失宠的猫北京市朝阳区2012-2013学年第一学期八年级期末考试
英语试卷
本试卷满分100分, 考试时间90分钟。
第一部分听力理解（共20分）
一、听对话, 从下面各题所给的A、B、C三幅图片中选择与对话内容相符的图片。每段对话读两遍。（共4分, 每小题1分）
二、听对话或独白, 根据对话或独白内容，从下面各题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选择最佳选项。每段对话或独白读两遍。（共11分, 每小题1分）
请听一段对话, 完成第5至第6小题。
5. Where does the woman want to go?
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A. A supermarket.
B. A hospital.
C. A book shop.
6. How will she get there?
A. By bus.
B. On foot.
C. By taxi.
请听一段对话, 完成第7至第8小题。
7. What are the tickets for?
A. A short play.
B. A football match.
C. A new film.
8. How much does the ticket cost?
A. ￥3.
B. ￥7.
C. ￥10.
请听一段对话, 完成第9至第10小题。
9. When is Betty's birthday?
A. On May 3rd.
B. On May 2nd.
C. On May 1st.
10. What present will the speakers buy for Betty?
A. A toy panda.
B. A toy monkey.
C. A toy dog.
请听一段对话, 完成第11至第12小题。
11. Why is John so excited?
A. Because he will go for a trip to England.
B. Because he will go to see his grandparents.
C. Because he will go to a dinner with his friends.
12. Who will John go there with?
A. His classmates.
B. His teachers.
C. His parents.
请听一段独白, 完成第13至第15小题。
13. What did the American family do when Li Lei arrived?
A. They had a great welcome party.
B. They told Li Lei some funny stories.
C. They showed Li Lei around the house.
14. What surprised Li Lei?
A. The family were not friendly.
B. They gave him nothing to eat.
C. The family prepared everything for him.
15. What did Li Lei learn from his experience?
A. Home is always the best place.
B. Staying with an American family is hard.
C The customs between the countries are different.
三、听对话, 根据所听到的对话内容和提示词语, 记录关键信息。对话读两遍。（共5分, 每小题1分）
Notes
Name: 16. __________
Hair: 17. __________and dark
Things she carries: A red! 18. __________
Flight number: CA 19. __________
Arrival time: At 20. __________tomorrow afternoon
第二部分知识运用（共24分）
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四、单项填空（共14分, 每小题1分）
从下面各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中, 选择可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
21. Please show __________the map of Beijing, Lingling.
A. I
B. me
C. my
D. myself
22. __________the help of the dictionary, we can read English newspapers.
A. In
B. At
C. With
D. On
23. I have konwn my best friend __________5 years.
A. by
B. of
C. for
D. since
24. —Excuse me. __________is Beihai Park?
—It's on the corner of Chang Jie and Wenjin Jie.
A. what
B. where
C. who
D. when
25. I like the city very much __________there's a lot to see and do there.
A. because
B. until
C. so
D. but
26. Johann Strauss the younger was even __________than his father.
A. popular
B. more popular
C. most popular
D. the most popular
27. Rock music is very noisy, __________?
A. doesn't it
B. hasn't it
C. wasn't it
D. isn't it
28. My father bought a new T-shirt. It __________soft.
A. smells
B. sounds
C. feels
D. tastes
29. We decided __________for some tea for two hours in the teahouse.
A. staying
B. stayed
C. stay
D. to stay
30. It's 12 o'clock. Let's __________lunch together.
A. have
B. had
C. having
D. to have
31. —Is your sister at home?
—No, she isn't. She __________Australia.
A. goes to
B. went to
C. has been to
D. has gone to
32. You __________drive on the left-hand side of the road in England.
A. must
B. can
C. may
D. might
33. Sally likes Chinese culture and she __________Chinese since 2004.
A. studies
B. was studying
C. has studied
D. will study
34. —What were you doing at this time yesterday?
—I __________TV.
A. watch
B. watched
C. am watching
D. was watching
五、完形填空（共10分, 每小题1分）
通读下面的短文, 掌握其大意, 然后从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中, 选择最
佳选项。
A school was near my home and I often watched the kids from my window when they played basketball. One day, I saw a little girl playing with boys. ___35___played very well and no one could stop her. Sometimes, I saw her play ___36___. She often practiced by herself until dark.
One day I asked her ___37___she practiced so much. She said, “I want to go to university. The only way I can go is to get a scholarship（奖学金）. I like to play 3
basketball. If I play well, I can get a scholarship. My father told me that if the ___38___is big enough and work hard for it, I can be successful.” Then she smiled
and ran to go practice.
I watched her through junior high and into high school. Every week, she and her school team won（赢）in the basketball matches.
One day, I saw her ___39___in the grass. I went over there and sat down beside her. I asked her what was wrong. “Oh, nothing,” she answered, “I am just too short.” The coach（教练） told her that she would probably never play for a university team, so she should ___40___her dream about university.
She was sad, but she told me that her father said those coaches were not ___41___.
They did not understand the power（力量） of a dream. He told her that if she really wanted to play for a good university, and wanted a scholarship, ___42___could stop her.
The next year, when she and her ___43___went to the Northern California match,
a university recruiter（招生官员） noticed her and ___44___her a full scholarship. Her dream finally came true.
35. A. They B. She C. He D. It
36. A. slowly B. happily C. safely D. alone
37. A. why B. how C. where D. when
38. A. dream B. cause C. advice D. matter
39. A. playing B. crying C. standing D. sitting
40. A. forget B. leave C. think D. throw
41. A. happy B. strange C. right D. wrong
42. A. anything B. something C. nothing D. everything
43. A. teacher B. mother C. team D. father
44. A. bought B. offered C. found D. brought
第三部分阅读理解（共36分）
六、阅读理解（共22分, 每小题2分）
阅读下面的三篇短文, 根据短文内容, 从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中, 选择最佳选项。
（A）
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English his students in last night. All the other Tom had a very difficult time followed there. He Tom house, but never got went to a party at their teacher's class , but he made one little mistake.
s directions（指示图）his teacher'left. and turned to Central Ave. along From their school, he walked Main Street
There saw the bus stop in front of the post office. He took the Central Ave. bus and got off at Fifth Street. He turned left and walked along Fifth Street to Park
t 'but he didnAve. He took Bus Number 42, walked Ave. and turned right. He up Park get off at the right stop. He got off at River Road not at Rolling Road. He turned left and walked along River Road and got lost.
Tom was very unhappy. He really wanted to go to the party last night, and he
he made such a stupid mistake.
（相信）'t believecans English class do last night? '45. What did all the other students in Tom A. They had an English class.
B. They went to a post office by bus.
s house.
' C. They went to a party at their teachers house. ' D. They got lost when they went to their teacher46. Which road did Tom walk along from their school?
D. B. Central Ave. C. Park Ave. A. Main Street.
Rolling Road.
47. Where did Tom get off from Bus Number 42?
D. B. At River Road. C. At Fifth Street. A. At Holly Lane.
At Sixth Street.
B）（where Australia, village in It story. happened in a small is The following a true some dangerous animals live in the forest.
Lisa, a 33-year-old mother, went to cook lunch in the kitchen, her 3-year-old son, Barney, playing by himself in the garden.
s ears. Lisa rushed into Suddenly, a loud cry of Barney came into the mother' the little boy with the garden in a hurry and found a big snake entwining（缠绕）quite
and terrified Lisa （蟒）a It the to and its body trying eat boy. was boa. was
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angry. She decided to save her son from the boa's mouth.
It was great mother's love that made Lisa forget what she was facing. She took up a hoe（锄） from the ground and beat（打）the boa as hard as she could. One...two...with the hoe, Lisa beat the boa time and time again, but useless.
The little boy's voice and breath were getting weaker and weaker, Lisa's heart
was broken and she got nearly mad.
Suddenly Lisa put away the hoe and threw herself to the boa, opened her mouth and bit（咬） into the boa's back. The boa was so badly hurt that it let go of Barney and moved into the forest hurriedly. It had never known how a woman had such sharp （锋利的）teeth. Soon the boa was found dead in the forest.
It was great mother's love that saved the little boy.
48. When she came into the garden, Lisa found __________.
A. her son was in danger of losing his life
B. her son was playing with a big snake
C. a boa was playing with her son
D. Barney was fighting with a boa
49. What is the Chinese meaning of the word “terrified” in the passage?
