浙江省台州市黄岩区头陀镇中学2013-2014学年八年级英语下学期期中试题
( )1．What’s the boy’s hobby?
A B C ( )2．What are the speakers doing at the moment?
A B C ( )3. What does the girl usually do in her free time?
A B C
第二节：听小对话，请从三个选项中选择正确的选项。（2×5） ( )6. What’s on the desk?
A. Some books. B. Some dolls. C. Some model cars.
( )7. What is the favorite hobby of Tony’s brother?
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A. Playing computer. B. Listening to music. C. Reading.
( )8. When is the concert?
A. Last Saturday. B. This Saturday. C. Next Saturday.
( )9. Who is in Britain?
A. Daming’s parents. B. Daming’s uncles. C. Daming’s sister.
( )10. What present has Mary got?
A. A beautiful smile. B. A nice dress. C. A game card. 第三节：听短文，根据短文内容，选择正确的回答。（2×5）
( )11．When did International Pen Friends（国际笔友） start?
A. In 1963. B. In 1967. C. In 1976.
( )12. How old is the youngest member?
A. 12. B. 6. C. 8. ( )13. Many people join the club to .
A. write letters B. make pen friends C. collect stamps
( )14. Some people write letters to .
A. practise English B. buy good things C. change stamps
( )15. People in International Pen Friends are from . A. England B. China. C. many countries
第二部分 笔试部分
四、 单选题 （1×15）
( ) 16. It’s late. Why ________ home now?
A. not to go B. not going C. not go D. don’t go ( ) 17. My grandma learned how to ______ computer at the age of 60. A. have B. use C. get D. buy ( ) 18. Did you hear ________?
A. what did I say B. what I said
C. what I wrote D. what did I write
( ) 19. Our science teacher told us the earth ______ around the sun . A. traveling B. traveled C. travel D. travels
( ) 20. Peter has got the first prize in the competition. He’s really clever as well as
_____.
A. lucky B. unlucky C. healthy D. unhealthy ( ) 21. It has kept ______ for two hours.
A. rain B. rains C. raining D. rained ( ) 22. It’s so nice to hear her sweet ______ again.
A. sound B. voice C. noise D. smile
( ) 23. It was said(据报道) that one Chinese student got ________and another died in Monday's
Boston Marathon bombing。（波士顿马拉松赛爆炸）
A. injuring B. injured C. injures D. injure
( ) 24. There will be ____ pollution in the future in the world. A. more B. many C. fewer D. few
( ) 25. My watch is broken. I want to know how to make it _____ A. work B. to work C. works D. working ( ) 26. Mother told me ______ in the street. It’s dangerous.
A. to play B. not to play C. not plays D. playing ( ) 27. You must look out_____ the red light when you cross the road. A. to B. for C. at D. with ( ) 28. I don’t know _______.
A. what wrong is with my radio B. what is the matter to my radio C. what is wrong with my radio D. what the matter is with my radio
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( ) 29. ---I’m sorry that I got your favorite book dirty. ----__________.
A. Sorry B. Bad luck C. That’s right. D. It doesn’t matter. ( ) 30. Perhaps _____ someone finds the handbag, he’ll give it back to you. A. before B. while C. after D. / 五、完形填空（共15小题，计15分）
On a cold November afternoon, my mother and I were walking back home from a pizza store. We had bought many things. We were dressed 31 , and I was feeling a little 32 as I was carrying our shopping bag, so I decided to throw something away. I was walking towards a dustbin（垃圾箱） 33 I noticed a poor man walking out of the restaurant in front of us. He headed over to the nearby dustbin and started looking through it. I suddenly felt very 34 because I was about to throw away a new drink just because it was too heavy. I walked up to him and handed the 35 and some bread over to him. The man looked up 36 and took what I gave him. A huge smile 37 on his face. I felt I couldn’t be happier with 38 . But then he said, “Wow, this is my son’s lucky day!” With that, he thanked me happily and started off on his bike. I 39 heard him singing as he rode away. I got a warm 40 inside. I now understand what it 41 by the saying “Giving is getting”. 42 it was only a little action, I got and learned more in those two minutes than I did in the rest of the month. Everyone in the world 43 help. Everyone can give help and everyone can be helped.
The look of that man’s happiness appears(出现) in my mind 44 I have the chance to do something nice. This is the power（力量）of 45 .
31. A. poorly B. simply C. warmly D. expensively 32. A. worried B. interested C. surprised D. tired 33. A. and B. but C. so D. when 34. A. nervous B. happy C. sorry D. proud 35. A. money B. toys C. drink D. clothes
36. A. in silence B. in surprise C. in anger D. in excitement 37. A. turned B. appeared C. went D. ran 38. A. myself B. ourselves C. yourself D. himself 39. A. still B. once C. even D. ever 40. A. idea B. welcome C. word D. feeling 41. A. aims B. means C. looks D. offers 42. A. If B. Though C. Because D. While 43. A. needs B. gives C. takes D. brings 44. A. whichever B. however C. whatever D. whenever 45. A. kindness B. friendship C. knowledge D. feeling 六、 阅读理解(30分)
A
An old lady went out shopping last Sunday. She came to a bank（银行）and saw a car near the door . A man got out of it（下车） and went into the bank . She looked into the car. The keys were in the lock.
The old lady took the keys and followed the man into the bank. The man took a gun（枪）out of his pockets and said to the clerk（职员）, “ Give me all the money .”
But the old lady didn’t see this. She went to the man and put the keys in his hand and said, “ Young man , you’re foolish . Never leave your keys in your car. Someone’s going to steal（偷）it . ” The man looked at the old woman for a few seconds. Then he looked at the clerk and then he took the keys and ran off the bank, got into his car and drove away quickly without any money .
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（ ）46.The man got out of the car, and then he went into .
A. the police station B. the post office C. the bank D. the shop
（ ）47. The old lady saw in the car.
A. a gun B. the keys C. a wallet D. a handbag
（ ）48. The old lady took the keys and .
A. went B. gave them to the policeman
C. took them home away e D. returned to the young man
（ ）49. The young man .
A. had nothing to do B. deposited（存）his money C. ordered a clerk to give him the money D. walked about to look for something
（ ）50. When she gave the young man the keys, he .
A. took them and ran out of the bank without any money B. thanked her very much C. was very surprised
D. said nothing and went to the police station
B
A group of frogs were traveling through the woods, and two of them fell into a deep pit. When the other frogs saw how deep the pit is. They told the two frogs that they were as good as（几乎相当于）dead. The two frogs didn’t believe what they said and tried their best to jump up out of the pit. The other frogs kept telling them to stop, and that they were as good as dead. Finally, one of the two frogs believed what the other frogs were saying and gave up（放弃）. He fell down and died.
The other frog continued to jump as hard as he could. Once again, the other frogs shouted at him and advised him to stop and just wait to die. But he jumped even harder and finally succeeded. When he got out, the other frogs said: “ Didn’t you hear us?” The frog explained to them that he was a little deaf (聋的). He thought they were encouraging（鼓励）him all the time. ( ) 51. Which of the following pictures can describe the pit?
A B C D
( ) 52. When the two frogs were trying to jump out, the other frogs_____. A. thought hard to find ideas to help them out.
B. encouraged them to jump as hard as they could. C. went on traveling just as nothing had happened. D. told them to give up jumping out.
( ) 53. The first frog died because ________.
A. he was not as strong as the second one
B. he lost hope to live because of the other frog’s words. C. He fell down too badly. D. He was too hungry.
( ) 54. The second frog continued to jump after the first one died because_____
A. he thought the other frogs were encouraging him B. he heard the other frogs’ words clearly.
C. He was so blind that he didn’t know that he was in trouble. D. He was much stronger than the first frog.
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