八年级期中英语考试试题
- 格式：docx
- 大小：28.33 KB
- 文档页数：7
1 2015学年第二学期八年级英语期中测试题 一． 语法选择。（每小题1.5分，共10小题，满分15分） Two farmers were on their way home one evening__1___a day’s work.___2___ofthem were tired.They happened to___3____the sky and saw a black cloud.
“Ah!” said one farmer. “Tomorrow we shall____4____rain and the rice will grow well.” The____5____answered, “No, the rain will kill the rice.” So___6____began to quarrel(争吵). Just then a third farmer came___7____and asked them____8____they were quarreling.Both the farmers told him____9____the black cloud.
“What cloud?” asked the third farmer. They all looked up at the sky. The___10___was no longer there.
( )1. A. before B. after C. when D. where ( )2. A. Either B. All C. Neither D. Both ( )3. A. look at B. look for C. look up D. look after ( )4. A. has B. have C. be D. being ( )5. A. another B. other C. others D. one ( )6. A. we B. you C. they D. he ( )7. A. along B. on C. in D. away ( )8. A. what B. how C. why D. whether ( )9. A. for B. to C. of D. about ( )10. A. cloud B. rain C. home D. sky
二．完形填空。（每小题1.5分，共10小题，满分15分） In my memory,many things I did with my father still__11__.These things come to my mind from time to time. I don’t remember my father ever getting into a swimming pool.But he really __12__the water.Any kind of __13__ride seemed to give him pleasure.__14__he loved to fish;sometimes he took me along. But I never really liked being on the water,the way my father did.I liked being off the water.I was not a strong__15___,or one who learned to swim early.But I loved being in the swim pool close to my father’s office and__16___those summer days with my father ,who would come by on a break.I needed him to see what I could do.My father would stand there 2
in his suit,the only person not in swimsuit. After swimming,I would go __17__his office and sit on the wooden chair in front of his big desk,where he let me play with anything I found in his desk drawer. Sometimes,if I was left alone at his desk while he worked in the lab,an assistant or a student might come in and tell me not to play with his lab equipment.But my father always said easily,“Oh,no,it’s__18__.”sometimes he handed me coins and told me to get__19__an ice cream... A poet once said,“We look at life once, in childhood.”As we grow up,living a busy life, the but recall is only the __20__.And I think it is the childhood that looks at us. ( )11.A.pass B.live C.come D.go ( )12.A.avoided B.refused C.praised D.loved ( )13.A.boat B.bus C.train D.bike ( )14.A.But B.Then C.And D.Still ( )15.A.swimmer B.rider C.walker D.runner ( )16.A.spending B.saving C.wasting D.ruining ( )17.A.away from B.out of C.by D.inside ( )18.A.fine B.strange C.terrible D.funny ( )19.A.the student B.the assistant C.myself D.himself ( )20.A.memory B.mind C.experience D.practice
三．阅读理解(每小题2分，共20题，满分40分) （A） An Englishman was showing a foreign visitors around London. “What’s that strange building?” asked the visitor. “That’s the tower of London.” “I see. How long did it take to build it?” “About 500 years.” “In my country we can build it in five months.” Shortly after that they came to ST. Paul’s Cathedral(大教堂) .“Very interesting!” said the visitor. “How long did it take to build it?” “Nearly forty years,” said the Englishman. “In my country we can finish it in forty days at most,” said the visitor. This went on all day. They visited the most best known buildings in the city. Every time they saw a new one, the visitor asked what it was and how long it took to build it. Then he said that they could do the same thing much faster in his country. At last the Englishman got angry with the visitor but he tried not to show it. Several days later they came to the House of Parliament(议会大厦) and the visitor asked this usual question, “What’s that?” The Englishman answered, “I have no idea. It wasn’t there last night. ( )21. The Englishman showed the foreign visitor around_______ one day. A. New York B. Paris C. Beijing D. London ( )22. The visitor said that in his country it would take them_________ to build the Tower of London. 3
A. less than half a year B. forty years C. five hundred years D. fifty days ( )23. The Englishman was angry at last but he_________ the visitor A. tried to quarrel with B. tried to show it to C. had no time to tell D. tried not to show it to ( )24. What is NOT true about the Englishman? A. He thought the House of Parliament was not famous. B. He showed the foreign visitor around London one day. C. He knew nothing about the House of Parliament. D. A,B&C ( )25. What’s the best title of the passage? A. Travel to London B. The history of London C. Famous buildings in London D. How long did it take to build it? （B） Today in the western countries , books with many suggestions on how to do things are very popular with people.For example,in the USA,there are about four to five thousand books with titles that start with the words“ How To ”.One book may tell you how to earn more money, another may tell you how to save or spend it, and another may explain to you how to give your money away. Some “How To”books tell you to choose a job and how to succeed in it.If you fail,however,you can get a book called “How to Turn Failure into Success”.If you would like to become very rich,you can buy the book“How to Make a Million”.If you never make any money at all, you may find a book called“How to Live on Nothing”. One of the most popular kinds of books is one that helps people with their personal problems.If you are not satisfied with your life, you can read“How to Love Every Minute of your Life.”If you are tried of books on happiness,you may prefer a book called“How to Get Yourself into Trouble.”There is even a book about how to make you live a miserable life. ( )26.In writing this passage, the writer is trying to_____. A.put an advertisement B.tell an objective reality C.explain some social problems D.explain his personal opinion ( )27.“How To”books are in great need in the U.S.because_____. A.they meet the needs of different readers B.they make you sad C.the writers are all famous people D.they help people get more money ( )28.This passage seems to say if someone in America can’t make much money,he_____. A.will get help from anyone around him B.can’t live for even a day C.may ask his friends for help D.can live with no money ( )29.If you fail in your job,you can buy such a book called“______”. A.How to Make a Million B.How to Live on Nothing C.How to Turn Failure into Success D.How to Love Every Minute of Your Life
