2012—2013学年第二学期期末考试
八年级英语试题
注意事项：
1.本试题分第Ⅰ卷和第Ⅱ卷两部分。第Ⅰ卷为选择题,65分；第Ⅱ卷为非选择题,55分,共120分;时间120分钟。
2.考生将第Ⅰ卷各小题的答案标号填入答题表内相应的位置。
第Ⅰ卷 （选择题 共65分）
一、听力选择（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中选出适合每个句子的答语。
1. A. At the bus stop. 2. A. Yes, I like the weather. B. I don’t like the weather. C. The radio says it’ll rain later on.
3. A. I believe so.
B. That’s true. B. This is Lily.
C. OK. C. My mom. C. Once a week.
B. To the cinema.
C. To do some shopping.
4. A. She is my sister. 5. A. In an hour.
B. About an hour.
（二）录音中有五组对话，每组对话听一遍，然后从每小题A、B、C中选出能回答每个问题的正确答案。
6. What did the girl do ten minutes ago?
A. She cleaned her room.
7. Who is Kate going to see?
A. Her mother.
B. Her parents.
C. Her grandparents.
B. She cleaned the park.
C. She swept the floor.
8. Where did Bob go last winter vacation?
A. Australia.
B. Italy.
C. Canada.
9. What does Kate do to help the children?
A. She helps coach a football team. B. She helps them fix the bike. C. She teaches them to sing and dance. 10. How does the man like to travel?
A. By train.
B. By air.
C. By bike.
（三）录音中有一段对话，听对话两遍，然后从每小题A、B、C中选出能回答每个问题的
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正确答案。
11. What are they talking about?
A. The exam.
B. The weather.
C. The summer holiday.
12. Where is Sarah going?
A. Dalian.
B. Hainan.
C. North China.
13. How is Sarah leaving?
A. By plane.
B. By ship.
C. Not mentioned.
14. When is Sarah leaving?
A. On Monday next week. B. On the fifth of this month. C. On the fifth of next month.
15. Whom will Mike spend his holiday with?
A. Sarah.
B. No one.
C. His parents.
（四）录音中有一篇短文，听短文两遍，然后从每小题A、B、C中选出能回答每个问题的
正确答案。
16. Who did Mr. White live with?
A. He lived alone.
B. He lived with his wife. C. He lived with his children. 17. What did he go to town to do one day?
A. To see some friends.
B. To have a good lunch. C. To do some shopping.
18. Why did he want to buy a pair of glasses?
A. Because he thought he could read with them. B. Because he saw some old people wearing glasses. C. Because he wanted to be in fashion. 19. Mr. White couldn’t read, could he?
A. Yes, he could.
B. No, he couldn’t.
C. Yes, he will.
20. Where did Mr. White live?
A. He lived in a town with his wife.
B. He lived alone a long way from the city. C. He lived by himself a long way from a town.
注意：请同学们翻到第Ⅱ卷，继续做第五大题——听力填表。
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二、单项填空 （共15小题，计15分）
从每小题A、B、C、D中选出一个能填入句中空白处的最佳答案。 21. – Why do you always sleep the light at night? – Because I’m very afraid of the dark.
A. of; in
B. with; on
C. for; at
D. to; on
22. The population of the village smaller now than ten years ago.
A. is
B. are
C. was
D. were
23. – She has never copied other’s homework. – .
A. Neither I have.
B. Neither do I.
C. So have I.
D. Neither have I.
24. These apples delicious! Can I have one .
A. tastes; another
B. tasting; other
C. taste; more
D. taste; again
25. The baby can’t take care of . Its mother has to help it.
A. yourself
B. itself
C. myself
D. himself
26. Teachers often tell us pens in class. We should listen to them .
A. not to play; carefully enough
B. not to play with; carefully enough D. to not play with; enough carefully
C. not to play with; careful enough
27. you want to do in the future, you should work hard now.
A. Whatever
B. Whenever
C. Whoever
D. However
28. The company lost dollars because the director made a wrong decision.
A. thousand of
B. thousands of
C. three thousands
D. three thousand of
29. – Will you go and watch the movie The King’s Speech with me? – Sorry, I won’t. I it already.
A. watched
B. watch
C. have watched
D. will watch
30. – Alice, please go and the book for me quickly. – OK! No problem!
A. take
B. carry
C. fetch
D. lend
31. The boy is playing the piano is a friend of mine.
A. who
B. whose
C. whom
D. which
32. This morning we got up early we could catch the early bus.
A. because
B. though
C. even if
D. so that
33. – My God! My bicycle is broken. – Don’t worry. Let me for you.
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A. put it up B. fix up it C. put up it D. fix it up
34. – Would you like to visit ?
– Yes, the Great Wall like a place that I enjoy.
A. somewhere interested; sound C. somewhere interesting; sounds
B. interesting somewhere; looks D. somewhere interested; feels
35. – Have you decided where to go for your vacation? – .
A. No, not yet.
B. Yes, I do.
C. No, thanks.
D. Great idea.
三、完形填空（共10小题，计10分）
阅读下面短文，从各题A、B、C、D中选出一个能填入文章中相应空白处的最佳答案。 Jane Scott is fourteen. She began to study in a middle school last year. She likes dancing and singing and 36 a lot of time on them. But she hates math and does not work hard at it. She thinks it’s 37 to learn math. She falls behind her 38 and once failed the math exam. She decided to 39 . Her father is angry 40 her when he finds out about it.
It was a Sunday. Mr Scott gave a call to his 41 who teaches math in another school. He hoped she would come and teach his daughter 42 to study math. The woman came and said, ―You are a clever girl, Jane. I’m sure you can do well in math if you work hard at it.‖
―I’m afraid I can’t, Aunt,‖ said Jane. ―Girls cannot be good at math.‖
―I don’t agree,‖ said the woman, ―I was good at it when I was a girl. You must do more exercises and practice math problems again and again 43 you master the subject. Remember: Practice makes perfect. Here is a math problem. Think about it and keep working till you get it right.‖
―OK,‖ said the girl. ―I will try.‖
About an hour later, Jane took the exercise book to her aunt and said, ―I have done the problem ten 44 .‖
―Well done!‖ her aunt said 45 . ―What result did you get?‖ ―Ten different ones.‖ 36. A. spends 37. A. easy
B. costs
C. takes C. difficult
D. pays D. exciting D. classmates D. give off D. with D. mother D. why
B. necessary B. subjects B. give up B. for
38. A. parents C. teachers C. give out C. to
39. A. give away 40. A. by
41. A. brother 42. A. how
B. wife B. where
C. sister C. what
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