初中外研（新标准）版八年级英语下学期期中测试A卷

第 1 页 共 18 页 初中外研 新标准 版八年级英语下学期期中测试初中外研 新标准 版八年级英语下学期期中测试 A A 卷卷 姓名姓名 班级班级 成绩成绩 一 一 单项选择 单项选择 共共 2020 题 共题 共 4040 分分 1 2 分 We can t work out the physics problem Can you tell us A how to do B what to do it C how to do it D what should to do 2 2 分 May we leave the classroom now No you You to leave until the bell rings A mustn t are allowed B needn t aren t allowed C don t have to are supposed D can t aren t supposed 3 2 分 Do you know how old our teacher is She looks very young A I ve no idea B Not at all C I m afraid not 4 2 分 I am going to take this summer holiday in Taiwan Oh really Taiwan is a beautiful island that people in Guangdong go to visit it every year 第 2 页 共 18 页 A so thousands B so thousands of C such many thousand D such thousands of 5 2 分 the sun was not yet up many people were already taking exercise in the square A As B If C Though D Because 6 2 分 She usually trainers at school A wear B wears C puts on D are in 7 2 分 Why don t you go out to play Rose I m afraid I can t I have much homework A do B does C doing D to do 8 2 分 Science is very and I am quite good it A interesting in 第 3 页 共 18 页 B interesting at C interested in D interested at 9 2 分 Jane you look tired You should stop the guitar and have a rest The music competition is still far away A beating B to beat C practicing D to practice 10 2 分 Many old people prefer to live in the countryside because the air there is fresh Yes And there it is quiet too A in the village B in the city C in the market 11 2 分 How long does it you to get to the nearest train station A take B spend C cost D pay 12 2 分 wonderful The Reader is Many people enjoy the TV program A What a B What 第 4 页 共 18 页 C How a D How 13 2 分 You d better so late at night It s bad for your health A not stay up B not to stay up C no staying up 14 2 分 Jane s spoken English is pretty good Yeah she works hard and practices it both in and out of class A spoke B to speak C speaking 15 2 分 We must take action waste water from running into rivers A keep B kept C to keep D keeping 16 2 分 Did you do last weekend A interesting anything B something interesting C anything interesting D interesting something 17 2 分 The weather report says that it will be sunny tomorrow 第 5 页 共 18 页 It s wonderful It for a week already we need the sun A rains B will rain C has rained D was raining 18 2 分 Do you know All of them the museum A where are the students have gone to B where are the students have been to C where the students are have been to D where the students are have gone to 19 2 分 It s nice to see you again We each other since 2014 A won t see B don t see C haven t seen D didn t see 20 2 分 10 years ago only one classroom building in our school And in 10 years five classroom buildings in our school A there will be there are B there was there will be C there will be there was D there was there are 第 6 页 共 18 页 二 二 完形填空 完形填空 共共 1 1 题 共题 共 1010 分分 21 10 分 Once when Kevin was selling hats under a big tree the monkeys on the tree picked some hats and put them on So Kevin took off his own hat and threw 1 on the ground The stupid monkeys threw their hats too Kevin soon 2 all the hats and left happily Fifty years later young Tony 3 of Kevin also sold hats for a living 4a long walk Tony was tired so he put his bag of hats beside him and laid down under a big tree He was soon fast 5 When he woke up Tony found that there weren t any hats in his bag Tony started looking for his hats To his 6 he found some monkeys on the tree wearing his hats Tony didn t know what to do Then he remembered the story his grandfather 7 used to tell him Yes I can fool these monkeys said Tony I ll 8 them imitate 模仿 me and very soon I will get all my hats back Tony then waved at the monkeys the monkeys waved at him Tony started dancing the monkeys were also dancing Tony threw his hat on the ground Just then one of the monkeys jumped down 9the tree picked up the hat Tony threw on the ground and 10 up to Tony He said Do you think only you had a grandfather 1 A it B its C him D his 2 A pointed B put 第 7 页 共 18 页 C collected D matched 3 A father B son C grandson D friend 4 A When B After C Before D As 5 A alive B afraid C awake D asleep 6 A pleasure B interest C value D surprise 第 8 页 共 18 页 7 A recently B luckily C proudly D angrily 8 A tell B make C promise D realize 9 A from B beside C toward D through 10 A put B brought C walked D took 三 三 阅读理解 阅读理解 共共 2 2 题 共题 共 1818 分分 22 6 分 阅读下列内容 从每小题所给的 A B C D 四个选项中选出一个最佳答案 第 9 页 共 18 页 Attention Sunshine Language Learning Centre will set a course and it will teach Pure 纯正的 British English Maybe you ve known some British expressions are quite different from American ones British people use autumn for fall film for movie holiday for vocation garden for yard etc There are more typical 典型的 expressions that you may not know Here are Mr Bean s examples Are you interested in it Do you want to learn You can learn British English well if you put much effort into it We have some native British English teachers with much experience to help you The course will be open in the coming summer holiday The price of the course is not very high 500 for one person 900 for two 10 off 1 200 for three 20 off for four or more 30 off For further details call 400 810 2345 or search www BE Come and join us 1 The passage is most probably a n A story B notice C invitation D advertisement 2 Some typical British expressions are quoted 引用 mainly because the course organizers think A English is hard to learn and needs hard work 第 10 页 共 18 页 B these typical English expressions are interesting C some learners can be attracted to take the course D British English expressions are better than American ones 3 If you and two of your classmates have decided to take the course how much will you pay all together A 1 200 B 1 400 C 1 500 D 1 600 23 12 分 阅读理解 A desert is a very dry land where there is hardly any rain In the day it can be so hot that you could fry an egg on the ground But during the night it is sometimes so cold that water would turn into ice Many deserts are covered in sand But some have mountains rocks or lakes that have dried up in the heat The Great American Desert has cliffs 悬崖 that have been made into amazing and beautiful shapes by the wind The Sahara Desert in Africa is mostly sand The Australian Desert has red sand Sometimes it does not rain for a whole year in the desert But there is water deep under the ground and some plants have roots that go very deep to find it Other plants have roots that spread out a long way so they can suck up the rain as soon as it falls One desert plant is the cactus which has long spreading roots The cactus stores water inside its hard skin This skin protects it from heat and cold Camels are a bit like cactus plants They store water too inside their bodies They have special fur which protects them from the sun during the day and keeps them warm at night Some other animals live in deserts too They have to be very good at seeing and hearing because most of them only come out at night This is why many desert animals have extra big eyes or 第 11 页 共 18 页 ears A desert fox has bigger ears than a normal fox A gerbil has huge eyes so that it can see at night It stays cool in the day by staying underground like most desert animals Some people live in the desert but they always make their homes near an oasis An oasis is where water comes from an underground river Near an oasis people can grow lots of plants and keep animals Life is hard in the desert for people animals and plants But desert people like to live there 1 What is the passage mainly about A Animal B Plants C Cliffs D Desert 2 What do the underlined words suck up in paragraph probably mean A give away B take in C hold on D put down 3 Which of the following is true A Desert people like to live in the desert though life is hard B People in the desert usually fry eggs on the ground C Camels have special fur to store water D All the deserts are covered in sand 4 Some desert animalshave extra big eyes or earsbecause 第 12 页 共 18 页 A it is very cold at night B the sunlight is too strong in the day C they store water in them D they need to see and hear well at night 5 Most desert animals stay cool in the day by A staying underground B growing lots of plants C storing water inside their bodies D drinking water as much as they can 6 Which of the following shows the structure of the passage A B 第 13 页 共 18 页 C D 四 四 根据句意及汉语提示或所给词语完成句子 根据句意及汉语提示或所给词语完成句子 共共 1 1 题 共题 共 1 1 分分 24 1 分 Every day Tom eats too much and he never exercises 一 Yeah So he is very h now 五 五 用适当的词或句子补全对话 用适当的词或句子补全对话 共共 1 1 题 共题 共 5 5 分分 25 5 分 根据对话内容 从方框中选择恰当的选项补全对话 A Hi Tony B Yes I do A B Yes I did Sima Guang broke the water vat 水缸 to save his friend A B It s very interesting and educational A How do you like Sima Guang 第 14 页 共 18 页 B A I agree with you 5 B Yeah That s right A Did you hear the story of Sima Guang B I think we shouldn t be worried when we face danger C What did Sima Guang do D What do you think of the story E Do you like traditional Chinese stories F I think he s very smart G How did he save that boy 六 六 任务型阅读 任务型阅读 共共 1 1 题 共题 共 1010 分分 26 10 分 任务型阅读 Computer are very popular now People are talking about and using the Internet everywhere but how many of us know the history of the Internet Many people are surprised when they find out that the Internet was set up in 1960s At that time Computers were large and expensive Computer networks didn t work very well If one computer in the network broke down then the whole network stopped A new network system had to designed It should be good enough to be used by many different computers If part of the network was not working information could be sent through another part In this way the computer network system would keep working well all the time At first the Internet was only used by few people but in the 1970s it was used in school hospitals and banks However computers were still expensive and the Internet was difficult to use At the beginning of the 1990s computers became cheaper and easier to use Today it s easy to get online and it is said that millions of people use the Internet every day Sending e m