2013-2014学年度第一学期期中测试卷
八年级英语
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第Ⅰ卷（45分）
I. 听力（10分）
A）听句子，选择符合句意的图画。（听一遍）（5分） . A. B. 2. A. B. 3. A. B.
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B）根据所听对话，选择正确的答案。（听两遍）（5分） 6. What’s the time now? A. 10:35 B. 10:40 C. 10:30 7. How many people does a team need? A. Two B. Three C. Four 8. What does the girl need to wear every day? A. The uniform B. The tie C. The uniform and the tie 9. What’s the book about? A. Traveling B. Famous people C. Fairy tales 10. What do you know about Simon’s hero? A. He is a football fan. B. He is from England C. He hates football.
II. 单项选择（15分）
11. Stephen is ________ honest young man and he never tells lies. You can trust him. A. a B. an C. the D. / 12. —________ your best friend May like?
—She is a polite and help girl. We all like her. A. What does B. How does C. What is D. How is 13. Finally, we arrived ________ London Railway Station on a cold winter morning. A. at B. in C. to D. / 14. Be ________! The basketball match will begin in a few minutes. A. humorous B. meaningful C. patient D. active 15. The book is so ________ and we all feel ________ with it. A. bored, boring B. bored, bored C. boring, boring D. boring, bored 16.—How was your school trip to the museum?
—It was wonderful, ________ there was a lot of traffic on the way. A. and B. but C. or D. so 17. —A friend from the USA brought me some cookies as a present. —Oh, I know. British people usually call them ________. A. films B. rubbers C. biscuits D. lorries 18. There are many ________ from all over the world in the World Park. A. interesting places B. places of interest C. places of interests D. Both A and B 19. Why ________ come and play basketball with us? A. not you B. don’t C. not to D. not 20. My classmate always told me funny jokes ________. A. made me laugh B. makes me laugh C. to made me laugh D. to make me laugh 21. The girl has three balloons. One is red, ________ two are blue. A. another B. other C. others D. the other 22. A number of students in my class ________ from Beijing. The number of them ________ 9. A. is, is B. is, are C. are, is D. are, are 23. —The apple pie tastes delicious, doesn’t it? —________. It can’t be better. A. Yes, it does. B. Yes, it doesn’t. C. No, it doesn’t. D. No, it does. 24. Which of the following sentence is right? A. Simon is as younger as Amy. B. Kitty dances more beautiful than Sue. C. Elephants are the biggest animals on land. D. Mandy is the most fast runner among us.
25. —My parents will take me to Japan during the winter holiday. —Really? ________! A. Have a good time B. Good luck to you C. You are right D. It’s my pleasure.
III. 完型填空（10分）
Believe it or not, there are good reasons for 26 school uniforms. It makes you feel proud of your school. It 27 a common spirit of unity (团结精神) among students and reminds them of the values and history of their 28 . But for most students, school uniforms are not 29 to be proud of at all. The main points students complain (抱怨) about school uniforms are: simple colours, boring designs and 30 quality.
What has caused all these problems? A uniform designer pointed 31 that problems arise (出现) because the whole society doesn’t see the 32 of the school uniform. ‘Most designers are likely to stick to the same old fashion, because there are no professionals that work for __33 ,’ he said. ‘Besides, high quality calls for a high price. But in some schools, the annual expense (每年的费用) for each student’s uniform is only 50 to 60 yuan. How can we produce high quality clothes with so 34 money?’ Even with these problems, efforts have been made to 35 the situation. A school clothes competition was held in April in Beijing. Next spring the samples will be offered for schools to choose. 26. A. dressing B. wearing C. dressing up D. putting on 27. A. solves B. causes C. builds D. receives 28. A. family B. school C. class D. country 29. A. something B. everything C. anything D. nothing 30. A. good B. poor C. high D. nice 31. A. out B. at C. to D. of 32. A. colour B. design C. quality D. importance 33. A. teachers B. students C. doctors D. managers 34. A. much B. many C. little D. few 35. A. change B. keep C. correct D. turn
IV. 阅读理解（10分）
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What will you do during a trip? Visit famous places, shop and take photos? There is one thing you should never forget — send a postcard.
Postcards have 170 years of history in the UK. By the 20th century, trains became a cheap and easy way to travel. More people went on holiday to the seaside. There were no cell phones, so they sent postcards to let others know they arrived safely. Those postcards were usually seaside pictures, such as beaches and traditional foods like fish and chips.
Today, most postcards picture local scenic photos or drawings. Others may be funny, with jokes on the front.
People usually write words to express ‘they miss someone’ on their postcards. It’s common to end with ‘thinking of you’. The most famous postcard words are ‘wish you were here’.
Modern postcards also celebrate British humour. They often make fun of the British weather. For example, some postcards show the rain pouring down on an empty beach. This humour keeps postcards popular in Britain.
36. Why did people like to send postcards during a holiday? A. To tell others that they had money to take trains to travel.
B. To show others photos of beaches and traditional foods of the seaside. C. To let their friends or family know they arrived safely.