2014—2015学年度上学期英语期中考试卷

2014-2015学年度上学期英语期中考试卷

八年级 英语

一、单项选择题 (每题1分，共20分)

( ) 1. He was so tired that he could keep his eyes open.

A. still B. almost C. hard D. hardly

( ) 2. We couldn’t see the road clearly the heavy snow.

A. because B. because of C. so D. though

( ) 3. — Tom is a boy and he is quite healthy.

A. 15 years old B. 15-years-old C. 15-year-old D. 15 year old

( ) 4. — do you go to school by bike? —Only four times a week.

A. How many B. How much C. How long D. How often

( ) 5. Lisa is than her sister.

A. more smarter B. very smarter C. more smart D. much smarter

( ) 6. She is ready his classmates with their English.

A. help B. helps C. to help D. helped

( ) 7.He is different his brother, but he is similar his father.

A. from, from B. from, to C. to, to D. to, from

( ) 8. He often jokes and makes us .

A. tells, laugh B. talks, laugh C. talks, to laugh D. tells, to laugh

( ) 9. ______he isn’t tall,_______ he is strong.

A. Though; but B. But; so C. Though; so D. Though; 不填

( ) 10. You look _______ . Do you hear the _________ news?

A. excite; excited B. excited; excite C. exciting; excited D. excited; exciting

( ) 11. Thanks me!

A. for tell B. to tell C. for telling D. to telling

( ) 12. It’s important ______ us ________ some good books.

A. for; read B. to; to read C. for; to read D. to; reading

( ) 13. Parents usually a role in their kids.

A. make, helping B. play, helping C. plays, help D. makes, help

( ) 14. Students should study hard to make their dreams .

A. come out B. come true C. come up D. come on

( ) 15. Which country is ,China, Brazil or Canada?

A. the largest B. larger C. largest D. the larger

( ) 16. I can’t stand the noisy music, let him it.

A. hearing, stop B. to hear, stop C. hearing, to stop D. to hear, to stop

( ) 17. Mickey Mouse was the first cartoon sound.

A. and B. of C. with D. in

( ) 18. —Would you mind Mickey Mouse? —No, I enjoy it.

A. watching, to watch B. to watch, to watch

C. watching, watching D. to watch, watching

( ) 19. There is junk food here, and it is terrible.

A. too much, too much B. too much, much too

C. much too, much too D. much too, much too

( ) 20. Everyone knows China is getting _______.

A. stronger and stronger B. more strong and strong

C. strong and strong D. strongest and strongest

二、完形填空（每题1分，共10分） Last August ,our class 21 something very special on our school trip .We 22 to

Mount Tai .We 23 our trip at 12:00 at night .Everyone in our class 24 a bag with

some food and water .After three 25 ,someone 26 at the map and found out we

weren’t anywhere near the top. My legs 27 so tired that I wanted 28 .My classmates

told me 29 going ,so I went on.Twenty 30 later ,the sun started to come up .It was

so beautiful that we forgot about the last five hours !

( ) 21. A. do B. did C. does D. has

( ) 22.A. go B. went C. goes D. play

( ) 23.A. started B. to start C. starting D. enough

( ) 24.A. took B. cold C. wrong D. taking

( ) 25.A. times B. hour’s C. hours D. apples

( ) 26.A. find B. looks C. looking D. looked

( ) 27.A. be B. was C. were D. are

( ) 28.A. to stop B. stop C. come D. came

( ) 29.A. keep B. to keep C. kept D. make

( ) 30.A. minute B. minutes C. time D. times

三、阅读理解（每题2分，共30分）

A

Bruno was a boy of eight. His father worked in a cinema and his mother worked in a

shop. He lived not far from his school. He always walked there and walked home. On his

way to school, he had to pass a playground. It was very wet after it rained. One day, when

he got home, his clothes were all wet. His mother became angry(生气的)and said, “Don’t

play in the water on your way home from school!”

On the next day Bruno came home with wet and dirty(脏的)clothes. His mother