人教版八年级英语上册期中考试卷（附答案）
第一部分听力部分（根据mp3情况考查）
第二部分笔试部分
一、单项填空（共15小题，每小题1分，满分10分）
从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出能填入空白处或替换划线部分的最佳答案。
( )21. You can _______ a conversation(对话)with you partner to practice English.
A. pick up
B. make up
C. look up
D. catch up
( )22. It's not good to ask questions about someone's _______ life.
A. busy
B. simple
C. personal
D. healthy
( )23. He knocked on the door, but _______ answered.
A. somebody
B. anybody
C. nobody
D.everybody
( )24. you work, _______ your English will be.
A. The hardest; better
B. The harder; the better
C. The hardest; the best
D. The harder; the best
( )25. Don't shout at him. He is only _______ boy, after all.
A. an eight-year-old
B. a eight-year-old
C. a eight years old
D. an eight years old
( )26. We have activities these days.Everyone in our class is as _______ as a bee.
A.busy
B.busier
C.busiest
D.the busiest
( )27. The meat is _______ dear and eating _______ meat is bad for your health.
A. too much; much too
B. too much; too much
C. much too; too much
D.much too; much too
( )28. —Tina, do you think you are different _______ your sister, Tara?
—No, we are similar _______ each other! We like to do the same things.
A. to; from
B. from; to
C. to; to
D. from; from
( )29. Harry Potter is an _______ book for children, but my cousin isn’t _______ in it.
A. interesting; interesting
B. interested; interested
C. interesting; interested
D. interested; interesting
( )30. The safety of food has become one of _______ problems in our daily life.
A. important
B. more important
C. the most important
D. less important
二．完形填空。（每小题1分，共10分）
When people think of tigers, they think: strong and dangerous. But now, the big animal is calling for our 31 .
There were once eight kinds of 32 in the world, 33 three died out during last century. In the last 70 years, the number of Siberian tigers (东北虎) has gone from as many as 300 to somewhere 34 18 and 22.
The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) started a program recently (最近). It is about to put an end (停止) to tiger poaching (非法狩猎) and 35 wild tigers. China, together with 12 other countries, has joined in. The aim(目的) is to double (使…加倍) the number of wild tigers in the next ten years.
According to research (根据研究) by Chinese officers and the WWF, the Siberian tiger is already 36 of the world’s most endangered (濒危的) animals. “If the government doesn’t take any action, it’s quite 37 that there will be no more Siberian tigers in China in 10 to 20 years,”said Zhu Chunquan, director at the WWF’s Beijing office. Wild animals such as the red deer, sika deer (梅花鹿) and wild boar (野猪) are the tigers’ main food. There isn’t enough 38 for wild tigers because of the hunting of these animals. So the 39 thing people can do is to save the animals which tigers eat. “To protect the tigers, we need to call on more people to 40 eating and hunting wild animals.”
31. A. money B. clothes C. food D. help
32. A. tigers B. pandas C.monkeys D. elephants
33. A. and B. but C. or D. so
34. A. from B. with C. behind D. between
35. A. save B. sell C. teach D. promise
36. A. one B. first C. two D. second
37. A. perfect B. comfortable C. possible D. excited
38. A. food B. drink C. house D. life
39. A. more important B. most important
C. more difficult
D.most difficult
40.A. save B. kill C. stop D. start
三、阅读理解。
A 阅读短文，判断正(T)误(F)。（共5小题，每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）
A young man could not sleep well and suffered(痛苦)a lot. He went to the doctor and the doctor told him to count from one to ten again and again. “Keep doing it till you fall asleep,” the doctor said.
A few days later, the young man went to the doctor again. But to his surprise, the doctor saw the young man was worse(更糟) than before.
“Didn’t you do as I told you?” the doctor asked.
“Yes,I did.” the young man said, “But every time when I counted to eight, I could not help jumping from th e bed.”
“But,why?” the doctor asked amazedly(惊讶地).
“I am a boxer(拳击手)！”the young man replied(回答).
根据短文内容，判断句子正(T)误(F)。
( ) 41. The young man slept well every night.
( ) 42. The doctor told the young man to count numbers when he wanted
to sleep.
( ) 43. The young man was better when he went to the doctor again.
( ) 44. The young man could only count from one to eight.
( ) 45. The young man was a boxer.
B
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