17—18学年下学期八年级期中考试英语试题（附答案）

36. A. enjoyable 37. A. passing 38. A. them 39. A. mind

B. unusual

C. harmful

D. difficult D. throwing D. it D. remember D. But

B. collecting B. us

C. providing C. you

B. check B. So

C. regret C. If

40. A. Though

四、阅读理解 （共20分，41~45每小题2分，46～55每小题1分）

阅读下面的短文，从ABCD四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。

A

Have you ever seen a horse with toes(脚趾)? Millions of years ago, horses had many toes. They had four toes on each front foot. They had three toes on each back foot. The horses were smaller than cats.

These small horses lived in the forest. Their many toes helped the horses run over the soft wet ground.

It was very hot in the forest. But the weather changed. It became cold. Many trees couldn’t live in cold weather. The trees died and fell. Open field took the place of forests. The sun made the ground dry and hard.

Horses began to change too. They began to get bigger. This took a long time. On the dry hard land, horses needed only their middle toes for running. Their middle toes became hard. After a long time horses had only one hard toe on each foot. We call this hard toe a hoof(马蹄). 41. Long ago, the horse had four toes on each of its _____. A. front foot

B. back foot

C. foot

D. hoof

42. The cats were _____ the horses at that time. A. smaller than

B. as small as

C. bigger than

D. as big as

43. From the passage , we know that _____.

A. the weather stays the same the whole year all over the world B. when the weather changed, animals began to change too C. cats were bigger in the past than they are today D. horses have never changed 44. On the dry hard land _____.

A. horses needed a lot of room for running

B. horses needed more than four toes for running C. horses needed only their middle toes for running D. horses needed a lot food for running 45. Now each horse has _____ on its feet. A. four toes B. three toes

C. one toe D. no toe

B

Something very special happened to Tamara. She never knew she had a twin sister until she started university!

Tamara was born in Mexico. Her parents could not look after her so she went to live with a family in Manhattan, New York, US.

When Tamara was twenty years old, she started university in Long Island. She enjoyed her university life. But one day she was walking home from class, and a student smiled at her. “Hello, Adriana!” said the student. “I’m not Adriana,” said Tamara.

This happened to Tamara again and again. Tamara didn’t know why people kept calling her Adriana. One day, when a woman called her Adriana, Tamara asked, “Why do you keep calling me Adriana?”

The woman said, “You look like my friend Adriana. You have the same face and the same hair. Is Adriana your sister? Tamara said that she didn’t have any sisters. But she was interested in the girl named Adriana. At last she asked someone for Adriana’s email address.

When Tamara wrote to Adriana, she found out that they both had the same birthday, they looked the same and both of them were from Mexico. When Tamara went to live with the family in Manhattan, Adriana moved to Long Island to live with a family there. It had to be true! Adriana and Tamara were twin sisters!

46. When did Tamara know that she had a sister? A. Before she started school. B. After she visited a woman. C. After she went to university. D. Before she moved to America.

47. How might Tamara feel when a student called her Adriana? A. Sorry.

B. Afraid.

C. Surprised.

D. Bored.