2020——2021学年八年级上学期期中考试英语试题(含答案)

第1页，共7页 郑中国际学校2020—2021学年上学期八年级期中考试

英语试卷

（满分：120分，时长：90分钟）

一、听力（本大题共20小题，每小题1分，共20分）

第一节 听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳答案，并将其标号填入题前括号内。每段对话读两遍。

( )1. What didn’t Simon do in the summer holiday?

A. He did sports. B. He traveled a lot. C.He played computer games.

( )2. What does the boy’s sister look like?

A. She is the tallest. B. She has big eyes. C.She has the longest hair.

( )3. Why does Nancy plan to move?

A. Because she needs a bigger house.

B. Because she needs a nicer house.

C. Because she needs a smaller house.

( )4. What does girl often do?

A. She often does sports. B. She often reads books. C. She often goes to the cinema.

( )5.Where does the girl usually have lunch?

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

第二节 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A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳答案，并将其标号填入题前括号内。每段对话或独白读两遍。

听下面一段对话，回答第6至第7两个小题。

( )6. What’s the best way lo keep healthy?

A.Doing much exercise. B.Stopping smoking. C.Eating healthy food.

( )7.How long should the woman exercise every day?

A.For 10 minutes. B. For 30 minutes. C. For 50 minutes.

听下面一段对话，回答第8至第9两个小题。

( )8.When did Tara learn to sing?

A. Four years ago. B.Five years ago. C.Six years ago.

( )9.How often does Tara practice singing?

A. Every day. B. Hardly ever. C.Twice a week.

听下面一段独白，回答第10至第12三个小题。

( )10.How much is the new house?

A.180,000 yuan. B.8,000 yuan. C.800,000 yuan.

( )11.How many bedrooms are there in the new house?

A. One. B.Two. C.Three.

( )12.What color are the windows?

A.White. B.Blue. C.Black.

听下面一段对话，回答第13至第15三个小题。

( )13. Who is more outgoing than the boy?

A. Tony. B. Tony’s brother. C.The girl.

( )14. What is Tony good at?

A.Singing. B. Sports. C.Drawing.

( )15.How old is the boy?

A. 13. B. 14. C. 15. 第2页，共7页 第三节 听下面一篇短文。按照你所听内容的先后顺序将下列图片排序，并将其标号填写在题号后的横线上。短文读两遍。

16.______17.______18.______19.______20.______

二、单选题（本大题共10小题，每小题1分，共10分）

21. —Tom works hard and he wants to go to ______university after finishing high school.

—Well, that can make him live better life in the future.

A. /; a B. a; the C. an; a D. a; a

22. Mr Bean enjoys______ jokes and often makes us_______.

A. to tell; to laugh B. tells; laugh C. telling; laugh D. telling; laughing

23. —Will Bob help me look after my pet dog when I’m away?

— Of course. He won’t ________ your request. He loves animals a lot.

A. put down B. turn down C.write down D. take down

24. Can you tell me what happened ______ him just now?

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

25. There________ a concert in our school hall next week.

A. is going to have B. will have C. will be D. is going to hold

26. —______ do you ______ this new club?

— It’s nice and big.

A. What; think of B. How; think of C. What; like D. How; think

27. There are many visitors ______ at the top of the mountain to enjoy the sunrise.

A. to wait B. wait C. waiting D. waited

28. —I know nothing about the film Titanic. —__________.

A. Neither do I B. So do I C. Neither did I D. So did I

29. —I’d like to buy a shirt like this.

—OK, We can buy_______ one than this, but_______ this.

A. a cheaper; nicer as B. a cheaper; as nice as

C. a nicer; not cheap as D. a nicer; so cheap as

30. —My computer has caught a virus and it has gone wrong.

—__________

A. I’m sure it can work. B. Don’t mention it.

C. It doesn’t matter. D. I’m sorry to hear that.

三、完形填空（本大题共10小题，每小题1分，共10分）

I was always busy and had too many things to do. Whenever my daughter caused me to

change my plans, I thought to myself, “We don’t have time for this.” So the two words I always

said to her were: 31 .

The other day, the two of us rode to a 32 near our home. After shopping I bought her

an ice cream, and she sat down at a table happily admiring the ice cream in her hand. Suddenly

a 33 look appeared on her face．“Do I have to eat it up in a hurry, Mum?”

I nearly cried when hearing this-the pains of a hurried life influenced my poor girl so deeply!

As she looked at me waiting to know if she could 34 her time, I knew I had to make a

35 ．I thought of the times when I rushed （催促）my child through life and began 36

what really matters in life… 第3页，共7页 “You don’t have to hurry. Just enjoy it” I said gently. Her whole face brightened and her

shoulders 37 ．We sat side by side talking about things that interested us．