八年级下期英语期中测试卷.doc

八年级下期英语期中测试卷.单选题(20分)( )1.-Im tired out. -_take a rest. A. You should B. Why dont C. Why not( )2.The soap opera is not interesting. So_people watch it. A. few B. a few C. little( )3.Our summer holiday is coming. _students in our school will go to the beach. A. Hundred B. Hundred of C. Hundreds of( )4.If you_the school rules, you will be punished. A. break B. breaks C. will break( )5.She doesnt like others to follow him all_. A. time B. a time C. the time( )6.He is having a difficult time making_. A. a life B. a living C. living( )7.Jim asked_me him with his Chinese. A. help B. to help C. helped( )8.Im sure you can jump as_as Tom if you wear your sports shoes. A. high B. higher C. highest( )9.She told me she_call me the next day. A. will B. can C. would( )10.Tony got really mad_Sally. A. with B. to C. at( )11.She does much_in speaking than in writing. A. good B. well C. better( )12.I hope you are all_good health. A. for B. in C. with( )13.I was standing_the big tree when the UFO landed. A. in front B. in front of C .in the front of( )14.All of us hope there will be_pollution in the future. A. many B. fewer C. less( )15.-Will there be more trees in the future? -_. Because people will plant more and more trees. A. Yes, there will B. Yes, they are C. No, there arent( )16.My sweater is the same_Nicoles. A. to B. as C. with( )17.-How much did you_the English-Chinese dictionary? -$12.5.A. cost B. pay for C. spend( )18. Look! There are some boys_basketball there.A. to play B. play C. playing( )19.The Greens were watching TV_someone knocked at the door.A. while B. when C. since( )20.-_? -He said I was hard-working. A. What did your history teacher say B. What do you think of your history teacher C. Why did your history teacher say so.完型填空(10分)Mr Green has a new telephone number. 21 he got it., it was the number of a shop. The shop now has a new 22 ,but a lot of people dont know this. So they 23 telephone the old one.At first, Mr and Mrs Green always said,“We are 24 .You call the 25 number. The shop now has a new one.”But people still continued(继续) to call them to 26 things. So after some time, Mr and Mrs Green 27 to answer them like this,“Good morning, what do you want us to send you today?” They thought,“Perhaps(可能)they will 28 us when they dont get their things.” But this didnt work. People began to telephone them more and more, and to say 29 ,“Where are my things? They didnt come! Why didnt you send them?”What do you think Mr Green should 30 ?( )21. A. After B. Before C. When( )22. A. address B .name C. number( )23. A .still B. also C. never( )24. A. sure B. sorry C. happy( )25. A. wrong B. bad C. right( )26. A. look for B. ask for C. send for( )27. A. began B. stopped C. failed( )28. A. stop telephoned B. stop to telephone C. go on telephoning( )29. A. excitedly B. calmly C. angrily( )30. A. do B. did C. does.阅读理解(30分)(A)判断正误,正确的写(T),错误的写(F).If you visit the Birds World., put your keys in your pocket(口袋)! Thats the advice of Sharon of England, who visited the Birds World with her children on Sunday. While they were eating lunch, a big black crow(乌鸦)landed on their table. It began to dance. The children laughed and shouted. Sharon jumped up and dropped her purse. The crow stopped dancing and picked something up and flew away.When they were ready to go home, Sharon looked for her car keys in her purse, but they werent there. The children went to look for the keys. While they were looking around, Sharon went to the zoo office.“Keys?” asked the man in the office. “Oh, yes. We have keys.” And he showed her keys. “That crow loves to take keys.”( )31. Sharon and her children went to the zoo on Sunday.( )32. Sharon dropped her purse.( )33. A crow picked up the keys from the table.( )34. Sharons children found the keys.( )35. The crow loves to take keys.(B)阅读并选择正确的答案.My mother was a housewife(家庭主妇). She thought that successful(成功的) people spend a lot more time reading than watching TV. So she asked my brother and me not to watch too much TV but to read two books every week in our free time. She would check(检查) them with marks(分数), though she couldnt read the books at all.When I went to high school, I was an A-student, but not for long. I wanted cool clothes and hung out with friends. I went from being an A-student to a C-student, but I didnt care. One night I complained about not having enough Italian shirts. Then my mother gave me all the money and said I could get money left to buy shirts if I finished buying all the things the family needed. I was very pleaded with that, but after I bought those things, there was no money left（剩下）, I got to know how difficult it was for my mother to do all these. I went back to my studies and became an A-student again. Finally, my dream came true and I became a doctor.My story is really my mothers story-a woman with little education(教育) greatly changed my life as a parent. So I believe there is no job more important than parenting.( )36. What did the writers mother do? A. A worker. B. A housewife. C. A teacher.( )37. Why did the mother ask her children to read books in their free time?A. Because she thought successful people spent more time reading.B. Because she thought books were interesting.C. Because she wanted her children to be happy.( )38. Which was NOT the reason for the writers falling behind(落后)others?A. He spent much time reading storybooks(故事书).B. He spent more time hanging out with friends than studying.C. He didnt care that he went from being an A-student to a C-student.( )39. What was the writers dream? A. To be a doctor. B. To be a teacher. C. To find a good job.( )40. The writer mainly wants to tell us that_.A. mothers with little education change their children moreB. his mother is kind and helpfulC. there is no job more important than parenting(C)O. Henry was a pen name(笔名) used by an American writer of short stories. His real name was William Sydney Porter. He was born in North Carolina in 1862. As a young boy, he lived an exciting life. He did not go to school for very ling, but he managed to teach himself everything he needed to know. When he was about 20 years old, O. Henry went to Texas, where he tried different jobs. He first worked on a newspaper, and then had a job in a bank. When some money went missing from the bank, O. Henry was believed to have stolen（偷）it. Because of that, he was sent to prison. During the three years in prison, he learned to write short stories. After he got out of prison, he went to New York and continued writing. He wrote mostly about New York and the life of the poor there. People liked his stories, because simple as the tales were, they would finish with a sudden change（突然变化）at the end, to the readers surprise.( )41. In which order(顺序) did O. Henry do the following things? a. Lived in New York. b. Worked in a bank. c. Went to Texas. d. Was put in prison. e. Had a newspaper job. f. Learned to write stories. A. e,c,f,b,d,a B. c,e,b,d,f,a C.e,b,d,c,a,f D. c,b,e,d,a,f( )42. O. Henry began to write short stories_. A. in Texas B. in a bank C. in prison D. in New York( )43. People enjoyed reading O. Henrys stories because they_. A. had surprising endings B. were easy to understand C. showed his love for the poor D. were about New York City( )44. O. Henry went to prison because_.A. people thought he had stolen money from the newspaperB. he broke the law by not using his own nameC. he wanted to write stories about prisonersD. people thought he had taken money that was not his( )45. What is the meaning of the underlined word “prison”? A. 法院 B. 监狱 C. 军队 D. 边疆.按要求改写句子.(10分)46.Will kids go to school in hundreds of years?(作否定回答) _,they_.47.You should learn to relax.(就画线部分提问) What_I _?48.I was having English class.(就画线部分提问) What_you_?49.He said he was mad at me. (就画线部分提问) _did he_?50.If I become rich, I will help the poor. (就画线部分提问) What_you do if you_rich?.翻译(10分) 51.未来的孩子将在家里通过电脑学习. The students in the_ will study at home_computers. 52.医生说许多孩子正承受着太多的压力. Doctors say many kids are_too_pressure. 53.那条狗从箱子里出来逃跑了. The dog got out of his box and _ _. 54.我的数学老师说我学习很努力. My math teacher said I _ _. 55.如果你来参加晚会,你将会玩得很开心. If you come to the party, you _ _a great time.写作(20分)(A)阅读文章并回答问题(10分).It was Sunday and the train was full of people. Mr Smith was looking for a seat(座位) through(透过)the windows. Suddenly(突然)he saw one and got on the train. A small bag was lying on the seat and a young man was sitting beside(在.旁边) it.“Can I sit here?” asked Mr Smith. “No, you cant.” the young man answered. “The person has gone to buy a newspaper. He