外研版八年级上册英语期中试题

1、英 语 试 卷第I卷 （选择题 ， 共45分）一、单项填空（共l5小题；每小题l分，满分l5分）1. My father often _ newspapers in the evening A. look at B. watches C. sees D. reads 2. We bought some beautiful flowers for our mother. _, she doesnt like them.A. But B. So C. However D. And3. -Wheres your homework? -Oh, I _ it at home. A. forget B r

2、emember C left D. bring4. Can you give me some _? A. advice B. advices C. advise. D. piece of advice5. When the teacher came in, the students_ about the film. A. are talking B. were talking C. talked D. talk6. -What else do you need, Mum? -_ else, I think. Weve got everything ready.A. Something B. A

3、nything C. Nothing D. Everything 7. -Wheres your father? -He _ to work. A. has gone B. went C. has been D. will go8. Jim has never been to Japan, _? A. was heB. has heC. didnt heD. has not he 9. -_ do you have an English party? -Once a month.A. How old B. How far C. How often D. How long10. Its bad

4、for you, _ do it again.A. dont try B. try not C. try not to D. dont try to11.-How about _ for walks after dinner? -Thats a good idea. A. go B. to go C. going D. goes 12. I _ this English book since I came to Donge Middle School. A. have bought B. bought C. have had D. buy13. She _ the waiter ten dol

5、lars for lunch. A. spent B. cost C.took D. paid14. We have learned English _ six years ago. A. since B. for C. on D. at 15. -Have you finished your work _? -Yes, I have. Ive _ finished it.A. yet; already B. already; yet C. just; already D. already; yet二、阅读理解 第一节（共15个小题；每小题2分，满分30分） AAir is all aroun

6、d us. At the time we are born，air is around us everywhere. We live in airAll living things need air. Living things can not live without air. We can live without food or water for a few days, but we cant live a few minutes without air. When we are working, we need more air. When we are sleeping, we n

7、eed less airWe live in air but we can not see itWe can only feel it. We can feel it when it is movingMoving air is called windHow can you make air move? Here is one wayTake an open book in your hands in front of your face. Close it quickly. What can you feel? It is air1. Where is air?A. Its on the t

8、ableB. Its all around usC. Its near usD. Its not here2. What do all living thing need?A. WindB. ClothesC. AirD. Food3. Moving air is called_A. wind B. rain C. snow D. cloud4. When do we need more air?A. SleepingB. SittingC. Working D. Standing5. What does the word “less” in the passage mean?A.较少B.少量

9、C.大量D.更多BHave you ever seen this photo? The girl in the photo named Su Mingjuan is known as Big Eyes. The photo was taken in 1991 when she was seven, by a press photographer(摄影记者) called Xie Hailong. The photo shows Su at her desk with a pencil in the hand in a primary school. It made a strong impac

10、t（影响) and caused more support for Project Hope. Su Mingjuan comes from Anhui Province. Her family was so poor that she could hardly go to school. With the help of Project Hope， she was able to go on studying. She studied very hard and did quite well in her lessons. In 2002 she passed the National Co

11、llege Entrance Examination（高考). And she went to study financial (金融的) science at Anhui University（大学). Now she works in a bank (银行). Su Mingjuan is lucky. Project Hope changed her life.6. The photo was taken when Su Mingjuan was _.A. at school B. at home C. in the field D. in the street7. Xie Hailon

12、g is a_.A. teacher B. photographer C. doctor D. farmer8. Su Mingjuan passed the National College Entrance Examination at_.A. 17 B. 18 C. 19 D. 209. Which of the following is TRUE ? A. Su is studying at a university now. B. Su is known because she is a beautiful girl.C. Su is so poor that she can go

13、to school D. Its Project Hope that has changed her life10. This passage mainly tells us_.A. a story of a beautiful girl B. How unlucky the girl isC. how Project Hope helps poor children D. an excellent photographer C Thomas wrote a play for television about a family from India. The play was interest

14、ing and an American TV company bought it. It invited Thomas to go to New York to help them. Thomas lived in Washington. It is an hour away from New York by air. The plane took off at 8:30 in the morning, so Thomas decided to be at the airport at about 7:30. So he asked a taxi driver to pick him up a

15、t 6:30 and went to bed. When he woke up, he felt something was wrong. He looked at the clock. It was ten. He was late for the plane. Then he turned on the radio. “A plane to New York crashed shortly after taking off this morning. Flight number is 1554” Thomas suddenly turned pale. “My plane,” he sai

16、d. If I hadnt been late, Id have been on the plane.”11. Thomas may be a writer from_.A. England B. India C. America D. Australia12. Thomas wanted to take a taxi at _.A. 6:00 B. 6:30 C. 7:30 D. 8:3013. When he turned on the radio, he heard that_.A. he missed the plane B. the plane was lateC. the plan

17、e was cancelled (取消) D. the plane was crashed14. The plane crashed while flying towards _.A. New York B. Washington C. England D. India15. What can we learn from the story? _A. Thomas was unlucky because he didnt get on the plane.B. Thomas didnt take the plane so he was clever.C. Sometimes bad thing

18、s can change into good things.D. Thomas didnt wake up until ten past twelve.第II卷 （非选择题 共55分）阅读理解 第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分） 阅读下面材料，根据其内容完成后面各项任务。 Nick Petrella is a doctor in Montreal. He works 60 hours a week. He takes care of lots of patients every week in the hospital. He has been a doctor for ten yea

19、rs. Dr Petrella gives his patients good medical advice. He not only tells them what to do, but also sings to them on TV. Dr. Petrella has his own TV show. The doctor starts the show with a song and then gives medical advice. He explains（解释）a medical problem and then sings another song. The show is v

20、ery popular with his patients and people who enjoy his singing. Some people tell Dr. Petrella he can help people more as a doctor. Dr. Petrella says he helps people when he sings, too. “I like to make people smile. Sometimes its hard to make a sick person smile. Medicine and songs both try to do the

21、 same thing. They try to make people feel good.” 1. What does he do every week in the hospital? _2. How long has Dr. Petrella been a doctor? _3. Who likes his show? _4. Does Dr. Petrella help people when he sings? _5. 翻译画线句子。_ 三、补全单词（共10小题；每小题1.5分， 满分15分）阅读下面短文，根据内容补全单词，首字母已经给出Scientists think that

22、there has b_ _ life on Earth for m_ _ of years. However, we havent found life on other p_ yet. The earth is a planet and it g_ _ around the Sun. Seven other planets also go around the Sun but n_ _ of them has life. The Sun and its planets are c_ _ the solar system. It is a small part of our galaxy.

23、Scientists have d_ _many other galaxies in the universe. They are a long way away and their light has t_ _ for many years to reach us. It is hard to understand how large the universe is. Scientists have sent lots of spacecrafts to look at other planets in our solar system, and some spacecraft have gone b_ _ the solar system. However, no one has discovered any life in s_ _ yet. 四、补全对话（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分） 根据对话内容，在每个标有题号的空白处填入一个适当的句子，使对话完整，合乎情景。A: You like listening to music, _?B: Yes, I am very interested in music.A: _B: Classical