初二英语下册期中测试卷

珠海新世纪学校2018-2019学年第二学期期中检测八年级英语试卷一、听力理解A. 听句子（本题有5小题，每小题1分，共5分）根据所听句子的内容和所提的问题，选择符合题意的图画回答问题。

每小题听一遍( ) 1 . What did David do yesterday?A B C( ) 2 . Which subject does Joe volunteer to help the children with?A B C( ) 3 . What does Maria have to do after school every day?A B C( ) 4 . What happened to Tom yesterday?A B C( ) 5 . What was the boy’s mother doing when he c ame back home?A B CB．听对话 (本题有10小题，每小题1分，共10分)回答每段对话后面的问题，在各题所给的三个选项中选出一个最佳答案，并将其字母标号填人题前的括号内。

每段对话听两遍。

听第一段对话，回答第6小题。

( ) 6 . Why CAN’T Andy see things clearly?A. Because he hurt his eyes in the sun.B. Because he had problems with his eyes.C. Because he spent too much time working on the computer.听第二段对话，回答第7小题。

( ) 7 . What will Ben do?A. Go shopping.B. Help Mary and her brother.C. Look after his brother at home.听第三段对话，回答第8小题。

( ) 8 . When will Cindy’s brother come back?A. At 5:00 p.m.B. At 6:00 p.m.C. At 7:00 p.m.听第四段对话，回答第9小题。

( ) 9 . Who likes doing chores?A. RobertB. KarenC. Karen’s sister听第五段对话，回答第10小题。

( ) 10 . What was Tom doing when the storm started?A. Playing chessB. Doing his homework.C. Playing computer games.听第六段对话，回答第11-12小题。

( ) 11 . What should the boy do first?A. Clean the floorB. Make his bedC. Take out the rubbish( ) 12 . What is the boy going to do after cleaning the house?A. To watch TVB. To do his homeworkC. To do some shopping听第七段对话，回答第13-15小题。

( ) 13 . Why is Jimmy sad?A. Because Peter took his dictionary without asking him.B. Because Peter argued with him.C. Because he lost Peter’s dictionary again.( ) 14 . What did Jimmy do to solve the problem?A. He said sorry to Peter.B. He had a talk with Peter.C. He had a fight with Peter( ) 15 . What did the girl tell Jimmy to do?A. To make friends with Peter.B. To ask his teacher for help.C. To buy Peter a new dictionary.C. 听独白,请根据所听独白内容，在各题所给的三个选项中, 选出一个能完成句子的最佳选项。

独白听两遍. (本大题共10小题,每小题1分,共10分)听第一段独白，回答16-20小题( ) 16. Jim and his friends went to the ______ last week.A. parkB. farmC. forest( ) 17. Jim _______ half an hour later.A. hurt himselfB. lost his wayC. felt tired( ) 18. Jim ______________.A. walked too slowly to follow his friends.B. walked fast and didn’t stay with his friends.C. forgot to take his mobile phone( ) 19. Jim’s ________ told him that he should stay where he was and shouted for help.A. friendB. parentC. teacher( ) 20. Jim and his friends felt ________ at last.A. surprised and upsetB. happy and excitedC. worried and afraid听第二段独白，回答21-25小题( ) 21. Computers make people hurt____________.A.quicklyB.slowlyC.seriously( ) 22. Too much light can hurt your_______________.A.armsB.backC.eyes( )23. The window should be _______ when you use a computer.A.on your left or rightB.in front of youC.behind you( )24. A person may get his ______ hurt if he sits in the wrong way.A.armB.eyesC.back and neck( )25. The speaker gives _______ tips to keep yourself from getting hurt by the computer.A.TwoB.ThreeC.FourD．听填信息（本大题共5小题，每小题1分，共5分）请你根据所听到的内容，填写下面的表格。

（短文听两遍）( )31 The new way makes ______ easy _____ us to finish the work in time.A. it; toB. it; ofC. it; forD. that; of ( )32.以下哪个单词的划线部分与其它三个的读音不同？A.letterB. excitedC.cleverD. lend ( )33 ---I saw Mr. Smith in the office at ten yesterday morning.---That’s impossible. He ______ an English party with us then.A.hasB.hadC.was havingD.has had ( )34. I want you to ______ me with some information about Tibet.A.offerB.giveC.showD.provide ( )35.She bought a digital(数码的) camera online____ she could save a lot of time.A.as soon asB.such thatC.no matterD.so that ( )36. 以下哪个单词的划线部分读/iə/?A.fairB. volunteerC. compareD.repair ( )37.---Alice lost her new bike. She was sad ---- Let’s go and ______.A.call her upB.cheer her upC.pick her upD.look at her ( )38.I can’t play the piano, and ________.A. neither can my brotherB.my brother can’t, tooC. so can’t my brotherD.can my brother, either( )39. Don’t cross the street ______ the traffic lights are green.A. afterB. untilC.whileD. since ( )40.----Could you please do some shopping?----________. I will help my mom clean the living room.A. Sorry, I can’t.B.No, you can’tC.Sorry, I couldn’t.D. Yes, sure.( )41. He used to ______ in a small village, but now he is used to ______ in a big city.A.live, livingB.live, liveC.living, livingD.living, live( )42. I don’t think our parents should allow us _______ computer games on weekdays.A.playB. to playC.playingD.plays( )43. Eddie was sleeping ________ Millie was reading a magazine.A.untilB. beforeC. whileD.after( )44. ______ a volunteer is great.A. To beingB.BeC.ToD. Being( )45. —Would you mind if I sit here?—_________. It’s for Miss Liu.A.Not at allB. Never mindC. Better notD. Of course not三、完形填空（本题有 10 个空，每空 1 分，共 10 分）Everyone has his or her own dreams. They give us courage(勇气) and confidence（自信）to keep us going through difficulties. Here 46 some advice on how to realize our beautiful dreams. 47 giving up is the key to make our dreams come true. We may fail from time to time, but we can learn from failure（失败）, correct （纠正）our 48 and try again until we achieve（实现） our goals. For that reason, no matter 49 difficult problems we meet, we won’t fail unless we give up our hopes. We will realize our dreams 50 last if we do our best. Besides, in our society（社会）, most problems can’t be 51 by one person alone. Each of us is 52 a small part of a machine. If one part isn’t in order, the machine can not 53 well. It’s hard for a person who is away from the society to have a deep understanding of the world. Cooperation(合作) is becoming one of the 54 ways for people to live in the developing society. As a saying goes, “One tree can’t make a 55 .”( )46. A. is B. are C. be D. has( )47. A.Always B. Often C. Never D. Usually( )48. A.thoughts B. mistakes C. studies D. jobs( )49. A. how B. why C. where D. what( )50. A.from B. on C. at D. against( )51. A.got B. solved C. asked D. made( )52. A. without B. as C. like D. unlike( )53. A.take B. play C. make D. work( )54 A.most difficult B. hardest C. most important D. easiest( )55 A. forest B. grass C. river D. hill四、阅读理解（本大题共15小题，每小题2分，共30分）(A)( )56.How many skills are mentioned in the poster?A.SixB.SevenC.EightD.Ten( )57.If you want to be the volunteer of the holidays, you need to say yes to more than_________skills.A.2B.3C.4D.5( )58.Which of the following can be the volunteer of the holidays?A.Mary’s only skill is swimmingB.Tina can cook, swim and drawC.Lisa can play the piano.D.Benton can do first aid.( )59.If you want to make a call to them, the right time is_________?A.7:40amB. 7:00pmC.10:00amD. 9:00pm( )60.Which of the following is true according to the above ads?A.We can’t know the telephone number or the website.B.They don’t need volunteers who can ride a bike.C.If you are interested, you can give a call to them.D.If you want to know more information, you can call them at any time. .（B）A group of swans flew down to a beach where a crow(乌鸦) was jumping around. The crow watched them with disdain(鄙视).“You have no flying skills at all!” he said to the swans. “All you can do is to move your wings. Can you turn over in the air? No, that’s beyond you. Let’s have a flying competition. I’ll show you what real flying is!”One of the swans, a strong young male, took up the challenge(挑战). The crow flew up and began to show his skills. He flew in circles, performed other flying tricks, and then came down and looked proudly at the swan.Now it was the swan’s turn. He flew up, and began flying over the sea. The crow flew after him, making all kinds of comments(评价) about his flying. They flew on and on till they couldn’t see the land and there was nothing but water on all sides. The crow was making fewer and fewer comments. He was now so exhausted that he found it hard to stay in the air, and had to struggle to keep himself from falling into the water.The swan pretended(假装) not to notice, and said, “Why do you keep touching the water, brother? Is that another trick?”“No,” said the crow. He knew he had lost the competition. “I’m in trouble because of my pride! If you don’t help me, I’ll lose my life…”The swan took pity on him, and took him on his shoulders and flew back to the beach...( )61.What's the correct order of the following events?a.The crow followed the swan and got into trouble.b.The swan felt pity for the crow and saved it.c.The crow had to ask the swan for help.d.The swan accepted the challenge of performing flying tricks.e.The crow challenged the swan.A. d e a c bB. e d c a bC. e a d c bD. e d a c b( )62. What does the underlined word "exhausted" mean?A.很累的B. 生气的C. 害怕的D. 遗憾的( )63. Why did the crow keep touching the water?A. It was showing another flying skill.B. It was struggling to keep itself from falling into the water.C. It was thirsty and wanted to drink some water.D. It was enjoying itself by doing so.( )64. What do we infer(推测) from the passage?A. The crow didn’t know flyingB. Flying skills were useless.C. The swan saved the crow because they were good friends.D. The swan was better at long-distance flying than the crow. ( )65. What does the story tell us?A. Pride goes before a fall.B. The early bird catches the worm.C. No pains, no gains.D. A friend in need is a friend indeed.(C)五、根据提示，完成句子。