2014学年第一学期期终考试试卷
八年级 英语学科
（满分100分， 考试时间90分钟）
考生注意：本卷有7大题，共81小题。试题均采用连续编号，所有答案务必按照规定在答题纸上完成，
做在试卷上不给分。
Part 1 Listening （第一部分 听力）（共25分）
I. Listen to the sentence and choose the right picture.（听句子，选择与句子内容相符合的图片）（共5分）
A
. B. C.
D. E. F.
1.________ 2. ________ 3. _______ 4. _______ 5. _______
II. Listen to the dialogue and choose the best answer to the question you hear (根据你听到的对话和问题，
选出最恰当的答案): (共6分) 6. A. Coke. 8. A. At the post office. 9. A. Twenty-three. 10. A. On Monday. 11. A. Playing tennis.
III. Listen to the passage and tell whether the following statements are true or false (判断下列句子是否符合你听到的短文内容，符合的用“T”表示，不符合的用“F”表示) (共6分) 12. Charles is a twelve-year-old boy in Canada. 13. The life of a boy in Africa made Charles angry. 14. The poor boy in Africa worked 6 hours a day. 15. Kids in America must go to school at the age of 6.
16. Parents don’t have to pay for their children’s education in America. 17. Charles started his group to make money in Africa.
B. Tea
C. Orange juice.
D. Coffee. D. In the shop. D. Seventeen. D. On Friday.
7. A. To her son's school. B. To the cinema. C. To Jane's party. D. To the theatre.
B. At a restaurant. C. In the park. B. On Tuesday. C. On Thursday. B. Painting.
B. Twenty. C. Nineteen.
C. Swimming. D. Boating.
IV. Listen to the announcement and complete the following sentences (听通告，完成下列内容。每空格限填一词) (共8分)
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18. Lily is going to _________ __________ with Amy tonight. 19. Amy drives a __________ _________ sports car that Sam also likes. 20. Amy parked her car at the __________ __________ the road. 21. That restaurant in town serves _________ _________.
Part 2 Phonetics , Vocabulary and Grammar
(第二部分语音、词汇和语法)
V. Choose the best answer (选择最恰当的答案) (共15分)
22. He threw away his cup and became even happier. Which of the following is correct for the underlined word in the sentence? A. / θrəʊ / A. in
B. / θru: / B. on B. few
B. mine B. the other B. bad
C./θri: /
D. / θrɔ: / D. of D. much
23. Japan attacked Pearl Harbor (珍珠港) of the united States December, 1941.
C. at
C. many C. I C. another
24. The play was not interesting, so there were ________ people in the theatre. A. a little A. my
25. As soon as you come back from the airport, please give a call. D. me D. others D. bored D. slowly D. have they D. and D. have taken D. failed
26. I don't like this kind of cell phone. Will you show me ? A. other A. amazing
27. The film \"Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy\" is , so it is welcomed by people. C. boring C. quickly
28. When he heard a cry for help, he ran out as______ as he could. A. hardly A. didn't they A. so
B. finally B. did they B. or
29. They haven't won the championship (冠军) in the World Cup Final , ?
C. haven't they C. but
30. Which T-shirt would you like to buy, a blue one an orange one ?
31. Many young people an active part in the third season of The Voice of China last year. A. take A. will fail
B. took
C. will take C. fail
32. If I the driving test, I will have an another try.
B. am failing
33. —Must I wash these plates?
—No, you . The machine can do it. A. mustn't A. write — .
A. Enjoy your time. B. That's all right.
C. You're welcome.
D. It's a pleasure.
B. can't B. writing
C. may not
D. needn't D. to write
34. After the interview the reporter decided an article on school buses in China.
C. wrote
35. — We're going to see a film with our parents tonight.
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36. — You look so beautiful in your new dress. — _________. A. I agree with you.
VI. Complete the following passage with the words or phrases in the box. Each can only be used once (将
B. No, I don’t.
C. Thank you.
D. I don’t think so.
下列单词或词组填入空格，每词只能填一次)(共6分)
A. seriously E. all right B. necessary F. beginning C. returning G. excuse D. ask for Here are some American classroom rules:
If the teacher asks a question, you are expected to give an answer. If you don’t understand the question or don’t know the answer, it’s __ 37___ to tell the teacher that you don’t know. Then he or she knows that you need to learn.
There is no ___38___ for not doing your homework. If you are absent, you should call your teachers or your classmate and ___39____ homework. It is your duty to find out what homework you have missed. It is not the teacher’s responsibility to tell students
about the homework they’ve missed.
You must not be absent on a test day. If you are ___40___ill, call and let the teacher know you will not be there for the test. If you teacher allows you to take a make-up(补考), you should take the test within one or two days after ___41___ to class. Serious illness is the only reason for missing a test.
Be on time! It is rude to be late. Also, it disturbs other students. If you come late, be sure to do it quietly. Have your books and paper out of your bags before you enter the classroom. Then go to your seat and sit quietly. In the US it is not ___42___ to knock before you enter the classroom. If you have to leave during the class, do it quietly.
选做部分
说明：第二部分的以下两大题有A、B两个分叉，它们适合使用不同教材的学生，请同学根据自己的实际情况选择一个部分。
A
（建议使用牛津教材学生选做）
VII. Complete the sentences with the given words in their proper forms (用括号中所给单词的适当形式完成下列句子。每空格限填一词) (共8分)
43. Kitty was tired yesterday. She went to bed early and soon fell ________. ( sleep) 44. The monster was moving __________ towards the house. ( silent) 45. Smoking is _____________ to our health. ( harm )
46. His flat is on the __________ floor of the building. (twenty) 47. Children have the _________ to choose their own hobby. (free)
48. Disneyland is an _________ park loved by people from all over the world. (amuse) 49. Think of your _____ as well as others’ when you drive across the road. (safe) 50. Make sure that there are no ________ in your kitchen. (mouse)
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VIII. Complete the following sentences as required(根据所给要求，完成下列句子。51-54题每空格限填一词) (共10分)
51. Disney sold newspaper after leaving school.(改为一般疑问句) __________Disney __________ newspaper after leaving school? 52. Gork is having a bad dream.（改为感叹句）
_______ _______ bad dream Gork is having !
53. Tom is so weak that he can’t carry the heavy box by himself. (保持原句意思不变)
Tom is _______ weak _______ carry the heavy box by himself. 54. My father has been in Shanghai since 1998.(对划线部分提问) ________ ________ has your father been in Shanghai?
55. something forest we in saw the really (连词成句) ____________________________________________.
B
（建议使用新世纪教材学生选做）
VII. Complete the sentences with the given words in their proper forms (用括号中所给单词的适当形式完
成下列句子。每空格限填一词) (共8分)
43. Our library is on the ________ floor of that building. (six) 44. Now the river is 200 metres ______. (long)
45. There we saw ________ of vegetables and fruit. (variety)
46. I’m _________ sorry. I’ll return your magazine this afternoon. (true) 47. My teacher told me the ________ of the idiom.(mean)
48. Please wait for me at the _________ to the People’s Square.(enter) 49. Dogs can save us when we are in __________. (dangerous)
50. The poor old man felt lonely because of his wife’s ___________. (die)
VIII. Complete the following sentences as required(根据所给要求，完成下列句子。51-54题每空格限填
一词) (共10分)
51. They started their discussion about English idioms after the English class .（改为一般疑问句） _______ they _______ their discussion about English idioms after the English class ? 52. They are modern agricultural parks.（改为感叹句） ______ ______ agricultural parks they are!
53. The little boy is so short that he can’t open the door.(保持原句意思不变) The little boy is _______ short _______ open the door. 54. My father has been in Shanghai since 1998.(对划线部分提问) ______ ______ has your father been in Shanghai?
55. encourage we keep pets to should people (连词成句) ____________________________________________.
Part 3 Reading and Writing (第三部分读写)
IX. Reading comprehension (阅读理解) (共27分)
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A. Choose the best answer (根据短文内容，选择最恰当的答案) (共6分)
I. M. Pei(贝聿铭，华裔美籍建筑设计师)is one of the world’s greatest architects. People admire his buildings in cities around the world. He is famous for his ability to combine old and new architecture. Ieoh Ming Pei was born in 1917 in Canton, China. He was the oldest son of a rich banker. He received a good education at the best schools in Shanghai. At the age of 17, Pei went to the United States. He studied engineering and architecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T). World War II had started before he graduated. Pei’s father told him it was safer to stay in the United States.
Pei stayed in the United Sates and worked for a building company in New York City. During this time, he designed homes, office buildings, parks, and shopping centers. Some of these buildings became famous.
In 1955, I.M.T Pei started his own company. He designed many buildings for M.I.T. He also designed the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. He became well known for creating buildings that looked like the things around them. This was very unusual.
In 1974, he visited China for the first time in 40 years. He designed a hotel in Beijing. He also designed the 72-story Bank of China building in Hong Kong. This is one of the tallest building in Asia.
One of Pei’s most famous works is the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. It was a big challenge because he added a new part to an old building. His design was a big success. I.M.Pei is someone who has truly influenced the modern world. He is a great success among architects.
( ) 56. When he was a child, I.M.Pei ______. A. had a difficult life
B. didn’t have much chance to be successful C. didn’t have a good education D. had a good start in life
( )57. In 1940, Pei didn’t return to China because ______. A. it was at war
B. he didn’t have the money for the trip C. his family moved to the United States D. he wanted to work abroad
( ) 58. The underline word combine in the first paragraph probably means ___________. A. design B. put together C. add to D. build ( ) 59. Pei did not visit China for forty years after______. A. 1917 B. 1974 C. 1955 D. 1934 ( ) 60. Pei’s great achievements have truly ______ the modern world. A. beautified B. influenced C. developed D. made ( ) 61. This passage is mainly about _______________. A. . I. M. Pei and his family.
B. how I. M. Pei became a great architect.
C. the brief introduction of I. M. Pei and his great success in architecture. D. I. M. Pei’s success in education.
B. Choose the best words and complete the passage (选择最恰当的单词完成短文) (共7分)
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Have you ever been to a desert? A desert is a place full of sand. Death Valley is one of the most ___62___ deserts in the United States. It covers a wide area with its bright sand. Almost 20 percent of this area is well below sea level, and Badwater, a salt water lake, is about 280 feet below sea level and the ___63___ place in the United Sates.
Long ago the Indians there called this place “Tomesha”. It means the land of fire. Death Valley’s name now dates back to 1849. At that time a group of miners came across the desert from Nevada, but they became ___64____ in this desert. They were hungry and thirsty. Their journey was certainly a sad story.
Today Death Valley is made a National Monument and people can cross it along several well-marked roads. They can ___65____ water and drinks in the roadside bars when thirsty, and they can have meals in the restaurants, too. Luckily with so many people traveling and living there, this desert’s special beauty has not been ruined.
Here you’ll have a lot of surprises. It is ____66____ like what you can see on the moon. The sight changes as the wind moves the sand about, showing the most unusual colors. One of the most unusual and surprising ____67____ of Death Valley is Devils Golf Course(魔鬼的高尔夫球场). If one goes there, it seems you are in some terrible dreams. Sand sculptures stand on a ____68____ ground, and their long shadows moves in the darkness of the night.
( ) 62.A. brave B. famous C. careful D. successful ( ) 63.A. lowest B. highest C. farthest D. longest ( ) 64.A. angry B. excited C. lost D. surprised ( ) 65. A. keep B. stop C. practice D. enjoy ( ) 66. A. almost B. hardly C. also D. ever ( ) 67. A. copies B. pieces C. parts D. covers ( ) 68. A. bright B. frightening C. beautiful D. clean
C. Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words (在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺。每空格限填一词，首字母已给) (共7分)
When you laugh，you will open your mouth and show your teeth．The healthier those teeth are，the happier you l____69____. Why is that?
It’s because your teeth are important in many ways．If you take care of them，they’ll help to take care of you．S____70____ and healthy teeth help you eat the right food to help you grow．They also help you speak clearly．
You can take care of your teeth by doing like these：
Brush your teeth t____71_____ a day---after breakfast and before
bedtime. If you can , rush after l____72____ or after eating sweet cakes.
Brush all of your teeth，not just the front ones．Spend some time on the teeth along the sides and in the back．Take your time while brushing．Spend at l____73_____ 3 minutes each time you brush.,
Be sure your toothbrush is soft．Ask your parent to help you get a new toothbrush every three month．
Learn how to floss (用牙线清理) your teeth, which is a very important way to keep them healthy. It feels strange when you do it at first, but soon you'll be u____74____ to doing it. The floss gets rid of food that's
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hidden between your teeth.
Brushing and flossing keep your teeth healthy. You also need to care about what you eat and drink. Eat a lot of fruits and vegetables and drink water i____75____ of drinks.
D. Answer the questions(根据短文内容回答下列问题) (共7分)
This is a story about a boy called Sparky. For Sparky, school was all but impossible. He failed every subject in the eighth grade. He got a zero in physics. It made him the worst physics student in the school’s history. He didn’t do much better in sports. Although he tried to join the school’s golf team, he quickly lost the only important match.
He didn’t have friends, either. Other kids didn’t care about him. If a classmate said “hello” to Sparky outside the school, he would feel very surprised.
Sparky was a loser and everyone knew it. So he accepted it.
But one thing was important to Sparky – drawing. He was proud of his artwork. In senior high school, he sent some cartoons to the editors of the yearbook (年鉴) but got turned down. Sparky was hurt. But he didn’t lose hope because he believed in his ability. He decided to become a professional artist.
He wrote a letter to the Walt Disney Studios (工作室) after graduating high school. The studio asked him to draw some cartoons on a certain subject. Sparky spent a lot of time on the cartoons. Finally, the reply came from Disney Studios: they didn’t like his cartoons.
Was it time to stop drawing? Sparky didn’t think so. He started to put his own life in the cartoons. He created his childhood self – a little boy loser: Charlie Brown. He wasn’t good at football. But Charlie Brown would soon become famous worldwide. Sparky, the boy who used to fail school and who was rejected again and again, was Charles Schulz. He created the Peanuts comic strip and the world-famous cartoon characters Charlie Brown and Snoopy.
76. Sparky didn’t do well in physics, did he? ________, ________________________.
77. Was Sparky good at making friends with others?
_____________________________________________________________. 78. Who did he send some cartoons to in senior school?
_____________________________________________________________. 79. What did the Walt Disney Studios ask him to do?
_____________________________________________________________. 80. What was Sparky’s real name?
_____________________________________________________________. 81. Why could a little loser become a world-famous cartoonist?
_____________________________________________________________.
X. Writing (作文) (共9分)
82. Write at least 60 words about the topic “An Unforgettable Activity”. （以“一次令人难忘的活动”为题写一篇不少于60个词的短文，标点符号不占格。）
（注意：短文中不得出现考生姓名、校名及相关信息，否则不予评分。） Questions for reference (以下问题仅供参考)： ● What kind of activity did you once take part in?
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What did you do in the activity? Why was it unforgettable?
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2014学年第一学期期终考试
八年级 英语学科
听力材料、参考答案及写作评分标准 Part 1 Listening （第一部分 听力）
I. Listen to the sentence and choose the right picture.（听句子，选择与句子内容相符合的图片）（共5分）
1. Danny wants to be a good swimmer in the future. D.
2. Jack decides to eat more healthy food. A. 3. Diana went to see a doctor because of a bad cold. C. 4. Computer has always been Danny's favourite subject. E. 5. Nowadays many people prefer to travel by ship. B.
II. Listen to the dialogue and choose the best answer to the question you hear.（根据你所听到的对话和问题，选择最恰当的答案）（共6分）
6. W: What have you ordered?
M: An orange juice for you and a cup of tea for myself. Q: What has the man ordered for the woman? (C )
7. M: I didn't see you at Jane's party last night. Where were you? W: I went to my son's school to attend the parents' meeting. Q: Where did the woman go last night? (A)
8. M: I don't like these two colors. Could you show me a grey one? W: I'm sorry we've only got two colors for this kind of cap. Q: Where does the dialogue probably take place? (D) 9. M: How old is your elder sister, Mary ?
W: She is twenty. I’m three years younger than she. Q: How old is Mary? (D) 10. W: Is Dick on duty today?
M: No. Today is Tuesday. It's Joan's turn. Dick's duty is on Thursday. Q: When is Dick on duty? (C )
11. M: What do you usually do in your spare time, Liz?
W: I like painting very much and I spend plenty of time on it. What about you? M: I like playing tennis best.
Q: What is the woman's hobby? (B)
III. Listen to the passage and tell whether the following statements are true or false (判断下列句子是否符合你听到的短文内容，符合的用“T”表示，不符合的用“F”表示) (6分)
Charles is a twelve-year-old boy in America. He started a group to help kids all over the world last year.
The group is now going on well.
In the seventh grade he learned something that made him angry. It was about the life of a boy in Africa. When the boy was four years old, he was sent to work in a factory. He worked 12 hours a day. He could not go to school. He could not even play. He had no freedom at all.
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Charles compared that with his own life. In America , kids must go to school at the age of 6. Education is free to all kids. That is also true in most developed countries in the world. But in some African countries schools are not free. Children from poor families have to go to work instead of school.
Charles wanted to help those who didn’t have the same advantages as he and his friends. As a result, he started the group called “Free the Children”. 12. F 13. T 14. F 15. T 16. T 17. F
IV. Listen to the announcement and complete the following sentences (听通告，完成下列内容。每空格限
填一词) (8分) Sam: Hi, Lily. Are you doing anything special tonight? Lily: Hi, Sam. I am going to have dinner with Amy. Sam: Who’s Amy?
Lily: She plays tennis on my tennis team, and she drives that big yellow sports car. Sam: Which yellow car do you mean?
Lily: The yellow sports car at the end of the road.
Sam: Oh, I see. I like that kind of car, too. Anyway, where are you going for dinner? Lily: We’re going to that French restaurant in town. Sam: Which one?
Lily: The one where we celebrated my birthday last year. Sam: You mean the one which serves delicious pork? Lily: That’s right. I’ve booked a table for 8 o’clock. Sam: Well, I hope you’ll enjoy the dinner.
Lily: Thank you. 18. have dinner 19. big yellow 20. end of 21. delicious pork Part 2
V. 22. B 23. A 24. B 25. D 26. C 27. A 28. C 29. D 30. B 31. B 32. C 33. D 34. D 35. A 36. C
VI. 37.E 38. G 39. D 40. A 41. C 42.B
VII. A: 43.asleep 44.silently 45.harmful 46.twentieth 47. freedom 48. amusing 49. safety 50.mice
B: 43.sixth 44.long 45.varieties 46. truly 47.meaning 48. entrance 49. danger 50. death
VIII. A: 51. Did sell 52 . What a 53.too to 54. How long 55. We really saw something in the forest. B: 51.Did start 52. What modern 53.too to 54. How long 55. We should encourage people to keep pets. Part 3 IX.
A) 56. D 57. A 58. B 59. D 60. B 61.C
B) 62. B 63. A 64.C 65. D 66. A 67. C 68.B
C) 69. look 70. Strong 71.twice 72. lunch 73.least 74.used 75.instead D) 76. No, he didn’t. 77. No, he wasn’t.
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78. The editors of the yearbook.
79. To draw some cartoons on a certain subject. 80. Charles Schulz.
81. (Any reasonable answer will be OK. ) X. 82.Writing 写作评分标准
建议按内容、语法、结构4：4：1的比例进行评分，但要严格控制结构分满分的情况。并建议考虑结出写作总分后对于书写不规范的试卷，酌情扣除0.5分的书写规范分。内容表达清晰，不跑题，信息覆盖全面可得4分。每少5词扣0.5分；每处拼写错误扣0.5分，同一单词错误不重复扣分，标点、大小写每两处扣0.5分，此两种情况扣分不超过1分。时态错误0.5分一处，句式或结构错误1分一句，此类扣分不超过2分。内容和语法分总体达到或超过6.5分方可考虑结构分。
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