English test for Grade 8 (Units 1—6)
Class________ Name ___________ No._____
Part I. Listening Part (20分)
A.) 听小对话，回答问题（5分）
( )1. A. On Saturday. B. On Subday. C. Twice a week. D. Every day.
( )2. A. Tara is shorter than Tina. B. Tara is taller than Tina.
C. Tina is shorter than Tara. D. Tina and tara are twins.
( )3.A. He’s going to the beach. B. He’s looking after his sister.
C. He’s babysitting his brother. D. He’s going to the cinema.
( )4. A. 30 minutes. B. 45 minutes. C. 5 minutes. D. 15 minutes.
( )5.A. By train. B. By bus. C. By air. D. By car.
B.) 听长对话，回答问题（5分）
听下面一个长对话，回答1—2 两个问题
( )1. How are Petro’s parents coming? A. By train. B. By bus. C. By plane. D. On foot.
( )2. What time are they getting ? A. At 8:00. B. At 8:30. C. At 9:00. D. At 10:00.
听下面一个长对话，回答3--5 三个问题
( )3. What’s the matter with Ted?
A. He has a fever. B. He has a headache. C. He has a cold D. A, B and C
( )4. When did the cold start?
A. This morning. B. yesterday afternoon. C. Last night. D. A moment ago.
( )5.What did the doctor ask Ted to do?
A. To take some medicine and drink more water. B. To stay in bed for a few days.
C. To have a good rest. D. To do more exercise.
C.)短文理解（10分）
( )1.Mrs. Brown’s grandfather lived _______.
A. with Mrs. Brown and her daughter B. with Mrs. Brown and her husband
C. in the country by himself D. with his wife and daughter
( )2. Every morning the old man ________.
A. goes out to have breakfast B. goes to do some shopping
C. telephones the police D. goes for a walk in the park
( )3. One morning ________.
A. the old man had some problems B. couldn’t fid his way home
C. a police car sent the old man home D. the police telephoned Mrs. Brown
( )4. The old man telephoned the police becase ________.
A. he didn’t want to go home that morning B. he couldn’t find the way home
C. Mrs. Brown asked him to do so D. he was too old
( )5. Which sentence is right from the story?
A. The old man lost his way(迷路). B. The old was ill that morning.
C. The old man went home on foot. D. The old man was tired that morning.
Part II. Written Part (80分)
I. 选择填空（15分）
( )1. -__________ is your father staying in Sydney? -For two weeks.
A. How far B. How long C. How often D. How many
( )2. –Is Jack _________ than Jim? -No, Jack isn’t so ________ as Jim.
A. taller, taller, B. tall, taller C. taller, tall D. taller, short
( )3. How long does it ______ you to go to Shanghai from Beijing by train?
A. spend B. take C. make D. use
( )4. –How far is the store? -It’s near here, about __________.
A. ten minutes walk B. ten minute’s walk C. ten minute walk D. ten minutes’ walk
( )5.-Can you go to the cinema this evening, Jenny? -___________.
A. Yes, I’d love B. I’d like to, thanks. C. Yes, please. D. No, I can’t
( )6. –Is there ________ in today’s newspaper? -No, I dno’t think there is _______.
A. interesting anything, something interesting B. something interesting, something interesting
C. anything interesting, anything interesting D. anything interesting, something interesting
( )7.This shirt is ________ big for me. I want a smaller one.
A. much too B. too much C. little D. a few
( )8. _______ he was very tired, _______ he didn’t stop working.
A. Though, / B. though, but C. But, / D. Because, /
( )9. Our city is getting . A. beautiful and beautiful B. more and more beau
C. more beautiful and more beautiful D. much and much beautiful
( )10.-I’m stressed out and tired. -________.
A. You should drink some water. B. You should have a good rest.
C. You shouldn’t take any exercise D. You should drink some hot water with honey.
( )11. I think it’s necessary for us _______ English well.
A. learning B. to learning C. to learn D. learn
( )12. Simon and Bruce blue eyes.
A. has B. have both C. both have D. all have
( )13. Diana is not good at sports Emma.
A. much ... than B. very ... as C. so ...as D. as ...so
( )14. Can we finish the work with time and people?
A. less, fewer B. lesser, few C. fewer, less D. little, fewer
( )15. He his father, and he is good at basketball.
A. like, playing B. looks like, play C. likes, playing the D. is like, playing
II.完型填空（10分）
We see the sun every day. If it is __1__, we can see the moon in the night, too. The sun and the moon are very near us. They are __2__ stars in space(太空)
Light travels at 300,000 kilometers a __3__. Light reaches us from the moon in __4__ a second and a half. The moon is about 382,000 kilometers __5__.
Light from the sun reaches us in 8.5 minutes. The sun is about 149,640,000 kilometers __6__ the earth. Other stars are __7__ away than the sun. Light from the nearest star reaches us in about four years. When you look at a star, it is very __8__. But in fact many of them are __9__ than the sun. They look small only __10__they are much farther away than the sun.
( )1.A. rainy B. windy C. sunny D. bad
( )2.A. near B. the nearer C. nearest D. the nearest
( )3.A. second B. minute C. hour D. day
( )4.A. more than B. less than C. much more D. as
( )5.A. far B. near C. high D. away
( )6.A. far B. away from C. far rom D. away
( )7.A. near B. very farther C. more farther D. much farther
( )8.A. small B. big C. far D. near
( )9.A. little bigger B. very bigger C. much bigger D. more bigger
( )10A. when B. because C. if D. as
III.阅读理解（25分）
One morning in London, the weather was very cold, and many people caught a cold. They had to see a doctor, so there were many people in the doctor's waiting-room. At the head of the line was an old woman. The woman did not live in London. She lived in the country. She came here to visit her daughter. She wanted to see the doctor because she got a bad cold and coughed day and night.
“If I get there early, I can see the doctor quickly, ” she thought. So she was the first in the line.
She sat nearest to the doctor's door. An American came into the waiting-room, and walked quickly to the doctor's door. The old woman thought he was a queue jumper. She stood up and took his arm slowly, she said, “We were all here before you. You must wait for your turn. Do you understand?” The American answered, “No, madam. You don't understand! You are all after me! I'm the doctor! ”
( )1．________ were there in the doctor's waiting-room.
A．A few people. B．A lot of people. C．Few people. D．Nobody.
( )2．The woman came ______.
A．from the country B．from a town C．from a factory D．from a farm
( )3．The old woman was the first in the line so that she could ______.
A．spend less time B．spend less money
C．see the doctor quickly D．have a talk with the doctor
( )4．The doctor came from ______. A．England. B．Scotland C．America. D．London
( )5. Which sentence is right?
A. The American saw the doctor irst. B. The woman came very late.
C. The American was a queue jumper. D. The woman came earliest of all.
Why was 2004 a special(特殊的) year? Because it was a Leap Year(闰年)! What was so special about that? Well, Leap Year happens only once every four years. And it has 366 days instead of the usual 365. In a Leap Year, we have 29 days in February, while in a usual year we have only 28 days.
Why do we have a Leap Year? We have a Leap Year so we can keep the calendar(日历) in step with(与…一致) the seasons. The calendar is a kind of clock for the whole year. But how long is a year? A calendar year is 365 days. However, a true year is actually 365 days, 5 hours, 48 minutes and 46 seconds long. That's the time it takes the earth to travel around the sun. So every four years we have one more day, then we have a Leap Year, and we put it at the end of February---the shortest month of a year.
( ) 6. How often can we have a Leap Year?
A. Every year. B. Every February. C.Every other year. D. Every four years.
( ) 7. What is a calendar? It is a kind of clock _______.
A. for the whole year B. only for Leap Year. C. for the usual year D. for the unusual year
( ) 8. It takes the earth _______ to travel around the sunaround the sun.
A. a day B. a little longer than 365 days C. a year D. a month
( )9.Mrs Green was born on February 29. 1972. Now she is 34. How many birthdays has she had?
A. 34. B. 16. C. 8. D. 10.
( )10. Which of the following statements is NOT true?
A. People who were born(出生) on February 29th can have more birthdays than others.
B. Usually we have 365 days in a year.
C. There were 29 days in February, 1992.
D. The next Leap Year will be the year 2008.
Life today is much easier than it was hundreds of years ago, but it has new problems. One of the biggest problems is pollution(污染). Pollution comes in many ways. We see it, smell it, drink it and even(甚至) hear it.
Many years ago, the problem was not so serious because there were not so many people. Man is now slowly polluting the whole world. The more people, the more pollution.
Air pollution is still the most serious. It's bad for all living things in the world, but it is not the only one kind of pollution. Water pollution kills our fish and pollutes our drinking water. Noise pollution makes us angry more easily.
Many countries are making rules to fight pollution. They stop factories pouring(倒) dirty water into rivers and putting dirty smoke into the air. Except this(除此之外), we can do many more things. For example, if there are fewer people driving, there will be less pollution, too.
The earth is our home. We must take care of it.
根据短文内容回答下列问题。
11.Is life today harder than hundreds of years ago?
_________ .
12. In what ways can we know there is pollution around us?
______________________________ .
13. Why air pollution is the most serious?
_____________________________ .
14. How many kinds of pollution are mentioned(提及) in the passage? What are they?
______________________ _______ .
15. What can we do to make less water pollution?
_______ _____________________ .
IV.词汇（5分）
1. Animal word is my favorite p_____________. I often watch it in the evening.
2. The park is ive m____________ away from here. Let’s take the bus.
3. You must look after youself and keep h____________.
4. I’m sorry a can’t come to your party this time. Maybe a______________ time.
5. Jenny doesn’t like talking. She is q____________ than most of her classmates.
6. Thank you for your _______________. ( 邀请 )
7. Jack feel much __________ than yesterday. ( 好 )
8. He often ___________ a bus to school. ( 乘 )
9. In many ______________ countries, Chineses food is very popular. （ 西方 ）
10. Jim and Kate are twins, but there are some ___________________ between them ( 不同 ).
VI.补全对话（10分）
A: Hello! Is that Jack?
B: This is Jack speaking. ______________________________________________?
A: Hi, Jack! This is Jenny. _____________________________________________?
B: Party? What party?
A: It’s my birthday. I want to have a party.
B: Thanks for your invitation. _______________________________________________?
A: It’s starting at 5:00.
B: I’d love to come. ______________________________________________________?
A: You may take the No.25 bus to the No. 2 High School. My home is opposite the school.
B: _________________________________________________________?
A: It takes about twenty minutes by bus. Please don’t be late.
B: OK. I’ll come on time. Bye. A: See you.
VII.书面表达（15分）
在过去的几年中，我们的家乡发生了巨大的变化。请结合实际情况，写一篇100字左右的短文。必须包括以下内容：
（1）道路更加宽广（wide）；建造了越来越多（more and more）的工厂；
（2）环境（environment）更加优美；
（3）更多的人得到了工作；人们更加富裕（rich）；生活更加幸福；越来越多的人住进了楼房（high buildings）；许多人还有了私家车（own car）；
（5）每个人都在努力建设（build）我们的家乡。我们的家乡将会更加美好。
In the past few years, our hometown have had great changes. ___________________________
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听力材料
I. 听小对话，回答问题（5分）
1.A: When do you often watch TV, Jack?
B: I often watch TV on Saturday and Sunday.
Q: How often does Jack watch TV?
2. A: Is that Tina? B: NO, Tina is taller. That must be Tara.
Q: Which one is right?
3.A: Jim, We’re going to the beach this weekend. Are you going with us?
B; I’d love to, but I can’t. I have to babysit my little sister.. Maybe another time.
Q: What’s Jim doing this weeken?
4. A: What time do you often go to school, Tony?
B: Well, I often leave home at hal past six and get to school at 6:45 by bike.
Q: How long does it take Tony to get to school by bike?
5.A: Are you going to Beijing by train or by plane, Mr. Green?
B: I often take the plane, but this time I’m going by train.
Q: How does Mr. Green often go to Beijing.
II. 听长对话，回答问题（5分）
听下面一个长对话，回答1—2 两个问题
A: Pedro, I hear your parents are visiting you this weekend.
B: Yes. They are coming this Saturday morning.
A: How are they coming?
B: They’re coming by train. I’m meeting them at the station at 9:00.
A: How long are they staying ? B: I’m not sure. Maybe two weeks.
A: I think thry’re having a good time here. B: I hope so.
听下面一个长对话，回答3--5 三个问题
A: What’s the matter with you, Ted? B: I feel very terrible, doctor.
A: Do you have a fever? B: I think so. And I have a bad headache.
A: When did it begin? B: Las night.
A: Ok. Let me have a look…. Hmm, nothing serious. You have a bad cold.
B: What should I do?
A: I’ll give you some medicine and remember to drink more water. I hope you will get well soon. B: Thank you, doctor.
短文理解（10分）
Mrs. Brown’s old grandfather lides with her and her husband. Every morning the old man goes for a walk in the park and comes home at 11:30 or lunch.
But one omrning a police car stopped outside Mrs. Brown’s house at 11:00. Two policeman helped Mr. Brown to get out. One of them said to Mrs. Brown, “The poor old man couldn’t find his way home in the park. He telephoned us for help. So we sent a car to bring him back home.”
Mrs. Brown thanked the policemen and they left. “But, grandfather,” she then said, “You go to the park nearly every day for twenty years. Why couldn’t you find the way home this morning?” The old man a\nswered, “ I was just very tired.”