2006-2007学年度第二学期期中考试
八年级英语试题
注意事项：
本次考试根据答题情况（字迹是否工整，卷面是否整洁，答题是否规范）设卷面分.卷面分最大值为5分，采用加分的办法按0、1、3、5四档计分。
第Ⅰ卷 （选择题 共65分）
一、听力测试。（25分）
（ ）1. A. I’d like. B. Great. C. Yes, I’d love to.
（ ）2. A. Three years. B. A year before. C. Three years ago.
（ ）3. A. Yes, please. B. No, I’m not. C. And you?
（ ）4. A. You are welcome. B. Sorry, I’m busy now. C. That sounds like a good idea.
（ ）5. A. Yes, it is. B. No, they aren’t. C. I agree with you.
（二）录音中有五个句子，每个句子听一遍，然后从每小题A、B、C三个选项中选出与所听句子意义相同或相近的选项。
（ ）6. A. English is not so important as maths.
B. English is as important as maths.
C. Maths is the most important of all.
（ ）7. A. I caught the last bus in time.
B. I was early enough to catch the last bus.
C. When I got to the bus stop, the last bus had left.
（ ）8. A. We had a party in the classroom. B. We didn’t have a party.
C. We had a party in the open air.
（ ）9. A. I lost 50 yuan last Saturday.
B. I spent 50 yuan on the dictionary.
C. I bought 5 dictionaries in the shop.
（ ）10. A. One of the answers in wrong. B. Both answers are wrong.
C. All the answers are right.
（三）录音中有五组对话和五个问题，听对话和问题两遍后，从每小题A、B、C三个选项中，选出能回答录音中每个问题的正确答案。
（ ）11. A. It’s cloudy. B. It’s rainy. C. It’s sunny.
（ ）12. A. On May 19th. B. On May 21st. C. On May 23rd.
（ ）13. A. Because she is not old enough.
B. Because she is not calm enough.
C. Because she has to study for a test.
（ ）14. A. In a school. B. In a hospital. C. In a factory.
（ ）15. A. He was watching TV.
B. He was doing the housework.
C. He was doing his maths homework.
（四）录音中有一段对话和五个问题，听对话和问题两遍后，从每小题A、B、C三个选项中选出能回答每个问题的正确答案。
（ ）16. A. Because he wants to buy a radio.
B. Because he wants to get a different radio.
C. Because there is something wrong with his radio.
（ ）17. A. Two days. B. Two weeks. C. Two months.
（ ）18. A. Because he needs the money very much.
B. Because the factory is too far away.
C. Because he is using it to learn English.
（ ）19. A. He hopes to change his radio for another one.
B. He hopes to send it back to the factory.
C. He hopes to have it repaired.
（ ）20. A. The man gets his money back. B. The man gets a new radio.
C. The man has his radio repaired.
（五）录音中有一篇短文和五个问题，听短文和问题两遍后，从每小题A、B、C三个选项中，选出能回答录音中每个问题的正确答案。
（ ）21. A. They taught a fish seller some English. B. They bought some fish.
C. They taught a fish seller how to cut off the head of a fish.
（ ）22. A. They wanted to buy some other things.
B. They thought the fish here were too dear.
C. It would take some time for the seller to clean the fish.
（ ）23. A. One of her friends. B. Her husband.
C. One of her husband’s friends.
（ ）24. A. Go on. B. Cut the head off. C. Go to the front.
（ ）25. A. The woman asked him to do so.
B. He doesn’t want to sell the heads to the woman.
C. He didn’t understand the woman’s words.
二、单项选择。（15分）
（ ）26. We were all at the news that we won more than 160 gold medals in Doha Asian Games.
A. angry B. shy C. afraid D. excited
（ ）27. I used to be afraid of the dark, so I went to sleep the light .
A. with, off B. with, on C. for, on D. for, off
（ ）28. Have you decided after school?
A. what do B. do what C. what to do D. to do what
（ ）29. Chen Hong was chewing gum .
A. anyway B. all the time C. all time D. all the same
（ ）30. I an English club for two years, where I have had fun practicing my spoken English.
A. have joined B. joined C. have been D. have been in
（ ）31. Daniel is , so he makes lots of friends.
A. shy B. quiet C. outgoing D. serious
（ ）32. You shouldn’t concentrate your clothes your studies.
A. much on, than B. more on, to C. more on, than D. much to, in
（ ）33. The party the singing of a love song.
A. ended up B. finished C. was over D. ended up with
（ ）34. I have never been to a(an) country.
A. English-spoken B. English-speaking
C. spoken-English D. speaking- English
（ ）35. The population of India than that of China.
A. is smaller B. are smaller C. is fewer D. are fewer
（ ）36. It’s very difficult to learn English well, but you can’t .
A. put it up B. take it up C. look it up D. give it up
（ ）37. －Have you ever to Beijing? －Yes, I there last year.
A. been, went B. gone, went C. went, went D. gone, gone
（ ）38. I understand her when she talked .
A. couldn’t, slow B. couldn’t, fast C. could, quick D. can’t, fast
（ ）39. We can’t see the sea well because there are some buildings .
A. in the way B. on the way C. by the way D. to the way
（ ）40. Only of the teachers trained at college.
A. one quarters, are B. one quarter, is C. one quarters, is D. one quarter, are
It is five years since “9?11 Incident” happened. Like other survivors(幸存者)of “9?11 Incident”, Robert often wondered why he was 41 while so many of his friends at the Pentagon(五角大楼)died. “I’ll be back 42 a few seconds,” was the last words that Robert said to his workmates. Seconds later there was an explosion(爆炸事件) unlike anything the 39-year-old Robert had ever heard. Quickly he was in fire. At that time all he knew 43 that he was going to burn to death. He would never see his wife and his 12-year-old son, Matt, who would have to grow up without him. 44 , he was found and saved. But he was 45 very badly. He was sent into the hospital at once.
About two years 46 , he was all right. It was on Christmas Day that Robert 47
the hospital and went home. He finally 48 to work at the Pentagon. When someone asked him what he thought of September 11th, he answered, “I look at September 11th as a day 49
you don’t think about what’s been done to you, but what’s been 50 for you. It’s one of those days you just thank good for being alive and ask what you can do in return”
三、完形填空。（10分）
（ ）41. A. live B. lively C. alive D. dead
（ ）42. A. in B. after C. at D. on
（ ）43. A. was B. were C. be D. is
（ ）44. A. unlucky B. Lucky C. Unluckily D. Luckily
（ ）45. A. kicked B. burned C. hit D. caught
（ ）46. A. after B. for C. long D. later
（ ）47. A. went B. left C. drove D. rode
（ ）48. A. go back B. returned C. returned back D. leave
（ ）49. A. which B. that C. when D. what
（ ）50. A. done B. do C. doing D. to do
A
In learning English, one should first pay attention to listening and speaking. It is the groundwork(基础工作) of reading and writing. You’d better try your best to speak while you do much listening. Don’t be afraid of making mistakes. But be careful not to let them stop you from improving your English. While you are doing this, a good way is to write－keep a diary, write notes or letters, then if you can, ask some others to go through what you have written and tell you where it is wrong. After many mistakes, you can do better in learning English.
If you are slow in speaking, don’t worry. One of the helpful ways is reading aloud to yourself. The most important thing is to choose something interesting to read. It mustn’t be too difficult for you. When you are reading in this way, don’t stop to look up the new words if you can guess their meaning when they have nothing important to do with the general meaning of the sentence. You can do that some other time.
四、阅读理解。（15分）