八年级英语上期中试卷.doc

八年级英语上期中试卷
二、单项选择（20分）
1. How could he _______?
A. makes you laugh B. make you laugh C.makes you laughing D. make you laughing
2. Whose room is ______,Kate, Millie’s or Betty’s?
A. bigger B. the bigger C. the best D. best
3. ______of the two books is interesting.
A. None B. Neither C. All D. Both
4. What are you talking ____?
A to B with C about D /
5. I really don’t know_____my father will come back..
A. how long B. how soon C. how far D. how much
6. We saw ______ elephant in the zoo. ______ elephant was from India.
A. a; The B. the; An C. an; The D. the; A
7. Wang Fang is______ of the five basketball players, but she plays very well.
A. thinner B. thinnest C. the thinnest D. very thin
8. He tries to spend as much time as he can ____ Chinese well.
A to study B studies C studying D study
9. My brother is so fat ______ too much food and little exercise.
A. like B. that C. because D. because of
10. Peter is friendly. He never ______ a bad word about anyone.
A. speaks B. tells C. talks D. says
11. It’s wrong to ______ dirty water into the river.
A. throw B. take C. pour D. rush
12. All the people should do their best ______ the work.
A. to finish B. finish C. finished D. finishing
13. What kind of food is______ , Chinese food, Japanese food or the western food?
A. most delicious B. more delicious C. the most delicious D. the more delicious
14. Listen! Can you hear the boy ______ in the next room?
A. to sing B. sings C. sang D. singing
15. I’m 1.70 metres. Yao Ming is 2.27 metres. I am ______ Yao Ming.
A. as tall as B. taller than C. not as all as D. so tall as
16. There is ____ river in my hometown.
A.two--metre--deep B .a two--metre--deep C. two metres deep D. a two metres deep
17. Beijing is bigger than _____in Jiangsu.
A. any other city B. any city C. any other cities D. other cities
18. They don’t know what ______yesterday.
A. did he happen B. he happened C.happened to him D. happened to he
19. Mr Wang is an _____man.. He is_____ in telling jokes.
A. interesting , interested B. interested, interesting
C. interesting , interesting D. interested, interested
20. ______ bad weather it is!
A. What B. What a C. How a D. How
三、完形填空（10分）
December 21st is my grandma’s birthday. I’ll go back to my hometown 1 my parents. Yesterday evening our family 2 the presents for my grandma.
“ 3 can we buy for my grandma’s birthday?” I asked.
“We can buy her a big suit,” said my mother.
“My sister 4 me yesterday. She said she would buy clothes for my mother,” said Father.
“We can buy her a big 5 and some vegetables.” I said.
“My brother, your uncle, told me he would prepare the birthday 6 .” my father said to me.
“Can we buy something 7 ?” asked my father.
We thought 8 . At last I shouted, “I know. We can buy 9 some Wahaha!”
“Wahaha?” asked my father. “Why?” “Grandma is 10 . She lost some of her teeth. If we buy her some Wahaha, she will drink it and get all the calcium(钙) she needs.”
( )1. A. and B. with C. for D. at
( )2. A. looked for B. talked about C. found D. heard from
( )3. A. Where B. Which C. How D. What
( )4. A. called B. took C. said D. made
( )5. A. pear B. apple C. cake D. orange
( )6. A. suit B. dinner C. present D. dress
( )7. A. others B. another C. other D. else
( )8. A. hard B. of C. about D. over
( )9. A. she B. hers C. her D. us
( )10. A. strong B. old C. tall D. thin
四、阅读理解（40分）
A
A man has a cat. He likes her very much. At mealtime the cat sits at the table with him. The man eats with a knife and a fork, but the cat eats from her plate. Sometimes, when she finishes her dish, her master will give her a bit of his food. He shares his meal with her. One day the cat is not at the table at mealtime.
“Ah! Where is my cat?” asks the man..His wife says, “Can’t you eat without her?”
So the meal begins without the cat. Before lunch is over, the cat rushes into the room and jumps into the chair quickly. She has two mice in her mouth, and before anyone can stop her, she drops(扔下) one into her own plate, and the other into her master’s plate.
“Dear me!” cries the woman, “A mouse is in your plate!”
“Hush(安静)!” says her husband. “This shows that she is a nice cat. She knows what friendship(友谊) is. She wishes me to share her dinner as I often share mine with her.
根据短文内容，判断正误，正确（T），错误（F）。
( )1. The master loves his cat very much.
( )2. The cat always shares her food with her master.
( )3. One day the cat is not at the table at mealtime.
( )4. The cat hurries(匆忙) home with two mice in her mouth when the master and his wife are having lunch.
( )5. The story tells us the cat also loves her master.
B
My name is Max. I am twelve years old. I have many friends. Most of them are as old as I. Some are older. Some are younger.
My best friend is Bill. He lives near me. We go to the same school and we are in the same class. Bill helps me with my maths homework. I help him with his English homework..Bill is taller than me. He is quite fat. He doesn’t like sports, so he doesn’t get much exercise. We both have black eyes, but Bill’s hair is longer. I like sports and I play football or go swimming every day. Every Sunday morning Bill and I play computer games. Sometimes I win. Sometimes he wins.
( )6. The main idea(主题) of the text is ________ .
A. Max has many friends B. Max and Bill go to the same school
C. Max and Bill are best friends D. Max and Bill like the same things
( )7. Most of Max’s friends are ________ .
A. twelve years old B. older than Max
C. younger than Max D. thirteen years old
( )8. Max and Bill live _________ .
A. near each other B. in different towns
C. in the same house D. in the school
( )9. Max helps Bill with __________ .
A. his maths homework B. his English homework
C. His sports lessons D. His computer lessons
( )10. Max and Bill both like to___________ .
A.swim B.play football C.play computer games D.play sports
C
Mr. Lewis was a dance teacher. He was a nice man and always had a lot of students. One year he moved to a new town, and was soon teaching many students in the dance school there, but he decided to move again to a big city. He would have more work there.
When one of his students heard that he was going to leave, she said to him, “The new teacher won’t be as good as you are.” Mr. Lewis was happy when he heard this, but he said, “Oh no. I’m sure he’ll be as good as I am ---- or even better.”The student said, “No. Five teachers have come and gone while I’ve been here, and each new one was worse than the last.”
( )11. ______ came to learn dancing from Mr. Lewis.
A few students B. Few students C. Many students D. No students
( )12. Mr. Lewis wanted to move to a big city because _______
A.he hated the small town
B.he couldn’t make a living in the small town
C.it would be easy for him to have more work in the city
D.it made him spend more money in the town
( )13. The student thought that _______
A. Mr. Lewis was a good teacher B. Mr. Lewis was the best teacher
C. Mr. Lewis was worse than the last D. Mr. Lewis would be worse than the last
( )14. Before Mr. Lewis ______ teachers came to the town to teach dancing
A. three B. four C. five D. six
( )15. From the story we can conclude（推论） that the student wished _____
A. to have a better teacher B. to have a worse teacher
C. to become a dance teacher D. to see the sixth teacher
D
Once there was a little girl in a village. She spent summers on her grandfather’s farm. The year she was four, she knew some ducks. The ducks were white with orange feet. They lived in a little wooden house near the road. The little girl liked these ducks very much.
Every day they walked down the road to the pond（池塘）. The ducks went into the water. The little girl sat on the bank（岸） and saw them swimming in the pond. The little talked to the ducks and they quacked（嘎嘎叫）back.
Then one day the ducks were gone. No one would say anything about them. The little was afraid to ask where they were. One night everyone sat down for dinner. The food looked a little like chicken. The girl didn’t want to eat. Can you guess why?
( )16. The story is mainly about _______.
A. eating chicken B. sitting by the pond
C. living on a farm D. ducks and a little girl
( )17. The ducks were _____________.
A. yellow and orange B. yellow and white
C. white and orange feet D. white and black
( )18. First the little girl _________.
A. didn’t eat B. sat on the bank
C. walked to the pond D. talked to the ducks
( )19. At the end of the story, the ducks were probably ______
A. under the water B. on the plate
C. in the wooden house D. swimming in the pond
( )20. The little girl didn’t eat because ______
A. she wanted nice cakes B. the food was ducks
C. the food was too hot D. the plate was empty
五、用所给词的适当形式填空 （10分）
1. You should clean your room ________ (one) a day.
2. There _______ (be ) two films tomorrow.
3. Her mother is busy _______ (look) after the rabbit.
4. He is looking _______ (happy) at that photo now.
5. Alice is the _______ (pretty) of all the girls.
6. More and more _______(visit) are coming to visit China.
7. Kate is _______ (clever) of the two girls.
8. He is a _______ (think) man.He plans everything carefully.
9. Dad told us _______ (not watch) TV too much.
10. I don’t like ice cream because I always feel _______ (comfortable) after having it..
六、根据句后要求转换句型 （10分）
1. You shouldn’t frighten the baby.(祈使句)
_______________ the baby.
2. Millie, which, should, to, first, do, decide(连词成句)　
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 .
3. It is a very busy day.(感叹句)
_________a ________________ it is!
4. He made the man angry. （对划线部分提问）
______________ he ______ the man?
5. Daniel looked tired after school .(一般疑问句)
________Daniel _______ tired after school?
七、根据汉语完成句子（20分）
1. 让孩子们远离电脑游戏。
　 Keep children __ computer games.
2. 我想将来环游世界。
　 I want to 　 ___ in the future.
3. 我听说他们到达动物园有困难。
I hear they the zoo.
4. 潜水和野营一样危险吗？
Is diving camping?
5. 埃米经常给我提建议。
Amy often .
6. 你能帮助他解决这个问题吗？
Can you help him ?
7. 他妹妹脸上总是带着微笑。
His sister is always ______________________________ her face.
8. May有齐肩的直发。
May has hair.
９. 在动物园看到这么多动物我感到很惊讶。
Ｉwas surpried to see _______________________ in the park.
10.为使我们的国家更美我们努力工作。
We work hard to make ___________________________.
八、缺词填空（10分）
Jack worked in an office in a small town. One day his boss(老板) said to him, “Jack, I w_______ you to go to Manchester (曼彻斯特) to an office there, to see Mr. Brown. H_____ is the address(地址).” Jack went to Manchester. When he walked out of the railway station , he t_______, “The office isn’t far f _____ the station. I’ll find it easily.” But after an hour he was s______ looking for it, so he s______ and asked an old woman. She said, “Go down this street, turn to the left at the end, and it’s the second building on the right.” Jack went and found it.A few days l____he went to the same city, but a______ he didn’t find the office, so he asked someone the way, It was the same old woman! She was very s _____and said, “Are you still looking for that p_________?”
九、书面表达（10分）
校刊要求每位同学写一篇短文介绍自己最要好的朋友，请以“My best friend Mike”为题写好介绍，词数不少于60个。短文应包括下列所有要点提示：
1、他的外貌特征：高而瘦，圆脸，大眼睛，小鼻子，脸上总带着笑容……
2、他的个性特点：诚实，保守秘密，乐于助人，而且幽默……
3、他的理想：长大想当一名运动员……