玄武区2014～2015学年度第一学期期末调研试卷
八年级英语
第Ⅰ卷选择题（50分）
一、听力部分（15分）
I．听对话选择图片（每小题1分, 共5分）
本部分共有5道小题，每道小题你将听到一段对话，每段对话听两遍。在听每段对话前，你将有5秒钟的时间阅读题目，听完后你将有5秒钟的时间选择你认为最合适的备选答案。( ) 1. What kind of animal are they talking about?
A.
B. C.
(
A． B. C.
( ) 3. Where will the man go the coming holiday?
A. C.
( ) 4. What will the weather be like tomorrow?
A. B. C.
( ) 5. What are the children doing?
A. B. C.
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II. 听对话或短文回答问题（每小题1分, 共10分）
你将听到两段对话和一篇短文，各听两遍。听每段对话或短文前，你将有时间阅读相关小题，每小题5秒钟。听完后，你将有5秒钟的时间选出你认为最合适的备选答案。
听一段对话，回答6-7小题。
( )6. Where are the speakers?
A. By the lake.
B. On the road.
C. In the lake.
( )7.What will the man do in the end?
A. Jump into the lake.
B. Call the nearest hospital.
C. Find someone for help.
( )11. Who did Betty go to the farm with?
A. Her father.
B. Her mother.
C. Her cousin.
( )12. What fruit did betty like picking?
A. Strawberries.
B. Apples.
C. Pears.
( )13. What was the weather like?
A. Cold.
B. Warm.
C. Hot.
( )14. When did betty get home?
A. At about 9:00 a.m.
B. At about 11:00 a.m.
C. At about 1:00 p.m. ( )15. Why didn’t Betty feel hungry?
A. Because she was very tired in the afternoon.
B. Because she ate a lot and had some cold drinks on the farm.
C. Because she was happy to tell her father about their work.
二、单项选择（每小题1分，共10分）
( )16. ---What a heavy rain it was last night!
---Yes, but I love ______ air after the rain. It smells so fresh.
A. a
B. the
C. an
D. /
( )17. Every year, _________ visitors go to the wetland park to watch the birds.
A. thousand of
B. thousands of
C. two thousands
D. two thousands of
( )18. It’s foggy now. You should drive the car as_________ as possible.
A. careful
B. more careful
C. carefully
D. more carefully ( )19. You had better ask the children ________ with water in the garden.
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A. not to play
B. to play
C. not play
D. don’t play ( )20. The film called ―Night at the Museum 3‖ is one of _______ film s that I have seen, and I want to watch it again.
A. the most interested
B. the least interesting
C. the most interesting
D. the least interested
( )21. I don’t like playing computer games, because I think they are ________.
A. meaningless
B. popular
C. exciting
D. famous ( )22. The sentence structure of ―Ice cream tastes nice.‖ is___________.
A. S+V
B. S+V+P
C. S+V+O
D. S+V+DO+OC ( )23. Tom was washing the dishes in the kitchen ________ Jack was watching TV in the room.
A. if
B. whether
C. as
D. while
( )24. That tallest building in the town _______ fire because lightning hit it.
A. started
B. caught
C. caused
D. began
( )25. ---It’s reported that three firemen lost their lives in the big fire.
---_____________.
A. Not at all
B. I’m afraid
C. I’m sorry to hear that
D. It doesn’t matter
三、完形填空（每小题1分，共10分）
About five hundred years ago, an earthquake happened in a small village. 26 , nothing was destroyed（毁坏）and no one was hurt. But a very big stone 27 from a nearby mountain and stopped in the middle of the road.
28 the earthquake stopped, many people came to the road and saw the stone. Some of the
29 men tried to lift the stone out of the road. But they couldn't move it. They tried to push it
30 failed. They tried to pull it with ropes but nothing 31 .
―Well," they said sadly, ―there's nothing we can do about it. We'll have to change the way." At this time a boy about 12 years old said, ―I think I can help you to move the stone away."
―You?" they shouted. ―What are you talking about?" The men all32 the boy.
The next m orning, some people came into the road. One of them shouted, ―The stone is gone." More people ran out to see 33 had happened. It was true. The stone wasn't on the road any longer. It wasn't even near the road.
The boy walked over to where the stone had been and said, ―I buried it."
The people looked very 34 .―You see," he said, ―I dug(挖) a deep hole next to the stone and I dug a small incline（斜坡）up to the stone and the stone rolled（滚）down into the hole 35 . Then I covered it with earth."
The villagers shouted, ―Clever boy! Clever boy!" And some of them said, ―Why didn't we think out this good idea?"
( ) 26. A. Unluckily B. Luckily C. Suddenly D. Sadly
( ) 27. A. fell B. rose C. raised D. felt
( ) 28. A. While B. As C. When D. Before
( ) 29. A. weakest B. strongest C. oldest D. cleverest ( ) 30. A. and B. or C. but D. so
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