浙江省嘉兴市秀洲区新塍镇中学2013-2014学年八年级英语上学期第一次练习试题

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第一次练习试题
听力部分 ( 20分)
一、听对话选图片，将字母填在相应的序号后（有一项多余）（5分）。

A B C
D E F
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
二、听小对话，选择正确的选项。

（5分）
( ) 6. When did the football match start?
A. At 2:45
B. At 3:00
C. At 3:15
( ) 7. Who is the man?
A. Kate’s friend
B. Kate’s father
C. Kate’s teacher ( ) 8. Which is cheaper, the white T-shirt or the green T-shirt?
A. The white one
B. The green one
C. They are the same ( ) 9. Which country has Ann been to?
A. England
B. China
C. USA
( ) 10. How many years has Uncle Wang worked in the post office?
A. 16 years
B. 20 years
C. 36years
三、听独白，选择正确的选项。

（10分）
( ) 11. Which city is Maggie’s favorite?
A. Beijing
B. Shanghai
C. Hangzhou
( ) 12. When did she go there?
A. In January
B. In May
C. In October
( ) 13. What did she do?
A. Visited friends
B. Visited her teacher
C.Visited grandparents
( ) 14. How was the weather?
A. Hot and rainy
B. Sunny and hot
C. Sunny but cool ( ) 15. What did she think of her vacation?
A. Tired
B. Relaxing
C. Terrible
笔试部分（80分）
一、单项选择（10分）
( ) 16. She es from Taiwan, _______ island of China, and studies at _____ university.
A. a; an
B. the; an
C. a; the
D. an; a
( ) 17. ---This book is a bit difficult. Why not ______ something easier?
---All right.
A. read
B. reading
C. to read
D. to reading
( ) 18. Look at the new words. Please ______ in your notebook.
A. write it down
B. write down it
C. write them down
D. write down them
( ) 19. ---______ else, sir? ---That’s all. Thanks.
A. Something
B. Anything
C. Nothing
D. Everything
( ) 20. It’s never gets too hot ______ too cold in spring.
A. also
B. but
C. and
D. or
( ) 21.---Which is ______, the car or the plane?
---The plane, I think.
A. enjoyable
B. easier
C. more safe
D. faster ( ) 22. When you go out at night, you will see stars in the sky.
A. two millions
B. millions of
C. million of
D. two million of
( ) 23--._______ is the building?
--It’s about 200 meters.
A. How long
B. How many
C. How high
D. How far
( ) 24. --Where is your Dad?
--Oh, he ________ on TV.
A. watches a football match
B. watched a football match
C. will watch a football match
D. is watching a football match ( ) 25.-- They lost to other team in the final match.
--_______________________
A. Pretty good.
B. What a pity!
C. That’s a good idea.
D. That’s all right!
二、完型填空（10分）
Mr. Jackson began his trip last Saturday. Two days later when he was traveling in the village 26 , he saw a dog behind a man. When the car came near them, the dog suddenly（突然）started to __27___ across the road. Of course the car hit the animal and it died.
Mr. Jackson __28___ his car and walked to the man. “I’m very __29___ about that.” he said. “How __30___ should I pay? Will ten dollars be OK?”
“Oh, yes.” said the man. “_31___ dollars will be OK.” Mr. Jackson put his hand into his pocket, but he only __32__ five dollars in the pocket. “Sorry, sir, I have only __33___ five dollars,” said Mr. Jackson.
“No problem. That’s enough.” the fat man said. “Thanks a lot. That’s very
kind of you.” Mr. Jackson thanked the fat man and __34_ away. When the car went away, the fat man looked down at the dog and thought, “ I want to know __35__ dog it is.”
( ) 26. A. by bus B. by bike C. by train D. by car
( ) 27. A. do B. have C. run D. play
( ) 28. A. started B. ran C. stopped D. jumped ( ) 29. A. happy B. lucky C. sorry D. pleased
( ) 30. A. much B. long C. many D. about
( ) 31. A. Five B. Ten C. Fifteen D. Twenty
( ) 32. A. looked for B. looked at C. watched D. found
( ) 33. A. seen B. have C. got D. watched ( ) 34. A. drove B. ran C. walked D. started
( ) 35. A. what B. whose C. which D. where 三、阅读理解（20分）
A
Long long ago, there was a king. He liked writing stories. He thought his stories were good, so he liked to show them to people. People didn’t like the stories, but they still said that his stories were very good.
One day, the king showed some of his best stories to a famous writer. He wanted the writer to say good of these stories. But the writer said his stories were so bad that he should throw them into the fire(火). The king got very angry with him and sent him to prison（监狱）.
After some time the king felt sorry for the writer and let him free. When the writer went out of the prison, the king asked him to e to his palace. Again he showed him some of his new stories. After reading them, the writer at once turned to the soldier and said, “Take me back to prison, please.”
( )36. What’s the king’s hobby?
A. Reading
B. Running
C. Singing
D. Writing.
( )37. Why did people say the king’s stories were good?
A. Because they liked the stories very much
B. Because they were afraid of the king.
C. Because the king was a famous writer.
D. Because the king’s stories were interesting.
( )38. What did the writer think of the king’s stories?
A. He thought they are good.
B. He thought they can make fire.
C. He thought they are bad.
D. He thought they are for prison.
( )39. Why did the writer ask the soldier to take him back to prison?
A. Because he enjoyed living in the prison.
B. Because he didn’t like the king at all.
C. Because the king didn’t want to set him free.
D. Because he thought the king’s new stories were still badly written. ( )40. What do you think of the famous writer?
A. He was an honest（诚实的）man.
B. He was a strange man.
C. There was something wrong with him.
D. He was a little afraid of the king.
B
Many people go to school for an education. They learn languages, history science, physics, PE and math. Others go to school to learn a skill so that they can find jobs. School education is very important and useful. But no one can learn everything from school. A teacher can’t teach his students everything .The teacher’s job is
to show his students how to learn. He teaches them how to read and how to think. So, we can learn more outside school by ourselves.
It is more important to know how to study by oneself than to remember some facts. It is quite easy to learn a fact in history or a new word in English. But it is very difficult to use the knowledge. Great scientists(科学家) didn’t get everything from school .Their teachers only showed them the way. Edison did not even finish primary school. But he was so successful and invented so many things for us. He can be successful because he knew how to study. They read lot of books at home. And he liked asking many questions. He worked hard all his life!
( )41. People go to school to _______.
A. learn several subjects
B. make a living
C. get an education
D. to learn a skill
( )42. According to the passage, a teacher should ________.
A. to teach his students everything he knows
B. to know everything
C. to teach the students how to write
D. to teach the students how to study by themselves
( )43. Which is true(正确的)?
A. We can learn everything in our school.
B. It’s more important to learn some facts than to learn by oneself.
C. It’s not easy to use the knowledge.
D. The teachers taught the great scientists everything.
( )44. Why were many scientists so successful?
A. They knew how to learn.
B. They were very clever.
C. They received good education.
D. They learned facts
( )45. What’s the main idea of the passage?
A. We should learn some skills in our school.
B. The scientists were so great.
C. Our teachers should teach everything.
D. It’s important for us to know how to study.
四、情景交际（每空1 分，共5 分）根据下面对话内容及所给选项，选出可以填空白处的
A : Hi, Daming!. _46
B: It was wonderful.
A: 47
B: I went to Guilin with my friends.
A: 48
B: We got there by train and it was very interesting during the journey.
A: 49
B: About twelve hours.
A: It's really a long journey. 50
B: We took a boat to do some sightseeing there and we also bought some presents. There were many beautiful places to visit. It was great!
五、词汇运用,用单词的正确形式填空（10分）
51. The teacher wants his students to tell him the （正确的） answers.
52. He was not happy. Because he made many （错误）in his English exam.
53. Last week Mr Wang came to our school and gave us some （建议）about
improving English.
54. Beijing is in the _______ (北部) of China.
55. Lingling sings _________ (好) than Betty.
56. When you e and see England, remember to bring an ________ (伞).
57. I like football because it’s __________ (令人兴奋的).
58. Would you ________ （介意）closing the window? It’s too cold.
59. ________ (跑步) is good for our health.
60. Mr Brown is good at __________ (棒球)。

六、句型转换（10分）
61. My sister is ten years old and my brother is eleven.（改为同义句）
My sister is _______ _______ my brother.
62. Jiaxing is famous for the South Lake.（划线提问）
_______ is Jiaxing famous _______ ?
63. Betty and Daming did their homework last night. (改为一般疑问句)
_______ Betty and Daming _______ their homework last night?
64. Let’s meet at the school gate.（改为同义句）
meeting at the school gate?
65. This book is difficult, but that book is easy.（改为同义句）
This book is _______ ______ than that book.
七、书面表达（15分）
以下是Daming写给Diana的一封，请你帮Diana回一封给Daming, 字数不少于60词，注意格式。

八年级英语听力材料
一、听对话选择与对话内容相符的图片，将字母填在相应的序号后。

对话仅读一遍
1. W: Where did you go last summer?
M: I went to Shanghai. I went there with my parents last summer.
2. W: Tom, what do think of England?
M: Oh, England is so great. There are lots of things to see and do. And I especially enjoy the London Eye.
3. W: Language Doctor. Can you give me some advice about improving my English grammar? M: Listen to your teacher carefully in class. And here is a book for you. It will give you some help.
4. M: Which sport do you like better, basketball or football?
W: Football is more interesting than basketball, so I like football better. 5. W: Do you have a pen friend?
M: Yes. he is an American.
二、听小对话，选择正确的选项。

每个对话仅读一遍
6. W: Did you go to watch the football match yesterday afternoon?
M: Yes. I t started at 3 o’clock..
7. W: I’m sorry I forgot my homework.
M: It doesn’t matter, Kate. But you must bring it here tomorrow.
8. M: How much is the white T-shirt?
W: It’s 50 dollars.
M: Oh, it’s too expensive.
W: How about the green one? It looks nice, too. But it’s much cheaper
9. M: Ann. You have traveled a lot in China. But have you ever been abroad?
W: Yes. I have been to Cambridge. I went there with my parents last summer. It’s
a very beautiful city in England.
10. W: Excuse me, Uncle Wang. How many years have you worked in the post office?
M: That’s a long time. Let me see, en, one, two, three-----oh, I have worked there for 16 years.
三、听独白，选择正确的选项。

文章读两遍
I’m Maggie. I like traveling. I have traveled many cities in China. But my favorite city is Hangzhou. It was October 1st, I went to Hangzhou to visit my friends.
I felt very happy when I saw them. The weather was sunny. The sun was in the blue sky but it was not hot. The wind was really cool. After lunch, we went out and bought lots of nice things in the big stores in Hangzhou. We also went to the beautiful West Lake and boated in the lake. How relaxing and exciting! We really enjoyed ourselves.
八年级英语答案
听力部分 ( 20分)
一、听对话，选择与对话内容相符的图片，将字母填在相应的序号后（5分）。

1. E
2. C
3. B
4. A
5. D
二、听小对话，选择正确的选项。

（5分）
三、听独白，选择正确的选项。

（10分）
笔试部分（80分）
一、单项选择（10分）
二、完型填空（10分）
三、阅读理解（20分）
四、任务型阅读（5分）
46. B 47. D 48. E 49. A 50. C
五、词汇运用（10分）
六、句型转换（10分）。