2018-2019 学年八年级上学期期中测试英语试卷---I was _______ in the heavy rain so that I ______ wet all over my body.A. catching; wasB. caught; gotC. got; becameD. taken; turned) 29. The young man spends much time ______ that are on sale.A. choosing the cheapest clothesC. selling the cheapest clothes ) 30.---Why don 't you ask Linda for help?---I don 't know her _____ to ask her forA. I don 't mind itC. I can 't stand them ) 33. ---Why are youalways away from me these days? ---Because I really don 't know how to _______ you after that embarrassing event.A. meet withB. faceC. talkD. see ) 34. ---Do you often buy vegetables at Miller 's?--- No, hardly ever. It is ______ my home.A. the farthest fromB. the closest toC. the nearest toD. the farthest ) 37. All the students jumped up and down ______ after getting to the top of the mountain.A. in the excitementB. in surpriseC. with joyD. in fear二、选择填空(共 15小题；每小题 1分，满分 15 分)) 26. ---How did you like your trip to Sanya?--- _______ is interesting although it is the first time for me to go there.C. Anything A. Everything B. Nothing ) 27. ---What would you like to do?---We want nothing but ______ .A. stay hereB. leave here ) 28. ---What 's up?C. to stay hereD. SomethingD. to leaving here B. to choose the cheapest clothes D. sewing the cheapest clothes advice. A. enough well; so muchC. enough well; so many ) 31. ---What makes Simon so happy today?--He decides to ______ his new book this month.C. take out B. well enough ; so manyD. well enough ; so much A. set out B. come out) 32. ---What do you think of the comedy?D. put outB. Pretty well D. It doesn 't matterto( ) 35. ---Excuse me! Do you know who meeting, sir?---Oh, it is said that He Fen __A. won; wonB. beat; beat ) 36. ---When shall we set off?---That is up to you leader _______ . A. to decide B. decide Li Kai in the 1000-meter race in this sportsagainst Li Kai. C. beat; won D. won; beat C. mind D. to rule( ) 38. Bob thinks _______ not necessary to be the same as friends.A. itB. thatC. itsD. that is( ) 39. As long as all the Chinese people ______ , our China Dream will come true.A. realizeB. pull togetherC. work togetherD. study hard( ) 40. ---Every time Mr. Green talks to Tom about his mistakes in the composition, Tom feels so embarrassed.---That 's because what Mr. Green said were always _______ .A. closeB. too closeC. closely to himD. too close to home三、完形填空(共15 小题，每小题 1 分，满分15 分)My grandmother did not answer, but I saw something strong in her eyes. “I'll41 you $5 if you eat them, she ”said.I sat there 42 . In my mind, $5 was a huge, nearly unimaginable amount (数量) ofmoney, and as 43 as peas were, only one plate of them stood between me That $5, I began to eat them.My mother was 44 while grandma was pleased. My mother stared at (盯着) her mother and me. If there were a staring Olympics, she would win the gold medal. The stares mademe nervous, and every single pea made me nearly throw up, but the 45 of $5 were in my mind, and I finally finished them.My grandmother left 46 Aunt Lillian's a few weeks later. That night, at dinner, my mother 47 a big bowl of peas. I, of course, said no at once. My mother looked at me 48 and then came the 49 that followed me for years.“You ate them for money. ” She said. “You can eat them for love. ”Oh, despair! Oh, my god! Now, 50 , came the understanding that I ' d d rawn myself into 51 from which there was no way to run away.What possible answer could I say 52 that ?I ate them. I ate them that day and every other time they were served. The five dollarswere 53 spent. My grandmother 54 a few years later. But the story of the peas livedon, and the words became myfor love. ”55 nightmare, “You ate them for money. You can ate them( ) 41. A. spend ( ) 42. A. quiet ( ) 43. A. delicious ( ) 44. A. happy ( ) 45. A. image ( ) 46. A. for( ) 47. A. took ( ) 48. A. warmly ( ) 49. A. word ( ) 50. A. too early ( ) 51. A. something ( ) 52. A. with ( ) 53. A. slowly ( ) 54. A. died away B. worthB. stillB. terribleB. excitedB. useB. withB. provideB. worriedlyB. complaintB. too lateB. anythingB. toB. quicklyB. passed awayC. payC. slowlyC. sweetC. sadC. helpC. atC. servedC. surprisedlyC. wordsC. so soonC. nothingC. forC. neverC. hurtD. costD. disappointedlyD. bitterD. angryD. advantageD. toD. gaveD. coldlyD. sentenceD. luckilyD. everythingD. againstD. hardlyD. was ill( ) 55. A. short B. recent C. forever D. terrible四、阅读理解(共15小题，每小题2分，满分30 分)AIn most countries around the world, 16-year-olds have to wait for another two years to be able to drive a car. Not so for 16-year-olds Max Verstappen. He will become the youngest ever F1 driver when he races for the Toro Rosso team next year. He will be 17 when he takes part in his first Grand Prix ( 汽车大奖赛), with drivers like Femando Alonso, Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel. Now the youngest F1 driver, Jaime Victor, is 19 years and 125 days. Verstappen will make his first show at the Australian Grand Prix. He said:”Ever since I was seven, F1 has been my career goal (职业目标), so this chance is truly a dream come true.The Toro Rosso team boss Franz Tost was very excited, saying: “We are happy to welcome Max into the Toro Rosso family ⋯We think Max is one of the most skilled young drivers and we believe he was the ability to take on this challenge successfully. It will now be up to us to offer Max a car to make him have the best possible start to his F1 career. ” Max is the son of the former F1 driver Jos Verstappen. He said: “First of all, thanks to my father, who has always been by my side, day and night, year after year. ”( ) 56. Now Max Verstappen is _____________ years old.A. 19B. 18C. 17D. 16( ) 57. Max Verstappen will become ___________ next year.A. the youngest F1 driverB. the best sports playerC. the most skilled driverD. the most excellent coach( ) 58. Max Verstappen will take part in his first Grand Prix with _____________ .A. Jos VerstappenB. Sebastian VettelC. Franz TostD. Jaime Victor( ) 59. Franz Tost believed Max could become a good driver because __________ .A. he is very youngB. he has a nice carC. he has good skillsD. his father is a driver( ) 60. It is clear that Max 's father is _____________ .A. a driverB. a teacherC. a dentistD. a soldierBA father rushed to the school where his son was supposed to be, only to discover that the building was as flat as a pancake.But he remembered the promise he had made to his son:In 1989, an 8.2 earthquake almost flattened America, killing over 30,000 people in less than four minutes. “No matter what, I 'll always be there for you ! ” Tears began to fill his eyes. As he looked at the pile of debris that once was the school, it looked hopeless, but he kept remembering his words.Recalling his son's classroom would be in the back right corner of the building, he rushed there and started digging.Other parents tried to pull him off what was left of the school. They tried saying many different things:“It 's too late! ”“They're all dead! ”“You can't help! ”“Come on, face reality, there 's nothing you can do! ”To each parent he responded,” Are you going to help me? ”And then he went back to his digging, stone by stone.A firefighter showed up and tried to pull him away, saying: “Fires are breaking out, explosions(爆炸) are happening everywhere. You 're in danger.” To which this loving, caring father asked, “Are you going to help me? ”The police came and said: “You're endangering others. Go home. ” To which he replied,“Are you going to help me ”He went on because he needed to know, “Is my boy alive or is he dead? ”He dug for eight hours ⋯12 hours ⋯24 hours ⋯36 hours ⋯then, in the 38 th hour, he pulled back a large stone and heard his son. He screamed his son 's name: A“RMAND!” He heard back: “Dad? It's me, Dad! I told the other kids not to worry. I told them that if you were alive, you 'd save me and when you saved me, they 'd be saved. You promised ‘No matter what, I 'll always be there for you! 'You did it, Dad! ”“What 's going on in there? ” the father asked/“There are 14 of us left out of 33, Dad, ” his son replied.“We're scared, hungry, thirsty, but thankful you 're here/ When the building collapsed ( 倒塌), it made a triangle, and it saved us. ”“Come on out, boy! ”“Let the other kids out first, because I know you 'll get me! ”“No matter what happens, I know you 'll always be there for me! ”( ) 61. Which of the following statements is TRUE?A. Tears filled the man 's eyes because he thought the situation was hopeless.B. The man was worried because he didn 't know where his son 's classroom was.C. The policeman was angry with the man because he threatened other parents.D. The parents of the other kids lost confidence in the rescue.( ) 62. The fire fighter tried to pull the man away because ______________ .A. the man seemed to have lost his common senseB. the man was in danger from the fires and explosionsC. the other parents complained to him about the manD. the man might have hurt survivors by digging( ) 63. What do the last four paragraphs tell us?A. That all the kids in the class were saved.B. That other kids didn 't believe what the boy had said.C. That the man did not break his promise to his son.That the boy had great confidence in his father and had learned from his example. ( ) 64. The best title of the article is probably .A. How great a father 's love can beB. where there is a will, there is hopeC. We should try to keep our promisesD. Father 's promises( ) 65. What does the underlined word “debris ” mean in the passage?A. 瓦砾B. 土堆C.石头D. 墙体It was Monday. Mrs. Smith 's dog was hungry, but there was not any meat in the house.Considering that there was no better way. Mrs. Smith took a piece of paper, and wrote the following words on it: “Give my dog half a pound of meat. ” Then she gave the paper to her dog and said gently: ”Take this to the butcher, and he 's going to give you your lunch today. ”Holding the piece of paper in its month, the dog ran to the butcher 's. It gave the paper to the butcher. The butcher read it carefully, recognized that it was really the lady 's handwriting and soon did it as she was asked to. The dog was very happy, and ate the meat up at once.At noon, the dog came to the shop again. It gave the butcher a piece of paper again. After reading it, he gave it half a pound of meat once more.The next day, the dog came again exactly at noon. And as usual, it brought a piece of paper in the month. This time, the butcher did not take a look at paper, and gave the dog its meat, for he had regarded the dog as one of his customers.But the dog came again at four o'clock. And the same thing happened once again. To the butcher 's more surprise, it came for the third time at six o 'clock, and brought with it a third piece of paper. The butcher felt a bit puzzled. He said to himself, “This is a small dog. Why does Mrs. Smith give it so much meat to eat today? ”Looking at the piece of paper, he found that there were not any words on it!( ) 66. Mrs. Smith treated her little dog quite ____________ .A. crueltyB. fairlyC. kindlyD. unfriendly( ) 67. It seemed that the dog knew well that the paper Mrs. Smith gave it _________ .A. might do it much harmB. could do it much goodC. would help the butcherD. was worth many pounds( ) 68. The butcher did not give any meat to the dog __________________ .A. before he felt sure that the words were really written by Mrs. Smith.B. when he found that the words on the paper were not clearC. because he had sold out all the meat in his shopD. until he was paid enough by Mrs. Smith( ) 69. From its experience, the dog found that ______________ .A. only the paper with Mrs. Smith 's words on it could bring it meatB. the butcher would give the meat to it whenever he saw itC. Mrs. Smith would pay for the meat it got from the butcherD. a piece of paper could bring it half a pound of meat( ) 70. At the end of the story, you 'll find that ________________ .A. the dog was clever enough to write on the paperB. the dog dared not go to the butcher 's any moreC. the butcher was told not to give any meat to the dogD. the butcher found himself cheated五、完成句子(一空一词，每小题 1 分，共 5 分)。
