( ) 67.If a student in the USA gets “OK” in his schoolwork, it means ________.

A. he gets top scores B. he gets medium scores

C. he gets extremely bad scores D. he gets the worst scores

( ) 68. American parents will be ________ when their children get a B-grade in their school.

A. excited B. sad C. angry D. happy

( ) 69. The underlined words “high expectations” in this passage means “________”.

A. 很高的待遇 B. 很多的自由 C. 很高的期望 D. 很多的关爱

( ) 70. The writer mainly wants to tell us ________.

A. the differences between Chinese education and American education

B. Chinese students are better than American students

C. American parents are not strict enough with their children

D. what’s the best way to educate child

五、选词填空(没小题2分，共10分)。

in the front of; rather than; turn off; neither; enough; turn down

71. Sometimes we make mistakes since we are not careful ________.

72. Mr. Wang is standing ________ the meeting room and giving a talk.

73. --I have never been to Disneyland before.

-- Me ________.

74. I am gonging to be an artist ________ a bank clerk.

75. Grandpa is sleeping. Could you please ________ the TV a bit.

六、阅读理解填词(每小题1分，共10分)

Each country has many kind people who help to take care of o__66___. For example, some high school and college students in the United States often spend many h__67___ as volunteers in hospitals, orphanages (孤儿院) or homes for the old. They read books to the people in these places, or they just visit them and play games with them or l__68___ to their problems.

Other young people volunteers go and work in the homes of people who are sick or old. They paint, clean up, or repair their houses, do their shopping or mow their lawns. For boys who no longer have fathers there is an organization c__69___ Big Brothers. College students and other men take these boys to baseball games or on fishing trips and help them to get to know things that boys usually learn from their f__70___.

Each city has a n__71___ of clubs where boys and girls can go to play games or learn crafts. Some of these clubs show movies or organize short trips to the mountains, the beaches, museums or other places of i__72___. Most of these clubs use a lot of high school and college students as volunteers b__73___ they are young enough to remember the problems of younger boys and girls

Volunteers believe that some of the h__74___ people in the world are those who help to b__75___ happiness to others.

66. o________ 67. h________ 67. l________ 69. c________ 70. f________

71. n________ 72. i________ 73. b________ 74. h________ 75. b________

七、书面表达(15分)。

根据汉语提示，写一篇短文，字数不得少于80字。

1. Bill来自于澳大利亚，13岁。现在是武汉中学的一名学生。

2. 他在中国已经呆了一年，喜欢中国美食。他喜欢收集邮票和打网球。

3. 他认为汉语不好学，很难于同学相处，很孤独。

4. 请你给他提一到两条建议。

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听力稿及答案

八年级期末考试英语试卷

一、听力部分(每小题1分，共25分)

第一节 听下面5个问题，每个问题后有三个答语，从题中所给的A、B、C、三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每个问题后，你都有5秒钟的时间来作答和阅读下一小题。每个问题仅读一遍。

Text 1. Who is that girl?

Text 2. When did you get this bike?

Text 3. Where are you going for the weekend?

Text 4. How long have you studied English?

Text 5. What do your think of that song?

第二节 听下面7段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C、三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后，你有5秒钟的时间来作答和阅读下一小题。每个问题仅读一遍。

Text 6

W: What does your friend do for a living?

M: She looks after people in a hospital.

Text 7

M: What is Alan going to do this weekend?

W: He usually dances in a club on the weekends. But this weekend he will stay at home and have

a good sleep.

Text 8

W: Why does Mr. Tend look so unhappy?

M: Because his car was broken down on the way to the airport and he had to take a taxi instead.

Text 9

M: What’s wrong with Jack? He is so sad.

W: He didn’t pass the math exam.

Text 10

W: How many students are there in your group?

M: There are only twenty-four. And half of them are girls.

Text 11

W: Hello! May I speak to Mr. White?

M: Sorry, he isn’t in at the moment. He is at the cinema with his children.

Text 12

M: Hello, What can I do for you?

W: I’d like to take the next flight to London.