2014春季新目标八年级英语期中考试题.doc

2014年上期八年级英语段考试卷.听力.单项选择（每小题2分，共30分）。 ( ) 1. -Whats _ ? - I have a sore back. A . the wrong B. the matter C. matter ( ) 2.Bob wants to fix up the bikes and _ to the poor children. A . give away them B. give them away C. give them out ( ) 3.- Would you like the red shirt or the black one? -_. Id like the white one. A. Both B. Either C. Neither ( ) 4.She always gets up early_ she can catch the early bus to school. A . although B. so that C. but ( ) 5.The Yellow River is one of rivers in China. Along Blonger Cthe longest ( ) 6. Could you please _ such a thing again? A. not to do B. dont do C. not doing ( ) 7. When she _ the newspaper, the baby _ asleep Aread; fell Bwas reading; was falling Cread; was falling ( ) 8._ Damings help , the problems are solved successfully . A .Need B Thanks for C Without ( )9 .-Could you please fold the clothes, Mary? -_. A. Yes, I could B. No, I couldnt C. Sure ( )10. -Its too cold today. -Yes, why dont you _ your coat? A. get on B. put on C. take off( )11. _ he is very poor, _ he feels very happy. A.Although；but B.Although；/ C.Because；/ ( )12. -Do you mind _your room? -No, Ill do that after finishing _this article. A. clean, write B. clean, writing C. cleaning, writing D. cleaning, write ()13.What you when the rainstorm came ? A.are;doing B.is;doing C.were;doing ( ) 14. If you want better grades , you _ watch so much TV. A . shouldnt B .should C. could ( )15. His father doesnt allow him to_ swimming alone. A.go B.have C.take .完形填空（每小题1分，共10分）。 What is the best way（方法） to study ? This is a very important question. Some Chinese students often 1 very hard 2 long hours. This is a 3 habit (习惯), but it is not a better way to study . A good student must 4 enough sleep, enough food and enough rest. Every 5 you 6 to take a walk or play basketball or ping-pong or sing a song. When you 7 to your studies, youll find yourself 8 than before and youll learn more.Perhaps we can 9 that learning English is like taking Chinese medicine(中药), we mean that like Chinese medicine, the effects(效果) of your study 10 slowly but surely(有效地). Learn every day and effects will come just like Chinese medicine. ( )1. A. playB. studyC. sleep( )2. A. at B. in C. for ( )3. A. best B. better C. good ( )4. A. have B. do C. want ( )5. A. month B. week C.day( )6. A. want B. hope C. need ( )7. A. begin B. return C. go ( )8. A. stronger B. weaker C. strong ( )9. A. say B. guess C. want ( )10. A. return B. come C. give .任务型阅读（每小题2分，共40分）。 A Xia Ming was worried about his study, so he write a letter to a magazine.Dear editors, Im a slow student in my class. Most of my classmates are much better than me. So I get very stressed out. Its difficult to keep on working hard and its really not fun. And I think although I spend much time study for the tests（考试）, I cant get good grades. My father gives me some help sometimes. He tells me not to worry about it. But what do you think I should do? Xia MingTwo readers read the letter from the magazine and here are their answers.Dear Xia Ming,Many famous people are not so good at the age like you. Edison（爱迪生）famous scientist, had a bad headache for his studies when he was a 12-year-old boy. But everyone knows that he did a lot for the people in the world. And Newton（牛顿），the same story like him. You should take it easy, then try your best. I believe you can do better. When you are feeling stressed out, just smile and take a deep breath(深呼吸), you should believe tomorrow is another day. Thumbelina ( ) 1.Xia Ming worried about . A. his classmates B. his life C. his study ( )2. Thumbelina gave examples in the letter. A. One B.two C.three ( )3.Thumbelina wrote about those famous people . A. to make Xia Ming feel better B. to make Xia Ming laugh C to show that she dislike them( )4.which is NOT true? A. Xia Ming doesnt have fun studying at school. B.Xia Mings father always helps him with his study. C Edison is well-known in the world.( ) 5. “Tomorrow is another day ” tell us . A.Its the weekend tomorrow. B. Xia Ming can get good grades tomorrow. C There are hopes in our lives. B People live all over world. They live on land that is low. They live on land that is high. Some live near the oceans. Others live far from the oceans.Earth has many different kinds of lands. In some places, the land is flat(平坦的). Flat lands are called plains(平原).Some parts of Earth have hills. Hills are higher than the land around them. But hills are lower than mountains. Did you ever try to ride your bicycle up a hill? Some parts of Earth touch oceans. These parts are called coasts. Some lands have water all around them. These lands are called islands.Earth has many different bodies of water, too. You know about the oceans. There are very large bodies of water. The water in the oceans is salty. There are also smaller bodies of water called lakes. Lakes have land all around them. Rivers carry water from the land. They are long bodies of running water. The water in rivers is not salty. Most lakes do not have salty water, either.( )6. People live on _ lands.A. high and salty B. low and high C. low and salty ( ) 7. Hills are higher than _ and lower than _.A. mountains/the land B. mountains/lakes C. the land/mountains ( )8. Some lands with water around them are called _. A. hills B. mountains C islands( ) 9. Whats the meaning of the word “coast”? A. 海岛 B海洋 C 海滩( ) 10. According To(根据) the passage, which sentence is TRUE? A. The water in rivers and lakes is salty. B. The water in oceans and all lakes is salty. C. The water in oceans and some lakes is salty. CAmy Brown is nine years old. She has a bad cold and cough(咳嗽)，he goes to see a doctor.The doctor gives her some cough medicine.There are some words on the bottle of medicine. Cough MedicineShake (摇动)well before use.Take three times each day after meals.Does () adult（成年人） 2 teaspoonfuls children 814 1 teaspoonful（茶匙） children 4-7 1/2 teaspoonfulNot suitable for（不适合）children below(在.以下) the age of 4Put it in cold placesUse before May 20th 2014根据短文，判断对错.对的写T，错的写F.( )11.Amy should take three teaspoonfuls every day.( )12.The medicine should be put in a cold place.( )13. If a two-year-old child has a cough, he has to take 1/4 teaspoonfuls.( )14. Dont take the medicine without shaking well.( )15. Its good for Amy to take the medicine after May 20th 2014. D For many people the subject of hiccups(嗝) is a joke, but for Harry Mendes, a fifteen-year-old schoolboy from Birmingham, it was something quite different. His hiccups began one Sunday lunch time and continued day and night for two weeks.After the first week, Harrys parents took him to hospital, but it took another week for the doctors to cure his attack. Harry, who is now back at school, described（描述）what happened to him. “When I began to hiccup,I drank a glass of water that didnt do any good. That evening I had hiccups every four seconds. We tried everything to stop them. I held my breath（屏住呼吸）and drank cold drinks. My father even tried to give me a shock but that didnt work either.” After a week of sleepless nights, he went to hospital. The doctors took an X-ray of his chest but they couldnt find anything wrong. “They gave me some medicine and my hiccups slowed down, but it was another week before the medicine worked completely（完全地）and my hiccups stopped. Harry was very lucky. The world record holder（世界纪录保持者）is the American farmer Charls Osborn, who hiccupped for sixty-eight years. He