外研版2016-2017学年八年级上学期期中考试英语试题含听力稿和答案

2016 -2017学年度第一学期期中试卷

八年级英语

本试卷分为第I卷（选择题）、第II卷（非选择题）两部分，共100分，考试用时90分钟。第I卷至3页，第II卷至5页。考生务必将答案涂写规定的位置上，答在试卷上的无效。

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第I卷共55分

Ⅰ. 听力理解(本大题共20小题，每小题0.5分，共10分)

A) 在下列每小题内，你将听到一个或两个句子并看到供选择的A、B、C三幅图画。找出与你所听句子内容相匹配的图画。

1.

B. C.

2.

A. B. C.

3.

A. B. C.

4．

A. B. C.

B) 下面你将听到十组对话，每组对话后都有一个问题。根据对话内容，从每组所给的A、B、C三个选项中找出能回答所提问题的最佳选项。

5. What are they both interested in?

A. Reading.

B. Playing basketball.

C. Listening to pop music.

6. Why does Frank look worried?

A. Because he will attend a meeting.

B. Because he can’t find his report.

C. Because he left his report in the office.

7. How did Tony go to school this morning?

A. By bike.

B. By bus.

C. By taxi.

8. How much will the man pay for the two red cards?

A. 4 yuan.

B. 5 yuan.

C. 10 yuan.

9. How is the weather now?

A. Rainy.

B. Snowy.

C. Sunny.

10. Who did the best in the English writing contest?

A. Kate.

B. Bill.

C. Tim.

11. Where does the dialogue probably take place?

A. In the library.

B. In a reading-room.

C. In a bookshop.

12. When can Mrs. Li meet Tom’s mother?

A. This morning.

B. On Friday morning.

C. On Friday afternoon.

13. What do you know from this dialogue?

A. They are classmates.

B. They are neighbours.

C. They are close friends.

14. What was the matter with the boy?

A. He didn’t feel well.

B. He took part in sports meeting.

C. He was in hospital.

C) 听下面长对话或独白。每段长对话或独白后都有几个问题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。

听下面一段材料，回答第15至第17题。

15. Why doesn’t the man feel like having Sichuan food today?

A. Because it’s too expensive.

B. Because it’s too hot.

C. Because the restaurant is too far.

16. What are the two speakers going to do this evening?

A. Have dinner in a restaurant.

B. Go to see friends.

C. Make Sichuan food.

17. What kind of food do they both like?

A. Chinese food.

B. Fast food.

C. Italian food.

听下面一段材料，回答第18至第20题。

18. What's the guide doing?

A. She's talking to the tourists.

B. She's helping some friends.

C. She's having a class in London.

19. What’s the population of London?

A. About 17 million.

B. About 7 million.

C. About 1.7 million.

20. Which of the following is right according to the passage?

A. People working in London have a lot of time to visit museums.

B. People in London don’t like to help foreign tourists.

C. There’re many parks and gardens in London.

Ⅱ. 单项选择(本大题共20小题，每小题1分，共20分)

21. What’s _________ population of __________ capital of that country?

A. a; the

B. the; a

C. a; a

D. the; the

22. —Everyone went home __________ Betty and Tony. Why?

—Because they had the piano lesson.

A. besides

B. with

C. except

D. except for

23. —Did you buy the computer at a __________ price?

—Sure. It was on sale.

A. high

B. low

C. big

D. small

24. Let’s try to speak English as __________ as possible.

A. many

B. more

C. much

D. good

25. In the piano contest, my brother di dn’t play well and I did __________.

A. very well

B. even worse

C. very good

D. much better

26. __________ you go jogging, ___________ you will feel.