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2016-2017八年级下英语期期中考试
I .单项选择（每小题1分，共15分）
（ ）1. — What' the matter your_youn ger sister?
—She has a cough.
A. for B. at C. with D. on
（ ）2.She had a _，一so she went to see the dentist.
A. headache B. stomachache C.toothache D. fever
（ ）3. She finished the_novel and returned it to me in time.
A. read B.to read C.readi ng D. Reads
（ ）4. — I forgot to take my wallet. Can you me some_money?
—No problem. Here you are.
A. le nd B.borrow C.buy D.keep
（ ）5. Your bedroom is very dirty. Please at once._
A. clea n up it B.clea n it up C.clea n up them D.clea n them up （ ）6. Mary is _singing and
dreams of being a sin ger.
A. angry B.full of C.i nterested in D.surprised at
（ ）7. — Have you heard that _UFO_la nded on Cen ter Street yesterday?
—Of course. And _alien got out of the UFO and visited the TV station.
A.a;the B.the;a n C.a;a n D.a n;an
（ ）8. — I have too much housework to do at home.
— _ask your husba nd for help?
A.You can B.Why don ' C.Why not D.How about
（ ）9. — What are you going to do if it tomorrow?.
—I haven 'thought about it.
A.does n 'tra in B.w on 'tra in C. does n 'tra in D.is n 'tra ining
（ ）10.The teacher _my_mobile pho ne because I used it in class.
A.took out B.took away C.took off D.took place （ ）11. — How long can I _this_book?
—For a week.
A.borrow B.le nd C.return D.keep
（ ）12. The girl _ice_ cream in the sofa while the boy _paper at the table.
A.was eati ng;was cutt ing B.was eati ng;cut C.ate;was cutt ing D.eat;cut
（ ）13 They the library _____ sile nee.
A.at B.with C.in D.on
（ ）14. — How are you gett ing on with your work?
——I can 'do it _anymore. I need help.
A.si ngle B.alo ne C.hard D.lo nely
（ ）15.We had to put off ___ the sports meeti ng because of the heavy rain.
A. have B.to have C.hav ing D. had n 完型填空（共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分） 阅读下面短文，从短文所给的四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项
Children are sometimes 16 on weekends than weekdays 17 many after-school
classes. Many of them are lear ning examskills 18_ get into a good high school and later a good uni
versity. Others are practic ing sports so that they can compete 19 ______ others
and win. However, this does n 'to nly happe n in China.
20_Taylors are a typical America n family. Life of Cathy Taylor ' three childre n 21 __
very busy. “Onmost days after school, ” Cathy says, “ take one of mytwo boys to basketball 精品文档
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practice and mydaughter to football training. Then I have to take 22 son to piano lessons. Maybe I could
cut 23_a few of their activities, but I believe these are importa nt for my children ' future. I really want
them 24. ” However, the tired children don't get homeuntil after 7:00 p.m. They have a quick dinner, and
the n it 'time for homework.
Linda Miller, a mother of three, knows all about 25_ stress. “n some families,
competition starts very young and continues until the kids get older, ” she says. “Mothers send their
small kids to all kinds of classes. And they are always 26_ them with other children. It ' crazy. I don't
think that is fair. Whynot let their children be kids? People should 'push their kids so hard.
Doctor says 27_pressure is not good for a child ' 28_. Dr Alice Green says all these activities can
cause lots of stress for childre n. Kids should have time to relax and
think for 29_ , too. 30_ it ' normal to want successful kids, it ' even more important to have happy
childre n for pare nts. ”
A man decided to take off (动身) early from work and go drinking. He stayed there
until the bar closed at three in the morning, and he was drunk( 喝醉酒的)at that time.
After leav ing the bar, he retur ned homeo n foot. Whenhe en tered his house, he did n't want to wake his
wife, so he took off his shoes and started tiptoeing( 用脚尖走)up the stairs. Halfway up the stairs, he fell
dow n. That would n't have bee n so bad, but he had some empty bottles in his back pockets, and they
broke. The broke n glass hurt his back terribly. He was so drunk that he did n't know he was hurt. A few
minu tes later, whe n he was tak ing off his clothes, he noticed the blood, so he looked himself over in the
mirror. He found his back was hurt terribly. He repaired the damage( 受损的)as good as he could and the
n he
went to bed. The next morning his head was hurting, his back was hurting, and he was trying to thi nk up
a good story whe n his wife came in to the bedroom. He told his wife his story.
Well, you really tied one_on_last_night, ” she said, and where did you go? ” “worked
late, ” he said, and I stopped for a cup of beer. ” A cup of beer? That ' a joke, ” she replied, and you
were drunk last night. Where did you go? ” What makes you so sure I got drunk last night? ” Well, ”
she replied, my first big clue( 线索)was when I got up this mornin g, I found many Ban d-Aids( 仓 U可贴)on the mirror. ”
( )31.The man did n't want to wake his wife because . ___________
A. he loved his wife very much
B. he was afraid that he would be hurt
C. he was afraid his wife would find him drunk (
(
(
(
( )16. A. busy B. busily
)17. A. because of B.because
)18. A. so that
)19. A. to
)20. A. a
)21. A. is C.
B. in order to
C. with
C. My
C. be
C.
C. dow
n D. busier
D.although
D. for
B. at
B.〃
B. are busiest
C. so
C. in order that
D.for
D. The
D. was
the other D. others
D. off )22. A. any other B. other
)23. A. up B. out
)24. A.be successful B. to successful C. to be successful D. to success )25.
A. so B.
)26. A. compari ng
)27. A. too many
)28. A. developed
)29. A. them
)30. A. Although as C. for
B.to compare B.
too much B.
develop ing B.
their
B. but D. such
C. compared D. to compete
C. much too D. a lot
C. developme nt D. develop
C. others
C. because ( (
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阅读下列短文并做每篇后面的题目。从各题
给句子的最佳答案。 D. themselves
D. so
A B C D中选出能正确回答所提问题或完成所
