2015-2016学年第二学期期中考试八年级英语试题第I卷选择题部分I.单项选择( )1. —If I have a sore throat. What should I do?—You should drink some hot tea _________ honey.A. withB. inC. ofD. for( )2.—I’m worried about my school grades. What’s your advice?—You shouldn’t wait _________ the last minute to study for a test.A. althoughB. untilC. butD. if( )3.—How do you like the activity that we will volunteer at the OldPeople’s Home?—I’m ________ about the idea. I think it’s _________.A. exciting; excitingB. exciting; excitedC. excited; excitedD. excited; exciting( )4. —Does your brother get up early or late?—He used to _________very late, but now he is used to _________ early.A. get up; getting upB. got up; get upC. getting up; get upD. getting up; getting up( )5.—Thanks for giving me the book. It has made a _________ to my life.—Not at all. All is the great result of your own efforts (努力).A. decisionB. sureC. differenceD. progress( )6.—Could you please _________ out this evening? It’s too dark（黑暗的）.—OK, I won’t.A. not goB. not to goC. goD. to go( )7. It suddenly began to rain ________ Nick was walking on the street.A. sinceB. afterC. whileD. before( )8. —Li Fang is a university student. What does she do at the Behind Children School?—She volunteers there once a week ________ the kids learn to read.A. helpingB. to helpC. helpedD. to helping( )9. On weekends my tired kids go to different activities, maybe I should ________ some ofthem.A. cut outB. cut upC. cut downD. take out( )10. Tim had a fight with his friend, what should he do? Find out the wrong one.A. He could say sorry to his friend.B. What about writing a letter?C. Why not talk with his friend?D. Why don’t he call the friend up?( )11. We must do our part in studying ________ we can get into a good university.A. toB. so thatC. in order toD. though( )12. Your kind help makes it easy for me ________the teachers in class.A. to understandB. understandC. understandingD. understood( )13. People often remember ________when they heard some important news.A. what they are doingB. what are they doingC. what were they doingD. what they were doing( )14. Peter looks sad. Let’s do something to ____________.A. cheer up heB. cheer him upC. call her upD. put him up( )15. —Mom, could I walk the dog after dinner?—________. You should study for the math test tomorrow.A. Yes, sureB.Never mindC. Sorry, you can’tD. Have a good timeII．完型填空One day, a boy had a fight with one of his classmates. Then he went to his 16 and told him his story angrily. “He is really bad,” the boy said, “and I 17 him.” The grandfather said, “ 18 me tell you a story. When I was a boy, I too, sometimes hated others for what they did.”As the boy 19 carefully, the grandfather went on, “There are always two tigers inside my heart. One is 20 and kind. He gets on well 21 everything around him. But 22is bad and unfriendly. Even the smallest thing will make him angry. He fights with everyone all the time, and for no reason. He can’t think carefully because he always hates others. It is difficult to live with these two tigers inside my heart. They 23 try to control me. ”The boy looked into his grandfather’s 24 and asked, “Which tiger always controls you, Grandfather?” The old man said slowly and seriously, “The one that I feed(饲养). I always feed the good and kind tiger, so I never hate others and 25 get angry now. ”( ) 16. A. mother B. grandfather C. teacher D. father( ) 17. A. love B. like C. know D. hate ( ) 18. A. Make B. Help C. Let D. Ask( ) 19. A. listened B. felt C.saw D. heard( ) 20. A.bad B. good C. lazy D. unfriendly( ) 21. A. at B. on C. with D. in( ) 22. A. other B. others C.the others D. the other ( ) 23. A. both B. all C. every D.each( ) 24. A. mouth B. ears C. nose D. eyes( ) 25. A. always B. seldom (很少) C. often D. usuallyIII. 阅读理解A( ) 26. How many important events did they talk about?A. Three.B. Four.C. FiveD. Six.( ) 27. When the tsunami happened, Ted was .A. waiting at the airportB. walking in the parkC. visiting his grandpa in the hospitalD. watching TV in his house ( ) 28. Who was chatting in the living room when Li Yuchun won the award(奖). A. Nicol B.Jackson C. Alice D. Kathy( ) 29. China’s “Shenzhou VI” spacecraft returned successfully on . A. December 26, 2004 B. August 26, 2005C. October 17, 2005D. October 17, 2004( ) 30. Which of the following is TRUE?A. The tsunami happened in our country in 2004.B. Li Yuchun was the winner of the singing contest “Super Girl” in 2004.C. Kathy was having dinner at home on the morning of August 26.D.Erin thought it was a great success that “Shenzhou VI” spacecraft returned.BI felt very tired when I came home from work. I fell asleep while my one-year-old son was playing his toy. After a while, a loud knock at the door woke me up. Ah, my little son tried to open the door. From the window, he saw a kite flying in the sky.Oh, it's quite a nice kite! I got up and looked out of the window. Two boys were flying the kite. I took my son out to the yard（院子）."I'm glad to see you." I asked one boy, "Would you please tell me in which shop you bought the kite? My son likes it very much and I want to buy one for him.""We made it ourselves." "If he likes, he can take it," said the other boy."Thank you just the same, little boy. I'm going to make a kite for him. Thankyou!"( ) 31. How many people are there in this passage?A. Two.B. Three.C. Four.D. Five( ) 32. Who is the oldest?A. The writer.B. The little boy.C. The son.D. I don’t know. ( ) 33. Who were flying the kite?A. The son.B. The writer.C. The boys.D. The mother.( ) 34. Who likes the kite very much?A. Father.B. The mother.C. The boys.D. The son.( ) 35. How old is the son?A. One monthB. One year old.C. Two years old.D. Three years oldCDo you know the movie I, Robot? It tells us a story about the future. The year is 2035 and robots are just as common as mobile phones. People depend on their robots to do lots of things, for example, babysitting(看孩子), cooking, doing chores and taking their dogs for a walk. Robots have to obey (听从) human’s（人类的） orders, because their designers（设计者） make them do so. A police officer called Spooner hates robots. He doesn’t think humans can get on well with their robots at all! But the scientist Susan has different opinions. Susan works on robots’ mind and she thinks one day robots will become more powerful (强大的) than humans and help humans to make progress (进步).When Spooner and Susan work together, they find that something is wrong with the world’s robots. A few robots have their own thoughts and they’re trying to get out of humans’ control! Of course these robots’ dream doesn’t come true.Humans work hard to control their robots again and they succeed at last. （）36. The story happened in ______.A. 2010B. 2020C. 2035D. 2040（）37. The phrase “depend on” in this article means _____.A. 依靠B. 悬挂C. 相信D. 取决于（）38. Spooner is a _____ and Susan is a_____.A. scientist; professorB. bank clerk; police officerC. policeman; doctorD. police officer; scientist（）39. Susan thinks that one day _____________.A. robots can’t get on well with humansB. robots will help human to make progressC. robots will have their own thoughtsD. robots will control the world（）40. Which of the following is NOT TRUE according to this article?A. The movie I, Robot talks about the future.B. A few robots want to get out of human’s control.C. People use their robots to do everything.D. At last humans succeed in controlling the robots again.第II卷笔答题部分IV. 单词考查A). 根据句意及首字母补全单词41. Can you e________ to me why you were late again this morning?42. If your head and neck still h________, you must go to the doctor.43. Uncle Bob lives in that old house by himself. He always feels l________.44. I need some salt, can you p________ me the bottle?45. They didn’t talk about it later; they just finished dinner in s________.B). 根据句意及汉语提示补全单词。
