八年级第二学期期中检测
八年级英语试题
（卷面总分：100分 考试时间：100分钟 命题学校：台南中学）
一， 听力（20分）
(一)听对话，回答问题。读两遍。
( ) 1. Who is Nick’s uncle?
A B C
( ) 2. What does Daniel like?
A B C
( ) 3. Which team is the boy in?
A B C
( ) 4. What’s Daniel’s favourite subject?
A B C
( ) 5. What place of interest does Tom want to go to?
A B C
( ) 6. Where are they talking?
A. In the classroom. B. In the dining room C. In the playground
( ) 7. Where will Amy go before she goes home?
A. The Reading Club. B. The library. C. Her friend’s home. ( ) 8. Who’s Suzy’s friend?
A. Jack B. Simon C. Amy
( ) 9. Would the girl like to lend CD to the boy?
A. Yes, she would like to. B. No, she wouldn’t like to. . C. No, she would like to.
( ) 10. What do we know about the bag?
A. It is too heavy. B. There are some toys in it. C. Jane can carry it.
（二）听对话或独白，选出正确答案。读两遍。 听第一段材料，回答第11、12题。
( ) 11. What is Sarah like?
A. She is pretty, honest and hard-working.
B. She is pretty, cheerful and easy-going. C. She is pretty, friendly and polite.
( ) 12. What would she like to be in the future?
A. A youth worker. B. A factory worker. C. A social worker.
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听第二段材料，回答第13~15题。 Place ·The students will go to 13 tomorrow. Transpo·They will go there 14 . rt Weather ·It is 15 tomorrow. ( ) 13. A. the Palace Museum. B. the Great Wall C. the Summer Palace ( ) 14. A. by bike. B. by car. C. by bus. ( ) 15. A. cloudy. B. rainy. C. sunny.
听第三段材料，回答第16~20题。
( ) 16. How many students are there in Sunshine Secondary School?
A. 158. B. 1,200. C. 3,500. ( ) 17. Whose school is bigger?
A. Daniel’s. B. John’s. C. The speaker’s. ( ) 18. What do the students in John’s school do every Friday afternoon? A. Have a meeting. B. Have a ball match. C. Have classes. ( ) 19. What does John sometimes do after class? A. He sometimes does the housework.
B. He sometimes goes to the clubs.
C. He sometimes does his homework.
( ) 20. Why does the speaker think his school life is less interesting? A. Because there are more weeks off in the summertime. B. Because there are fewer classes in a day. C. Because he can’t go to the clubs.
二， 选择题（15分）
( )1.—Andy finished first in the competition!
--- Really ? Sounds ________ to believe.
A. too good B. good enough C. quite good D. so good
( )2. What a ________ rain ! It has rained ______ since last night.
A. heavily heavy B. heavy heavily C. hardly hard D. hard hardly
( )3. We __________ obey the traffic rules .
A. must B. have to C. may D. can
( )4. Don’t try to do everything at once. Take it a bit _______________.
A. at times B. at a time C. at all times D. at that time
( )5. They don’t know what ___________ the problem .
A. to do B. do C. to do with D. do with
( )6. There is no air _______ water on the moon .
A.and B. but C. or D.with
( )7.Good books help us ___________ a whole new world to me .
A. turn up B. look up C. get up D.open up
( )8.The task is so hard for me . I don’t know _______________.
A. what I can do B. how to do C. what to do D. both A and C
( )9.---- Lily is ill in hospital .---Really ? I _____ know she was ill .
A.don’t know B.know C. knew D.didn’t know
( )10.Mr Wang isn’t here , I think he __________ Shanghai .
A. went B. went to C. has gone to D. has been to
( )11.Would you mind ___________ me how to start this online tour ?
A.show B. to show C. showed D. showing
( )12.What do you usually use your computer _________ ?
A.in B. with C. for D. to
( )13.--How long has Robert _______? ---Since 2000.
A. been to Beijing B. joined the art club C.become a policeman D. studied in this school
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( )14.The boy is ________ to greet us every morning .
A.polite enough B. enough polite C.too patient D.so patient
( )15.--- It shouldn’t take long to clear up after the get-together if we all volunteer to help . ----- I quite agree with you . _____________.
A.Practice makes perfect B.Many hands make light work
C. Better late than never . D. The early bird catches the worm .
三， 完型填空（10分）
A teenage girl couldn't stand(忍受) her family rules，so she left home.
She wanted to be a star and became 1 . But she had a little education and a few years later，she had to ask for food on the street for a living. Now her father has 2 . Her mother is an old woman. But she is still 3 her daughter. She went to every corner of the city. Everywhere she goes，she put up a big photo of herself on the wall. At the lower part of the 4 she writes，“I still love you …Come back home！”
One day，the daughter saw one of the photos. She was so surprised that she couldn't believe her 5 . “Is that my mother？”She moved 6 and read the words，“I still love you…” She cried. When she got home，it was early morning. She pushed the door. The
door 7 itself. She rushed to the bedroom at once. Her mother was sleeping there. She woke her mother up，“It's me！Your daughter is back home！”The mother and daughter looked at each other excitedly，full of 8 tears. The daughter asked，“ 9 is the door unlocked？A thief could get in.” The mother answered softly，“The
door 10 locked after you left. We miss you all the time. We believe that you'll come back some day.”
The door of parents’ love for their children will never be closed. ( )1: A．famous B．poor C．pretty D．polite ( )2: A．lost B．died C．worried D．changed
( )3: A．looking up B．looking at C．looking for D．looking down ( )4: A．wall B．photo C．house D．door ( )5: A．ears B．nose C．head D．eyes
( )6: A．farther B．closer C．better D．cleaner ( )7: A．opened B．broke C．closed D．locked ( )8: A．sorry B．wonderful C．sad D．happy ( )9: A．When B．Why C．Where D．Which ( ) 10.A．never B．always C．sometimes D．often
四，阅读理解（10分）
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Where is Love? How can we find Love? Once a little boy wanted to meet Love. He knew it was a long trip to where Love lived, so he got his things ready with some pizzas and drinks and started off. When he passed three streets, he saw an old woman sitting in the park and watching some birds. She looked very hungry. The boy gave her a pizza. She took it and smiled at him. The smile was so beautiful that he wanted to see it again, so he gave her a Coke. She smiled once again. The boy was very happy.
They sat there all the afternoon, eating and smiling, but they said nothing. When it grew dark, the boy decided to leave. But before he had gone more than a few steps, he turned around, ran back to the old woman and gave her a hug. The woman gave him her biggest smile ever.
When the boy opened the door of his house, his mother was surprised by the look of joy(快乐)on his face and asked what had made him so happy. \beautiful smile in the world.\mother’s pleasure and asked why.
\If the world is full of love, we can enjoy a better life.
（ ）1. When the little boy saw the old woman, she was________.
A. looking for a seat in the park B. passing the street C. looking at some birds D. having a pizza
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