八年级下册英语期中测试题

八年级下册期中测试题 一、单项选择题 （30分） ( ) 1.Kids won’t go to school. They will study ____home _____computers. A. in, in B. at, on C. at, by D. at; from ( ) 2. --Will there be fewer trees? --_______________. A. Yes, there will. B. Yes, they will. C. No, there aren’t. D. No, they won’t. ( ) 3. Some scientists think that it may take _________years to make robots look like people, and do the same things as us. A. hundreds of B. two hundreds of C. two hundreds ( ) 4. He doesn’t have any money, _______ do I. A. too B. also C. either D. neither ( ) 5. I think you should _______ some money _______ your friends. A. borrow; for B. borrow; from C. lend; from D. borrow; to ( ) 6. My friend has the same haircut _______I do. A. as B. like C. seem D. looks like ( ) 7. If you bring snacks to the party, the teachers will ___________. A. take it away B. take them away C. take away it D. take away them ( ) 8. It is foggy(多雾的) today. The plane can't . A. land B. landed C. take off D. taking off ( ) 9.Last year I was often ill, but now I am good health. A. at B. of C. in D. under ( ) 10. Does her friend math? A. does well in B. do good at C. do well in D. do well at ( ) 11.Lisa was supposed her homework before nine o'clock. But she couldn't. A. to finish B. to finishing C. finish D. finishing ( ) 12.He goes to school early on workdays ____ Saturday and Sunday. A. except B. besides C. and D. beside ( ) 13.We’ll stay at home if it _______ tomorrow. A. will rain B. rains C. rained D. raining ( ) 14.Paul told us he wasn’t mad ______ Marcia anymore. A. in B. at C. on D. with ( ) 15._______ the boy was walking down the street, the UFO landed. A. While B. After C .Before D. until ( )16._______ interesting news I saw in the newspaper! A What a B How C What an D What ( )17. What he said makes us very ____________. A. happily B. sadly C. happy D. angrily ( )18. I don’t know what to do. Can you give us__________? A . a advice B an advice C some advice D any advices ( )19. If_____________ worries me, I often go to him. A. something special B. special something C. anything special D. special anything ( )20. This piece of music is ________________ that one. A. as boring as B. not as boring than C. more bored than D. so boring as ( )21. The old woman has a bad cold. She is feeling________ today than yesterday. A much ill B a little bad C a little badly D much worse ( )22. 10 years ago， _________ only one classroom building in our school. And in 10 years， _________ five classroom buildings in our school.

A. there will be, there are B. there was, there will be C. there will be; there was D there were; there are ( )23．Every student in our class was out except ________ , because we had something else to do. A. Li Ping and I B. Li Ping and me C. I and Li Ping D. me and Li Ping （ ）24．The old lady can’t hope to ________ her cold in a few days. A. get away B. get off C. get out D. get over （ ）25．Can you tell me ________ at that time? A. what were they doing B. what they were doing C. what are they doing D. what they are doing （ ）26．If it ________ , I’ll go to the zoo. A. won’t rain B. don’t rain C. doesn’t rain D. rain （ ）27 He has been watching English movies_____about two months . A. since B. for C. in D. during ( )28. How long ____________yesterday ? A. have you been sleeping B. do you sleep C.did you sleep D. did you asleep ( )29. I've been skating __________nine o'clock . A. for B. over C. since D. at ( )30. She asked me if she ___borrow my book. If she __it, I will lend it to her. A. could, borrows B. can, will borrow C. couldn’t, lends D. can’t, will lend

二、完形填空（10分） The Americans were getting ready to send their first man to the moon, an old Irishman (爱尔兰人) was __16___ them on TV in a hotel room. There was an Englishman in the room___17__. And he said to the Irishman, “The Americans are very ___18__, aren’t they? They are going to send some men to the moon. It’s a very ___19__ way from our world.” “Oh, that’s ___20__,”the Irishman answered quickly.” “The Irishman are going to send some men to the sun in months’ __21___. That’s much __22___ away than the moon, you know. “The Englishman was very __23___ when he heard this. “Oh, yes it is,” he said, “But the sun is too __24___ for people to visit.” The Irishman laughed and answered, “Well, the Irish are clever, too, you know. We ___25___