淮安市20122013学年度八年级第一学期期末考试英 语 试 卷 第一卷 （选择题，共65分）一、 听力测试 （共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）第一节（共10小题）听下面10段短对话，每段对话后有一个小题，从题中A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。每段对话读两遍。1. Whats the boys favourite animal? A. B. C. 2. How does the boy go to school? A. B. C. 3. What did the boy see last summer? A. B. C. 4. What does the boy want? A. B. C. 5. What does the girl want to do this weekend? A. Go skiing.B. Go cycling.C. Go hiking.6. What does the boy think of the film? A. Interesting.B. Boring.C. Exciting.7. Whats the most important for the boy? A. Being clever.B. Being honest.C. Being good-looking.8. Who has the most rubbers? A. Jack.B. Nancy.C. Daniel.9. What does the bird look like? A. It has broad wings and brownish feathers.B. It has white feathers and a long thin neck. C. It has grey feathers and a forked tail.10. What does the boy want to be? A. A writer.B. An editor.C. A social worker.第二节（共10小题）听下面三段材料，每段材料后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，每段材料读两遍。听一段对话，回答第11-12题。11. Whats the boys ideal school like? A. A small one near the sea.B. A big one near the sea. C. A small one near the river.12. Which of the following is TRUE? A. The boy wants to learn Home Economics.B. The boy wants to stay at school for long. C. The boy hopes his ideal school starts early and finishes late.听一篇短文，回答第13-15小题。请根据内容从A、B、C三个选项中选择正确的选项，完成信息记录表。 Its time to protect wild animalsDodosThey died out in 13 .Giant pandasThere are only about 14 giant pandas in the wild.TigersThere are less than 7,000 wild tigers. The number of the South China tigers is only 20 to 15 .13. A. 1618B. 1681C. 186114. A. 16,000B. 160C. 1,60015. A. 30B. 40C. 50听一篇短文，回答第16-20小题。16. How did Wang Gang listen to Mr Lis talk? A. On TV.B. On the radio.C. On the Internet.17. Why did Wang Gang write the letter to Mr Li? A. To become a member of the Birdwatching Club. B. To thank Mr Li for his wonderful talk. C. To ask Mr Li to give another talk this week.18. Which of the following is TRUE about Wang Gang? A. He is a Grade 7 student in Nanjing.B. He likes nature but hates climbing. C. He loves birds and wants to protect them.19. When can Wang Gang go to club activities? A. On Saturday morning.B. On Saturday.C. On Sunday.20. Whats Wang Gangs telephone number? A. 83482626.B. 83282626.C. 83286262.二、单项选择（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）21. Is Mo Yan, the Nobel Prize winner, _ best writer in China? Its hard to say. But he is really _ very good writer.A. a; theB. a; aC. /; aD. the; a22. Li Jun will have a maths test tomorrow. But he isnt good at maths. So he is _ now.A. happyB. nervousC. excitedD. generous23. Is Li Ming your true friend? Yes. He always helps me _ nothing. A. withB. forC. byD. of24. Im not good at playing the piano. What should I do? You need more _. The more you play, the better you play. A. supportB. restC. practiceD. humour25. The cake smells so _ and the boy is looking _ at it. A. nice; happilyB. nicely; happyC. nicely; happilyD. nice; happy26. I dont like this blue T-shirt. Can you show me _ one” Sorry, we only have this one left. You can go to the shop on _ side of the street. A. another; otherB. other; the otherC. another; the otherD. the other; another27. Jim is sad because he got _ presents on New Years Day. A. the mostB. the fewestC. the leastD. the best28. Will you go to Nanjing by bus _ by plane? By plane. It is expensive _ fast. A. or; butB. or; andC. and; butD. and; and29. Did you _ much time watching Li Nas match last night? Yes. It _ me a few hours to watch this match.A. spend; spentB. spend; tookC. take; tookD. take; cost30. Yancheng Wetlands _ food and shelter for many endangered birds. A. protectB. feedC. provideD. prevent31. Of all the girls, Jenny was _ because she got the first prize. A. more exciting B. the most exciting C. more excited D. the most excited 32. My friends and I had a good time _ with each other at the party last Saturday.A. chatB. chatted C. chatting D. to chat33. Every year, we _ a school trip to Zhou Enlai Memorial Hall. A. come onB. get onC. work onD. go on34. We _ more time to play sports if our teachers _ us less homework. A. will have; giveB. have; will giveC. have; giveD. will have; will give35. Shall we go to spend the winter holiday in Sanya? _ There must be too many people there. A. I agree with you.B. I hope we can go there together. C. What a good idea!D. Im afraid thats not a good idea.三、完形填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分） Having a few days off