1、太原市太原市 2016 2016 20172017 学年第二学期八年级期末考试学年第二学期八年级期末考试 英语试卷英语试卷 第 I 卷听力测试（共 20 分） I.听力 第一节 听音选图（共 5 小题，每小题 1 分，满分 5 分） 这一届共有 5 个小题，每小题你将听到一组对话。请根据听到的内容，从 A、B、C 三幅图 中选出与对话内容相符的一项，并将其字母标号填入提前的括号内。 （ ）1. （ ）2. （ ）3. （ ）4. （ ）5. 第二节 对话理解(共 5 小题，每小题 1 分,满分 5 分） 这一节共有 5 个小题,每小题你将听到一组对话和一个问题。 请你根据听到的内容和提 出 的
2、问题,从 A、B、C 三个选项中选出一个最佳选项,并将其字母标号填入题前的括号内 6.A. Boring. B. Talented. C. Popular 7.A. The Birds Nest. B. The Great Wall. C. Shanghai Disneyland. 8.A. Anna. B. Grace. C. Jill. 9.A. Shes nine. B. Shes eleven. C. Shes thirteen. 10. A.The boy should buy the sweater. B.The boy should throw the sweater away.
3、 C.The boy should keep the sweater himself. 第三节 语篇理解(共 5 小题，每小题 1 分,满分 5 分） 这一节你将听到一篇短文。请你根据短文内容和所提出的 5 个问题,从每小题所给的 A、 B、C 三个选项中选出一个最佳选项,并将其字母标号填入题前的括号内。 11.How did Allen feel about the gift? A. Happy. B. Nervous. C. Surprised. 12. When did Allen plant the apple tree? A. In the morning. B. In the af
4、ternoon. C. At night. 13. How was the apple tree several days later? A. It was dead. B. It was young. C. It grew well. 14. In Allens opinion, what would happen if he planted the tree near his house? A.Some neighbors would pick the fruit. B.His own children would take the fruit. C.Some strange men wo
5、uld pick the fruit. 15. What does the story tell us? A. To plant apple trees quickly. B. B. To protect our own things properly. C. To learn to share things with others. 第四节听力填空（共 5 小题，每小题 1 分，满分 5 分 这一节你将听到一篇短文。请你根据听到的内容,填写下面的表格，每空一词。 Dolphins(海膝）一 Our good friends Dolphins are the cleverest animals
6、 in 16. . Dolphins use sounds to find their way 17. Dolphins 18. humans as their friends. Jack showed the way to keep the passengers 19. Jack guided the through the ares for about 20. years. 书面测试（选择题共 50 分） 单项选择（共 15 小题，每小题 1 分,满分 15 分） 从每小题所给的 A、B、C 三个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并将其字母标号 填入题前的括号内。 21. When t
7、he panda Pingping grew to 4 months old, it began to eat food by . A. Itself B. himself C. herself 22. Do you know the China-built plane C919 flew to the sky on May 5th? Yes. What a great ! Im excited about the news. A. Shame B. condition C. achievement 23. Bike-sharing program in Taiyuan people to g
8、o out in a greener way. A. hates B. encourages C. introduces 24. - Its that Jane won the competition. Yes, many people thought she would give up because of a serious cold. A. Unfair B. silly C. unbelievable 25. - My mom always asks me not to play with the mobile phone, when I am In fact, she wants y
9、ou to care more about your eyes. A. hardly B. suddenly C. especially 26. We should practice running we are free. -I agree. Then we can get higher grades in the P.E. test next year. A.whenever B. though C. before 27. Sun Yang is strict with himself. His spirit shows that can succeed easily without wo
10、rking hard. A. Everybody B. nobody C. somebody 28. My best friend to study in America already. I think I will miss her. Dont worry. You can communicate with her online. A. decided B. decides C. has decided 29. The supermarket Meet all is just my grandparents home. It makes their daily shopping much
11、easier. A. Between B. opposite C. along 30. Please to show your opinions in my class. Thank you, Mr. Brown. A. feel free B. get nervous C. become angry 31. We all like Claudia because she is than any other girl in the face of difficulties. A. weaker B. braver C. sadder 32. - Why did the government t
12、he City Sports Meeting? Because the weather was terrible. A. take in B. clean up C. put off 33. Is there an old tree in Jinci Temple? Yes. ，it has been there for more than 3000 years. A. Once upon a time B. As far as I know C. In the end 34. - Mom, could I watch Modem Family for a while? - . Its a g
13、ood way to relax yourself. A. Sure, that should be OK B. No, you cant C.Sorry, I dont know 35. Helen, I have finished my study plan. What about you? . Let me show it to you now. A. So have I B. Me, neither C. Not yet .补全对话（共 5 小题,每小题 i 分,满分 5 分 从方框中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项,使对话内容完整、通顺,并将其字母标号填在相 应的横线上,其中有两项是多余选
14、项。 Lisa： Hi, Mandy. Do you know there will be a charity sale (义卖）at our school? Mandy： Really? 36. Lisa： On Monday afternoon. Mandy： Have you got anything to sell? Lisa： 37. I have had them for many years. Mandy： Then why do you sell them? Lisa： 38. Mandy： Thats great. Reading is always important fo
15、r us. Lisa： 39. Mandy： Yes, Id love to. I will check out some old clothes for the sale. Lisa： Good idea. 40. Mandy： Yeah, Im so happy that I can do something to help others. Lisa： Me, too. .完形填空（共 10 小题,每小题 1 分,满分 10 分） 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意.然后从每小题所给的 A、B、C 三个选项中.选出一个最佳选 项,并将其字母标号填入题前的括号内。 Once, a king loved
16、 music very much and he was interested in different kinds of instruments (乐器.To play the best music, the king decided to 41 the world for the best instrument. One day, a magic man offered the king a harp (竖琴）. The king took it to the palace with 42 hut when he played ii, the harp sounded terrible. M
17、any other people tried it. They agreed that the harp was useless and the man 43 the king. Then they threw the harp as rubbish. A poor little girl later found the harp, and 44 she didn t know how to play it, she decided to have a try. She kept practicing it for months and years. The music was never 4
18、5 . but each time it sounded a little better. A. When is it? B. What is it about? C. Would you like to join the sale? D. Im sure someone will need the clothes. E. Yes, I have prepared some wonderful books. F. Im going to buy some new books for the kids. G. Because I hope more people can fall in love
19、 with reading. Then one day, suddenly, the harp started to play the most 46 music. The girl was very surprised and couldnt believe what she heard. 47 , it was a magic harp, and could only be played well by someone who would put in the necessary effort (努力）. The king heard the music 48 his window, an
20、d called the girl to the palace. When the king saw that she was playing with 49_ old harp, he was very happy. At that moment, he made the girl his own private 50 . giving her and her family much treasure. As a result, he could enjoy the wonderful music every day. 41. A. hide B. return C. search 42.
21、A. force B. shyness C. excitement 43. A. beat B. cheated C. pushed 44. A. so that B. even though C. as soon as 45. A. perfect B. truthful C. strange 46. A. serious B. terrible C. beautiful 47. A. Actually B. However C. Unluckily 48. A. from B. with C. after 49. A. my B. his C. their 50. A. student B
22、. volunteer C. musician 阅读理解(一）（共 10 小题，每小题 2 分,满分 20 分) 阅读下列短文.从毎小题所给的 A、B、C 三个选项中,选出一个嵌佳选项,并将其字母标号填 入题前的括号内。 A A Visiting museums is always wonderful. There is a list of the top 15 museums in Asia. The Museum of the Terracotta Army took the first place. Beijing s Forbidden City and Shanghai Museum
23、 are also in the top 10. Do you want to visit them? The Museum of the Terracotta Army Visiting the Terracotta Army is the most meaningful when you have a 1 rip in Xian, China. There are more than 8, 000 terracotta warriors and horses at this Chinese museum. Opening time： 8:30 a.m. 6:35 p.m. Ticket p
24、rice： 150 yuan for an adult 80 yuan for a student Shanghai Museum The museum is famous for its collection of Chinese ancient bronze pieces (青铜艺术品）.There are more than 400 beautiful bronzes. Opening time： 9:00 a.m. 5:00 p.m. Ticket price： people can visit the museum for free Beijings Forbidden City T
25、he third emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Yong Le, firstly built the Forbidden City. In history, it was the home to 24 emperors： 14 during the Ming Dynasty and 10 during the Qing Dynasty. Opening lime： 8：00 a.m.5:00 p.m. Ticket price： 60 yuan for an adult 20 yuan for a student 51. took the first
26、 place in the list. A.Shanghai Museum B.Beijings Forbidden City C.The Museum of the Terracotta Army 52. If a student visits the Museum of the Terracotta Army with his mother, they need to spend . A. 80 yuan B. 150 yuan C. 230 yuan 53. You can enjoy in Shanghai Museum. A.the bronze pieces B. modern C
27、hinese art C. ancient Chinese buildings 54. From the passage, we can learn that . A.people can spend 60 yuan visiting Shanghai Museum B.24 emperors used to live in Beijings Forbidden City C.people can*i visit the Museum of the Terracotta Army after 15:00 55. The passage is probably from . A.a travel
28、 magazine B. a story book C. a movie poster B B Once a very rich man and his young son collected paintings by famous artists like Picasso. Van Gogh and Monet. Later, the son left to join the army. After a few weeks, the old man got a letter saying his son had died while taking a little girl 10 a hos
29、pital. The man became very lonely and sad. One day. a young man visited the old man and gave him a painting 一 it was a portrait (肖象） of his son. The painting of his son became the old mans most precious thing. He told his neighbors it was the greatest gift he had ever got. The following spring, the
30、old man died. All of the old mans paintings would be sold at an auction (拍卖会).The auction began with the painting of the old mans son. “Who will open the price at $100? the auctioneer asked. All people got into silence until someone said: “Who cares about that painting ?Lets get on to good ones.” Mo
31、re people agreed.“No, we must sell this one first, ” replied the auctioneer. “Now, who will take the portrait of the son？” Finally, a good friend of the old man spoke：“Ten dollars! ” “Will anyone go higher?” called the auctioneer. After more silence he said： Going once. going twicesold!” The auction
32、eer then announced that the whole auction was over. “According to the fathers will(遗嘱）,whoever takes the sons portrait gets the whole collection, the auctioneer said. Because of sharing the fathers love, whoever took the son got it all. 56. Why did the old man feel lonely and sad? A.Because his son
33、lost his life. B.Because his son left to join the army. C.Because a little girl was ill in hospital. 57. What does the underlined word “precious”mean? A.美妙的 B.珍贵的 C.常见的 58. Which of the following is TRUE? A.The auctioneer kept the painting of the old mans son. B.People were interested in the paintin
34、g of the old mans son. C.The old mans good friend got all the paintings for only ten dollars. 59. When others heard the old mans will, how did they probably feel about themselves? A. Stupid. B. Unusual. C. Succeseful. 60. What is the best title of the passage? A. A Hot Auction B. A Fathers Love C.A
35、Famous Painting 书面测试（非选择题共 30 分) VI.阅读理解(二）（共 5 小题,每小题 2 分,满分 10 分） 阅读下面短文，并回答所给问题。 When Google Street View first came out in 2007, people were happy to visit streets all over the world by using their computers. Now we can travel with the help of virtual reality ( VR), which means experiencing thing
36、s through our computers. If you dont have time or money to travel, you may choose virtual traveling. Victor White shared how excited he felt after he used VR：“I could run in the morning on a beautiful beach and walk along the streets of a city in the evening. I could be a virtual traveler to travel
37、deep in the sea, he wrote. All of these experiences were so real, without risk, and of course cheap. ” However, virtual traveling doesnt mean it will make people give up real-world travel. Instead, it encourages people to have a second travel in the real world. For example, once some people use VR t
38、o hike the Grand Canyon in the US, they may find themselves expecting to go to the real place one day. The favorite kind of tourist sites of the heavy VR users in the real world Natural landscape Historic and cultural sites Modern cities Theme parks SOURCE REPORT ON CHINESE VR USERS BEHAVIORS. 2016
39、61. What docs virtual reality mean in English? . 62. How did Victor White feel after he used VR? . 63. Do 44.2% of the heavy VR users hope to visit modem cities? . 64. Which is the most popular tourist site for the heavy VR users? . 65. Do you want to be a virtual traveler? Why or why not? . .词汇运用(从
40、 A, B 两题中任选一题作答。共 10 小题，每小题 1 分,满分 10 分) A.请选用方框中的词或短语填空，使短文完整、通顺,每个词或短语只能用一次。 Slowly across strange stop nothing while boat The city Venice is famous all over the world. Long time ago, people built it on more than 110 islands. So the seawater is everywhere. People in Venice move from place to place
41、 by 66. . And they like to enjoy the beautiful city 67. they are taking boat Word Bank Site n .景点 Landscape n.风景 Experience v 经历 Water makes the city become one of the most popular places in Europe. However, in this city, something 68. often happens to travelers like this： they walk 69. the Rialto B
42、ridge, and they find that theres 70. special. But when they come back to the same bridge an hour later, it s under the water and everyone is wearing rain shoes 71. . Once, people in Venice 72. too much underground water. This made the city sink(下沉）73. Another problem is that the temperature 74. for
43、many years. This has made the ice of the Arctic Ocean (北冰洋）melt (磁化）. As a result, more water has come into the city. Scientists arc trying different ways to 75. the city from sinking. The Italian government also plans lo do something to solve the problems. B.请选用方框中所给词的正确形式填空.使短文完整、通顺.每个词只能用一次。 Many
44、 of us love stories of time travel, aliens (夕卜里人），and the future. But Chinese science fiction doesnt seem to be popular with book lovers. One book from a Chinese 66. changed the situation. On August 23, 2015, Liu Cixin 67. the worlds top science fiction prize. Hes the first Asian to get the prize fo
45、r Best Novel through 68. Problem (三 体).In the book, scientists found a planet with three suns. The aliens on the planet had high 69. and they planned to invade (入侵）Earth. When humans on Earth got the news, they started 70. themselves from danger. Liu once was an engineer, 71. there arc a lot of inte
46、resting facts about engineering in this hook. That is why it become the best 72 I he similar Chinese books. At the same time, some readers think the Chinese culture in this book also makes it73. than others. According to Liu, China is developing 74. . This creates the good time for science fiction.
47、In fact, Lius books 75. great joy lo people since they came he win so bring write quick protect among special technology out.“We nowadays live in a small box of reality, science fiction is a way to open up our minds. said Liu. .书面表达（满分 10 分） 生活中我们有时会收到一些礼物,每份礼物都包含苕一份沉甸甸的爱.带给我们一个美好 的记忆或感人的故亊 3 请谈谈你收到
48、的最有意义的（meaningful)礼物是什么？并分享你的 故 要求：1. 60 词左右； 2.文中不要出现真实的人名和校名 太原市太原市 2016201620172017 学年第二学期八年级期末考试学年第二学期八年级期末考试 英语试题参考英语试题参考 答案及评分标准答案及评分标准 I .听力 1-5 CABAB 6-10 ACBCC 11-15 ACABC 16. nature 17. around 18. regard 19. safe 20. nine/9 .单项选择 2125 ACBCC 2630 ABCBA 3135 BCBAA .补全对话 3640 AEGCD IV .完形填空 4
49、1 45 CCBBA 46-50 CAABC V.阅读理解(一） 5155 CCABA 5660 ABCAB VI. 阅读理解(二） 61. It means experiencing things through our computers. 62. He felt excited. 63. No, they dont. 64. Natural landscape. 65. Yes. I do. I think its interesting/wonderful/exciting 评分说明：只要答案符合题意,表达正确.即可得满分。以 5 个小题为单位,不影响意思表 达的语法错误，累计两处扣
50、1 分;单词拼写错误,累计 4 处扣 1 分。 .词汇运用 A.66. boat 67. while 68. strange 69. across 70. nothing 71. instead 72. used 73.slowly 74. has risen 75. stop B.66. writer 67. won 68. his 69. technology 70.to protect / protecting 71.so 72.among 73. more special 74. quickly 75. have brought .书面表达 One possible version ：
