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2010—2011学年度第一学期期中考试
八年级英语试题（卷）
听力部分 一、听句子，选择恰当的答语。（共5小题，每小题1分，计5分） ( )1.A.I feel very cold. B.I will sleep soon. C.Nice to meet you. ( )2.A.There it is. B.Go along this street till the end. C.It is OK. ( )3.A.Sure,come with me. B.Yes,I like him. C.OK,thank you. ( )4.A.Playing the violin. B.She is a good student. C.She has many English books. ( )5.A.It's blue. B.Let's take it. C.It fits me well,mom. 二、听对话和问题选择正确答案。（共5小题，每小题1分，计5分） ( )6.What grade is the boy in? A.Grade Seven. B.Grade Eight. C.Grade Nine. ( )7.What does the woman's husband do ? A.He is a worker B.He is a singer. C.He is a painter. ( )8.What class are the speakers in? A.English. B.Music. C.Math ( )9.How is the weather? A.It's hot. B.It's cloudy C.It's rainy ( )10.Where are the two speakers? A.In a post office B.At home C.In the classroom 笔试部分 三、单项选择（15分） ( )11.---My brother and I will go to the library tomorrow. --- Shall we go together? A.So am I B.So do I C.So I am D.So will I ( )12.Mr. Baker is an old friend of ______ and he is a famous scientist. A.Jenny's father B.Jenny's father's C.Jenny father D.Jenny father's ( )13.The Greens will come for dinner tomorrow. Let's cook __________ for them.
A.anything different
B.something different
C.different anything
D.different something ( )14.We will go hiking to the hill if it _____ tomorrow.
Do you want to join us? A.won't rain B.isn't raining
C.doesn't rain
D.didn't rain
( )15.He walks _______ a post office every day. A.pass B.past C.passed D.pasted ( )16.Miss White teaches ________ English. A.we C.our D.ours ( )17.On ______way to school,we pass two bakeries. A.our C.we D.ours ( )18.That black backpack______me forty-five yuan. A.took B.cost C.paid D.spent ( )19.We are all ________ to hear the news. A.surprise B.surprises C.surprising D.surprised ( )20.Thank you for _________ me to your party. A.ask B.asks C.asking D.asked ( )21.Mr.Green gave us a talk,________? A.did Mr.Green B.didn't Mr. Green C.did he D.didn't he ( )22.He has _____ many friends since he came to our school.
A.made
B.taken
C.done
D.written
( )23.It can make the old man _______ sad. A.feel B.fell C.feels D.felt ( )24.My younger brother didn't go to bed _____ 10 o'clock. A.before B.after C.while D.until ( )25.I haven't cleaned my bedrom yet. They haven't, ____. A.too B.also C.either D.neither 四、完形填空(10分）
My name is David. It 26 my birthday yesterday. An old lady stopped 27 in the street. "It's your birthday,"she said. "
28 me look at your hand. Yes, you have a 29 called Mark, and you like ice cream and cheese. Today you will see fire; your mother will go away and a tiger will come to your house."
I Went to Mark's home. He and his sister made a birthday cake and lighted the candles 30 me. But I was thinking about the old lady's words. I wanted to go home, so I said 31 to them and ran home. Good, there was no fire, 32 Mum wasn't at home. Oh, no… I thought about the old lady's words again. Then Mum walked in 33 mark and a box. "Here's your present.It's a lovely little dog and his 34 is Tiger,"said Mum. "But 35 about the fire and the old lady?" I saked. "The fire is the candles,"Mark smiled and said, "and we hired(雇用)the old lady."
( )26.A.was B.were C.is D.are
( )27.A.her B.me C.him D.you
( )28.A.Show B.Tell C.Let D.Ask
( )29.A.brother B.sister C.aunt D.friend
( )30.A.for B.at C.of D.to
( )31.A.hello B.good-bye C.sorry D.thanks
( )32.A.but B.and C.so D.still
( )33.A.in B.on C.with D.from
( )34.A.age C.colour D.address
( )35.A.whose B.which C.who D.what
五、阅读理解（20分）
A
Many students in China are learning English. Some of these student are small children. Others are teenagers. Many are adults(成年人). Some learn
at school, others study by themselves. A few learn English language over the radio, on television, or in films. One must work hard to learn another language.
Why do all these people want to learn English? It is difficult to answer that question. Many boys and girls learn English at school because it is one of their subjects. They study their own language and math and English…Some people learn English because it is useful for their work. Many people ofter learn English for their higher studies, because at college or university(大学) some of their books are in English. Other people learn English because they want to read newspaper and magazines in English. ( ) 36. Many students in China are learning English, aren’t they?
______ .
A. No, they aren’t
B. No, they are
C. Yes , they are
D. Yes,, they aren’t
( ) 37. If one wants to learn another language well, he must ____.
A. learn at school
B. study by himself
C. work by himself
D. study hard
( ) 38. They sentence “It is difficult to answer that question”means _______ .
A.that question is not difficult to answer
B.that question is difficult to answer it
C.it is difficultly to answer that question
D.it is hard to answer that question
( ) 39. “their own language:” means _____ .
A. Chinese
B. English
C. French
D. Japanese
( ) 40. ____ has become an international language.
A. Chinese
B. English
C. French
D. Japanese
B
Once there lived an old man. He liked gold better than anything else in the world. He often said, "If I have plenty of(许多) gold, I will be the happiest man in the world."
One day when he was travelling in the desert(沙漠),he lost his way. He was very hungry and thirsty, but there was only stones and sand around him. Just then he found a bag lying(放)on the sand.He hoped he would find water and food in it. He took up the bag and opened it. He saw
