八年級第二學期期中考試英語試題

1、 學校 班別 姓名： 編號: 八年級第二學期期中考試英語試題 考試時間100分鐘聽力部分一、聽句子，選擇正確答語。 (每小題1分，共5分)( )1. A. Thats OK. B. Dont worry. C. No, thanks. ( )2. A. Yes, I know Helen. B. Yes, this is Helen speaking. C. Yes, Im here. ( )3. A. No, theyre too busy. B. Yes, they should. C. No, they wont. ( )4. A. You bet! B. We have no time

2、. C. Oh, you look very happy. ( )5. A. Yes, of course. B. Yes, Id like to. C. Perfect. 二、聽對話，選擇正確答案。(每小題1分，共5分)( )6. Where will Lily live if she goes to Canada for her vacation?A. In Tonys house. B. In a hotel. C. In Tonys friends house. ( )7. Who is looking forward to meeting the teacher?A. Mike. B

3、. Jenny. C. Jim. ( )8. Why does Bill look happy?A. He will go to Dalian. B. He will go to Hangzhou. C. He will go to Nanjing. ( )9. Where will Betty visit?A. She will visit the Ming Tombs. B. She will visit the West Lake. C. She will visit the Great Wall. ( )10. How will David explore the northeast

4、of China?A. By bus. B. By bike. C. By car. 三、聽短文，選擇正確答案。（每小題1分，共9分）短文( )11. Today in class the teacher will tell the students _. A. something about Mount TaiB. something about the Great WallC. something about the Summer Palace( )12. The Great Wall is about _ high. A. 4-5 metersB. 11-12 metersC. 6-7

5、meters( )13. It took millions of men _ to build it. A. thousands of years B. hundreds of years C. a few years( )14. When we look at the Great Wall, _ may come into our mind. A. one ideaB. one planC. one question( )15. How did the Chinese people build the Great Wall?A. They used special machines. B.

6、They used horses. C. The passage doesnt tell us.短文( )16. Jack and his father _ when it rained. A. were at home B. were taking a walk C. were in a theater( )17. They didnt bring _ with them when it rained. A. umbrellasB. raincoatsC. hats( )18. They found _ to hide from the rain. A. a placeB. no place

7、C. a house( )19. Jack wasnt very _ because it rained. A. busyB. sadC. happy四、聽短文回答問題。（注意要用完整的句子回答。每小題2分，共6分）20. How does Peter play basketball? 21. Who is active? 22. Where does Carrie usually stay? 筆試部分一.選擇填空(20分)( ) 23. I am looking forward to _ him.A. meet B. meeting C. saw D. met( ) 24. My fathe

8、r was watching TV _ my mother was cooking.A. whenB. untilC. while D. as soon as( ) 25. You don't know the way. Why _ the policeman for help?A. don't ask B. no ask C. not ask D. not to ask( ) 26. His parents often make him his homework till 10 p.m. A. does B. to do C. doing D. do( ) 27. My fa

9、ther warns me in the sea alone. A. to not swim B. swimming C. not to swim D. to swim( ) 28. The girl is new here and she lives _. So she seems _. A. lonely; lonely B. alone; alone C. lonely; alone D. alone; lonely( ) 29. Is there _ in todays newspaper?A. important somethingB. everything importantC.

10、anything importantD. important anything( ) 30. We'll go on a field trip if it _ this weekend.A. won't rain B. isn't raining C. doesn't rain D. will rain( ) 31.When their English teacher came into the classroom, the students .A. stop to talk B. stopped to talk C. stop talking D. stopp

11、ed talking( ) 32. This film is as _ as that one. A. interested B. more interesting C. interesting D. more interested( ) 33.When did your father come back last night? - He didnt come back he finished all the work. A. until B. while C. if D. before( ) 34. The Greens will have _ holiday in China.A. two

12、 weeks B. two week C. two-week D. a two-week( ) 35. While I with my friend, she came in. A. am talking B. was talking C. talked D. am going to walk ( ) 36. His parents often make him his homework till 10 p.m. A. does B. do C. to do D. doing( ) 37. If you , you more energy. A. are activities; have B.

13、 are activities; will have C. will be active; have D. are active; will have( )38、If the camera , the “camera” key. A. dont work; to press B. isnt work; press C. doesnt work; to press D. doesnt work; press( ) 39. The teacher told the students _ in class.A. not talk B. dont talk C. didnt talk D. not t

14、o talk( ) 40. The boy was too busy _ his father last term.A. to hear from B. to write to C. hearing from D. write to( ) 41. You must be very tired. Why not _ a rest?A. to stop to have B. to stop having C. stop to have D. stop having( ) 42. Please let me _ where the meeting is _ tomorrow. A. know; to

15、 be held B. to know; to holdC. knowing; to be held D. known; to hold二完形填空(10分)Mr. Wang teaches English in a middle school. He likes his work very much. There 46 six classes in a school day. Mr. Wang teaches five of these 47 . At his free hour from 2 to 3 in the afternoon, Mr. Wang 48 meet with paren

16、ts, check students homework 49 take care of many other things. He gets to school early and he leaves for home 50 in the afternoon.Mr. Wang sometimes teaches poems（詩）. He is interested in poems very much. In his 51 class today, he taught a poem. He wrote it on the blackboard and read it. As 52 as he

17、finished reading the poem, the students began to 53 questions. He answered all the questions. Then he asked the students to talk about the poem. No one wanted to stop when the bell rang.On his way home, Mr. Wang thought about his fifth class. He was 54 about what he did as a teacher. Every one of hi

18、s students 55 the poem. He did not have to make them learn. He only had to answer their questions and help them understand the poem.( ) 43. A. isB. areC. have D. has( ) 44. A. classesB. subjects C. students D. days( ) 45. A. shallB. needC. has to D. has( ) 46. A. orB. andC. but D. also( ) 47. A. ear

19、lyB. lastC. lately D. late( ) 48. A. fifthB. fiveC. six D. sixth( ) 49. A. fastB. quicklyC. soon D. good( ) 50. A. sayB. askC. tell D. talk( ) 51. A. angryB. sadC. happy D. surprised( ) 52. A. gotB. enjoyedC. had D. wanted三閱讀理解(30分)(A)There is nothing more important to life than the Sun. Without he

20、Sun all living things on the Earth would die. The Sun is a star. In the sky there are thousands of stars like the Sun. They are as large as the Sun and as hot as the Sun. At night you can see many stars, but in the day time you can only see one star the Sun. The Sun is much nearer to us than any oth

21、er stars. That is why it looks the biggest and brightest of all the stars. The distance between the Sun and the Earth is as much as 150million kilometers. Most of the stars are thousands of light years away from the Earth. Do you know the light year? Nothing in the world travels faster than light. I

22、t travels 300,000 kilometers a second(秒). And one light year is the distance that light travels in one year.( )53、 can live without the Sun. A. People B. Animals C. Plants D. Nothing( )54、The most important to life is . A. the Moon B. the stars C. the SunD. the sky( )55、The Sun looks the biggest and

23、 brightest of all the stars because . A. it's the biggest of all the stars B. it's the brightest of all the stars. C. it's much nearer to us than any other stars D. it's far away from the Earth( )56、Light travels in the world. A、fastest B、slowest C、much fasterD、much slower( )57、From

24、the passage we know that light travels kilometers per(每個) minute. A、600, 000 B、300, 000C、150, 000 D、18,000,000（B） Strange things happen to time when you travel because the earth is divided into twenty-four zones，one hour apartYou can have days with more or fewer than twenty-four hours，and weeks with

25、 more or fewer than seven days If you make a five-day trip across the Atlantic Ocean，your ship enters a different time zone every dayAs you enter each zone，the time changes one hourTravelling west，you set your clock back；travelling east，you set it aheadEach day of your trip has either twenty-five or

26、 twenty-three hours If you travel by ship across the Pacific，you cross the international date line. By agreement，this is the point where a new day beginsWhen you cross the line, you change your calendar one full day，backward or forwardTravelling east，today becomes yesterday；travelling west，it is tom

27、orrow根據短文，選擇正確答案。( )58Strange things happen to time when you travel because _. Ano day really has twenty-four hoursBno one knows where time zones begin Cthe earth is divided into time zones( )59The difference in time between zones is _ Aone hour Bmore than seven days Cseven days( )60If you travel ac

28、ross the Atlantic Ocean，going east，you set your clock _. Aone hour ahead in each time zone Bone hour ahead for the whole trip Cone full day back for each time zone( )61From this selection, it seems true that the Atlantic_. Ais in one time zone Bis divided into five time zones Cis divided into twenty

29、four zones( )62The international date line is the name for _ Athe beginning of any new time zone Bany point where time changes by one hour Cthe point where a new day begins（C）Accident Report FormAccidentA car hit a tree. Four people were in the car.Weather conditionThere was a heavy rain.CauseThe dr

30、iver named Li Jun drank too much.Date of callMarch 20th, 2008Time of call8:30 p.m.Name of callerA man called Zhang Wei. (He was taking a walk there at that time.)PlaceZhongshan Road, NanjingConditions ofvictimsMr. Green hurt his head. Mrs. Green hurt her left leg. Their daughter felt frightened. The

31、ir dog died.ActionPolicemen arrived at 8:40 p.m. and sent the victims to Gulou Hospital at 8:45 p.m.( )63. What time did Zhang Wei call the police?A. At 8:30 a. m. B. At 8:30 p. m. C. At 8:40 p. m. D. At 8:45 p. m. ( ) 64. How many people were there in the cars? A. One. B. Two. C. Three. D. Four. (

32、) 65. Whose left leg was hurt? A. Mrs. Greens. B. Their daughters. C. Mr. Greens. D. Their dogs. ( ) 66. What was the weather like that day? A. It was sunny. B. It was snowy. C. It was cloudy. D. It was rainy. ( )67. Which of the following is TRUE? A. The car hit a wall. B. The accident happened on

33、Zhongshan Road in Beijing. C. The driver drank too much. D. The policemen arrived half an hour later and sent the victims to the hospital.四、短文填空。(本大題共10小題，每小題1.5 分，共15分)看圖閱讀下面短文，并利用上下文補充所缺信息，每個空格只需填寫一個形式正確、意義相符的單詞。 Xiao Ming 68 animals very much. One day he asked his grandpa to 69 him to the zoo. Wh

34、en they got there, they were 70 to see that there were not any animals. They 71 to leave the zoo. On 72 way back home, they 73the Game Restaurant. They 74 that many animals were kept in a cage. At that time, they came to know 75 there were fewer and 76 animals. He thought he should do something to 77 the animals from then on.68、 69、 70、 71、 72、 73、 74、 75、 76、 77、 五、讀寫綜合。（20分）A. 信息歸納（5分）請根據文章內容完成信息卡填寫。Travel is good to us in at least three ways.First, by traveling we can enjoy the beautiful scenery