Class_______ Name _______ Number _______
(测试总分:120分;时量:120分钟)
Ⅰ.听力 (四个部分,共20小题,计20分)请将与你所听内容相关的序号标在下图的括号中。(每题1分,共5分)
A) 根据所听的问句内容选择正确答语。(每题1分,共5分)
6.How does the girl get her English better?
A. By listening to the radio B. By memorizing vocabulary.
C. By reading it aloud every day.
7. What do the two people both like?
A. English songs B. English movies C. English magazines
8.What is Not true about the woman’s hometown now?
A. The air is fresher B. The water is cleaner C. The traffic is better
9.What was the woman’s favorite food before?
A. Noodles B. Hamburgers C. ice cream
10.What can we learn about the man from the conversation?
A. He used to play the guitar B. he wanted to be a famous guitar player
C.he used to swim with the famous guitar player.
B) 听短文。每段对话后都有几个小题,从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项,听第一段对话,回答11-12题。(每题1分,共5分)
11. What does Mike do?
A. a worker B. a reporter C. a teacher
12. Has Mike ever been to Canada?
A. Yes, many times. B. Yes, only once. C. no, never.
听第二段对话,回答13-15题。
13. Did Linda use to be afraid of the dark?
A. Yes, she does. B. No, she didn’t. C. Yes, she did.
14. Is Linda afraid of the dark now?
A. Yes, she is. B. Yes, she did. C. No, she isn’t.
15. What does Amy do about the dark when she goes to sleep?
A. She always goes t bed with her mother.
B. She always goes to sleep with the bedroom light on
C. She always goes to sleep with wonderful music.
C) 语篇理解,听下面短文,回答16-20题。(每题1分,共5分)
16. How much do peter and Linda receive every day?
A. 5 Yuan B. 5 dollars C. 5 pounds
17. What does Peter do every day for the family? He ____________.
A. cleans the rooms B. does the chores C. both A and B
18. What does Linda do every day for her mother? She ________________.
A. helps her mother with the cooking B. cleans the window C. goes shopping
19. Who washes the dishes after dinner?
A. Linda B. Peter C. their mother
20. What do the children do on Sundays?
A. Play basketball B. Go to the park C. Go to the movies.
Ⅱ语言知识的运用(共20分)
A.单项选择:在A、B、C、D四个答案中选择(10分)
21.--- How do you learn English?---We learn new words ______ reading papers and magazines. A. by B. through C. from
22. --- How do you learn English? --- _____________.A. I learn English for the people B. I don’t like English
C. I learn English by working with some students
23. She said that he got ______ A in this test.A. a B. an C. the
24. He must be in the room, because the light in the room is .
A. in B. on C. off
25. When we practice speaking English, we often end up in Chinese.
A. to speak B. speaking C. speak
26. Jane is so shy that she is afraid of in front of a group.
A. speak B. speaks C. speaking
27.. My grandfather us stories when I was young.
A. was used to tell B. used to telling C. used to tell
28. He is afraid of ___________ strangers. A. seen B. seeing C. saw 29. His parents are __________ their son because he went to college this year.
A. proud of B. proud with C. take pride
30. --Li Hong went to the farm to plant trees last Saturday.
-- __________________.
A. I did so. B. So I did. C. So did I .
B.完形填空。(10分)
My parents took me to Japan when I was young. I lived there for five years. 31 I came back, my Japanese was very good. “Can I do something useful with my Japanese?” I asked myself. Then, one day last spring, I got a good opportunity(机会). Everyone was afraid of SARS, so I stayed at home with 32 to do. My father brought me a Japanese book. “Why don’t you translate(翻译) it into Chinese? It will be better than 33 computer games all day.” I promised(许诺) to do 2,000 words each day. But soon I found it was 34 to keep the promise. One day in May, the weather was beautiful. But I couldn’t go out. Those 2,000 words were still 35 me. After translating only three pages, I wasn’t interested in the book. I looked at it for a long time. But I couldn’t make myself go back to the pages. I want go outside and 36 football with my friends! I counted(数) the words again and again. I just wanted to 37 . There are two people in my mind. One said, “Don’t give up! Keep working hard, and you’ll do well!” But then the other one said, “Go and play! It will be more 38 than translating. Do your work tomorrow.” I stood up and would 39 the computer. But then I remember 40 my parents had told me: “Whatever you do, don’t stop halfway.” So I sat down and went on with it.
( )31. A. Because B. When C. Since
( )32. A. nothing B. something C. everything
( )33. A. be played B. playing C. played
( )34. A. hard B. easy C. wrong
( )35. A. talking to B. looking at C. waiting for
( )36. A. play B. give C. buy
( )37. A. drop B. give up C. litter
( )38. A. interesting B. important C. dangerous
( )39. A. turn on B. turn off C. close
( )40. A. how B. where C. what
Ⅲ.阅读理解 (40分)
(A)
I used to travel by air often when I was a boy. My parents used to live in South America and I used to fly there from Europe in the holidays. A flight attendant would take care of me and I never had an unhappy experience. I am used to (习惯于) traveling by air and only once have I ever felt terrified. After taking off, we were flying low over the city and slowly gaining height(逐步升高), when the plane suddenly turned round and flew back to the airport. While we were waiting to land, a flight attendant told us to keep calm and to get off the plane quietly as soon as it had landed. Everybody was worried and we wanted to know what had happened. Later we learned that there was a very important person on the plane. The police had been told (被告诉,得知)that a bomb(炸弹) had been put on the plane. After we had landed, the plane was searched thoroughly(被彻底搜查). Fortunately, nothing was found and five hours later we were able to take off again.根据短文内容,判断对错,对的打√,错的打×。( ) 41. The writer used to fly much when he was a boy.( ) 42. The writer’s parents used to live in South Africa.( ) 43. While they were waiting to land, a flight attendant told them not to be calm. ( ) 44. Nothing was found and nine hours later they could take off again.( ) 45. There was really a bomb on the plane.
(B)
Pets are a part of people’s lives. Some pets are like family. In these days, many people have pets at home and spend a lot of money improving their lives. In fact, in some parts of the world, pets get real VIP treatment(待遇). VIP usually means Very Important People, but here VIP means Very Important Pets!
When you want to give Fido or Kitty a holiday, or when you are going away on business, you can exercise inside or outside, and cats have a large place with something to climb on and play with. The guests get the best food during their stays at these hotels.
There are other special services at these hotels. Imagine you are traveling and you want to see your pet: the hotel can put a video camera in the pet’s room. So you can see your Fido or Kitty on TV.
The hotels usually have good groomers(美容师): They often bath and take the best hair care for the pets. But you need to make an appointment(预约) because people are usually very busy taking care of pets.
46. The new meaning of “VIP” in this passage is _________.
A. Very Important People. B. Very Important Pets! C. Very Important Plants!
47. where can you put your pet when you are away on business?
A. Other friends’ houses B. The pets’ home C. The special hotels
48. What does “Fido” stand for(代表) here?
A. A kind of pets B. people’s name C. a place
49. How can you see your pet during your traveling?
A. See their photos B. On TV C. On computers
50. You need to make an appointment when you want a good groomer for your pet because __________.
A. They often have vacations. B. They like to take care of people.
C. They are usually very busy taking care of pets.
(C)
When you are learning English, you find it not clever to put an English sentence word for word, into your own language. For example ,“How do you do?”. If you look up each word in the dictionary, one at a time, what is your translation?(翻译) It must be a wrong sentence.
Language do not just have different sounds, they are different in many ways. It’s important to master(掌握) the rules(规则) for word order(词序) in the study of English, too. If the sentences put words in a wrong order, the listeners can’t understand the speakers’ sentences easily. Sometimes when the order is changed, the meaning of the sentence doesn’t change. Let’s see the difference between the two pairs of sentences.
“She only likes apples.” “Only she likes apples.”
“I’ve seen the film already.” “I have already seen the film.”
When you are learning English, you must do your best to get the spirit(精神实际) of the language and use it as the English speakers do.
( )51. From the passage we know that when we are learning English.
A. we shouldn’t put every word into our own language
B. we must read word by word
C. we need to put every word into our own language
( )52. The writer thinks it is in learning English.
A. difficult to understand different sounds
B. possible to remember the word order
C. important to master the rules in different way
( )53. We can learn from the passage that .
A. the meaning of an English sentence always changes with the order of the words
B. the order of words can never change the meaning of an English sentence
C. sometimes different order of words has a different meaning
( )54. “She only likes apples,”
A. is the same as “Only she likes apple”.
B. is different from “Only she likes apple”.
C. means “She doesn’t like apples”.
( )55. Which is the best title for this passage?
A. Different Orders, Different Meanings
B. How to Put English into Our Own Language?
C. How to Learn English?
(D)
Once upon a time, there lived a rich man. He had a servant (仆人). He and the servant loved wine and good food very much. Each time the rich man left his home, the servant would drink the wine and eat up all the nice food in the house. The rich man knew what his servant did, but he had never caught his servant doing that. One morning, when he left home, he said to the servant, “Here are two bottles of poison (毒药) and some nice food in the house. You must take of them.”With these words, he went out. But the servant knew that the rich man had said was untrue. After the rich man was away from his home, he enjoyed a nice meal. Because he drank too much, he was drunk and fell to the ground. When the rich man came back, he couldn’t find his food and his wine. He became very angry. He woke the servant up. But the servant told his story very well. He said a cat had eaten up everything. He was afraid to be punished, so he drank the poison to kill himself. 56.In the story, _______ liked wine and good food very much. A. the rich man B. the servant C. both A and B 57.The rich man knew that it was _______ that drank the wine and ate up all the nice food. A. the cat B. himself C. the servant 58.The rich told the servant that there was poison in the two bottles, because ________. A. there was in fact poison in the bottles B. did not want the servant to drink his wine C. he wanted to kill the cat 59.In fact, _______ ate all the nice food and drank the wine. A. the servant B. the rich man C. nobody 60.From the story, we know that the servant is very _______. A. lazy B. kind C. clever
Ⅳ.写作 (40分)
A 短文填空 从下列方框中选出合适的单词填入适当的位置。(5分)
allowed , had to , worried about , used to , found
I 61 be a bad boy who often caused problems for my family. I wasn’t good at my study.
My parents always 62 me. They talked with me about my future. So I 63 think
what I would be. I shouldn’t 64 myself to play all day or chat in class. Then I 65 it wasn’t very difficult to do like that.
B补全对话,每空限填一词。(5分)
A:He, Jane! Don’t you remember me?
B: Oh, you’re Paul, 66 ?
A:That’s right.
B: But you used to be really 67 , didn’t you?
A:Yeah. I wasn’t very outgoing.
B: No, you weren’t. But you 68 always friendly. Did you use to 69 the piano?
A:Yes, I did. But now I’m more interested 70 sports.
66. 67. 68. 69. 70.
C. 句子翻译 把下列短文中划线的5个句子译成中文。(10分,每句2分)
During the days we are growing up, we might meet a lot of problems. Maybe our parents
don’t unferstand us. Most of time we are not alloewd to make own decisions. My friends
71 72
and I couldn’t get along with each other. Sometimes I find I am too busy with my homework.
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Then how do we deal with our problems? First, we should regard the problems as
74
challenges. Next, we should try to communicate with others. Maybe forgetting is also a good
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way. Anyway(不管怎样),you should think of something happy.
D.按照下面各题的汉语意思用英语完成句子,每空只填一词,缩写词算一词。(10分)
76. 我不知道如何使用电脑。 I don’t know _________ to ________ computers.
77. 这个小女孩害怕在课堂上说英语。 The little girl is __________ __________ speaking in class.
78.每天锻炼是身体健康的秘密。
________ _________ every day is the secret of being in good health.
79.他的父母对他要求非常严格。
His parents are _________ _________ him.
80.每个人都有优点。我们应该互相学习。
Everybody has strong points . We should __________ _________ each other.
E.书面表达 (10分)
请从外貌、性格、爱好、理想和为什么想要成为这样的人五个方面介绍自己的变化和理想。开头已经给出。
中文提示:①我在过去的几年中变化很多。
②过去瘦并且腼腆,现在又高又活泼。
③过去喜欢玩电游,现在对电脑科学感兴趣。
④想当电脑程序员。可以挣很多钱。
英语提示:thin,shy,outgoing,used to,be interested in,computer programmer,make money
长沙市八年级(下期)英语期末考试答卷
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作文:
I have changed a lot in the last few years.__________________________________________
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听力材料:
Ⅰ.听力 (四个部分,共20小题,计20分)
A.请将与你所听内容相关的序号标在下图的括号中。(每题1分,共5分)
1. My favorite way of learning English is by listening to the radio.
2. I often help my teacher by washing the windows.
3. My dream is to travel around the world.
4. The twins used to play tennis after school every day.
5. I spend most of my free time drawing pictures.
B根据所听的问句内容选择正确答语。(每题1分,共5分)
6.M: How do you get your English better?
W: Well. maybe reading aloud every morning helps me a lot.
7.M: Do you like to watch English movies.
W: No, I don’t. But I like English songs. How about you?
M: I like both of them.
8.M: How is your hometown now? It used to be very dirty.
W: oh, our city has changed a lot. The air is fresher, the water is cleaner, but the traffic is worse.
9.M: What was your favorite food?
W: I used to like noodles. But I prefer hamburgers and ice cream.
10 M: how did you get to know the famous guitar player?
W: Oh, we used to be on the same swimming team.
C听短文。每段对话后都有几个小题,从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项,听第一段对话,回答11-12题。(每题1分,共5分)
W: How do you do?
M: How do you do?
W: I’m Bill. What’s your name?
M: My name is Mike. I am a teacher. What do you do?
W: Oh, I am a reporter. Have you ever been to Canada?
M: No, never.
听第二段对话,回答13-15题。
W: Did you use to be afraid of the dark? Linda?
M: Yes ,I do.
W: Are you still terrified of the dark?
M: No, I’m not. How about you?
W: Me, oh, yes. I’m afraid of it.
M: So what do you do about it?
W: I go to sleep with my light on.
D语篇理解,听下面短文,回答16-20题。(每题1分,共5分)
Every day Peter and Linda receive 5 dollars from their parents. This is not a present. Peter and Linda must work for the family to get the money. Peter cleans the rooms and does the chores. He should do it every day, but sometimes he forgets. Linda helps her mother with the cooking. She also washes the dishes after dinner. They do not have to use their money for food. They buy something that they are interested in and go to the movies on Sundays.
Key: