2009年第一学期八年级英语期中考试测试卷(含答案).doc

2009学年第一学期八年级英语期中试卷满分100分 完卷时间90分钟Part one Vocabulary and Grammar.Choose the best answer: ( 选择最恰当答案) 1. In our classroom, she is _ honest girl who wins everyones heart.A) an B) a C) the D) /2. Let me introduce _ to Bill, our new classmate. A) yourself B)you C)your D) yourselves3. Peter is only a _boy, but he can do many things by himself. A) five years oldB) five-year-oldC) five year oldD) five years4. You _ go home on foot. I can give you a lift. A) neednt to B) need C) dont need to D) dont need 5. Liu Xiang ran _ than any other runners. And he won the first prize.A) far quicklyB) far more quicklyC) more quick D) more far quickly6. Some people enjoy watching OTVs Dancing Contest, while _ prefer watching STVs Sports Channel. A) anotherB) the otherC) others D) the others7. We have invited _ guests to our TV talk show.A) quite fewB) a lots ofC) quite a littleD) quite a few8. E-mail _ us to keep in touch with each other easily. A) lets B) enables C) makes D) has9. Our digital TV is _ yours. A) as same as B) the same with C) the same as D) same as10. The man cant walk fast . He _ a large bag on his back.A) will carryB) carriesC) is carryingD) was carrying11. Did you _ a lot of money for your new DVD? A) spendB)buy C)cost D)pay12. We wont go wrong, because Im quite _ the streets here. A) afraid of B) proud of C) familiar with D) careful with13. Sue _ in New York City since she was born.A) will liveB) has livedC) was livingD) lived14. Mary studies English very hard at school, _? A) isnt she B) doesnt she C) didnt she D) wasnt she15. Please get up at once, _ youll be late for school. A) or B) and C) when D) while16. You can visit _ websites and homepages. A) millions of B) million of C) two millions D)two million of17. He remembered to _ the light before he went to bed. A) turn downB)turn onC)turn off D) turn up 18. Would you like _ drink? A) anything to B) something C) something to D) anything 19. Water is _ important _ everything needs it. A) very, so B) such, that C) so, that D) most, to20. How we miss her! She _ here for months.A) has left B) has left from C) has been D) has been away from 21. _ you are interested in paper-cuttings, Ill buy some for you .A). If B). While C). Since D). As soon as 22. _ would you like your steak? Rare, medium or well-done? A) What B) Why C) How D) When 23. Either you or I _wrong.A) am B) are C) is D) be 24. Our headmaster is showing some guests _ our school. A) to B) with C) in D) around 25. My English teacher was pleased with my answer. The underlined line part means_. A) glad B)satisfied C)pleasant D) polite 26. A: Can you operate this machine? B: No, I cant . Can you show me _? A) which B) when C) how D)when27. I passed the important test last week!_. A) Thats very kind of you B) Have a good timeC) CongratulationsD) What a shame.Complete the sentences with the given words in their proper forms(用所给单词的适当形式填空) 1. Tom has several shirts of _ colors. (difference)2. Today is my fathers _ birthday. (forty)3. Drink-driving is _. It causes serious traffic accidents. Drivers must never do it. (danger)4. Peter has _ the company for 25 years, first as office boy and finally as sales manager. (service)5. The wounded soldier needed an _ at once . (operate)6. We had a _ trip during the summer holidays. (please)7. It is _for us to read English every day. (need)8. The dictionary is cheap and _ (help) as well.9. The internet was among the greatest _ of the twentieth century. (invent)10. Shanghai is full of _ during May and June. (visit) .Rewrite the following sentences as required (按要求改写句子) 1. We have already finished the exercises.（否定句）. We _ finished the exercises _.2. There are few taxis in that street.(反义疑问句) There are few taxis in that street, _ _?3. He told us a very interesting story.（感叹句） _ _ interesting story he told us!4. I went to bed after I finished my homework. I _ go to bed_ I finished my homework.5. Susan is taller than any other student in her class. Susan is _ _ student in her class.6. He ran so quickly that he won the game. （意思不变）He ran quickly _ _ win the game.7. The film began ten minutes ago.（意思不变）The film has _ _ for ten minutes. 8. Mr Smith has taught in our school for three years.(划线部分提问) _ _ has Mr Smith taught in our school?9. To learn English well is not easy. _ _not easy to learn English well.10. Nancy doesnt like pop music. Lily doesnt like, either. Nancy doesnt like pop music and _ _ Lily Part Two Reading and WritingIV. Reading comprehension (阅读理解) A: True or False (判断下列句子是否符合短文内容，符合的用T表示，不符合的用F表示)Audrey is a Chinese-American student .She has found many differences of values (价值观) between Chinese and Americans.About moneyThe American children love to make money by themselves. Chinese children always ask their parents for money.American parents dont think it is useful to send their children to an expensive university .Chinese parents would do anything to send their children to good universities evenif it could make them very poor.About schoolMany American girls take part in sports, dancing and singing groups. Many Chinese girls take part in academic (学术的) groups.American students usually feel happy when they get a “B” in an exam. Chinese students feel sad when they get a “B”.American parents and Chinese parents American parents allow their daughters or sons to go out with their friends if they come back home at the certain time. Chinese parents usually dont allow their children in middle school to go out with their friends at night.American teachers and Chinese teachers During parent-teacher meetings, American teachers will always find good things to say to the parents, even to those getting the worst grades .But Chinese teachers often tell the parents the mistakes that their children made at school.( ) 1. American children prefer making money by themselves.( ) 2. Both American and Chinese parents want to send their children to expensive universities.( ) 3. Chinese girls spend more time doing sports, singing and dancing than American girls.( ) 4. Chinese children arent allowed to go out with their friends at night.( ) 5. American teachers look at the bad side of the students as much as they can.( ) 6. Chinese students like making money by their own working.( ) 7. Chinese students feel unhappy when they get a “B” in the exam.B. Choose the best answer (根据短文内容，选择最恰当的答案) Korean culture is really exciting right now. The Korean Wave is sweeping Asian countries including China. Young people are going crazy about Korean TV dramas, Korean pop songs, taekwonds and the Korean language.The Korean Wave started a few years ago with the TV series “Winter Sonata”. This love story is still popular. People, especially girls, like the beautiful story and handsome actors like Bae Youg Jun(裴勇俊)。In the music world, Korean girls are making themselves heard in China. You can often find big Korean names like Baby Vox, S.E.S and Finkle at the top of the Chinese music charts( 排行榜)。The Korean Wave has also made young people want to try the clothes and hairstyles of pop stars, too. Not only that. Now some girls in China are having plastic surgery(整容)to change the way they look. People say some beautiful Korean stars have had plastic surgery. These stars dont make plastic surgery look shameful(丢面子).Are all the faces of beautiful Korean girls not real? Find out for yourself when you next visit South Korea.( ) 1. What does the Korea Wave refer to? It refers to_. A. Korean B. Korean culture C. Korean language D. Korean actors( ) 2. When did the Korean Wave start? It started with _.A. The Korean pop songsB. TaekwondoC. The TV series “Winter Sonata”D. The Korean food( ) 3. Who is the famous actor in Korean dramas? A. Bae Youg Jun B. Baby Vox C. S. E. S D. Finkle( ) 4. Korean stars often change their looks by_.A. Singing pop songs B. acting in TV dramasC. trying different food C. having plastic surgery( )5. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?A. Winter Sonata tells a very famous love story.B. Young people like Korean pop stars clothes and hairstyles.C. Chinese girls also want to try plastic surgery.D. Korean pop stars think plastic surgery is shameful.( )6. Nowadays, some Chinese _fly to South Korean to have plastic surgery. A. Young people B. girls C. boys D. elderly people( ) 7. What is the main idea of the passage?A. Bae Yong Jun is now very popular with the Chinese young people.B. Surgery can make more beautiful.C. Korean music is so wonderful that many people like it.D. Korean culture is very exciting right now.C. Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage (选择最恰当的单词或词语，完成短文): The world of the out-of-doors is full of secrets. And they are so interesting that quite a lot of people are busy (1) _ them. All around us are birds, animals, trees and flowers. The facts about how they live and grow are as interesting as anything could be. Do you know that one of the great presidents of the USA (2) _ hours and hours studying birds? A businessman who lives near New York became so (3) _ in insects that he began to get them together. He now has more than one thousand different kinds of insects carefully (4) _ in glass boxes. Come then with me, and I will help you find some natures secrets. Let us go (5) _ through the woods and fields. Here we shall find how a rabbit tells the other there is danger. We shall (6) _ a mother bear and her young ones as they look for food and get ready for winter sleep. We shall watch bees dancing in the air to let other bees know where they can find food. I will show you many other interesting things, but the best thing that I can teach you is to keep eyes and ears (7) _ when you go out of doors. Nature tells her secrets only to people who look and listen carefully. ( ) 1. A. study B. to study C. studying D. studied ( ) 2. A. took B. spent C. used D. cost ( ) 3. A. busy B. careful C. friendly D. interested ( ) 4. A. locked B. put C. kept D. filled ( ) 5. A. quickly B. quietly C. hurriedly D. happily ( ) 6. A. hear B. follow C. help D. catch ( ) 7. A. closed B. open C. safe D. cleanD. Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words (在短文的空格内填入适当的词, 使其内容通顺, 每空格限一词, 首字母已给):I feel lucky because my house is located in a quieter place in the city. I can walk to the forest when I feel I can not stand (忍受) the noise a 1 me any more. But still I am quite worried by many noises, such as the pets in the neighborhood, the v 2 of the salesmanIf your place is noisy too, then my following a 3 may be good to you:1. Go to the coffees It sounds crazy, isnt it? Can you work in s 4 a noisy place? I like to work while listening to music. Someone likes the quietness and light music in the coffees. Actually, when I was writing a novel, I prefer to walk out to some public places such as restaurants, KFCs or stations where I can get some interesting things for my stories.2. Go to the libraryRecently, college libraries are not such quiet places, but public libraries k 5 its traditions. Of course, college libraries will be a good choice to do study, for there are plenty of books. If you are a college student, you had better go to the libraries in the colleges.3. Put on your earphonesSometimes I found its necessary to put on earphones when I am working at home.Of course, you should make sure which kind of music makes you work b 6 .4. Arrange the time better As a SOHO, you neednt work in a certain period of time. If you need a very quiet environment, try to work at midnight.5. Use other ways to make yourself betterIf the noise is too loud and strong, then take a rest! Listen to music, watch films, or walk outside, do something e 7 . Start your work when its quiet and you have enough energy.E. Answer the following questions (根据短文内容回答下列问题) The most common disease in the word is the cold. It often starts with a sore throat. You sneeze and your nose runs. You usually have a headache, too. Often you have a cough later. Its not a serious disease, but you can feel quite ill.There is not a cure (治疗) for a cold, but you can take medicine to make you feel better. For example, you can take aspirin to get rid of your headache. It is good to have a rest, and to drink a lot of water, too. A doctor once told me, “ With the right medicine , a cold will last for seven days. With no medicine, it will go on for a whole week!”Where does your medicine come from? A long time ago, people understood that some plants made them feel better. They ate the leaves, the roots, the fruit or the seeds of plants. For example, the juice of lemons makes a sore throat feel better.In modern time, scientists have looked at these plants, and found out which chemicals are in them. Many of our medicines today are made from those chemicals. There are some diseases which we cant cure yet. And nobody has found a cure for old age. But because of modern medicines, the average person now lives longer than their grandparents. 1. What is the most common disease in the world?_2. What does a cold often start with?It often _3. Cold is a serious disease, isnt it?_4. What do you do to make you feel better when catching cold?_5. How long does a cold usually last?_6. What can make a sore throat feel better?_7. Why does the average person now live longer than their grandparents?_ V. Writing(写话)： Write at least 50 words about the topic “My view on eating out”(以“我对外出吃饭的看法”为题写一篇不少于60个词的短文，标点符号不占格。) 2009学年第一学期八年级英语期中答题纸Part one Vocabulary and Grammar.Choose the best answer:( 选择最恰当答案) (27%)1. _ 2. _ 3._ 4._ 5. _6. _ 7. _ 8. _ 9._ 10. _ 11. _ 12. _ 13. _ 14. _ 15. _ 16. _ 17. _ 18. _ 19. _ 20. _ 21. _ 22. _ 23. _ 24. _25. _ 26. _ 27. _.Complete the sentences with the given words in their proper forms (用所给单词的适当形式填空) (10%)1. _ 2. _ 3. _ 4. _5. _ 6. _ 7. _ 8. _9. _ 10. _.Rewrit