◎ 2006年八年级下学期英语期中考试试卷的第一部分试题
  • 听录音,选择合适的应答句。
    (     )1.A. That's a good idea.
              B. Oh, let me have a look.
              C. Let's try our best.
    (     )2.A. Of course.
              B. You're welcome.
              C. The same to you.
    (     )3.A. I can watch TV only once a week.
               B. I don't like watching TV too much.
               C. I often watch TV in the study.
    (     )4. A. She works hard.
               B. She is a zookeeper.
               C. She is very busy.
    (     )5. A. Here you are. 
                B. Oh, no, not very much. 
                C. Thank you.
  • 听对话及问题录音,选择正确答案。
    (     )1. A.2872030
               B. 2782030
               C. 2870230
    (     )2. A. To the Children's Park.
               B. To the Children's Library.
               C. To the Children's Hospital.
    (     )3. A. A cat.
               B. A panda
               C. A bear.
    (     )4. A. It's raining hard.
               B. The rain is coming.
               C. It's cloudy and windy.
    (     )5.A.She is not interested in it.
               B. She is too busy to go.
               C. She does not know.
  • 听短文,选择正确答案。
    1.Why did Miss Wang go to Tokyo?
    [     ]
    A. To see her friends.
    B. To study Japanese.
    C. To have a meeting.
    2.When was the meeting over?
    [     ]
    A. On November 15.
    B. On November 11.
    C. On November 7.
    3.What did Miss Wang want to eat?
    [     ]
    A. Some cakes.
    B. Some noodles.
    C. Some apples.
    4.Where did Miss Wang get a piece of paper?
    [     ]
    A. From another man.
    B. On the table.
    C. In her handbag.
    5.What languages did the waiter know?
    [     ]
    A. English and Japanese.
    B. Japanese and Chinese.
    C. Chinese and English.
  • 根据提示和句意完成下列句子。
    1.I never feel ________ (无聊的) or unhappy when he is with me.
    2.My favourite s________ are Science and Chinese.
    3.Mr Wu ________ (邀请) me to join in their trip yesterday.
    4.Peter fell off the ladder yesterday. L________, he didn't hurt himself.
    5.If someone shows bad manners to others. He is i_________.
  • 用所给单词的适当形式填空。
    1.Every year, many ________ (tour) go to Zhalong to watch birds.
    2.—Is drawing as difficult as swimming ? 
      —No, it's much ________ (easy), I think.
    3.The children always enjoy ________ (they) at the weekend.
    4.Speak louder, please. I can't hear you ________ (clear).
    5.Tigers are ________ (protect) animals. We can't hunt them .
  • 用所给动词的适当形式填空。

    1.Listen! How wonderfully the girls _________ (sing)!
    2.Simon will leave here if he _________ (finish) the work tomorrow.
    3.________ you ________ (go) to the World Park in Beijing next week?
    4.—What did you do last night?
      —I _________ (write) a letter to my parents.
    5.The zookeeper told them __________ (not leave) litter there.

  • —Tomorrow evening I'll have a birthday party. Would you like to come?
    —_____.

    A. Yes, I would
    B. Sure, I like
    B. Yes, I love
    D. Sure, I'd love to
  • —When were you born, Lily?
    —I was born _______ July 18, 1990.
    [     ]
    A. in
    B. on
    C. at
    D. to
  • Listen _____ in class, and you will pass the exam more easily.

    A. carefully
    B. more careful
    C. to carefully
    D. careful
◎ 2006年八年级下学期英语期中考试试卷的第二部分试题
  • _____ weather we have today!

    A. What a fine
    B. How a fine
    C. What fine
    D. How fine
  • What _____ you do this weekend if it _____ ?

    A. do, will rain
    B. will, rain
    C. do, rains
    D. will, rains
  • —When did the train _____?
    —Half an hour ago.
    [     ]
    A. reach
    B. get to
    C. arrive at
    D. arrive
  • You must be tired. Why not _____ a rest?
    [     ]
    A. stop taking
    B. to stop taking
    C. to stop to take
    D. stop to take
  • We can go there by bus. It _____ about an hour to get there.
    [     ]
    A. has
    B. spends
    C. takes
    D. costs
  • Hurry up, _____ you'll miss the train. It's leaving soon.

    A. or
    B. so
    C. and
    D. but
  • This kind of bike looks _____ and sells _____ in the shop.

    [     ]
    A. nice, well
    B. good, good
    C. nicely, well
    D. good, nice
  • Which symbol means "and"?
    [     ]
    A. ﹩
    B. @
    C.&
    D. ﹪
  • They say there _____ a report on wildlife this afternoon.
    [     ]
    A. will have
    B. will be
    C. is going to give
    D. has
◎ 2006年八年级下学期英语期中考试试卷的第三部分试题
  • Paul is _____ in my class.
    [     ]
    A. the strongest boys
    B. one of the strongest boy
    C. strongest boy
    D. one of the strongest boys
  • —What is your cousin like?
    —____.

    A. He's fine, thank you.
    B. He's watching TV now.
    C. He's tall and thin.
    D. He's a famous doctor.
  • Daniel has _____ tomatoes than Amy, but _____ rice than Kitty.
    [     ]
    A. more, fewer
    B. fewer, more
    C. less, more
    D. more, least
  • 句型转换。
    1. Sandy is not as slim as Amy. (改为同义句)
        Amy is _________ _________ Sandy.
    2. John's tie is not the same as Tina's. (改为同义句)
        John's tie is __________ _________ Tina's.
    3. At weekends we can go shopping. We can listen to music at home.(合并成一句)
        At weekends we can go shopping _________  _________ to music at home.
    4. She speaks French fluently. (对划线部分提问)
        _________ does she _________ French?
    5. Nancy lives four kilometers from the school. (对划线部分提问)
        _________ _________ does Nancy live from the school?
  • 从所给七个选项中选出五个补全对话。

    A. I'm glad to see you.
    B. How do you like the city?
    C. I'm sure you will have a good time.
    D. Are you Mrs Green from Canada?
    E. Is this you first visit to Nanjing?
    F. It's a nice place to visit.
    G. Would you like to visit Nanjing?

    Li Mei: Excuse me.        1         
    Mrs. Green: Yes, and you are...?
    Li Mei: I'm Li Mei. Your fiend Miss Wu is busy at the moment. She asked me to meet you.
              Welcome to Nanjing, Mrs. Green.
    Mrs. Green: Thank you.
    Li Mei: By the way,        2         
    Mrs. Green: No, this is my second time. I came here in 2000 for the first time.
    Li Mei:         3       
    Mrs. Green: I like it very much. It's very beautiful and famous. And people here are quite friendly.         4        
    Li Mei: I'm glad you like the city. And now Nanjing is becoming more and more beautiful.        5         
    Mrs. Green: I think so. Thank you very much for meeting me.
    Li Mei: It's my pleasure.
    1._______ 2. _______ 3. _______ 4. _______ 5. _______
  • 完形填空。

         Most people in the USA speak English. There are over 2000 languages spoken all over the world. You
    know that every language has    1    own words.    2    you want to learn a foreign language, you must know
        3    the words mean, and you must say them in the    4   . Words are   5     up of sounds, different languages
    have different sounds. There are thousands of language sounds. When you   6     English, you are using only
    about fifty of them.
         Some languages are spoken faster than     7   . English is spoken   8     slowly than French. Women speak
        9    than men. In America women speak about 175 words every minute,    10    men speak about only 150.
    How many words every minute do you speak?

    (     )1. A. itself  
    (     )2. A. When    
    (     )3. A. what    
    (     )4. A. idea    
    (     )5. A. make    
    (     )6. A. say     
    (     )7. A. the other
    (     )8. A. much    
    (     )9. A. faster  
    (     )10. A. and     
    B. their    
    B. What       
    B. where       
    B. country  
    B. makes      
    B. speak      
    B. other    
    B. more        
    B. slowly   
    B. or       

    C. it’s      
    C. If          
    C. that       
    C. right way   
    C. making      
    C. to say        
    C. others    
    C. most          
    C. fastest   
    C. while    

    D. its        
    D. Why          
    D. which        
    D. street       
    D. made         
    D. to speak        
    D. another    
    D. best            
    D. most slowly
    D. get          
  • 阅读理解。
         Mr. Robinson worked in Africa. His son was born there. His name was John. One winter Mr. and Mrs.
    Robinson went to England, and they took John there. John was seven years old then. One day it snowed.
    The boy went into the garden, and he played in the snow. He said, "Snow is very beautiful, but it is very
    cold, too." But it was not glass. It was ice. It was on the a bucket (桶) of water. John said, "Who put the
    glass here? I am going to put it into the house." He took the ice to his father and said, "This is a beautiful
    piece of glass, but it is very cold and wet. It was on a bucket of water in the garden." Mr. Robinson smiled
    and said, "Take it to the kitchen, put it in front of the stove there, and dry it." The boy took the ice to the
    kitchen and put it in front of the stoves. He dried his hands, because they were very cold and wet, and then
    he went to the ice again. He looked at it, and then he took it to his father again. He said, "I put the glass in
    front of the stove, but it does not get drier. It becomes wetter and smaller."
    1. John didn't know what the ice was because _____.
    [     ]
    A. he was very foolish
    B. he was young
    C. he was born in Africa
    D. he didn't go to school
    2. One winter Mr. and Mrs. Robinson went to England with _____.
    [     ]
    A. their son
    B. a boy of their friends
    C. their daughter
    D. one of their friend's son
    3. One day John found _____ on a bucket of water.
    [     ]
    A. a piece of glass
    B. a piece of ice
    C. some snow
    D. some water
    4. What did Mr. Robinson ask John to do?
    [     ]
    A. He asked John to take the ice out.
    B. He asked John to put the ice in front of the stove.
    C. He asked John not to play with ice.
    D. He asked John to dry his hands at once.
    5. After John put the ice in front of the stove, he found that it became _____.
    [     ]
    A. dry
    B. wetter
    C. bigger
    D. colder
  • 阅读理解。
         When Ben Franklin was only a boy, he always wanted to know about things. He was always asking
    his father and brothers "What?" and " How?" and "Why?".
         They couldn't always tell him what he wanted to know.
         When they couldn't tell him, Ben try to find the answer by himself.
         Many times Ben did find out things that no one knew before. The other would say,
         "That Ben Franklin! He is always finding out something new!"
         Ben lived close to the water. He liked to go there to see the boats. He saw how the wind blow them
    across the river.
         One day Ben said to himself, "Why can't the wind help me float (漂浮) across the water? And I'm
    going to try." Ben got his big kite. He took hold of the kite's sting and ran with it. The wind took the
    kite up into the air. Then Ben jumped into the water.
          The wind blew the kite high into the sky. Ben began to float across the water. Soon he was on the
    other side, and he did not work at all.
         One boy shouted, "Look at Ben floating across the water! His kite takes him to the other side without
    any work!"
    1. When he was a child, Ben _____.
    [     ]
    A. liked to fly a kite by himself
    B. always asked easy questions
    C. always liked to play with water
    D. always liked to find out how things worked 
    2. His father and brothers ____. 
    [     ]
    A. couldn't answer all his questions
    B. could answer all his questions
    C. tried hard to find out something new for him
    D. were too busy to answer his questions
    3. How did Ben Franklin float across the water?
    [     ]
    A. The other boy took him across it.
    B. The water carried him across it.
    C. The flying kite took him across it.
    D. A boat took him across it.
    4. He found out many things that _____.
    [     ]
    A. children didn't know
    B. his father and brothers knew
    C. people didn't know
    D. most people knew
    5.In the passage,"and he did not work at all" means _____.
    [     ]
    A. he worked hard to cross the water
    B. he didn't go to work that day
    C. he didn't cross the water at all
    D. he crossed the water in an easy way
  •      Jack London was a famous American writer. He was born on January 12, 1876,in San Francisco,
    California. His family was very poor, and Jack had to leave school to make money. He worked hard in
    many different jobs.     
         Later, Jack returned to school, but he didn't stay. He wrote, "Life and pocketbook (袖珍书) were both
    too short."
         In 1897, he went to Alaska to find gold. Instead, he found ideas there for his books and stories. He
    returned home and started to write. His writing were successful (成功的), and he became rich and famous
    in his twenties.  
         Jack London was not a happy man, however. In poor health, he took his own life in 1916. He was
    only 40 years old.

    1.Jack London was _____.
    [     ]
    A. a musician
    B. a writer
    C. a basketball player
    D. a teacher
    2.He went to Alaska _____.
    [     ]
    A. for holidays
    B. because his wife lived there
    C. to find gold
    D. to meet his parents
    3.Jack London became rich and famous _____.
    [     ]
    A. when he was thirty
    B. when he was over twenty
    C. in his thirties
    D. when he was a child
    14.Which of the following sentences is true? 
    [     ]
    A. Jack died in Alaska.
    B. Jack was born in London.
    C. Jack found gold in Alaska.
    D. Jack was a successful writer, but he didn't live happily.
    5.Which of the following sentences is not true?
    [     ]
    A. Jack didn't find gold in Alaska, instead he found ideas for writing.
    B. Jack didn't like to go to school.
    C. Jack died in 1916.
    D. Jack had only a little education (教育) when he was young.
  • 改错。
         Swimming is very popular in summer.
    People like swimming in summer because of                                       1.__________
    water makes people feeling cool. If you                                              2.__________
    like swimming and swim in a wrong place,
    it may not be safely. These years, more than                                       3.__________
    nine hundreds children died while they were                                        4.__________
    having a good time in the water most of                                              5.__________
    them were students.
  • 书面表达。
         野生动物协会要求写一份80词左右的关于丹顶鹤的报道,以呼唤人们来保护丹顶鹤。要求描述丹顶鹤的外貌、能力、性格特征和面临的危险。要点如下:
         Appearance: tall; red-crowned; white feathers; long neck, long legs, long beak
         Ability: can walk or fly; good at catching fish
         Character: like to walk in the wetlands; never hurt people
         Dangers: people change many wetlands into farms → no space for the to live
         Report: Red-crowned cranes are in danger!
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