八上英语期中考试试题(含答案)

八年级英语上学期期中考试（满分：100分时间：70分钟）命题人：MichaelName： Class： Mark：（听力部分1-20省略）一、单项选择（15小题，每小题1分，共15分）( ) would you like to go this Mid-Autumn Festival-I’d like to go .relaxing relaxinganywhere somewhere( ) girl in purple is new here,so people know her.few little( ) looked seemed the bad news.know( ) did you go-Twice a month.A. How many times;shopping long;to shopC. How often;shopping soon;to stop( ) hardly ever sports games TV on Sunday evening. ;on ;by;by ;on( ) all don’t know the answer the question.( ) thirty the students say they like English very much.of of( )’s too you mind my the window- .Do it as you like,please.open;OK ;Certainly not;Of course ;Good idea( )29. all the subjects, I think Chinese is .A. Of;interstingB. In;more interestingC. Of;the most interestingD. In;much more interesting( ) is bigger than city in China.other( ) do you think of Liu Huan-Oh,he is my favorite think no one can sing .( ) have become in our hometown in recent years.and more rich and richerrich and more rich and richest( )33. is your brother going to be when he up;grow ;grows ;grow ;grows( ) is going to a talent show on Friday.B. haveC. be( ) Ming is so careful that he always looks over his homework to there are no mistakes.sure out of out二、完形填空（10小题，每小题1分，共10分）That day was like any other day in his life. After school Michael walked pastthe shop in the street corner. He stopped to 36 the front row of shoes, and he felt sorry for himself. He 37 wanted to have a pair of shoes for his birthday.He walked away sadly and thought of what to tell his mother. He knew she would give him38 if she could. But he also knew very well she had 39 money. He decided not to go home 40 ,as he looked worried and his mother would notice it. So he went to the park and sat down on the grass. Then he saw a boy in a wheel chair. He noticed that the boy moved the wheels with his hands. Michael looked at him carefully and was 41 to see that the boy had no feet. He looked 42 at his own feet. “It is43 better to be without shoes than 44 feet.” he thought. There was no reason for him to 45 so sorry and sad. He went away and smiled, thinking he was more lucky in his life.( )36. A. see B. look at C. hear D. notice ( )37. A. gladly B. nearly C. really D. quickly ( )38. A. something B. everything C. nothing D. anything ( )39. A. little B. a little C. much D. lots of ( )40. A. at once B. then C. just now D. at all ( )41. A. pleased B. excited C. surprised D. interested( )42. A. up B. through C. out D. down ( )43. A. much B. still C. even D. less ( )44. A. out of B. with C. without D. within ( )45. A look B. feel C. appear D. seem三、阅读理解（20小题，每小题2分，共40分）(A)The Spring Festival is the biggest festival for Chinese people all around the world. The celebration usually lasts for 15 days. There is a lot to do.On the eve of the Spring Festival, family members get together and have big meals. Their favourite dish on this day is dumplings.Days before the Spring Festival, families will clean their homes. People think cleaning sweeps away bad luck. It makes the house ready for good luck.The colour red is everywhere during the Spring Festival. People think red is a happy colour and will bring them a bright future. People wear red, too. They decorate (装饰) their homes with pieces of red paper. Kids get a lot of “hong bao”. It is a red paper bag with money in it. Usually, older people give younger ones hong bao. They think it brings good luck.The Spring Festival is the time to make everybody happy. So don’t say any bad words or do anything that will bring unhappiness to other people.For instance, you’d better not say any bad words like “death”. Don’t break anything. People think that it means your luck is running out.Also, don’t borrow or lend money on these days. If you have borrowed money, return it before the Spring Festival.( )46. What do most people do on the eve of the Spring Festival？A. Family members gather for a big meal.B. Friends eat dumplings together.C. They borrow money from friends.D. They give each other hong bao.( )47. Why do people clean their houses days before the Spring FestivalA. Because they enjoy being clean.B. Because it is believed that cleaning will sweep away bad luck.C. Because they think it will bring happiness to others.D. Because it is thought that cleaning brings in money.( )48. Which of the following things is not good to happen during the Spring FestivalA. Returning money before the Spring Festival.B. Saying words that have to do with death.C. Wearing red clothes.D. Decorating houses with red paper.( )49. The underlined phrase “running out” probably means “____”.A. 跑出去B. 打碎C. 耗尽D. 离开( )50. We can tell from the story that the Spring Festival is ____.A. a time of harvest and funB. celebrated for one whole monthC. only celebrated in ChinaD. a time for families to get together(B)Look at the light and beautiful snowflakes (雪花) falling. Ever wanted to hold them in your hands They are always lost when they meet your hands.Well, this isn’t just a problem for you. It was a problem for Wilson Bentley, too.In the 1870s, Wilson Bentley was just a teenager. His family lived in a small town in northeast there were long and hard. Bentley’s mother was once a school teacher. She taught him at home. Bentley didn’t go to school until he was 14. He was a quiet boy, an d loved reading his mother’s books.But it was his mother’s microscope (显微镜) that interested him. When theother boys were playing with balls, little Bentley was studying things like drops of water, flowers and snowflakes. Bentley loved watching snowflakes. For the next two years, young Bentley spent many winter days in a cold room watching these ice crystals (晶体) under his microscope.The boy thought they were so beautiful that he started to draw pictures of them. But there were so many snowflakes that he couldn’t draw them all.How could he keep their beauty forever Bentley thought of buying a camera.The boy and his mother asked his father to buy one. But, his father didn’t agree. He thought the whole thing was a bad idea. He thought the only thing a farmer should do was farming.But finally Bentley did get a camera. For more than a year he tried to take pictures of snowflakes. On January 15, 1885, during a snowstorm, Bentley took the first ever photo of an ice crystal with his camera. “It was the greatest moment of my life,” Bentley said later.For 13 years, Bentley worked quietly and took thousands of photos of ice crystals. Later he became known as “Snowflake” Bentley.( )51. The best title for this passage is ____.A. Snowflake PhotosB. Snowflake BoyC. Long and Hard WintersD. Teenage Photographer( )52. We can tell from the story that Bentley’s father was ____.A. a farmerB. a funny manC. an athletic manD. a school teacher( )53. Which of the following statements about Bentley is trueA. He didn’t get any kind of education as a child.B. He was born into a rich family.C. He was the first person to take photos of snowflakes.D. He was fascinated(迷住) by the beauty of snowflakes.( )54. What kind of person do you think Bentley wasA. He was outgoing.B. He was too serious.C. He was interested in learning.D. He was very warm-hearted.( )55. The underlined phrase “ice crystals” in the fourth paragraph refers to “____”.A. water dropsB. rain dropsC. flowersD. snowflakes(C)Many people think country music and western music are nearly the same. In fact, they are two different kinds of music in America.They come from different parts of America. Country music comes from the southeast of America. But western music comes from the southwest of America.Another difference is the ways of playing them. Country music has a simple (简单的) way of playing. It uses fewer instruments like guitars and harmonicas (口琴). But western music needs more and bigger instruments like trumpets, trombones (长号) and so on.Country music is folk (民间的) music. It’s the music that travels in the country. Men and women often play it. However, there is much dancing in western music and men often play it.However, country music and western music often share similar topics (相似的主题) for songs. They have these songs with the topics like love, money, crime and so on. These songs often tell the life of the poor in America.( )56. Country music is ________ western music.A. the same asB. different fromC. better thanD. worse than( )57. Country music comes from the ________ of America.A. southeastB. southwestC. northeastD. northwest( )58. ________ often play western music.A. MenB. WomenC. ChildrenD. Men and women( )59. Country music and western music are similar on ________.A. numbersB. playing waysC. instrumentsD. topics for songs( )60. Country music and western music often tell the life of ________ in America.A. boys and girlsB. the oldC. the poorD. the rich(D)Ali,who was walking a long way from home wanted to send a letter to his wife,__61__, and he had to work all day,so he could only look for somebody to write his letter late at ,he found the house of a letter writer whose name was Nasreddin. Nasreddin was already in bed."It is late,"he said. "__63__" "I want you to write a letter to my wife , "said Ali. __64__. He thought for a few seconds and then said, "Has the letter got to go far" "What does that matter" answered Ali. "Well, my writing is so strange that only I can read it, and if I have to travel a long way to read your letter to your wife, it will cost you a lot of money." __65__.A. What do you wantB. FinallyC. but he could neither read nor writeD. Ali went away quickly.E. Nasreddin was not pleased61. 62. 63. 64. 65.四、补全对话。