人教版新目标英语八年级上册期中考试试题

八年级期中（1-5单元）

英 语 试 题

注意事项：

1.本试卷分第Ⅰ卷和第Ⅱ卷两部分，第Ⅰ卷为选择题，45分；第Ⅱ卷为非选择题，55分；共100分。考试时间为120分钟（含听力20分钟）。共10页。

2.答题前，考生务必用0.5毫米黑色墨水签字笔将本人的姓名、考号写在试卷要求的相应位置。

3. 答第Ⅱ卷时，必须使用0.5毫米黑色墨水签字笔书写。若需改动，先划掉原来的答案，然后再写上新的答案。不准使用涂改液、胶带纸、修正带，否则，答案无效。

第Ｉ卷  (选择题　共45分)

一、听力选择 (共15小题，计15分)

（一）请听录音中八组短对话。每组对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中，选出与对话内容相符的图片或能回答所给问题的最佳答案。（每组对话读两遍）

1. Where did Tom go on vacation?

2. What does Chen Tao often do every day?

A.        B.       C.

3. Which is Tom?

A.        B.         C.

4.Why is Screen City a good movie theater ?

A. It’s the most popular.   B. It has the best sound.   C. Both A and B.

5.Which has the worst service?

A. Miller’s.            B. Blue Moon.           C. Dream Clothes.

6. What does the girl hope to be one day?

A. A worker.        B. A reporter.       C. A driver.    

7. Who did the girl go to the summer camp with?

A. Her parents.      B. Her friends.      C. No one.

8. What does the woman think of talk shows?

A. She doesn’t mind them.    

B. She doesn’t like them.      

C. She can’t stand them. 

（二）请听录音中两段较长的对话。每段对话后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中，选出能回答所给问题的最佳答案。（每段对话读两遍）

听第一段较长的对话，回答第9至第11三个小题。

9. Where are the two speakers?

A. At a bus stop.    B. At a train station.    C. At a subway station.

10. Which place does the woman want to write a letter to?

A. The police station.   B. The newspaper.     C. The TV station.

11. What does the woman want to do in the end?

A. Have a cup of coffee with the man.

B. Have dinner with the man.

C. Go home to write the letter.

听第二段较长的对话，回答第12至第15四个小题。

12. What class will Mary have this Sunday?

A. Music class.         B. Swimming class.          C. Movie class.

13. How many times does Mary have the class?

A. Once.               B. Once a week.            C. Twice.     

14. What will Mary do on Saturday morning?

A. Do her homework.     B. Clean her room.          C. Both A and B.

15. When will Tom and Mary go to the movie?

A. On Sunday morning.    B. On Saturday morning.     C. On Saturday afternoon.

注 意：请同学们翻到第Ⅱ卷，找到第三大题，继续做听力填词题。

二、阅读理解（共15小题，计30分）

阅读下面短文，从每小题A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出能回答所提问题或完成所给句子的最佳答案。

16. How does Jake and his mom travel to the airport?

 A. In a plane. B. In their car. C. In a taxi. D. In a bus.

17. This is Jake's             trip, he feels fairly           .

 A. last; happy B. first bus; worried

 C. first plane; excited D. last; frightened

18. Who is Panda?

 A. Jake's brother. B. A large animal.

 C. Jake's pet. D. A toy animal.

19. What's the Chinese meaning of the underlined words?

 A. 发出轰隆隆的声音 B. 滚动着 C. 发出咕咕的声音 D. 开始工作

B

     Most American school buildings look the same. There is always a gym, a big room for basketball and other sports. There is a lunchroom, a school library, and an auditorium. In many schools students learn running, tennis, swimming and some other sports. And the games between schools are often very exciting.

     In the USA, school buses are the safest way for children to go to school. Students spend about an hour and a half in the school buses every day. For many students in the USA high schools, the most important things in their life are making friends, being popular and having a good social life. Many students go out together after school to fast food restaurants, movies or dances.

      In the USA, students take some tests each year. Every year 70% of American students graduate from high school and 40% of high school students go on to college.

20. What does the writer think of games between schools?

A. Exciting.    B. Interesting.      C. Boring.       D. Tiring.

21. How long do the students spend in their school buses every day?

A. An hour.           B. One hour and a half.

C. Half an hour.       D. Two hours.

22. Which is the most important thing in American students' life?

A. Studying hard to be the number one in class.

B. Helping mothers do housework after school.

C. Visiting grandparents every weekend.

D. Joining clubs and meeting new friends.

23. How many students will go to college if there are 2000 students in a school?

A. 2000 students.   B. 1400 students.     C. 800 students.   D. 1000 students.

C

Harry finished his college and wanted to find a job in the city. One day he saw an advertisement in a window. It said, "Wanted. The best salesman in the world. Top Pay. "

“I am a great salesman. ”Harry said to himself. “I’m sure that I can sell anything. I’ll go in and ask for that job. ’’

So Harry went into the building. He saw a manager in it. He said to the manager.“Good morning. I saw your advertisement. I think I’m the best salesman in the world. Give me the job, please.” “You must prove(证明)that you are the best，” the manager said. “I’ll pass every test that you give me, ”Harry said. “Good.” the manager said, and he took a box of sweets out of his desk. “Last week I bought a thousand boxes of the sweets. If you can sell them all before the end of the week, you can have the job.” “That’s easy.” Harry said.

He took the boxes of sweets and left the office.

Every day and all day he went from shop to shop, trying to sell boxes of the sweets. But he couldn’t sell one. The sweets were so bad that he couldn’t even give them away. At the end of the week he went back to the manager. “I am sorry, sir,” he said. “I was wrong about myself. I’m not the best salesman in the world, but I know who is.”

 “Oh.” said the manager. “Who do you think is the best?”

 ‘‘The person who sold you a thousand boxes of the sweets.”

24.The manager told Harry______.

A. he could start work at once 

B. he was the best salesman in the world

C. he wasn’t a good salesman 

D. he must show he was the best salesman in the world

25. Harry could get the job if______.

A. he sold a thousand boxes of sweets  

B. he gave away a thousand boxes of sweets

C. he sent the manager a thousand boxes of sweets

D. he bought a thousand boxes of sweets from the manager

26. Harry thought it was easy to sell the sweets because______.

A. he thought he was the best salesman and he could sell anything

B. he could give them away

C. he wanted to get the job        

D. many people liked sweets

D

I’m Emily. Three years ago, I thought I didn’t have enough time to do the housework, so I cancelled the cable(取消有线电视). But I still think it’s fun to watch TV shows when I get the chance.

My favorite show was The Life Laundry. It was so interesting. It came on Saturday mornings after Norm on This Old House and Rick Steve’s Europe. It was like Clean Sweep. It chose some common people. In the show, people took everything in the house outside so they could see how many thing they had. Then they would go through each things they had. Then they would go through each thing and decide whether (是否) to keep or sell it. When people sold some things they would never use, a team (团队)would make the home more beautiful with a new coat of paint. At the end of the show, everyone was always happy to see their home cleaned up and look spacious.

Antiques Roadshow came after The Life Laundry, which was confusing (令人困惑的)because The Life Laundry made you want to clean out your things, but it made you want to keep everything.

27. Why did Emily cancel the cable?

A. Because she didn’t like watching TV. 

B. Because her family was very poor. 

C. Because she was busy with the housework.

D. Because her television was broken.

28. When was The Life Laundry?

A. On Saturday mornings.         B. On Saturday afternoons.

C. On Sunday mornings.           D. On Sunday afternoons.

29. What came after The Life Laundry?

A. Norm on This Old House.       B. Clean Sweep    

C. Rick Steve’s Europe.           D. Antiques Roadshow.

30. What can we learn from the passage?

A. Emily cancelled the cable two years ago.

B. Emily didn’t mind The Life Laundry.

C. People gave things to each other in The Life Laundry.

2. A                 she is a child, she knows quite a lot.

3. Call English Study Center at 443--5687 for more i_________ if you want to know more.

4. You should take the exams s          . Don't be careless.

5. I             (想知道) where Kim is now.

6. Do you like reading            (杂志).

7. Tony is one of the most              (有创造力的) students in our school.

8. I think computer games are boring and __________(毫无意义的).

It's a cold day in December. A little boy about 10-year-old, with no shoes on his feet, was standing in front of a shoe store on Broadway. He was__1__ through the window, and shaking with__2__. A lady came to the boy and said: "My little boy, why are you looking so wishful in that window?"

"I was asking God to give me a pair of shoes ." The boy replied.

The lady took him by the hand and went into the store, and asked the clerk to get a half dozen pairs of socks for the boy. She then asked __3__he could give her a basin (脸盆) of water and a towel(毛巾). The clerk quickly brought them to her. She took the little boy to the back part of the store and, removing her gloves, knelt down, washed his feet, and __4__them with the towel. By this time the clerk had returned with the socks. Placing a pair upon the boy's feet, she then __5__ him a pair of shoes, and tying up the remaining pairs of socks, gave them to the boy. She put her hand on his __6__and said: "No doubt, my little boy, you feel more comfortable now?"

As she turned to leave, the surprised boy caught her __7__ the hand, and looking up in her face, with tears in his eyes, answered the question with these words: "Are you God's wife?"

1._______   2._______    3.________    4.________     5._______ 

6._______   7.________

七、阅读表达（共5 小题，计10分）

阅读短文，根据要求完成文后的题目。

Exercise is good for you because it can help you to keep fit and healthy. It is not enough just to eat a healthy diet. Exercise is important too. Exercise will make your muscles (肌肉)stronger. There are about 600 muscles in the body. They move your bones and let you move your joints（关节）. If you do not exercise your muscles, they will be weaker and smaller. One of the most important muscles in the body is the heart. To exercise your heart, you need to do something like swimming, or playing a game in which you run about. This will make you breathe more deeply and make your heart and lungs stronger. One of the places where you can exercise is at school. At school, children have PE lessons that help them to keep fit and well. Try to exercise at least three times a week because exercise is good for you!

1. How many muscles are there in the body?

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2. What can we do to exercise our heart?

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3. Why is school one of the places where children can exercise?

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4. 请将文中画线句子翻译成汉语.

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5. 请给短文拟一个适当的英文标题.

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八、写作（共 1小题,计15分）

校学生会准备在元旦举行征文活动，请根据提示, 回想自己在生活中遇到的最好的一位朋友, 以“My Best Friend”为题，用英语写一篇80词左右的短文。

内容包括：

喜欢好朋友的原因; 你们两个在外貌、生活习惯、性格、学习、运动、爱好等方面的相同和不同之处。

要求：

所写内容应包括所提供的信息，可适当发挥；不得出现真实的人名、校名等相关信息。

My Best Friend

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