八年级期中复习试卷

2006年广东省初二下学期期中复习英语试卷

听力部分（20分）

一、听对话及问题选出正确答案。（10分）

1. What do we know about the bag?

A. It is too heavy.

B. There are some toys in it.

C. Jim can carry it.

2. Who was late for Lily’s birthday?

A. Jane

B. Jo.

C. Lucy

3. What day was yesterday?

A. Wednesday.

B. Tuesday

C. Monday

4. What did Jack’s mother ask him not to do?

A. She asked him not to read in the sun.

B. She asked him not to climb the tree.

C. She asked him not to talk to others in class.

5.How many balls does the boy want the girl to bring tomorrow?

A. Two

B. Four

C. Three

6. Is Wei Fang at the party?

A. Yes, because she is ill

B. No, because she is ill.

C. Yes, because she’s at home.

7. What did the man ask the woman to do?

A. He asked her to get him a stamp.

B. He asked her to get him some bread and milk

C. He asked her to get him some Coke.

8. Whose room is this?

A. Sandy’s room.

B. Sandy and Bob’s room.

C. Bob’s room.

9. When did the early bus leave/

A. At 6:25.

B. At 6:30.

C. At 6:35.

10. Which month is the baby’s birthday in?

A. January.

B. May.

C. October.

二、请听Peter给我们讲的一个关于Sam的故事，然后判断下列句子是否与故事内容相符（符合填T，不符填F）

1. Sam wants to find a seat for the old man.

2. The boy doesn't want to give up his seat at first, so he doesn't stand up.

3. Then Sam is angry with the boy and gives him a hard push（用力一推）.

4. The boy's face turns red because he is afraid of Sam.

5. We should learn from Sam and help the elderly and weak（弱者）in public places

三、听短文填出所缺的单词。（5分）

My _________ animals are fantail goldfish, because they’re _______ and easy to _______. You ________ feed the m very _________, just _______ a day. They eat _________ fish food. And they don’t make any noise. They only blow _________. Fantail goldfish are ________ from other fish. Their tails are more __________.

笔试部分（80分）

一、单词拼写：（10分）

1.Miss Green bought a very beautiful ________ （毯子）last Sunday.

2.. I really don’t know what _________ （发生）to her yesterday.

3. My e-friend Nicky is fond of ___________ （收集）stamps.

4. Please give me a _________（机会）. I’ll make it better.

5. The Class3, Grade 7 students are __________（计划）a trip to the Great Wall.

6.We don’t know who are the __________ （主人）of these cars.

7.Give me one more _________（机会），I will never make any mistake.

8.The boy ___________ （迷失）his way and couldn’t find his mother.

9.Go and see who’s ___________ （敲）at the door.

10.My dog likes to ________（追逐）and catch balls.

二、单项选择：（20分）

1. A person cannot sneeze and ________ his eyes _______ at the same time.

A. lets, open

B. keep, open

C. lets, close

D. keep, close

2. Lei Feng always _____ others first.

A. thought of

B. thought about

C. thought over

D. thought up

3. Lily ________ a bad cold a few days ago. Now she is _______ hospital.

A. catches, in the

B. gets, in the

C. caught, in

D. got, in

4. I’m sure she will _______ lea rn English well.

A. can

B. be able

C. be able to

D. can be able to

5. The old man lives ______, but he doesn’t feel _______.

A. alone, alone

B. lonely, lonely

C. alone, lonely

D. lonely, alone

6. __________ interesting story it is!

A. What

B. How

C. What a

D. What an

7. There isn’t __________ in today’s newspaper.

A. something interesting

B. interesting something

C. anything interesting

D. interesting anything

8. Kitty and Millie _________ to tell each other amazing things last night.

A. take turns

B. took turns

C. took photos

D. took place

9. A tortoise can live ______ 150 years old.

A. up to

B. up at

C. up for

D. up

10. I would recommend Yao Ming _______ NBA _______ Basketball Player Award.

A. for, Good

B. for, Better

C. for, Best

D. at, Best

11. I want to borrow a book ______ animals.

A. with

B. in

C. of

D. about

12. ______ volleyball here, ______ you may break the windows.

A. Play, or

B. Don’t play, or

C. Play, so

D. Don’t play, so

13. Animals don’t like ______ cages.

A. live in

B. live

C. living in

D. living

14. I’m hungry, ______ me my lunch.

A. take

B. Bring

C. Show

D. Help

15. I ______ go to bed ______ my father came back.

A. won’t, until

B. didn’t, until

C. will, until

D. /, when

16. He likes singing, ______ he doesn’t sing well.

A. and

B. but

C. so

D. or

17. Mr. Green ______ speak a little Chinese, but he can’t speak any Japanese.

A. can

B. may

C. must

D. need

18. She was very tired after _________ for three hours.

A. walking

B. walks

C. walked

D. walk

19. Mr. Black wrote ___________ article for the Reading Club last week.

A. a eight-hundred words

B. eight-hundred words

C. an eight-hundred-word

D. an eight-hundred word

20. —Are these shoes _________?

—No, they aren’t ________. They are __________.

A. your, yours, Mary’s.

B. yours, mine, Mary’s.

C. mine, mine, Yours

D. mine, yours, Yours.

三、动词填空：（10分）

1.My brother （chat）with his teacher this time yesterday.

2.Listen! Who （sing）in the next room now?

3.They will have a trip to the Great Wall if it （not rain）tomorrow.

4.Don’t make any noise, Grandma （sleep）.

5.It （rain）hard now. You’d better （stay）at home.

6.Will you please （come）here on time next time.

7.They （build）a new bridge over the river in the future.

8.Who （give）us a talk yesterday?

9.Yesterday my mother told me （not play）with fire. It’s dangerous.

四、句子翻译。（10分）

1. 大部分时间我喜欢一个人独自呆在家里。

, I enjoy .

2. 听！有人在按门铃。

Listen! Someone .

3. 如果你想保持健康，确保自己每天都做些运动。

If you want to , make sure you every day.

4. 我对看NBA篮球赛很感兴趣。

I’m NBA games.

5. 狗是我们的朋友。我们不应该怕他们。

Dogs are , we shouldn’t them.

6. 从北京到上海旅行乘火车需要3小时。

It takes three hours _______________ from Beijing to Shanghai _____________.

7. 那小孩对玩电脑着迷。

The child is _________________ computers.

8. 他们正在为希望工程捐书。.

They are _____________ for _________________.

9. 我妹妹害怕晚上一个人出去。

My sister is __________________________ at night.

10. 当教室里没人的时候，不要让灯亮着。

Don’t leave ______________ when there _______________ in the classroom.

五、完形填空。（10分）

（A）

John left the United States in 1969 to work in Africa. Africa was hot. When John 1 to the United States in 1979, he said to himself, “ It’s m uch 2 here than it was before I left. I’m going to 3 an electric heater（电热器）. Besides, everything is much more 4 .”

John went to a store the next day to buy an electric heater. The salesman 5 him three or four 6 kinds and then said,

“ And this is our best electric heater. It 7 a lot, but it 8 half of your electricity（电）, and electricity is very expensive now, isn’t it?”

“Yes, it’s very expensive,” John answered, “ and it’s becoming 9 every year.” He looked at the electric heater carefully, thought for a few seconds and then said, “Well, I’ll take 10 of these, then I’ll save all of my electricity.”

1. A. wrote B. pointed C. listened D. returned

2. A. hotter B. colder C. better D. noisier

3. A. buy B. see C. make D. sell

4. A. modern B. simple C. expensive D. beautiful

5. A. borrowed B. lent C. sold D. showed

6. A. old B. bad C. same D. different

7. A. has B. gets C. costs D. brings

8. A. saves B. needs C. becomes D. produces

9. A. better B. worse C. hotter D. cheaper

10. A. one B. two C. four D. three

（B）

Every year students in many countries learn English. Some of these students are children, ______ students are young people. Why do all these people want to learn _______ ? It is not ______ to answer this question. Many boys and girls learn English at school. It is one of their ________. Many people learn English because it is __________ in their work. Some young people learn English ________ their higher studies because some of their books are _______ English. Other people learn English because they want to _________ newspapers in English. Some people learn English because they want to ________ in the USA, England or Australia. English is very _____ in our life.

1. A. all B. the other C. both D. other

2. A. English B. Chinese C. Maths D. Japanese

3. A. hard B. easy C. good D. nice

4. A. books B. classes C. schools D. subjects

5. A. good B. useful C. fine D. pleased

6. A. for B. of C. to D. from

7. A. in B. with C. at D. to

8. A. look B. see C. look at D. read

9. A. go B. work C. like D. come

10. A. help B. helping C. helps D. helpful

六、阅读理解。（15分）

（A）

One day an old man is selling a big elephant. A young man comes to the elephant and begins to look at it slowly. The old man goes up to him and says in his ear, “ Don’t say anything about t he elephant before I sell it. Then I will give you twenty dollars.” “All right,” says the young man. After the old man sells the elephant, he gives the young man twenty dollars and sa ys, “ Now, can you tell me how you found the elephant’s bad ears?” “ I didn’t find the bad ears,” says the young man. “ Then why are you looking at the elephant slowly?” asks the old man. The young man answers, “Because I have never seen an elephant before, and I want to know what it looks like.”

1. ______ the elephant.

A. The young man sells

B. The old man sells

C. The two men sell

D. The old man buys

2. The young man is looking at the elephant slowly. He wants to find out _______.

A. which foot of the elephant is bad

B. how heavy it is

C. which ear of the elephant is bad

D. what it looks like

3. The young man _______.

A. knows the elephant has bad ears

B. wants to buy the elephant

C. looks after the elephant

D. gets some money from the old man

4. The young man _______.

A. is not interested in elephants

B. knows what an elephant looks like

C. has seen some elephants before

D. has never seen an elephant before

5. Hearing what the young man said, the old man will probably（可能）be ______

A. angry

B. happy

C. dangerous

D. hungry

（B）

A good way to pass an exam is to work hard every day in a year. You may fail in the exam if you are A good way to pass an exam is to work hard every day in a year. You may fail in the exam if you are lazy（懒惰）for most of the year and then work hard only a few days before the exam. If you are taking an English exam, do not only learn rules of grammar. Try to read stories in English. Speak in English whenever you can. A few days before the exam you should go to bed early. Do not stay up late studying. Before you start the exam, read carefully over the question paper, try to understand the exact（确切的）meaning of each question. When you have at least finished your exam, read over your answers. Correct（改正）the mistakes if there are any, and be sure that you have not missed anything out.

1. How can we do well in exams?

A. We should work hard every day in the year.

B. We should go to bed early a few days before an exam.

C. We should read over the answers before we hand in our papers.

D. We should do A, B, C.

2. Learning rules of grammar _________ to pass an exam.

A. is enough

B. is not enough

C. is not impossible

D. is no use

3. Speak in English whenever you can. It is ___________ to your English study.

A. helpful

B. impossible

C. wonderful

D. foolish

4. Make sure that you _______ before you hand in your paper.

A. remember rules of grammar

B. have thought over and over again

C. have answered all the questions

D. have read stories in English

5. In the sentence “Do not stay up late at night studying”, the expression “stay up” means _____.

A. 逗留

B. 呆坐

C. 熬夜

D. 停止

（C）

Welcome to the zoo

Come and meet the Indian（印度的）elephants and the new tigers from America. The bears are waiting to meet you, and the monkeys from China are waiting to throw things at you. The lovely dogs from Australia are waiting to laugh at you. The giraffes from Zambia are waiting to look down on you.

根据段文内容完成选择。

6. How many kinds of animals are talked about in the passage？

A. Four

B. Five

C. Six

D. Seven

7. Now Mr. Smith is in the zoo with his two sons, one aged 14 and the other 10.How much are the tickets altogether（总共）?

A. ＄4.00

B. ＄2.00

C. ＄3.00

D. ＄1.00

8. Which of the following is a visiting time?

A. 8:30 a.m. Monday.

B. 9:30 a.m. Friday.

C. 5:00 p.m. Tuesday.

D. 2:00 p.m. Sunday.

9. From the passage we can guess the animal “giraffe” must be very _____.

A. fat

B. long

C. tall

D. strong

10. Which of the following can we do in the zoo?

A. Take a few nice photos.

B. Give some food to the fish.

C. Touch the monkey on the head. D . Throw things everywhere.

七、写作（5分）

某中学在进行年度十佳青年的评选，根据提示，写一封推荐信。信的格式已给出，字数要求在60-80左右。

1. 我想推荐陆逸当选今年的十佳青年。

2. 陆逸：乐于助人，心地善良。上周六,，在超市里。一个八岁的小女孩找不到她的妈妈，哭了起来，陆逸买了一些巧克力和一个玩具小汽车给她,，并在警察的帮助下，把小女孩送回了家。

3. 陆逸做事很仔细，如果他能获奖，我将很高兴。

Best Y outh Award for Lu Yi

Dear sir,

Yours faithfully

Zhao Wei