八年级英语上学期期中试题 鲁教版五四制.doc

山东省威海市文登区2016-2017学年八年级英语上学期期中试题该试卷共6页，58小题，总计80分。请认真审题，按题目要求答卷，答案涂写在答卷纸上。一 阅读理解请阅读A、B、C、D四篇文章，根据文章内容选择最佳答案。答案涂在答题卡上。（每小题1分，共计20分） A In some Western countries, many children do chores to get pocket money . They usually start to do this when they are ten years old. School students have to do homework and study for tests. They dont have much free time on weekdays. They often do chores on weekends. Young kids only do easy chores. So they dont get much money. But thats enough. Many of them only want to buy candy . And candy is cheap! They often help do the dishes, sweep the floor, or feed the pet cat or dog. When they get older, they want to buy more and more things. They want things that ate more expensive than candy. So they have to work harder! They often help their parents wash the family car, cut the grass, or cook meals. Some jobs are a good way for kids to learn new things. For example, they can learn how rouse a lawn mower or how to cook. Of course, their parents help them at first. 1. How do many children get pocket money in some Western countries? A. They study hard. B. They do chores. C. They do part-time jobs. 2. When do many children usually begin to do chores in some Western countries?A. At the age of 10. B. At the age of 13. C. At the age of 15. 3. Mary wants to get more pocket money to buy something expensive. She may_. A. do the dishes B. feed the pet cat C. cook meals 4. Which of the following is NOT true? A. Young kids do easy chores because they can get much money from their parents. B. School students often do chores on Saturdays and Sundays C. If kids get older and want something more expensive, they have to work harder. 5. The passage mainly tells us how children in some Western countries _. A. find jobs B. get pocket money C. study at school BDear Abby, Im a helpless mother. My son Tom is 15 years old. I find that the older he grows, the less we talk. I feel very sad and I really need help. My first problem is about his hobbies. He spends almost all his spare time on computer games. When he gets home, he always turns on the computer and closes the door. Im getting worried about him, especially when his English teacher tells me he always gets low marks in the English exams. Second, he likes new technology, but I dont have enough money and I cant afford all the things he wants. Recently, Ive found that he is always alone. Ive never seen him talking to his friends on the phone or going out with anyone on weekends. That is the last problem I have. What should I do to help him? Please give me some advice.A helpless mother6. The helpless mother has _ problems.Atwo Bthree Cfour 7. Tom _for almost all his spare time at home.Aplays computer games Btalks with his mother Cdoes his homework 8. From the passage we know that Toms mother _. .Ais not worried about Tom Bfeels very happy Cis not rich 9. The helpless mother asks Abby to _. Aplay with Tom Btalk to Tom Cgive her some advice 10. Which of the following is TRUE about Tom？AHe is 14 years old. BHe is not good at English. CHe often phones to his friends. C One night there was a heavy snowstorm, and in the morning Mr. Smiths garden was full of snow. Mr. Smith wanted to take his car out, so he paid a man to clean the road from his garage to his gate, he said to the man, Dont throw any snow on that side, because it will damage the shrubs in my garden and dont throw any on the other side, because it will break my fence; and dont throw any into the street, or the police will not be pleased. Then Mr. Smith went out.When he came back, the road was clean and there was no snow on the shrubs, or the street. Mr. Smith was pleased until he opened the garage to get his car out. There was full of snow from the road, and his car was somewhere under it all.11 . What did Mr. Smith want to do that morning? A. Cleaned the snow B. Took his car out of the snow C. Drove his car12 .Why did a man help Mr. Smith to clean the road? A. He was Mr. Smiths friend B. He was Mr. Smiths servant C. He got some money from Mr. Smith13 .What was on both sides of the road? A. Tall trees and young trees B. Some shrubs and fence C. Nothing but flowers 14 .When Mr. Smith came back into his garden he was _. A. very happy B. not happy C. afraid15 . After you read this, youd think_. A. the man would get his money B. Mr. Smith would give the man the money C. Mr. Smith would clean the snow himself DOnce upon a time there lived a rich man and a poor tailor in the same house. The rich man lived upstairs and the poor tailor lived downstairs. The tailor liked to sing when he made clothes. He sang one song after another. But the rich man liked to sleep a lot, and the singing made him angry. One day, the rich man said, Tailor, I will give you a bag full of money every day if you stop singing. Fine, said the tailor. And so the tailor stopped singing and became richer and richer. But the more money he got from the rich man, the unhappier he became. Because he wanted very much to sing again. At last he brought all his money back to the rich man. Here, he said, Take your money back. I wont be happy if I cant sing. And so he gave the money back to the rich man and went away singing. He sang and sang and was happier than ever before. 根据短文内容判断正(A)误(B)( )16. A rich man and a poor tailor lived in the same house. ( )17. The tailor liked to sing when he made kites. ( )18. The rich man liked to listen to the tailors singing.( )19. The rich man gave much money to the poor tailor to make him not sing. ( )20. The tailor liked singing better than money. E请认真阅读短文E，回答文章后面的问题，答案填在答卷纸上。（每小题2分，共计10分） Charles Dickens was born in 1812 in one of the small towns of England When Dickens was nine years old， his father found a job in London and the family moved thereLater on, his father was put into prison for owingHis mother could not supply enough food to him and his younger brothers and sistersHe had to do something for his familyHe did some housework and looked after his brothers and sistersTheir life was hard，so he could not go to school After his father was out of prison ，Charles could go to schoolAt that time he was already twelveBut he did not finish schoolTwo years later he began to work in a factoryAfter that he became a report and wrote for newspapersThe future writer often went to the library to read booksHe read a lotThen，at the age of twenty-two，Dickens began to write and he wrote a lot of novels and stories all his lifeDickens died over a hundred years ago，but people are still reading his books with great interest 21Was Charles Dickens a writer or an engineer?？ 22How long did Dickens live in his hometown？ 23Why couldnt Dickens go to school？ 24When did Dickens begin to work？ 25Where did Dickens read a lot？ 二、单词拼写 （每小题1分，共计8分）26.When he was young, his uncle often _/prvadd/clothes and food for him.27_ /nebz/should help each other .28He _ /ksplend/ the thing to his teacher just now29Whats the _ /rlen/between the girl and you.?30He _ /rlaizd / she was wrong.31I was _/kmpli:tl/shocked by the news.32This song _/rmandz /me of my mother .33They will go to the party with their _ /wavz/.三、动词填空 （每小题1分，共计8分）Once upon a time, there was a little girl named Nuwa. Her father was Emperor Yan and he _34_(love)her very much. They often _35_(play)games together, One day, Nuwa _36_(boat)on the sea. Suddenly she _37_(fall) off the river and died .The girl _38_(change)into a bird _39_(call) Jingwei. Her father was very sad when he _40_(watch)the bird. Jingwei, the bird decided_41_(fill)the sea with small stones. Have you read or heard of the story?34._35._36._37._38._39._40._41._四、完成句子 （每小题2分，共计12分）42.请你把字典借给我好吗？43.你为什么不和你的父母谈论你的问题呢？44.你和你的表妹相处的怎么样？很好！45.我们应该保持环境干净整洁。46.为了赶上其他人，他努力学习。47.奶奶看报时睡着了.五、选词填空 （每小题1分，共计10分）A. was buying B. went C. ran away D. crowded E. anywhere F. while, G. another H. outside I. police J. got out of Maria _48_to New York City last Sunday. While she _49_a newspaper at the train station, her cat _50_the box and _51_. The station was _52_and Maria couldnt find her cat _53_. Then she called the _54_.However,_55_she was talking on the telephone, her cat met another cat _56_the station. After she looked everywhere in the station and couldnt find it, a little boy told her to look outside. Then she saw her cat was playing with _57_ cat.48_49._50._51._52._53._54._55._56._57._六、书面表达 （12分）(80-100字)你将代表学校参加中学生英语演讲比赛，演讲的题目是 “Learning to Get Along with Our Pa