上海牛津版英语8A期中测试卷和问题详解

1、上海牛津版英语8A期中测试卷Part One Listening （听力）1. Listening Comprehension （听力理解）:（共 25 分）听句子，选出与句子A. Listen to the sentence and choose the suitable picture.（ 内容相符的图片）:5%B. Listen to the dialogue and choose the best answer to the question you hear.（根据你听到的对话和问题，选出最恰当的答案）：10%6.A. MilkB.CoffeeC. Orange juiceD. Ap

2、ple juice7.A. SpringB.SummerC. AutumnD. Winter8.A. By busB.By taxiC. By undergroundD. By train9.A. SarahB.Sarah ' s classmateC. Sarah ' s teacherD. Sarah ' s mother10.A. 5:30B.5:40C. 6:00D. 6:2011.A. SunnyB.RainyC. CloudyD. Windy12.A. A teacherB. A lawyerC. An engineerD. An artist13.A. 5

3、0 yuanB.130 yuanC. 30 yuanD. 180 yuan14.A. He stayed at home insideB. He went fishing with his friendC. He went shopping with his motherD. He watched a football match.15.A. Doctor and patientB. Mother and sonC. Teacher and studentD. Waitress and customerC. Listen to the passage and tell whether the

4、following statements are True orFalse.（判断下列句子是否符合你听到的短文内容，符合的用“ T”表示，不符合白用“ F”表示）:5%16. After visiting Beijing, the Smiths would visit Shanghai.17. They were in such a hurry that they lost their expensive camera.18. Mr. Smith told the family a sad story.19. The old man in the story lived on the firs

5、t floor.20. A Chinese policeman found the camera and sent it back.D. Listen to the passage and fill in the blanks.（根据你听到的内容，完成下列句子，每空格限填一词）:5 %21. K is the short form of.22. 7th is the K Day in the USA.23. Some kites are big, others are small and they are in colours.24. Of all the kites in the sky,

6、the one like a bird is the.25. When children are flying kites, people are them and laughing.Part Two Vocabulary and Grammar（词?匚与语法）n .Choose the best answer.（选择最恰当的答案）：16%26. Which of the following is wrong?A. Did you enjoy yourself at the Christmas Party? /,B. I didn ' t go.C. What happened? ,D

7、. I had a bad cold before Christmas. " 427. My ambition is a famous actor.A. to beB. beC. beingD.been28. We ' ll have a picnic Sunday morning.A. onB. inC. withD. at the top directors29. Over people watched the football match yesterday.A. thousand ofB. two thousand C. two thousandsthousands

8、of 30. A group of from Britain came to visit EXPO in Shanghai.A. woman touristsB. women touristsC. woman touristwomen tourist 31. What do you enjoy after school?A. doB. doingC. to do32. Steven Spielberg is one of in the film industry in the world.D. twoD.D. didA. best directorsB. the best directorC.

9、 the top directorD.33. We usually spend finishing our homework every day.A. two and half hours B. two hour and a half C. two and a half hours D. two hours and half34. I find my key to the office. It be at home.A. must; canB. may not; mustC. can ' t; mayD.have to; should35.me your homework, Ben.

10、I ' ll check it.A. GiveB. To giveC. GivingD. Gave36. I hope you my advice to be more friendly to your classmates.A. takeB. will takeC. to takeD. took37. Jane is a top student in our class. She achieves C in all subjects.A. usuallyB. alwaysC. sometimesD. never38. My little sister my ice-cream and

11、 wanted to eat it.A. laughed atB. shouted atC. stared atD.knocked at39. A:will you come to Shanghai?B: In three weeks.A. How longB. How highC. How soonD. How far40. John didn' t the class meeting yesterday because he was ill.A. attendB. joinC. take part inD. join in41. A: Thank you for your deli

12、cious dinner.B:.A. Don ' t say that.B. It ' s nothingC. I don ' t think so.D. I;m glad you enjoyed it.in . Complete the following passage with the words or phrases in the box. Each word or phrase can only be used once.8%（将下列单词或词组的字母编号填入空格。每空格限填一词，每词只能填一次）A. interests B. was born C. infor

13、mation D. a lot E. happilyI began writing to penfriends when I was only 11 years old. I 42 with a disability（残疾）that left me in a wheelchair since I was a little young boy.My mother helped me find my first penfriend. I still write to him to this day.He lives in Germany. He is two years older than me

14、.I never felt sad after finding penfriends. While all of the other kids were riding bikes or skateboarding, I would 43 sit in my room and write to my penfriends.Mypenfriends means 44 to mebecause I can learn about the world and other 45 , share beautiful photos, and most of all, make new friends.A.

15、sorry B. presents C. around D. face to face E. throughI have never felt 46 for myself and I enjoy being able to meet people in places I can ' t reach.I enjoy writing to anyone in any country. I don' t need to play with them or talkwith them 47 .I keep all of the letters from penfriends. That

16、 way I can read them again. I also enjoy sending small 48 to my penfriends.I like to write to mypenfriends because that would give mea chance to make more friends 49 the world.This has become a very important part in my life.IV . Fill in the blanks with the proper forms of the words.（用所给词的适当形式填空）:6%

17、50. A took place in the bank yesterday. （rob）51. It was that the boy was able to solve the problem so quickly. （amaze）52. The of iPhone has made smart phones more and more popular. （invent）53. Can you tell me the of that building? （high）54. My father is for taking me to school every day in our famil

18、y. （responsibility）55., Joe failed to achieve his goal this year. （luckily）V . Rewrite the following sentences as required.（根据所给要求改写句子）:10%56. John has breakfast with his family every morning.（改成否定句 ）John breakfast with his family every morning.57. The room is very small. We can ' t hold a meeti

19、ng in it.（合并成一句）The room is small we can ' t hold a meeting in it.58. He really likes playing rugby.（保持原句意思）He is playing rugby.59. It takes ten minutes for a ferry to cross the river.（戈U线音B分提问 ）does it take for a ferry to cross the river?60. A grades, seldom, in, achieves, Ben, English.（连词成句）61

20、. unusual, Paul, an, three, thing, ago, happened to, days （连词成句）Part ThreeVI. Reading comprehension.（A. Choose the best answer.（Why do people travel?Reading and Writing阅读理解）25%选择最彳答案）：6%“To see more of the world,（读和写）many people would say.that for the growing numberBut travelling abroad （至U 国夕卜）now

21、means much more than of Chinese tourists.According to the United Nations World Tourism Organization （UNWTO）, more than 1 billion people travelled to another country in 2012. In 2012, Chinese people travelled abroad 30 percent more than in 2011. Chinese people usually join large tourist groups and vi

22、sit several countries in one trip.Chinese people don t just travel for sightseeing. The China InternationalTravel Service Company said that all their tour trips sold out a month before Christmas Day. Stores offered discounts （打折 ） during that time, so shopping inEurope and the United States is popul

23、ar among Chinese travellers.In December, China is going through a very cold winter. So many people like to go to some countries in Southeast Asia because the weather there is quite pleasant.The improvement of living standards means more Chinese can travel abroad. But someof them don' t have a se

24、nse of public manners （举止，规矩） .A report by Living Social website in March 2012 even listed Chinese as the world s second worsttourists.If you want to change that bad name, remember to avoid the following: littering, spitting, snatching bus seats, line-jumping, talking loudly and smoking in non-smoki

25、ng areas. Besides, we should learn some necessary manners of foreign countries.62. Chinese people travel abroad not to .A. go shoppingB. see more of the worldC. go sightseeingD. make money63. According to the UNWTO, .A. 30% of the people who travelled abroad are ChineseB. the number of people who tr

26、avelled abroad rose by 30%C. more than 1 billion people travelled abroad in 2012D. more Chinese people travel abroad in 2011 than in 201264. Some Chinese travellers like to go to Europe and the USA during Christmas because .A. they can visit several countries in one tripB. they want to meet people f

27、rom other countriesC. they can learn about their culture and customsD. stores offer discounts during that time65. Which of the following is NOT true?A. Chinese people like joining large tourist groups.B. Many Chinese like to go to Southeast Asia in winter for shopping.C. More and more Chinese people

28、 can travel abroad now.D. Chinese people are the second worst tourists in the world.66. From the fifth paragraph we know that Chinese tourists are A. friendlyB. honestC. not welcomeD. not rich67. As a good tourist, you should .A. litter and spit here and thereC. have a sense of public mannersB. jump

29、 the lineD. speak loudly and smoke as you likeB. Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage.（选择最佳答案）：6%InAmerica, when peoplesay"man's bestfriend ” ,they mean alovely animal:a dog!These words show thefriendshipbetween people and 68 .Dogs and otherpets can give 69 to people 

30、9; s lives.Animals can help people, too.Dogscan betaught tobecome the“ 70” fora blindperson or "ears" for adeaf person.Scientistshave foundthat pets helppeople live longer!Americans hold ” Be 71 to Animals Week' , the first week of May. Pet shows are held during the week and people wil

31、l take more time this week to play with their pets.If you don ' t have a pet, be kind to animals around you. If you see a 72 dog, don' t kick it or throw things at it. Instead, just leave it alone, or betteryet, make friends with it. If others around you do bad things to an animal, tryto 73t

32、hem. As people, we protect animals who can't speak for themselves.68. A.personsB. peopleC. plantsD. animals69. A.sadnessB. troubleC. happinessD. harm70. A.eyesB. earsC. handsD. feet71. A.BadB. HappyC. NiceD. Sad72. A.lovelyB. littleC. homelessD. nice73. A.helpB. catchC. beatD. stopC. Read the pa

33、ssage and fill in the blanks with proper words.（在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺，首字母已给，每空格限填一词）：7%We live in computer age. People like a 74 in banks and teachers in school use computers to do most kinds of work. But more than 30 years ago, computers couldn ' t do much. They were very big and expensive, so v

34、ery few people were interested in them and k 75 how to use them. Today computers are smaller and c 76 . Some of them are small enough to put in your p 77 like a bar of chocolate. They can do a lot of work. Many people like to use them.Computers becomevery important today b 78 they can work faster th

35、an people and make few mistakes. Computers can help people do a lot of work. Writers now use computers to write. Teachers use them to help teaching. Students use them to learn. Computers can also r 79 what you put into them. Computer are very useful and h 80 . They are our friends.D. Answer the ques

36、tions. （ 阅读短文，回答问题）: 6%Now and then we all get ill. Then we usually go to see a doctor. Doctors know a lot about what makes us ill. They may give us something to take. The medicine often makes us well again.However, sometimes the doctor s medicine doesn t work. This happened to one patient （病人）calle

37、d Peter. He was in hospital,but he was not getting well. Thenhe found a new“ doctor ” inside himself. This“ doctor ” was his own sense ofhumour. He saw funny films. He read funny books. And something wonderful happened. Laughing took away his pain. Then he was able to sleep and rest. His own happy f

38、eeling helped him to feel well again. He said laughing was his best “ medicine ” . His doctor thought so, too.Another man, Sam was also ill, and he had a terrible pain in his back. The doctors could not stop it from hurting. So he began to“ picture ” his pain. Inhis head he “ drew” a picture of a do

39、g. He imagined it as a real dog. And he made friends with the dog. And his pain went away!These stories may surprise you. But more and more people are getting well in this way. So visit the “ doctor ” inside your own head and you can stay happy and well.Answer the questions （回答下列问题）： 6%81. Does medi

40、cine always work?82. Who was Peter s new “ doctor ” ?83. Laughing didn t make the first patient well again, did it?84. How did Sam make his pain go away?85. Why does the writer ask us to visit the“ doctor ” inside our heads?86. What might be the title of the passage?W. Writing.（ 写话）：10%87. Write a p

41、assage of at least 60 words on the topic“ My school life ” . （ 以“我的学校生活”为题写一篇不少于 60 个词的短文，标点符号不占格。）Use the following points as reference.（以下问题仅供参考）What do you think of your school life?What subjects are you good at/poor at?What activities do you usually take part in at school?答案Part One ListeningA.

42、Listen and choose the right picture.1. Many people keep animals as their pets. (C)2. We should try our best to fight pollution in order to keep the planet clean.(A)3. You can t park your car here. (B)4. China is famous for the art of tea-making. (F)5. Jack spends much of his pocket money on computer

43、 books. (E)B Listen to the dialogue and choose the best answer to the question you hear.6. M: Would you like some milk?W: No, thanks. I d like some apple juice. I like it best.Q: What s the girl s favourite drink? (D)7. W: The leaves of the trees begin to fall. It is getting colder and colder.M: Yes

44、. And birds are flying to the south.Q: Which season is it now? (C)8. M: What are you doing here?W: I m waiting for my classmates. We ll take the underground to Shanghai Oriental Art Centre.Q: How will the girl go to Shanghai Oriental Art Centre? (C)9. M: Hi, Sarah, do you know the girl over there?W:

45、 The one with curly hair? Oh, that s our new art teacher. She is so nice that weall like her.Q: Who is the girl with curly hair? (C)10. W: The play starts at 6 o clock. We d better hurry.M: Don t worry. We still have 20 minutes to get there.Q: What time is it now? ( B )11. W: What a sunny day today!

46、M: Yes. I hope it will be fine tomorrow because we are going out for a picnic.W: The weather report says it s going to be cloudy tomorrow.Q: What s the weather like today? ( A )12. W: What does your mother do, Mike?M: She is a teacher.W: What would you like to be in the future?M: Well, a lawyer or a

47、n engineer.Q: What does Mike s mother do? ( A )13. M: What a lovely dress! Where did you get it?W: I bought it in the department store the other day.M: It must be very expensive, I guess.W: Well, it was one hundred and eighty yuan, but it s fifty yuan cheaper now.Q: How much is the dress now? (B)14.

48、 M: How was your weekend? I mean yesterday afternoon.W: I went to a football match instead of staying at home. What about you?M: Myfriend asked meto go fishing with him, but I went shopping with mymother. Q: What did the boy do yesterday afternoon? (C)15. W: What s wrong with you, my dear? You look

49、so pale.M: I feel sick and I have a headache. I can t go to school today.W: Go back to bed and I will ask your teacher for leave.Q: Who are the two speakers? (B)C Listen to the passage and tell whether the following statements are true or false.Mr. Smith works in London and three weeks ago he brough

50、t his family to China.They visited many places of interest and had a good time here. Before they left Beijing for Shanghai, the Smiths climbed up the Great Wall. They took a lot of photos there and then they had a picnic under a big tree. Suddenly it began to rain and they hurried to the car. And wh

51、en they returned to the hotel,they couldnt find one of their bags. An expensive camera was in it. They were all sorry for it. They could buy another camera but they had no time to go to the Great Wall again. They couldn t miss the plane!That evening they didn t have supper. Mr. Smith hoped to make t

52、hem happy and said, “ Well, let metell you a story. An old man lived in a sixty-floor building. One day, he fell down from it when he cleaned the window, but he didn t hurthimself. ”“ It was surprising! ” called out his children.“ Why?”“ Because he lived on the first floor!”They all began to laugh w

53、hile two policemen with a bag came in. They said a Chinese boy found it under the big tree and he asked them to find out who lost it.16.T 17.T 18.F 19.T 20.FD. Listen to the passage and complete the table.Children in the USA like K Day very much. K is short for kite. March 7th is the K Day. On that day lots of children go out in the open air. They take theirkites with them. Somekites are very big. Others are small. They re in different colours. Every kite h