2013-2014学年度第二学期第一次月考试卷（二）

2013-2014学年度第二学期第一次月考试卷（二）

八年级英语

注意事项：

八年级英语试卷共8页，其中听力四道大题，20道小题，笔试七道大题，68道小题；满分150分，其中听力30分，笔试120分；考试时间100分钟，其中听力15分钟，笔试85分钟。

2014.4

第一部分 听 力 （30分）

I. 听短对话，选择正确的答案。（本题共5小题，每小题1分，满分5分）

( ) 1. A. She has found it at home. B. She has found it in the street. C. She has found it in the garden. ( ) 2. A. He has collected about 100. B. He hasn’t collected any. C. He has collected about 1000. ( ) 3. A. Water Cube. B. The Summer Palace. C. Bird Nest.

( ) 4. A. Because she was noisy. B. Because she was so pretty. C. Because she was dark. ( ) 5. A. He likes tennis and hockey. B. He is friendly and generous. C. He’s tall and handsome. II. 听长对话，选择正确的答案。（本题共5小题，每小题1分，满分5分）

听第一段对话，回答6-7 题。

( ) 6. Why does Jane look good?

A. Because she’s wearing her mother’s perfume. B. Because she’s wearing her mother’s blouse. C. Because she is tall and slim.

( ) 7. How is Jane’s mother feeling?

A. She’s feeling nervous. B. She is pleased with her daughter. C. She is angry with her daughter.

听第二段对话，回答8-10题。

( ) 8. What’s the TV programme about?

A. It’s about space stations. B. It’s about spaceships. C. It’s about space. ( ) 9. What have the scientists discovered on Mars?

A. They have discovered life. B. They have discovered water. C. They haven’t discovered anything yet.

( ) 10. Is there life on the moon?

A. Yes, there is. B. No, there isn’t. C. The scientists are not sure.

III. 听短文，选择正确的答案。 （本题共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分） ( ) 11. What’s Mr. White’s nationality?

A. He’s English. B. He’s American. C. He’s Canadian. ( ) 12. Why is difficult to understand the teacher’s words?

A. Because he smiles a lot. B. Because he speaks English all the time. C. Because he speaks very fast. ( ) 13. How many brothers are there in Mr. White’s family?

A. There are four. B. There’s only one. C. There’re five. ( ) 14. What does his sister look like?

A. She is very tall. B. She has fair hair. C. She has dark hair. ( ) 15. What didn’t Mr. White tell his students about?

A. He didn’t tell them about America. B. He didn’t tell them about Americans.

C. He didn’t tell them about American food.

IV. 听短文，根据所听内容，完成表格。（本题共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分）

Information Sheet 16. There were ________ passengers on the plane. 17. They sat in their seat and waited ___________. 18. One minute later the plane _________________. 19. The cabin stewards brought people ____________________. 20. The _________ took three hours.

第二部分 笔 试 （120分）

第I 卷 选择题 （65 分）

I．单项填空 （本题共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分）

( ) 1. This kind of apple _____ delicious. Would you like another one? A. feels B. tastes C. looks D. sounds ( ) 2. ----Don’t pull my cat’s tail. She will feel ________.

A. nervous B. sorry C. angry D. excited ( ) 3. Lots of astronauts have worked on the ___________.

A. gas station B. railway station C. space station D. supermarket ( ) 4. ----Have you ________ been to African countries? ----Not _______.

A. already; recently B. ever; just C. yet; already D. ever; yet ( ) 5. ----_________have you lived here? ----For about fifteen years.

A. How many times B. How often C. How long D. How soon ( ) 6. This project _________ the government ten million yuan.

A. cost B. spent C. paid D. took

( ) 7. When the young boy got to work, he always felt _______ and he was not happy. A. asleep B. sleepy C. sleep D. tiring ( ) 8. Vivian has been ________ eighteen-year-old girl.

A. a B. an C. the D. / ( ) 9. There are ________ eggs in the fridge, so I must buy some. A. few B. a few C. little D. a little ( ) 10. All of us find_________ necessary to take exercise every day. A. this B. that C. it’s D. it

( ) 11. Those naughty boys haven’t thrown stones to their classmates __________. A. lonely B. recently C. luckily D. suddenly

( ) 12. ___________ of the seven other planets has an environment with air, so people and things can’t grow. A. Both B. All C. None D. One ( ) 13. ----Is this for your space travel homework? I haven’t started it yet. ----____________! Ms James wants it next week.

A. Guess what B. It sounds brilliant C. Don’t panic D. Have a try ( ) 14. Thank you for ________ me the sunglasses at a low price.

A. seller B. sold C. sale D. selling ( ) 15. The spaceship will send back much _________ about other planets.

A. environment B. information C. imagination D. pronunciation

II. 完形填空 （一）（本大题共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）

阅读短文，掌握其大意。然后从各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

Peter is my good friend. He is as ___16___ as I am. His house is ___17___ mine. We usually go to school together. We both study at a school ___18____ Beijing No. 1 Middle school. Peter is very handsome. He is tall and strong. He has a round face and a small nose. His smiling eyes make him ____19____ smart. Peter is a clever boy. He is very ____20____, too. He likes to help people any time. He always ____21___ funny jokes. I never feel ____22____ or unhappy when he is with me. Peter is a true friend. When something worries me, I always go to him. I can tell him anything because he can keep ____23____. We like to chat with each other because we always have the same ____24____. We often chat on the way to school, under the tree, over the telephone or on the Internet. We both like ___25____ best. We go to different places for our holidays every day. We both hope to be the best friends for ever. ( ) 16. A. new B. age C. old D. older

( ) 17. A. close B. closed C. far D. near ( ) 18. A. named B. is called C. in D. at ( ) 19. A. look B. looks C. to look D. looking ( ) 20. A. polite B. helpful C. friendly D. good-looking ( ) 21. A. tells B. says C. talks D. speaks ( ) 22. A. boring B. pleased C. excited D. uncomfortable ( ) 23. A. quiet B. secret C. secrets D. fit ( ) 24. A. lesson B. idea C. telephone D. home ( ) 25. A. swimming B. skiing C. travelling D. camping

III. 阅读理解（一）（本题共15小题，每题2分，满分30分）

A．阅读下列短文，从各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

Passage 1

Swimming is very popular. People like swimming in summer because water makes people feel cool. If you like swimming and swim in a wrong place, it may not be safe. These years, a lot of people died when they were enjoying themselves in the water, and most of them were students. But some people are not careful in swimming. They often think they swim so well that nothing will happen to them in water. Summer is here again. If you go swimming in summer, don't forget that better swimmers have died in water. They died because they were not careful not because they could not swim. So don't get into water when you are alone. If there is a \Swimming\sign, don't get into water. If you remember these, swimming will be safer. ( )26. ______ like swimming in summer.

A. Few people

B. A lot of people C. Only students

D. Everybody

( )27. People like to swim in summer because ______.

A. they feel cool in water B. they are free C. it makes them strong

( )28. These years ______ people died in the water when they swam happily.

A. few B. many C. no D. some ( )29. Some swimmers die in water because ______.

A. they think they can swim well C. they are not careful

B. they are not strong enough

D. it is safe

D. they like swimming very much.

( )30. The writer wants to tell us ______.

A. swimming is a good sport

B. that we should go swimming in summer

C. that we must be careful in swimming D. swimming is not safe