八年级上学期英语期中考试试卷（I）卷 .doc

八年级上学期英语期中考试试卷（I）卷 一、 完形填空 (共1题；共15分)1. （15分）I still remember that day. I was waiting to get some 1for shopping in a bank. Among the crowd, I noticed a little boy carrying some sunglasses in one hand and a big bag in 2 .The boy was about 10 years old. He was walking around the people inside the 3and asked them to buy his sunglasses. But 4would buy any from him. He tried from one person to another. From the look on his face, I knew he would not 5anyway.Now, I decided to have a 6with him. I went up and asked, “Do you go to school?” He nodded his head. Then I continued, “Why do you 7sunglasses?” He said nothing. I gave him $20 and said that I was not in 8of the sunglasses but he could keep the money. To my 9 , his face changed a lot, which is still in my memory today. I didnt know 10to say next. Then he replied, “Either you buy sunglasses or you 11back the money. I dont need your pity. I felt very 12 for what I did, and I told him that I would buy two pairs.I took these sunglasses home and kept 13myself, “Did such a young boy need to do it for his self-respect（自尊）?” He could 14take the $20 and left. But he chose to sell his sunglasses and get the money not because of others15 . I will remember this lesson forever.（1）A . bags B . books C . money D . information （2）A . another B . others C . the other D . the others （3）A . shop B . school C . hotel D . bank （4）A . nobody B . somebody C . everybody D . anybody （5）A . give out B . give away C . give back D . give up （6）A . talk B . quarrel C . walk D . trade （7）A . send B . sell C . buy D . give （8）A . danger B . need C . time D . trouble （9）A . joy B . surprise C . fear D . horror （10）A . how B . when C . where D . what （11）A . take B . give C . pay D . send （12）A . worried B . happy C . excited D . sorry （13）A . telling B . answering C . asking D . watching （14）A . easily B . proudly C . sadly D . hardly （15）A . joke B . pity C . advice D . decision 二、 阅读理解 (共4题；共34分)2. （10分）Please look at the Flight Timetable and choose the right answers.Flight No. Departure Arrival From To StopCA907 07:45 12:10 Beijing Moscow ChengduCA98101:58 18:35 Beijing New York ShanghaiCA158 10:20 23:10 Beijing London ChengduCA149 11:35 22:10 Beijing Sydney Hong KongCA923 12:35 17:10 Beijing Moscow /CA167 13:15 02:40 Beijing Paris MoscowCA147 15:55 10:15 Beijing Sydney GuangzhouCA949 17:25 07:35 Beijing Paris ShanghaiCA173 19:20 01:50 Beijing Moscow UrumqiCA937 21:25 08:10 Beijing London Hong Kong（1）Youll go to Australia. You can only take when you reach Beijing Airport at eleven forty.A . CA923B . CA149C . CA147D . CA167（2）If you spend fourteen hours and ten minutes going to France, you must stay inon the way.A . Hong KongB . ShanghaiC . MoscowD . Chengdu（3）It will take youto reach England if you stop in Hong Kong.A . nine hours and twentyB . ten hours and thirty-fiveC . twelve hours and fiftyD . ten hours and forty-five（4）You mayin Beijing if you want to go to America. A . take one planeB . take two planesC . take three planeD . not take any planes（5）How many planes may you take in Beijing if you want to go to Australia?A . OneB . TwoC . ThreeD . Four3. （10分） Mr. King works very long hours every day. He usually gets up at 5:30. He brushes his teeth quickly and goes to his workplace (工作地点). Then he runs with some kids. After that he takes a shower. He eats his breakfast at 7:00. His work starts at 8:10. He is good at math and many boys and girls learn math from him. All the kids like him very much. He often talks or plays games with the kids. He usually goes to bed after 22:00. He is often very tired but he likes his job and loves the kids. He doesnt work on weekends. Mr. King likes reading at home on weekends. Sometimes some kids parents come to his home to talk about their kids. When Monday comes, Mr. King gets busy again（1）Mr. King has a shower _.A . at 5:00B . at 7:00C . after he brushes his teethD . after he runs（2）Mr. King is good at _.A . EnglishB . scienceC . historyD . math（3）Mr. King is a _.A . studentB . workerC . teacherD . musician（4）What does Mr King do at weekends?A . Mr King works at weekendsB . Mr King does some reading.C . Mr King talks with some kids parents about their kids.D . Both B &C.（5）Which of following is NOT true?A . Mr. King usually gets up early.B . Mr. King is usually goes to bed at 22:00.C . Mr. King likes reading on weekends.D . Mr. King works at a school.4. （8分）阅读理解 A new report says promising children money to pass exams does not help exam grades. The report says parents may waste their money by using it to get their kids to study more.However, the promise of a trip could encourage students to try harder and do better at school. Scientists looked at how promises of money and tickets to shows affected students studying and learning. Over 10,000 students took part in the survey. There was an improvement in class work and homework, but this did not result in better test scores.Lead scientist Dr. Simon Burgess thought the survey showed something important and interesting. He said it had not found something that really got students to work harder. He added that, clearly, some students have a lot of goals. They believe that education is a way of getting a brighter future, but there are kids who think that working hard doesnt make a difference. He said these children think exam success is all in your genes because of their family environment.Education expert Dr. Kevan Collins said good teachers were better than promises of money to get children to study, especially for children from poor families. He wrote, What really makes the difference is how students are taught.（1）We can see from the new report that . A . students dont like to travel at allB . lots of students are harder to get more moneyC . money can not help students get better gradesD . parents need a lot of money to help their children（2）Which of the following statements is TRUE? A . The survey shows something makes students really work harder.B . Some students think education is very important for their future.C . Students will work harder if they dont think they have good genes.D . Having trips is more important than owning much money in our life.（3）If a student thinks gene is the most important, he might agree make(s) the difference. A . good teachersB . working hardC . much moneyD . family environment（4）We might read the passage in the part of in a newspaper. A . healthB . cultureC . sportsD . education5. （6分） On a hot summer day, Holmes and Dr. Watson went on a camping trip. After a good meal and a bottle of wine, they lay down in a tent for the night and went to sleep.Some hours later, Holmes woke up and pushed his friend. “Watson, look! What can you see in the sky?Watson replied, “I see millions and millions of stars.”“What does that tell you?” asked Holmes.Watson thought for a while. “First, it tells me that we will have a beautiful clear day tomorrow. Second, it tells me that the time is about twelve oclock. And”“What else?” Holmes asked.“Well, it also reminds me that the world is so big and we are so small. What does that tell you?” Holmes said with a grin on his face, “You silly guy! It only tells me that someone has stolen our tent!”（1）Holmes woke up _.A . in the middle of the nightB . early in the morningC . soon after he fell asleepD . after Watson pushed him（2）Watson thought of at least _ things after he saw the stars.A . twoB . threeC . fourD . five（3）Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?A . The story happened in the afternoon.B . They had some wine before they went to sleep.C . Holmes asked Watson questions because Holmes didnt know what happened.D . Holmes and Watson were in their tent while they were talking about the question.三、 单词拼写 (共2题；共20分)6. （10分）根据短文内容,首字母和括号内所给汉语意思，写出空白处各单词的正确形式（每空一词）On Sept.19,2016 Alibaba(阿里巴巴 ) went public (上市) on the New York Stock Exchange. It shows that Ma Yun,50,has done his business _(成功地) A short Chinese man seems to be the _（最高的）man in the world right now. Ma used to be an English teacher. So far ,he has _（成为）the richest man on the Chinese mainland.Ma was born in Hangzhou and grew up as a happy kid. At the age of twelve ,he found that English was very _(有趣的). Every morning, he got up at 5 am, and then ran to a hotel near the West Lake where he could _（交流） with foreign tourists in English. He did it for nine years, whether it was rain or shine. This _(经历) made him become a fantastic English speaker and also opened his eyes to the wide world. In a 1995 trip to the US, Ma was showed to the Internet for the _（第一次） time .He searched Yahoo using the word Beer ,and found that there was nothing about China .Seeing the chance, Ma _（返回） to China and set up a website without knowing much about computers .Four years later,18 people including Ma, his wife and his friends set up Alibaba in Hangzhou. People called him Crazy Jack Ma. But _（十五） years later, Alibaba has developed into the worlds largest e-commerce(电子商务) _（公司）. When Ma was interviewed by the reporter from Times, he said, Everybody should have a dream. What if that dream comes true?7. （10分）短文填空，请用适当的词完成下面的短文，每个空只能填写一个形式正确、意义相符的单词。Trees are useful to man in three very important ways. The first important way is that they provide man _food, wood and other products(产品). Trees provide man and animals with food to live _the earth. Its not easy _man to live on the earth without trees.The _important way is that trees give us shade(树荫). On a hot summer day, people can have _rest under the shade of a tree after they have walked a long way. You can imagine（想象） _important the shade of a tree is to man and animals.The third important _is that trees help to prevent droughts（干旱）and floods. However, in many parts of the world, man has _realized the third important way. He has cut _trees in large numbers._the end, he finds that he has lost his best friends.四、 选词填空 (共1题；共5分)8. （5分）根据短文内容，用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空，每词限用一次。 different talent as laugh bothCome and meet my best friend, Lily. Lily is a beautiful girl. Many people like her because her good look. So do I. As my best friend, she likes to do same things _me. We_like singing and reading books. There are also some _between us. I am shy and I always like to stay by myself. Lily is much outgoing than me. She is _in telling jokes. She often makes me _. She is good at sports, too. She plays sports every day to keep healthy. She thinks it is not necessary for friends (to be) the same.五、 任务型阅读 (共1题；共5分)9. （5分）根据短文理解，完成填空My grandmother is over eighty years old. She always complains about how greatly things have changed, and she often says that life used to be better.Families arent families the way they used to be. If a husband and wife are having problem with their marriage, they dont stay together any more. They choose to divorce. Mothers used to stay at home and take care of their children, but now everyone is busy working; no one has time to look after children at home.And the cars! No one walk any more; people get richer and richer, and more and more people buy cars and drive. We used to walk five miles to school every day, even in winter. But now children dont.And in school, children dont have to think any more. When I was at school, I used to add, subtract, multiply and divide using my head in math class, but now, children use calculators instead.Most families have computers and TVs now. In the past we didnt have computers or TVs, we spent a