2007-2008学年度东北育才中学第一学期期末考试试卷
八年级英语试题
考试时间:120分钟 满分:100分
一、听力部分(20分)
1. How many students in Lin Tao's class come to school by bike?
A. Sixty. B. Thirty. C. Fifteen.
2.What color is the girl's dress?
A. It's yellow. B. It's white. C. It's red
3. When did the meeting begin?
A. At 2:15. B. At 2:30. C. At 2:45.
4. Where did the talk most probably take place?
A. On a bus. B. In a library. C. In a dining room.
5. What does the woman mean?
A. She asks the boy not to do so much homework.
B. She asks the boy to do as much homework as he can.
C. She asks the boy to stop doing his homework.
6. What's Mrs. Wang wearing today?
A. A red dress. B. A blue dress. C. A black dress.
7. When did the accident happen?
A. On Dec. 24. B. On Dec. 25. C. On Jan. 1.
8. What day is it today?
A. Saturday. B. Wednesday. C. Thursday.
9. What do you think the man is?
A. A doctor. B. A teacher. C. A worker.
10. Why does the girl want to write a letter to the headmaster?
A. To ask for sick leave.
B. To borrow books.
C. To give advice.
II. 听下面的对话,选出最佳选项。(每小题1分)
听第一段材料,回答11-13小题。
11. Why didn't the man buy the tickets that evening?
A. Because the weather was bad.
B. Because the man drank too much wine and was too late.
C. Because the train left before he got to the station.
12. How long will it take the man to
travel to
A. About 3 and a half hours.
B. About 5 and a half hours.
C. About 6 and a half hours.
13. How much did the man pay for the tickets in all?
A. 60 yuan. B. 75 yuan. C. 90 yuan.
听第二段材料,回答14-16小题。
14. What kind of books does Li Ming want to borrow?
A. Animal books. B. Sports books. C. Computer books.
15. What does Li Ming's uncle do?
A. He is a teacher. B. He is a librarian. C. He is a vet.
16. Which bus will take Li Ming to the library?
A. A No 16 bus. B. A No 60 bus. C. A No 10 bus.
听第三段材料,回答17-20小题。
17. What season are they in now?
A. Spring. B. Summer. C. Winter.
18. What are the boy and the girl talking about?
A. The date. B. Tree-Planting Day. C. How to plant trees.
19. When and where will the students meet?
A. On West Hill Farm at 7:30 Monday morning.
B. Outside the school gate at 7:30 Monday morning.
C. Outside the school gate at 8:00 Monday morning.
20. How will the students get to West Hill Farm?
A. On foot. B. By bike. C. By bus.
III. 听下面一段短文,回答第21-25小题。(每小题1分)
21. What does Mike do?
A. He is a doctor. B. He is a driver. C. He is a cleaner.
22. How does he usually go home?
A. On foot. B. By bike. C. By bus.
23. Where did they decide to have dinner?
A. In the hospital. B. In a restaurant. C. At Mike's home.
24. What's the relationship of Mike and Mr. Smith?
A. They are neighbors.
B. They are father and son.
C. They are cousins.
25. What was Mike's wife probably doing when Mike tried to phone her?
A. Cooking supper.
B. Talking on the phone.
C. Talking with Mike.
二、单项选择(15分)
26.The teacher says to Tom, “Please be ________ honest boy at school now and try to be ______ useful person in the future.”
A. a; a B. a; an C. an; a D. an; an
27.As a student, working hard is your ________.
A. response B. responsible C. responsibility D. responsibly
28.Be quiet! Can you hear anybody _______ in the next room?
A. argued B. argues C. argument D. arguing
29.The boy is looking forward to ________ the Great Wall during the winter vacation.
A. visiting B. visits C. visit D. visited
30.Is this question ________ for you to answer?
A. easily enough B. easy enough
C. enough easy D. enough easily
31.I could hardly
expect _______ you here in
A. meeting B. meet
C. met D. to meet
32.---- _________
will your mother come back from
---- In a week.
A. How long B. How often
C. How soon D. How much time
33.The police came to see the scene of the _________.
A. rob B. robbery C. robbers D. robs
34.Don’t you think it too rude to stare ______ others like that?
A. at B. with C. into D. on
35.This pair of trousers _______ too short for him.
A. is B. am C. are D. be
36.In 2004, the number of students in our school ________ 5,000.
A. is B. are C. was D. were
37.Mary _______ her mother to join her party.
A. wishes B. hopes C. wishes to D. hopes to
38.You’d better _______ water as soon as you finish running.
A. drink not B. not drink
C. don’t drink D. not to drink
39.I don’t want to see this film. It’s _______ that one.
A. as exciting as B. as boring
C. less exciting than D. not boring as
40.People hardly replace any of them when they cut down so many trees every year, _______?
A. don’t they B. don’t people
C. do they D. do people
Peter was an office worker. He worked in an office in a small town. One day his boss(老板) 41 to him,“Peter, I want you 42 to London,to an office there, to 43 Mr. Brown. ”
Peter went to
But after an hour, he was still looking for it, he stopped and asked an
old woman. She said, “Go along this street, turn left at the end, and it’s the
second building on the right.” Peter went and found 46
. A few days 47 , he went to
三、完型填空(10分)
41. A. told B. said C. asked D. showed
42. A. go B. reach C. to go D. to reach
43. A. see B. look C. watch D. look at
44. A. on B. at C. by D. find
45. A. look for B. look at C. look D. find
46. A. it B. one C. the other D. another
47. A. after B. ago C. later D. before
48. A. again B. too C. so D. because
49. A. but B. so C. too D. or
50. A. a B. an C. the D. that
(A)
Television is good. You'd like to watch it all day and all night. But too much TV is a very bad thing. Scientists found that kids who watch too much TV may have more trouble learning to read. They can't focus on their work.
Kids learn language skills best by reading, talking and playing with others. If they spend too much time watching TV, they'll have less time for those things. Watching too much TV is bad for people's health. People don't move much while watching TV. What's more, they may eat a lot of food while watching. This can make them fat. We call these people "couch potatoes".
Fighting on TV is a big problem for kids. Young people are good at following. Scientists have found that those who watch a lot of fighting shows are more likely to fight.
四、阅读理解(15分)
十一、书面表达(5分)
1、下面的提示可能会帮助你构思:
more information
computer games
improve English
short-sighted
learning software (学习软件)
waste of money
enjoy oneself
fail the exams
…
…
2、你不必根据上面的提示逐条进行写作,可自由发挥。
3、词数:80左右。
Dear editor,
I'm a junior middle school student. I think my parents should(shouldn’t) buy me a computer now.