2013-2014学年人教版八年级上册英语期中测试卷

人教版八年级上册期中考试

考试时间：90分钟 总分：100分 姓名：

一.单项选择（15分，每题1分）

1.—Where ________ he go on vacation ? —He went to the mountains.

A. did B. is C. does D. has 2.Thank you for _________ me find my little cat yesterday. A. help B. helps C. helped D. helping 3.—How often does your sister surf the internet? —___________________.

A. three time B. three times C. three time every day D. three times a day 4.Does Betty go to work ________ bus or _________ foot? A. to; by B. with; on C. by; on D. on; on 5.—Did you decide ____________ a bicycle to school ? —Sure

A. ride B. riding C. to ride D. rode 6.—What do you think of the book ?

—It is so __________ , and I feel ___________. A. excited, boring B. boring , excited C. boring , bored D. bored , boring 7.—I’m sorry to keep you _________ too long. —It doesn’t matter.

A. to wait B. waiting C. waited D. wait 8.—What do you think of math ? —I find _______difficult to learn it.

A. that B. it C. this D. is 9.We all enjoy _____ on Sunday.

A. go fishing B. going boat C. go swimming D. going hiking 10.The boy is ______ than I.

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A. very short B. more shorter C. much shorter D. the shortest 11.You'd better ____exercise and keep ____.

A.take ,health B. take ,healthy C. to take ,healthy D. taking, healthy 12.—Could I please use your computer? —_____________.

A. Yes, I can. B. Yes, you can’t C. Sorry, you can’t D. No, I can’t. 13.—My brother works______

—Yes , so he ____________ ever plays computer games. A. hard; hardly B. hardly; hard C hard; hard D. hardly; hardly 14.—Why was he late, Tom ?

—He was late _______ he was ill, not _____________ the bad weather . A. because, because of B. because of , because C. because , because D. because of , because of 15.—Why not go and play football outside? — ______________.

A.Yes, I think so. B.It's a good game. C.That's a good idea. D.Of course we do.

二．完形填空（15分，每题1分）

Several years ago I studied in a university in the biggest city in our country. It’s beautiful but it’s hot in __1__. So I usually returned to my hometown when my __2__ began. It is not big, but it’s cool and quiet. I could __3__ in the daytime and have a good sleep at night.

One day I had some __4__ to solve. But I didn’t take the dictionaries home. My father told me Charlie, one of my __5__, had a good library.I went to his house at once. We

didn’t see each other after I __6__ middle school. At first he didn’t recognize me. He __7__ me up and down. And then he called out, “Oh, dear! It’s you, Fred!

Of course we were__8__ to meet each other again and talked a lot about our schoolmates

and __9__. Later on he showed me around his library. It wasn’t big but there were a lot of nice books in it.

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And the dictionaries I __10__ were in them too. At last I said, “__11__ you lend some dictionaries to me, please?” “I’m sorry I don’t lend any books to __12__,” said the young man.“Are you afraid I’ll __13__ them?”“No, I’m not. I’m afraid you won’t __14__ them to me. Look! All the books are not __15__, but borrowed!”

1.A. spring B. summer C. autumn D. winter 2.A. birthday B. Saturday C. Sunday D. holiday 3.A. study B. play C. rest D. run

4.A. words B. sentences C. problems D. stories 5.A. brothers B. sisters C. aunts D. classmates 6.A. finished B. heard C. saw D. met 7.A. lifted B. carried C. looked D. pulled 8.A. angry B. happy C. worried D. sad

9.A. doctors B. teachers C. workers D. drivers 10.A. looked for B. read C. wrote D. looked at 11.A. Need B. Must C. May D. Can 12.A. other B. the other C. others D. another 13.A. lose B. sell C. throw D. know 14.A. pay B. return C. use D. look after 15.A. made B. picked C. won D. bought

三．阅读理解（30分，每题2分）

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There are four people in my family. They’re my grandfather, my parents and me. My grandfather exercises every day. He never uses the Internet. He eats vegetables three times a day,

but he hardly ever drinks milk. And he watches TV every night. My father is a taxi driver. He’s very busy. He never exercises, but he sometimes surf the Internet. He watches TV on Saturday and Sunday evening. He often eats vegetables and drinks milk. My mother is a housewife. She watches TV twice a day. She never surf the Internet. She sometimes eats vegetables, but she drinks milk three times a week. Exercise? Of course she does.

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She exercises every day by doing housework. I’m a middle school student. I go to school from Monday to Friday. I often exercise.But on Saturday and Sunday, I don’t exercise because I have

too much homework to do. I watch TV only on Sunday evening. But I surf the Internet twice a week. I drink milk every day, but I don’t like vegetables. My mother often says to me, “Why do you eat so much meat, Mike? It’s not good for your health.” But I like it very much. 1. _____ sometimes surf the Internet in his family. A. Mike and his father B. Mike and his mother

C. Mike’s parents D. Mike’s father and grandfather 2. _____ watch TV every day in his family.

A. Mike and his grandfather B. Mike’s mother and grandfather C. Mike’s parents D. Mike’s father and grandfather 3. What does Mike’s father do?

A. He often eats vegetable. B. He sometimes surf the Internet. C. He is very busy. D. He is a taxi driver. 4. Why don’t Mike exercise on Saturday and Sunday? A. Because he wants to surf the Internet. B. Because he wants to watch TV.

C. Because he has too much homework to do. D. Because he has to go to school. 5. Mike likes eating _____ very much. A. meat B. vegetables C. fruit D. milk

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Mr Smith gave his wife money every Friday evening. His wife always spent it all the

next Wednesday, so that for the next three days she had no money to spend at all. One day Mr Smith asked her,\" But how did you spend all that money?\" She answered, \"I don't know . \"So one Friday evening, Mr Smith gave her money together with an exercise book and a pencil. He said to his wife ,\"Please write down how you spend the money . \"Next Tuesday, his wife had no money again. Mr Smith took the exercise book to see how she had spent it. \"I have done what you told me ,\"she said gladly. She had written \"Friday, I got 18 pounds

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from Mr Smith. \"on the first page, and on the second page, she wrote ,\"Tuesday, I have spent it all. \" 6. Mrs Smith always spent all the money ____.

A. the next day B. in four days C. in a week D. on next Wednesday 7. Mr Smith gave his wife an exercise book and a pencil and asked her____ A. to do homework B. to have a look C. to write down how she spent the money D. to draw a picture on it 8. Mrs Smith was ____ to do what Mr Smith asked her to . A. happy B. sad C. sorry D. excited

9. Mr Smith gave his wife money ____ a week. A. once B. twice C. three times D.. four times 10. The story tells us that Mrs Smith was not very ____. A.glad B. tall C. careful D. good

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The best way of learning a language is by using it.The best way of learning English is using English as much as possible.Sometimes you will get your words mixed up(迷惑的)and people won't understand.Sometimes people will say things too quickly and you can't understand them.

But if you keep your sense of humor( 幽默感),you can always have a good laugh at the mistakes you make.

Don't be unhappy if the people seem to(好象) laugh at your mistakes.It's much better for people to laugh at your mistake than to be angry because they don't know what you are saying.The most important rule for learning English is \"Don't be afraid of making mistakes.Everyone makes mistakes.\" 11.The most important thing of learning a language is ________. A.laughing B.writing C.remembering D.practising 12.In learning English,you should ________.

A.speak as quickly as possible. B.laugh as much as you can. C.use it as often as you can. D.write more than you read. 13.When you make a mistake,you'd better ________. A.do the same thing again. B.ask others for help. C.have a sense of humor. D.run away.

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14.When people laugh at your mistake,you should _______. A.not to be serious B.be angry with them.

C.be more careful D.not speak English any more. 15.Which of the following is true?

A.Everyone is afraid of making mistakes when he writes in English. B.Everyone makes mistakes when he speaks a foreign language. C.Nobody makes any mistakes in learning a foreign language. D.Clever people never make mistakes when they speak English.

四. 根据句意和方框中所给单词进行填空，要求所填单词形式符合句子结构.（10分，每个2分）

1. If you want to play the piano very well,you must _________it every day. 2. Although they are twins, there are some ________between them. 3. I live in a town ________Alice Springs.

4. In big cities, students usually __________bikes to school or take buses. 5. My mother hardly ever takes exercise, so she isn't in good ___________.

五．首字母填空（15分，每个1.5分）

阅读下列短文，根据上下文及空格中所给的单词首字母，填入一个适当的词，使短文意思完整。 Water is important for us. We drink it every day. We use it to cook and w_____ (1) things. W____(2)water,we can’t live. Sometimes there is not e______(3)clean water. In the future, it may be a big p_______(4). So we should not w_______(5) water.

What can we do? Use l_____ (6) water during the daytime. Take shorter shower. Five to ten m______ (7)is enough. D _____(8) leave the water running for a long time.

Try to s______ (9) every drop of water. That way, we can all have c______ (10) water for years and years.

六. 书面表达（15分） Dear Mike,

Maria is coming to Beijing from Australia tomorrow. I want to visit her next week. Can you come with me?

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ride difference healthy play call

Please write soon.

Ann

阅读你的笔友发来的邀请信，根据你下周的活动安排，给笔友回复一封E-mail，接受 或婉言拒绝邀请，说明原因。（70字左右，开头已给出） Hi Ann,

Thanks for your invitation next week

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 答案

单选题 1—5ADDCC 6—10CBBDC 11—15BCAAC 完形填空 1-5.BDACD 6-10. ACBBA 11-15.DCABD 阅读理解 1-5ABDCB 6-10 BCAAC 11-15 DCCAB 单词进行填空 1.play 2.differences 3.called 4.ride 5.health 首字母填空 1.wash 2.Without 3.enough 4.problem 5.waste 6.less 7.minutes 8..Don’t 9.save 10.clean 书面表达略

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