八年级上英语半期试题

2013年秋季八年级半期试题

英语

时间：90分钟总分：100分

听力部分（共20分）

第一节听音选图。（每小题1分，满分5分）

听下面五个句子。每个句子后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三幅图片中选出与你所听到的句子内容相符的图片。每个句子读两遍。

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第二节情景交际。（每小题1分，满分5分）

听下面五个句子。每个句子后有一个小题，请根据情景交际需要，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。每个句子读两遍。

6. A. Yes, I do. B. Yes, I was. C. Yes, I am.

7. A. They begin at 7:00 p.m. B. They’re interesting. C.I watch them every night.

8. A. Good idea! B. No, thanks. C. Yes, please.

9. A. I can’t stand them. B. They are boring. C. Because they’re enjoyable.

10. A. In 1928. B. Mickey Mouse. C. In New York.

第三节对话理解。（每小题1分，满分5分）

听下面五段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出能回答所提问题的最佳选项。每段对话读两遍。

11. Where will the girl go this summer vacation?

A. To the mountains.

B. To the forest.

C. To the beach.

12. What did Tina do last night?

A. Watched TV.

B. Played the piano.

C. Listened to music.

13. What does Linda want to be when she grows up?

A. A doctor

B. A nurse.

C. A teacher.

14. How did Jim’s father go to work yesterday?

A. On foot.

B. By car.

C. By bus.

15. What animal does the girl like best?

A. Monkeys.

B. Pandas.

C. Elephants.

第四节短文理解。（每小题1分，满分5分）

听下面一段短文，短文后有5个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出能回答所提问题的最佳选项。短文读3遍。

16. Where does David’s uncle live?

A. In London

B. In Sanya

C. In New York

17. Who did Tom go with?

A. His parents

B. His uncle

C. his cousin

18. What did Tom do in Hong Kong?

A. Met lots of stars

B. Took lots of photos

C. Bought something special for his friends

19. How did Sally go to England?

A. By boat

B. By plane

C. By train

20. Who are in America?

A. Li sa’s parents

B. Lisa’s grandparents

C. Lisa’s friends

笔试部分（共80分）

一、单项选择（每小题1分，共10分）

21. —______ do they stay up late? —Never. They always go to bed early.

A. How many

B. How much

C. How often

D. How long

22. Julie runs _____ than Jack. Do you think so?

A. fast

B. faster

C. fastest

D. as fast as

23. —Helen, did you buy for your mother?—Yes. I bought a scarf for her.

A. something special

B. anything special

C. nothing special

D. special anything

24. It’s not necessary to be the same. My best fri end Larry is ____ me. He is more outgoing than me.

A. different from

B. similar to

C. the same as

D. like

25. When winter comes, the days get__________.

A. short and short

B. longer and longer

C. hotter and hotter

D. shorter and shorter

26. —What’s the best movie theater to go to?

—Town Cinema. ____________. And you can buy tickets the most quickly there.

A. It has the worst service.

B. It’s the most expensive.

C. It’s the closest to home.

D. It has most comfortable seats

27. —What do you think of talent shows? —They’re OK. _________.

A. I don’t stand them

B. I don’t like them

C. I don’t mind them

D. I don’t know them

28. We couldn’t see anything below, ______ the bad weather, it was terrible.

A. because

B. because of

C. so that

D. such as

29. John wants to watch comedy shows because they’re wonderful. I like to watch action movies because

they’re_______.

A. meaningless

B. serious

C. boring

D. exciting

30. All these shows have one thing in common: They try to ______the best singers, the most talented

dancers, the funniest actors and so on.

A. look at

B. look after

C. look for

D. look like

二、完形填空（每小题1分，共15分）

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What do you do at weekends? Some people like to 31 at home. But others like to go for a walk 32 play football. My friend Jack works hard in a factory on weekends. At the weekends he always does different things. On Saturday he 33 his car and on Sunday he goes with his family to a village by car. His uncle and aunt have a farm there. It’s not a big one, but there are always 34 to do on the farm. The children help with the animals and give them their food. Jack and his wife help in the field. At the end of the day, they are all 35 and want to have a big meat very much.

31. A. play B. live C. stay D. work

32. A. and B. or C. so D. but

33. A. washes B. sells C. buys D. rides

34. A. anything B. many things C. A thing D. something

35. A. happy B. friendly C. funny D. tired

B

Last month we asked our students about their free time activities. Our questions were about 36 , use of the Internet and watching TV. Here are the results.

We found that only fifteen percent of our students exercise 37 . Forty-five percent exercise four to six times a week. Twenty percent exercise only one to three times a week. And twenty percent do not exercise 38 .

We all know that many students often go online, but we were surprised that 39 percent of them use the Internet every day. 40 ten percent use it at three or four times a week. Most students use it for fun and not for homework.

The answers 41 our questions about watching TV were also interesting. Only two percent of the students watch TV one to three times a week. Thirteen percent watch TV four to six times a week. And eighty-five percent watch TV every day! 42 many students like to watch sports, game shows are the most popular.