广雅实验学校2009学年度第一学期期中质量检测
八年级英语试题
考试时间：100分钟总分：120
听力部分(共15分)
一、听力（共两节，15分）
第一节：听力理解（共10小题，10分，每小题1分）
听下面几段对话或独白，每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的三个选项中选出最佳选项。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听第一段对话，回答第1小题。
1. Which of the following is true?
A. Tom has visited the Pyramids before.
B. People built the Pyramids with some machines.
C. People built the Pyramids more than 4,000 years ago.
听第二段对话，回答2-3小题。
2. Where did people first play table tennis?
A. In China
B. In England.
C. In Japan.
3. Some English people played tennis on a table because _______.
A. the weather was bad
B. it was more interesting
C. they liked this way better
听第三段对话，回答4-5小题。
4. Where did the war take place in the film?
A. On the land.
B. On the water.
C. On an island.
5. What are the two speakers going to do?
A. To go to visit Red Cliff.
B. To go to play in the water.
C. To go to see a film.
听下面一段独白，回答第6-10小题。
6. What did the king like doing?
A. Writing stories.
B. Reading stories.
C. Telling stories.
7. People said the king’s stories were good because _______.
A. they loved him
B. the stories were really good
C. they were afraid of him
8. What did the king ask the writer to do?
A. To tell his stories.
B. To read his stories.
C. To teach him how to write stories.
9. What did the writer think of the king’s stories?
A. They were wonderful.
B. They were bad.
C. They were special.
10. The writer asked the soldiers to take him back to prison because _______.
A. he didn’t tell the truth
B. he did something wrong
C. he thought the king would get angry again
第二节：听取信息（共5小题，5分，每小题1分）
笔试部分（共85分）
二、语言知识与运用（共两节，20分）
11. Y ou _____ it if you don’t like. Mr. Chen didn’t make you _____ i t now
A. needn’t do, to finish
B. don’t need to do, to finish
C. needn’t do, finish
D. don’t need do, finish
12. My brother says he will come back _____.
A. after a few days’ time
B. in a few day’s time
C. after a few day’s time
D. in a few day s’ time
13. Jim is taller than _____ in his class. He is the tallest.
A. the other boy
B. other boys
C. any other boy
D. all the boys
14. What _____ information she found in the newspaper!
A. a surprising
B. a surprised
C. surprising
D. surprised
15. The building is 20 metres _____ and its _____ is 1000 kilograms.
A. high, weight
B. high, weigh
C. height, weigh
D. height, weight
16. –Herry, we’ve decided _____ for a picnic. Will you join us?
–I’m afraid not. I have a composition _____.
A. to go; writing
B. going; to write
C. to go; to write
D. going; writing
17. I _____ fifteen dollars _____ the new bag yesterday.
A. spent; in
B. paid; for
C. spent; for
D. paid; on
18. –Did you enjoy the film last night?
–Y es. I’ve never seen _____ one before.
A. the most exciting
B. a more exciting
C. a more excited
D. the more exciting
19. –Where is Mr. Black? I can’t find him.
–He _____ the library.
A. has been to
B. has been at
C. has been in
D. has gone to
20. Y ou _____ the rubbish into the sea.
A. ought not to
B. to ought not
C. ought to not
D. not ought to
Museums are often __21__ interesting and beautiful things, but in most museums you can only look at the things there, you can’t touch them. This is not very __22__ for most of us. People want to touch things. They want to use them and __23__ them. That is __24__ we learn about things. If we are interested in __25__, we learn about it __26__. But some museums are different. For example, at the Boston __27__ Museum in Boston, young people can use computers and other modern machines. They can also move and play games there. __28__ this kind of museums, children feel very happy. They can __29__ a lot __30__ the same time.
21. A. full of B. full with C. filled of D. fill with
22. A. interested B. interesting C. interest D. interests
23. A. play B. play together C. play for D. play with
24. A. how B. why C. where D. when
25. A. anything B. something C. nothing D. all thing
26. A. much easily B. much easier C. more easily D. more easier
27. A. Child’s B. Children’s C. Childs’ D. Childrens’
28. A. In B. At C. Into D. For
29. A. look at B. see C. watch D. learn
30. A. form B. at C. in D. of
三、完形填空（共10小题，10分，每小题1分）
What time is it? There are many ways you can find out the time. Y ou may have a watch on your wrist（手腕）. Y ou can look at a clock on the wall. Y ou can __31__ the radio or call a number on the telephone to get the time.
It has not always been __32__ to know the time. A long time ago people looked at the __33__ to tell the time. They could tell the time by looking at it in the sky: morning, noon or afternoon.
Around the year 1400, people began to use the hourglass（沙漏）. It was made __34__ glass with sand in it. It was wide at both ends, __35__ narrow in the middle. The sand ran from one end to __36__ in one hour. At the end of every hour people turned the glass over and it began __37__.
Hundreds of years later a machine called __38__ was invented. After that people made small
clocks so that they could __39__ them in their pockets. These pocket clocks were called watches. Then, during the first world war men started __40__ their watches on their wrists. It was easier and faster to tell the time.
31. A. hear B. listen C. hear from D. listen to
32. A. different B. difficult C. easy D. important
33. A. earth B. sun C. moon D. satellite
34. A. by B. into C. from D. of
35. A. so B. and C. but D. or
36. A. another B. other C. others D. the other
37. A. once B. more C. again D. too
38. A. watch B. clock C. radio D. telephone
39. A. take B. bring C. carry D. get
40. A. wearing B. wear C. putting D. to put
四、阅读理解（共3篇，20分，每小题2分)
(A)
41. Walking on Main Street USA is _____.
A. the start of Disneyland
B. being back in time
C. living on a quiet street
D. shopping on a busy street
42. Which is not true according to the material?
A. We can talk to Donald Duck.
B. Surprises are waiting for us along the river in Adventureland.
C. We can enjoy fireworks at night.
D. The flying elephant will take us to Sleeping Beauty Castle.
43. What is special in Hong Kong Disneyland?
A. V isitors can join a cartoon character.
B. Visitors can listen to the music The Lion King.
C. V isitors can see Mickey in a Chinese suit.
D. V isitors can go under the sea.
(B)
A small man with a fat stomach got on the train at the last station before the frontier（边境）. He carried a paper bag. And four ducks’ feet could be seen under the cover. The man found an empty seat, put the bag in the middle of the floor, took out a newspaper and began to read. Then a policeman came in. Of cours e he saw the bag with ducks’ fe et at once and said, ― Whose is that bag?‖ Nobody answered. The policeman repeated the question, and said, ―I'll have to take it away from the owner. Food mustn’t be taken out of the country.‖ ―Well, then,‖ said the small man with a fat stomach. ―Hurry up and take it. We want to go home.‖ The policeman took the bag and went on to the next carriage.
At the next station, when they were safely across the frontier, the small man got up, smiled at the other passengers and said, ―I hope they’ll enjoy the ducks’ feet. The rest of the bag had nothing but rubbish in it.‖ Then he opened his coat and pointed to another bag he was carrying
under it. It was tied tightly（紧紧地）over the stomach, which was not really fat. ―I have the rest of the two ducks here,‖ he said. With these words, he got off the train. But while he was happily walking to the exit with the bag in his hands, a policeman came up to him, saying, ―Hey, man! Foreign food mustn’t be brought in.‖
44. The small man put the bag in the middle of the floor _____.
A. so that he could make more room for himself
B. so that the policeman could find it easily
C. be cause the other passengers didn’t like it
D. because there was not an empty seat in the carriage
45. The first policeman took the paper bag away because _____.
A. he wanted to find the owner of the bag
B. he enjoyed the ducks’ feet in the bag
C. the bag was put in a wrong place in the carriage
D. food can’t be taken abroad
46. The best title of the story is _____.
A. Excited Too Early
B. An Empty Bag
C. Two Fat Ducks
D. A Fat man
(C)
V ery often, new-born babies are not beautiful. They are wrinkled（皮皱的）or hairless, or they have an angry look on their faces. They seem to say, ―Get away! I hate everybody.‖ But to a parent, that hairless, wrinkled, angry-faced baby is the most beautiful and perfect child in the world. When that proud father or mother a sks you, ―Well, what do you think…isn’t she beautiful?‖ What are you going to say? Is this the time for the truth? Of course not!
Y ou look at that proud father in the eye and say, ―Y es, she is! She’s really a beauty. She’s one in a million. She’s going to be a movie star! I can tell! She’s as beautiful as a picture.‖In English, this is a white lie. White lies don’t hurt people. They are not cruel（残忍的）or angry words. People use them to make a difficult thing a little easier. When people don’t want to meet someone, or eat something new that they really don’t like at a friend’s house, they tell a white lie. They are trying to be kind. They don’t want to hurt someone. It’s important to be honest,
but many people feel that being kind is sometimes more important.
47. When a parent asks what you think of their new baby, they want you to _____.
A. tell the truth
B. say what you like
C. tell lies
D. say good words
48. The word ―w hite‖ in this passage means _____ in Chinese.
A. 善意的
B. 恶意的
C. 白色的
D. 苍白的
49. From the passage we can know that _____.
A. a new-born baby hates everyone around her
B. a new-born baby is the most beautiful one
C. people who tell white lies are not kind
D. people who tell white lies want to be kind
50. Which of the following is a white lie?
A. Y ou broke the window, but you say didn’t.
B. Y ou know Jack has stolen a watch, but you say you don’t.
C. Y ou don’t think his first drawing great, but you say it is.
D. Y ou tell a parent that the new-born baby isn’t beautiful.
五、写作部分（共三节，35分）
第一节：单词拼写（共10小题，10分，每小题1分）
根据所给单词的首字母用正确的单词形式填空,使句子意思完整，语法正确。
1. I n___________ you ride a new bike this morning. Is it yours?
2. Alice, what are your favourite indoor and outdoor a___________?
3. Chinese, maths and English are the m___________ subjects in primary school.
4. The soldiers m___________ only 5 kilometers a day because of the earthquake.
5. The weather reporter said the r___________ weather will be rainy and windy.
用括号内所给单词的正确形式填空。
6. It is a fine day today, so I suggest you ___________ (go) for a walk.
7. Martin refused ___________（discuss）the matter again and again.
8. Y ou can’t live with your parents forever, you are old enough to be _____ (depend).
9. I soon came to the ___________ (conclude) that she was lying.
10. More and more birds _________ (appear) because they didn’t have enough space.
第二节：完成句子（共7小题，15分，每空0.5分）
11. The question is so difficult that I can’t work it out. (改为同义句)
The question is ___________ ___________ __________ __________ to work out.
12. He didn’t wai t for me any longer. (改为同义句)
He ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ me.
13. The father is twice heavier than his son. (改为同义句)
The father is _________ _________ __________ _________ __________ his son.
14. 我和我的同学们相处得很融洽。
I’ m ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ my classmates.
15. 这场演讲比赛非常重要，我们应该先详谈一下。
The ___________ ___________ is very important. We should ___________ ___________ ___________ first.
16. 那天晚上，他们庆祝他们的胜利，嘲讽他们的敌人。
At that night, they ___________ their victory and ___________ ___________ about their ___________.
17. 他成功地使那个抢劫犯认了罪。
He ___________ in ___________ the ____________ ___________ his crime.
第三节：书面表达（共1小题，10分）
外籍教师Richard想了解一下你所在班级学生的到校方式。假如你是李华，请以―The way I go to school‖为题，写一篇英语短文，向Richard介绍自己到校的方式。
提示：(1) How do you go to school?
(2) Why do you prefer to go in that way？
要求：(1) 短文须包括所有提示内容，并围绕你所选择的某种交通方式，写出二至三个理由，可适当发挥。
(2) 文中不得出现真实的人名、校名和地名。
(3) 词数：60～80个。（短文开头已给出，不计入总词数）
The way I go to school
I’m Li Hua.___________________________________________________
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附加题（共两篇阅读，10小题，每小题2分，共20分）
(A)
Entering a university is an important part of a person’s life. Today, many people go to study and train for a future job in subjects like law, medicine or education. But the university isn’t a modern invention. It has a history that is over a thousand years.
The world’s oldest university, AL-Azhar, is in Cario, Egypt. It was first built as a mosque for religion in A.D.972. A few years later, learners and teachers began meeting in the mosque. They read and talked about the subject of law. Around 988, leaders in the city of Cario decided to open up a school for higher learning and the University of AL-Azhar was founded.
At AL-Azhar, there were many university ―firsts‖. Different subjects were set up. The earliest ones taught at AL-Azhar were in law and religion. In a course, students read and studied with the teacher, but there was also free discussion. Often, students and teachers talked about a topic, and the re was no ―right‖ answer. Finally, famous teachers from around the world came to AL-Azhar to teach and did deep studies on the subjects they were interested in. At the university, people studied the past, but it was also a place for exchanging new ideas.
Over a thousand years later, AL-Azhar is still an important university in the world. Its library keeps more than 250,000 of the world’s oldest and most valuable books. Today, many of the world’s most important universities such as Ocford and Harvard still follow the traditions started at AL-Azhar.
51. From the first paragraph we know that _____.
A. universities are important to the city life
B. the university is quite a new invention
C. university education may help a person find a job
D. the university has a history of a thousand years
52. AL-Azhar was first built for _____.
A. education
B. religion
C. a meeting
D. law
53. Which of the following are the earliest subjects taught in the University of AL-Azhar?
A. Education and medicine.
B. Religion and law.
C. Free discussion.
D. History and tradition.
54. Choose the right order according to the passage.
①Then the heads of the city thought of the idea for a school for higher learning.
②One of the earliest subjects taught there was law.
③A mosque was built in Cario in A.D. 972.
④Teachers from around the world came to the university to study and teach.
⑤The mosque was used as a meeting place for teachers and learners.
A. ③④①②⑤
B. ④⑤①③②
C.②③①④⑤
D.③⑤①②④
55. Whch of the following isn’t true about the University of AL-Azhar?
A. AL-Azhar was built in the city of Cario in Egypt.
B. AL-Azhar didn’t become a university until the years around 988.
C. The University of AL-Azhar was a place to change ideas.
D. Now AL-Azhar is still one of the most famous universities in the world.
(B)
People who have lost the ability to understand or use words due to brain damage are called aphasics（失语症患者）. Such patients can be extremely good at something else. From the changing expressions on speakers’ face s and the tones of their voices, they can tell lies from truth.
Doctors studying the human brain have given a number of examples of this amazing power of aphasics. Some have even compared this power to that of a dog with an ability to find out the drugs hidden in the baggage.
Recently, scientists carried out tests to see if all that was said about aphasics was true. They studied a mixed group of people. Some were normal; others were aphasics. It was proved that the aphasics were far ahead of the normal people in recognizing false speeches — in most cases, the normal people were fooled by words, but the aphasics were not.
Some years ago, Dr. Oliver Sacks wrote in his book about his experiences with aphasics. He mentioned a particular in a hospital. Some aphasics were watching the president giving a speech on TV. Since the president had been an actor earlier, making a good speech was no problem for him. He was trying to put his feelings into every word of his speech. But his way of speaking had the oppisite eff ect on the patients. They didn’t seem to believe him. Instead, they burst into laughter. The aphasics knew that the president didn’t mean a word of what he was saying. He was lying!
Many doctors see aphasics as people who aren’t completely normal because t hey lack the ability to understand words. However, according to Dr. Sacks, they are more gifted than normal people. Normal people may get carried away by words. Aphasics seem to understand human expressions better, though they can’t understand words.
56. What is so surprising about aphasics?
A. They can fool other people.
B. They can find out the hidden drugs.
C. They can understand language better.
D. They can tell whether people are lying.
57. How did the scientists study aphasics?
A. By asking them to watch TV together.
B. By organizing them into acting groups.
C. By comparing them with normal people.
D. By giving them chances to speak on TV.
58. Why couldn’t the aphasics help laughing when they were watching the president giving a
speech on TV? Because _____.
A. they knew the president was lying
B. the president was very humourous
C. they were pleased with the speech
D. they couldn’t control themselves
59. The underlined part in the last paragraph probably means _____.
A. normal people may be easily get excited
B. normal people may lose control of themselves
C. normal people can understand other s’ expressions easily
D. normal people are likely to be affected by others’ words
60. What do we learn from this text?
A. What one says reflects how one feels.
B. Aphasics have richer feelings than others.
C. Normal people often tell lies in their speeches.
D. People poor at one thing can be good at another.