八年级英语第一学期期中考试试卷

Part 1 Listening (第一部分听力)

I. Listening Comprehension (听力理解) (共25分):

A. Listen and choose the right picture (根据你听到的内容，选出相应的图片): (共6分)

1. __________ 2. __________ 3. __________ 4. __________ 5. _________ 6. ___________ B. Listen to the dialogue and choose the best answer (根据你听到的对话和问题，选出最恰当的答案): (共7分)

7. A. English B. Chinese C. maths D. music 8. A. He can’t pass the test. B. He lost his text book. C. He can’t find his notebook. D. His pencil box is gone. 9. A. Waiting for the underground train. B. Watching a 3D movie. B. Watching a fashion show. D. Waiting for the firework show. 10. A. A teacher. B. A violinist C. A manager D. An accountant 11. A. She would like to have dinner with the man. B. She will think about this invitation.

C. She would like the man to join her and Lance in the dinner. D. She can’t have dinner tonight with the man.

12. A. Husband and wife. B. Customer and shop assistant. C. Boss and secretary. D. Doctor and nurse.

13. A. The supermarket. B. The school. C. The car park. D. The housing estate.

C. Listen to the passage and tell whether the following statements are true or false (判断下列句子是否符合你听到的内容, 符合的用“T”表示，不符合的用“F”表示):(共6分)

14. We had a lot of things to buy for Christmas. 15. We parked our car in front of the shopping mall. 16. After shopping, we couldn’t open the door of the car.

17. We were thankful to the policeman because he helped us with the trouble. 18. The man was angry because our car got in his way.

19. We made a mistake because the two cars looked almost the same.

D. Listen to the passage and complete the following sentences (听短文，完成下列内容，每空格限填一词) (共6分)

20. German school day starts at about 8 am. Around _________ _________ there is a short break.

21. German students study math, literature（文学）, __________ , music and art, history and so on.

22. German students start ___________ language study in grade 3.

23. After school, the students go home for a hot lunch. It’s the __________ _________ of the day.

Part 2 Phonetics, Vocabulary and Grammar （第二部分语音、词汇和语法）

Ⅱ. Choose the best answer (选择最恰当的答案) (共15分)

24. My cousin works as a sales person. Which of the following is right for the underlined word?

A. [selz] B. [sels] C. [sa?lz] D. [se?lz]

25. Which of the following underlined parts is different in pronunciation from others?

A. magazine B. nineteen C. client D. unkind

26. Miss Li prefers _________ university library to a public one because there

she can find more books about teaching.

A. a B. an C. / D. some

27. The police warned, “Boys and girls, never send photos of __________ to

any strangers on the Internet.”

A. your B. yours C. yourself D. yourselves 28. Is a teacher’s assistant（课代表）only responsible __________ collecting

exercise books?

A. in B. at C. for D. of

29. Miley cut her hair short, so she _________ spend much time on it every morning.

A. can’t B. needn’t C. shouldn’t D. mustn’t 30. Amber didn’t really like the film because it was quite __________. A. interesting B. exciting C. boring D. surprising 31. I think he lives an unhealthy life because he __________ has breakfast. A. always B. seldom C. usually D. often

32. Detective Dino ___________ a theft in Pudong New District over a week ago. A. will deal with B. deals with C. dealt with D. has dealt with 33. _______ I saw the delivery man（快递员）cycling towards me, I knew that was my gift.

A. As B. Although C. Before D. While 34. When the telephone rang, the Browns ______in the bedroom. A. are sleeping

B. have slept

C. were sleeping D. sleep

35. On National Day Yu Garden was much _________ than any other day of the year.

We saw nothing but people!

A. crowded B. more crowded C. most crowded D. less crowded

36. Unlike your ambition, mine is __________ care of baby pandas in Sichuan

Province. A. take

B. to take

C. taking

D. took

37. –How long did it take the ancient Chinese people to build the Great Wall?

–It took them several __________ years to finish it.

A. hundred B. hundreds C. hundreds of D. three hundred 38. –Well done, Thomas! – __________

A. I agree with you. B. What a shame! C. I’m afraid not. D. Thank you.

III. Complete the following passage with the words or phrases in the box. Each can

only be used once (将下列单词或词组的选项填入空格。每空格限填一词，每词只能填一次) (共5分)

aaaA. popular B. simple C. achieved D. dream E. went through F. was born

Audrey Hepburn, known for her roles in films such as Roman Holiday and Breakfast at Tiffany’s, 39 on May 4th, 1929. As a young girl, Audrey took ballet lessons. She had great talent and expected to be a dancer. However, the war broke her 40 and life became difficult.

After the war, Audrey went to London to work as an actress. That didn’t go so well. Then she headed to America for more chances. Surprisingly, she 41 an award of Oscar（奥斯卡奖）because of her performance in Roman Holiday in 1953. With some other 42 films, Audrey finally turned into a world-famous actress.

Audrey knew the feeling of hunger and coldness because she 43 war. She never forgot those who helped her when she was a poor child, so she also tried her best to help children in trouble for the rest of her life.

IV. Complete the sentences with the given words in their proper forms (用括号中所给单词的适当形式完成下列句子，每空格限填一词) (共5分)