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2014—2015学年度上学期期末质量检测

八年级英语试卷(东区)

一、听力部分（共20分）

Ⅰ. 听句子, 选择最佳应答语。（5分）

( ) 1. A. No, they can’t. B. Yes, they did. C. It was excellent.

( ) 2. A. Once a week. B. Last night. C. Animal world.

( ) 3. A. Lazy. B. At school. C. Jennifer.

( ) 4. A. Because it has the worst service. B. Because it’s the most expensive.

C. Because it’s the closest to home.

( ) 5. A. Yes, she is. B. No, I’m not. C. No, she doesn’t.

Ⅱ. 听对话，选择最佳答案。（5分）

( ) 6. Where did Jim go on vacation last week?

A. To the mountains. B. To the beach. C. To the farm.

( ) 7. Who is the shortest of the three girls?

A. Wu Na’s cousin. B. Wu Yu. C. Wu Na.

( ) 8. What does Tom want to be?

A. A teacher. B. A reporter. C. An actor.

( ) 9. How much honey does May need?

A. One spoon. B. Two spoons. C. Three spoons.

( )10. When is Ben’s party?

A. Tomorrow evening. B. Tomorrow afternoon. C. Tomorrow morning. Ⅲ. 图片理解 看图听描述，选择与你所听到的描述内容相符合的图片。其中有一幅图片是多余的。（5分）

A B C

D E F

11.________-12. 13. 14.

Ⅳ. 听短文, 选择最佳答案。（5分）

( ) 16. Where is Linda now?

A. At home. B. In the store. C. At school.

( ) 17. Who is Mike?

A. Linda’s brother. B. Linda’s friend. C. Linda’s cousin.

( ) 18. When will Mike’s birthday party start?

A. At 4:00 p.m. B. At 5:00 p.m. C. At 6:00 p.m.

( ) 19. How many sandwiches is Linda going to make?

A. Six. B. Seven. C. Eight.

( ) 20. How will Linda go to the party?

A. By bus. B. By taxi. C. By bike.

二·单项选择。（20分）

( )1. Li Lin wants to be engineer when he up.

A. an ; grows B. an ; grow C. a ; is growing

( )2. David thinks Jackie Chan is actor in China.

A. very popular B. more popular C. the most popular

( )3. I have ______ money than he, but I am ________ than he.

A. fewer, happier B. less, happier C. more, richer D. much, richer

( )4. bananas and yogurt do you need for your banana milk shake?

A. How many; how many B. How many; how much C. How much; how many

( )5. _________ exciting news!

A. what B. how C. what a D. what an

( )6. –Mom, can I go to play soccer with Jim? – It’s up you.

A. with B. for C. to

( )7. Ninety_____ teachers and students plant _____trees every year.

A. thousands; million of B. thousand; millions of

C. thousands of; millions of D. thousand; million

( )8. —What would you like to drink, girls?

— .

A. Two cup of coffee B. Two cups of coffees

C. Two cups of coffee D. Two cup of coffees.

( )9. My parents work in the same school. They English.

A. all teach B. both teach C. teach both

( )10. What TV program do you expect tonight?

A. to watch B. watch C. watching

( )11. Tom is really looking forward to the Great Wall of China.

A. visit B. visiting C. visits

( )12. We can’t pass the exam, we study hard.

A. because B. and C. unless

( )13. – I think drinking milk is good our health. – I agree you.

A. for ; to B. for ; with C. at ; to

( ) 14. Changjiang River is one of rivers in the world.

A. long B. longer C. longest D. the longest

( ) 15. -----Who is the man over there? Is it Mr. Li?

-----No, it ______be him. Mr. Li is much taller.

A. mustn’t B. may not C. can’t D. needn’t

( ) 16. —do you surf the internet?

—Three or four times a week.

A. How many B. How often C. How long D. How far

( )17.---There ____ a football match ___ January 10th. Shall we go to watch it?

--- Sure .let’s go.

A. will have, on B. will be , on C. is going to have, on D. is going to be ,in

( )18.Everyone knows China is getting _______.

A. strong and strong B. more strong and strong

C. stronger and stronger D. strongest and strongest

( )19. .Don’t worry . She can look after your pet_________.

A. enough careful B. enough carefully C. carefully enough D. careful enough

( late tomorrow, the teacher won’t let her in.

A. is B. will be C. be D. was

三、 完型填空（每小题1分，共10分）

One day, Mrs. Wilson went shopping with Tracy and Ben. They went to the supermarket in the new shopping center.

“why do you _____1____ thing here?” Tracy asked.

“Because they are____2____ here than the store near our home “Mrs. Wilson said, “ help me _____3____ the prices, please..”

The Wilsons were not ____4____ , so Mrs. Wilson was always careful with her money. She looked carefully at the ____5_____ of things. She bought lots of things in the supermarket. When they got home, the children said, “ we don’t think you ____6__money by going to that supermarket.”

“we know,” the children said, “ but we came home by taxi ____8_____ we had so many things to carry(携带）. The taxi fare (费用) was more than the money that you saved.”

Mrs. Wilson added everything up. Her children were______9_____.

“ well done,” she said “ next time we’ll do the ____10_nearby（在附近）. I

won’t go to that supermarket again.”

( ) 1. A. bring B. sell C. buy D. carry

( ) 2. A. cheap B. much cheaper C. more expensive D. cheapest

( ) 3. A. check（检查、核对）B. Count（数）C. make D. take

( ) 4. A. poor B. healthy C. happy D.rich富有的

( ) 5. A. money B. prices C. sizes D. kinds

( ) 6. A. made B. saved C. wasted D. lost

( ) 7. A. something B. all the things C. Everything D. Nothing

( ) 8. A. when B. so C. if D. because

( ) 9. A. right B. wrong C. OK D. pleased

( ) 10. A. reading B. washing C. shopping D. cooking

四、阅读理解（30分）

( A )

After a long day’s study at school, you are very tired. So after school you go home to you. He’s happy to see you and helps you take your school things to your room. He listens to you talk about your school life and tells you a new joke. And he tells you to call your cousin and to say happy birthday. And then he helps you with your homework.

This is your future, and the robot’s name is NAO. NAO has a small body, big eyes and a

large head. He can walk and dance. He listens and talks, and he even learns and thinks for himself. His creators (创造者) predict that the robot will be in people’s homes before 2040. This $16,000 robot knows who you are. NAO can even express emotions (表达情感).

He is a self-guided robot. A self-guided robot can sense (感觉), think and act. Other robots might do two out of the three. For example, a robot might sense things using cameras and think using computers, but with no arms, he can’t act. Another robot can move and sense things, but he can’t think for himself. These aren’t self-guided robots. But NAO can do them all.

( )1. The underlined word “greets” means “

A.讨厌 B. 击败 C. 迎接 D. 仰慕

( )2. The robot tells you to to your cousin.

A. say happy birthday B. dance C. send a birthday gift D. write

( )3. What does NAO look like?

A. He has a large body with a large head. B. He has big eyes and a large head.

C. He has small eyes and a small head. D. He has a small body with a small head.

( )4. When might people have robots like NAO in their homes?

A. In 2020. B. In about 15 years. C. In 2030. D. In about 30 years.

( )5. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. NAO isn’t a self-guided robot. B. NAO can’t help kids with their homework.

C. NAO is more than fifteen thousand dollars.

D. NAO can move and sense, but he can’t think.

（B）

Molly was eight years old. This year she spent the summer with her Aunt Cathy. Her parents took a six-week trip to Europe and let Molly stay at her aunt’s house. She was very unhappy, because she couldn’t spend the summer with her friends at the neighborhood pool like she did every summer.

Molly’s Aunt Cathy did everything to make her happy. She took Molly to the park, the zoo, and even took her shopping, but nothing made Molly happy.

One afternoon, Aunt Cathy was working in her garden (花园). She found that Molly was watching her. “Come and help me, Molly,” Aunt Cathy said. Molly slowly walked out to the garden and began looking closely at the flowers.

“What kind are these?” Molly asked. She pointed (指) to some small yellow flowers. “Those are called snapdragons (金鱼草),” Aunt Cathy answered. “Do you want to grow some flowers?”

“Yes,” Molly said.

Aunt Cathy and Molly spent lots of time in the next few days. They watered the garden every day. Then one day, Molly saw a green leaf (叶子). Molly was very happy. Aunt Cathy looked at Molly and said, “Molly, You did a good job. You are good at gardening.”

When Molly’s parents got back from their trip, she showed them her flowers. Aunt Cathy told Molly how to look after her flowers when she got home. Molly thanked her for the best summer.

根据材料内容判断正（T）误（F）。

( )6. Last summer, Molly went swimming with her friends at the neighborhood pool.

( )7. Shopping made Molly happy.

( )8. Molly grew some flowers in Aunt Cathy’s garden.

( )9. Molly watered the garden twice a week.

( )10. Molly didn’t enjoy the summer with Aunt Cathy.

C

Tea is a very important kind of drink in our everyday life.11.____________

In China, people often have tea when they get together. Chinese people can have tea at any time of the day.12._____________ There are lots of nice and big tea houses in the towns or cities. There are green and black tea in China. They never put sugar or milk in tea. 13. _____________

In England, people have tea at certain tea time. 14. ____________ English people

think its important to drink tea at a certain time. They like to drink tea with cream,

sugar or milk. They also eat something like cakes, cookies and sandwiches at the tea time. 15. ______

_______ They have their own way of serving tea. They have their own tea ceremony（茶道） Japanese tea ceremony is very famous in the world. And Japanese people see the tea ceremony as a very important thing.

阅读短文，根据短文内容，将下列五个句子还原到文中，将其标号填入对应的横线上。

A. They have morning tea, afternoon tea and evening tea

B. different countries have different tea culture.

C. Chinese people like tea with nothing in it.

D. Japanese people also like having tea very much.

E. They have tea at home or in a teahouse.

11.________ 12. ________ 13._______ 14.________ 15. _________

五·词语运用（10分）

It is very hard to make friends if you stay at home alone all the time. 1.______ a good friend can make your life 2.______ and easier. How to make friends?

If you are in a new class, don’t be nervous. Be 3.______ to others and they will be friendly to you too. Give your opening mind to other 4. ______. They will like you soon.

The 5. ______ interest is important. Singing and dancing are most students’ 6.______. If you have, they will get close to you.

At last, in order to keep a good 7. ______, we should help, understand and 8. ______ each other. In a word, 9.______ a good friend, giving others more means getting more from 10.______.

1.________2.________ 3.__________4.____________5.___________

6._________7.__________8.__________9.___________10.___________ 六、补全对话（10分） A. I bought a book yesterday.

B. First you should remember their pronunciations.

C. And if you have questions, you can ask your teacher for help, too.

D. Thanks a lot.

E. I can’t get the pronunciation right.

F. That will help.

G. I learned a lot at school.

A: Hello! This is Learning English programme. Can I help you?

w can I improve it?

A: That’s easy .Listening to more English tapes is a good way.

B: OK, I’ll try .And how can I understand the teacher in class?

A: Oh, this is a hard question .Try to make notes in clasB: That’s a good idea .And then how should I learn new words?

ces with them .And you can use them in conversations with your friends.

A: You’re welcome .I hope you can improve your English soon.

1.______2.______3.______4.______5.______