八年级(下)英语期中测试.doc

一． 单项选择（15分）
1. People _____ have robots in their home.
A. will B. would C. should D. could
2. If you want to talk to your teacher , you should _____ first.
A. called to her B. called up her
C. call her up D. called her up
 3. What ____________ at nine o’clock last Sunday morning?
A. was you doing  B. were you doing   
C. are they doing      D. does we do 
4. ---- I don’t know if he ____________ .
---- He will come if it _____________.
A. comes; won’t rain         B. will come; doesn’t rain
C. comes; doesn’t rain       D. will come; won’t rain 
5. All the students were sweeping the floor _________ they heard a man ________ “help”.
A. when, shouting      B. while, to shout    
C. when, to shout      D. while, shouting 
6. There are about five ____ young trees on the hill.[来源:学+科+网Z+X+X+K][来源:学#科#网]
A. hundred B. hundreds C. hundred of D. hundreds of
7. You ________ return the book now. You can keep it till next month.
A. can’t    B. mustn’t    C. needn’t    D. may not
8. ---- Could I see your dictionary?     [来源:Z。xx。k.Com]
---- ______________. Here you are.
A. Yes, you could.   B. Sure.   C. Sorry. D. It doesn’t matter 
9. The teacher told us the earth______ ____ (travel) round the sun.
A. traveling B. travels C. traveled D. will travel
10．We ________ Paris ________ the night ________ March 10th.
A．got; on; on               B．reached; on; on
C．arrived; on; of           D．reached; on; of
11. How __________ I was at that time!    
A. surprised    B. surprise   C. surprising  D. surprises
12. Henry went to the beach last weekend, and ______________ .
A. so was I    B. so I did     C. so I was    D. so did I 
13.—What are you going to give your mother for her birthday?
—I’m not sure. But I’ll buy her ________
A. special anything   B. anything special  
C. special something   D. something special
14. The teacher told him __________ again.
A. not late      B. no be late for     
C. to be not late       D. not to be late 
15. He could do nothing except __________ TV.
A. watch      B. watches    C. watching    D. will watch 
二．选择对应的选项填在题前的括号内（10分）
1. I’m not hungry.
2. I think I’m going to wear jeans to the party.
3. I think I’m going to take the bus to the party.
4. I think I’m going to go to the party with Karen and Ann.
5. I’m really tired.

A.If you do, you’ll have a great time.
B.If you do, you’ll be late.
C.If you do, the teachers won’t let you in.
D.You shouldn’t eat now.
E.You could go to bed at 8:00.
三 完形填空（10分）
We live in the “computer age(时代) ”. People like scientists, teachers, writers(作家) and even students use computers to do ___1___ work . But more than 30 years ago, __2__ couldn’t do much. They were very big and expensive. Very_3___people were interested in them and knew how to use them .Today computers are smaller and ___4___. __5___they can do a lot of work, many people like to use them, Some people even have them at home.
Computers become very important because they can work__6__than men and make fewer mistakes. Computers can__7__people do a lot of work. Writers now use computers to write. Teachers use them to study and children use them to play games. Computers can also remember what you put__8___ them. Computers are __9__ and helpful. They are our good friends. Do you want to__10__a computer?
( )1. A. many of B. all kinds of C. a lot of D. very much
( )2. A. scientists B. teachers C. students D. computers
( )3. A. few B. little C . a few D. a little
( )4. A. cheap B. cheaper C. expensive D. more expensive
( )5. A. But B. And C. since D. faster
( )6. A. slow B. slower C fast D. faster
( )7. A. help B. make C. use D. up
( )8. A. in B. into C. on D.up
( )9. A. beautiful B. careful C. useful D. heavy
( )10.A. pay B. sell C. lend D. have
四 阅读理解（40分）
(A)
Television is good. You’d like to watch it all day and all night. But too much TV is a very bad thing. Scientists found that kids who watch too much TV may have more trouble learning to read. They can’t focus （集中）on their work.
Kids learn language skills best by reading, talking and playing with others. If they spend too much time watching TV, they’ll have less time for those things.
Watching too much TV is bad for people’s health. People don’t move much while watching TV. What’s more, they may eat a lot of food while watching. This can make them fat. We call these people couch potatoes.
Fighting on TV is a big problem for kids. Young people are good at following. Scientists have found that those who watch a lot of fighting shows are more likely to fight.
1. Scientists say if kids watch too much TV, they will ______.
A. learn language skills more easily B. be healthier
C. find it hard to learn to read D. eat less food
2. Kids learn language skills best by ______.
A. reading B. talking
C. playing with others D. all of the above
3. While watching TV, what DON’T people do?
A. Eat a lot of food. B. Have less time for reading.
C. Hardly move. D. Focus on their work.
4. Which of the following is true?
A. An American child will watch 12,000 fighting acts on TV a year.
B. It’s good for kids to learn from fighting acts on TV.
C. Too much TV is good for people’s health.
D. It’s easy for kids who watch a lot of fighting shows to fight with others.
5. Couch potatoes are people who watch too much TV and become____.
A. thin B. fit C. fat D. strong
(B)
Betty always thinks her village poor and would not stay there. So she went to a town and tried to find a job there. She is tall and strong, but she can't do anything. Mr. Taylor's mother has been sick in bed for years. He and his wife have no time to look after her. So they employed the girl. At first she thought the Taylors were kind to her and they had three meals with her together and worked hard. Nearly half a month later Mrs. Taylor found the girl had a lot of shortcomings and made an excuse to let her go. The day before yesterday Mr. Taylor heard from Mr. White, one of his friends. The man said in his letter he was going to employ Betty and he wondered how the girl had worked for them. MrTaylor began to write to him.[来源:学科网ZXXK]
“…She's a lazy girl with bad manners," he wrote. Then he turned to his wife and said, "Can you find out any good points of hers, dear?"
Mrs. Taylor thought for a while and said, "She had good appetite（胃口）
and slept well.”
6．Betty is a ________ girl.
A．hard-working country      B．lazy country
C．hard-working city         D．lazy city
7．The Taylors can't take care of their sick mother because  ________.
A．they're ill               B．they're lazy
C．they're busy              D．they aren't kind to her
8．Betty has been in Taylor's home for  ________.
A．a week      B．15 days C．a month    D．half a year
9．Which sentence isn't true?  ________.
A．Mr. White is a friend of Mr. Taylor's
B．Mr. White is going to employ Betty
C．Mr. White wrote a letter to Mr. Taylor[来源:Zxxk.Com]
D．Mr. Taylor didn't write back to Mr. White
10．From the passage we know Betty has  ________.
A．a good point              B．two good points
C．some good points          D．no good points
(C)
Visit Dong Lake Zoo
  Come and see big elephants from Yunnan and tigers from the northeast. The African giraffes are waiting for you. Clever monkeys are going to make you laugh. A lot of other animals you have never seen are waiting to meet you.
Tickets
Grown-ups: ￥80
Children: ￥40
Under Six: Free
Opening Hours： From Monday to Friday: 8:30 a.m.－－－4：30 p.m.
               Saturday and Sunday: 8：00a.m.－－－5：30 p.m.
Keep the zoo clean.
Do not feed or go near to the animals.
1. All the animals above are _______.
A. from Africa    B. in the northeast    C. from China     D. in the zoo
2. Which animal is full of fun?
 A. A monkey.    B. A giraffe.    C. A tiger.     D. An elephant.
3. Now Mr. and Mrs. King are going to the zoo with their seven-year-old son. How much will they pay for the tickets?
A. One hundred and twenty yuan.   B. One hundred and sixty yuan.
C. Two hundred yuan.    D. Eighty yuan.
4. Which is the visiting time?
A. 9:30 a.m. on Monday.     B. 5:00 p.m. on Thursday.
C. 7:30 a.m. on Saturday     D. 8:30 p.m. on Sunday.
5. We can _______ in the zoo.
A. throw dirty things    B. not go close to the animals
C. not laugh          D. give food to the animals
(D)
George and his wife have a small bar(酒吧).The bar often keeps open until
after midnight, because people come to drink there while they are waiting for the trains.
At two o’ clock one morning, one is still sitting at a table in the small bar. He drinks too much and is asleep. George’s wife wants to go to bed. She goes into the bar several times, and each time the man is still there. At last she says to her husband, “You’ve woken(叫醒) that man six times now, George, but he isn’t drinking anything. Why don’t you send him away? It’s very late.”
“Oh, no, I don’t want to send him away,” answers her husband with a smile, “you see, whenever I wake him up, he asks for his bill(账单).When I bring it to him, he pays it. Then he goes to sleep again.”
阅读短文，判断正(T)误(F)
1.The Georges’ bar is often closed after 7 o’ clock p.m.
2.A person is still sitting at a table at two in the afternoon.
3.He is tired and is asleep.
4.George’ s wife wants to go to bed.
5.The man is woken six times and paid his bill six times.
五. 补全对话，选出正确的句子填入对话（10分）
A. You should tell your child to help you.
B. It’s a good idea.
C. It’s a bad idea.
D. He is too young to do anything.
E. Maybe you shouldn’t do any chores at home.
F. You could be outside.
G. You should plan things well.

A: I need more leisure time to read some interesting books at home.
B: Well, 1 .
A: I don’t think 2 . I have to do all the chores.
B: Well, 3 .
A: He can’t help me. 4 .
B: I think 5 . Then you can get more free time.
A: You are right.
六． 书面表达(15分)
如果你将来成为了一名教师，你会怎么做，以此题材写一篇小作文，字数80字左右
If I become a teacher, I will
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