2007-2008学年度德州市夏津县实验中学第一学期期中考试

八年级英语试题

第一卷（选择题共70分）

I．听力测试（共20小题，计20分）

（一）录音中有五个句子，每个句子听一遍，然后从每小题A、B、C中选出能对每个句子所包含的词语。

1．A．hat                                      B．cap                              C．map

2．A．east                               B．feast                            C．least

3．A．cardboard                     B．blackboard                   C．school board

4．A．parents                          B．grandparents               C．presents

5．A．try for                          B．try out                         C．try on

（二）录音中有5组对话，听对话两遍后，从每小题A、B、C中选出所给问题的正确答案

6．Where is the man?

A．In the kitchen              B．At the post office         C．In the hospital

7．Why does the girl want to buy a new dress?

A．Because the old one is too big．

B．Because the old one is too small．

C．Because the old one is missing．

8．When is Peter's birthday?

A．July twenty-second       B．July twenty-third         C．July twenty-first

9．How will they celebrate the New Year's Day?

A．They'll work hard．     B．They'll stay at home．

C．They'll visit the man's grandmother

10．What is the man's sister doing?

A．Making cookies            B．Baking a cake              C．Drawing a picture．

（三）录音中有一段对话，听对话两遍后，根据所听内容填写下面的表格。（请同学们将答案填写到答案卷上）

11．When is Mike's birthday party?

A．Next Saturday              B．Next Monday               C．Next Sunday

12．How old is Mike now?

A．Nineteen                     B．Seventeen                     C．Eighteen

13．Where will they have the birthday party?

A．At a restaurant              B．At Mike's home            C．At the park

14．What time will Liz arrive at the party?

A．7:30 pm                      B．6:30 pm                              C．6:00 pm

15．How will Liz go to the party?

A．By bus                         B．By taxi                         C．By bike

（四）录音中有一篇短文，听短文两遍后，填入句子中所缺的单词

Thanksgiving Day

16．There are many             ways to celebrate this festival around the world．

17．              is the main dish of a Thanksgiving dinner．

18．In the United States, Thanksgiving day is celebrated on the               Thursday in November．

19．In Canada, Thanksgiving day is celebrated on the second Monday in                  ．

20．Thanksgiving day is a time for the family to               and eat holiday meals．

II、单项选择题（共20小题，计20分）

21．Ann doesn't like to eat meat．

I don't like that,              ．

A．too                      B．also                     C．either                         D．so

22．What else would you like?

I'd like               donuts, please．

A．two more             B．more two             C．two other             D．two another

23．We have a special boy              John in our class．He is from Canada．

A．known                  B．calling                 C．looking                D．named

24．I like traveling．

                 But I don't like to spend a lot of money on it．

A．Well done                                               B．I don't like it

C．Have a nice trip!                                        D．Me, too!

25．We have finished              the bedroom．Let's stop                  a rest．

A．cleaning; to have                                     B．to clean; having

C．cleaning;  having                                    D．to clean; to have

26．It is really hard for me to                in the morning．I always feel sleepy（困乏的）．

A．go to bed             B．go to sleep                  C． get out of bed      D．get on

27．He hopes his son               a good future（未来）．

A．to have                B．will be                 C．will have             D．to be

28．Please show             ．

A．the picture                  B．me the picture         C．the picture me        D．I the picture

29．I will visit my grandparents             next Sunday．

A．some time            B．sometime             C．some times           D．sometimes

30．Everything                ready,               ?

A．is, isn't it                                                B．are, aren't

C．is, isn't everything                                    D．isn't, isn't

31．I haven't told him about the exciting news             ．

A．still                     B．yet                      C．already                D．but

32．Be quick! The play（戏剧）            for ten minutes．

A．has begun                                               B．had begun

C．has been on                                             D．began

33．I'll tell you               ．

A．What's his address                                    B．Who is he looking for

C．Where does he lives                                 D．Where he lives

34．They each                 a new painting．

A．have                    B．has                      C．to have                D．having

35． Don't be late for the meeting next time．

                ．

A．Sorry, I won't                                         B．Thank you, I won't

C．You, too                                                 D．I certainly will

36．I have told you                ．

A．two days ago                                           B．before two days

C．two days before                                       D．since two days

37．I can swim, so                  my brother．

A．do                       B．does                     C．is                         D．can

38．Thank you for your beautiful present．

                 ．

A．This is a small present                           B．I'm very glad you like it

C．The present isn't so beautiful                       D．I'll buy more presents for you

39．Come on, Sue! Here's               about the English speech contest．

A．something useful                                       B．anything special

C．nothing exciting                                       D．useful something

40．                  autumn, I love going to the National Day

A．On, celebrate                                           B．On, celebration

C．In, celebrate                                              D．In, celebration

III．阅读理解（共15小题，计30分）

阅读下列短文，并做每篇短文后面的题目，从各小题中选出能回答所提问题或完成所给句子的最佳答案。

（A）

Mr. Smith works in a middle school．There he teaches English．He works hard and he is very busy．After supper, he always reads some newspapers in his room．His son , John, often comes in and asks him to tell him a story．He likes his son and does all that boy wants．

One Sunday Mrs. Smith was doing some housework and Mr. Smith was reading a newspaper．John came in but he didn't say anything．About ten minutes later the boy showed a newspaper to him and called out, "There is going to be a baseball match tonight, Dad!"

Mr. Smith was surprised．He said to himself, "The boy is only three years old．How can he read the newspaper?"

He began to look for the news, but he couldn't find it．At last the boy showed him an exclamation mark（!）in the newspaper．

41．Mr. Smith is a                 ．

A．player                    B．worker                  C．doctor                   D．teacher

42．Mr. Smith always reads newspapers after supper because             

A．he doesn't like watching TV．

B．he is busy in daytime at school．

C．he wants to find many new stories to tell his son．

D．there are no newspapers at school．

43．John thought he found            , so he called out．

A．a basketball match                                    B．a funny picture

C．a baseball match                                       D．an exclamation mark

44．Mr. Smith was surprised because            

A．there was going to be a baseball match．

B．he thought his son learned to read the newspaper．

C．his son didn't say anything at the beginning．

D．his son called loudly．

45．Which of the following is TRUE．

A．John can read newspapers though he is only three．

B．John often tells his father stories．

C．There wash' t a baseball match that night．

D．Mr. Smith doesn't do all that his son wants．

（B）

School library

To Joy Lee，

Just to remind（提醒）you have for overdue（超过还期的）books．

Books

Author（作者）

Due Date（归还日期）

The Great Wall

Edi th Wharton

22／7

Mr. Deng

John Buchan

24／7

Chinese music

Alison Lester

26／7

The Palace Museum

Jacoband Withelm Grimm

26／7

Please return these books tomorrow．Other people may wait to borrow them．

Mrs. Jane Jones

Librarian

Date：3／8／2006

Note：You may not borrow any new until you have returned these books．

根据短文内容，判断正（T）误（F）

46．John Buchan sent the note to Joy ．

47．From the note we know that John likes reading books on the U．S．

48．Alison Lester wrote a book named The Great Wall．

49．Jane Jones was the librarian．

50．Joy can't borrow any books if he doesn't return these books at once．

（C）

Education is important in England．English children have to receive（接受）education until they're 16 years old．But they don't have to go to school to receive education．They can receive it at home．Education is free for all the children from 5 to 18．The school year in England is 39 weeks long and has six terms．The first term is from September to October and the following ones are October to December, January to February, February to March, April to May and June to July．

The important school holidays are two weeks for Christmas, two weeks in spring and six weeks in summer．They also have a one-week holiday at the end of every odd numbered

term．Children start school after they turn 5．At the age of 11, they move on to high schools, at the age of 16, students write an exam called the GCSE．All students take exams in math, English and other important subjects．After the GCSE, some students leave school, and others go on with their further study．

Notes: education 教育    free 免费的    odd numbered 奇数的

根据短文内容选择正确答案。

51．English children go to high schools at about                 ．

A．five                     B．sixteen                        C．eighteen               D．eleven

52．English children can have a one --week holiday at the end of              ．

A．October               B．December            C．March                 D．July

53．The school year in England is about                days long．

A．39                       B．300                     C．273                     D．365

54．The GCSE is a kind of             in England．

A．education             B．exam                   C．school                 D．study

55．The passage mainly（主要）talks about                ．

A．the holidays English children have               B．the schools in England

C．the education in England                             D．English children's school exams

第二卷（非选择题 共50分）

IV．根据首字母和句子意思补全单词（10分）

1．I like art, so art is my-favorite s                ．

2．Now it is five forty-five．We can also say a q                 to six．

3．Let' s h                , or we'll be late for the train．

4．You must write your a                on the top of the card when you post it to your friends．

5．I want to buy a p                 for Li Ming's birthday．

6．I'm so e                to watch the football game．

7．I have a new T-shirt．It is in f                 ．

8．My sister sings well．Her v               is very good．

9．I have many i              such as playing basketball and painting．

10．Are you a teacher? No, I'm a p                 in Class One．

V．用所给动词的适当形式填空（10分）

1．His mother                （buy）a T-shirt for him yesterday．

2．Listen! The bird                （sing）on a tree．

3．I                 （write）to Danny sometime next month．

4．The students               （learn）the word "except" already．

5．He usually                 （do）his homework after school．

6．He will show me how               （play）his favorite sport．

7．Jenny is good at                （play）piano．

8．When I saw my friend in the street, I stopped                 （talk）to her．

9．I'd like               （have）tea with my friends．

10．When                you brother              （go）to school every morning?

VI．根据要求完成句子（10分）

1．She is never late for class,                                 ?（反意疑问句）

2．They have been to Beijing twice,                                he．（用so完成句子）

3．I think he would like that jacket．（改为否定句）

I                  think he             like that jacket．

4．He's so excited．（改为感叹句）

             excited he                !

5．We'll have pie for dessert．（就画线部分提问）

                              we have for dessert ?

6．Mr. Wu is wearing a new jacket today．（同意句转换）

Mr. Wu               a new jacket              today．

7．我的衬衫的颜色和李明的一样。

My shirt is the                   color as            ．

8．这只火鸡他已经买了两天了。

He has                 the turkey                 two days．

9．每次我看到这件礼物，我就会想到你。

Every time I               this present ,I'll                 you．

10．李明喜欢这颜色，但不喜欢这款式。

Li Ming likes the color, but he                the            ．

VII．选择合适的选项完成对话（5分）

A．And I don't like the color．

B．I'd like the style．

C．What about this red one?

D．What color does your son wear?

E．What can I do for you?

F．What size does your son wear?

G．How much is it?

A：Good morning．              

B：I'm looking for a T-shirt for my son．

A：          

B：Size Five．

A：          

B：Let me have a look．               

A：298 yuan．

B：I think it's too dear（昂贵的）                ．

A：Do you like the yellow one? It's only 180 yuan．

B：OK, I'll take it．

VIII．写作（共1题，计l5分）

我们开学已经半个学期了，这期间肯定发生了许多有趣的事，写篇短文，谈一谈你的学习、生活情况（60词以上），注意使用正确的时态。