1、2011-2012学年度第一学期期中质量检测八年级英语试题友情提示：自信是走向成功的第一步！相信自己，祝你成功！1. 本试题分第I卷和第II卷两部分，考试时间为90分钟；2. 请在答卷前写上自己的姓名、考号、学校和班级；3. 请将第I卷答案写在答题纸上。考试结束时，只交答题纸。第I卷 一、 听力部分（共20小题）(一)听句子，选择适当的答语，每个句子读两遍。1. A. Thats a good idea. B. I dont know. C. No, you cant.2. A. Yes, Id like to. B. I hope so. C. Why? 3. A. Im not sure
2、B. He must be too old. C. He must have much experience.4. A. Yes, I think so. B. No, I dont. C. I do.5. A. In 2009. B. For two years. C. Two years ago. (二)听对话，从A、B、C三个选项中选出符合每个问题答案的图画。对话读两遍。6. Where did he go last summer? A B C 7. What is Tonys favourite about China ? A B C 8. When did the meeting s
3、tart ? A B C 9. What does Sara want to be? A B C 10. Why didnt Tony hear the phone ? A B C (三) 听对话选择正确答案。对话读两遍。 听第一段对话完成11-13小题。11. What is Mary doing now?A. Doing her homework. B. Doing some washing. C. Watching TV.12. What is Mary going to do tomorrow?A. Play basketball. B. See a film. C. Have a p
4、icnic. 13. Who went to buy some food for Mary? A. Tom. B. Marys mother. C. Jack.听第二段对话完成14-15 小题。14. Where are they talking ? A. At Tiananmen Square. B. At the airport. C. On the plane.15. The man works in Beijing , doesnt he? A. No, he doesnt . B. Yes, he does. C. We dont know.(四)听招聘启事，根据所听内容完成短文。短
5、文读两遍（答案写在II卷上）Our band wants good musicians. Can you play any 1 ? Can you play the guitar, the violin, the piano or the drums? Can you sing 2 or classical music? If you are 3 in music, please call us at 4 . Im sure you will have fun with us. 5 the lively band quickly. We are waiting for you.二、单项选择（共
6、15小题）16. Tim is_ _ boy. He is very lovely. A. a 8-year-old B. an 8-year-old C. a 8-years-old D. an 8-years-old17. _have you been at this school? Since I finished primary school. A. How long B. How soon C. When D. How many times 18. Betty, long time no see._? Everything is Ok. Thanks A. Where are you
7、 B. What were you doing C. What are you up to D. How is it going19. There is nothing interesting in the newspaper, _? A. isnt there B. is there C. isnt it D. is it20. Is there _ in the bag?A. something new B. new something C. anything else D. else anything 21. Is this coat yours? I found it on the p
8、layground. Yes. Thank you . And I must _ my things well. A. look after B. look for C. look at D. look like22. When _ the spacecraft _ the Mars? A. has, reached B. did, get C. did, reach D. has; got to23. Is your brother a basketball player? Of course. He _the basketball club for four years. A. has j
9、oined B. has come to C. has taken part D. has been in 24. Remember _ this book to the library tomorrow. A. returning B. to borrow C. to return D. borrowing25. What do you know about Steve Jobs? He was _an amazing leader _ the father of the computer. He died on October 5th. A. not ; but B. not ;or C.
10、 not only; but also D. either; or26. I saw some students _ on the playground while I was walking by it. A. enjoy himself B. enjoy myself C. enjoying yourself D. enjoying themselves27. How much does an iphone 4s _ ? A. spend B. cost C. pay D. pay for28. His family _ Austria. They arent back yet.A. ha
11、ve been to B. have gone to C. has been to D. has been in29. The old man lives _, but he doesnt feel _. A. alone; lonely B. lonely; alone C. alone; alone D. lonely; lonely30. My brother prefers _ football. A. swimming to playing B. to swim to play C. swim to play D. swimming than playing三、完形填空（共10小题）
12、I believe that listening is powerful (强效的) medicine. It was Sunday. I had the last patient (病人) to see and I got into her room. She was an old woman, sitting on the bed, trying to 31 her socks. I said to her “How are you feeling? The nurse says your son is visiting you today. Im sure youll be 32 to
13、see him.”She 33 me with a serious voice, “Sit down, doctor. This is my story, not yours.”I was surprised. I sat down and helped her with the socks. She began to tell me that her only son lived not far from her, 34 she had not seen him for five years. She believed her health problems were worse 35 mi
14、ssing her son. After hearing her story and helping her put on her socks, I asked if there was 36 I could do for her. She said “no” and smiled. All she wanted me to do was to 37 . Each story is 38 . Some are clear; others are not. Some are true; others are not, yet all those things do not really matt
15、er. What matters to the storyteller is that the story is heard. Listening to someones story costs nothing but it is the key to healing (康复). I often 39 what the woman taught me, and I always tell myself it is 40 to stop, sit down and truly listen. I believe in the power of listening. 31. A. put off
16、B. get off C. take off D. put on32. A. happy B. angry C. lucky D. sorry33. A. showed B. stopped C. asked D. caught34. A. or B. so C. but D. if35. A. because of B. because C. by D. in addition to36. A. all B. anything C. nothing D. everything37. A. see B. wait C. listen D. speak38. A. terrible B. dif
17、ferent C. difficult D. true39. A. think of B. dream of C. talk about D. laugh at40. A. wrong B. difficult C. important D. different四、阅读理解（共15小题）A Many young people in China know about Celine Dion （席琳迪翁），the famous French Canadian pop singer. She sang the song “ My heart will go on” for the movie Tit
18、anic. But do you know she had already become popular before she sang this song.Celine Dions hometown was in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. She is the youngest of the fourteen children in a musical family. Her parents and large family formed a singing group. They traveled and played folk music. They were
19、well known in their hometown. Celines mother wrote her first song for her, and she recorded (录制) it with her brother when she was twelve years old. Then a local rock manager named Rene Angelil was interested in them. He asked Mrs Dion to take her two children to come to his office. Later on he gave
20、strong support(支持) for Celine. In 1994, they were married.As a singing star, Celine Dion won many prizes and soon became popular all over the world. She sang at the opening of the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, USA. In 1997, she made the whole world hit with the song “My heart will go on”.41. There
21、were _ people in Celines family. A. 15 B. 16 C. 17 D. 1842. Celine Dions family were _ in their hometown. A. famous B. rich C. poor D. kind43. Celine Dion recorded her first song with _. A. her sister B. her mother C. her father D. her brother44. In _, Celine Dion sang at the opening of the Olympic
22、Cames. A. 1999 B. 1998 C. 1997 D. 1996BCan we live without salt? No, salt is very important to us, we need salt in our food. Animals need it, too. Most of the salt in our country comes from the sea. People dig very big pools and let sea water in .When the sun dries up the water, people can get salt
23、from the ground . The salt is white ,clean and beautiful.There are a lot of salt wells（井）in Sichuan. A salt well is much like a water well. People bring the well water up to the ground and then dry it in big jars over fire. In this way, they get salt.We can also get salt from salt mines(矿). A salt m
24、ine may be found under the ground. Some years ago, people in Jiangxi found a big salt mine and soon opened it. People there dont need salt from other places any more.In the northwest of our country, there are many salt lakes. Some of these lakes are very big. The salt even in a big lake will be enou
25、gh for our people for centuries. 45. We cant live without salt ,so _.A. we need it B. it is the most important to usC. animals need it , too D. there is salt in all our food46. We get most of the salt from _.A. salt lakes B. salt wells C. sea water D. salt mines47. Which statement is not true accord
26、ing to the passage?A. People in Sichuan get salt from salt wells. B. Salt is white and cleanC. People in Jiangxi get salt from salt mines D. There are many salt lakes in Fujian.48. The best title（题目）for this article is_A. Salt B. Why We Need Salt C. Salt Is Important D. We Need SaltCTimetableMonday1
27、9:0021:30Space and ManDr. Thomas WestWould you like to know more about the universe?(4 weeks)Wednesday18:3021:00Computer ScienceProf. Harry Morison from Cambridge UniversityLearn to use Windows 2000 (12 weeks)Friday19:0021:30Modern MedicineProf. Lucy GreenWould you like to know medical science?(6 we
28、eks)Saturday14:0017:00Technical EnglishProf. Rose BeetDo you want to learn technical words and read technical articles? (16 weeks)Sunday8:3011:30Exhibition of personal InventionsYou can see many inventions by the students; you may also bring your own inventions. (2 weeks)49. The computer science tea
29、cher comes from _.A. Canada B. China C. America D. England50. You may have a chance to show your inventions on _.A. Monday B. Sunday C. Wednesday D. Friday51. You may learn how to keep healthy from _.A. Dr. West B. Prof. Beet C. Prof. Green D. Prof. Morison52. If you want to learn something about Ma
30、rs, you can go to the class from _.A. 19:0021:30 on Monday B. 8:3011:30 on SundayC. 14:0017:00 on Saturday D. 19:00- 21:30 on FridayDMany American presidents in the 19th century were born in poor families. They spent their childhood in little wooden rooms. They got little education. Washington and L
31、incoln, for example, never went to school and they taught themselves. Lincoln once did jobs of a worker, a shopkeeper and a postmaster in his early years.A large number of American presidents had experiences in the army. The two best known were Ulysses Grant and Dwight D. Eisenhower. Grant was a gen
32、eral in the American Civil War and Eisenhower was a hero in World War II. It happened that they graduated from the same school - West Point Military Academy (西点军校). One may be surprised to learn that both of them did not do well in the school. Eisenhower, for example, was once fined ( 罚款 ) because h
33、e broke the rules of the school.The jobs of the US presidents are tiring. He must keep an eye on anything important that happens both at home and abroad. Every day, a lot of work waits for him to do and he has to make many important decisions. When Franklin Roosevelt was a child, he was once brought
34、 to visit President Taft. The old president said to him, “When you grow up, you should not be president. Its a tiring job.”53. How many American presidents in the 19th century are mentioned(提到) in this passage?A. FourB. Five C. Six D. Seven54. In this passage, “keep an eye on” means “_”.A. take care
35、 of B. seeC. look at D. stare at55. The second paragraph mainly tells us _.A. that Eisenhower became famous in World War IIB. how Grant became a generalC. that Grant and Eisenhower were both schoolmatesD. that many of the US presidents had served in the army等级第I卷答题纸请将第I卷答案填写在以下表格中 123456789101112131
36、41516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940414243444546474849505152535455听力第四题答案：1._ 2._ 3._ 4._ 5._第II卷 五、阅读表达（阅读短文，然后完成所给的任务，共5小题）Taiwans pop star Jam Hsiao is a man of few words. But you can get to know about him from his latest book Jam Hsiaos Adulthood Ceremony (萧敬腾的成年礼). It will be i
37、n bookstores in early November.Xiao (A )_ (become) famous as a challenger （挑战者）on Taiwans popular singing competition show The One Million Star (星光大道) in 2007. He is a good singer. He says music has changed his life.Back in his junior middle school（初中） years, Jam (B )_(be) a “headache” Kid. He often
38、 got into bad fights(打架) . It was a way of killing time. He was always at the bottom(底部) of his class in school.However, one day, his teacher suggested(建议), “Why not put your time into making music. He decided to learn jazz drumming first. Then he taught himself other musical instruments including(包
39、括) keyboards, piano, guitar, flute, and saxophone.“Its music that took me off the streets. Music is my way in life,” said 21-year-old Jam.1. 根据短文内容，在空白处填上恰当的单词（每空一词）Jam Hsiao wasnt _ _ his lessons in school.2. Jam learned to play the instruments from his teacher, didnt he?_3. What has changed Jams l
40、ife? （用完整句子回答）_4. 将划线句翻译成汉语。 _5. 根据上下文可知文中A处和B处应填入的单词是 :(A)_ (B)_六、翻译句子 （根据汉语完成英语句子，共5小题）1. 我和同学们一直相处得很融洽。We are _ _ well with my classmates _ _ time.2. 对我们来说，理解英语电视节目不难。 Its not difficult _ _ _ _ TV programs in English.3. 现在你应该停止看电视，而做你的家庭作业了。You should _ _ TV and _ your _ now.4. 你曾经去过长城吗？没去过。 Have
41、 you _ _ _ the Great Wall? No,_.5. 在Tom的帮助下，我的语文有了起色。 I have improved a lot in my Chinese _ _ _ _ Tom.七、词汇应用：（用括号内所给单词的适当形式填空，共10小题）1. As we all know, light (travel) faster than sound.2. I _(do) my homework when someone knocked at the door this morning.3. In the last two years, they _ (raise) 100 thousand yuan for the poor children.4. I dont like classical music. What about _ (listen) to pop music?5. Miss Green gave us a _(live) and interesting maths lesson yesterday.6. (take) a bus is much faster
