2016学年第一学期八年级英语学科期中考试试卷
II. Choose the best answer.
23. Which of the following underlined parts is different in pronunciation with others?
A. corner
B. college
C. boring
D. force
24. We have every reason to believe that ________2022 Winter Olympics will be successful.
A. a
B. an
C. the
D. /
25. Jack’s mother was busy _________her business yesterday.
A. for
B. in
C. with
D. at
26. It’s time for supper. Rick should ________home soon.
A. arrive
B. get at
C. get to
D. arrive in
27. There is a book in one of my hands. Guess what is in my _______hand?
A. another
B. the other
C. other
D. others
28. _______college students will be sent to the west after they graduate.
A. A number of
B. A huge amount of
C. Much
D. A little
29. It’s _________to travel by air than by train.
A. more quickly
B. much quickly
C. Much quicker
D. quick
30. Mary really didn’t know how to _________the trouble by herself, so she always had trouble _________ most of the things
A. deal with, with
B. do with, with
C. deal with, in
D. do with, in
31. ________science fiction, he also likes reading detective stories.
A. Except
B. Except for
C. In addition
D. In addition to
32. He jumped into the river to save the boy _______ he heard the cry for help.
A. before
B. though
C. as soon as
D. until
33. How long has your brother _______ the youth league?
A. joined
B. taken part in
C. attended
D. been in
34. For most of Grade Nine students, their dream is ________to bed before nine o’clock.
A. go
B. to go
C. going
D. not go
35. ________important water is in our life!
A. How
B. What
C. How an
D. What an
36. I find __________hard for someone to communicate with parents because of the generation gap.
A. that
B. this
C. it
D. its
37. We hope _________my questions as quickly as possible.
A. the teacher to answer
B. that the teacher would answer.
C. the teacher will answer
D. the teacher’s answering
38. Could you please tell me________?
A. where was the new airport located
B. where the new airport is located.
C. where was the new airport located
D. where the new airport was located
39. –Would you like me to carry this suitcase for you?
--__________.
A. Yes, I’d love to
B. That’s very kind of you
C. Never mind
D. That’s all right.
III. Complete the following passage with the words or phrases in the box. Each can only be used once.
Lisa was running late. But as she hurried down the subway stairs, she started to feel uncomfortably warm. By the time she got to the platform, Lisa felt weak and ___40____--maybe it hadn’t been a good idea to give blood the night before, she thought. She rested herself against a post close to the tracks. Several yards away，Frank, 43, and his girlfriend, Jennifer, found a spot close to where the front of the train would stop. They were deep in ___41___ about a house they were thinking of buying．
But when he heard the scream, followed by someone yelling, “Oh, my God, she fell in!” Frank didn’t hesitate. He jumped down to the tracks and ran some 40 feet toward the body ___42___ on the rails. “ No! Not you!” his girlfriend screamed after him．
By the time Frank reached Lisa, he could fel the tracks shaking and see the light coming. The train was about 20 seconds from the station. It was hard to lift her. But he ___43____to raise her four feet to the platform so that bystanders(旁观者) could hold her and drag her away from the edge. After being saved, she felt worried and said she was robbed by someone.
