下学期期中考试八年级英语试题(无答案)

武汉市洪山区2016-2017学年度第二学期期中调考
八年级英语听力
第I卷（选择题，共85分）
第一部分听力部分
一、听力测试部分（共三小节，满分25分）
第一节（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）
听下面5个问题，每个问题后有三个答语，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。

听完每个问题后，你都有5的时间来作答和阅读下一小题。

每个问题仅读一遍。

1. A. He hurt himself B. I have a sore throat C. She talked too much
2. A. Sure, Mom B. Yes, here you are C. Sorry, you can’t
3. A. I talked to my friend. B. It’s not a big deal C. I didn’t get enough sleep
4. A. She was at the bus stop B. He was on the street C. I was in the library
5. A. You could care for the old people B. You could clean up the city parks
C. You could visit the sick kids in the hospital
第二节（共7题，每小题1分，满分7分）
听下面7段对话，每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。

听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。

每个对话仅读一遍。

6. What’s wrong with Ben?
A. He has a toothache
B. He has a stomachache
C. He has a fever
7. What could the boy do to help homeless people?
A. Cheer them up
B. Hand out food at the food bank
C. V olunteer in an after-school activity to teach kids
8. Will Sandy lend her CD player to Paul?
A. Yes, she will
B. No, she won’t
C. Don’t know
9. What advice did the girl give?
A. Call up his friend
B. Talk to his friend
C. Write a letter to his friend
10. What was the woman doing at that time?
A. She was waiting for the bus
B. She was doing her homework
C. She was reading at the library after school
11. What does Henry mean?
A. He will do it a minute later
B. He will get the newspapers at once
C. He can’t do it alone
12. How doe the man feel now?
A. Tired
B. Relaxed
C. Uncomfortable
第三节（共13小题，每小题1分，满分13分）
听下面4段对话或独白，每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。

听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。

每段对话或独白读两遍。

听下面一段对话，回答第13—15题。

13. What’s Peter going to do with his friends after dinner?
A. Go shopping
B. Go to the movies
C. Go bike riding
14. Why can’t Peter stay out late?
A. Because he has an exam tomorrow
B. Because he has a meeting tomorrow
15. How is Peter going to town?
A. Maybe in Alan’s car
B. On a bus
C. In his mother’s car
听下面一段对话，回答第16—18题。

16. How many times did the boy call Linda last night?
A. Three times
B. Twice
C. Four times
17. Why did the boy call Linda last night?
A. He needed help with English.
B. He had some problems with homework
C. He wanted to talk with Linda on the phone
18. What was Linda doing when the boy called her at eight?
A. Sleeping
B. Watering the flowers
C. Taking a shower
听下面一段对话，回答第19—22题。

19. What season is it now probably?
A. Early winter
B. Late summer
C. Early spring
20. What’s the probable relationship between the speakers?
A. Husband and wife
B. Boss and secretary
C. Saleswoman and customer
21. What will the speakers do after lunch?
A. See a film
B. Go shopping
C. Wash clothes
22. Why won’t they buy expensive clothes?
A. Because they don’t like them.
B. Because they want to save money
C. Because they bought a new car
听下面一段独白，回答第23—25题。

23. How many ways are mentioned (提及) to make homework easier?
A. A. Six
B. Five
C. Four
24. Where does the speaker advise to do homework?
A. A relaxing place
B. A quiet place
C. A comfortable place
25. What does the speaker think of homework?
A. It’s the most difficult part in study
B. It’s an easy thing to deal with
C. It’s an important part of learning
二、选择填空(共15小题,每小题1分,满分15分)
从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案.
26. — What were you doing when the rainstorm came?
— I __________ for the bus at the bus stop.
A. waited
B.am waiting
C. was waiting
D. will wait
27. —Could I borrow your umbrella, please? — __________.
A. It doesn’t matter
B. Of course, you can
C. Sorry, you couldn’t
D. No, thank you
28. — Jack, why were you late again? —Because my alarm didn’t __________.
A. go off
B. go away
C. go on
D. go out
29. — Bob is upset these days. He lost the tennis match.
—Let’s do something to __________ him __________.
A. give, up
B. call, up
C. cheer, up
D. pick, up
30. — I have a cough and a sore throat.
— You __________ drink some hot tea with honey.
A. will
B. have to
C. might
D. should
31. — Is Mr. King strict with his students?
— Yes. Though he __________ his students really hard, they like him.
A. presses
B. pushes
C. pulls
D. beats
32. — There is thick haze（雾霾）in Wuhan these days. What should we do?
— In my opinion, __________ cars we drive, __________ pollution there will be.
A. the fewer, the more
B. the more, the fewer
C. the fewer, the less
D. the more, the less
33. — Would you please __________ the paper for me and see if there are any mistakes?
— Of course I will.
A. look into
B. look after
C. look around
D. look through
34. — My daughter never helps out around the house. — __________.
A. So does my daughter
B. So my daughter does
C. Neither does my daughter
D. Neither is my daughter
35. — Why are you taking a shopping bag with you?
—I’m going shopping. The supermarkets won’t __________ the shoppers with free plastic bags.
A. offer
B. send
C. give
D. provide
36. — How long can I __________ your notebook?
—For three days. But it mustn’t __________ to others.
A. borrow, lend
B. keep, be lent
C. keep, lend
D. lend, borrow
37. — How are you getting on with your work?
—We wanted to finish our work by noon, but it didn’t quite __________.
A. work out
B. give out
C. cut out
D. find out
38. — Old Sam __________ live with his daughter in the country.
— Yeah. But after the girl got married, he lives alone, and he __________ his new life.
A. is used to; used to
B. used to; is used for
C. used to; is used to
D. is used to; is used to
39. — How will Jane with the work?
—She doesn’t want to do it by herself. She wants to ask someone else to do it __________.
A. neither
B. either
C. too
D. instead
40. — Can you come to my birthday party this Sunday?
—__________. If I am not available, I won’t.
A. It depends
B. It’s not a big deal
C. No problem
D. With pleasure
三、完形填空(共15小题,每小题1分,满分15分)
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,从41-55各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出一个最佳答案.
One day I was walking down the road when my mobile phone rang. A strange 41 A on the other end spoke to me, “Dad, please come back soon. I miss you so much!” I thought that it was a 42D number. A little while later, the call came once again, so I rudely answered, “Can’t you check your number?” and then 43 A .
Later, I got the same number now and then. But I didn’t care much 44 B it. Then one day she kept calling me 45D I didn’t answer. Finally I answered the phone and heard a 46 C voice, “Dad, please come back. I miss you so much! Dad, I’ve got so much pain! Mom said you were 47C busy to take care of me. But, Dad, Please kiss me again, OK? The innocent（天真的）request was difficult to 48 . I made a 49 kiss on the phone and heard the girl say, “Thank you ... Dad, I am so … happy, so … happy… ”
The following few night, I couldn’t fall asleep at all. How could I pretend（假装）nothing had happened? I 50 who was on the other end of my phone. So I called back, and a woman answered, “Sorry, sir, I am really sorry to have 51 you. My daughter has had cancer（癌症）since she was born. And her father died in an accident a month ago. I didn’t dare to tell her this sad 52 . Poor baby, when she couldn’t stand the painful treatment, she would cry for her dad. I didn’t have the heart to tell my baby the truth, and I could do 53 for her. So I gave her your phone number…”
“How is your daughter now?” I couldn’t wait to ask.
“She’s 54 . You must have kissed her on the phone, because she passed away with a smile, tightly holding the mobile phon e…”
My eyes 55 and I was so sad to hear that.
41. A. voice B. sound C. noise D. shout
42. A. bad B. different C. unlucky D. wrong
43. A. went off B. put off C. hung off D. took off
44. A. with B. about C. for D. from
45. A. as if B. so that C. in order that D. though
46. A. nervous B. serious C. weak D. energetic
47. A. very B. so C. too D. such
48. A. stop B. refuse C. accept D. promise
49. A. soft B. sweet C. low D. loud
50. A. wondered B. doubted C. believed D. knew
51. A. cheated B. worried C. troubled D. hurt
52. A. story B. news C. reason D. experience
53. A. nothing B. something C. everything D. anything
54. A. away B. off C. out D. gone
55. A. cried B. filled C. shone D. dropped
四、阅读理解(本题共30分,每小题2分)
阅读下列短文,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案。

★★★★☆
112min May 2016(USA)
·Director: Joss Whedon
·Writer: Stan Lee
·Stars: Robb Badlam, Ben Clawson, Jack
Neary, S. W. Senek
·Thursday, Friday & Saturday
April 30 & May 1, 2 at 3:30pm
May 8, 9 at 7:30 pm
Sunday: May 3, 10 at 5:30 pm
56.
This passage is probably __________.
A. a notice
B. an advertisement
C. a survey report
D. a menu
57. We can learn from the passage April 30 was __________.
A. Thursday
B. Friday
C. Saturday
D. Sunday
58. On May 1, the show will be over __________.
A. at 7:22 pm
B. at 7:22 am
C. at 5:22 am
D. at 5:22 pm
59. What kind of show is STICKS AND STONES?
A. An action movie
B. A love movie
C. A comedy
D. A Cartoon
60. Robb Badlam should be a(n) __________.
A. director
B. writer
C. producer
D. actor
B
Maybe you always see this in schools: some students are studying nearly all the time but they just pass their exams. while some others may spend much less time on their books but do much better in exams. How could this happen? People used to think that hard work is the only way to success. but now they understand that smart work can make them succeed, too.
Hard workers don’t mind working for long hours, while smart workers always think of severa l different answers to these questions, “ Why should I experience this? “Isn’t there’s better way
to do this?” Thanks to these people, we can use computers instead of the abacus（算盘）
now. Progress（进步）in every field is the result of “try to find a better way”by smart workers.
There was a large soap factory in Japan. Once it received an unusual letter from
someone who complained that there was no soap in the soapbox he bought.
How could empty soapboxes go out of the factory? The engineers checked the production（生产）and packing（包装）. The producing was fine, but in about one in ten thousand cases（情况）, the packing machine let an empty soapbox go. There was no need to spend a lot of money fi xing up the machine for such a small problem. The engineer soon worked out the
problem. He put a huge X-ray machine and two large computers to find out the empty soapboxes. After teaching the worker how to use it, he sat down in his seat, tired.
“Sir, we could work out the problem in a much simpler and cheaper way.” a worker said.
“Really?How?”
“ We can put a huge fan near the packing machine. The wind coming from the fan
will blow away the empty boxes. leaving the other boxes with soap.”
See, this is smart work. In order to succeed, we should not only
work hard like the engineer, but also think smart like this worker.
61. Some students spend much less time on schoolwork but do better in exams __________.
A. because of their hard work
B. Because of different education
C. because they study for a longer time
D. because they try to find a better way
62. Someone wrote the soap factory and complained that __________.
A. the soapbox he bought was empty
B. the soap was too expensive
C. the soap that he bought was terrible
D. their service was very bad
63. __________ is a simpler and cheaper way to solve the problem.
A. Fixing up the machine
B. Putting a huge fan
C. Putting two large computers
D. Putting a huge X-ray machine
64. Which of the following sentences is TRUE?
A. In about one in a thousand cases, the packing machine let an empty soapbox go
B. The more time students spend on study, the better grades they will get
C. By putting a huge fan near the packing machine, the soap factory can find the empty soap
boxes easily
D. The smart engineer found a better way to work out the problem
65. The article mainly tell us we should __________ in order to succeed.
A. work hard for long hours and study all the time
B. work hard like the engineer and think smart like the worker
C. spend much less time on our school work than before
D. spend enough money repairing the machine for any problem
C
When I was a child, my mother had the most beautiful rose bushes（灌木）in the yard. Every May, they bloomed（开花）with other colorful flowers. One Summer, however, with no one taking care of them, grass stole into the bushes.
One evening, Dad and I went outside to play catch. As I threw the ball to him, it passed him and landed in the overgrown corner of the yard. Dad found the ball and threw it back to me, then quietly walked to the garage and returned with a lawn mower（割草机）. He pulled and pushed until there was no plant taller than one inch. I watched in horror when he put the machine back. Didn’t he know just how heartbroken Mom would be when she found her flowers of spring were “destroyed”（摧毁）?
But Dad knew something that I didn’t. The following April, Mom walked toward her favorite corner of the yard. “Veronica,look at these bushes!” Mom shouted in excitement. I thought she was joking. Surely there was nothing to look at. I looked down. To my surprise. I saw hundreds of small red and green shoots（嫩枝）reaching up to kiss the sun.
The rose bushes that year were the best in our memory. Every morning, neighbors and passers-by would stop to watch them. Some even came in and asked my parents to help manage their rose bushes.
Many years later, I planted my own roses. I, too, am learning the rules of nature. There is a time for growing, a time for blooming and a time for harvesting. There is even a time for mowing down the grass and starting over again. So it is with people. We must grow, bloom and sometimes start over again when our lives become caught up in weeds.
66. With nobody caring about the rose bushes, __________.
A. the rose bushes grew more beautiful than before
B. the rose bushes were only one-inch high
C. other flowers took the place of the rose bushes
D. grass grew with the rose bushes secretly
67. The phrase “in horror” in Paragraph 2 probably means “__________”.
A. fearfully
B. happily
C. completely
D. typically
68. The writer’s father mowed the yard probably to __________.
A. destroy everything in the yard
B. plant new flowers
C. help the bushes grow again
D. show his skills of mowing
69. We can learn from the passage that __________.
A. the writer’s father was good at mowing down the grass
B. the writer’s mother was heartbroken when she saw the shoots
C. the writer got to know how to manage his roses from then on
D. the author’s family were proud of the rose bushes that year
70. Which is the best title of the reading?
A. The Bloom of Roses
B. The Rules of Nature
C. A Great Surprise
D. The Courage to Start Over
第II卷（非选择题共35分）
五、词与短语选择填空(共5小题,每小题2分,满分10分)
仔细阅读下面五个句子,然后用下面方框中所给的单词或短语填空,使每个句子在结构句义和逻辑上正确.(提示: 选项中有一个是多余的)
72. She decided to __________ for a volunteer after-school reading program.
73. What was Ben doing when it began to rain __________?
74. Many people don’t want to help others because they don’t want any __________.
75. At home I always feel lonely and __________.
六、阅读理解填词(共10小题,每小题1分,满分10分)
先阅读短文，然后在其后空白处写出各单词的正确形式.单词的第一个字母已给出.
A man died and was on his way to another world, either heaven（天堂）or hell（地狱）. He saw an a very beautiful palace half way and the owner i 76 him to live there.
The man said, “I have been working hard during my life and now I just want to eat and sleep w 77 any work.”
The owner agreed, “If so, there is nowhere else b78 than here for you. There is a lot of delicious food in my palace, and you can eat w 79 you like. And nothing needs to be done by you.” Then, the man stayed.
At the beginning, the man felt very happy at the cycle of eating and sleeping. But soon he felt a bit l 80 and empty. So he went to the palace owner and complained, “It’s very bored to live by just eating and sleeping every day. Now I take no interest in this kind of life. Could you help me find a job?”
The owner 81 , “Sorry, there is no job here at all.”
After another several months, the man could not c 82 the life and went to the palace owner again, “I really cannot stand this kind of life a83 . If you do not o 84 me a job, I would like to go to hell I 85 .”
The owner smiled coldly, “Do you think it is heaven here? It is in fact the hell!”
76. i _________ 77. w __________ 78. b __________ 79. w __________ 80. l __________ 81. r _________ 82. c _________ 83. a _________ 84. o _________ 85. i _________
七、书面表达(本题共15分)
李明是一名初三学生，从不做家务，但他父母周末要求他做家务，为此感到很烦恼。

假如你是李明的老师Mr. Hunt，请你根据提示给李明写封邮件，给出建议。

要点如下：
1. 现在学生学习压力大,大部分孩子的家长承担全部的家务；
2. 认为学会做家务很有必要；获得好成绩不是唯一任务；
3. 有助于培养独立性；能更好地照顾自己；
4. 父母有更多时间放松、交流；和父母的关系会更融洽；
5. 可适当发挥。

要求：60-80词。

提示词：压力stress；交流communicate；培养独立性develop one’s independence Dear Li Ming,
I received your letter and know your problem.
____________________________________________________________。