浙江省杭州市萧山区八年级英语下学期期中试题

1 浙江省杭州市萧山区2013-2014学年八年级英语下学期期中试题

2. What’s the relationship between the two speakers?

A. Teacher and student.

B. Customer and saleswoman.

C. Husband and wife.

3. When should the man return the book?

A. On Wednesday. B. On Thursday. C. On Friday.

4. How many people will stay in the room?

A. Only one. B. Two C. Maybe a few.

5. What news did the woman get from the man?

A. Sam will leave New York very soon.

B. Sam’s sister will leave for Los Angeles very soon.

C. Sam’s sister will leave for New York very soon.

二、听较长对话，回答问题（共6小题，计12分）

听下面一段对话，回答第6至第8三个小题。现在你有15秒钟的时间阅读这三个小题。

6. What is the possible relation between the two speakers?

A. Good friends. B. Mother and son.

C. Teacher and student.

7. What did the boy often do at school?

A. He was often late for school.

B. He often fell asleep in class.

C. He often stayed after class.

8. Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A. The boy prefers to go out and work.

B. The boy has neither much interest in school nor in work.

C. The boy is not happy because he hasn’t passed the exam.

听下面一段对话，回答第9至第11三个小题。现在，你有15秒钟的时间阅读这三个小题。

9. Where are the two speakers?

A. In the woman speaker’s house.

B. In a classroom.

C. In the woman speaker’s office. 2 10. Why did the man come into the room?

A. Because he worked there himself.

B. Because he wanted to talk to Kate.

C. Because he wanted Jane to type a letter for him.

11. What was Jane doing on the day when the conversation took place?

A. She was taking a rest.

B. She was preparing for an exam.

C. She was studying in a night school.

三、听独白，回答问题（共4小题，计8分）

听下面一段独白。听独白前，你有20秒钟的时间阅读有关材料和4个小题。听完独白后，你有20秒钟的时间来选择有关选项。独白连读两遍。

(小词典：diameter n.直径)

12. How big is the hole in the paper?

A. As big as a coin of one fen.

B. As big as a coin of one yuan.

C. Bigger than a coin of one yuan.

13. What should you do with the paper first?

A. Pull it. B. Fold it. C. Hold it.

14. Why can you move the coin through the hole in the paper?

A. Because the paper is broken when you pull two sizes of it.

B. Because the hole in the paper is bigger than the coin.

C. Because the diameter of the hole becomes wider and wider.

15. Which of the following pictures best describes the experiment you hear?

A B C

Ⅱ. 笔试部分（95分）

四、单项填空（共15小题，计15分）

从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

16. The underlined part in the word “deaf” is pronounced as_____.

A. /i:/ B. /i/ C./e/ D./ei/

17. I saw him when I passed by.

A. ran B. run C. runs D. running 3 18. He ______ his father. They both like to help others.

A. looks like B. takes after

C. looks after D. looks the same

19. My mother _______dinner when I got home.

A. was cooking B. cooked C. has cooked D. cooks

20. The baby is no longer crying. How did you make him_____.

A. stop crying B. stop to cry

C. to stop crying D. to stop to cry

21. ---What’s wrong?

---I can’t do my homework now. I my homework in the classroom this

morning.

A. leave B. forget C. forgot D. left

22. –Could you please __________ the window? It’s cold outside.

--Sorry, I won’t.

A. don’t open B. not to open C. not open D. open

23. We are going for a picnic tomorrow. I’ll call Wendy to make sure_______.

A. why to start B. when to start C. what to start D. which to

start

24. The boy found __________ hard to get along with the other classmates.

A. this B. that C. it D. /

25. –How does Jack usually go to work?

—He ______ drive a car, but now he ______ there to lose weight.

A. used to; is used to walk B. was used to; is used to walking

C. was used to; is used to walk D. used to; is used to walking

26.—My parents never stop asking me to study harder.

-- ____________.

A. So do my parents B. Neither my parents do

C. Neither do my parents D. So my parents do

27. ___his surprise, she succeeded in climbing up the high mountain.

A At B. To C. In D. On

28. The teacher speaks very loudly ____ all the students can hear her.

A. so that B. because C. since D. When

29. ----Do you know ______________?

---At 8:45 on March 8th, 2014.

A. what time did the plane from Malaysia to Beijing lose connecting(失联)

B. what time the plane from Malaysia to Beijing lose connecting