1、天津市和平区 2017-2018 学年八年级英语下学期期中试题 本试卷分为第卷（选择题）、第卷（非选择题）两部分。第卷第 1 页至第 8 页，第卷第9 页至第 10 页。试卷满分 120 分。考试时间 100 分钟。考试结束后，将本试卷和“答题卡”一并交回。祝各位考生考试顺利 ! 第 I 卷 选择题（共 65 分） 一、听力理解 （共 15 分，每小题 1 分） A)在下列每小题内，你将听到一个句子并看到供选择的 A、 B、 C 三幅图画。找出与你所听句子内容相匹配的图画。 1. A. B. C. 2. A. B. C. 3. A. B. C. 4. A. B. C. B)下面你将听到五组对话
2、，每组对话后都有一个问题。根据对话内容，从每组所给的 A、 B、 C 三个选项中找出能回答所提问题的最佳选项。 5. What is the man doing this weekend? A. Go swimming. B. Climb the mountain. C. Go to the cinema. 6. What does Mark want to borrow? A. Mobile phone. B. A dictionary. C. A computer. 7.When is the man leaving? A. 7:30. B. 6:30. C. 6:00. 8. What
3、does the boy s mother look like? A. Tall and beautiful. B. Short and beautiful. C. Tall and friendly. 9. Who is going to phone Jane? A. Linda. B. Lily. C. Jenny. C)听下面长对话或独白。每段长对话或独白后都有几个问题，从题中所给的 A、 B、 C 三个选项中选出最佳选项。 听下面一段材料，回答第 10 至第 12 题。 10. Whats the matter with Molly? A. She feels sleepy. B. S
4、he failed the exam. C. She has a headache. 11. What kind of problem are they talking about? A. Traffic. B. Noise pollution. C. School. 12. What will Molly do to protect herself? A. Move away. B. Call 110. C. Write to the newspaper. 听下面一段材料， 回答第 13 至第 15 题。 13. What time did Maria arrive in Tianjin?
5、A. At 9:30 a.m. B. At 10:30 a.m. C. At 11:30 a.m. 14. How long did Maria stay on the plane? A. Six hours. B. Seven hours. C. Eight hours. 15. What did Lucy s mother make for Maria? A. Noodles. B. Dumplings. C. Cookies. 二、单项选择 （共 15 分，每小题 1 分） 从下列每小题所给的 ABCD 四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案。 16. Mum bought _ app
6、le pie and _ salt this morning. A. 不填； 不填 B. the； a C. an; a D. an; 不填 17. We didnt win the match yesterday, but it taught us a _. A. hobby B. subject C. lesson D. dream 18. Jenny, this story is interesting. Is it true? No. I _ myself. A. tried it on B. put it on C. picked it up D. made it up 19. Is
7、 Danny at home now? No. He _ the park. He _ there half an hour ago. A. has gone to; went B. has gone to; has gone C. has been to; went D. has been to; has gone 20. Mr. Smith s house is _ from the airport than Mr. Li s. A. far B. farther C. farthest D. the farthest 21. Have you finished your homework
8、 _? Yes, I have _ finished it. A. just; just B. yet; just C. just; yet D. yet; yet 22. Bob missed his grandparents very much, so he can t wait _ them. A. see B. saw C. seeing D. to see 23. My cousin started swimming two years ago and he is very _ now. A. sad B. shy C. safe D. fit 24. How does Lily l
9、earn English? _ watching English movies. A. In B. For C. By D. With 25. _ has your brother worked in the hospital? Since 2002. A. How often B. How long C. How soon D. How many 26. Is your uncle a very _ man? Yes. He often tells us funny jokes. A. important B. dangerous C. humorous D. confident 27. M
10、y brother hopes to have _ own car one day. A. her B. his C. your D. my 28. I usually _ to school by bus. But yesterday I _ my bike there. A. went; rode B. go; ride C. go; rode D. went; ride 29. The bike is too expensive. I can t _ it. A. find B. invent C. catch D. afford 30. _? I m cleaning my bedro
11、om. A. What do you want B. What is it like C. What are you up to D. What dies it look like 三、完型填空 （共 10 分，每小题 1 分） 阅读下面的短文，掌握其大 意，然后从所给的四个选项中选出最佳选项。 I live in Missouri, near a river called the Jacks Fork. Before I was born, my grandparents decided to help keep the 31 clean. So they started a club ca
12、lled Stream Team 713. I like its another 32 better the Jacks Fork River Rats! Our club makes sure the water is clean and healthy for fish and people. And now Im big enough to help 33 the river too. Picking up rubbish is 34 a treasure hunt (搜寻 ). My friends and I find plastic bags, bottles, paper, an
13、d all kinds of things. There used to be even more rubbish here. On one weekend, my grandparents 35 picked up 6 tons of rubbish. Thats as much as an elephant weighs! That rubbish was 36 to the river, the animals and the plants that lived there. So the River Rats taught people who were playing around
14、the river to take rubbish with them rather than 37 it. Now theres much less rubbish for 38 to pick up. Maybe one day we wont find any rubbish here. My favourite job is to look for water bugs (虫子 )! The bugs like to stay at the river bottom. Some bugs dont 39 how dirty the water is, but other bugs ca
15、n only live here if the water is clean. 40 we find lots of bugs that need clean water, then we will know the river is clean enough for fish and for us. I love taking care of the Jacks Fork River. We help make sure its a clean, safe place for me and my friends to play. 31. A. state B. club C. country
16、 D. river 32. A. story B. opinion C. name D. change 33. A. take care of B. run out of C. get out of D. take off 34. A. for B. like C. with D. from 35. A. only B. once C. also D. still 36. A. enjoyable B. unusual C. harmful D. difficult 37. A. passing B. collecting C. providing D. throwing 38. A. the
17、m B. us C. you D. it 39. A. mind B. check C. regret D. remember 40. A. Though B. So C. If D. But 四、阅读理解 （ 共 20 分， 4145 每小题 2 分， 46 55 每小题 1 分 ） 阅读下面的短文，从 ABCD 四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。 A Have you ever seen a horse with toes(脚趾 )? Millions of years ago, horses had many toes. They had four toes on each front foo
18、t. They had three toes on each back foot. The horses were smaller than cats. These small horses lived in the forest. Their many toes helped the horses run over the soft wet ground. It was very hot in the forest. But the weather changed. It became cold. Many trees couldnt live in cold weather. The tr
19、ees died and fell. Open field took the place of forests. The sun made the ground dry and hard. Horses began to change too. They began to get bigger. This took a long time. On the dry hard land, horses needed only their middle toes for running. Their middle toes became hard. After a long time horses
20、had only one hard toe on each foot. We call this hard toe a hoof(马蹄 ). 41. Long ago, the horse had four toes on each of its _. A. front foot B. back foot C. foot D. hoof 42. The cats were _ the horses at that time. A. smaller than B. as small as C. bigger than D. as big as 43. From the passage , we
21、know that _. A. the weather stays the same the whole year all over the world B. when the weather changed, animals began to change too C. cats were bigger in the past than they are today D. horses have never changed 44. On the dry hard land _. A. horses needed a lot of room for running B. horses need
22、ed more than four toes for running C. horses needed only their middle toes for running D. horses needed a lot food for running 45. Now each horse has _ on its feet. A. four toes B. three toes C. one toe D. no toe B Something very special happened to Tamara. She never knew she had a twin sister until she started university! Tamara was born in Mexico. Her parents could not look after her so she went to live with a family in Manhattan, New York, US. When Tamara was twenty years old, she started university in Long Island. She enjoyed her university life. But one day she was walking home fr
