2008-2009学年度潍坊市奎文区初中学段第一学期八年级期末考试
英语试卷
考试时间：90分钟 注意：只交第Ⅱ卷
第Ⅰ卷（75分）
一、听力部分（计20分，每小题1分） （一）听句子，选择正确的答语。 1．A．Yes，please． B．No．thanks 2．A．He’s tall．
B．He’s fine．
3．A．Fine，thank you． B．That’s OK．
4．A．Yes，I do
B．I’m sorry to hear that．5．A．Yes，please．
B．No，never．
（二）听短对话，选出问题的正确答案。 6．What does the man like best?
A．Pizza．
B．Hamburgers
7．How many times has the woman been to China?
A．Twice．
B．Three times
8．When will the man meet his aunt?
A．At one
B．At two．
9．How does the woman feel?
A．Excited．
B．Nervous．
10．WhatdidT0nvlose?
A．His books．
B．His bags．
（三）听对话选择正确答案。 听第一段对话完成11-13小题。
11．Where does the conversation take place?
A．In a restaurant．
B．In a bookshop．
12．Where does the woman find out who has taken the book?
A．From a bookshelf．
B．From a notebook．
13．How long has David Smith had The Dialogues?
C．You have． C．He’s polite． C．Not bad．
C．Here you are． C．I like it．
C．Soup
C．Once．
C．At three．
C．Hungry
C．His glasses
C．In a library
C．From a computer
A．For three days． B．For two days． C．For four days．
听第二段对话完成14-15小题。
14．Why is Tony going to Hawaii for his holiday? Because _______________
A．He likes swimming．
B．He likes Snow．
C．He likes hot weather．
15．Why doesn’t the woman go to Hawaii? Because _______________
A．It is cold there．
B．It is hot there．
C．It is windy there．
（四）听短文，根据短文内容完成表格。（请将答案写在Ⅱ卷相应的位置上）
Meeting
Place
Meeting
Time
Clothing
cap
Return Time Transporta
tion（交通）
In front of the school
1．_______________
2．At ___________ a.m.
3．A___________ shirt and a red
4．At ___________ p.m. 5．By ___________．
二、单项选择（共16小题，满分为16分）
（ ）16．This kind of apples tastes ________ and it sells ________ in the supermarket．
A．nice；good
B．well；well
C．nice；well
D．good；well
（ ）17．--What ________ your father ________？
--He’s tall and handsome． A．is；like
B．does；like
C．does；look like
D．does；think of
（ ）18．Do you want to know how I feel about ________ to China？
A．come
B．comes
C．to come
D．coming
（ ）19．--Can you tell me the way ________the People’s Hospital?
--It’s ________ Yuhe Road and Yuanfei Road．
A．of；between B．of；on C．to；between D．to；along
（ ）20．It just isn’t right ________ elephants ________their meat．
A．to kill；for
B．to kill；with
C．kill；for
D．kills；for
（ ）21．Could you please give me a piece of paper ________？
A．write
B．to write on
C．write on
D．writing on
（ ）22．My daughter is 12 years old and she is ________ to look after herself．
A．enough old
B．enough young
C．big enough
D．old enough
（ ）23．--Must I hand in my homework before class?
--No，you ________．You can hand it in after class． A．needn’t
B．mustn’t
C．must
D．need
（ ）24．The head teacher told the boys ________football in the street．It’s dangerous．
A．not play
B．play
C．not to play
D．to play
（ ）25．The maths problem is very difficult．We had better ________ the teacher for help．
A．to ask
B．asking
C．asked
D ask
（ ）26．-Is there ________ in today’s newspaper?
--NO，________．
A．something special；special nothing C．anything special；nothing special
B．special something；special nothing D．special anything；nothing special
（ ）27．--Why can Lingling speak English so well?
--Because she ________ New York for six years． A．goes to
B．has been to
C．has been in
D．has gone to
（ ）28．Please remember ________ your photos here tomorrow．
A．bring
B．to bring
C．bringing
D．taking
（ ）29．There is little water in the bottle，________?
A．isn’t it
B．is it
C．is there
D．isn’t there
（ ）30．I ________ my homework ________ the telephone rang at 8 last night．
A．was doing；when B．did；when
C．was doing；while D．did；while
（ ）31．She can’t wait ________ the winter holiday．
A．to have
B．have
C．has
D．having
三、完形填空（共15小题，满分为15分）
Thomas Edison was a great American inventor He was in school 32 only three months．His teacher didn’t understand 33 this new pupil had so many strange questions．Most of the questions had nothing 34 with his lessons．The teacher didn’t want to teach Tom 35 ．He asked Tom’s mother 36 the boy home．Tom’s mother taught him to read and write and she found him to be a very good pupil．He learnt very fast and became very 37 in science．When he was only ten，he built a chemistry lab for 38 ．
At the age of 12，he started 39 his own newspaper．He printed it and sold copies on the trains．It was the first newspaper 40 on trains in America．
One day in August，1862，Edison saw a little boy， 41 on the railway at a station．A train was coming near quickly, and the boy was too frightened 42 ．Edison rushed out and carried the boy to 43 ．The boy’s father was so thankful 44 he taught Edison how to send messages by telegraph．Edison soon became good at it and later left home to work in different 45 ．This gave him a new start in life． 46 ，he was only 16． 32．A．in
B．since B．why B．do
C．for C．how C．doing
D on D．when D．does D．any D．took D．interests D．itself D．written D．sell D．to play D．moving D．safely D．when D．cities D．Now
33．A．what 34．A．to do 35．A．more 36．A．to take
B．no more B．take
C．any more C．takes
37．A．interesting 38．A．himself 39．A．writes 40．A．sold
B．interested B．him
C．interest C．his
B．wrote B．selling B．plays B．moved B safety B．which B．country B．When
C．writing C．sells
41．A．played 42．A．to move 43．A．safe 44．A．what 45．A．city
C．playing C．moves C．safer C．that C．village
46．A．At this time C．At that time
四、阅读理解（共16小题；每题1.5分，计24分）
A
A lot of boys and girls in Western countries are wearing the same kind of clothes，and many of them have long hair，so it is often difficult to tell whether they are boys or girls．
One day，an old man went for a walk in a park．in Washington．and when he was tired，he sat on a chair．A young person was standing on the other side of the pool．
“Oh!”the old man said to the person sitting beside him on the chair．“Do you see that person with the glasses and long hair? Is it a boy or a girl?’’
“A girl．”said the neighbour．“She is my daughter．”
“Oh!”the old man said quickly．“Please forgive me．I did not know that you were her mother．”
“I’m not．”said the other person，“I’m her father．” 47．“Is it a boy or a girl?” The word“it”here means ________．
A．he
B．she
C．the person
D．the pool
48．The meaning of“forgive”is ________．
A．忘记
B．责骂
C放弃
D．原谅
49．The old man thought his neighbour was ________．
A．a woman
B．a man
C．a girl
D．a boy
50．The old man thought that his neighbour was the girl’s mother because his neighbour ______．
A．was wearing a skirt C．had long hair
B
B．had a beautiful face D．was young
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