冀教版八年级上学期英语期中考试试卷B卷(3).doc

冀教版八年级上学期英语期中考试试卷B卷(3)一、 完形填空 (共1题；共10分)1. （10分）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。“How can I learn English well?” “This is a 1many students may ask. In my opinion, the most effective(有效的) 2is to learn lessons by heart. If you can recite the text and write it out, you will learn it pretty well. And if you can tell 3your own words about 4the lesson says, you are a very successful learner indeed. Your English will be quite perfect.This is a difficult task. However, if you try to learn by heart only part of each lesson, youll find it not so hard 5you might have thought.Learn this way, and you will 6fast progress. Of course, writing is also necessary. It helps you a lot on your way to 7in English studies.Its equally(同样地) important to feel the language. You should laugh at English jokes and be 8at bad news. When using English, try to 9your mother tongue(母语). 10helping you, your own language gets in your way. So, never try to learn English through putting every word into Chinese.（1）A . problem B . puzzle C . question D . challenge （2）A . time B . way C . road D . place （3）A . with B . by C . of D . in （4）A . which B . what C . how D . when （5）A . than B . like C . so D . as （6）A . do B . make C . learn D . develop （7）A . success B . challenge C . difference D . importance （8）A . happy B . happily C . sad D . sadly （9）A . leave B . forget C . remember D . realize （10）A . Instead of B . Instead C . Besides D . Except for 二、 阅读理解 (共4题；共36分)2. （10分）阅读理解Welcome to Blue Sky Hotel and we will do all we can to make your stay an enjoyable one. We hope you will find the following useful to you.Star Ratings:Blue Sky Hotel, sincerely looks forward to your arrival!Hotel FacilitiesGeneral Dining room Coffee shop Gym centre Outdoor swimming pool Business Centre Elevator/ lift ATM NightclubRoom Safe box Air-condition International direct dial Hair drier Mini-fridge A private bathroom TelevisionWi-Fi free in the whole hotelInternetHotel ServicesServices24-hour front Desk, Morning call, Ticket service, Taxi service, Message and fax service, etc.Charges A single room: 150 yuan per night. Double room: 200 yuan per night. 30 per meal, children under 12 years are half off.Hotel Rules Pets are not allowed. Guests are responsible for their own property and safety. Smoke only in smoking area.Things to rememberCheck- in time: 2:00 pm(present your ID card, passport)Check- out time: noonMeal time: Breakfast(8:00-9:30)Lunch (12:00-14:00)Dinner (18:30-20:30)Your reservation is absolutely safe. All personal data is encrypted and will only be used for your booking.（1）You cant _ when staying in Blue Hotel. A . raise petsB . go swimmingC . have mealsD . play table tennis（2）If Mr Brown and his 8-year-old son have a meal in the hotel, how much should they pay? A . 30B . 45C . 60D . 75（3）Which of the following is true? A . No free Wi-Fi in the hotel.B . You can enjoy dinner at 18:00.C . Smoking is not allowed in the hotelD . You can check out at 12 oclock.（4）The underline word “encrypted”(in the last section) probably means “ ”. A . protectedB . storedC . soldD . collected（5）The purpose of the passage is _. A . to introduce the hotelB . to make people enjoy their tripsC . to attract more people to live in the hotelD . to share the writers stay in the hotel3. （10分）根据短文内容选择正确答案。COnce upon a time there was a man in a small town. He had two children, a boy and a girl. The boy was good-looking but the girl was not.One day they found a mirror (镜子) for the first time and they saw what they looked like. The boy was very happy and he said to his sister, “How handsome I am! I look much nicer than you!”The girl did not like what her brother said and gave him a hard push (推). “Go away!” she said.Their father saw what was happening. He went up to them and said to the boy, “You must always BE good as well as LOOK good.”Then to the girl he said, “My dear, if you help everyone and do your best to make him happy, everyone will love you. It does not matter that you are not as good-looking as your brother.”（1）Once upon a time a man had _.A . a bad-looking boyB . a good-looking girlC . two good-looking childrenD . a boy and a girl（2）The boy was happy because he _.A . found a mirrorB . knew he looked as nice as his sisterC . was handsomeD . and his sister were good-looking（3）The girl gave the boy a hard push because _.A . she was strongerB . what her brother said was wrongC . her father loved herD . she was not happy with her brother（4）Father told the girl that _.A . it was important to be good-lookingB . it was a good thing not to be good-lookingC . if she did her best to help people, she would enjoy peoples loveD . she was as good-looking as her brother（5）What can we learn from this story?A . To be good to people is more important than to be good-looking.B . To be good-looking is very important.C . If you want to make yourself good-looking, you must be good to people.D . If you often help people, you will become more and more beautiful.4. （6分）Like schools in China, American schools begin in September after a long summer vacation. The first term is from September to January and the second is from February to June. Usually American children begin to go to school when they are five years old. Most students are seventeen or eighteen years old when they finish high school.But unlike middle school students in China, high school students in America take only four or five subjects each term. They usually go to the same classes every day and have homework for every class. After class they do all kinds of interesting things.After high school, many students go to college. They may go to a small or a large one. They usually have to pay a lot for their higher education. So lots of students work after school to make money for their studies.（1）In America, summer vacation lasts（持续）_.A . one monthB . two monthsC . three monthsD . more than three months（2）The underlined（下划线的）word college means _ in Chinese.A . 大学B . 公司C . 研究院D . 高中（3）Many American students work after class, because they _.A . want to see interesting thingsB . have to help the other peopleC . want to make more friendsD . have to get money for their studies5. （10分）通读全文，根据短文内容的理解，选择正确答案。Mr. Brown got up late this morning. He was going to be late for work. It was raining hard and the streets were wet. He drove so fast that he didnt see the red lights. He couldnt stop his car and hit a car. An old man got out of the car and called out angrily, What are you doing? How can you drive so fast? lm sorry, sir, said Mr. Brown, l didnt see the lights turn red. Then he brought out a bottle of wine and gave it to the old man. Its cold today, sir, said Mr. Brown. Please drink a little, and then youll get warm. The old man drank some wine and became happy. He asked, lm feeling much better now. Why dont you drink any? l cant drink anything now, sir, answered Mr. Brown lm waiting for the policeman. Only drunkards cause accidents, you know!（1）When did the story happen? A . In the morningB . In the afternoonC . In the eveningD . At night（2）Why did Mr. Brown drive so fast? A . He was happy that dayB . He was good at drivingC . There were few cars in the streetD . He was afraid to be late（3）Mr. Brown hit the car because of the following EXCEPT that _. A . he didnt see the red lightsB . he drove fastC . he couldnt drive at allD . it was raining hard（4）Why did Mr. Brown give a bottle of wine to the old man? A . To make him happyB . To make him drunkC . To make him warmD . To make friends with him（5）We can know that _ at last. A . Mr. Brown was not late for workB . the old man Mr. Brown became good friendsC . Mr. Brown drank some wineD . Mr. Brown fooled the old man三、 单词拼写 (共2题；共20分)6. （10分）阅读下面短文，然后根据括号内所给汉语意思写出单词的正确形式（每空一词）。Daniel Kristiansea is a 14-year-old schoolboy from Denmark. Recently, while doing his history homework about World War , he had a surprising discovery _（在后面）his familys home. He found the remains of a World War plane and a _（飞行员）.After telling his father about his history homework, Daniel was encouraged to go out onto their farm with a special machine to find _（金属）. He and his father hoped they might find some old plates or something he could _（给看）to his classmates at school. Much to their surprise, on the _（第五）day, they found some broken plane pieces. When they _（挖）down seven meters, they suddenly came across pieces of _（灰色的）clothes. They reported what they found to the government, and soon the news was _（广泛地）heard across Danmark. Each day their house was _（拥挤的）with news reporters.Daniels father, Klaus, remembered being told by his grandpa that a plane from _（德国）had hit their farm during World War . But Klaus thought it was just a good story. Now it turns out to be true.7. （10分）根据短文内容及所给提示，在文中的空白处填写一个正确的单词。Im John. Im in Grade Eight a_Rocky Mountain High School. Every M_. I go to the Buddy Club. In the club, older students help new students learn more about the school. My friend Sam is in the _ (ten) grade. He often listens _ (careful) to my problems. He always offers _ (I) some help. He is a hero in my heart.We have different _ (class) every day. On Friday afternoon, our school ends _ (early) than usual. My friends _ I often go to the Science Club together. Twice _ week, we write robot programmes after school. We love making things, so we practice hard each time. Our team _ (win) two competitions last term. We were very happy.四、 选词填空 (共1题；共5分)8. （5分）用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空，每个词只能用一次。save slowly except healthy advice（1）A: Daming, Can you give me some _ on how to learn Chinese?B: Of course.（2）A: Miss Wang, all the classmates are in the classroom _ Sam. Why didnt he go to school?B: He is ill at home.（3）The more we play sports, the_ we will feel. （4）Lets find out what else we can do _ as many animals as possible. （5）I spoke _ because my English was poor. 五、 任务型阅读 (共1题；共5分)9. （5分）根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。Susie Sunbeam was not her real name; that was Susan Brown. But every one called her Susie Sunbeam because of her such a sweet, smiling face._.Her grandfather first gave her this name, and it seemed to fit the little girl so nicely that soon it took the place of her own.Even when a baby, Susie laughed from morning till night. _.When she had learned to walk, she loved to go about the house and get things for her mother, and in this way save her as many steps as she could. She would sit by her mothers side for an hour at a time, and ask her ever so many questions, or she would take her new book and read_She never used an unkind word, but tried to do whatever would please her playmates best.One day, a poor little girl with a very ragged dress was going by and Susie heard some children teasing her and making fun of her. She at once ran out to the gate, and asked the poor little girl to come in. What are you crying for? Susie asked. Because they all laughed at me, she sa