八年级下册期中英语试题

八年级4月份质量检测英语试题卷第Ⅰ卷第一部分听力（共两节满分30分）第一节（共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分）听下面5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，并标在试题的相应位置。

听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答和阅读下一小题。

每段对话仅读一遍。

1. How many people in the world are right-handed?A. About 10%B. About 15%C. About 90%2. What's Linda doing now?A. Eating an appleB. Doing the houseworkC. Watching TV3. What is Mom's advice?A. Call Tom for the book.B. Ask their teacher to talk with TomC. Argue with Tom.4. Where was the girl while John and Mike were fighting?A. In the library.B. In the classroom.C. At home.5. What will the boy do after finishing his homework?A. Play football.B. Play computer games.C. Play basketball.第二节（共10小题，每小题2分，满分20分）听下面三段对话或独白，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，并标在试题的相应位置。

听每段对话前，你有时间阅读各小题，每小题5秒钟，听完后，各小题给出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6至8三个小题。

6. What's the matter with Betty?A. She's feeling sick.B. She can't find her bike.C. She can't find her brother.7. Who took the bike away?A. JohnB. DavidC. The police8. Which is TRUE about the conversation?A. David went to Betty's house on foot.B. John is going to school by bike.C. Betty will call up the police next.听下面一段对话，回答第9至第11三个小题。

9. What was the weather like when Lily was going home?A. It was raining.B. It was snowing.C. It was windy.10. What's wrong with Lily?A. She hurt her arms.B. She hurt her hands.C. She hurt her legs.11. What will David help Lily to do?A. To study her lessons.B. To look after her.C. To make dinner.听下面一段独白，回答第12至第15四个小题。

12. What does the speaker think of doing voluntary work?A. It can make our life colorful.B. It can make us live a healthylife.C. It can help us be more experienced.13. What should you do first if you want to do voluntary work?A. Think about why we want to do it.B. Decide what voluntary work we would like to do most.C. Decide when to do it.14. What's the most important step in finding voluntary work?A. To know what kind of work we want to do.B. To know how much money we will get from the work.C. To know what we can learn from the work.15. How many tips does the speaker give us?A. Two.B. Three.C. Four.第二部分阅读理解（共两节满分40分）第一节（共15小题，每小题2分，共30分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

AOnce when I was a teenager, my father and I were standing in line to buy tickets for the circus. Finally, there was only one family between the ticket office and us. This family made a big impression on me.There were eight children, all probably under the age of 12. You could tell they didn’t have a lot of money.Their clothes were not expensive, but they were clean. The children talked excitedly about the clowns. It was clearly a very important day out for them. The father and mother seemed happy as they could be.The tickets lady asked how many tickets the father wanted, he proudly answered, “Please let me buy ei ght children’s tickets and two adults’ tickets, so I can take my family to the circus.”The ticket lady told him the price.The man’s wife lowered her head. There was no longer a smile on the man’s face. He quietly asked, “How much did you say?”The ticket lady again told him the price.The man obviously didn’t have enough money. But how could he tell his kids the bad news?Seeing what was happening, my dad took a $20 note from his pocket and dropped in on the ground. He then tapped the man on the shoulder and said, “Excuse me, sir, you dropped this.”The man understood my father was helping him. He picked up the money, looked straight into my dad’s eyes, and in tears replied. “Thank you. This really meansa lot to me and my family.”16. Why does the writer say “Their clothes were not expensive, but they were clean” ?A. To show the children were well looked after.B. To show cheap clothes could be popular.C. To show how hard the mother worked.D. To show how rich the family were.17. Why was the poor man unhappy after he spoke with the ticket lady?A. He had lost his money.B. His children were noisy.C. The tickets were sold out.D. The tickets were too expensive18. Who did the $20 note belong to?A. The poor man .B. The writer’s father.C. The poor man’s wife.D. The ticket lady.19. Why was the poor man in tears at the end of the story?A. He found the money he lost.B. He wanted others to help him.C. He made his children unhappy.D. He was thankful for the kindness.20. Which of the following statements is probably true according to the passage?A. The poor man saw the circus that night.B. The two families became close friends.C. The writer’s father earned some money.D. The writer saw the circs that night.BOnce upon a time, a man punished his 5-year-old daughter for using up the family' s expensive gold wrapping (包装 ) paper. Money was always not enough, and he became even more upset when on Christmas Eve, he saw that the child had p asted ( 贴) the gold paper to decorate a shoebox to put under the Christmas tree.The next morning the little girl, filled with excitement, brought the gift box to her father and said, "This is for you, Daddy!"As he opened the box, the father was sorry for his earlier behavior.But after he opened it, he found it was empty and again he was angry. "Don't you know, young lady," he said, "when you give someone a present there's supposed to be something inside the package!"The little girl looked up at him with tears running from her eyes and said, "Daddy, it's not empty. I blew kisses into it until it was all full."When the father heard this, he fell on his knees and put his arm around his dear little girl. He begged her to forgive him for his unnecessary anger.An accident took the life of the child only a short time later. It is told that the father kept that little gold box by his bed for all the year of his life. Whenever he was sad or faced difficult problems he would open the box, take out an imaginary kiss, and remember the love of this beautiful child who had put it there.In a very real sense, each of us as human beings have been given an invisible golden box filled with love and kisses from our children, family, friends and God. This is the most expensive possession (财产) anyone could hold.21. Why did the man punish his little daughter?A. Because his daughter made some mistakes.B. Because his daughter asked he for Christmas present.C. Because his daughter used up their only gold wrapping paper.D. Because his daughter decorated the Christmas tree with gold wrapping paper.22. Why was the man sorry for his behavior as he opened the box?A. Because his daughter bought him a Christmas gift.B. Because he misunderstood his daughter for wasting paper.C. Because he saw his daughter was so excited.D. Because the box was covered with the kisses.23. What's the meaning of the underlined word "invisible"?A. 贵重的B. 无形的C. 珍爱的D. 唯一的24. What did the man do when he had problem in his life after his daughter died?A. He missed his daughter so much.B. He took out the box and kissed it.C. He thought of his daughter's love.D. He put the box by his bed.25. What's the best title for the passage?A. The KissB. The GiftC. The FatherD. The DaughterC“Tom? Are you in bed yet?” called Mrs. White. There was no answer. Mrs. White put down her book and went to her 14-year-old son’s room. Tom was sitting in front of a bright computer screen on which a motorbike was running fast.“Oh, Tom. You’re still playing on that comput er game. You must stop now, because it’s half past eleven. If you don’t go to bed soon, you’ll be very tired tomorrow.” Said Mrs. White.“But I’ve nearly won the game.” Tom said to Mrs. White. She could see the excitement on his face. She sat beside him.“You’re always playing on the computer. You spend more time on this machine t han on your homework.”Today more and more families have computers. Parents hope computers can help their children improve their study at school. But many of their children use computers to play games, listen to songs and watch videos instead of studying. We often see that computer net bars are crowded with people, especially young boys. They spend a lot of money competing with the computerized machines. The more they lose, the mo re they want to win. The result is that they don’t want to work or study.In some countries, even scientists hate computers. They say computers cause millions of people to lose their jobs or cause them a lot of trouble. Computer game addiction(瘾) is a serious problem in social life. Something should have to be done to solve the problem.26. How did Mrs. White feel when she saw her son playing late?A. She felt happy.B. She felt worried.C. She felt wonderful.D. She felt excited.27. Parents hope computers can __________________.A. help their children improve their study at school.B. help their children play well.C. help their children know a lot of Internet knowledge.D. help their children relax themselves.28. Many children use computers to _____________.A. watch videosB. listen to songsC. play gamesD. A、B and C29. The writer thinks __________________.A. the boys can go to the computer net bars, but the girls can’t.B. the computer net bars are very usefulC. the children spend too much money on computer gamesD. the children should play computer games.30. Why do some scientists hate computers?A. They think computers cause millions of people to lose their jobs.B. They think computers cause them a lot of trouble.C. They think it’s a waste of time to use computers.D. Both A and B.第二节（共5小题，每题2分，满分10分）五位母亲Betty, Sara, Gina, Mary和 Alice打算为各自的孩子选择一所合适的学校。