2011年春期打古中学八年级半期考试英语试卷.doc

2011年春期打古中学八年级半期考试英语试卷一 单项选择。（20分）（ ）1. It is important for us _English well.A. to learn B. learning C. learns （ ）2. Alice _ to see his aunt if she _free tomorrow. A. will come; will be B . come ; is C. will come ;is( )3. _a sport game on the playground next week?A. Will there be B. Will there have C. Will there( )4. I didnt want to talk about that_ the phone. A. on B. in C. at( )5. Dont leave your books on the table. Please_.A. take away it B. take them away C. take away them( )6. My mother wants me _milk every day.A. drink B.drinking C. to drink.( )7. I think she is _at dancing than singing.A. better B. good C. well ( )8. He goes to work early on workdays _ Saturday and Sunday. A. except B. besides C. and ( )9.I dont know _ happened outside. A how B what C when( ) 10.Paul told us he wasnt mad _ Marcia anymore. A in B at C on( ) 11. _ the boy was walking down the street, the UFO landed. A While B After C Before( ) 12. Well stay at home if it _ tomorrow. A will rain B rains C rained( ) 13. how long have you been studying here? _ hours. A. half an B. one and a half C.one （ ）14. The children _ on the playground when I left school.A. were playing B. .are playing C. was playing ( )15. I_ to bed until my granny came back home.A. didnt go B. went C. had gone( ) 16. You can _ injured if you do it like that. A. get B. have C. own D. want( ) 17. He said he _ sorry, but nobody would listen to him. A. is B. was C. were D. will be( ) 18. There is _ with my computer, it doesnt work. A. nothing wrong B. anything wrong C. something wrong( ) 19. I dont know_.A. what I did wrong B. what did I wrong C. what wrong I did( )20. Mary has been collecting shells _ she was ten years old.A. because B. since C. for二完形填空。（10分）_ ten years, I think Ill be a reporter. Ill live in shanghai because I went to shanghai last year and _ it. I think its really a beautiful city. As a reporter, I think I will meet _ interesting people. I think Ill live in an apartment _ my best friends, because I dont like living _. Ill have pets. I cant have any pets now _ my mother hates them, and our apartment is too small. _ in ten years, Ill have many different pets. I might even _ a pet parrot! Ill probably go skating and swimming every day. During the week, Ill look smart, and probably will wear a suit. _ the weekend, Ill _ dress more casually. I think Ill go to Hong Kong on vacation, and one day I might even visit Australia.1.A. In B. On C. At2.A. fall in love with B.fell in love C.fell in love with3.A. a lot B.lots of C. a lots of4.A. with B. along C. on5.A. lonely B.alone C. lone6.A. but B. so C. because7.A. So B. And C. But8.A. kept B. keep C. keeping9.A. In B. During C. On10.A. be able to B. can C. is able to三阅读理解。（30分）(A)Once there lived an old man. He liked gold（金子） better than anything else in the world. He often said, “If I have enough gold, I will be the happiest man in the world.” One day when he was traveling in the desert(沙漠), the old man lost his way. He was very hungry and thirsty, but there were only rocks and sand around him. Just then, he found a bag lying on the sand. He hoped he would find water and food in it. He took up the bag and opened it. He saw that the bag was full(满的) of gold. He was so sad that he threw away the bag and began crying. Now, the old man knew that there was something better than gold in the world.（ ）1. The old man liked _ best before he traveled in the desert. A. food B. water C. gold （ ）2. When he lost his way, he wanted to get _. A. some food and water B. some rocks and sand C. bags full of gold （ ）3. What did he do with the bag? _. A. He didnt take it up B. He brought it home C. He threw it away（ ）4. The old man did not become the happiest man when he got the bag of gold because _.A. the bag was too small B. the gold wasnt his C. he was very hungry and thirsty （ ）5. In the end, the old man knew that gold was _ in the world. A. the best thing B. not the best thing C. better than anything(B)The sun is always shining. But it can only shine on one side of the earth at one time. When the sun is shining on one side of the earth, it is night on the other side. At night, you can see the stars(星星). The stars are in the sky all day. But the light from the sun is so bright that you cant see them. When night come, there is no light, and the stars are bright enough to see. The stars look very small. But some of them are even bigger than the sun. They look small because they are so far away from you. Big things look much smaller when they are far away. The sun is closer(近)to the earth than other stars, so it looks bigger. 6When it is night, the sun _ .A. doesnt shineB. shines for a short timeC. disappears(消失)D. shines on the other side of the earth7We cant see the stars in the sky at daytime(白天)because _ .A. there are no stars thereB. the stars are much smaller than the sunC. the bright light from the sun makes them not seen(被看见)D. the stars come out only at night8The stars look small because _ .A. they are far awayB. they are smallC. they have no lightD. they are in the sky9Small things may look _ when they are close. A. biggerB. smallC. nearD. far away10The sun looks bigger than other stars because _ .A. its biggerB. its far away in the skyC. it gives much bright lightD. its closer to the earth than other stars（C）Mr. Jenkins is a farmer. One day he drives his truck to town and on the way his truck knocked down a boy and hurt（弄伤） him. He takes the boy to a hospital and he pays a lot of money for that, but the boys parents want to get more money from him, so they say their son cant lift（举起） his right arm above his head.Mr. Jenkins lawyer comes and asks the boy some questions. “Now, my boy,” he says, “Mr.Jenkins truck knocks you down in the street.”“Yes, sir,” he says.“And you cant lift your right arm now?”“Yes, sir,” he says.“Could you show how high you can lift your right arm?”Slowly the boy lifts his right arm before his nose.“Poor boy,” says the lawyer, “And how high can you lift before the accident?”“Oh, I can lift it very high.” Says the boy, and