八年级下英语期中试卷
姓名：___________
一、单选(25小题，共50分)
( ) 1.Will there _____ fewer trees?
A. be B. is C. are
( )2. --Will there be fewer trees? --_______________.
A. Yes, there will. B. Yes, they will. C. No, there aren’t.
( ) 3.Kids won’t go to school. They will study _____ home ______computers. A. in, in B. at, on C. at , by ( ) 4.She’ll be an actor_____ ten years.
A. on B. for C. in
( ) 5. 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
( ) 6.I argued _____ my best friend
A. on B. with C. at
( )7.What should I _____?
A. did B. does C. do ( ) 8.You could borrow some money _____ your friend. A. of B. to C. from ( ) 9.They _____ home two days ago.
A. go B. went C. goes
( )10. And if you really work hard, you’ll go to ____ college.
A. the B. a C. /
( ) 11.If they become famous, people will watch them_____.
A. all time B. all the time C. all the times
( ) 12.In English, I am better _____reading and listening.
A. in B. at C. for
( )13.You don’t like the picture. I don’t like it, ________ .
A. too B. also C. either
( ) 14. My friend has the same haircut __________ I do. A. as B. like C. looks like
( ) 15. If you bring foods to the party, the teachers will ___________.
A. take it away B. take them away C. take away it ( ) 16. It is foggy(多雾的) today. The plane can't . A. land B. take off D. taking off
( ) 17. Last year I was often ill, but now I am good health. A. at B. of C. in
( ) 18.Lisa was supposed her homework before nine o'clock. But she couldn't. A. to finish B. to finishing C. finishing
( )19. He goes to school early on workdays ____ Saturday and Sunday.
A. except B. besides C. and D. beside ( ) 20.We’ll stay at home if it _______ tomorrow.
A. will rain B. rains C. rained D. raining ( ) 21. Paul told us he wasn’t mad ______ Marcia anymore. A. in B. at C. on D. with
( ) 22._______ the boy was walking down the street, the UFO landed. A. While B. After C .Before D. until ( ) 23.The Yellow River is one of ________________in the world. A. the longest river B. the longest rivers C. the long river D. long rivers ( ) 24. Sally asked________________________.
A. how can she get to the zoo. B. how she could get to the zoo. D. where was the zoo. ( )25-- ___ have you been learning English? -- Since last year.
A. How often B．How long
C．How much
二、完形填空（共10小题，计10分）
通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的A、B、C 3个选项中，选出1个最佳答案。
（A）
The school party will be held on Sep. 30th. Many students like to go to the (1)________. But before the party, the school principal has made many rules for it: the students cannot (2)_________jeans to the party; the students cannot (3)__________ friends from other schools; the students cannot run or (4)__________ at the party. What will happen______ they do? They will be asked to leave or they will not be let in. ( ) 1. A. school B. party C. gym D. meeting ( ) 2. A. put on B. in C. wear D. take off ( ) 3. A. bring B. take C. make D. let ( ) 4. A. sit B. sing C. dance D. shout
( ) 5. A if B. because C. since D. as
(B)
I had a very unusual At around ten o’clock the morning, I was walking down the street a UFO landed right in front of me. You can imagine how strange it was! An alien out and walked down Center Street. I followed it to where it was going, and I was very surprised when it went into a souvenir shop.
( ) 6.A. on B. at C. in ( ) 7. A. on B. at C. in ( ) 8.A. when B. while C. after ( ) 9. A. get B. got C. will get ( ) 10. A. see B. saw C. seeing
三、阅读理解（共15小题，计30分）
阅读下列短文并做每篇后面的题目。从各题A、B、C、D中选出能正确回答所提问题或完成所给句子的最佳答案。
A
In many English homes people eat four meals a day: breakfast, lunch, tea and dinner.
People have breakfast at any time from seven to nine in the morning. They eat porridge，eggs or bread. English people drink tea or coffee at breakfast.
Lunch comes at one o'clock. Afternoon tea is from four to five in the afternoon and dinner is about half past seven. First they have soups, and then they have meat or fish with vegetables. After that they eat some other things, like bananas，apples or oranges. But not all English people eat like that. Some of them have their dinner in the middle of the day. Their meals are breakfast, dinner, tea and supper and all these meals are very necessary.
( )1. Many English people have meals a day. A. two B. three C. four D. three or four ( ) 2. People may have for their breakfast.
A. tea and eggs B. porridge，eggs，bread，tea or coffee C. tea and coffee D. bread and eggs ( ) 3. People have lunch at
A. any time B. nine C. five D. one ( )4. People don't have for their dinner.
A. porridge B. bananas and apples
C. some soup and meat D. meat and fish ( ) 5. In many English homes dinner comes ．
A. at one o'clock B. in the middle of the day
C. at noon D. at night
B
There was a bookseller (书商). He did not like to pay for anything, One day a big box of books fell on his foot.
“Go to the doctor,” said his wife, “and show that foot to him.”
“No,” he said, “I’ll wait until the doctor comes to our shop next time. Then I’ll ask him about my foot. If I go to see him, I shall have to pay.”
The next day the doctor came to the shop to buy some books. The bookseller told the doctor about his bad foot. The doctor looked at it and promised (答应) to help.
He took out a piece of paper and wrote something on it. “Buy this medicine and put it on the foot before you go to bed every night,” he said.
“Thank you,” said the bookseller, “And now, sir, here are your books.” “How much?” asked the doctor.
“Two pounds.” “Oh, good,” said the doctor. “I shall not have to pay you anything today.” “Why?” asked the bookseller.
“I look over your foot. I want two pounds for that. If people come to my houses, I ask them to pay only one pound for a small thing like that. But when I go to their houses, I usually charge (收费) two pounds. And I came here today, didn’t I? Bye-bye!”
根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。
6.The bookseller didn’t want to see the doctor because ________. A. his foot wasn’t hurt. B. He couldn’t go any farther
C. He didn’t have any money to pay the doctor D. He didn’t want to pay the doctor 7.The next day the doctor came to the shop _______.
A. to buy some books B. to buy medicine C. to borrow some money D. to see the bookseller 8.The seller asked the doctor to pay _______.
A. nothing B. two pounds C. only one pound D. two pound 9.The doctor paid the bookseller ________.
A. many money B. much money C. nothing D. two pounds for books 10.Which of the following is right?
A. The seller didn’t like to pay anything.
B. The seller’s wife didn’t want him to go to the doctor. C. The seller was cleverer than the doctor.
D. The doctor didn’t go to the shop to buy any things.
C
I have got（收到） a letter from my brother Tom. He is in Australia .He has been there for six months. Tom is an engineer. He is working for a big firm( 公司 ) and he has already visited a great number of different places in Australia. He has just bought an Australian car and has gone to Alice Springs, a small town in the center of Australia. He will visit Darwin(达尔文，澳大利亚的一个港口城市) soon. From there, he will fly to Perth(珀斯 澳大利亚). My brother has never been abroad( 出国 )before, so he thinks this trip is very exciting.
根据短文内容判断正误（正确的写T，错误的写F） （ ）11.Tom is an engineer.
（ ）12.Tom has been in Australia for six years. （ ）13.Tom is working for a big firm in Australia.. （ ）14.Tom won’t visit Darwin.
（ ）15.Tom has never been abroad before.
四、书面表达(满分10分)
根据表格提供的信息，给你的朋友或亲戚写一封信，汇报你的学习成绩。
注意：词数60左右，内容要连贯。
Dear John,
Things are fine here. I finished my mid-term exams last week, and I got my report card today. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
What about you? Write soon.
Yours,
Mike