2013学年第二学期八年级英语第一次质量检测试卷和答案

2013学年第二学期第一次质量检测试卷

八年级英语

（完卷时间：90分钟 满分：100分）

I． Choose the best answer(选择最恰当的答案)25% ( ) 1. English is ______useful language lin the world.

A. an B. a C. the D. /

( ) 2. —What’s your view ________ the educational programme? —________ my opinion, it can broaden our minds. A. of, In B. on, In C. on, To D. in, On

( ) 3. They suggested ________ an English evening party this weekend. A. will have B. to have C. having D. have ( ) 4. A good dictionary is ______ in learning English.

A. must B. need C. must be D. a must

( ) 5. The small boys decided _______to each other.

A. to not talking B. not to talk C. not talking D. not talk ( ) 6. You will fail the exam_____ you work hard. A. if B. since C. because D. unless

( ) 7. The clever boy has a good command of ______ though he is only 10 years old. A. Britain B. German C. Germany D.England ( ) 8. Bob _____ much time on his studies,but he ______play a lot..

A. spends…used to B. took…was used to C. pay…used to D.spent…was used to ( ) 9.I really don’t know ______.

A. when did you go there B.why you went there so late

C. how shall we go there D. which one can you use

( ) 10.You can take _____the apple _____the pear.But you can’t take both. A. both...and B. not only...but also C. neither...nor D. either...or

( ) 11. This book isn’t so _____as that. It’s hard to read.

A. more difficult B. difficult C. easy D. easier ( ) 12.He is much better now, you _____ worry about him.

A. needn’t to B.don’t need C. don’t need to D. not need

( ) 13. ______ people have visited the exhibition since it opened to the public.

A. Thousand B. Thousand of C. Thousands of D. Thousands ( ) 14. He has got two sons.______ is a doctor, and _____is a manager.

A. One…other B. One…the other C. One…another D. One…others ( ) 15. My sister used to _____to work by bus,but now she is used to _____to work on foot. A.go, go B going, going C. going, go D.go ,going ( ) 16. Can you tell me _____ operate the machine?

A. what to B. how to C. when to D. where to

( ) 17. Who will preside _____ this class meeting?

A. to B on C. in D. over

( ) 18. His brother’s wish is _______in the biggest library in the world.. A. read B. to read C.reading D. has read ( ) 19. Did you communicate ________the foreigner ________English?

A. with, with

B. to, in

C. with, in D. to, with ( ) 20. _____ do you _____ the film?

A. What, feel about B. How, feel about C.How,find about D. What, like ( ) 21.We should take every opportunity to practice _____ English..

A. speak B. speaking C. to speak D. speaking in ( ) 22.--- What’s your opinion,Mr White? ---_________.

A. I couldn’t agree much B.I couldn’t agree more C. didn’t agree D. I agree you

( ) 23. The geography teacher told us that the earth _____ around the sun. A. moves B. moved

C. move D. had moved

( ) 24. I saw Mr LI in the office.______teachers are having a meeting in the meeting room. A) Another B) Others C)The others D) The other ( ) 25.---- Thank you for inviting me to dinner. ----_________.

A) With pleasure B) That’s right C) Never mind D)My pleasure

II. Complete the sentences with the given words in their proper forms(用括号中所给单词的适当形式完成下列句子)8%

1. ______(congratulate) on your success in the writing contest. 2. At last Mary made the final ______.(decide)

3. Telephone is an important means of _______(communicate). 4. An English-Chinese dictionary is ______(help) to English learners. 5. This passage is not very good,you should _____(write) it after school. 6. What do you think of those _______?(suggest) 7. Our school life is both _____(enjoy)and rewarding.

8. Football is one of the most ____(wide) played sports in the world.

III. Rewrite the following sentences as required(根据所给要求，改写句子，每空格限填一词)16%

1. The shirt cost Jane 100 yuan.(改疑问句)

______the shirt_______Jane 100 yuan ?

2. I don’t think he keeps an English diary. （改为反意疑问句）

I don’t think he keeps an English diary, __________ _________?

3. Tom liked watching TV better than playing computer games before. ( 保持原句意思)

Tom____ watching TV ______ playing computer games before

4. Take the underground,or you will be late for the lecture.（保持原句意思） You _____ be late for the lecture_____ you take the underground. 5. These red roses give a pleasant smell. (改为感叹句) _______ _______ these red roses smell!

6. We have to work hard now in order to to live a better life in the future. (对划线部分提问) ________ ________we have to work hard now ?

7. We want to know when we will hold the Art Festival. （保持原句意思）

We want to know _____ _____ hold the Art Festival.

8. We visited the Shanghai Museum last week. (对划线部分提问)

_____ _____ you visit last week? IV Reading comprehension

A. Complete the following passage with the words in the box. Each word can only be used once(将下列单词填入空格。每空格限填一词，每个单词只能填一次）（共8分）

A. important B. hands C. came back D. angry with E. prepared F. table G. eyes H. crowded I. hide Last Friday after I got my pay, I went shopping on my way home. In the 1 supermarket, I lost my purse and my money was gone with it. I felt very angry and sad. We were not rich and the money was 2 for us. How could I tell my wife about it?

I felt really sorry for losing the money. When I got home, I cleaned the house and 3 a nice meal. I hoped what I did could comfort (安慰) my wife. When she 4 , she was surprised to see the clean house and the nice meal. Then I began to tell my story when we were at 5 , but my wife didn’t respond (反映) as if she had not heard my words. Maybe she was trying hard to 6 her anger, I thought.

“I’ve lost my pay.” I said to her again.

“I see.” She didn’t seem to be ７ me. For a moment, she said nothing but enjoyed the meal with me.

“I’ve lost my money,” I could not help asking, “why don’t you blame (责备) me?”

“Oh, my dear,” she raised her ８ , looked at me and said, “I’m thinking about how to comfort you. It’s the thief who is to be blamed!”

1.__________2.___________3.__________4._________

5.__________6.___________7.__________8._________

B. Choose the best answer（根据短文内容，选择最恰当的答案5%）

Many people believe they should drink eight glasses of water a day, or about two liters.Why?

Because that is what they have been told all their life.But a new report offers some different advice.Experts say people should obey their bodies;they should drink as much water as they feel like drinking.

The experts say women should get about 2.7 liters of water daily.Men should get about 3.7 liters.But in each case, that is more than eight glasses.

The report does not tell people how many glasses of water to drink.In fact, the experts say it may be impossible to know how many glasses are needed because the daily water requirement can include the water in food.People do not get water only by forcing themselves to drink a set number of glasses per day.People also drink fruit juices and sodas and milk.They drink coffee and tea. These all contain water.

Experts say people need to drink more water when they are physically active.The same is true of those who live in hot climates.Depending on heat and activity, people could need water two times as much as others do.

( ) 1. People ______ that they should drink eight glasses of water a day.

A) always believe B) don’t know C) have just learned D) don’t think ( ) 2. The new report says that _______.

A) People should drink eight glasses of water a day B)People should drink less than eight glasses of water a day C)People should drink the same amount of water D)None of these

( )3. According to the report, _______.

A)men and women need more than eight glasses of water every day B)People should drink more than eight glasses of water a day C)People get water mainly from food D)People get water mainly from drinking milk

( )4. It is impossible to tell people how many glasses of water to drink because ______.

A) people get water not only through drinking water B) men and women are different C) too much water can be bad to health D) people may use glasses of different size

( )5.According to the passage ,how much water people drink also depends on______.

A)how hot the weather is B)how physically active you are C)how old are you D)both A and B

C. Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage(选择最恰当的单词或词组完成短文）：（12分）

For many students, choosing a job is the most important life decision they must make at