2008-2009学年度潍坊市奎文区第一学期八年级期中考试
英语试卷
时间:90分钟 分数:120分 注意:只交第Ⅱ卷
第Ⅰ卷(75分)
一、听力部分(计20分,每小题1分)
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(二)听短对话,选出问题的正确答案。
6.What did Lucy lose?
A.A dictionary. B.A notebook. C.A hovel.
7.When did the talk happen?
A.Before the summer holiday. B.After the winter holiday.
C.At the beginning of a new term.
8.Where has the woman been?
A.To America. B.To Australia. C.To England.
9.What was the man doing when the woman called him?
A.Doing his homework. B.Practising the violin.
C.Playing the piano.
10.What is the relationship between the two speakers?
A.Teacher and parent. B.Father and daughter.
C.Teacher and student.
(三)听对话选择正确答案。
听第一段对话完成11-12小题。
11.What class did the boy have?
A.Chinese class. B.English class. C.Math class.
12.What did the teacher ask the students to do?
A.To do much exercise. B.To help each other.
C.To learn from foreigners.
听第二段对话完成13-15小题。
13 Who bought a new sweater?
A.Helen. B.Amy. C.Jack.
14.The price of the sweater is ____________.
A.high B.low C.not sure
15.What does Jack want to buy?
A.A sweater like Amy’s. B.A pair of pants like Amy’s.
C.A colourful sweater.
(四)听短文,根据短文内容完成表格。(每空词数不限,答案写在Ⅱ卷上)
Time
What the writer did
Saturday morning
Took some lessons
Helped with 16.____________
Saturday afternoon
Played 17.____________ with friends
Sunday morning
Practiced the 18.____________
Worked in the 19.____________
Sunday afternoon
Visited his(her)20.____________ in the countryside
二、单项选择(共15小题,满分为15分)
( )21.―I ____________ my English homework at home.
-- Please don’t forget ____________ it here tomorrow.
A.leave,bring B.left,bring C.left,to bring D.leave,to bring
( )22.I find it ____________ to learn English well if you work hard at it.
A.hard B.easy C.easily D.difficult
( )23.____________ real English songs is a great way ____________ English.
A.Listen to,to learn B.Listening,to learn
C.Listening to,learn D.Listening to,to learn
( )24.The apples taste ____________!Would you like to have one?
A.delicious B.well C.deliciously D.good
( )25.-Why did Liu Sanzi ____________ to school?
--Because his family couldn’t ____________ his education.
A.stop going,pay for B.stopped going,pay for
C.stop to go,pay D.stopped to go,pay
( )26.____________ students couldn’t go to school
and stayed at home ____________ the earthquake in
A.Thousands of,because B.Thousand of,because of
C.Thousand,because of D.Thousands of,because of
( )27.The story is about a girl ____________ Alice and all kinds of animals and people.
A.calling B.called C.calls D.was calling
( )28.-Is that Tony speaking?
--Sorry,he isn’t at home now.He _______ __________ the concert with his mother.
A.has been to B.has gone to C.went D.was
( )29.Her pet dog’s death made her very ____________.
A.sadly B.happy C.sad D.happily
( )30.Your son doesn’t like playing computer games,does he?
A.Yes,he is. B.No,he isn’t.
C.yes,she does. D.No,he doesn’t.
( )31.-How long have you ____________ here?
-- ____________
A.come,20 years ago B.left.Since four years
C.worked,For about four years D.gone,In 1995
( )32.-- ____________ you ____________ your dictionary yet?
--Yes,I have.I ____________ it ten minutes ago.
A.Have,found,found B.Have,found.have found
C.Did,find,found D.Have,found,have found
( )33.-He’s never been abroad,____________?
-Yes.he has.
A.isn’t he B.does he C.has he D.hasn’t he
( )34.I ____________ my homework last night when the telephone ____________.
A.was doing,ring B.was doing,rang
C.did,rang D.did,was ringing
( )35.She is an ________ girl from a village in Cansu Province and she _______ school two years ago.
A.eight-year-old,dropped out of B.eight year old,drop out of
C.eight years old,dropped out of D.eight-years-old,droped out of
The moon travels around the earth.It is our satellite.Man 36 it already.So far no man has traveled 37 than the moon.but spaceships without people 38 other parts of the universe.
Many countries have sent man-made satellite into space.These satellites go round the earth and help us 39 more about the earth,the weather and 40 things.Most countries use these satellites to send and receive 41 .For example,with their help.China can send its TV and radio programs to the other parts of the world.We can also use 42 to help us make telephone calls to foreign countries.
Our knowledge of the universe 43 all the time.Our knowledge grows and the universe develops.Because of space satellites the world 44 is becoming much 45 and people from different countries now can understand each other better.
三、完形填空(共10小题,满分为10分)
36.A.visited B.is visiting C.will visit D.has visited
37.A.father B.smaller C.bigger D.closer
38.A.have watched B.have shown C.have reached D.have found
30.A.see B.learn C.study D.think
40.A.else B.the other C.other D.others
41.A.news B.messages C.letters D.languages
42.A.satellites B.programs C.radios D.spaceships
43.A.have grown B.are growing C.grew D.is growing
44.A.themselves B.himself C.itself D.herself
45.A.small B.smaller C.beautiful D.more beautiful
A
An eleven-year-old boy in a small town wanted to be a train-driver.But the boy was born without arms.He was taught by his uncle to use his feet as“hands”.He couldn’t go to school so he spent all his time watching trains coining and going because he lived near the station.How he wished he could be a train-driver!One day he saw an empty train and he climbed in.He started it with his feet easily.Soon the train was traveling at forty kilometers an hour.Nobody could see the boy in the train and stop the train.The train got to a small station not far from the town and then the boy drove it back.When he was near the town,a worker caught up with the train and stopped it.At first he was very angry,but when he saw the boy.he was so surprised that he hardly thought it was true.“I like trains,”said the boy quietly.
四、阅读理解(共20小题;每题1.5分,计30分)