1、八年级第一学期期中联考 英语试卷 听力部分（20分）一、听力（本题有15小题，第一、二节每小题1分，第三节每小题2分, 满分20分）第一节：听小对话，请从A、B、C三个选项中选择符合对话内容的图片。1. How does her father go to work?A. B. C. 2. Whats the boys problem?A. B . C 3. What didnt the man visit last week? A. B. C. 4. Which ball does Li Lei often play? A. B. C. 5. Whats the girls favorite
2、animal? A. B. C. 第二节：听长对话，回答问题 听下面一段较长的对话，回答第67两小题。6. How does the girl feel now? A. sad. B. tired C. bored7. What does she need to do?A. She needs to eat something.B. She needs to sleep.C. She needs to have some sports.听下面一段较长的对话，回答810小题。8. Whats the woman most probably going to do this evening?A.
3、See an opera.B. Go to a movie.C. Have a rest.9. How much is the ticket？A. $30.B. $10.C. $1510. What does the man mean?A. He likes to see it. B. Its boring and he doesnt like it.C. He doesnt want to watch it.第三节：听独白，请根据独白内容从A、B、C三个选项中选择正确的选项，完成信息记录表。NoticeName of the activity: 11 Place: 12 Time: 13 S
4、peaker: 14 Topic(主题): 15 11. A. An English talk B. An English party C. An English show12. A. On the playground B. In the classroom C. In the library13. A. At 2:00 p.m. B. At 5:00 p.m. C. At 7:00 p.m.14. A. A student from No. 20 Middle School B. An English teacher from a foreign language school C. An
5、 English teacher from No. 20 Middle School15. A. How to use the computerB. How to learn English wellC. How to be an English teacher读写部分（80分）二、单项填空（本题有10小题，每小题1分, 满分10分）16. I often go to school by _ bus, and my father drives _ car to work. A. a, a B. the, the C. a, / D. /, a 17. Hainan is a very larg
6、e island. It is the second _ island in china.A. large B. larger C. largest D. most largest18. In the old days it was difficult for the poor a job. A. find B. to find C. look D. to look for 19. She tried _, but she found it difficult. A. not to worrying B. to not worry C. not to worry D. to worry not
7、20. Betty saved her money _she could buy her mother a present on Mothers day. A. because B. when C. so that D. in order to21. Its a _ day, we can see the mountain _. Its very beautiful. A. clean, clear B. clearly, clean C. clear, clearly D. cleanly, clearly 22. Whats your plan for the coming weekend
8、? _ go to fly kites? A. Why not to B. Why dont C. Why dont we D. How about23. Watching TV too much _ him much time last term, so this term hell _ less time on it. A. cost, pay B. took, spend C. spent, take D. to take, pay 24. She does homework as _ as me. A. careful B. more careful C. carefully D. m
9、ore carefully25.Mary, would you like to come to our dinner party? _. A. Yes, I would B. Yes, Id love to C. No, I wouldnt D. No, I dont go 三、完形填空（本题有10小题，每小题1分, 满分10分）I have a friend. He has a large police dog 26 James. Police dogs are often clever. Every Sunday afternoon my friend takes James for a
10、walk in the 27 . James likes these long walks very much. One Sunday afternoon, a young man came to visit my friend. He 28 for a long time. He talked and talked. Soon it was time for my friend to take James for his walk. 29 the visitor still stayed. James became very 30 about his walk in the park. He
11、 walked around the 31 several times and then sat down just right in 32 of the visitor and looked at him. But the visitor paid no attention to him. He went on talking. Finally James couldnt stand (忍受) it any longer. He went 33 the room and came back a few minutes 34 . He sat down again in front of th
12、e visitor, but this time he 35 the visitors hat in his mouth. 26.A. call B. asked C. name D. named 27.A. park B. shop C. cinema D. office 28.A. worked B. slept C. stayed D. studied 29.A. And B. But C. For D. So30.A. happy B. glad C. worried D. sad31.A. house B. home C. family D. room32.A. back B. mi
13、ddle C. front D. centre 33.A. out ofB. inC. upD. down 34.A. lateB. laterC. beforeD. ago 35.A. heldB. woreC. madeD. sent四、阅读理解（本题有15小题，前5小题每题1分，后10小题每题2分, 满分25分） ABooksInformationLittle Bull Author: Ellen JamesMain idea: The book tells us how the lovely 250-pound baby elephant learns about the world
14、around him. Price: 24.0 yuanThe Trouble with TeachersAuthor: Barbara Calamari Main idea: Angela has found herself in trouble again at school with her teachers. She and her friends Gina and Johnny will be punished. Price: 15.0 yuanIve Got a SecretAuthor: Cathy West Main idea: Nine-year-old Michelle g
15、ot a new hot-pink notebook as a birthday gift and she began to keep a diary every day.Price: 30.0 yuanMiss NobodyAuthor: Tomek TryznaMain idea: At the age of fifteen, Marysia moves with her parents to the nearest big city. Then she meets two girls, Kasia and Eva, and they begin to teach her the secr
16、ets of life. Price: 33.0 yuan36. Who is the author of the book Little Bull?A. Ellen James. B. Barbara Calamari. C. Cathy West. D. Tomek Tryzna.37. How much does the book The Trouble with Teachers cost you? A. 24.0 yuan. B. 33.0 yuan. C. 30.0 yuan. D. 15.0 yuan. 38. Which of the following is TRUE acc
17、ording to the table?A. The book with the price of 30.0 yuan tells us how to keep a diary.B. Barbara Calamaris book tells us the story in Angelas home. C. Miss Nobody is about a fifteen-year-old girl.D. If you pay 20.0 yuan, you can buy two books above. BOne day a very rich family went on a trip to t
18、he countryside. The father wanted to show his son how poor people lived, so they spent a day and a night on the farm of a very poor family.When they got back from their trip, the father asked his son, “My dear son, how was the trip?” “Very good, dad!” “Did you see how poor people lived?” the father
19、asked. “Yeah!” “And what did you learn?” The son answered, “We have a dog at home, and they have four. We have a pool that is in the middle of the garden and they have a river that has no end. We have very expensive lamps in the garden and they have the star.”When the little boy finished, his father
20、 was speechless.39. Where did the father and son go one day?A. To a friends home in the countryside.B. To their farm in the countryside.C. To a poor family in the countryside.D. To a garden in the countryside.40. How long was the trip there?A. About 24 hoursB. About 12 hoursC. About 48 hoursD. More
21、than 48 hours 41. The father wanted to show his son _ .A. how poor their family wasB. how rich their family wasC. where the poor family liveD. how the poor family lived42. The word “speechless” means _.A. 寡言少语的B. 毫无兴趣的C. 无话可说的D. 没有帮助的CCan dolphins(海豚) talk? Maybe they cant talk with words, but they
22、talk with sounds. They show their feelings with sounds.Dolphins travel in a group. We call a group of fish a “school”. They dont study, but they travel together. Dolphins talk to the other dolphins in the school. They give information. They tell when they are happy or sad or afraid. They say “welcom
23、e” when a dolphin comes back to the school. They talk when they play.They make a few sounds above water. They make many more sounds under water. People cannot hear these sounds because they are very, very high. Scientists make tapes of the sounds and study them.Sometimes people catch a dolphin for a
24、 large aquarium（水族馆）. People can watch the dolphins in a show. Dolphins dont like to be away from their school in an aquarium. They are sad and lonely（孤独的）.There are many stories about dolphins. They help people. Sometimes they save somebodys life. Dolphin meat is good, but people dont like to kill
25、them. They say that dolphins bring good luck. Many people believe this.43. Dolphins show their feelings with _ . A. pictures B. words C. water D. sounds44. People cant hear the dolphins sounds because _ . A. they are above the water B. they are under the water C. they are very high D. they are very
26、low45. Which one is TRUE according to the passage? A. Dolphins swim together in a school because they want to study B. They dont study, but they travel in a group C. Dolphins like to be away from their school on an island. D. Dolphins like to kill peopleDMrs. Green was seventy, but she had a small c
27、ar, and she always drove to the shops in it on Saturday and bought her food. She did not drive fast, because she was old, but she drove well and never hit anything. Sometimes her grandchildren said to her, “Please dont drive your car, grandmother. We can take you to the shops.” But she always said,
28、“No, I like driving. Ive driven for fifty years, and Im not going to stop now. ”Last Saturday she stopped her car at some traffic-lights because they were red, and then it did not start again. The lights were green, then yellow, then green again, but her car did not start.“What am I going to do now? ” she said.But then a policeman ca
