江苏省常州金坛2014-2015学年八年级上期中考试英语试题及答案

江苏译林牛津英语2014年秋学期期中质量调研

八年级英语试卷

一、听力部分（共20小题；每小题1分，计20分）

A) 听下面10段对话。每段对话后有1道小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。（每段对话读两遍） 1. Which place are they talking about?

2. How will the woman go to Beijing next month?

3. What is the boy going to do first?

4. What is Alice's mother's job?

5. Where would the woman like to go?

A. Egypt. B. Europe. C. Asia. 6. How is the man going to Sydney?

A. By plane. B. By coach. C. By ship

7. What did the woman say when the man said: “Hope you enjoy your trip.”? A. Thank you. B. The same to you. C. I will. 8. How does Mary's brother study for a test?

A. By working with friends. B. By listening to tapes. C. By reading the textbook.

9.What does Lucy think of English?

A. Interesting. B. Fun. C. Boring. l0. Where are they talking?

A. In a shop. B. At the bus stop. C. In the police station.

B) 听下面3段对话或短文。每段对话或短文后各有几道小题，从题中所给的A、

B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。（每段对话或短文读两遍）

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听一段对话，回答第11～12小题。 11. What does the girl want to do?

A. Change her job. B. Live with her friends. C. Go to college. 12. What is the girl's father's opinion?

A. He agrees with her. B. He disagrees with her. C. He misses her.

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。 My best friend Jimmy ·tall and strong with black hair Appearance ·a round face with 13 and smiling eyes ·generous Character · 14 ·smart ·smart and musical Ability ·good at 15 13. A. big B. small C. bright 14. A. honest B. kind C. helpful

15. A. sharing things B. reading hooks C. playing football 听第二篇短文，回答第16～20小题。 16. When will they visit the flower show?

A. On October 21. B. On October 22. C. On October 23. 17. What will they do in the morning?

A. Have a short rest. B. Visit different parts of the show. C. Listen to a talk.

18. What will they do in the afternoon?

A. Listen to a talk. B. Draw some pictures. C. Plant some flowers.

19. Where will they meet that morning?

A. Near the gate of the park. B. At the school gate. C. In the school.

20. How will they go to the park?

A. On foot. B. By bike. C. By bus.

二、单项选择（共10 小题，每小题1分，满分10分）

21. Li Xiaomei is _______honest girl. She is my__________best friend.

A. a; the B. a; / C. an; the D. an; /

22. Will you go______ a school trip______the Summer Palace if you have a long holiday now?

A. on; for B. on;to C.to; for D. to;to

23. It is very cold today, and the weather forecast says it will be _______tomorrow. A. even colder B. more colder C. much more cold D. much cold 24. Most Chinese girls get____when they watch the____ TV series \Stars\

A.excited; exciting B. exciting; exciting C. excited; excited D. exciting; excited

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25. You must be very tired now. Why not________ a rest?

A.to stop to have B. to stop having C. stop to have D. stop having

26. There's_____food in the fridge. I think we had better go to the supermarket now. A. a little B. little C. a few D. few

27.The Greens moved to a new house. They want to_____some new air-conditioners. A. put in B. put up C. put on D. put away 28. When we speak to the old, we should be_________.

A. so polite as possible B. as politely as possibly C. as polite as possible D. as polite as possibly

29. ---_________ late for school again, Tim! ---Sorry, I________ A. Don't; won't B. Don't be; won't C. Don't be; will D. Don't; will 30. ---___________? ------He's friendly and helpful.

A. What does your friend look like B. What does your friend like C. How is your friend like D. What's your friend like 三、完形填空(共l0小题:每小题1分。满分10分)

Jack lost his Job last week. It was difficult for him to find another____31__-.

32 told him that it was possible to get a new one in a town two hundred kilometers 33 . He decided to get there 34 . So he went to the railway station and got 35_a train. He was the only one in the car(车厢). The train started. Suddenly a man came in__36___gun and said to him.\ your life!\without 38 up.

\ 39 any money,\

\

\ 40 you were the conductor, and，didn't buy a ticket,\Jack.

31. A.work B.jobs Cones D.one 32. A.Nobody B.Somebody C.Anybody D.No one 33. A.from B.farther C.away D.off 34. A.by bike B.on foot C.by train D.by bus 35.A.off Boo C.up D.to

36.A.with B.has C.have D.there was 37.A.but Band C.so D.or 38.A.stands B.standing C.stood D.stand 39.A.don't have B.have no C..didn't have D.had

40.A.know B.didn't know C.think D.thought 四、阅读理解(共10小题，每小题2分.满分20分) A

In 1834, the clock tower in London was burnt down. People planned to build a new clock which would be the biggest and best in the world. So the clock had to be big and keep very good time. The big clock was made in two years. Five more years later the tower was finished.Then people put the big clock in the tower and made it ring out for the first time on July 11, 1859.

In order to give the‘big clock a good name, people held a meeting. Someone wanted to call it the Queen of Bells, and someone thought Victoria was good. At last,

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a man named Benjamin Hall stood up. He was a big man. Before he started to speak, someone shouted,“Why not call it Big Ben?\him.

From then on, Big Ben became its name. And it also became一famous building of London. People all over the world wrote to Big Ben. They even sent birthday presents-bottles of oil to keep Big Ben running. Big Ben is not only a clock but also a dear friend of people.

41. How did Big Ben明its name?

A. Benjamin Hall gave it the name. B. Big Ben got its name because of a joke.

C. Big Ben got its name from the Queen of the UK. D. Victoria gave it the name.

42. \” means____ in the passage.

A. have a good time B. show people the correct time C. keep running D. be made in time 43. Benjamin Hall is_________ A. a man who built Big Ben

B. a man who was always very funny.

C. the man who burnt down the old clock tower.

D. a man who attended the meeting which was held to make a name for the big clock.

B

Two friends were walking through a forest One said to the other. \野兽)comes at you, I'll always stay and help you.\too.\

Suddenly, a big bear ran out from behind a tree. One man at once got up a tree quickly. The other man was a little fat， So he couldn't climb up a tree. So he threw himself onto the ground, closed hie eyes and pretended to be dead.

The bear came up and sniffed(嗅)at the fat man's head. It put its nose to his mouth and ears. The man held his breath(屏住呼吸).The bear thought that he was dead and walked away because bears never eat dead men.

When the bear went away, the man in the tree came down. With a smile, he said to the fat man,\ \is a friend indeed.\

44. The two friends agreed to_____if there was anything dangerous at first.

A. help each other B. run away fast C. call the police D. climb up the tree

45. One man didn't climb up the tree because_________

A. he was not afraid of the bear B. he was too fat to climb up

C. he thought the bear was friendly D. he never liked climbing up trees 46. From the passage， we can infer(推断)that_______ later on.

A. the two men would not be friends B. the two men would help each other C. the big bear will come back again D. the big bear would find nothing to eat

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