八年级下册英语单词领读

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I. Listening Comprehension (

听力理解

): (

共

30

分

)

A. Listen and choose the right picture (

根据你听到的内容，选出相应的图片

): (

共

6

分

)

B. Listen to the dialogue and choose the best answer to the question you hear (

< br>根

据你听到的对话和问题，选出最恰当的答案

): (

共

10

分

)

7. A) By bus.

B) By car.

C) By bike.

D) On foot.

8. A) 500 yuan.

B) 300 yuan.

C) 250 yuan.

D) 150 yuan.

9. A) Rainy.

B) Sunny.

C) Windy.

D) Cloudy.

10. A) Japanese.

B) French.

C) English.

D) German.

11. A) He was late for school.

B) He did

n’t want to go to school.

C) He stayed in the school all day.

D) He was ill and stayed in bed.

12. A) Boss and secretary.

B) Teacher and student.

C) Father and son.

D) Wife and husband.

13. A) To visit her aunt.

B) To study there.

C) To take care of her aunt.

D) To have a long holiday.

14. A) Go shopping.

B) Take a walk.

C) Stay at home.

D) See a film.

15. A) They are going to have lunch.

B) They are looking for a notebook.

C) They are playing computer games. D) They are watching TV.

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16. A) He bought a present for his mother. B) He lost his birthday present.

C) His birthday party is coming.

D) He bought an MP5.

C. Listen to the passage and tell whether the following statements are true or false

(

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 的用

“

F

”

表 示

): (

共

7

分

)

17. In Munich(

慕尼黑

), parents don

’

t want to buy vegetables themselves.

18. In Munich, there are some gardens called moral(

道德的

) vegetable gardens.

19. Such vegetable gardens were built everywhere in the city of Munich.

20. The vegetables in these gardens are grown by children and their parents.

21. Although there are no salespersons in the gardens, children give their money

for the vegetables.

22. It is said that so far vegetables in these gardens haven’t been lost.

23. One aim of building the moral vegetable gardens is to teach children to be

honest.

D. Listen to the passage and complete the following sentences (

听短文，完成下列内

容。每空格限填一 词

) : (

共

7

分

)

24. April Fool’s Day has been celebrated in many countries _________ the world.

25. No on

e is ________ how April Fools’ Day started though it has been for about

500 years.

26. In 1582, France moved the beginning of the year from the end of ________ to

January 1.

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27. ________ jokes would be played on someone if he forgot to keep up with the

change of the

beginning of the year.

28. Years went by and April 1 became the date of the ________ holiday.

29. Now people play jokes on each other on April Fool’s Day for no ________.

30. In ________, a TV station reported that the Leaning Tower of Pisa had

fallen

down, but it’s still standing.

Part 2

Vocabulary and Grammar (

第二部分

词汇和语法

)

II. Choose the best answer (

选择最恰当的答案

): (

共

20

分

)

31. ________ young man next door likes working as a physics teacher.

A) A B) An C) The D) /

32. My father is usually ________ work in his study at weekends.

A) on B) by

C) with D) at

33. The girl couldn’t believe her eyes when she saw ________ in the mirror.

A) herself B) her C) she D) hers

34. I can still understand the article though there are ________ new words in it.

A) few B) a little C) a few D) little

35. There are some cameras on that desk. Four were made in Japan and ________

six were

made in China.

A) another B) the others C) other D) the other

36. Be more careful next time, _______ you’ll make the same mistake

again.

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A) and B) or C) so D) but

37. He has never visited the Great Wall in Beijing, ________?

A) hasn’t he

B) has he

C) does he

D) doesn’t he

38. ________ bad the weather is! We still can’t go out for our picnic today.

A) What B) How

C) What a

D) How a

39.

—

Do you remember _______ my brother came here yesterday?

—

Yes, I do. He came by car.

A) how

B) when

C) that

D) if

40. Do you believe some special dogs can do things ________ man?

A) as well as

B) as good as

C) as well as

D) as careful as

41. ________ you work hard, you won’t finish the project in time.

A) Though

B) Unless C) Because D) If

42.

—

Can I tell Mary about the good news?

—

No, I don’t want anyone else to kno

w it. You ________ keep it to yourself.

A) must B) need C) can D) may

43. Pass my glasses to me, Jack. I can ________ read the words in the newspapers.

A) hardly

B) really

C) rather

D) clearly

44. It’s a pity that I didn’t th

ink of ringing you ________.

A) the earliest

B) early

C) earliest D) earlier

45. Millions of visitors throughout the world ________ Shanghai during 2010 World

Expo.

A) have visited B) will visit C) visited D) would visit

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46. One of my f

riends is coming to visit us. I’m looking forward to________ him.

A) meets B) met C) meet D) meeting

47.

—

Whom are you waiting for, Jack?

—

Gary’s parents. But neither of them _______.

A) arrived

B) are arriving

C) has arrived

D) will arrive

48. More underground railways ________ in Shanghai in 10 years.

A) are building

B) have been built C) will be built

D) built

49.

—

________

—

I’d like to buy some oranges.

A) Do you like the fruit? B) How do you like the oranges?

C) What can I do for you?

D) Which one do you like best?

50.

—

Would you like some more?

—

________

I’m full.

A) Yes, please.

B) I’d love to.

C) No, I wouldn’t.

D) No, thanks.

III. Complete the following passage with the words or phrases in the box. Each

word can only be used once (

将下列单词或词组填入空格。每空格限填一词，每词只能

填一次

): (

共

8

分

)

A) walls

B) because

C) stronger

D) working

E) calm

F) more

G) dead

H) close to

I) much

A 9.0-magnitude earthquake hit the east coast of Japan on March 11th. The quake

was the fifth

largest

in

the

world

since

1900

and

nearly

8,000

times

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than

the

one

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which hit Christchurch (

克赖斯特彻奇，新西兰东部城市

), New Zealand, last month.

The

epicenter(

震中

)

of

the

earthquake

was

in the Pacific

Ocean,

130 kilometers

east of Sendai (

仙台，日本东北地区中心城市

). The quake was so powerful and

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the

coast

that

it

caused

strong

tsunamis

in

northern

Japan.

Cars,

ships

and

buildings were swept away by

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of

water.

About

2,414

people

have

been

reported

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and

about

20,000

missing. The Japanese government said that the final number of deaths will be

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higher.

Though

most

parts

of

the

country

have

not

been

damaged

by

the

quake,

people in many cities are suffering from power cuts

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four nuclear power

plants (

核电站

) near the earthquake area have been shut down. In the centre of

Tokyo, a number of office workers are spending the night in their offices because

the lifts have stopped

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. Millions of people have to stay in the Japanese

capital because train services were stopped.

Although there is terrible quake damage and a possible massive nuclear leak (

核泄

漏

), most of the Japanese people in the quake-hit areas remain

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and cool

--- they queue up(

排队

) for food and water in order and expect their lives to get

back on track soon.

IV. Complete the sentences with the given words in their suitable forms (

用括 号中

所给单词的适当形式完成下列句子。每空格限填一词

) : (

共

8

分

)

59.

We

often

read

some

interesting

________

in

some

magazines

after

school.

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(story)

60. It’s Children’s Day. The boys and girls are enjoying ________ in the park. (they)

61. My brother is preparing for our mother’s ________ birthday party these days.

(fifty)

62. I don’t think Jane’s spoken English is _________ than her sister’s. (bad)

63. Everyone was excited as the operation turned out to be ________. (success)

64. Enough sleep and some exercise are essential for our brain to work ________.

(proper)

65. It’s ________ to see such a heavy snow in our city of this season.

(usual)

66.

The

family

has

________

that

they

will

go

traveling

during

the

summer

holiday.(decision)

V. Rewrite the following sentences as required (