八年级上学期期中联考英语试题（原卷版）

八年级上学期期中联考英语试题（原卷版）

2021学年第一学期阶段性检测题

八年级英语问卷

本试卷共四大题, 共10页, 满分120分。考试时间100分钟。

注意事项：

1. 答卷前，考生务必在答题卡上用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔填写自己的考生号、姓名、试室号、座位号，再用2B铅笔把对应号码的标号涂黑。

2. 选择题每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需要改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案。不能答在试卷上。

3. 非选择题必须用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔作答，答案必须写在答题卷各题目指定区域的相应位置上；如需要改动，先划掉原来的答案，然后再写上新的答案，改动的答案也不能超出指定的区域；不准使用铅笔、圆珠笔和涂改液。不按以上要求作答的答案无效。

4. 考生必须保持答题卡的整洁,考试结束，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。

第I卷

一、语言知识及运用（共两节，满分35分）

第一节 单项选择（共 10题; 每小题1.5分，满分15分）

从各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选择，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

1. The harder you study, the _________ grades you will get.

A. well B. better C. good D. best

2. Teachers’ Day is on ________ day of September.

A. ten B. the tenth C. tenth D. the ten

3. ________ of the students in our class ________ going to the

summer camp in Beijing next week.

A. Two fifths; are B. Second fifths; are C. Two fifths; is D. Two five; are

4. I’ve made a pot of coffee. Would you like ________?

A. any B. little C. some D. few

5. I have ________ to tell you.

A. something exciting B. exciting something C. anything

exciting D. exciting anything

6. Look at the new word. We must ________ in the dictionary.

A. look it on B. look up it C. look on it D. look it up

7. To make the earth greener, people should plant more trees

________ cutting them down.

A. instead of B. instead C. than D. rather

8. There are mobile phones and cameras at the New York City

Lost and Found Office.

A. hundreds B. hundreds of C. three hundred of D. three

hundreds

9. — Time is money. I think time is ________ money.

— I don’t agree with you. In my opinion, time is more

important than money.

A. the same as B. so important as C. the most important D.

as important as

10. I can’t imagine ________ without trees.

A. live B. lived C. living D. to live

第二节 语法选择（共 15题， 满分20分。）

阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，从各题所给的A、B、C和D项中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

(A)

How did people count things long long ago?

At first, people used their fingers, and even their toes.

____11____, they could only count small numbers in this way. After that, they ____12____ to make small marks on sticks and

bones. This helped them ____13____ bigger numbers. They used

them to count things like the days of the month, the amount of

food and the ____14____ of animals they had.

Then people began to use tokens made from clay or small

stones. They often put the tokens on pieces of string ____15____

they could carry them around easily. This developed into tools

like the abacus.

11. A. But B. Though C. Although D. However

12. A. began B. begin C. beginning D. begun

13. A. to counted B. counted C. counting D. count

14. A. number B. numbers C. amount D. amounts

15. A. after that B. such that C. like that D. so that

(B)

I worked in Uttar Pradesh. One morning, I left my bag in a

taxi. I knew it later and ____16____ the driver Saleem. He said he

would give it to me when he was near my office. However, he did

not appear. I felt a little angry and decided to get the bag

____17____.

The next morning, I reached his neighborhood and called

him. ____18____ he was not there. Getting much ____19____, I called

again but felt a pat (拍) on my back. It was a boy. He was

Saleem’s son and said his father was busy ____20____ his work.

The bag was at his home. Having no choice, I went along with

him. It was just a small room, more like a shanty (棚屋).

I was about to leave with my bag when Saleem came back.

He made me ____21____ on the only chair and said, “Brother, you

must be hungry . Please have ____22____ cake. Today is my son’s

birthday.”

At that time, all the anger stopped. Saleem could have just given ____23____ the bag. But he chose to share the joy with

someone he even ____24____ know.

That day I learned the word “kindness”. And I must

_____25_____, life has never been better.

16. A. call B. called C. calling D. to call

17. A. myself B. yourself C. himself D. herself

18. A. And B. So C. But D. Or

19. A. angry B. more angrier C. angrier D. angriest

20. A. with B. by C. in D. for

21. A. sat B. sitting C. to sit D. sit

22. A. some B. any C. other D. others

23. A. I B. me C. my D. mine

24

A. mustn’t B. couldn’t C. shouldn’t D. didn’t

25. A. say B. said C. saying D. to say

二、完型填空（共 10小题; 每小题1.5分，满分15分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的A、B、C和D选项中，选出最佳答案，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

This story is about a king and his close friend. The friend had

a(n) ____26____. Whatever happened in his life, he always said,

“This is good!”

One day the king and his friend went to hunt(打猎). The

friend did something wrong and shot the king. As a result, the

king lost one of his ____27____. The friend said as usual, “This is

good!”

“No, this is not good!” the king became ____28____ and

sent his friend to prison(监狱).