1、八年级英语八年级英语下下学期期学期期中试卷中试卷 （答题时间：（答题时间：90 分钟）分钟） 一、听对话，从下面各题所给的 A、B、C 三幅图片中选择与对话内容相符的图片。每段对 话你将听两遍。 （共 4分，每小题 1分） 1. A B C 2. A B C 3. A B C 4. A B C 二、听对话或独白，根据对话或独白的内容，从下面各题所给的 A、B、C三个选项中选择 最佳选项。每段对话或独白你将听两遍。 （共 12分，每小题 1 分） 请听一段对话，完成第 5至第 6 小题。 5. Whats the time now? A. 9 oclock. B. 10 oclock. C. 1
2、1 oclock. 6. What does the boy want to do? A. Brush his teeth. B. Go to bed. C. Watch a basketball match. 请听一段对话，完成第 7至第 8 小题。 7. What does the woman think of cartoons? A. Childish. B. Funny. C. Exciting. 8. What kind of movies does the man like? A. Cartoons. B. Comedies. C. War movies. 请听一段对话，完成第 9
3、至第 10小题。 9. What class will Amy take? A. A piano class. B. A singing class. C. A drawing class. 10. Why is John going to Shanghai? A. To see his father. B. To have a meeting. C. To have a birthday party. 请听一段对话，完成第 11至第 13小题。 11. What does the man do? A. A doctor. B. A reporter. C. A lawyer. 12. How
4、 many hours do the mans family watch TV each day? A. 1 hour. B. 2 hours. C. 3 hours. 13. What does the man think of Channel 21? A. Not good. B. Not useful. C. Not popular. 请听一段独白，完成第 14至第 16小题。 14. Where is the childrens reading area? A. On the first floor. B. On the second floor. C. On the third fl
5、oor. 15. What can you do at the Book Nook? A. Meet famous writers. B. Have free coffee. C. Read books at any time. 16. What is the speaker doing? A. Giving some advice. B. Leading a discussion. C. Making an introduction. 三、听对话，根据所听到的对话内容和提示词语，将所缺的关键信息填写在相应位置上。 对话你将听两遍。 （共 10分，每小题 2分） Interview Recor
6、d: Aidens Experiences What was his childhood like? There were many family 17 . What did he do? He decided to 18 to England. He was an English teacher for 19 . How did he start writing? He wrote magazine articles for 20 and later wrote a book. What is his new book about? Its about a group of friends
7、21 in a foreign country. 四、单项填空（共 13分，每小题 1分） 从下面各题所给的 A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 22. This isnt my T-shirt. _ is blue. A. I B. Me C. Mine D. My 23. Flowers usually come out _ spring every year. A. in B. at C. on D. of 24. _ is a ticket to Garden Expo? Its about 100 yuan. A. How much B. How many C.
8、 How long D. How often 25. There _ a park near here. Shall we take a walk? A. be B. were C. is D. are 26. Which is _, the telephone, the computer or the light bulb? A. useful B. more useful C. most useful D. the most useful 27. Must we get to the airport before 8 oclock? No, you _. The plane takes o
9、ff at 12 oclock. A. mustnt B. neednt C. wouldnt D. shouldnt 28. My parents often_ me some gifts on my birthday. A. buy B. will buy C. buys D. has bought 29. I didnt hear your call because I _ to music at that time. A. listen B. will listen C. am listening D. was listening 30. Miss Green isnt in the
10、office. She _ to the library. A. went B. was C. has gone D. has been 31. Sir, would you mind not _ here, please? A. to smoke B. smoke C. smoking D. smoked 32. My parents asked me _ my sister with her schoolwork. A. help B. to help C. helping D. helped 33. We _ dinner when she came in. A. are having
11、B. were having C. will have D. came 34. We _ about 1,600 English words since we began to learn the language. A. learn B. learned C. will learn D. have learned 五、完形填空（共 12 分，每小题 1 分） 阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从短文后各题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中， 选择最佳选项。 When I was in the sixth grade, one day my teacher asked our class to
12、think about the question “What does doing the right thing mean to you?” over the weekend. We could talk to our parents or anyone else we thought might have a good answer. 35 Monday, we were to hand in an essay （论文）on it, and be prepared to live up to our 36 . The entire weekend, I was trying to 37 s
13、omething that would impress my teacher and be easy to live by. I talked to my parents, called my grandmother and asked my neighbor. Everyone had good answers, but I didnt feel like I could live up to them. On Sunday afternoon, my parents said they were going to my Aunt Cindys house. That usually 38
14、that I would have to entertain my four-year-old cousin Andrea 39 my parents visited. I found a Disney movie for Andrea, and then I sat down and started to write my essay. It was due（到期的）the next morning and this was my last 40 . Soon I felt a pair of eyes on me. It was Andrea. “What are you doing?”
15、Andrea asked. “I have to write an essay about what doing the right thing means to me.” I answered. Andrea laughed. Could this smart four-year-old 41 know the answer? “Thats easy,” she said. “Doing the right thing means being nice to your family and friends. Never lie. Eat lots of fruits and vegetabl
16、es. Take a bath when youre 42 . And never put rocks in your mouth.” I stared with great 43 at my little cousin. Then I jumped up and gave her the biggest hug. Not only had Andrea answered a very tough question for me, but I could easily live by 44 of her answers. All I had to do was to be nice, not
17、to lie, to keep myself clean and healthy, and never put rocks in my mouth. So when I wrote my essay, I 45 the story about Andrea and how she had answered my question. Two weeks later, my teacher returned everyones essays. I 46 an A+ along with a little note my teacher had written at the top: “Always
18、 do the right thing and give Andrea an A+, too!” 35. A. By B. Over B. About D. For 36. A. answers B. plans C. advice D. information 37. A. look through B. keep on C. make up of D. come up with 38. A. left B. meant C. decided D. explained 39. A. since B. because C. while D. before 40. A. task B. chan
19、ce C. step D. choice 41. A. quickly B. normally C. seriously D. possibly 42. A. dirty B. tired C. sleepy D. unhappy 43. A. pride B. fear C. surprise D. worry 44. A. any B. all C. some D. none 45. A. read B. found C. included D. returned 46. A. prepared B. expected C. introduced D. received 六、阅读下列短文，
20、根据短文内容，从短文后各题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选择 最佳选项。 （共 26分，每小题 2 分） A My Classroom Wheel Teachers 20122013 Welcome to My Art Class! My Classroom Mission(任务) We will learn about art history, artists and develop students talent. In order to learn, be creative and improve our painting skills, we will have a relaxi
21、ng classroom. Name: Kathy Grady Email Address: kgradyiss.k12.nc.us Welcome to Popes Computer Lab! My Classroom Mission Students will work together and actively take part in designing the computer programs. By doing this we will be able to use computer technology successfully in our lives. Name: Barb
22、ara Pope Email Address: bpopeiss.k12.nc.us Welcome to My PE class! My Classroom Mission Be active in PE classes! You do not have to be an Olympic athlete to get an A in my class. Take part in our sports activities to keep a Welcome to the Science Lab! My Classroom Mission This year we will learn abo
23、ut science by becoming a scientist. We will do experiments, observe, touch, listen, and ask questions about our world. We will learn to care for our world. healthy body and mind. All students will be successful. Name: Sherry Cash Email Address: scashiss.k12.nc.us We will never give up trying! Name:
24、Denise Harris Email Address: dharrisiss.k12.nc.us 47. In order to improve_, the students will have a relaxing classroom. A. painting skills B. computer programs C. sports activities D. science studies 48. We can email at _ to get more information about computer class. A. dharrisiss.k12.nc.us B. kgra
25、dyiss.k12.nc.us C. bpopeiss.k12.nc.us D. scashiss.k12.nc.us 49. Students should go to _ class to learn to do experiment. A. Barbara Popes B. Sherry Cashs C. Kathy Gradys D. Denise Harris B What would happen if you tried to blow a soap bubble in freezing weather? Would it freeze solid(固体) and fall to
26、 the ground? Would you have to hit it to break it? These questions happened to me on a cold winter day. It was too cold to play in the snow, but it was a perfect time to experiment with blowing frozen bubbles. To blow frozen bubbles, I used dishwashing soap and a drop of glycerin（甘油）to make it even
27、better. I chose a place out of the wind, and blew bubbles the same way I always do. I watched to see what would happen. Heres what I learned. If the temperature is low enough, the skin of the bubbles frosts over (结霜), becoming cloudy instead of clear. And what about those rainbow swirls（旋转）you see i
28、n soap bubbles? The rainbow colors stay even when the bubbles frost, but they dont swirl anymore. The bubbles still stay in the air. They dont fall to the ground any faster than they would on a warm summer day. When these frozen bubbles break, they dont turn into small water drops as summer bubbles
29、do. They turn into flashing rainbow confetti（碎屑）and move slowly to the ground. Sometimes a frozen bubble will roll across the snow without breaking. If nothing disturbs the bubble, it may stay there for a long time. Sometimes I could catch a bubble and hold it until the heat of my hand made it pop.
30、I learned another thing about blowing frozen bubbles. Its so interesting that I want to try it again next year. 50. It is the perfect time to blow frozen bubbles on a _day. A. cold winter B. warm spring C. hot summer D. sunny autumn 51. When the frozen bubbles break, _. A. they make a big sound B. t
31、hey turn into small drops C. they fall to the ground like rain D. they become rainbow confetti 52. The purpose of the passage is _. A. to learn how to do a science experiment B. to show the experiment of blowing frozen bubbles C. to discover games that are fun to play in the snow D. to invent a new
32、kind of soap that makes stronger bubbles C “Earworms”, some people call them. Songs that get stuck in your head go round and round, sometimes for days, sometimes for months. For no clear reason you cannot help yourself from humming or singing a tune by Lady Gaga. To a psychologist, the most interest
33、ing thing about earworms is that they show a part of our mind that is clearly outside of our control. Earworms arrive without permission and refuse to leave when we tell them to. They are parasites (寄生虫) living in a part of our minds. If you have got an earworm you can suffer an attack of it simply
34、by someone mentioning the tune, without having to hear it. This proves that earworms are a part of long-term memory. Humans have an “inner ear”, for remembering phone numbers, for instance. When it gets infected with earworms, rather than review our plans for the day, or lists of things to remember,
35、 the inner ear gets stuck on a few short bars of music or a couple of phrases from a song. A part of us that we normally do not have to think about, that should just do what we ask, has been turned against us, upsetting us with a request that we never asked for. The mind is an inner world which we d
36、o not have complete knowledge of, or have control over. Fortunately psychology can provide some advice on how to deal with an uncontrollable mind. Consider the famous “dont think of a white bear” problem, which tells you to try not to think about white bears, or to do something else, to avoid both t
37、hinking of the white bear and not thinking of the white bear. For earworms, the solution may be the same. Our inner ear has become infected with an earworm. This is a part not under our control, so just sending in instructions to “shut up” is unlikely to be of much help (and has been shown to make i
38、t worse). Much better is to employ the inner ear in another task. If your mind is poisoned by Brittany Spears Toxic, for instance, then try singing Kylie Minogues Cant Get You out Of My Head. Let me know if it works! 53. According to the passage, earworms are _. A. songs that keep going round in our
39、 mind B. worms that live in a part of our brain C. tunes by pop singers like Lady Gaga D. parasites clearly under our control 54. Which of the following statements is TRUE? A. Singing songs may get earworms out of your head. B. Earworms are used for keeping long-term memory. C. Humans do not have co
40、mplete control over their mind. D. You wont suffer from earworms unless you hear the song. 55. What does “it” in the last paragraph refer to? A. The instruction to shut up your mind. B. “Dont think of the white bear” problem. C. Kylie Minogues Cant Get You out Of My Head. D. Using the earworm-infect
41、ed inner ear in another task. 56. What is the passage mainly about? A. The causes and influences of earworms. B. What earworms are and how to deal with them. C. How to clear earworms out of your head. D. The relation between earworms and popular songs. D People have used pigeons to carry messages to
42、 one another for hundreds of years. In the 12th century, the royal palaces of Iraq and Syria included pigeon houses so the kings could be kept informed of their generals victories and defeats on the battlefield. In fact, pigeons were a common way to send messages right up through World War II. Many
43、countries, such as the United States, England, France, Germany, and Italy, in both World War I and World War II, used carrier pigeons. Not only were the birds often the fastest, most reliable way to send messages, they could also be used to reach soldiers far behind enemy lines, where radios and fie
44、ld telephone lines were useless. Since they could easily be released (释 放) from airplanes or ships, every branch of the armed services used the birds. In World War , more than 3,000 soldiers and 150 officers were needed to care for and train the tens of thousands of birds in the U.S. Pigeon Service.
45、 Carrying messages could be a dangerous job. Some pigeons performed with such bravery that they became famous and were even awarded medals, such as Englands Dicken Medal of Gallantry. In a few cases, pigeons even became prisoners of war. In 1918 American forces captured a pigeon named Kaiser, which
46、had been trained to fly special missions for Germany during battle. He was taken to America, where he lived to the age of 32. The most famous pigeon of all may have been Cher Ami. Stationed in France during World War , he carried twelve important messages for American forces. On his last mission, th
47、ough wounded, he carried a message that saved the lives of 194 American soldiers. For his extraordinary service, he was awarded the French “Croix de Guerre.” Carrier pigeons are a slightly different breed (品种) from the kind of pigeons you see on city streets. They are much thinner and taller, with l
48、onger legs. Many people find carrier pigeons ugly because of their big wattle, a bent buildup of skin on the beak（鸟嘴）; however, people who raise pigeons often enjoy this strange appearance and consider carriers the best of their breed. Today, modern communication methods can carry information from o
49、ne place to another hundreds of times faster than a pigeon could do. However, few people would argue with the fact that carrier pigeonsespecially those that served in the militaryhave earned their place in history. Stories about brave pigeons such as Cher Ami, President Wilson, and Colonels Lady have the power to inspire us as no fax machine or high-speed Internet connection could ever do. 57. Many countries used carri
