湖南浏阳市2017-2018学年八年级英语上学期期中试题
( 总分:100分 时量:90分钟)
Listening Test Part (20分)
I.听力技能。(共两节,20小题,计20分)
第一节 听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题,从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后,你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话读两遍。(共5小题,每小题1分)
( )1. Who did Ann go with last Saturday?
A. Her friends. B. Her parents. C. Her classmates.
( )2. What time did Rosen come back yesterday evening?
A. At 9:00 pm. B. At 9:00 am. C. At 8:00 pm.
( )3. How often does Mary eat hamburger?
A. Three times a week. B. Once a week. C. Every day.
( )4. Who is more outgoing?
A. Paul. B. Paul’s brother. C. Paul’s sister.
( )5. Where will they go this evening?
A. To the theater. B. To the park. C. To the library.
第二节 听下面6段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有2-3个小题,从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前,你将有时间阅读各个小题,每小题5秒钟,听完后,各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。(共15小题,每题1分)
听下面一段对话,回答第6和第7两个小题。
( )6. Where did Lisa go last winter vacation?
A. America. B. Hainan. C. Beijing.
( )7. What did Lisa think of her trip last winter vacation?
A. Boring. B. Great. C. Tiring.
听下面一段对话,回答第8和第9两个小题。
( )8. What does Rosa like?
A. TV programs. B. Cartoons. C. Sports shows.
( )9. Who does Rosa often play basketball with?
A. Her brothers. B. Her classmates. C. Her friends.
听下面一段对话,回答第10和第11两个小题。
( )10. What will they do tomorrow?
A. They will stay at home.
B. They will go to the movies.
C. They will do homework together.
( )11. How does Jimmy like the Sun Cinema?
A. The sound is the best.
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B. The price is the cheapest.
C. The seats are the most comfortable.
听下面一段对话,回答第12到第14三个小题。
( )12. Is Paul taller than Peter?
A. Yes, he is. B. No, he isn’t. C. No, he doesn’t.
( )13. Who gets better grades in lessons, Peter or Paul?
A. Paul. B. Peter. C. We don’t know.
( )14. What does Paul like?
A. Playing volleyball. B. Playing basketball.
C. Playing football.
听下面一段对话,回答第15到第17三个小题。
( )15. Where is the new sports center?
A. On the North Street.
B. On the Long Street.
C. On the Lake Street.
( )16. What did Bob do with his father in the new sports center last week?
A. They swam and ran.
B. They played tennis and basketball.
C. They played badminton and basketball.
( )17. What will the new sports center build next year?
A. A gym. B. A playground. C. A swimming pool.
听下面一段独白,回答第18-20三个小题。
( )18. What does Claire think of her mother?
A. She is the funniest. B. She is the laziest. C. She is the most hard-working.
( )19. What does Claire like best about her mother?
A. Her food. B. Her stories. C. Her housework.
( )20. What does Claire expect to do?
A. To be as funny as her father.
B. To make her mother laugh a lot.
C. To work harder and help her parents more.
Written Test Part ( 80分 )
II.知识运用。(两部分,共20小题,计20分)
第一节 单项填空。从A、B、C 三个选项中选择最佳填空。(共10小题,计10分)
( ) 21.---Who is the boy behind the tree, Tom ?
---Do you ask me about the one with _____ umbrella?
A. the B. a C. an
( ) 22. ---Mark, how was your vacation in Dawei Mountain?
--- Wonderful. We saw ____________ there.
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A. anything interesting B. interesting something C. something interesting
( ) 23. ---Does your father ______ play basketball after work?
---Yes. He plays it every day.
A. always B. never C. hardly ever
( ) 24. I’m outgoing and like making friends. My friend is the same _____ me.
A. as B. of C. to
( ) 25. I think Tim jumps ______ than the other students in our school.
A. high B. higher C. highest
( ) 26. ---What’s the best movie theater to go to?
--- Hengda Cinema. It’s the _________ to home.
A. closest B. closer C. close
( ) 27. ---Are you free tonight?
---Yes, I plan ________ The Coming One(明日之子).
A. watch B. to watch C. to watching
( ) 28. ---________ do you exercise?
--- Three times a week.
A. How long B. How often C. How far
( ) 29. Yesterday the boys ______ to the park and had a good time there.
A. go B. goes C. went
( ) 30. ---____________________?
---It’s a little interesting.
A. Would you like to read the book
B. Did you read the book
C. What do you think of the book
第二节 完形填空。通读下面的短文,掌握其大意,然后从各题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出一个最佳答案。(10分)
Jack is my best friend. We met in a chess club three years ago. We 31 like playing chess and we usually play chess together after school. We also like reading books about 32 , so we often talked about history stories. We both 33 going to the movies, too. We go to the movies once a month. Though we have many things 34 common, there are some differences between us. I like 35 ball games and I’m on the school basketball team. But Jack has little interest in sports. He is talented in ___36___. He plays the piano very well and has won lots of 37 . As for schoolwork, he is 38 than me. He is better at English and he always 39 me with my English. So sometimes I help him improve(提高) his math. Good friends should 40 each other.
( )31. A. all B. both C. every
( )32. A. history B. math C. Chinese
( )33.A. try B. decide C. enjoy
( )34. A. in B. on C. at
( )35. A. kind of B. all kinds of C. a kind of
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( )36. A. music B. art C. acting.
( ))37. A. food B. homework C. competitions
( )38. A. quieter B. more outgoing C. more hard-working
( )39. A. helps B. tells C. hopes
( )40. A. find out B. care about C. make up
Ⅲ.阅读技能。阅读短文或图表,从每题所给的A、B、C三个选项中,选出最佳选项回答问题或完成句子。(30分)
A
Dear Paul,
I can’t believe my trip is over. I arrived in Liuyang just two weeks ago! I was with a group from Red Sun. There were six people on the trip. We went to the Dawei Mountain and Hu Yaobang's Former Residence(故居). They were cool and I learned a lot. I’m tired. But I loved every minute of my trip.
Best wishes!
Joe
( )41. Where was Joe on her vacation?
A. Dawei Mountain and Hu Yaobang's Former Residence
B. Dawei Mountain
C. Red Sun
( )42. Did Joe enjoy her vacation?
A. Yes, she did. B. No, she didn’t C. We don’t know.
B
Good news!For the coming film festival,there are some promotions(优惠) in Hengda Cinema. This festival lasts for seven days,from Friday,September 19th,2017 to Thursday,September 25th,2017. Here is the poster(海报).
Films
Frozen(3-D)
Wolf Warrior 2
Where are we going,Dad?
Spiderman(3-D)
Prices
¥70
¥80 (50% off
(打5折) for students]
¥50
¥70
Dates
September 19th September 21st
September 23rd
September 20th September 21st
September 25th
September 20th September 21st
September 25th
September 19th September 22nd
September 23rd
Time
9:00 am 4:30pm
8:20pm
10:00am 7:10pm
9:30pm
9:20 am 3:10pm
5:30pm
7:50 am 9:50am
11:50am
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Tips
l 50% off on Tuesday for all
l Free for children under 6 years old
l A free bottle of soft drink for students with student ID during the film festival. For more information,please call us at 0731-3651735
( )43. If you are a student,and you want to watch Wolf Warrior 2 with your father,you need to pay ______.
A. ¥80 B. ¥120 C. ¥160
( )44. When can you watch all the films with 50% off?
A. On September 20th. B. On September 22nd. C. On September 23rd.
( )45. You can find the following information in the poster EXCEPT (除了…之外)____.
A. the price of films B. the place of the cinemaC. the time of the film
C
American boys and girls love watching television. Some children spend six hours a day in school and four to six hours a day in front of the television set. Some even watch television for eight hours or more on Saturday.
Televisions are like books or films. A child can learn both bad things and good things from them. Some programs help children to understand the news, and others show people and places from other countries or other time in history. With television, a child does not have to go to the zoo to see animals or to the ocean to see a ship. Boys and girls can see a play, a concert or a game at home.
Television brings many places and events into our homes. Some programs show crimes (犯罪活动) and other things that are bad for children, so parents sometimes help them to find other interesting things to do.
( )46 Some children spend eight hours or more ________ on Saturday.
A. studying B. playing card games C. watching TV
( )47. On television children can see ________.
A. a ship B. big animals C. almost everything
( )48. Children usually spend ________ a day in school.
A. six hours B. more than eight hours C. only a few hours
( )49. Which of the following is TRUE?
A. Only American boys like watching television.
B. Children can only learn good things from TV.
C. With television, boys and girls can see a play, a concert or a game at home.
( )50. Parents sometimes help their children find other things to do when there is _______ for children.
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A. a bad program B. an animal C. a game
D
Glad is a nice and beautiful jungle(丛林). It rains a lot there. The rain helps trees grow. Lucy lives in Glad. Trees are home for many jungle animals. Lucy is a happy monkey. She loves to play in the jungle with other animals. She loves to swing from tree to tree. The animals eat their food in the trees. They live in the trees with the birds.
When autumn came, the leaves on the trees became yellow and they kept falling off the trees. The animals felt sad. When Lucy was swinging from a tree, she fell off the tree and fainted. After a while,she woke up. She found nothing but a frog(青蛙). The frog was sitting beside her.“Are you OK?”asked the frog. “There’s nothing serious,I think, ” answered Lucy. “I think you should leave the jungle now. You see,you are easy to get hurt in this jungle. Go with me to our river. It’s soft(软) there and you won’t get hurt there, ” said the frog. “ No,I won’t go with you. The jungle is my home. If it doesn’t give me a lesson,I can’t learn my real life, ” answered Lucy.
( )51. In the passage, Lucy is a _______.
A. monkey B. student C. girl
( )52. Glad is very important to many jungle animals because _______.
A. it often rains B. it’s their home C. it’s nice and beautiful
( )53. The underlined word “fainted” here means “_______” in Chinese.
A. 昏迷 B. 大哭 C. 爬起来
( )54. What did the frog want Lucy to do?
A. To help him. B. To swim with him. C. To leave Glad.
( )55. From the passage we can infer(推断) that _______.
A. It’s easy to get hurt in the jungle.
B. Lucy loves her home very much.
C. In fact, all the animals want to leave the jungle.
第三节 阅读表达。阅读短文,然后根据短文内容回答问题。(共5小题,计10分)
Liu Wei is very famous in China because he can play the piano with
his toes(脚趾).
One day when Liu Wei was only 10 years old, he played a game with
some friends. He lost both his arms because of electricity(电).
Liu Wei was very sad when both his arms were cut off after the
accident(事故). But soon he had to make a choice.
“For people like me, there were only two choices(选择). One was to give up all the dreams, which would cause a quick death. The other was to work hard without arms to live an excellent life.” says Liu Wei.
Liu’s dream was to be a pianist(钢琴家). His excellent life included a show on China’s Got Talent(《中国达人秀》) and a wonderful performance (演奏) playing the beautiful Marriage D’amour with his two feet on the piano.
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Liu Wei learned to play the piano with his feet. And teaching himself to play the piano with his feet was very hard. Many times he wanted to give it up, but his parents went on encouraging(鼓励) him and he wanted to make his parents proud.
Maybe you can not believe that Liu Wei is able to play well only with his toes. The audience(观众) were deeply moved and very excited when they watched his performance.
56. Why is Liu Wei very famous in China?
______________________________________________________________________
57. How old was Liu Wei when he lost his arms?
______________________________________________________________________
58. Was Liu Wei very sad when both his arms were cut off?
______________________________________________________________________
59. Who encouraged Liu Wei to play the piano?
______________________________________________________________________
60. How did the audience feel when they watched Liu’s performance?
______________________________________________________________________
Ⅳ. 写作技能。(两部分,共6小题,计20分)
第一节 语篇翻译。 阅读短文,将划线部分译成汉语或英语。(共5小题,计10分)
In England, children always like watching TV programs. They learn a lot from children's TV shows.
Children's shows are usually on from Monday to Friday. 许多孩子经常在放学后看电视. There are a lot of cartoons. On BBC 2 there is a funny cartoon. Its name is The Simpsons (《辛普森一家》).It is the story of the Simpsons. Mr. Simpson is a fat man. Mrs. Simpson is a nice woman with blue hair. Lisa, Bart and Maggie are their children. Lisa is very clever. Bart is naughty(淘气的) and Maggie is a happy girl. 他们总是遇到一些危险, but they always try their best to face it..
There are many other programs. Some teach children how to draw or make things. Children's shows are usually educational and interesting.
61. _________________________________________________________________________
62. _________________________________________________________________________
63. _________________________________________________________________________
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61. _______________________________________________________________________
62. _______________________________________________________________________
第二节 书面表达。 (共1小题,满分10分)
63. 有人说朋友就像一面镜子,反照出你的光辉,也让你更加清晰的看清楚自己。Susan也有一个这样的朋友—Lucy。假如你是Susan,请根据下列表格提示介绍一下你和你的好朋友Lucy。
要求:
①内容必须包含表格中所有提示信息,条理清楚,语句通顺,并适当发挥。
②60-80词。不能出现自己的真实信息。
③开头已给出,不计入总词数。
不同点
相同点
Susan
长直发
擅长运动
班上最高的女生
喜欢阅读,通常周末一起去图书馆
......
Lucy
短卷发
擅长学习
性格更外向,更有趣
Lucy is my best friend. ______________________________________________________________
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湖南浏阳市2017年下学期期中考试试卷
八年级英语
参考答案
I. 听力技能
1-5:BABCA 6-10:BBCCB
11-15:CABCB 16-20:BCCAC
II. 知识运用
21-25:CCAAB 26-30:ABBCC
31-35:BACAB 36-40:ACCAB
III. 阅读技能
41-45:AABAB 46-50:CCACA
51-55:ABACB
第三节 阅读表达
56. Because he can play the piano with his toes.
57. 10 years old.
58. Yes. ( Yes , he was )
59. His parents.
60. They were deeply moved and very excited.
IV. 写作技能
61. 他们从儿童电视节目中学到了很多。
62. Many children watch TV after school.
63. 辛普森太太是一个长着蓝色头发的、和气的(善良的)妇人。
64. They always meet some danger.
65. 儿童节目常常是既有教育意义又非常有趣。
作文: 略
听力材料
第一节 :听下面五短对话
1. M: Did you have a good time last Saturday, Ann?
W: I went to the zoo with my parents.
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1. W: When did you come back yesterday evening, Rosen?
M: At about 9 pm. I watched action movie.
2. M: Hamburger is my favorite food, and I eat it three times a week. What about you, Mary?
W: I think hamburger is junk food, I only eat it on Sunday.
3. W: Paul, do you think you are different from you sister?
M: Yes, she is more outgoing.
4. W: A new movie is on the movie theater,.
M: Let’s go to watch it this evening.
第二节 :听下面六段对话或独白
听下面一段对话,回答第6和第7两个小题。
W:The winter vacation is coming soon. Where do you want to go, Mark?
M: I want to go back to America. Lisa, Where did you go last winter vacation?
W: I went to Hainan in December.
M: Really? How was your trip?
W: It was wonderful! I had a great time there.
听下面一段对话,回答第8和第9两个小题。
W: Larry, what did you do in today’s class?
M: We had a discussion about TV programs. Many of my classmates like cartoons.
W: But I don’t like cartoons, I like sports shows.
M: Do you like playing sports, Rosa?
W: I often play basketball with my friends.
听下面一段对话,回答第10和第11两个小题。
M: Hello, this is Jimmy speaking.
W: Jimmy, this is Nancy. What do you think of watching a movie together tomorrow?
M: Sounds great. Is it OK if I take my sister Lisa?
W: Sure. Which cinema is the best, do you know?
M: We can go to Sun Cinema. It has the biggest screens and the most comfortable seats.
听下面一段对话,回答第12到第14三个小题。
W: Hi, Peter. Who is the boy standing beside you in this photo?
M: He is my friend, Paul.
W: I see he is much taller than you.
M: Yes, Tina, but he isn’t cleverer than I. I get better grades in lessons than he does.
W: Do you like playing football?
M: No, but Paul does. I like playing basketball.
W: I like playing basketball, too.
听下面一段对话,回答第15到第17三个小题。
M: Hello Jane, did you go to the new sports center?
W: No, I didn’t. Bob, Is it on the North Street?
M: No, is isn’t. It’s on the Long Street.
W: Is it good?
M: Yes, it’s great. You can do lots of sports there, Last week, I went there with my father,and we play tennis and basketball.
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W: Sounds great. Do you often exercise in there?
M: Yes, about three times a week.
W: Can we swim?
M: No. But they plan to build a swimming pool next year. It’s only 60 dollars a year.
W: Oh, that’s good.
听下面一段对话,回答第18到第20三个小题。
Hi, My name’s Claire, let me describe something fun about my family. My father is the funniest in my family. He can tell lots of interesting stories and make us laugh a lot. However, he is the laziest and hardly ever helps with housework. Sometimes, my mother dislikes him, my mother works the hardest at home. She always does the most housework at home.She often cooks the most delicious food for us, and I like it best. How about me? Of course, I’m the youngest person in my family. And my parents love me most. To thank them, I expect to study harder and help them with many things in the future.
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