外研版八年级上期中考试英语试卷及答案
2期中考试试卷
听力部分(20分)
一、听句子,选择句子中包含的信息。每个句子读一遍(5分)
( ) 1 A better B later C fatter ( ) 2 A habit B health C wears ( ) 3 A though B although C always ( ) 4 A times B eyes C twice ( ) 5 A look after B look up C look for
二、听五段对话,选择正确答案,每段对话读两遍(5分)
( ) 6 Jeff thinks there should be more _______ A subways B cars C buses ( ) 7 Hector went to work ______ today
A by bike B by car C by boat ( ) 8 _____ is having a birthday party this Sunday A Ted B Tony C Lisa
( ) 9 Miss White is more _______than Mr Smith A serious B popular C athletic ( ) 10 Maria has _______ hair
A short curly B short straight C long curly
三、听两段较长对话,选择正确答案。每段对话读两遍(10分)
听第一段对话,回答第11-12题
( ) 11 What does the boy think of English ? A Difficult B Easy C Boring
( ) 12 What did the boy’s English teacher say in the report card ?
A The boy was good at English B The boy was lazy C The boy could do better 听第二段对话,回答第13-15题 ( ) 13 Where has Jack been ?
A To Beijing B To his hometown C To the woman’s hometown ( ) 14 What is the population of Jack’s hometown ? A 20,000 B 200,000 C 2000,000 ( ) 15 What does the woman want to do ?
A To return to her own hometown B To go to the man’s hometown
C To go hiking with the man
笔试部分(100分)
一、单项选择(20分)
( ) 1 Lisa went to the living room and ________ hands with the guests A shake B shaking C shook D to shake ( ) 2 I came to _______ goodbye to you . I have to go now A talk B tell C speak D say
( ) 3 There are some ________ in the shop and they want to buy some Chinese products A Germans B Indian C American D Englishman ( ) 4 We hear the _______ of the running water . We feel relaxed A noise B voice C sound D shout
( ) 5 You don’t like playing computer games , _________? A do you B don’t you C are you D aren’t you
( ) 6 Not only my sister but also I ________ crazy about rock music A am B is C are D be
( ) 7 ________ excited the mother was when she heard her son’s voice from the space station A How B What C What a D What an ( ) 8 _________ good advice the teacher gave me A How B What C What a D How a ( ) 9 The boy works ______ harder than his elder sister A even B very C pretty D quite
( ) 10 My brother won the first prize ______ the age of eight A for B at C with D on
( ) 11 ________ fans are waiting for the singer at the airport
A Hundred of B Hundreds C Hundred of D Hundreds of ( ) 12 ---Who is the song ____? --- I think Jay Chou wrote it A for B by C to D out
( ) 13 Sorry, I can’t play ________ basketball with you this afternoon . My father asked me to stay
at home and play ____guitar
A the ; the B / ; / C the ; / D /; the
( ) 14 Jenny is my _____ sister and she is two years ______ than me A older; older B elder; elder C older ; elder D elder ; older ( ) 15 Your brother hardly plays football, _________? A does he B doesn’t he C isn’t he D is he ( ) 16 We decide _______ to Beijing by air
A go B going C to go D went
( ) 17 ______ a diary is one of the best ways to learn English well A Keep B Keeping C Keeps D Kept ( ) 18 ---Mum , Bill is coming to dinner this evening ---- Ok. Let’s give him ________ to eat
A anything different B different anything
C something different D different something
( ) 19 He tires ________ English and he practices _______English every day
A to learn; speaking B learn ; speaking C learning ; to speak D to learn; to speak ( ) 20 It’s polite ______ a gift when you visit somebody for the first time A take B taking C to take D took 二、完型填空(10分)
A lot of students are having all kinds of sports on the sports field. A football game is going on over there! Some students of Class 1 are practicing jump. One of them is the best high the school record
(记录) in the sports meet next spring. Not far away from them, some girls are preparing for a race. have a 600-meter race in ten minutes. Now on the corner of the field, you can see another group (群to throw discus (铁饼).
In students love sports now. Sports help people to They also help people to live happily. doing sports on the sports field, many people good friends, too. Do you think so?
( ) 1 A in B between C from D of ( ) 2 A win B winning C fall D falling ( ) 3 A long B far C high D tall ( ) 4 A break B turn C leave D name
( ) 5 A were B going to C were going to D will ( ) 6 A what B how C which D that
( ) 7 A much and much B most and most C many and many D more and more ( ) 8 A health B tired C healthy D happy ( ) 9 A in B before C after D over ( ) 10 A become B change C get D bring 三、情景交际(5分)
A: Hi, Zhang Li. What are you going to do next week ? B: Hi, Liu Wei! A: Where does she live ?
A: Where is your hometown ? ’s famous for bananas
A: How large is the population of your hometown ? A: Is your hometown newer than before ? B: Yes, it is . And it’s more beautiful
B: No problem
A She lives in my hometown B What is it famous for ?
C I am going to see my grandma D It’s in the south of Guangdong
E That’s great F What is the weather like in your hometown ? G It’s about 50 thousand 四、阅读理解(本题共10分)
( A )
Vince is an officer in the Navy (海军). Last week, Vince went to a city for vacation. One evening , after he had supper , he decided to go to a movie . He got on a bus and stood by the door . About ten minutes later , a drunk(醉汉)got on the bus . ―Hey, does
the bus go to the zoo ?‖ he asked Vince
Vince didn’t want to talk to him and was going to the front . But the drunk stopped him and went on asking , ―This bus will take me to the zoo, won’t it ?‖ Vince became angry and said , ―Look carefully. I am not a conductor (售货员) , but an officer in the navy !‖
Hearing this , The drunk spoke loudly, ― Stop the ship , then ! I want to take the bus !‖ True or false according to the passage (T/F) (本题5分) ( ) 1 This story happened on a ship ( ) 2 Vince went his vacation in a city
( ) 3 Vince went to visit his friends after dinner ( ) 4 Vince was angry with the drunk
( ) 5 The drunk wanted to go to a movie with Vince ( B )
My plan for Learning English
Many students and teachers always ask this question "What’s the best way to learn English well?" Different people have different answers. Here is my plan for learning English. It is based on (根据) my own experience(经验) in learning languages. It helped me when I learned English. I hope that it can help you, too. ●Speak to Americans as much as possible.
●Write, write, write —letters, e-mails, notes, etc. ●Make phone calls to practice your English. ●Watch TV and movies. ●Listen to the radio.
●Read as much as possible.
It is important to believe that you will improve your English. Sometimes when you make plans, it seems very difficult. Progress comes little by little. Think about where you are today, and where you were last week or last month. Maybe it doesn’t seem you have come very far. But if you stop and think about where you were six months ago, or even a year ago, then you will see your progress. That progress gives you hope. Keep on studying, you will reach your goal sooner or later! ( ) 6 What do students and teachers often ask?
A. How to speak English well. B. How to write English well. C. How to read English well. D. How to learn English well. ( ) 7 The plan for learning English is based on __________.
A. a student’s teaching story B. a student’s learning story C. an English teacher’s experience D. the writer’s experience ( ) 8 Which of the following is NOT true about the writer?
A. He reads aloud in the morning. B. He watches English movies.
C. He often writes English notes. D. He sometimes speaks English with friends on the phone. ( ) 9 What is important for an English learner?
A. To study English every day. B. To speak with Americans.
C. To listen to the radio. D. To believe that he will improve his English ( ) 10 The underlined word ―progress‖ probably means ________ in Chinese A 经历 B 错误 C 进步 D 失败
第二节 非选择题
五、用所给单词的适当形式填空(本题共15分)
1 I think we made ________________(mistake) in the test
2 He wants to know the _______________(pronounce) of this word
3 Don’t forget ______________(close) the door when you leave the classroom 4 Can you give me some advice about _______________(improve) English ? 5 The mountains are about 1000 ______________(meter) high
6 Stop ___________(smoke) . Do you find the sign of the ―No smoking !‖ 7 My father likes to see the village, _____________(especial) the lakes 8 My brother is _____________(thin) than my little sister
9 The supermarket at weekends is _____________(busy) than at weekdays 10 As a good student , you should listen to the teacher ____________(careful) 11 Playing computer games makes us feel ____________(bore) 12 They all arrived as __________(early) as they could 13 What’s the _______________(mean) of the new word ?
14 My teacher advises me ___________(listen) to the radio every day 15 His home is ___________(far) from school than mine 六、句型转换(10分,每空0.5分)
1 There’(对画线部分提问) __________ the ___________ of the city ?
2 This river is ten meters wide . That river is ten meters wide , too (同义句) This river is ____________ __________ _________ that river 3 What other things are there in the room ? (同义句) ___________ __________ are there in the room ? 4 What’s the weather like in Beijing ? (同义句) _________ is the ________ in Beijing ?
5 The north of China is colder than the south (同义句)
The south of China ___________ __________ than the north 6 What’s wrong with your mother ? (同义句)
What’s __________ ___________ _________ your mother ? 7 Practising in winter is more difficult (同义句)
It’s ____________ difficult __________ ___________ in winter 8 My brother does well in playing tennis (同义句)
My brother ___________ __________ ___________ playing tennis
七、选词,并用适当形式填空(10分)
island busy capital you population hometown question wide hot read 1 There is a small river near my ___________________ 2 The _____________ is too hard for us to answer
3 The bridge is two hundred meters long , fifteen meters ____________ 4 The weather in Ji’nan in summer is ____________ than that in England 5 His brother usually ___________ English books after supper 6 There is a small village on the _____________
7 Sorry, I really want to help you but I am too __________ . I don’t have time 8 Beijing is the ___________ of China
9 Cambridge has a _______________ of about 12000 people 10 My room is cleaner than _______________
八、阅读短文,回答以下各题(10分,每小题2分)
Kate and Jim are wife and husband . Like many New Age Travellers, they don’t live in a house, but in a truck. For about three years they moved around the country with other travelers. Now their daughter, Alice, is four years old, and Kate wants to change their life and come back to the city. But Jim likes the travelling life. He thinks they should live on the road. ―We’ve a lot of good friends here. We live in the open air. How fresh the air is ! If we like a place, We stay for some time . If we don’t like it, we move on .I don’t like cities. You must live in a small box and you should work hard for all your time to get enough money to live. That’s not life. We should stay away from cities. Lucy is a nice girl. She can learn real things about life with us on the road.‖ Jim says
Travelling is interesting in spring and summer. But winter is always difficult . It is so cold that Lucy gets ill every winter .The most important thing , I think is that Lucy needs a good education(教育) and she should have her own friends and a usual life like other kids. That means we must live in one place. Shall we move back to the city or not? Said Kate
1 Where did Kate and Jim live ?
________________________________________
2 Does Jim want to change his life and go back to the city ?
___________________________________________________ ( ) 3 Kate is tired of their travelling life (T/F)
( ) 4 The life of traveling is not very good for Lucy (T/F) 5 请把文中画线的句子翻译成汉语
_________________________________________________ 九、写作(10分)
假设你是李华,住在昆明,你的澳大利亚笔友Eric来信谈到了他所居住的城市,并希望了解你家乡的情况。请你用英语写一封回信。回信需包括下表中的内容。60词左右
It’s very kind of you to write to me and let me know about your beautiful city ,
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期中考试试卷答案 听力部分内容
四、听句子,选择句子中包含的信息。每个句子读一遍
1 Good food and exercise help me study better 2 Eating more fruit is good for your health 3 Although he was tired, he was very happy 4 Jim exercises twice a week 5 Look after your health , please
二、听五段对话,选择正确答案,每段对话读两遍
6 W: What do you think of the transportation in this city , Jeff? M: I think there should be more buses
7 W: Hi, Hector! Did you go to work by car today ? M: No, I rode my bike
8 W: Can you come to my birthday party, Tony ?
M: I am sorry, Lisa. I have to visit Ted this Sunday 9 W: How is your new English teacher , Miss White ? M: She’s less serious and more popular than Mr Smith 10 W: Is that girl Maria ?
M: No, Maria has long curly hair . That girl hair is short and straight 三、听两段较长对话,选择正确答案。每段对话读两遍
听第一段对话,回答第11-12题 W: Do you study English at school ?
M: Yes, I study English from Monday to Friday W: How do you like it ? M: I find it hard to learn W: Why ?
M: I can’t remember all the words
W: How was your report card about your English in the final exam ? M: My English teacher , Miss Li , said I could do better 听第二段对话,回答第13-15题
W: Oh, Jack , where have you been ? I haven’t seen you for a long time M: I have been to my hometown W: Really ! Where’s your hometown ? M: It’s a city not far from Beijing
W: Are there many people in your hometown
M: Yes, quite a large number , There are about 2000,000 people
W: Oh, so many people . There are only 200,000people in my hometown Hmm, by the way , did you enjoy yourself there ?
M: Yes, I did . I went hiking with my old friends. It was wonderful W: Can I go with you next time ? M: Of course
听力部分答案
一、1 A 2 B 3 B 4 C 5 A 二、6 C 7 A 8 C 9 B 10 C 三、11 A 12 C 13 B 14 C 15 B
笔试部分答案
一、1 C 2 D 3 A 4 C 5 A 6 A 7 A 8 B 9 A 10 B
11 D 12 B 13 D 14 D 15 A 16 C 17 B 18 C 19 A 20 C 二、1 B 2 A 3 C 4 A 5 D 6 B 7 D 8 C 9 C 10 A 三、1 C 2 A 3 D 4 G 5 E
四、1 F 2 T 3 F 4 T 5 F 6 D 7 D 8 A 9 D 10 C
五、1 mistakes 2 pronunciation 3 to close 4 improving 5 meters 6 smoking 7 especially 8 thinner 9 busier 10 carefully 11 boring 12 early 13 meaning
14 to listen 15 farther
六、1 What’s population 2 as wide as 3 what else 4 How weather 5 is hotter
6 the matter with 7 more , to practise 8 is good at
七、1 hometown 2 question 3 wide 4 hotter 5 reads 6 island 7 busy 8 capital
9 population 10 yours 八、1 They lived in a bus –house 2 No, he didn’t 3 F 4 T
5 是的,比起城市的生活我更喜欢这种生活 九、Dear Eric ,
It’s very kind of you to write to me and let me know about your beautiful city ,
Now let me tell you something about my home town. My home town is Kunming .It’s in the southwest of China and it is the capital of Yunnan Province. It’s a beautiful city with a long history .It’s not too hot or too cold all the year round .There are over five million people in Kunming. It’s flowers are famous all