江苏省泰州市姜堰区2014-2015学年八年级下期末考试英语试卷及答案
第二部分 听对话或短文，回答问题。
这一部分你将听到12段对话和2篇短文。听每段对话或短文前，你将有时间阅读相关小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，每小题你还有5秒钟的时间选出你认为最合适的备选答案。听两遍。
5. What does Mike think of the book?
A. It’s interesting. B. It’s useful. C. It’s boring.
6. What’s Mary’s father?
A. He is a doctor. B. He is a teacher. C. He is a policeman.
7. What will the boy and the girl do on Saturday?
A. Do nothing. B. Go hiking. C. Go camping.
8. What does the woman want to buy?
A. A baseball. B. A birthday cake. C. A basketball.
9. What did Alice do last night?
A. She went to the movies. B. She watched TV. C. She did her homework.
10. Where are the two speakers now?
A. In a bookstore. B. In a clothing store. C. In a fruit store.
11. What does the girl want to drink?
A. Some water. B. Orange juice. C. Apple juice.
12. What does the woman want to do?
A. She wants to know the time. B. She wants to take a seat. C. She wants to buy a bag.
13. What does Lucy want to be?
A. A teacher. B. A doctor. C. A scientist.
14. How much is the white shirt?
A. 20 yuan. B. 40 yuan. C. 80 yuan.
15. Where did the dialogue probably happen?
A. In a street. B. In a shop. C. In a school.
听下面一段材料，回答16-17题。
16. Where will they go to see a film this Saturday?
A. At Renmin Cinema. B. At a dirty cinema. C. At Wansheng Cinema.
17.What day is it today?
A. Thursday. B. Friday. C. Saturday.
18. A. the news B. football matches C. English
19. A. modern B. big C. small
20. A. radio B. computer C. television
听第二篇短文，回答21-25题。听两遍。
21. How does Harry go to work every day?
A. By bus. B. By car. C. By bike.
22. How long haven’t they seen each other?
A. Since last year. B. For 9 years. C. Since 10 years ago.
23. Why did people watch them from time to time?
A. Because Jack talked loudly. B. Because Jack laughed loudly.
C. Because Jack sang loudly.
24. What did Jack drop on the floor?
A. Plastic bags. B. Plastic bottles. C. Waste paper.
25. What do you think of Harry’s friend?
A. Unfriendly. B. Impolite. C. Unlucky.
二、单项选择 从下列每题所给的选项中, 选择一个最佳答案。（共15小题; 每小题1分，计15分）
26. We’re here to have fun, to learn, to work together and to make difference.
A. a; a B. a; / C. /; a D. /; /
27. my father my mother are able to drive a car. So they often take turns to drive me to school.
A. Neither; nor B. Both; and C. Either; or D. Not only; but also
28. — Who can help me carry the heavy box?
— I think Ted is __________ to do it. But the door is __________for him to go through.
A. too strong; too narrow B. so strong; narrow enough
C. enough strong; narrow enough D. strong enough; too narrow
29. — Did the doctors save the old man？
— Yes. He _____________ on the morning of May 10th. And now he is out of danger.
A. was operated B. operated C. operated on D. was operated on
30. — _____________ did your uncle leave his home town?.
— Let me see. He _______ for nearly twenty years.
A. When; has left B. When; has been away
C. How long; has left D. How long; has been away
31. — What type of mobile phone do you want to have? Something big?
— Well, it ____________ be big — that's not important.
A. must B. needn’t C. can’t D. mustn’t
32. — How will you help with the activity?
— We will ___________ leaflets to ask people to take part.
A. put out B. hand out C. find out D. cut out
33. — _____________? — I’ve got toothache. It hurts.
A. How are you B. What’s wrong with you
C. How is the matter D. What do you do
34. — I _______ reading English every morning.
— Yes, now English is more and more important. English ____________ the first language
in England and some other countries.
A. am used to; is used by B. am used to; is used as
C. used to; is used by D. used to; is used as
35. — It’s clever _____you to help me work out the difficult math problem. Thanks!
— You are welcome. Now it’s easier _______you to understand it.
A. of; of B. of; for C. for; of D. for; for
36. — There was hardly anything left after the earthquake, _______?
— _________. People had to rebuild their houses.
A. wasn’t there; Yes B. was there; No
C. wasn’t there; No D. was there; Yes
37. — _______ good time we had at the party last night!
— Yes. It was _______exciting party that I would never forget it.
A. What; so B. How; such C. What a; such an D. How a; so an
38. By _____ these old students, we hope ____ them good at looking after the younger students.
A. train; make B. training; to make C. training; making D. train; making
39. — Excuse me, could you tell me ?
— Of course. It’s ten minutes’ ride from here.
A. where is NO. 1 Middle School
B. how I can get to Renmin Park
C. how far my trip is to Jiangyan Library
D. how long will it take me to Jiangyan People’s Hospital
40. — Having many helpers makes a task easier and faster to complete.
— I think so. ____________.
A. Many hands make light work. B. Actions speak louder than words.
C. The early bird catches the worm. D. The more you learn, the more you know.