八年级上学期期中考试英语试题

八年级上学期期中考试英语试题姓名:_ 班级:_ 成绩:_一、单选题1 . Whose paper planes are, Lucy or Lily?AwellBbestCthe bestDbetter2 . Thank you for coming to help us. _AGood luck with you.BYoure welcome.CI think I can do it well.DThats we should do.3 . What do you think of the movie? It was ! All of us were at the 3D effect.Aamazing.amazedBamazing.amazingCamazed.amazingDamazed.amazed4 . Im sorry I went out for a smoke. I was very tired.Theres no _ for this while you are at work.AcauseBexcuseCmatterDchoice5 . _ is Gina? _ is fine.AWhat; HeBWhat; SheCHow; HeDHow; She6 . The _ you eat, the _ you will be.Amore healthily, more healthilyBmore healthily, healthierChealthier, more healthily7 . Jimmy, have youseen the Voice of China (中国好声音)? Of course. Iit last weekend.Anever; sawBever; sawCnever; have seenDever; have seen8 . Frank is sick, and he has asked me instead.AworkBworksCworkedDto work9 . Hi, Mike! Have you heard that Sharapova has returned to the court?_? She broke the rule and shouldnt be allowed（允许） to play tennis again! I dont like her any more.ACome onBTold youCSo whatDSee10 . John is outgoing boy and Mary is shy girl.Aa;aBan; anCan ; a二、完型填空完形填空: 从每小题A、B、C三个选项中，选出能填入空白处的最佳答案。Waste can be seen everywhere in the school. Some_ask for more food than they can eat, some students_to turn off the water taps after they finish washing, and others often forget to turn off the_when they leave the classroom. They say these things are cheap,_I dont agree with them.Waste can bring a lot of problems. Though China is rich in some resources, we are_of others. It is reported that we will have no coal or oil to_in 100 years. So if we go on wasting our resources,_can we use in the future and where can we move? Think about it. I think we_say no to the students who waste things every day._should stop wasting as soon as possible. If we do our best, waste can be stopped_and many natural resources can be saved.11 . ApeopleBstudentsCworkers12 . AforgetBrememberChave13 . AlightsBradioCfridge14 . AOrBandCbut15 . AsureBfullCshort16 . AmakeBuseCchoose17 . AhowBwhenCwhat18 . AcanBshouldntCshould19 . AAnybodyBEverybodyCSomebody20 . AOne dayBTwo daysCsome days三、阅读单选On a sunny day, Mother Hen is playing with her chickens on the grass. Later, they are hungry, so Mother Hen takes her children out to look for food. She nds a grain of wheat (麦子). So she asks her children to plant it in the garden. But her children are lazy and dont want to do it. Mother Hen has to do it herself. A few months later, they get a lot of wheat. She asks her children, Who would you like to take the wheat to the shop and get some our (面粉)? But her children dont want to do it. So she takes the wheat to the shop and brings the our home. After getting home, she asks, Who will make some bread with the our? They all say, Im not free. When she makes the bread, she says to her chickens, Who wants to eat the bread? I will, they all say. No, you cant. You dont want to do anything before I make the bread. You must know No pains, no gains (不劳而获). She doesnt give any bread to her children and she eats the bread herself.21 . Where are the chickens playing?AOn the grass.BIn the gardenCAt homeDIn the school22 . Who eats the bread at last?AThe chickensBMother Hen.CFather HenDThe whole family23 . What do you think of the chickens?AThey are too kind.BThey are too clever.CThey are too busy.DThey are too lazy.Hip hop or rap (说唱） music as it is also called, started on the street and in the clubs of the New York City in the 1970s . But today many countries have their own kind of hip hop music . This kind of music comes from reggae, disco and funk music . Rapping means speaking to the rhythm of the music, and it is an important part of the music . People rap to express how they feel about their lives and problems .Rapping in class.Would you like to rap in class? Well actually, hip pop music is played in more than 10,000 schools in the USA .Why ? There is a new school program called “ Flocabulary ”in which teachers use texts and hip hop CDs to help teach different school subjects . The words of the songs are just what students are studying . This makes learning easy and fun . Students and teachers are excited about thepositiveresults it has had on exam marks . One teacher said, “ Ive used hip hop songs in class, and I have never seen my students so crazy about history ! You cant imagine how well they imagine how well they remember what I teach ! We even try to write our own songs . ”Whose idea was Flocabulary?Blake Harrison, a high school student, was the first person to come up with the idea of Flocabulary . The word “ Flocabulary ” comes from the word “ flow ” and “ vocabulary ” . “ Flow ” is a rap word for “ style ”,or the way a rapper says the words of a song . “ Vocabulary ” means the words you have to learn in a language . How did he get the idea ? Well, he realized he could remember the words of a hip hop song very easily . So,why not make lessons into songs ? Today together with Alex Rappaport, a song writer, Blake produces hip hop songs for maths, science and literature (文学）. They are now used in schools with great success .24 . Rap music started _ in New York city .Ain the 1970sBIn a high schoolCin the 19 th century .DIn a music class .25 . From the passage, we can learn “ Flocabulary ” is a program to _ .AWrite rap music .BSing a song by talkingCRemember the words of a song .Dhelp teach some school subjects.26 . The underlined wordpositive in paragraph 2 most probably means _AbadBgoodCfinalDdirect27 . Blake Harrison has produced hip hop songs for school subject EXCEPT _ .AmathsBscienceChistoryDliteratureGuitar Player WantedAre you a lover of music? Can you play the guitar? Can you sing? Can you dance? Join our Sunshine Rock Band.Please call Mike at 5783-3598 or send an e-mail to Sports ClubDo you like to play table tennis? Do you want to play it well? Mr. Zhang is a good teacher. You can come here every weekday from 5: 30 p.m. to 7: 30 p.m. On the weekend it is open from 9: 00 a.m. to 8: 30 p.m.Telephone: 8662-4865Address: Room 15, Lantian HotelSwimming Coach WantedCan you swim? Do you like children? Can you teach them to swim on Sundays? Come and join us.Call Joe at 8475-5991 for more information(信息).Summer JobDo you like to talk with people? Do you like to write stories? Would you like to work for a magazine(杂志)? Then come and work as an editor.Please call Karen at 5563-1815.28 . What do the members(成员) of Sunshine Rock Band all love?ABall games.BDrawing.CSwimming.DMusic.29 . If Linda can swim and like children very much, who can she call for the job?AMike.BKaren.CJoe.DMr. Zhang.Twenty-two-year-old Timothy Doner from New York City has been able to speak 23 different languages, including some rare African ones.Timothy began his foreign language education at the age of 13. Attracted by in Israeli(以色列) musical band. Timothy listened to their album every morning. A month Later, he kept about 20 of their songs in his mind, though he didnt know what the Hebrew(希伯来语) words mean. But once he learned the translation. it was like he had a dictionary in his head.Then Timothy moved on to Arabic (阿拉伯语) which he studied every morning by reading newspapers with a dictionary and by talking to street vendors (小贩). After that he learned Persian, then Russian, then Mandarin. and about twenty others and developed a crazy low for languages.Now, Timothy is still teaching himself new languages. With the help of language books and word-learning Apps on his iPhone. He can master a language in a few weeks or months.What has Timothy got from learning so many languages? By learning languages, you are learning a lot more. You are learning about culture, everything from cooking to TV，poetry and whatever it may be. That helps you better understand the language,” he said.30 . How old is Timothy Doner?A13B20C22D2331 . The first foreign language Timothy Doner learned was AHebrewBArabicCRussianDMandarin32 . The underlined word “others” refers to .Aother newspaperBother street vendorsCother dictionariesDother foreign languages33 . According to the passage. Timothy Doner learns so many languages by _reading news papers joining in language clubslistening to foreign music using apps and dictionaries travelling around the world keeping diaries in different languagesABCD34 . From the passage, we can know Timothy Doner _.Ais good at singingBhas a dictionary in his headCcomes from AfricaDlearns a lot beyond languages四、用单词的正确形式完成句子从方框中选择合适的单词填空，使每个句子在结构、句意和逻辑上正确.they, always, plane, and, clock35 . A computer and three_ are on the table.36 . I like Tony and Robert. I like_ books, too.37 . Jack isnt at school now. He is_ late for school.38 . My Chinese name is Chen Xi, _ my English name is Julie.39 . Look at those_. They re in the sky (天空).五、单词填空首字母填空Most of the movies show our relationships and our society. Whats more important is that people love to watch highs and lows of the relationships in movies. Friendship has been the f40 . subject of movie makers for a long time. Many movies are based on lovely relationships like friendship. Friendship can be between two persons or among more than two persons. Movies based on friendship make us remember that the relationship among friends is delicate (需要小心处理的). These movies also show how important it is to have a true friend in life and to o41 . the friendship.Friendship is described in different w42 . in movies. These movies show different faces of this lovely relationship i43 . the pleasant and interesting faces .Let us discuss how friendship is described in movies.Friends share common interests:In most of the movies, it is shown that two people become friends e44 . when they share some common interests. For example, two friends may be in love with the same sports, studying in the same school or living in the same neighborhood.You can see such friendship in movies such as Harry Potter and Lord of Rings. Harry Potter has two friends. All of them are i45 . in the use of magic.Friends make sacrifices (牺牲): In most of the movies，friends make sacrifices for each other. A good example is “Sholay”. In this movie，there are two friends Jay and Veeru who are there for each other till death. Jay sacrifices his life to save his friend.Friends n46 . run away from difficulties: In movies，it is always shown that true friends always stand up for their friends in times of difficulties.六、信息匹配配对阅读。左栏是五个人物的相关信息，右栏是七个活动、节目或地点。请为每个人选择合适的活动，并将答案写在题前的括号内。66.Linda likes music. She wants to learn to play the piano.67.Tony has only 10 dollars. But he needs two pairs of socks and a hat.68.Jane wants to go to