八年级（上）英语Units 8－9单元测试
听 力 部 分（20%）
一、听小对话，选择正确图片（听一次）（5%）
1. M: Where did you go for your school trip ?
W: Well , we went to an aquarium .
2. W: Hello , John ! What did you do on your last day off ?
M: I had a bad cold and stayed in bed all day .
W : Bad luck !
3. W: Would you like to hang out with me this weekend ?
M: Why not ? That sounds interesting .
4. M: Who’s your favorite football player ?
W: Ronaldo . He was born in Brazil on September 22 , 1976 .
5. W: Who’s that ?
M: Bill Smith . He holds the world record for hiccupping .
W: Really ? How long did the hiccup ?
M: 60 years .
二、听小对话，选择正确答案（听一次）（5%）
1. M: Did you buy any souvenirs ?
W: I planned to buy some , but the things were too dear .
2. W: Zhang Yining and Wang Nan are my favorites . I like them to play ping-pong .
M: When were they born ? Do you know ?
W: Wang Nan was born on October 23 , 1978 . And Zhang Yining was born on October 5 , 1982 .
3. W: Excuse me , Jack . When did you go to see your first movie ?
M: Er , let me see … when I was 8 years old . I remembered I saw a very scary movie .
4. M: Who do you admire , Selina ?
W: J . K . Rowling .
M: The writer of Harry Potter . I love her , too . When did she start to write Harry Potter ?
W: In 1990 . And in 1998 , the Harry Potter , Book I was published . It was one of the bestsellers . So she began to write a second book in 1999 .
5. M: I heard that Modonna would come to China for a concert next month .
W: Really ? She sings so beautifully . She’s one of the most popular singers in the world .
三、听较长的对话，回答问题（听两次）（10%）
Dialogue One
W: Tony , where is your toy octopus from ?
M: Oh , Jenny , it’s a gift from my uncle for my birthday .
W: How funny it looks ! Where did your uncle buy it ?
M: He didn’t buy it . He got it from one of his friends .
Dialogue Two
W: When was Lu Xun born , do you know ?
M: Yes , He was born on September 25 , 1881 .
W: I heard once he studied medicine in Japan . Later he became a writer . Could you tell me why ?
M: Because he loved his country so much . He wrote many stories . He used his pens to tell people to love and save China .
W: How great ! When did he die ?
M: He died of disease in Shanghai on October 19, 1936 .