四川省成都外国语学校八年级下学期期中考试英语试题(附参考答案)

四川省成都外国语学校八年级下学期期中考试英语试题(附参考答案)

成都外国语学校下期半期考试

初二英语笔试试卷

Written part

Part A (65 scores)

I. Multiple choice. (20 scores)

Choose the similar answer to the underlined part. (5 scores)

1. All the parents should believe their children can make a difference to the world.

A. is able to B. has the ability to C. are unable to D. have the ability to

2. During Henry’s stay in America, his host family offered him nice food every day.

A. provided him with nice food B. offered nice food for him

C. provided nice food to him D. served him to nice food

3. The weather is crazy this year. It remains cold even in March.

A. gets B. becomes C. still D. stays

4. Arnold decided to eat less when he heard everybody call him ‘fat guy’.

A. changed his mind B. never minded

C. made a decision D. depended

5. It’s most footballers’ dream to take part in the World Cup which will be held in Russia this

June.

A. join B. join in C. get into D. become a member of

Choose the right answers to fill in the blanks. (15 scores)

6. We have been climbing for such a long time. Why______ stop______ a rest?

A. don’t we, to have B. not, having

C. do we, to have D. don’t we, having

7. The model was ______ ‘April’ because she ___________ April.

A. named, was born on B. calling, was born in

C. called, was born on D. named, was born in

8. Taikoo Li in Chengdu is often _____________ people, both local people and visitors,

especially in the holidays. 四川省成都外国语学校八年级下学期期中考试英语试题(附参考答案)

A. crowded in B. crowded with C. full with D. filling with

9. Chengdu is becoming more and more beautiful, but this area ___________ ten years ago.

A. looks the same as it was B. is the same as it was

C. was the same as it was D. is the same as it were

10. Scientists like looking for new problems ______, and they are______ a new kind of

medicine to cure cancer.

A. to solve, working at B. solving, working on

C. to solve, working on D. solving, working for

11. Eddie’s mother asked him ______ he wanted to fly to the USA to spend the summer

vacation the next year.

A. if B. where C. that D. how

12. Learning will become much _______ if you find the right way.[来源:]

A. more easier B. easy C. more easy D. easier

13. It was on the beach _______ Princess Pip built a sand castle with Daisy.

A. that B. where C. which D. on where

14. There are a large number of rooms in Leeds Castle. Some are used for seminars and

meetings, ________ are used for tourists to visit.

A. others B. another C. the others D. the other

15. Children at nursery really need_______ on the ways to stay away from bad people.

A. educate B. to educate C. being educated D. educating

16. The TV program ‘A Bite of China’ is quite popular with Chinese and it _________ on

TV in Japan soon.

A. was shown B. will be shown C. will show D. is going to shown

17. The lady didn’t buy anything because the shop _________.

A. is not opened B. closes C. was closed D. was open

18. Rick Allen had only one arm. ______ it was difficult to play the drums, but____ he learnt

to play in a different way.

A. And… now B. At first… later

C. Before… then D. When… until

19. ---_________ will it take you to finish your second book? 四川省成都外国语学校八年级下学期期中考试英语试题(附参考答案)

---Maybe a year![来源:]

A. How often B. How long C. When D. How soon

20. ---Hello, _____________

---I’m afraid she is not in at the moment.

A. Are you Betty? B. I’m looking for Betty.

C. I am Spencer. D. Can I speak to Betty?

Ⅱ. Cloze test. Fill in the blanks with the best choices to complete the passage. (15

scores)

What will happen if a family is without the internet for a month? One American family

decides to find out. They have sent an invitation to a leading US __21____ station, expecting

that it will send a film group to record their day-to-day ___22____without internet for

a

month.

When the film group meet the Smiths, they find that Mr Smith, Mrs Smith and their two

kids are __23____crazy about internet that they___24___do things together. At

mealtimes,

___25____waits at the dining table for their food. "Everyone just runs into the kitchen, takes

their food and then goes back to their __26____," Mrs Smith explains. "___27____we don't

make a change, our family will become ___28____ to each other!"

Getting back to the normal life without the internet is not __29____ , especially when the

Smiths ___30___themselves in it. They have to make many ___31___. For example, the two