2012年第一学期八年级英语期末模拟考试试卷

2012年第一学期八年级英语期末模拟考试试卷
出卷人黄海绒
paper 1 Listening (第一部分听力)25％
I. Listen to the sentence and choose the suitable picture.(听句子,选出与句子内容符合的图画)5％
A B C
D E F
1. ______
2.______
3.______
4.______
5.______
II. Listen to the dialogue and choose the best answer to the question you hear(根据你所听到的对话和问题,选择最恰当的答案,用A,B,C或D表示)8%
1. A. Animals B. Cartoons
C. Rabbits
D. The Chinese Animal Years
2. A. Neither B. Black coffee
C. White coffee
D. Coffee with no milk
3. A. The first time B. The second time
C. The third time
D. The fourth time
4. A. He visited Shanghai B. He studied there
C. He went there for a holiday.
D. He visited his friends.
5. A. He’s going to be a diplomat. B. She doesn’t agree with the man.
C. Yes, he is.
D. No, he isn’t.
6. A. She agrees with the man. B. She doesn’t agree with the man
C. She’s not sure.
D. She has no idea.
7. A. A piece of cake B. Smoked fish and steak
C.Mushroom soup
D. Tomato soup
8. A. Class One ` B. On the first floor
C. In a small room
D. In the lab
III. Listen to the passage and tell whether the following statements are true or false.(判断
下列句子是否符合你所听到的短文内容,符合的用“T”表示,不符合的用“F”表示)6%
1.Smoking makes people sick.
2.Mr. Li fell ill twenty years ago.
3.There is something wrong with his lungs because of smoking.
4.When the doctor told him not to smoke, Mr. Li gave it up at once.
5.This morning the doctor told Mr. Li to keep on smoking.
6.Mr. Li has decided to give up smoking.
IV
Paper 2 Vocabulary and Grammar（第二部分词汇和语法）37％V. Choose the best answer.(选择最恰当的答案).15%
1.There is _______ “m” in the word “time”.
A. a
B. an
C. the
D. /
2.I was born ______ the morning of Children’s Day.
A. in
B. at
C. on
D. for
3.He doesn’t like drawing at all. In fact he knows only _______ about it.
A. a few
B. few
C. little
D. a little
4.Have you seen_________?
A. such a beautiful bird
B. a such beautiful bird
C. so a beautiful bird
D. a so beautiful bird
5.There are three boxes on the table. ______ is open, ______ are shut.
A. The one, others
B. One, the other two
C. One ,another two
D. This, those
6.What is you new class teacher________?
A. look
B. like
C. look like
D. looking
7.Do you ______ a lot of money on your new computer?
A. spend
B. pay
C. cost
D. take
8.I’m______ to have such a friend.
A. enough lucky
B. lucky enough
C.enough luckily
D. luckily enough
9.What ____ you _____ so?
A. make, think
B. make, to think
C. makes,think
D. makes,thinking
10.Since you have got only one ticket., _____ you _____ Tom can attend the lecture.
A. both ,and
B. neither, nor
C. either, or
D. not only ,but also
11.Her job __________ the floor every morning.
A. is mopping
B. is to mop
C. clean
D. is clean
12.Though he lives _______ in the house, but he isn’t ________ . He had many hobbies.
A.alone.alone
B. lonely,lonely
C. alone ,lonely
D. lonely, alone
13.My brother used to ________ to work on foot, but now he is used to ______ work by bike.
A. go, go
B. going,going
C. going, go
D. go ,going
14._________ great fun it is to learn English idioms!
A. What
B. What a
C. How
D. How a
15.Could you tell me ________?
A. when he has gone
B. why did you look worried
C. What’s wrong with your leg
D. whom are you looking for
VI. Choose the word or expression which is closest in meaning to the underlined part in
1.Einstein was celebrated as a great scientist.
2.You should go and see this film if you get the opportunity.
3.John has a good command of Chinese because he was born in Chinese.
4.My sister usually learns how to cook in her spare time.
5.His mother has never been abroad because she is afraid of taking a plane.
6.She will enroll in the acting training course tomorrow.
VII. Complete the sentences with the given words in their proper forms.(用括号中所给单词的适当形式完成下列句子)6%
1.Everyone arrived late at the party, for _____________ ( variety) of reasons.
2.______________________(congratulate) on your success!-------Thank you..
3.The operation was a success and she is now out of __________ (dangerous).
4.I’m ________ sorry. (true).
5.I think the street is not _________ (widely) enough for the cars.
6.Excuse me ,where is the _________ (enter) to the cinema?
VIII. Rewrite the sentences as required.（根据要求改写句子，每空一词）10%
1 I haven’t seen a big bear. Neither has he. (合并为一句)
___________ he nor I ________ seen such a big bear.
2. He can finish the work in two days. It’s possible.(合并一句)
It’s possible _______ him ______ finish the work in two days.
3.The weather there is never cold.(改为反意疑问句)
The weather there is never cold, _______ ________?
4. My uncle has been a Party member for three years.(划线提问)
__________ _________ has your uncle been a Party member?
5.Can you tell me the way to the nearest post office?(保持句意)
Can you tell me _______ _______ get to the nearest post office?
Paper 3 Reading and Writing（第三部分阅读与写话）38％
IX.Reading comprehension （阅读理解）
A. Complete the following dialogue with proper sentences in the box.(选出适当的句子，完成下列对话)5%
Repairman: Good morning. Can I help you?
Woman: Good morning.__________1______________
Repairman: Let me have a look.________2__________ .Leave it here
Woman: _______3____________
Repairman: Tomorrow morning
Woman: ____________4_____________
Repairman: 5 dollars.
Woman: Thank you very much.
Repairman: ________5__________
B. True or False（判断下列句子是否符合短文,符合用“T”表示，不符合用“F”表示）5%
Long March Exhibit
The Shanghai history museum is putting on an exhibition to mark the 60th anniversary of the Long March. On show are more than 220 photos and some other things that show how the Communist Red Army retreated（撤离）from its bases in Jiangxi Province and fought its way to northern Shanxi Province in the mid-1930s. Captions（说明文字）are all in Chinese. The show will end on November 20.
Time: 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Address: 1286 Hongqiao Road
Admission: 8 yuan for Chinese/ 15 yuan for foreigners
Thai Elephants
Eight elephants from Thailand are entertaining visitors at Changfeng Park by riding bicycles, playing basketball, balancing on a beam, dancing and blowing a harmonica（口琴）. People are encouraged to have a tug-of-war (拔河比赛) with the animals or lie on the ground and have the elephants stride over（跨过）them. The elephants give three shows a day at 9:30 am, 3:30 pm and 8:00 pm and there is an additional show at 1:30 pm at weekends. The show will end on November 15.
Address: 189 Daduhe Road
Admission: 30—40 yuan
Dancing Dolphins
Dolphins leaping from the water to touch a ball, swaying（摇摆）their bodies to music, kissing people and doing maths by tapping their tails have made the dolphinarium（海豚馆）in Heping Park an attraction for children. Seals and sea lions also perform.
Time: 10:30 am, 4:00 pm and 7:30 pm
Admission: 20 yuan for adults and 10 yuan for children
1. You will pay altogether 15 yuan for the admission if you, a Chinese student and Mr Brown, a American, went to visit the Long March Exhibit.
2. At the exhibition, people will see a lot of photos about the Long March.
3. The elephants from Thailand will have a tug-of-war with the other animals..
4. If you go to see the Thai elephants on weekdays, you’ll see the show at 1:30 pm.
5. The dolphinarium in Heping Park is a hall. You can see not only dolphins but also seals and sea-lions there.
C. Choose the best answer.5%
One day, an ant was drinking by a small river and fell into it. She tried her best to reach the side of the river, but she couldn't. The poor ant got too tired, but she was still doing her best. At this time, a bird saw her. She threw a piece of wood to her. With it the ant got to the other bank of the river.
When the ant was drying herself in the grass, she heard a man coming. The man was walking without wearing any shoes and carrying a gun in his hand. As soon as he saw the bird, he wanted to kill her. But the ant bit him in one of his feet just as he was going to kill the bird. He stopped to see what had bitten him. At that time the bird flew away at once.
1.One day an ant ___ by a small river.
A. was playing
B. was dancing
C. was singing D .was drinking
2.Though the ant was too tired, she ___ to reach the other side of the river.
A. lost hope
B. stopped trying
C. went on trying
D. cried for help
3. The ant last got to the other bank of the river because ___.
A. a bird helped her
B. a man helped her
C. another ant helped her
D. she found a piece of paper
4.The man didn't kill the bird because ___.
A. he lost his gun
B. he didn't want to do so
C. the ant made him lose the chance
D. it was not right to kill birds
5. The story tells us that ___.
A. the bird is very beautiful
B. how foolish the ant is
C. we should help those in trouble and we ourselves often need help, too
D.a bird can't help an ant and an ant can't help a bird
D. Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage6%
A monkey is like a ___1___ in shape but it has a __2______and four legs. Monkeys are tree animals. They can ___3____ trees easily. They live most of time up in the tree. They can ___4____ from one tree ___5____ another without ____6____.
1. A. bee B. horse C. baby D. dog
2. A. tail B. hand C. foot D. face
3. A. run B. climb C. grow D. plant
4. A. fly B. sit C. jump D. stand
5. A. by B. for C. to D. on
6. A. stopped B. stopping C. stoped D. to stop
E. Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words.(在短文的空格内填入适当的单词，使其内容通顺，每空一词，首字母已给)6%
In western countries people never go to see a f______ of theirs without calling him a_____ of time. They usually tell him why and w_____ they want to visit him.And their friend will let them know the b______ time and p_______ for the meeting. Most people like m________ at a park or a café.
F.Answer the questions(阅读并回答下列问题)5%
Once a general(将军) had lost a battle, and his enemy were after him. He was running away with a servant. They were tired, hungry and thirsty. But they didn’t dare to go into any town for fear of being discovered and caught by the enemy.
Towards evening, they arrived at a mountain where there was a small cave.
“Let us hide here,” said the servant. “This will be a safe place.”
“No,” the general said, “I’m afraid the enemy will try everywhere to find us. We cannot stop to rest.”
But they were too tired to go . They entered the cave for a short rest. And soon they were fast asleep inside.
In the morning, they heard steps nearby. A group of enemy soldiers were coming near the cave.
“Let’s look in here,” said one of the soldiers.
“Don’t be foolish,”said another. “No one could be hiding inside.”
“How do you know?”
“Don’t you see a spider’s web（蜘蛛网）?” said the other. “It covers from one side to the other. How could anyone enter?”
True, there was a huge spider’s web which completely covered the cave. So the soldiers continued on their way.
The general and the servant were grateful to the spider, which had woven the web during the
night.
1.What happened to the general one day?
2.Why didn’t he go to any town to find some food?
3.Where did the general hide in the evening？
4.Who came to the cave in the morning?
5.What made the soldiers think that there was no one in the cave?
X. Writing(写话)6%
Write a passage of at least 60 words about your English study.(以自己的英语学习为主题，写一段不少于60个单词的短文，标点符号不占格。

)。