北京101中学2013-2014学年下学期初中八年级期中考试英语试卷
听力理解（共24分）
一、听对话，选择与对话内容相符的图片。每段对话读两遍。（ 共3分，每 小 题 1分 ） 1.
(A) 2. (B) (C) (A) 3. (B) (C) 1
(A) (B) (C) 二、听对话或独白，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4~5小题。
4. When did the girl hurt herself?
A. At breakfast.
B. In P. E. class.
C. After school.
5. What did the nurse advise the girl to do?
A. To get an X-ray. B. To take some medicine. C. To take a rest.
请听一段对话，完成第6~7小题。 6. When is Clean-up Day?
A. Two weeks from now. B. The day after tomorrow. C. Next week.
A. Putting up signs. B. Making some notices. 请听一段对话，完成第8~9小题。
8. Why did Jack want to borrow money from his mother?
A. To buy some clothes.
B. To buy some drinks and snacks. C. To go out for dinner. 9. What did Mum ask Jack to do? A. To clean his room.
B. To do homework. C. To cook dinner.
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C. Calling up 5 students.
7. What idea did the boy think of?
请听一段对话，完成第10~11小题。 10. Why did Alice look sleepy?
A. Because she had a bad cold. B. Because she didn’t get enough sleep. C. Because she likes sleeping.
11. What do Alice’s parents think of taking after-school classes? A. They think it’s useless. B. They think it’s hard. C. They think it’s important. 请听一段对话，完成第12~14小题。 12. Why didn’t Kate answer the phone?
A. She got angry with John. B. She left her phone at home. C. She lost her phone.
13. What was Kate doing at the time of the basketball competition?
A. She was having breakfast. B. She was taking a walk.
C. She was making her way to school.
14. How did Kate help the little boy on her way to school?
A. She gave him some money. B. She helped him to find his parents. C. She took him to the police office.
三、听独白，记录关键信息。独白读两遍。（共10分，每小题2分）
Time This afternoon Monday afternoon (17) ____ afternoon Wednesday Things to do Have a walking tour of the (15) __________. Go to the sports center to (16) ____________, tennis or go swimming. Go to the (18) ___________ club. Go to Qingdao at (19) ___________ in the morning. 语言知识运用（共27分）
四、单项填空。（共13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。 ( ) 20. My father is a math teacher. _____ often helps me with my math.
A. She
B. He
C. I
D. You
( ) 21. In America, many people remember what they were doing ______ September
11, 2001.
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A. on
B. in B. or
C. from C. but
D. to
( ) 22. He lost the tennis match and felt sad, _____ everyone was trying to cheer him up.
A. because
D. so
( ) 23. —What do you think of the film you saw yesterday?
—Oh! It’s one of ______ films I’ve ever seen. A. interesting C. most interesting
B. more interesting D. the most interesting
( ) 24. —_____ do you have after-school lessons?
—Twice a week. A. How long
B. How often
C. How much
D. How many
( ) 25. —_____ I do the report by myself?
—No, you needn’t. You can ask for help. A. Must
B. Need
C. Can
D. Should
( ) 26. Most of Chinese children are learning exam skills _____ they can get into a good high school and later a good university.
A. although
B. so that
C. until
D. while
( ) 27. —I called you at seven last night and you didn’t pick up. What were you doing?
—I _____ a shower. A. takes
B. took
C. was taking
D. will take
( ) 28. After dinner, they tried to play a card game, but it was _____to have fun with a serious storm happening outside.
A. important A. likes mess.
A. finding
B. to find
C. found
D. finds
( ) 31. —What do you want me to do?
—Could you _____ the rubbish and fold the clothes? A. find out
B. help out
C. take out
D. work out
B. hard B. liked
C. interesting C. will like
D. nervous D. like
( ) 29. Lucky is a fantastic dog. I’ll send you a photo of him if you _____.
( ) 30. After the rainstorm, he went outside with his family and _____ the neighborhood in a
( ) 32. —Do you know _____ a sports meeting?
—Next Sunday. A. when we had
五、完形填空。（共14分，每题1分）
阅读下面的短文，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，
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B. when we will have
D. when will we have
C. when did we have
选择最佳选项。
(A)
Dear Mr. Hunt,
My problem is that I can’t 33 with my family. Relations between my parents have become 34 . They fight a lot, and I really don’t like it. It’s the only communication they have. I don’t know if I should say anything to them about this. When they 35 , it’s like a big, black cloud hanging over our home. Also, my elder brother is not very nice to me. He always refuses to let me watch my favorite TV show. 36 he watches whatever he wants until late at night. I don’t think this is fair. At home I always feel lonely and nervous. Is that normal?
What can I do? Sad and Thirteen ( ) 33. A. get down ( ) 34. A. difficult ( ) 35. A. discuss ( ) 36. A. Really
B. get on B. good B. talk
C. get out C. strange C. argue (B)
Life Is a Cup of Coffee
A group of graduates got together to visit their old university professor.
The conversation soon turned 37 complaints(抱怨) about stress in work and life. To 38 his guests coffee, the professor went to the kitchen and returned with a large pot of coffee and cups of different 39 —paper, plastic, glass, crystal, some plain-looking, some expensive, some cheap —telling them to help 40 to the coffee.
When all the students had a cup of coffee in hand, the professor said, “If you have noticed, all the nice-looking 41 cups have been taken up, leaving behind the plain and cheap ones. 42 it is normal for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is the source(源头) of your problems and stress.”
“What all of you 43 want is coffee, not the cup, but you consciously(有意识地) went for the best cups... And then you began eyeing each other’s cups.”
“Now consider this: Life is the coffee; the jobs, money and 44 in society are the cups. They are just tools to hold and contain life, and the kind of cup we have does not decide, or change the quality of life we live. Sometimes, by concentrating only on the cup, we 45 to enjoy the coffee. Don’t let the cups 46 you. Enjoy the coffee instead.” ( ) 37. A. into
B. up
C. over C. buy C. colors C. them
D. away D. help D. designs D. themselves D. common
( ) 38. A. leave ( ) 39. A. kinds ( ) 40. A. him
( ) 41. A. cheap
B. offer B. sizes B. himself B. ordinary
C. Finally
D. get off D. normal D. work D. Suddenly
B. Instead
C. expensive 5
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