八年级英语期中试卷2015.4
Ⅰ. 听力部分（共20分）
第一部分 听对话回答问题(10分)
听下面10段短对话，每段对话后有一个小题，从A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。
听完每段对话后，你都有5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。（10分） 听第1至10段材料，回答第1至10题。 ( ) 1. How does Linda’s father go to work?
A B C
( ) 2. Where did Tom visit during the summer holiday?
A B C
( ) 3. Which bird does Amy like most?
A B C
( ) 4. What time is it now?
A B C
( ) 5. Where has Jack gone ?
A. He’s gone to the garden. B. He’s gone to the kitchen. C. He’s gone to the bedroom.
( ) 6. How long has Xiao Wang learned English?
A. About two years. B. About one year. C. About three years. ( ) 7. How much will the woman pay for the shirts? A.＄4 . B.＄7. C.＄14. ( ) 8. Why doesn’t the man like Shanghai?
A. Because there is too much noise and pollution. B. Because it is too hot there.
C. Because there is too much rain.
( ) 9. Where does the girl’s father work now?
A. In Canada B. In the USA C. In France.
( ) 10. What hasn’t Tim got for his hiking?
A. Food B. A map C. A mobile phone
第二部分 听对话和短文回答问题(10分)
听下面1段对话和两篇短文，每段对话或短文后有几个小题，从A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。每段对话或短文读两遍。（10分） 听一段对话，回答11-12小题。
( ) 11. How long will Mary stay in London? A. 12 days. B. 16 days. C. 18 days. ( ) 12. Why can’t the man go back to London? A. Because he has emails to send.
B. Because he needs to look after John.
C. Because he needs to help with Mary’s studies.
听第一篇短文，回答第13-15小题。请根据短文内容，选择正确答案，完成信息记录表。
[来源学科网]Weather Report Beijing Hong Kong New York Sydney 13 and cold There’s beautiful 14 Sunny, but there’s a strong wind 15 Rainy ( ) 13. A. rainy B. cloudy C. sunny ( ) 14. A. sunshine B. wind C. cloud
( ) 15. A. in the morning B. in the afternoon C. in the evening 听第二篇短文，回答第16-20小题。 ( ) 16. Where is the exhibition?
A. At the museum near the park. B. At the art center next to the park. C. In a clothes shop in the city centre.
( ) 17. How many countries are taking part in (参加) the exhibition？
A. 20 B. 25 C. 12
( ) 18. What kind of clothes are shown at the exhibition?
A. The oldest clothes in China.
B. Only clothes for children from different countries. C. Both old and modern clothes from different countries.
( ) 19. What did men in the UK once wear?
A. Black suits and white hats. B. Heavy suits and black hats. C. Uncomfortable wooden shoes.
( ) 20. When might the girl return to the exhibition?
A. Tomorrow. B. Next weekend. C. On its last day.
Ⅱ. 书面部分（共80分）
二、单项选择（共15小题；每小题１分，计15分）
( ) 21. — Have you ever visited _______ theme park before?
— Yes. I have been to Yongin Everland — _______ most famous theme park in Korea
A. a ;the B. the; a C. a ;a D the ;the
( ) 22. Elsa doesn’t know ________ about her worries.
A. who to talk B. where to talk to C.who to talk to D.how to talk
( ) 23.They have studied in this school _________.
A.three years ago B since three years ago C. for three years ago D.since three years ( ) 24. The modern traffic has changed our lives .
A. in a way B. on the way C. in some ways D. by the way
( ) 25. --- Where is Mr. Smith? --- He ________ Guangzhou. He ________ there for a week. A. has gone to; has been to B. has gone to; has been C. has been to; has gone to D. has been in; has gone to ( ) 26. —Where did you get the book?
—From the library. And I have _______it for two weeks. A. borrowed B. lent C. kept D. bought
( ) 27. Mrs. Black isn’t used to _______ by sea and she used to ______sick a lot.
A. traveling; feel B. travel; feeling C. travel; feel D. traveling; feeling
( ) 28. ---Your sister _________ a lot during these years. ---Yes. She _________ three years ago.
A. changed; got married B. changed; has been married C. has changed; got married D. has changed; has been married
( ) 29. J.K.Rowling finished the first Harry Potter book in 1995 but it wasn’t ______ in the very
beginning.
A. great successful B. a big success
C. a great successful D. great success
( ) 30.-----________did your uncle leave his home town ? ----He ___________for nearly twenty years.
A. When , has left B. When , has been away C. How long , has left D. How long , has been away ( ) 31.The old farmer lives _____ on the farm and he sometimes feels______ .
A. alone; lonely B. lonely; alone C. lonely; lonely D. alone; alone
( ) 32.Great changes in China since 1978.
A. took place B. has happened C. have taken place D. happened
( ) 33. ---Must I return the dictionary today?
---No, you ______. You _______ keep it until next week.
A. mustn’t; can B. don’t have to; can C. needn’t; should D. don’t have to; should
( ) 34. It’s more than 8 years since I a teacher.
A. become B. has become C. became D. becomes
( ) 35 ---Thank you very much for showing me how to use the computer.
--- ________.
A. No, thanks B. My pleasure C. That’s right D. With pleasure
]三、完型填空（每小题１分，计10分）
Do you have the ability to live cheaply? Now here's a true story of an American girl, Sarah.
___36___Sarah left university, she began to live in New York City on her own. She___37___a job in a publishing house, but the salary(薪水)was ___38__$30, 000 a year. Her parents thought her life would be hard, but Sarah could live on her salary and still saved $5, 000 in a year. How was that__39__in one of the most expensive cities in the world?
Cheap living___40__starts with keeping the big cost small. For most people, that means housing. So Sarah chose to share a flat with three other friends. Her next biggest cost was ___41__. When she ate out, she went to cheap restaurants. ___42___she bought a $9.99 whole chicken at a local restaurant. She then__43___the chicken bones(骨头)home and made soup out of them. Nowadays young people often spend a lot of money on entertainment(娱乐). But Sarah said, “I enjoy walking around in New York City. I love going to museums and parks.” Did Sarah feel poor by cheap living? Not really. She even managed to take two trips, one to the Netherlands, ___44___to Portland.
“Don't think of saving money as something_45___. It's a kind of game,” said Sarah. ( )36．A．Until B．Because C．After D．Unless ( )37．A．found B．tried C．asked for D．looked for ( )38．A．more than B．less than C shorter than D．higher than ( )39．A．difficult B．possible C．useful D．different ( )40．A．already B．sometimes C．hardly D．always ( )41．A．food B．rest C．studying D．playing ( )42．A．Soon B．Finally C．Once D．Again ( )43．A．prepared B．took C．caught D．picked ( )44．A．another B．the other C．others D．the others ( )45．A．hard B．interesting C．nice D．great
四、阅读理解（每小题2分，计20分）
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