上海版2010学年度第一学期期末考试初二英语试卷(附答案)

2010学年第一学期期末考试八年级英语试卷(2011.1)

Part Ⅰ Listening

Ⅰ. Listen and choose the right picture (6%)

A B C

D E F

⒈ ______ ⒉ ______ ⒊ ______ ⒋ ______ ⒌ ______ ⒍ ______

Ⅱ. Listen to the dialogue and choose the best answer to the question you hear (7%)

( )⒈ A. A bottle of water. B. A bottle of milk.

C. A bottle of coke. D. A bottle of juice.

( )⒉ A. Mike. B. Mary. C. Alice.

( )⒊ A. To the hospital B. To the museum

C. To the cinema. D. To the school.

( )⒋ A. He’ll drink some beer. B. He’ll have a good rest. D. David.

C. He has no idea. D. He’ll go on a trip.

( )⒌ A. At 1:00 p.m. B. At 2:00 p.m. C. At 1:30 p.m. D. At 2:30 p.m.

( )⒍ A. One. B. Two.

( )⒎ A. She’d like some coke.

C. She’d like some milk. C. Three. D. Four. B. She’d like some iced tea. D. She’d like some hot chocolate.

Ⅲ. Listen to the passage and tell whether the following statements are true or false (6%)

( )⒈ Listening to the radio can not help you find out the time.

( )⒉ A long time ago, people could tell the time only in the day.

( )⒊ The hourglass was wide in the middle and narrow at the end.

( )⒋ Watches were invented earlier than clocks.

( )⒌ People invented watches so that they could carry them easily in their pockets.

( )⒍ Before World War Ⅰ, watches became popular among people.

Ⅳ. Listen to the passage and complete the following sentences (6%)

⒈ An encyclopaedia is a ___________ with facts on topics in every field of knowledge.

⒉ Britannica is the __________ and largest English-language encyclopaedia in the world.

⒊ Britannica appeared in the ______________ century in Scotland.

⒋ At first, the articles in Britannica were long and __________ to understand.

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In 2004, Britannica had about 44 _____________ words.