八年级英语听力材料
一、听力(共20小题，每小题1分，满分20分)
A)听对话及问题，选出与所听内容相符的选项。每小题读一遍。
1. W: What’s your favourite sport, Mike?
M: I’m not quite sure. I like cycling better than camping. But I like camping better than skiing.
Q: What sport is Mike’s favourite? A
2. W: Which city do you think is the best place to have a holiday in the coming May Day holiday?
M: I think Washington may be. C
Q: What place is Jack going to spend his holiday?
3. W: What subject do you like best, Peter?
M: I like Home Economics because I want to learn how to cook healthy and tasty meals.
Q: Which is Peter’s favourite subject ? B
4. M: What does your father do ?
W: He is a doctor and he wants me to be a doctor like him. But I like singing very much. I don’t want to be a doctor.
Q: What does the girl want to be in the future? A
5. W: Can I help you?
M: I’d like to buy a coat for my son. B
Q: Where are they?
6. W: How much is the best room a day?
M: For one week it will be $700. B
Q: How much is the room a day?
7. W: It’s June now. How long will you stay here?
M: one and a half months.
Q: When will he leave? C
8. W: Excuse me, Daniel. May I use your computer?
M: Sorry, there is something wrong with it.
Q: Can the girl use the computer now? C
9. M: School is over. Why don’t you go home, Amy?
W: You know I’m a member of the Reading Club. I’m going to the library and read books with my friends.
Q: Where will Amy go before she goes home? B
10. W: How did you go to Beijing last summer?
M: By train. It was a really a wonderful trip there. And we flew back after a ten-day visit.
Q: How did the man return? A
听第一段对话回答第11-12题。读两遍。
M: What are you going to do this weekend?
W: Nothing much.
M: Then come to school earlier tomorrow.
W: Why? We don’t have lessons tomorrow
M: Of course we don’t. So please wear old clothes and strong shoes.
W: What are we going to do? Are we going to have a football match?
M: No, we are going to plant trees on the hill behind our school
AC
听第二段材料回答第13-15小题。读两遍
W: That new TV talk show is starting this weekend. I can’t wait to see it.
M: Sorry, but you can’t watch it!
W: Oh, Dad! Why?
M: Because it’s on at the same time as my sports program and some of my friends are coming to watch the match.
W: Oh, Ok. I’ll just watch it then.
C) 听一篇短文，回答第16-20小题。读两遍。
A rich man began to learn drawing when he was 60, and he loved it very much. He drew and drew. After 20 years, there were a lot of pictures in his workroom. He thought they were very good and kept them well.
One day the old man was ill in bed, but he didn’t forget his pictures. Before he died, he said to Tom, his little grandson, “I want to give these pictures to a school, then the students will never forget me. But which school am I going to give them to, my child?”
“Well”, said the little boy, “ You ‘d better give them to a blind school.”
八年级英语听力词汇：A Cup of English 2016 A Visiting Student
The number of people in my house has grown from six to seven recently. A young man from Spain has come to spend six weeks with us. He is no ordinary young man; he's actually my second cousin, and is here to spend time with this side of the family, and of course, to learn English. Thankfully, he is the same age as my youngest son, and is very fun-loving. I'm sure that he will pick up(1) a lot of English while he plays with my kids. That was actually how I picked up a lot of Spanish when I was a child. My mother would take me to Mallorca in Spain, to spend about a month in the summers. Because children play so much, and are less inhibited than adults, they absorb language like little sponges. Well, that's what happened to me, and I'm very thankful for the experience. So far(2), we have taken my cousin to Seattle for a couple of days, and down to a local river to look for gold. Today, I plan on taking him to the museum in the town of Cashmere which is excellent. He will get his first view of Native American life, and be able to walk through some of the original pioneer cabins of this area. Like most boys who are thirteen, he is very curious and constantly asks questions. Of course, I don't always have the answers! Coming to the U.S is a big step for him, especially being so young(3). Mind you, he is a world traveller. His mother is an air hostess and is able to get cheap airline tickets, so they travel internationally all the time. So he is extremely comfortable in airports, and understands the routines of getting from one place to another. I hope that him being here will encourage my children to spend time in Spain, and also become international travelers. 1. 'To pick up' is used in this podcast to mean 'to come to understand', ' to learn in a natural way'.
a. When we went to Iceland, my kids picked up a lot of vocabulary.
b. I used to watch my mum cook, and so, over time I picked up how to cook.
2. 'So far' is like saying 'up to this point'. It is a very simple and conversational phrase.
a. So far this summer, we have only had a few very hot days.
b. The fund-raiser so far has made $2,430,000.
八年级英语听力：看电影不看续集太可惜
Ursula: Weren’t you watching this same movie yesterday?
厄休拉： 你怎么和昨天看一样的电影?
Ian: No, this is the sequel. Yesterday, I watched Aims Pond. This is Aims Pond: Super Spy.
兰：不是，这是续集。 昨天，我看的是Aims Pond， 这是Aims Pond: Super Spy。
Ursula: Wasn’t this originally a TV show?
厄休拉： 这不就是一个电视节目吗?
Ian: Actually, it was originally a novel, which was adapted into a long-running TV show. Then, it was turned into a movie franchise. The new installment is coming out next month and I can’t wait!
兰：其实，原著是本小说，然后改编成了长篇电视剧。然后又改编成了电影。 下个月新一期要上演了，我都等不及了。
Ursula: The latest installment? I thought it was just a trilogy.
厄休拉： 最新一期? 我还以为就是三部曲。
Ian: No, the original film has spawned four sequels and two prequels so far.
兰：不是，电影有4部续集，2部前传。
Ursula: So you’re watching all the films again?
厄休拉： 所以你把所有的电影又看一遍?
Ian: That’s right, but I’m not stopping there. I’m watching all of the TV show episodes again, too. And if I have time, I’ll even watch the spin-off.
兰：恩，但不仅仅如此，我把所有的剧集都又看了一遍，要是我还有时间，我要把衍生出来的节目看个遍。
Ursula: Spin-off? I didn’t know there had been a spin-off.
厄休拉： 衍生出来的节目?我不知道还有衍生出来的节目这么一回事呢。
Ian: There was. Aims Pond’s brother got his own show: Jaime Pond: Building Inspector. It wasn’t very successful.