八年级下期中英语试卷.doc

八年级下期中英语考试第 卷 （选择题）一听力（每小题1分， 共20分）二单项选择（每小题1分，共20分）( )21.- Will there be robots in peoples homes? - _.A. Yes, there will. B. Yes, there be. C. No, there will. D. No, it wont. ( )22. People never know what _ in 100 years. A. happen B. happened C will happen D will be happened.( )23. The old man lives _ in the house, but he doesnt feel _ because of his lovely dog.A. lonely; alone B. alone; alone C. lonely; lonely. D. alone; lonely( )24. If there are people driving, there will be _ air pollution. Yes, the air will be fresher. A. less; less B. less; fewer. C. fewer ; fewer D. fewer ; less( )25. In our city, _ middle school students want to work as a teacher in the future. A. thousand B. thousand of C. thousands of D. two thousand of( )26. My brother plays his CDs too loud. What should I do? _.A. You should go away. B. You should argue with him.C. You should ask him to turn it down. D. You should go and turn it off.( )27. We need some money_ for these new books. A. pay B. spend C. to pay D. to spend.( )28. Tom has the same T- shirt _ I _. A. as ; am. B. like ; do. C. with ; can. D. as ; do.( )29. Last Sunday all my classmates went for a picnic _ Bob. He was ill in bed. A. besides. B. beside C. except D. including ( )30. Is there a tall tree _ your house. A. in the front of B. in front of C. in front D. front of ( )31. Look at the sign. It says “NO PHOTOS” . We shouldnt _ here. A. take photos B. buy photos C. see a photos D. draw a photo.( )32. I _ a picture when the police _ in. A. draws ; came B. was drawing ; came C. draw ; was coming D. was drawing ; was coming.( )33. Listen! I hear someone_ the violin in the room. A. playing B. to play C. play D. plays( )33. My father told me the earth _ round. A. is B. was C. will be D. would be.( )34. How soon _ Sally_ his school. Maybe in two weeks. A. does ; return to B. does ; return C. will ; return to D. will ; return.( )35. The train is leaving right now, but David hasnt arrived yet.Well, he said he _ here on time.A. will come B. came C. would come D. comes.( )36. He had to_ by cleaning roads in those days.A. make living B. made living C. make a living D. make livings( )37. If I _ a teacher, I will _ realize my dream. A. became ; able to B. become ; be able to C. will become ; able to D. will become ; be able to.( )38. Half of his homework _ wrong. A. is B. are . have D .has( )39. _ we finished _ our work on time. A. Luckily ; doing B. Lucky ; doing C. Luckily ; to do D. Lucky ; to do.( )40. Do you have _ to say for yourself ? A. anything else B. else anything C. other something D. anything other.三完形填空（每小题1分，共10分）In our class, we have an end-of year party every year. Everyone _41_ a gift out and later he or she will_42_ a gift. You dont know who will get the _43_ you sent out. You also dont know whom the gift you will receive is _44_. This year, I bought a basket with four beautiful red apples. They _45_ colorful and smelled delicious. The gift I received was a schoolbag. _46_ a while, a girl with my _47_ came to me and said, “I like the schoolbag. Would you like to _48_ our gifts ?” I didnt say anything. I felt _49_ that she didnt like my gift, 50 I took back my apples. The result was that I received my own gift.( ) 41. A. takes B. send C. brings D. passes( ) 42. A. open B. buy C. receive D. spend( ) 43. A. message B. gift C. food D. drink.( ) 44. A. at B. with C. to D. from( ) 45. A. looked B. sounded C. felt D. heard( ) 46. A. Before B. After C. In D. To( ) 47. A. bananas B. oranges C. flowers D. apples( ) 48. A. exchange B. return C. take away D. clean up( ) 49.A. nervous B. happy C. sorry D. lucky( ) 50. A. if B. so C. unless D. because四阅读理解（ 每小题2分，共30分) A Classes in American schools are smaller than ours. Most classes in the US dont wear school uniforms. In American school, students have classed for six hours. Their classes are English writing, math. History, science, PE, music and art. They dont have group exercises each day. If they see our exercises, they would think we were very strange! American students dont have to worry about passing exams all the time, so they can spend time in and out of school doing things they enjoy. They do different things for fun, like playing sports, making music or surfing the Web. Many American teachers think that just studying hard isnt enough to make a good student. They encourage students to become well- rounded (成熟的) by trying lots of different things.( ) 51. How many students are there in most classes in USA? A. More than 30. B. No more than 30C. More than 45 D. No more than 20( ) 52. American students dont have _ each day. A . classes B. group exercises C. books D. games( ) 53. When American students see our exercises, they would think we were _. A. interesting B. tired C. strange D. hard-working ( ) 54. Why can American students spend time in and out of school doing things they enjoy? A . Because they dont have to worry about passing exams all the time.B. Because they dont have any classes. C. Because they dont go to school. D. Because their teachers are not very strict.( ) 55. Many American teachers encourage their students_.A. to try a lot of different things B. to study hard only. C. to play games all the time. D. to wear school uniformsB A man came home from work late, he found his 5 years old son waiting for him. “Dad, may I ask you a question?” “ Sure.” “Dad, how much do you make an hour?” “ I make $20 an hour.” “Oh, ” the little boy replied, “ Dad, may I borrow $10”. The father was angry, “ I think you want to buy a toy?” The little boy went to his room. After an hour. The man started to think he really needed to buy something. The man went to the boys room. “ Are you asleep, son? Here is the $10”. Said the man. “Oh, thank you, Dad!” he opened his door. Then, reading out his box and he pulled out some bills(纸币). The man saw the boy have much money, he got angry again. The little boy counted out his money. “ Why do you want more money?” the father asked. “Because I didnt have enough, but now I do.” The little boy answered. “ Dad, I have $20 now. Can I buy an hour of your time?” Please come home early tomorrow. I would like to have dinner with you.”( ) 56. When the man came back from work, he saw_ waiting for him. A. his wife B. his son C. his daughter D. his family( ) 57. How much does the man make one hour? A. 20$ B. 10$ C. 30$ D. 50$( ) 58. Before the father gave his son money, the boy had_. A. 20$ B. 10$ C. 30$ D.5$ ( ) 59.What did the boy ask 10$ to do?A. He wanted to buy a toy. B. He wanted to have dinner with his mother.C. He wanted to buy his fathers time. D. He wanted to save more money.( ) 60. From the story, we can know_. A. the father often came home early B. the boy didnt like his father C. the man usually had no time to stay with his son D. the boy spent too much money C根据短文内容，判断下列句子正（T）误(F). How will people change when the machines around them seem to have emotions (情绪)？ Soon there will be robots around us. They use the language of emotion- smiling, looking sad or worried- in order to communicate with us more easily. Will this change us? Maybe it will, and maybe it wont but these “emotional machines” will be part of our lives soon!A scientist from England invented a new robot puppet called Heart Robot.Heart Robot has a beating heart, a breathing belly(腹部) and other sensors(传感器). It can respond to movement, noise and touch.If you hold him in your arms, his breathing slows and he seems to relax, but if you shout at him, he becomes sad. It is very interesting.His designer, David McGoran, says Heart Robot is an example of how robots are showing human characteristics. He also thinks Hear Robot could be among the first robots in a new age of “ emotional machines.” ( ) 61. David McGoran invented a new robot puppet caller Heart Robot.( ) 62. Heart Robot has a beating heart, a breathing belly and a mouth.( ) 63. Heart Robot cannot respond to movement, noise and touch.( ) 64. David McGoran doesnt think Heart Robot can show human characteristics.( ) 65. David McGoran thinks in a new age of “emotional machines”，Heart Robot could be one of the first robots. 第卷（非选择题，共40分） 五根据句意，首字母或汉语提示完成下列句子。（5分）66. _ (抄袭)others homework is so bad that it makes the students lazy.67. The Australian girl f_ in love with Beijing.68. Mothers Day is coming. I need to do something for my mom to give him a s_.69. Can you_ (组织) the games for the class party.70. Yang Liwei is one of the national_(英雄) in china六补全对话，从方框中选择合适的选项补全对话。（5分）A: You look unhappy. 71._A. I will try a second time.B. But my parents dont agree.C. I dont have enough money.D. I dont look coolE. Whats wrong?B: My clothes are out of style.72._.A: Maybe you should buy some new clothes.B: Yes. But 73._.A: You can get a part-time job in the evenings.B: I want to do so.74._.A: You should have another talk with them, I think.B: Thank you. 75._.七综合填空。（5分）从方框中选择合适的词并用其适当的形式填入短文中，使短文通顺正确。（多余两词）八任务型阅读。（10分） Good health is very important for us. If we dont have good health, how can we work hard? If we cannot work hard, how can we succeed and how can we be happy? Money can do many things and make one enjoy the world in many ways, but (79) it had no meaning to one who is not in good health.A number of useful rules can do much to make good health, if we follow them.Firstly, we must take food at regular times and never too much. Secondly, keep our rooms airy(通风的). Fresh air is good for health, and also we must always keep our bodies clean. Cleanliness keeps sickness away.Thirdly, we must have enough sleep. Late to bed and late to rise will be bad for our health, so we must have exercises. Exercises make our muscles (肌肉) strong and protect(预防) ourselv