八年级下英语半期考试

1、A famous teacher was speaking to the students at our school. He began his lesson by holding up a ¥100 bill. Then he said to the three hundred students, “Who would like this ¥100 bill?” The students began to put up their hands at once.Then he said, “I am going to give this ¥100 to one

2、of you, but first, let me do this.” He then made the bill into a ball. Then he said, “Who wants it now?” The hands went back into the air.“Well,” he said, “What if I do this?” and he dropped it on the floor and stepped on it. He picked up the dirty, crumpled bill and said, “Who still wants it?” Hand

3、s went back into the air.“My friends,” he said, “you have learned a valuable lesson today. No matter (无论) what I did to the money, you still wanted it because it did not go down in value (价值). It was still worth ¥ l00!”Many times in our lives, we are dropped, crumpled, and stepped on by the cha

4、nces we take and the things that happen to us. We feel as if we are worth nothing. But remember, no matter what has happened to you, you will never lose your value: you are always valuable to those people who love you. Your value doesnt come from what you do or whom you know, but WHO YOU ARE.You are

5、 special and valuable. Dont ever forget it!根据以上短文内容，然后从每题所给的四个选项中选择最佳选项1. Even though it was dirty, the money _.A. still went up in valueB. was worth nothingC. didnt go down in valueD. was still ours2. We are always valuable to the people _.A. who pay usB. who call usC. who hate usD. who love us3. Y

6、our value doesnt come from what you do but _.A. who you knowB. who made youC. who you rememberD. who you are4. The sentence “Hands went back into the air” means “_”.A. the students put up their hands againB. the students put down their handsC. the students put their hands behind their backs againD.

7、the students put their hands in front of them5. Why did the famous teacher use a ¥100 bill at his lesson? _A. Because he wanted to make the bill into a ball.B. Because he used to drop a bill on the floor and stepped on it.C. Because he was going to give the bill to one of his students.D. Becaus

8、e he wanted to make the students know what value was.CddadK“I sometimes get up at three or four in the morning and I surf the net.”“I often check my e-mail forty times a day.”“I often spend more than three hours during one time on the net.”“I spend more time in chat rooms(聊天室) than with my real-1ife

9、 friends.”Do you know any people like these? They are part of a new addiction(瘾) called Internet addiction. Internet addicts spend at least thirty to forty hours online every week. The use of the Internet can be an addiction like drug(毒品) use. People lose control(控制) of the time they spend on the In

10、ternetFor example, one college student was missing for several days. His friends were worried, and they called the police. The police found the student in the computer lab: he was surfing the net for several days straight. Studies show that about 6 to 10% of Internet users become addicted. And peopl

11、e worry about the teens because the Internet is changing the playing field for some of them. They spend more time in cyberspace than in the real world of friends and family. Is “surfing the net” a hobby or an addiction for you? You may have a problem if you have these symptoms(症状):You do not go to i

12、mportant family activities or you do not do school work because you like to spend hours on the Internet.You cant wait for your next online time. You plan to spend a short time online, but then you spend several hours. You go out with your friends less and less.根据以上短文内容，然后从每题所给的四个选项中选择最佳选项1. What doe

13、s the beginning of the passage tell us? _A. How to become an Internet addict. B. What an Internet addict usually does.C. Where to find an Internet addict. D. Why to write this passage. 2 How does the writer describe the addicts use of Internet? _A. It is something like keeping drugs. 

14、B. It is a way of producing drugs. C. It is like taking drugs. D. It is terrible to imagine. 3. Why do people worry about the teens? _A. The teens are wasting too much money. B. They used to work on the Internet. C. The playing field of the teens will disappear. D. More and more of the teens wil1 be

15、come addicted to the Internet.4. The example in the passage shows that _.A. Internet problems are more serious among college studentsB. Internet addicts usually stay in the computer lab without sleepC. Some of the Internet users have already been seriously addictedD. The police often help to find those Interne