八年级上册英语第八——九单元测试卷
听力部分(20%)
一．听句子。根据所听内容选择最佳答语。句子读一遍。
1. A. I was at home. B. I was born in 1992. C. I was born in Wuhan.
2. A. I don’t like it at all. B. I like Henry best. C. I am a student.
3. A. I saw a movie with Tom B. I’m doing my homework. C. I want some soda.
4. A. He is a basketball player. B. He was born in the USA. C. He is in America.
5. A. It’s exciting. B. I’d like to. C. Sorry, I don’t know.
二．听对话。根据所听内容选择最佳答案。对话读一遍。
6. A. Who is taller?
A. Lucy. B. Lily. C. Lucy is as tall as Lily.
7. A. What does Jim look like?
A. He is tall. B. He is heavy with short black hair. C. He is new.
8. A. What does Ruben like?
A. He likes music. B. He likes sports. C. He likes reading.
9. A. What does Tom’s mother do?
A. She is a teacher. B. She’s a doctor. C. She’s a nurse.
10. A. What’s Anne like?
A. She likes dancing. B. She’s shy. C. She’s funny.
三．听对话。根据所听内容选择最佳答案。对话读两遍。
听第一段材料， 回答第11—12 小题。
11. Which ring is cheaper?
A. The silver one. B. The gold one. C. The smaller one.
12. Who pays for the ring?
A. The woman. B. The man. C. No one.
听第二段材料， 回答第13---15题。
13. Which jacket does the man like best?
A. The black one. B. The white one. C. Both of them.
14. How much is the jacket?
A. $20. B. $2,000. C. $200.
15. Why does the man want to buy it?
A. Because it looks the warmest.
B. Because it looks the coolest.
C. Because it is expensive.
四．听短文。根据所听内容选择最佳答案。对话读两遍。
16. What does Peter do?
A. He’s a doctor. B. He’s a nurse. C. He’s a student.
17. What does he do before 8:00pm on weekend?
A. He works. B. He watches TV. C. He sleeps.
18. When does he go to work?
A. After 11:00am. B. After 11:00pm. C. In the afternoon.
19. What does he do after breakfast?
A. He goes to work. B. He watches TV. C. He sleeps again.
20. How does he like his job?
A. He can’t stand it. B. He doesn’t like it. C. He loves it.
笔试部分(80%)
一．单项选择(25%)
21. --- ___________ there any sharks in the aquarium? --- No, we didn’t see any.
A. Did B. Had C. Have D. Were
22. --- What did you buy during your last vacation?
---I __________ a hat.
A. buy B. buyed C. bought D. was buy
23. Mozart wrote _________famous music during his life.
A. a lot B. a few C. many D. lots of
24. --- Did they have fun _____________? --- Yes, they did.
A. to camp B. camped C. camping D. camp
25. Last night we watched a movie about __________ in the future.
A. living B. to live C. live D. lived
26. There _______ some bread and ten apples on the table just now.
A. had B. is C. was D. were
27. --- ________ was she born? --- In 1993.
A. Where B. When C. How D. What
28. She was born __________ January 13, 1993.
A. at B. in C. on D. from
29. The Whites came to China and started ___________ here five years ago.
A. lived B. live C. living D. to live in
30. --- __________ did Charles Smith hiccup? --- For about two weeks.
A. When B. How C. How long D. How often
31. The old woman _____________ after she went to see the doctor.
A. started hiccupping B. started to hiccup
C. stopped hicupping D. stopped to hiccup
32. The girl began to learn the piano _______ the age of four. She is very good ______it now.
A. at, at B. for, for C. on, to D. about, with
33. My parents are busy me with my homework.
A. so, that help B. very, with C. too, to help D. not so, as
34. There is going to a school meeting next week.
A. get B. have C. is D. be
35. These books are ________ Jim. Please give ________ .
A. to; them to him B. for; him them C. to; him them D. for; them to him
36. Charles Osborne is famous _________ hiccupping for 69 years and 5 months.
A. for B. to C. with D. in
37. Playing the piano well can be a great _________ .
A. violinist B. artist C. singer D. pianist
38. In this sports meeting, he _________ the school record for long jump again.
A. holds B. makes C. hold D. make
39. ________ bad news it is! We can’t go there for our holiday.
A. What B. How C. What a D. How a
40. -----________will he come back from Shanghai?
----In two days.
A. How long B. How soon C. How often D. How far
41.---How was your School trip?
----___________. I like it very much.
A. Interesting. B. Excited C. Very well D. Boring
42. It is raining hard. _______, I think we should go there because our teacher is waiting for us.
A. So B. Luckily C. Finally D. However
43. It’s getting late. You’d better ________out alone.
A. not go B. not to go C. don’t go D. go
44. At the school gate, I saw a boy ________his bike and lie on the ground
A. fall down B. fall off C. falling down D. falling off
45. ----Excuse me, please look at the sign. It says “No Smoking”.
---Sorry, I _______.
A. don’t see it B. didn’t see it. C. won’t see it D. I am not seeing it.
二．完形填空(10%)
O. Henry was a pen name used by an American 46 of short stories. His 47 name was William Sydney Porter. He was 48 in North Carolina in 1862. 49 a young boy he lived an exciting life. He did not go to school for very long, but he tried to teach 50 everything he needed to know.
When he was about 20 years old, O. Henry went to Texas. There he tried different 51 . He first worked on newspaper, and then had a job in a 52 . When some money went missing (丢失)from the bank, People thought O. Henry took the money. Because of that, he was 53 to prison( 监狱). 54 the three years in prison, he learned to write short stories. After he got out of prison, he went to New York and began writing.
O. Henry wrote mostly about New York and the life of the poor there. People liked his stories, because they were 55 to understand and they would finish with a sudden change at the end, to the reader’s surprise.
( ) 46. A. clerk B. teacher C. writer D. doctor
( ) 47. A. pen B. old C. first D. real
( ) 48. A. bore B. born C. bored D. boring
( ) 49. A. To B. For C. As D. Because
( ) 50. A. myself B. himself C. hiself D. itself
( ) 51. A. food B. clothes C. work D. jobs
( ) 52. A. newspaper B. hospital C. school D. bank
( ) 53. A. send B. sent C. sending D. to send
( ) 54. A. On B. For C. After D. During
( ) 55. A. hard B. difficult C. easy D. creative
三．阅读理解（10%）
It was late on a snowing night. Doctor Van was driving fast to the hospital to do an operation（手术） on a badly hurt person. Minutes later he came to a red traffic light and had to stop to wait. A man suddenly opened the door of the car and got in.
“Drive on, ” shouted the man, “Just do what I’ve told you to. ” The man was strong and tall while Doctor Van was not.
“But I’m a doctor, ” Van tried to tell him what he was going to do. “I’m on my way to the hospital to save(救). ” “Stop talking and drive faster, as fast as you can! ” the man stopped Van and Van had to do so.
Only a few minutes had passed when the man made Van stop his car again and drove him off, and he himself drove away very quickly.
Van stood in the snow for a moment and then walked around to look for a taxi. Another half an hour passed when Van got out of the taxi and ran into the hospital. But it was too late and he could do nothing.
The man who took Van’s car was standing by the person all the time. He was so sad! Only then did Van know that the man was the father of that badly hurt person!
56. Who needed an operation at once?
A. Doctor Van. B. The man. C. Doctor Van’s son. D. The man’s son.
57. Why did the man take Van’s car?
A. Because he was a doctor and had to get to the hospital as soon as possible.
B. Because he wanted to use the car to see a friend who was badly in hospital and needed his help.
C. Because he wanted to get to the hospital earlier than the doctor.
D. Because he was worried about his son and could not wait to see him.
58. How long did it take Van to get to the hospital that night?
A. More than one hour. B. Less than an hour.
C. Only a few minutes. D. We can’t tell just from this passage.
59. Which of the following is not true?
A. The man lost his son.
B. Doctor Van was stronger than the man.
C. Doctors need cars.
D. The weather was not fine that night.
60. Which of the following can be the best title （标题） for this passage?
A. A Doctor Driving at Night. B. A Good Doctor Met a Bad Man.
C. Too Worried to Be Helpful. D. How to save a Badly Hurt person.
B
George Stephenson was born in 1781 in a poor family. He had to start work when he was only eight. When George was fourteen, he became his father’s helper. He spent a lot of time learning about engines(发动机). And on holidays he often took one to pieces and studied each piece carefully. Soon he became a very good worker though he could not read or write. He began to learn the English letters when he was seventeen years old. Every day after he did twelve hours of hard work, he walked a long way to have lessons from a young school teacher. On his eighteen birthday, he wrote his own name for the first time in his life. George invented(发明) many things in his life. The train was the greatest one among them. Today when we watch or take trains from one place to another, we’ll think of this great man-George Stephenson.
61. In which year did George Stephenson start to help his father?
A. In 1781 B. In 1789 C. In 1795 D. In 1798
62. He learned about the engine _______________.
A. by reading and writing
B. by taking it to pieces and studying each piece carefully
C. at lessons from a young teacher
D. by asking a lot of questions
63. He spent a lot of time learning about engines and soon he _____________________.
A. started to teach other workers B. became a good businessman
C. became a good teacher D. became a good worker
64. George Stephenson. invented __________
A. The train B. The telephone C. The Car D. The computer
65. From this passage we know that George Stephenson was one of the greatest _____ in the world.
A. teachers B. inventors C. learners D. workers
四．单词拼写(10%)
66. He didn’t go to school b________ of his sore back.
67. She w______ the girls’ 400-meter race . We all call her flying girl.
68. Li Yundi, a w________ Chinese pianist, always loved music.
69. He t_______ part in the 14th Chopin International Piano Competition.
70. Hangzhou is a famous city. There are many v________ every year.
71. It’s going to rain, so I take an u________ with me when I go out.
72. I hope to go to Tsinghua U________ to study when I graduate from high school.
73. I didn’t catch his name, so I ask him to say it a_________.
74. Our class m_________ is a very nice girl and she studies very hard.
75. He b_________ a teacher when he was 20 years old.
五．用所给词的适当形式填空：(10%)
76.They are students. I teach _______（they）English.
77. Look, there _______（be）only sugar in the bottle.
78.I usually finish _______（do）my homework at about 8 o’clock.
79.Thank you for _______（come）to see me.
80.I _______（not like）climbing hills, but my mother does.
81.I’m in good heath now, but I _______（be）often ill last year.
82. There _______（not be）a film last night.
83.He _______（not do）washing yesterday, but he will do some washing tomorrow.
84.. He_______（not have）a good sleep last night.
85. Tom stood there for a moment and then _______（start）to read a book.
六．将下列句子按要求写出不同的句型。(5%)
86. There were some seals in the aquarium. （改为一般疑问句）
87. My day off was boring. （对划线部分提问）
88. Who did Tina meet ? （a famous
actor）（用所给词回答问题）
89. Mary started playing the piano when she was four years old. (写出同义句)
Mary started playing the piano __________ __________ __________ __________ four.
90. She did some housework last week.(变为否定句)
She housework last week.
七、书面表达(10分)
以“My Best School Trip ”为题写一篇60字左右的短文，介绍你的参观情况。
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