北京市昌平临川育人学校2017-2018学年八年级英语下学期期中试题 人教新目标版（初中 八年级 英语试题）

Got a bad grade, afraid to show my parents... Lady Rita Report cards are going out this Friday, and I realized I had failed in chemistry. My parents are probably going to kill me for that. What should I do? Answers Butterfly It is better to be honest with them and tell them it is a very difficult course and you are trying your hardest. Promise them you will work harder. Study a little every night so when your next test comes you'll be much more prepared. Derp Let me guess, you have always been a great student and slipped up just this one time? Explain that to your parents. Male T You should learn from insects—when they try to cross a wall, they fall down again and again until at some time they get success. Naughty Do what I did... show your parents your report cards and then simply ask them... “Did any one of you guys ever fail a test?” Flower I never showed my parents my test scores. It’s none of their business!

( )46.Lady Rita put her question here to ________________.

A. ask for help B. draw others’ attention C. please her parents D. share her grades with others ( )47..How many people advised Lady Rita?

A. Five. B. Four. C. Three. D. Two. ( )48.According to Butterfly, ________________.

A. nobody can do well in chemistry

B. better preparation may lead to better grades C. you won’t get bad grades if you do your best D. parents don’t care how their kids do at school ( )49.What can we learn from Male T’s suggestion?

A. Good news never goes beyond the gate. B. Knowledge is power.

C. Failure is the mother of success. D. There’s no smoke without fire. ( )50.What do we know about Naughty?

A. He does well in all his subjects. B. His parents used to be great students. C. He thinks it’s normal to fail sometimes. D. He dare not show his grades to his parents

B

Sam hated doing chores. And he had many chores. For example,on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays he took out the rubbish. And on weekends he always washed his father’s car. He also cleaned his own room once a week. What a chore that was! Sometimes he even had to look after his little sister and brother.

Sam had a foreign friend at school. His name was Kumar. Doing chores in Kumar’s family was very different. In the house only the girls did chores. His sisters made all the beds and cleaned all the rooms too, even his bedroom.His mother always cooked the meals, and his sisters helped her to go shopping, and prepare the food. They worked hard at home,doing all the chores with their mother. So when Kumar talked to his friend Sam about chores, he felt very lucky. One day, Sam had an idea. He asked Kumar,”Could I borrow your sisters? ” He wanted them to help him clean his room,but they said “ no ” Instead, they asked Sam to teach their brother how to do chores, so he could make his own bed.

Sam and Kumar are very good at science. They are going to be scientists after university. They want to make a robot to do the chores. Then everyone-mothers and fathers, sons and daughters-will be happy!

( )51.Which of the following is right ?

A.Sam liked doing chores. B.Sam did chores only on weekends. C.Sam liked doing chores only on weekends. D.Sam really didn’t like doing chores. ( )52.Which of the following is right?

A.Sam cleaned his room once a month. B.Sam never looked after his brother and sister. C.Sam washed the car every weekend. D.Sam enjoyed cleaning his own room. ( )53.Which of the following is right?

A.Everyone did chores in Kumar’s family. B.Kumar’s sisters made his bed.

C.Kumar did some chores. D.Kumar’s sisters liked helping their brother

( )54.Which of the following is right?

A.The sisters agreed to help him. B.Sam wanted to borrow Kumar’s sisters.

C.The sisters didn’t want Kumar to do chores at home. D.The sisters asked Sam to do chores for them. ( )55.Which of the following is right?

A.Sam and Kumarwant to make a robot.

B.They aren’t going to be scientists after university. C.No one will be happy to have a chore robot. D.Sam and Kumar want to become robot scientists.

C

Reading is a good hobby for a all kinds of reasons. First, reading is fun. You can always keep yourself happy. If you like reading, you will never feel bored or tired.

Next, you can read a book almost anywhere: in a car, on a plane, or even in the bathroom. All you need is a book!

Another good reason for reading is that it is useful. If you read as a hobby, you will get better and better at it. And you will read faster and find it easier to understand what you read. As your reading skills improve, you will probably find your schoolwork becomes much better.

Some people say that reading is out of date(过时的). This is not true. You can read on computers, and the more you read, the better your computer skills will be.

Good readers may become writers, too. They always have more things to write about. Reading is a wonderful hobby. Why don’t you start reading right now? ( ) 56. Reading can always keep yourself .

A. happy

B. bored

C. tired

D. sleepy

( ) 57. You can read a book .

A. just in the classroom

B. only on a plane.

C. when you are driving a car D. almost anywhere

( )58. You can read faster .

A. after you read a book C. if you read as a hobby

B. only on a plane

D. if you like books

( )59.Which of the following is Not ture?

A. If one likes reading,he will never feel bored B. Reading is out of date.

C. Reading can improve our schoolwork. D. We can’t read almost anywhere.

( )60. What does the passage mainly tell us?

A. Reading is a good hobby. B. You can read on computers.

C. Good readers must be good writer. D. You should buy more books.

Ⅷ.根据汉语提示写单词（5分）

61. --What’s the matter? ----I have a _______(牙痛） 62. You should _______ (归还）it to me by 10 o’clock.

63. The boy was waiting for the bus when a _______ (暴风雨)came. 64. Are you good at playing_______（足球）

65. It takes me ________ (几个）hours to finish the work.

Ⅸ. 阅读短文，根据短文内容，从短文后的五个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。每个选项只能用一次。（共10分）

Tips for Writing Better Articles

Many of us don’t spend a lot of time improving our writing skills. This can be a problem when we hand in our articles. Good writing skills will help us improve our grades and benefit us later in life. 66 . Make good word choices. When we’re not sure which word is the right one for a sentence, look it up in a dictionary. Many of us choose words in a hurry and don’t take the time to decide if they’re proper. 67 . Check facts. If we want people to believe what we write, we must make sure our facts are true. We should use dependable facts.