辽宁省大石桥市水源镇九一贯制学校八级英语上学期期中试题 人教新目标版.doc

2016-2017学年度上学期期中质量检测八年级英语试题一、单项选择（20分）（ ）1. itsbadforyou,_doitagain. a.donttry b.trynot c.trynotto d.donttryto ( )2-howabout_forwalksafterdinner?-thats agoodidea. a.go b.togo c.going d.goes( )3. _ is the population of your home town? sorry. im not sure about that. a. how much b. what c. how many d. how( )4. tom is good at playing basketball and he always plays_than us. a. careful b. more careful c. carefully d. more carefully ( )5. i think running is a good way_. yes. i agree with you. a. keeping fit b. keeps fit c. kept fit d. to keep fit ( )6.whats her job?she is a(n) _ and she has acted in many films.a. bank clerk b. waiter c. actress d. actor( )7.i wanted to see the beijing opera, so lingling offered _ me to watch an opera.a. took b. takesc. to take d. taking( )8.the worker told him _the violin near the hospital.a. not to playb. not playc. not playing d. dont play( )9.i like japanese very much. what about you?not especially. its difficult for me_ .a. to learnb. learnedc. learning d. learn( )10.as we all know, sheep feed _ grass.a. inb. onc. atd. out ( )11.when you leave, please turn off the lights _ energy.a. saveb. to savec. savingd. saved ( )12.when robert was a small boy, he _playing the piano.a. was interested in b. was good for c. was good withd. was strict with( )13. if farmers _the land, the animals wont have any places to live in.a. took away b. put upc. took off d. put on( )14.this temple is one of _ buildings in the town. we must take action to protect it. a. old b. older c. oldestd. the oldest( )15.i like autumn _ of all the seasons.a. well b. goodc. betterd. best( )16.my father is _sixty.a. inb. onc. overd. with( )17.mary usually goes to school _ her fathers car.a. by b. inc. withd. on( )18._ is the nearest hospital from here?er, its about ten minutes walk.a. how long b. how far c. how oftend. how many( )19.he is a little _ than you, but he is as _ as you.a. thin; stronger b. thinner; stronger c. thinner; strong d. thin; strong( )20.the boy wasnt _ to carry the desk.a. too strong b. enough strong c. strong enough d.so strong 二、完形填空（10分）i come from guilin. it is my 21 .its a beautiful 22 of guangxi zhuang autonomous region. the 23 of guilin is about 4,760,000.the climate (气候) there is very great. the old like to live there. guilin has a 24 history. it is a good place to 25 your free time. you can enjoy its natural scenery. it sits 26 the li river. there are many good places to visit. it is 27 its green hills and clear water in the world. it is very popular. every year 28of visitors come here to spend their holidays. 29 to my home town! i will be your good 30 .you will have a good time.( )21. a. villageb. countryc. universityd. home town( )22. a. capitalb. hillc. cityd. island( )23. a. populationb. numberc. peopled. city( )24. a. lowb. longc. highd. small( )25. a. enjoyb. choosec. visitd. work( )26. a. inb. onc. offd. to( )27. a. famous forb. good atc. busy withd. get from( )28. a. millionsb. fewc. mored. many( )29. a. welcomeb. sendc. choosed. find( )30. a. teacherb. cookc. guide（导游）d. worker三、阅读理解（40分）（a）a school bus is a kind of bus designed (设计) for student transport: carrying children and teenagers to and from school. so safety(安全) is very important. we should have the same logo (标志) on the school bus and color it yellow so that people can see it far away. people design everything on the bus to keep the students safe, such as, we can push the windows easily, the computer can ask the student to wear the seatbelt when the student sits on the seat. there is at least one teacher to look after the students on the bus. when the students get on or get off the bus, the driver should use the traffic lights to tell other cars, then the other cars can wait until the students are safe. when a school bus is on the way, we can know where it is and what happens to it on the computer. in a word, we must find ways to make sure the traffic safety is first.( )31. when we design a school bus, _ is first.a. beauty b. safety c. colord. logo( )32. the color of the school bus is _, so people can see it far away. a. red b. green c. whited. yellow( )33. what does the underlined word seatbelt mean? a.安全带b.腰带 c.安全服d.领带( )34. how many teachers are there on the bus? a. none. b. only one. c. at least one. d. more than one.( )35. what is the passage mainly about?a. a school bus. b. a computer on a bus. c. a bus design. d. the traffic safety.(b)it was a monday morning. as the teacher walked into the classroom, he heard a low voice(低声), “heres the teacher. im sure this boring fellow(家伙)is going to talk about how to use commas(逗号).”it was a boys voice and the teacher knew who he was. however, the teacher didnt get angry. he said nothing about it, but really began to talk about how to use commas and then he wrote the following sentence on the blackboard, “nick says the teacher is a boring fellow.” the class laughed and nicks face turned red. “now,” said the teacher, “i11 tell you the importance of commas.” he put two commas in the sentence, and then read, “nick, says the teacher, is a boring fellow.” the whole class laughed again. nick felt very surprised first, then his face much redder. finally he couldnt help(情不自禁) laughing with the other students, too.( )36. what subject did the teacher teach the students? a. math b. english c. music d.art( )37. what kind of boy was nick like? _. a. a tall boy b. a healthy boy c. a funny boy d.a thin boy ( )38. i think nick liked to have _lessons. a. boring b. interesting c. no d.sad( )39.“nick says the teacher is a boring fellow.”is _“nick says the teacher, is a boring fellow.” in the meaning. a. the same as b. kind of different from c. quite different from d.a little ( )40. what do you think of the teacher? he is very_. a. boring b. good c. bad d.well(c)shu-how lin was born on august 23,1988 in california in the usa. hes the newest well-known nba professional basketball player. his ancestors lived in fujian province in china. in 1977,his parents moved to america. although they live in the usa, they know they are chinese. and they love their motherland. they try their best to earn more honor（争光）for china.when shu-how was at high school, he showed a great interest in playing basketball. he practiced basketball much harder than any other student in his school. because of him, the school team became the champion of all the high schools in america, which had never got a champion before. meanwhile（同时）,he studied particularly hard during high school. he always got “a” in most of his subjects.after high school, his dream was to join a university, which was famous for basketball, to major in basketball. but none of these universities in america accepted him. they thought that he was just a chinese and a chinese could hardly become an excellent professional basketball player. he felt so sad and he had to attend harvard university by his good grades, where professional basketball players are not wanted. but before long, he became the first man in harvard who entered nba after 1954.shu-how never gave up his basketball dream. he joined several nba teams, but he was never given a chance to show himself in each game. one day, two players of his team were badly hurt. there were no more players who could play the game. the coach had to let shu-how go for it. this was a great chance for him. he showed his talent in this game. he got 25 scores! after that, shu-how became one of the most outstanding basketball players around the world. he set a great example to all of us. according to him, we know nothing is impossible if we try our best.( )41. when was shu-how lin born? a. he was born on august 23,1988. b. he was born on august 23,1977.c. he was born in california in the usa.d. he was born on august 23,1982.( )42. when shu-how was at high school, _.a. he became the first man in harvard who entered nba after 1954b. he joined an nba teamc. he showed a great interest in playing basketballd. he liked volleyball( )43.which is not true according to the article? a. shu-how lin always got “a” in most of his subjects in high school.b. shu-how lin became an important player as soon as he first joined the nba team.c. shu-how lin is one of the most outstanding basketball players around the world.d. shu-how lin never gave up his basketball dream.( )44.according to shu-how lin, we know _ .a. we should practice playing basketball moreb. nothing is impossible if we try our bestc. nothing could be done if we try our best d. we should be interested in playing basketball( )45.this passage is mainly about _ .a. shu-how lin and his familyb. shu-how lin and harvardc. shu-how lin and his basketballd. shu-how lin and his best friend (d)a rich man and a poor tailor（裁缝） lived in the same house. the rich man lived upstairs and the poor tailor lived downstairs. the tailor liked to sing when he made（制作）clothes. but the rich man liked to sleep（睡觉）a lot. one day, the rich man said, “tailor, i will give you a big bag of money if(如果) you stop（停止） singing.” fine.” said the tailor. and so the tailor stropped singing and became rich. but after a few days, he became(变成) unhappy, because he wanted very much to sing again.then he gave all the money back to the rich man. he said, “take your money, i cant be happy if i cant sing.” he went away singing. he sang and sang and he was happier than（比） before. answer the questions: 46. what were the differences(不同) between the rich man and tailor? 47. why didnt the rich man like the tailors singing? 48. what did the rich man do to the tailor from singing? 49. why did the tailor give all the money back to the rich man? 50. how could the tailor take the money and go on singing at the same time? a. what are you going to be when you grow up?b. how are you going to do that?c. are you interested in acting?d. im a basketball player.e. where are you going?f. how do you like acting?g. i think it is very interesting.四、补全对话（10分）a: hi, john.b: hi, paul.a: 51 b: im going to take an acting class.a: 52 b: yes, i am.a:53 b: im going to be an actor when i grow up.a: really? 54 b: what are you going to do when you grow up?a: i like playing basketball very much, so id like to play basketball in a professional basketball team.b: 55 a: im going to practice playing basketball every day from now on.五、用方框中的单词的适当形式完成短文(10分)fell bad well i win take run pass much playlast week our school held a sports meeting. everyone in our class _56_ very excited, because we were the 57_. in the boys relay race, michael 58_ very fast and our class won the first place. yu ting is 59_ at the long jump and she also won. were sorry that we did _60_ in the high jump, but were sure we can do better next time. i _61_ part in the boys400-metre race. i tried _62_ best and was the first 63_ the finish line. this encourages me a lot. now i love sports better. i want to be a soccer 64_. i will take much 65_ exercise every day and i hope some day i will be able to take part in the olympic games.56. 57. 58. 59. 60. 61. 62. 63. 64. 65. 六