牛津英语八年级下学期期中试题.doc

8B牛津期中英语及答案.
一. 选择填空（20分）
从下列各题后的A、B、C、D是选择最佳答案填空。
1. There are trees on ________ side of the street .
A. either B. both C. every D. all
2. The glass _______ water soon .
A. fill with B. is full with C. will be filled with D. filled with
3. One and a half apples _______ on the table .
A. are left B. is left C. leave D. left
4. Let's go to the park , ________ ?
A. will you B. do we C. shall we D. may we
5. There is ___________“r”in the word“art”.
A. a B. an C. the D. /
6. Neither you nor I ______ wrong , _______ ?
A. are , are you B. is , am I C. am , are we D. am , are you
7. The farmers are ________ in autumn .
A. the busiest B. busier C. busiest D. more busy
8. He is _______ of the two .
A. the stronger B. stronger C. the strongest D. more strong
9. Is the football ________ ?
A. Tom's and Bill's B. Tom's and Bill
C. Tom and Bill's D. Tom and Bill
10. Would you mind ________ your bike ?
A. use B. to use C. using D. used
11. It's raining heavily . But ________ of the farmers are picking up the apples ________ the trees .
A. Every , in B. None , in C. None , on D. Some , in
12. He has _________ for an hour .
A. got up B. up C. been got up D. been up
13. I don't know if he ________ if it ________ tomorrow .
A. comes , will rain B. will come , rains
C. will come , will rain D. comes , rains
14. Oh , dear ! The key ________ the door ________ in the room .
A. with , forgot B. to , is left C. by , forgot D. with , is left
15. I think the older people must be ________ politely .
A. talked about B. said with C. told about D. spoken to
16. Olympic（奥林匹克的）_________ held every four years .
A. Sports B. Matches C. Games D. Races
17. _________ we think of others , ____________ we are .
A. The more , the happier B. More , happier
C. The much , the happier D. Much , more happy
18. Macao ________ to our motherland at the end of last year .
A. has returned B. returned C. have returned D. had returned
19. It was _________ bad weather that the pilot（飞行员）could _________ fly in the sky .
A. such , hardly B. such as , / C. such a , hard D. so , be hard
20. Tom with other boys _________ to go and _______ the game .
A. want , watch B. wants , watches
C. wants , watch D. want , to watch

二. 单词拼写（10分）
根据句意及首字母，写出该词的正确形式。
1. A f______ can keep things clean and fresh .
2. In autumn the l________ from the trees fall on the ground .
3. Thursday is the f_______ day of the week .
4. S________ is good sport in winter .
5. Tom and Bill come from d________ countries .
6. Workers make all kinds of things with m_______ .
7. He went to Beijing on b________ last week .
8. There are eleven p________ in a football team .
9. A science lab has been b_______ up .
10. India has the second l________ population .

三. 动词填空（10分）
用括号中所给动词的正确形式填空。
1. Our Chinese teacher ________（be）in our school since she ________（come）here three years ago .
2. Look , the children ________（swim）in the river .
3. Have you finished _______（write）the composition（作文）?
4. You'd better ________（not talk）in class .
5. _________ the Greens ________（watch）TV at that time last night ?
6. He was heard ________（not shout）at night .
7. He said that he _______（go）to America the next week .
8. Come here at once if your handwriting ________（finish）already .

四. 看图填空（10分）
根据图示，写出与其相应的句子中的所缺的单词，每空限填一词。
1. One day Lin Feng was on the way to school . She found a wallet _________ on the ground . She picked _______ up .
2. There is much money and a calling card in it . What should she do ? She stood there and ________ hard .
3. Then she had _________ idea . She ________ the owner .
4. After that she _______ at the bus ________ .
5. Soon the owner came . Lin Feng gave it ________ her .
6. The owner was _________ and gave her one hundred yuan . But she refused the owner and left ________ .

五. 补全对话（10分）
用正确的选项完成下列对话。
提示：小明的母亲带李明到商店去买VCD。
X＝小明 M＝小明的妈妈 A＝售货员
A : 1 ?
M : Yes , we'd like to have a look at VCD .
A : OK . 2 . We've got Shin Ke , Shian Ke , Panda and also some other VCDs from foreign countries .
M : 3 ?
A : From 400 yuan to 900 yuan .
M : What kind would you like to have , Xiaoming ?
X : I learned that Panda is very good .
M : How much is it ?
A : 4 . But I think you'd better buy a cheaper one . Because DCD will be instead of VCD . What about Shin Ke ? It's less than 500 yuan .
M : 5 .
A : Certainly . If there's anything wrong , you can turn it back .
M : All right . We'll take it .
A. Is it good enough
B. Are you all right
C. About 700 yuan
D. How much are they
E. How many are they
F. Here they are
G. Can I help you
H. What do you want

六. 完成下列句子（10分）
根据汉语意思，完成英语句子，每空限填一词。
1. 我太累了不能继续工作。
I am _________ _________ to ________ ________ working .
2. 我想你不可能在字典里查到它。
I _________ ________ you are ________ to _________ it _________ in the dictionary .
3. 为什么天气正变得越来越暖？是因为空气污染。
Why _________ the weather ___________ warmer ________ warmer ? _________ of the air pollution .
4. 台湾是我国最美丽、最富有的岛屿之一。
Tai Wan is one of the _________ _________ and ________ of China .
5. 春天来了，孩子们宁愿外出不愿呆在家里。
Spring is coming , the childen _________ ________ out to ________ at home .
七. 完形填空（10分）
通读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题后的四个选项中，选择最佳答案。
Small cars may take the place of（代替）big cars in the future（将来）. There is 1 for only two people in such a car . If everyone 2 such a car , there will be less pollution 3 （污染）the air . There will also be more space for 4 cars in cities , and the streets will be less crowded . The little cars will cost 5 less . Driving will be 6 , too , as these little cars can go only 65 kilometres per hour . If big cars are still used along with the small 7 , two sets of road will be 8 in the future . Some roads will be used 9 the big , fast cars , and 10 roads will be needed for the slower small ones .

1. A. place B. space C. a room D. seat
2. A. rides B. drives C. pushes D. pulls
3. A. for B. on C. in D. at
4. A. stopping B. stop C. parking D. park
5. A. lots of B. many C. much D. more
6. A. danger B. dangerous C. safe D. safer
7. A. one B. ones C. seat D. seats
8. A. need B. needing C. needs D. needed
9. A. as B. by C. for D. in
10. A. the other B. the another C. another D. other

八. 阅读理解（20分）
阅读下面四篇短文，根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。
A
Students in many countries are learning English . Some of these students are small children . Others are teen-agers . Many are adults（成年人）. Some learn at school , others by themselves . A few learn English by learning the language over the radio , on TV , or in film . One must work hard to learn another language .
Why do all these people want to learn English ? It is difficult to answer this question . Many boys and girls learn English at school because it is one of their subjects required for study . They study their own language and maths and English : Some people learn it because it is useful for their work . Many people learn English for their work . Many people learn English for their higher studies , because at college（学院）or university（大学）some of their books are in English . Other people learn English because they want to read newspapers or magazines in English .

1. People learn English _______ .
A. at school B. over the radio C. on TV D. not all in the same way
2. Different kinds of people want to learn English _________ .
A. together with other subjects B. for different reasons
C. for their work D. for higher studies at colleges
3. From this passage we know that ________ .
A. we can learn English easily B. English is very difficult to learn
C. English is learned by most people in the world
D. English is a useful language but one must work hard to learn
4. Which of the following is right ? ___________ .
A. We don't need to learn any foreign languages
B. We can do well in all our work without English
C. English is the most important subject in schools
D. We should learn English because we need to face the world
5. Why do you study English ?
______________________ .
B
“If you want to see a thing well , reach out and touch it !”
That may seem a strange thing to say . But touching things can help you to see them better .
Your eyes can tell you that glass ball is round . But by holding it in your hands , you can feel how smooth（光滑的）and cool the ball is . You can feel how heavy the glass is .
When you feel all these about the ball , you really see it .
With your skin（皮肤）, you can feel better . For example , your fingers can tell the difference between two coins in your pocket . You can feel a little drop of water on the back of your hand , too .
You can even feel sounds against your skin . Have you ever wanted to know why some people like very lound music ? They must like to feel the sounds of music .
All children soon learn what“Don't touch !”means . They hear it often . Yet（然而）most of us keep on touching things as we grow up . In shops , we touch things we might buy , such as food , clothes and so on . To see something well , we have to touch it .
The bottoms（底部）of our feet can feel things , too . You know this when you walk on warm sand , cool grass or a bad floor . All feel different under your feet .
There are ways of learning to see well by feeling .
One way is to close your eyes and try to feel everything that is touching your skin . Feel the shoes on your feet , the clothes on your body , the air on your skin . At first , it is not easy to feel these things . You are too used to them !
Most museums are just for looking . But today some museums have some things to touch . Their signs say ,“Do touch ! There you can feel every thing on show .
If you want to see better , reach out and touch . Then you'll really see !”

6. By touching things ________ .
A. you will have a strange feeling
B. you will learn how to reach out
C. you can tell the difference between them
D. you can tell what colours they are
7. Which of the following can be the best title of the story ?
A. Touching by Feeling B. To See or to Feel
C. To See Better Feel D. Ways of Feeling
8. When people buy things in shops , they often _________ .
A. try them on first B. put their right hand on them
C. just have a look D. feel and touch them
9. Why does it say ,“At first , it is not easy to feel there things ?”
A. The things are used by people , too .
B. People are used to the things .
C. People know how to use the things .
D. The things are easy to feel .
10. Which of the following is true ?
A. Touching can help people learn things better .
B. Our feet , fingers , hands and skin can help us enjoy music .
C. People have to learn to see by feeling as they grow up .
D. Visitors cannot feel the things on show in some museums .

C
Mark Twain , as you know , was famous in his day as a public speaker . In his public speeches he always liked to tell funny（可笑的）stories . He also liked to listen to funny stories and to play jokes on his friends . One day one of his friends lost his wallet and asked Mark Twain to his train fare（费用）for him .
“But I don't have enough money to pay both your fare and mine ,”Mark Twain said . The friend did not know what to do .
“We can do this ,”said Mark Twain .“We can get on the train and when the conductor comes to check the tickets , you can hide under my seat .”
Later , however , when the conductor came to check the tickets , Mark Twain gave him two tickets－one for his friend and one for himself . Then he explained in a loud voice .
“My friend here is a strange man . When he travels on a train , he doesn't like to sit on the seat . He prefers to lie on the floor under the seat .”Of course everyone on the train looked at the poor friend and laughed at him loudly .

11. The friend asked Mark Twain to buy a ticket for him because _________ .
A. his wallet was stolen
B. his money was lost
C. he was too poor to buy one
12. Mark Twain told his friend he couldn't buy him a ticket because ________ .
A. he wanted to play a Joke on him
B. he didn't have enough money
C. he didn't find his wallet , either
13. When the conductor came to check the tickets , the friend ________ .
A. was standing nearby
B. was lying on the seat
C. was lying under the seat
14. Mark Twin spoke in a lound voice because ________ .
A. he wanted all the people in his car to know there was a man under the seat
B. the conductor was standing far away
C. he enjoyed doing so
15. Which of the following sentences is true ? _________ .
A. The friend didn't know Mark Twain had bought a ticket for him
B. Both Mark Twain and his friend got on the train without a ticket
C. The conductor didn't check their tickets

D
Young people are often unhappy when they are with their parents . They say that their parents don't understand them . They often think their parents are too strict with them , and they are never given a free hand .
Parents often find it difficult to win their children's trust（信任）and they seem to forget how they themselves felt when they were young .
For example , young people like to do things without much thinking . It's one of their ways to show that they grow up and they can do with any difficult things . older people worry more easily . Most of them plan（计划）things ahead and don?/FONT>t like their plans to be changed .
When you want your parents to let you do something , you will have better success（成功）if you ask before you really start doing it .
Young people often make their parents angry by clothes they want , the music they enjoy and something else . But they don't mean to cause（引起）any trouble . They just feel that in this way they can be cut off from the old people's world and they want to make a new culture（文化）of their own . And if their parents don't like their music or clothes or their manner of speech , the young people feel very unhappy .
Sometimes you even don't want your parents to say ,“Yes”to what you do . You want to stay at home alone and do what you like .
If you plan to control（控制）your life , you'd better win your parents over and try to get them to understand you . If your parents see that you have high sense of responsibility（责任感）, they will certainly give you the right to do what you want to do .

根据短文内容判断下列各句正（T）误（F）。
16. When young people are with their parents , they don't feel pleased .
17. What young people think is different from what older people do .
18. What young people do is to make their parents unhappy .
19. When children grow up , they hope to let them do everything alone .
20. If you try to get your parents to understand you , you must do well in everything .

参考答案
听力部分略
笔试部分
一. 1－5 ACBCB 6－10 CAACC
11－15 DDBBD 16－20 CABAC
二. 1. fridge 2. leaves 3. fifth 4. Skating
5. different 6. machines 7. business 8. players
9. built 10. largest
三. 1. has been , came 2. are swimming 3. writing
4. not talk 5. Were , watching 6. not to shout
7. would go 8. has been finished
四. 1. lying , it 2. thought 3. an , called
4. waited ,