浙江省八里店二中八年级英语下学期期中试题.doc

浙江省八里店二中2012-2013学年八年级英语下学期期中试题一、单项选择1no one wants you to be _ but we really want you to do your best always. a. proud b. perfect c. polite d. popular2 those your quilts?a、is b、are c、be d、o3_you want to be in the school play , please call tina at 555-395 . a. if b. when c. for d. because .4do you often _ from your parents? a. heard b. hears c. to heard. hear5dont keep the boy _ in the rain. he will fall ill.a. stand b. to stand c. standing d. from standing6-what did the boy do just now? -he ran_ the road to pick up his ball.a across b through c by d for7-_ english classes do you have every week? - five.a. how oftenb. how long c. how much d. how many8i dont have _ money at the moment.a. manyb. a lotc. a fewd. any9do you often at your friends home on your way home? yes, we do. a. drop in b. visit to c. come at d. come over10-i think science is more useful than art. -i disagree. i think art is science. a. not so useful as b. less useful than c. the most useful of d. as useful as11-what do you think of your boss?-he always work hard and he is _ late for work.a usually b often c hardly ever d many times12 my school bag is larger than _. a. she b. herc. hersd. hers13the team will move a speed of 15 kilometers per hour, and have a short break every 2 hours. during the break they will tell stories_ english.a. with ; byb. at ; withc. in ; atd. at ; in 14_ of giant pandas is getting _ because their living areas are becoming farmland.a. the number, larger and largerb. a number, larger and larger c. the number, smaller and smallerd. a number, smaller and smaller15 what do you think of our new school? _a. its very well. b. its very good. c. no. i dont like it at all. d. the same to you.二、完型填空my friend tony is an american 1 . he is ten years old. he lives 2 his family in china now. there are 3 people in his family; his mother mrs. green, his father mr. green and his little sister amy. he has a white cat. 4 name is betty. look！amy is playing 5 betty. his father, mr. green, is watching tv. his mother is doing housework. what about tony? he is doing 6 chinese homework. he cant 7 chinese well, but he likes chinese very much. tonys 8 works in a tv station. his father works in a school as an 9 teacher. tony and his sister 10 to the same school.1a. girl b. boy c. cat d. dog2a. on b. after c. with d. in3a. two b. three c. four d. five4a. his b. her c. its d. its 5a. to b. with c. from d. at6a. her b. its c. a d. his7a. say b. tell c. speak d. talk8a. father b. mother c. sister d brother9a. chinese b. japanese c. english d. australian10. a. go b. goes c. going d. to go三、阅读理解athe day is like any other day in his life. tom walks past the shop on the street corner. he stops to look at the front row of shoes, and he feels happy to see that the pair of shoes he wants very much is still there. looking down at his old shoes, he feels sorry for himself. he really wants to have them for his birthday.he sadly walks away and thinks how to tell his mother about it. he knows very well she has little money. he decides not to go home at once , as he looks sad and his mother will notice(注意) it. so he goes to the park and sits on the grass. there he sees a boy moving a wheelchair（轮椅）with his hands . tom looks at him and is surprised to see that the boy has no feet. he looks at his own feet. “its much better to be without shoes than without feet”, he thinks. there is no reason or him to feel so sorry and sad. he goes away and smiles, thinking he is happier.1tom passes the shop _.a. on foot b. by bike c. in a wheelchair d. by bus2tom stops in front of the shop because he wants to _ .a. buy the shoes b. look at the shoes he likedc. buy a present for his friend d. get something for his birthday party3why did tom go to the park? because _.a. many nice shoes are sold(卖) there b. he wants to play there for a whilec. he wants to see his disabled(残疾的) friendd. he doesnt want to make his mother worried4 we can learn from the story that tom _ .a. doesnt like old shoes b. loves his mother very muchc. doesnt want to stay at homed. has no feetbdid you visit the shanghai world expo last summer? what impressed (给留下印象) you? 21st century kids invites four kids to talk about their experiences. they are back from the expo. what did they bring us? lets see what they have to say. i went to the saic-gm pavilion (上汽集团通用汽车馆). i found my dream car there. it is a green car. its name is “leaf”. chinese engineers made the car. its roof is in the shape of a leaf. the roof takes in co2 and changes it into electricity for the car. the japan pavilion is full of high technology. the “wonder camera” is cool. it can find a smiling face in a crowd. when youre smiling, it takes a photo of you. i want to invent something like that in the future. my favorite pavilion is the germany pavilion. i watched the energy source show. visitors made a ball swing back and forth (来回摇摆) by using only their voices. its amazing! although we had waited for quite a long time before we entered the hall, i think it is well worth seeing with your own eyes.i like painting, so my parents took me to the france pavilion to see the famous paintings. but the french cooks caught my eye. i saw them cook. my mom told me that they are some of the best cooks in the world. the dish they cooked looked like a painting. so, being a cook is my second dream job.1 the 21st century kids seems to be _. a. a travel service b. a newspaper c. a group of tourists d. four children2 what does the underlined word “electricity” mean in the passage? a. 电 b. 汽油 c. 灯光 d. 指示3 what activity did the writer experience in the france pavilion? a. using the “wonder camera” b. driving the green car “leaf”. c. to have delicious french dishes.d. to see cooks painting.4 what made the ball in the germany pavilion swing? a. visitors smiling faces b. co2 from cars c. some secret power d. noise made by visitors5 the trip to the shanghai world expo made the four kids _. a. hardworking and polite b. amazed and frightened c. patient and cheerful d. excited and curiouscname personal informationnorman bethuneborn in 1890 in canada.a doctorcame to china in 1938died in 1939 in chinaceline dionborn in montreal, canadaa singing starin 1997, sang my heart will go on for the film titanicthomas edisonborn in 1847, kentucky, usamade over 1,000 inventionsdied in 1931bill gatesborn in 1955 in the usawrote business the speed of thought owns microsoft companymark twainborn in 1835 in the usaa writerwrote the adventures of tome sawyerdied in 19101_ is from canada. a. bill gates b. mark twain c. thomas edison d. celine dion2the _ was born in 1835. a. inventor b. singer c. doctor d. writer3my heart will go on is the name of a _.a. book b. film c. song d. story4dr. bethune worked in china for about _ years. a. 4 b. 8 c.2 d. 65which of the following is true?donce upon a time, there lived a rich man. he had a servant (仆人). he and the servant(仆人） loved wine and good food very much. each time the rich man left his home, the servant would drink the wine and eat up all the nice food in the house. the rich man knew what his servant did, but he had never caught his servant doing that. one morning, when he left home, he said to the servant, “here are two bottles of poison (毒药) and some nice food in the house. you must take good care of them.” with these words, he went out. but the servant knew that the rich man had said was untrue. after the rich man was away from his home, he enjoyed a nice meal. because he drank too much, he was drunk and fell to the ground. when the rich man came back, he couldnt find his food and his wine. he became very angry. he woke the servant up. but the servant told his story very well. he said a cat had eaten up everything. he was afraid to be punished, so he drank the poison to kill himself. 1in the story, _ liked wine and good food very much.a. the rich man b. the servant c. both a and b d. neither a and b 2.the rich man knew that it was _ that drank the wine and ate up all the nice food. a. the cat b. himself c. nobody d. the servant 3.the rich told the servant that there was poison in the two bottles, because _. a. there was in fact poison in the bottles b. did not want the servant to drink his wine c. he wanted to kill the cat d. he wanted to kill the servant4in fact, _ ate all the nice food and drank the wine. a. the servant b. cat c. the rich man d. nobody5from the story, we know that the servant is very _. a. lazy b. bad c. clever d. kind 第ii卷（非选择题）四、单词拼写1to keep safe, everyone _ to wear a seat belt in the car now. (tell)2-do you know the places of interest in wuxi ? -yes, it is the secon