平阳镇中学2014-2015学年度上学期八年级英语期中试题

平阳镇中学2014----2015学年度下学期期中考试

八年英语试卷

_____年____班_____ 考号：__________姓名：________得分：_____

一、单项选择：（30分）

( )1.---What’s ______with,John?

---He had a fever,so he didn’t come to school.

A.the matter B.matter C.the wrong

( )2.He used to ______up late,but now he is used to ________up early. A.getting;get B.get;getting C.get;getting

( )3.The 30th Olympic Games was held _____July 27th,2012 in London. A.in B.on C.at ( )4.Let’s go to the teacher for __________.

A.some advices B.some advice C.an advice ( )5.There are _______people on the bus.It’s_________crowded.

A.too much;much too B.too many;much too C.much too;too much ( )6. The girl could visit the sick kids in the hospital to __________ A.cheer up them B.cheer them up C.call them up ( )7.We have to ________the sports meeting because of the bad weather. A.put up B.put on C.put off

( )8.His grandparents live ______in a small house,but they don’t feel___. A.lonely;alone B.alone;lonely C.alone;alone ( )9.I am ________about the ________news.

A.excited;exciting B.exciting;excited C.excited;excited ( )10.---Could you help me clean up the room? ---___________.I am coming.

A. Sorry,I can’t B. Sure,I’d love to C. Of course not ( )11.It took me two hours yesterday to finish________the book. A.to read B.reading C.read ( )12.-----I don’t like Chinese. -----__________.

A.So do I B.Neither do I C.Neither I do ( )13.----Miss Li,may I____this book?

----Sure,but you can’t ______it to others.

A.borrow;lend B.lend;borrow C.borrow;borrow ( )14.He is ________to carry the heavy box.

A.strong enough B.enough strong C.too strong

( )15.We should provide a safe environment_____the endangered animals. A.with B.for C.to

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( )16.______my surprise,I have made great progress in spoken English. A.In B.To C.On ( )17.We should allow teenagers ________their own clothes. A.choose B.to choose C.choosing

( )18.Colors can change our moods(情绪)and make us ______happy or sad. A.feel B.to feel C.feeling ( )19.-----It’s too hot.Would you mind my ________the window? -----___________.Do it as you like,please.

A.to open;OK B.opening;Certainly not C.opening;Of course ( )20.The little girl didn’t stop crying _____she found her mother. A.until B.when C.after ( )21.When his mother got home,Jimmy _______the toys together busily. A.put B.was putting C.puts ( )22.She ______her homework at five yesterday.

A.is doing B.was doing C.did ( )23.I was waiting for the bus when it began to rain__________.

A.heavy B.heavily C.strongly ( )24.----Remember ______to my daughter’s dance show next Friday.

----Of course I will. I’ll never forget_______her dance for the first time last

year.

A.to come;to see B.coming;seeing C.to come;seeing ( )25.Jernmy Lin is ______famous _____all the basketball fans in

China know him.

A.too;to B.so;that C.such;that ( )26.I have trouble_______to the top of the mountain.

A.to get B.getting C.get ( )27.I am trying my best ______English well.

A.learn B.to learn C.learning ( )28.We can’t pass the English exam, ________we study hard. A.because B.unless C.if ( )29.I am very tired. Let’s stop________a rest.

A.to have B.having C.have ( )30.---I don’t know when___________tomorrow. ---I will call you as soon as he _________.

A.will he come;arrives B.he will come;arrives C.he will come;will arrive

二、完形填空（15分）

Perhaps you think that dogs and people have always been friends. That is not true. Long long ago they were___1___each other. But one girl changed that. Her name was

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Tella. She__2___very brave. She often went out___3___. But she always carried a stick ___4__herself.

One day she was walking in the forest. She took her stick __5___her. Suddenly it jumped in her hand. Tella turned around___6__found a small brown dog there. The dog pulled the other end__7__the stick. At first Tella was afraid. But the dog didn’t seem angry. He wagged(摇)his tail. She thought he __8___to play.

Tella had an idea. She threw the stick. The dog___9__it and brought it back. One more time Tella threw the stick. It fell into some tall grass. But the dog found it. He was __10__happy that he wagged his tail faster.

That night Tella took the dog__11___. Her family was _12_ . Her father even shot an arrow(箭)at the dog. But the arrow missed and fell into the grass. The dog ran off. In a few minutes he came back with the arrow in his__13__. He put it at Tella’s feet. The family was very__14__.Tella said,“You see, father. The dog can help you. He will bring your arrow back__15__you go out to catch animals.” Since then dogs and people have become good friends.

( )1.A.worried about B.afraid of C.angry with ( )2.A.was B.went C.turned ( )3.A.only B.lonely C.alone ( )4.A.protect B.to protect C.protecting ( )5.A.in B.to C.with ( )6.A.so B.or C.and ( )7.A.to B.of C.on ( )8.A.used B.passed C.wanted ( )9.A.ran after B.ran with C.jumped up ( )10.A.such B.very C.so ( )11.A.up B.home C.away ( )12.A.afraid B.happy C.sad ( )13.A.feet B.neck C.mouth ( )14.A.sad B.afraid C.surprised ( )15.A.when B.after C.before 三、情景交际（20分）

(A.)从A 到F中选择下列句子的最佳答案，每个选项只能用一次。

( )1.Animals are our friends. We should protect them. ( )2.Would you mind opening the window? ( )3.My sister was ill.

( )4.What are you going to do this weekend? ( )5.I don’t like playing basketball. A.Neither do I. B. I ’m sorry to hear that. C. Nothing much. D. OK, I will. E. Of course not . F. I agree with you. 3 (B)用适当的句子完成对话。 （Alice-A，Bill-B）

A: You look unhappy 1. ? B: I have a headache and I can’t move my neck.

A:2 ? B: No, my temperature seems all right. I took my temperature just now. A:3 ? B: I played computer games all weekend.

A: That’s probably why. You sat in the same way for too long without moving. B:You are right. 4 ? A: I think you should lie down and have a good rest. If your head and neck still hurt tomorrow，5 . B: OK. Thanks, Alice.

四、阅读理解（本题共40分，A，B.每小题1分，C,D，E每小题2分。） （A）根据每一段的意思，从A到F中选择一个最好的标题。 （ ）1.Are you a TV lover? Can you imagine living without TV? Well, you could give it a try. A group of Americans, TV-Turn off Network, have an idea. From April 19 to 25, they are asking children all over the world to turn off their TVs for one week. They hope children will find more interesting things to do.

( )2.American scientists did a study of 1,300 children. They watched the children for four years. They say that if children watch lots of TV, they don’t do well in school.

( )3.Studies show that when children watch lots of TV, they eat more unhealthy food. More children are getting overweight. Overweight(超重)children become ill more easily. Watching too much TV is also bad for their eyes.

( )4.About 40% of American families watch TV at dinner time. That means that they don’t talk very much when they eat together, they can have a rest this way.

( )5.An American study says that before a child turns 28 years old, that child will see 200，000 violent(暴力的)things on TV. Some kids become violent in real life. A.Bad for your studies B.Too many bad actions C.Bad for work D.Bad for your health E.An idea without TV F.A good way of relaxing (B)阅读短文判断正（T）误（F） A long time ago, there was an emperor. He had a beautiful garden. In the garden, there was a little nightingale ( 夜莺) singing very beautifully.

One day, the emperor heard about this little bird's beautiful voice. He asked his guards to bring her to him. As soon as the emperor heard the nightingale's voice, he said, \ The little bird was so unhappy about being kept in the cage that she stopped singing

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