.A. happilyB. politelyC. carefullyD. simply( ) 19. Our teacher often tells us not to too much time surfing the Internet. It’s bad for our health.A. costB. spendC. takeD. pay( ) 20.You can _____ the new words in the dictionary.A. look afterB. look overC. look upD. look for ( )21. The _________ you write, the ________ mistakes you will make.A. more carefully, lessB. more carefully, fewerC. more careful, fewerD. more careful, less( ) 22.---The museum is near here, why don’t you ______ with us on foot?---That’s a good idea.A. goB. to goC. goingD. went( )23. The weather in Beijing is much colder than ________ in Shanghai.A. itB. thatC. theseD. weather( )24. -- How do you learn English ?--- I always spend as much time as I can _______English .A. practisedB. practisingC. to practiseD. practises( )25. _______ all the subjects, I like English best.A. InB. AboutC. OfD. To( )26. Luo Yang is one of ____ capital ____ in China.A. older, cityB. the oldest , cityC. oldest, citiesD. the oldest, cities( ) 27 Please put on more clothes, you’ll feel cold in the mountains.A. orB. andC. butD. so( ) 28. — _______ do you send e-mails to your parents?—Once a week.A. How longB. How soonC. How oftenD. How far( )29. It isn’t right _____ the animal s for their meat..A.k illsB. killingC. killedD. to kill( ) 30.--Tom ,we lost the basketball match last week.--_________A. GreatB. Sorry to hear thatC. It’s a good ideaD. You are welcome三、完形填空（共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分）In front of my daughter Lingling, was a bowl full of noodles. She didn’t like noodles. I saw her____31____ there quietly with tears in her eyes.“ Lingling, why don’t you __32____ a little? Your mom will shout at me.” Lingling wiped(擦去) her tears as __33____ as pos sible with the back of her hand.”“ OK, dad. I’ll eat, but if I eat it all, will you promise me one thing?” “OK, no ____34____.”____35______ she began to eat. It took her about half an hour to finish the __36______. Then she came up to me and said, “I want to have my hair cut!” “Lingling, why don’t you ____37_____something else? If we see no hair on your head, we will be ___38____.” I said. “But ,Dad, you promised!” I had to ____39___ my promise. Lingling had all her hair cut off. She looks ____40_____beautiful than before.On Monday morning, I took her to school. Just when we arrived, a boy got out of a car and shouted, “Lingling, please wait for me.” Guess what? The boy had __41__ hair, either. “Sir, your daughter is ___42_____!” a man got out of the car and said, “ That boy is my son, Tom. He has cancer(癌症). He lost his hair ___43___ he got ill. Lingling cut hers off, so Tom felt less __44_____. She is a special girl.” I stood for a while, “ My little girl, you ____45__ me how selfless(无私) real love is!”( )31.A. sat B. to sit C. sitted D. sitting( )32.A. cook B. cut C.wash D. eat( )33.A. quick B. quickly C. slow D. slowly( )34.A. idea B. choice C. advice D. problem( )35.A. Luckily B. Slowly C. Easily D. Heavily( )36.A. food B. homework C. game D. talk( )37.A. fight for B. look for C. ask for D. pay for( )38.A. happy B. sad C. funny D. comfortable( )39.A. lose B. break C. change D. keep( )40.A. very B. much C. still D. more( )41.A. much B. no C. some D. any( )42.A. the better B. the best C. the silliest D. the strangest( )43.A. until B. although C. if D. when( )44.A. different B. strong C. dangerous D. important( )45. A. suggest B. teach C. give D. offer四、阅读理解（共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分）AA young man asked Albert Einstein , the great German scientist , “What is the secret of success ?” The scientist told him that the secret of success is hard work.. A few days later, the young man asked the same question again . Einstein was very annoyed. He did not say anything , but wrote a few words on a piece of paper . On it was written: A=X+Y+Z.“What does this mean?” asked the young man .“A means “ success”, explained the old scientist . “X stands for hard work ,Y is for good method (方法)and Z means stop talking and get down to work.”( )46.The young man _________.A. wanted to meet EinsteinB. wanted to be a great scientist like EinsteinC. was eager (渴望) to know the secret of successD. wanted to be a student of Einstein( )47.“Y” stands for _______.A. hard workB. great energyC. great successD. good manner(方法)( )48.The word “annoyed” means ________.A. angryB. sadC. lovelyD. gladBSome Advice on Travel1. Wear your most comfortable clothes when going on long journeys (旅行).2. Traveling on trains and buses can be boring, so take a good book to read.3. If you’re going somewhere cold, remember to put on your warm clothes!4. Always take a camera with you to capture (记录) those special moments.5. If you are going somewhere sunny, remember to bring your sunglasses.6. Be careful with your things whenever you go to a busy place, like a train station.7. Most countries have lower prices for students, so take your student card with you.8. Always leave room in your bag and buy presents on the way home.9. Bus tours often stop at expensive shops along the way, save your money by buying presents at local (当地的) shops.10. If you travel abroad, remember to take your passport. Whatever you do, don’t lose it!（）49. According to the passage, ________ is a good way to keep away from boredom (单调) while you’re on a train or a bus.A. taking some photosB. reading a good bookC. listening to musicD. talking with strangers（）50. If you go to Harbin to watch the ice lanterns during the spring festival, you shouldwear________ with you.A. beautiful dressesB. warm clothesC. sunglassesD. sports shoes （）51. If a student wants to buy some presents at lower prices while traveling, he should show his ________ to the shop assistant.A. schoolbagB. train ticketC. passportD. student cardCSport is very popular in England. In other words, lots of English people like the idea of sport.A lot watch sport on TV. But the number of people who take part in sport is quite small. On the whole, English people prefer to be fat rather than thin.The most popular sport in England is football. Football is played on Saturday afternoon in most towns and the supporters (支持者) of a certain team will travel from one end of the country to the other to see their team play. There are four divisions (级别) of the football league. Not surprisingly the best teams are in the first division. But the best supporters are often in the fourth division. You have to be a good supporter to watch the fourth division football!Many other sports are also played in England, such as golf, in which you try to knock a ball into a hole; basketball, in which you try to get a ball through a net; tennis, in which you try to hit a ball so that your opponent (对手) can not hit it. As you see, if the ball had not been invented, there would have been no sport.Actually, that is not quite true. Athletics(田径) isn’t played with a ball, nor horseracing. Perhaps that is why they are not as popular as football!（）52. _______ is the most popular sport in England.A. BasketballB. FootballC. GolfD. Tennis （）53.You have to be a good supporter to watch the _______ division football.A. firstB. secondC. thirdD. fourth（）54. English people don’t take pa rt in sport because they ________.A. like watching TVB. are too busyC. feel really tiredD. prefer to be fat（）55. Why are English people interested in sport?A. They have their own teams.B. The games are played on Saturday.C. They like the idea of sport.D. They like travelling across England.DHundreds of years ago，a Roman army(军队) came north from England to make a war（战争）on Scotland. The Scots loved their country very much. They wanted to drive the Romans out of Scotland，but there were too many Romans. It seemed（好像）that the Romans would win. One night，the leader（指挥者）of Scots took his soldiers to the top of a hill. "We will rest here tonight，my men,"he said. "Tomorrow we will have one more battle(战役). We must win or we will die."They were all very tired，so they ate their supper quickly and fell asleep. The Romans were not asleep. Quickly they got to the foot of the hill. Slowly they climbed up the hillside，make sure not to make a sound. Closer and closer they came to the sleeping Scots. They were almost at the top. A few minutes more，the war would be over. Suddenly，one of them put his foot on a thistle(蓟). He cried out and his sudden cry woke(唤醒) the Scots. In a moment，they were on their feet and ready for battle. The battle was hard but it did not last long. In the end, the Scots drove out the Romans and saved their country.The thistle is not a beautiful plant(植物). It has needles（针）all over it. Few people like it. But the people of Scotland liked it so much that they made it their national flower.( )56. Hundreds of years ago，there was a war between ________.A. Roman army and North EnglandB. Roman army and the ScotsC. England and ScotsD. a brave people and the Scots( )57. At first it seemed that the Romans would win because ________.A. the Scots were not braveB. the Roman army was so strongC. the Scots did not have a good leaderD. the Romans had the support from the Scottish( )58.The leader of Scots let his soldiers rest the top of the hill because ______________.A. they were sure to win the next day.B. they would have one important battle the next day.C. they were tired.D. the Romans would come to the top.( )59. The Romans climbed up the hill quietly because ________.A. they didn't want to wake the ScotsB. they wanted to reach the topC. they wanted to catch the four guards firstD. they were afraid of the sharp needles of the thistle( )60. The people of Scotland made thistle their national flower because ________.A. it is a beautiful plantB. it is fresh and lovelyC. it had so many needles all over itD. The thistle helped the Scots to win the battle五、词汇运用（共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分）A. 用方框中所给单词或词组的适当形式填空。