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

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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 apple

B. Doing the housework

C. Watching TV

3. What is Mom's advice?

A. Call Tom for the book.

B. Ask their teacher to talk with Tom

C. 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. John

B. David

C. The police

8. 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 healthy

life.

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。

A

Once 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 means

a 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.