八年级英语下册期中试卷

1、2010-2011年度八年级英语第二学期期中试卷i听力。 (i) 听句子，选择正确的答案。1. a. itll be saturday. b. itll be windy. c. itll be october.2. a. i was taking a shower. b. she was playing the piano. c. he was watching tv.3. a. you could go to the lost and found. b. you should pay for it. c. you should be friendly.4. a. he will be pl

2、eased. b. he will take them away. c. he will give you a surprise.5. a. what a pity! b. im sorry to hear that. c. really? youre lucky.(ii) 听对话，选择最佳答案。6. what does the physics teacher think of the boy? a. he is hard-working. b. he is good at physics. c. he is lazy.7. what does the woman think of the b

3、rown hat? a. it is in style. b. its too expensive. c. its out of style.8. whats the date today? a. june 14th b. june 15th c. july 15th9. what was susan doing when mr. zhang came into the classroom? a. she was doing her homework. b. she was reading english. c. she was listening to music.10. how much

4、does the man spend on the notebooks? a. twelve yuan b. eight yuan c. ten yuan(iii) 听短文，选择最佳答案。短文读两遍。11. who wants a room to live in?a. smith r. david. b. david r. smith. c. r. david smith.12. when will he begin to study at fudan university? a. in february. b. in july c. in september.13. what kind of

5、 room does he need? a. a single room. b. an expensive room. c. a double room.14. how much would he like to pay for the room every month? a. ￥530 b. ￥515 c. ￥35015. whats his e-mail address? a. . b.. c. .ii.单项选择16、we will try our best to do the work with

6、_ money and _ people.afew;，little b。a few，a little c。less，fewer d。fewer，less17. _ a teacher，she loves the children.aas blike cfor dbe18. we _ have robots in our homes in twenty years.awill be able to bwill able to ccould dwere able to19you shouldnt _here. the baby_. aplay，is sleeping bto play, is sl

7、eeping cplays，sleeps d play，sleeping 20. i have got_ to pay for a taxi. aenough money bmoney enougnly cenough moneys dmoneys enough21._ in my class was invited_ me,soididnt go there. a. everyone else, besides belse everyone, except cother everyone, besides d. everyone else, except22last time you_ th

8、e umbrella at schooltoday you mustnt _ it anymore. aforgot，leave bleft， leave cforgot，forget dleft，forget23_ will the foreign students be back from shanghai.in two days.a. how often bhow soon chow far dhow fast24where were you _we were looking for you yesterday.athat bwhile cat dwhere25. we were ver

9、y _ that jim didnt pass the exam. he is a top student in our clss. asurprise bsurprised c surprising dsurprises26what _ to tom last night? ahappened bwas happened cis happening dto happen27father_ a newspaper when mother_ . awas reading, returned bwas looking, returned cwas seeing, was returning dre

10、ading, returned28she_ she_ a party for her sister the next week. asays, were having bsaid, had csays, had dsaid, was having29. excuse me. could you tell me_? certainly.its over there along the street on the left. athe peoples park where is b. where is the peoples park c. the peoples park is where d.

11、 where the peoples park is30i found _ to make everyone pleased with me.athat difficult b. it be difficult cthat be difficult d it difficult31the soap opera“young lives” is_we are all_ in it.ainteresting， interesting binterested, interested cinteresting, interested d interestedinteresting32i wont go

12、if it _ tomorrow. arain bis raining crains dwill rain33it took me two hours_ my homework last night. ato finish bfinishing cfinish dfor finishing34they have a hard time_ who are their real friends.aknowing bto know cknow dknew35 do you get _ well_ your neighbors? yes,we do. aon, with bin, with cin,

13、to don, to iii完形填空。asomeone says, “time is money.” but i think time is 36important than money. why? because when money is spent, we can get it back. however, when time is 37 itll never 38 thats 39we mustnt waste timeit goes without saying that the 40 is usually limited（有限的）. even a second is very im

14、portant. we should make full use of our time to do 41 useful. but it is a pity that there are a lot of people who do not know the importance of time. they spent their limited time smoking, drinking and42. they do not know that wasting time means wasting part of their own43. in a word, we should save

15、 time. we shouldnt 44todays work for tomorrow. remember we have no time to45.36. a. much b. less c. much less d. even more37. a. cost b. bought c finished d. gone38. a. carry b. return c. take d. bring39. a. what b. that c. because d. why40. a. money b. time c. day d. food41. a. nothing b.anything c

16、 something d.everything42.a.reading b. playing c. writing d.working43.a.time b. life cmoney d. food44.a.stop b.leave c.let d.give45.a.lose b.save c.spend d.takebnot long ago, there was a story in russia about zhoya and shula. they were sister and brother. they were in46 same class of a middle school

17、. they studied hard. they were47strict 48 themselves. their homework was given the day before. shula was clever. he had done his homework earlier. but zhouya hadnt yet. the next afternoon she went on doing hers. shula thought his sister maybe couldnt finish some of the exercises. so he put his exerc

18、ise-book with answers on his sisters desk before zhoya came in the classroom, and went out quietly to play. a few minutes later, zhoya came in and saw her brothers exercise-book on her desk. but she had never looked at it all. she sat on her seat, thinking and thinking. five minutes, ten minutes, ha

19、lf an hour had 49 . an hour and a half 50 , she worked out all problem at last and handed it in on time that afternoon. how happy she was! “why not copy my key down in 51 , sister?” asked shula with a smile. “no, i didnt. i must use my head and try my 52 to 53 all by myself. im sure, i can 54 a way.

20、 i dont like to be lazy in 55 homework,” answered zhoya.46. a. ab. an c. thed. /47. a.neitherb. either c. bothd. all48. a. onb. with c. ind. at49. a. pastb. passed c.pass d. pasted50.a. laterb. late c. latterlyd. lately51.a. you b.your c. mine d. yours52.a.best b. betterc. goodd. well53.a. work them

21、 outb. work out themc. work them offd. work off them54.a. find b.look forc. found d. looked for55.a. doingb. to doc. done d. doiv补全对话a: what were you doing at eight yesterday evening?b: i was helping my mom clean the floor._56_a: i was surfing the internet.b: _57_ .you look tired.a: no, i went to be

22、d early, but i had a terrible dream at night.b: really? thats too bad._58_a: in my dream,i was working on a math test, but i couldnt answer any of the questions._59_b: what happened then?a: i woke up and felt very tired.b: _60_a: did you surf it late?b: what did you do?c: i was very worried.d: what

23、a bad night!e: when did you wake up?f: what did you dream of?g: how about you?56_ 57 _ 58_ 59 _ 60_v阅读理解阅读下列短文，然后从每小题a、b、c、d四个选项中选出能回答所提问题或完成所给句子的最佳答案。aexperts say that students usually need eight to ten hours sleep at night, but more chinese students do not get enough sleep. some chinese parents ar

24、e usually glad to see their children studying late. they will think their children work very hard. but not all parents are happy about this. once a mother told us that every morning her 10-year-old boy put up one finger with his eyes still closed ,begging(央求) for one more minute to sleep . like thou

25、sands of student early birds in china, he has to get up before six every morning.a report shows that a good nights sleep , students seem to be weaker than they should be. many students have fallen asleep during class at one time or another. too much homework is not the only reason why students stay

26、up late . some watch tv or play the computer games late into the night.experts have ever said that students should develop good study habits. so some clever students never study late, they are able to work well in class.61. the 10-year-old boy begged for one more minute to sleep because_.a. he didnt

27、 have enough sleepb. it wasnt time for him to get upc. he didnt want to go to schoold. he wanted his mother to wake him up62. in this passage early birds means persons who _.a. get up earlyb. get up latec. sleep lessd. dont want to sleep63. from the passage we know if students dont get enough sleep

28、, they may _.a. become too weak to sleepb. not work well in classc. go to bed early d. be weak in english64.stay up late here means _.a. study lateb. not go to bed until latec. watch tv late.d. stay outside65. according to the passage. which of the following is right?a. if you want to study better,

29、you must work hardb. some clever students are able to work well in class because they have good study habits.c. sleeping less means working hardd. students dont have enough sleep only because they have a lot of homework to do. bas teenagers, you have many dreams. these dreams can be very big, such a

30、s winning the nobel prize, or they can be small. you may just want to become one of the ten best students in your class.once you find a dream, what do you do with it? do you ever try to make your dream real? “ follow your heart” by australian writer andrews tells us that making our dreams real is li

31、fes biggest challenge.you may think youre not very good at some school subjects, or that it is impossible for you to become a writer. these kinds of thoughts stop you from getting your dream, the book says. in fact, everyone can make his dream come true. the first thing you must do is to remember wh

32、at your dream is.dont let it leave your heart. keep telling yourself what you want. do this step by step and your dream will come true faster because a big dream is, in fact, many small dreams.you must also never give up your dream. there will be difficulties on the road to your dreams. but the bigg

33、est difficulty comes from yourself. you need to decide what is the most important. studying instead of watching tv will lead to better exam results, while saving five yuan instead of buying an ice cream means you can buy a new book. as you get closer to your dream, it may change a little. this is go

34、od as you have the chance to learn more skills and find new interests.66. “follow your heart” is _. a. the first thing you must do to make your dream real b. the most important dream to have for teenagers c. the name of a famous australian writer d. the name of a book by andrew matthews67. if you wa

35、nt to make your dream real, you should _. a. try to start with all the things aboveb. keep telling yourself what you want c. never be afraid of the big difficulties d. remember what your dream is first 68. from the text, we know the word “challenge” means _. a. 变化 b. 决定 c. 挑战 d. 态度69. according to t

36、he passage, a big dream is_. a. a special dream b. not real c. many small dreams d. nothing but a mistake. 70. what is the best title for the text? a.never stop dreaming of success.b. how to find your real dream. c. keep your dream in your mind. d. teenagers have many dreams. ca good way to pass an

37、exam is to work hard every day in a year. you may fail in an exam if you are lazy for most of the year and then work hard only a few days before the exam. if you want to be good at english, you have to read stories in english and speak english as much as possible .a few days before the exam you shou

38、ld go to bed early. do not stay up late for the exam. before you start the exam, read carefully over the question paper, try to understand the exact meaning of each question. when you at last finish your exam, read over your answers. correct the mistakes if there are any and be sure that you dont mi

39、ss anything out（落下）.71. if you want to do well in an exam, you have to work hard_.a. for most of the month b. every day of the yearc. for only a few days d. late at night72. if you want to learn english well, you_.a. only need to learn grammar b. must often practice englishc. have to go to england d

40、. should go to bed early73. its important to _a few days before the exam.a. play too much b. have a good sleepingc. read the questions papers d. have a good drink 74. when you finish the exam, you should_ _.a. stand up and leave the classroom at onceb. check your answers with the other students in c

41、lassc. ask the teacher for the right answers in classd. correct the mistakes if there are any and be sure that you dont miss anything out（落下）.75. the best title for this passage is _.a. an important exam b. get ready for an examc. the importance of english. d. how to pass an examdjapanese students w

42、ork very hard, but many are unhappy. they feel heavy pressure from their parents to do well in school. most students are always being told by their parents to study harder so that they can have a wonderful life. though this may be a good idea for those very smart students, it can have terrible resul

43、ts for many students because they are not talented enough.as it is reported, a number of students killed themselves. others try to get the feelings of taking drugs(毒品). some join the groups of troublemakers and turn to crime(犯罪). many of them have tried very hard at school but have failed in the exa

44、ms and have their parents lose hopes. such students felt that they are hated by everyone else they meet and they dont want to go to school any longer. it is surprising that though most japanese parents are worried about their children, they do not help them in any ways .many parents feel that they a

45、re not able to help their children and it is the teachers work to help their children. to make matter worse, a lot of parents send their children to those school opening in the evenings and on weekends they only help students to pass exams and never teach students any real sense of the world. it is

46、a great surprise that almost three quarters of middle school students have been to such kind of schools. many japanese schools usually have rules about everything from the students hair to their clothes and the things in their bags. child psychologists (儿童心理学家)now think that such strict rules are ha

47、rmful (有害的)to the feelings of the students. almost 40% of the students said that no one had taught them how to get on with others, how to tell right from wrong, how to show love for others, even for their parents.76. japanese students work very hard, but many area. unhappy b. happy c. excited d. luc

48、ky77. why do the japanese students feel unhappy?a. because their parents want them to do well in school, it give them much pressure. b. because their parents give them little pressurec. because they cant do well in their schoolwork. d. because they dont work hard enough 78. their parents want them t

49、o study hard because _ a. they want their kids to have a wonderful life in the future. b. their parents want to have a wonderful life c. they cant do well in their own work. d. the kids wants to have a wonderful life.79. who do the parents think should help the kids when they cant do well in school work? a. teachers. b. parents. c. someone else. d. their classmates.80. what do child psychol