外研版八年级上册英语期中测试卷

外研版八年级上册英语期中测试卷 肥东为民学校16-17学年度第一学期第一次月考 八年级英语 ,时间,100分钟 总分,120分, 第?卷 选择(共55分) I. 单项选择从每小题所给的四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案 (25’) 1. Guangzhou is _________ the south of China. A. in B. on C. to D. from 2. China is famous _____ the Great Wall. A. at B. for C. of D. as 3. _______ is the population of Hefei? A. How many B. How often C. How much D. What 4. ------What are you doing? ------ I’m reading ______ . B. today newspaper A. today’s newspaper C. todays’ newspaper D. newspapers today 5. Did Lucy enjoy ______ at the party? A. her B. himself C. oneself D. herself 6. Our teacher is pleased ______us. A. as B. for C. with D. in 7. I’m 1.70 metres. Yao Ming is 2.27 metres. I am ______ Yao Ming. A. as tall as B. taller than tall as D. so tall as C. not as 8. There is ____ river in my hometown. A. two--metre--deep B . a two--metre--deep C. two metres deep D. a two metres deep 9. They don’t know what ______yesterday. A. did he happen B. he happened C. happened to him D. happened to he 10. Those stories are very______ , so Betty is ______ in them. A. interesting, interesting B. interested, interesting C. interesting, interested D. interested, interested 11. He tries_____ English well, so he practises _______English every day. A. to learn; to speak B. learning; speaking C. to learn; speaking D. learning; to speak 12. _____speak more English in class? A. You should B. What about C. Why don’t D. Why not 13. ----Can he work out the maths problem? ----I think _____ hard for him to work it out. A. it’s B. that’s C. this is D. they’re 14. Mr. Lin gave us some _____ how to learn English well last week. A. advice on B. advices on C. advice in D. advices in 15. ----How about going for a walk outside? -----_______. A. I would be B. I like C. I do D. I’d like to 16. ,_______ do you visit your grandmother? ,Once a month. A. How often B. How long C. How far D. How soon 17. -Where’s your homework? -Oh, I ______ it at home. A. forget B remember C left D. bring 18. Remember ______ this book to the library tomorrow. A. returning B. to borrow C. to return D. borrowing 19. Is there _____ in the bag? A. something new B. new something C. anything else D. else anything 20. Beijing is bigger than _____in Jiangsu. A. any other city B. any city C. any other cities D. other cities 1. How could he _______? 2 A. makes you laugh B. make you laugh C.makes you laughing D. make you laughing 22. Whose room is ______,Kate’s, Millie’s or Betty’s? A. bigger B. the bigger C. the best D. best 23. Wang Fang is______ of the five basketball players, but she plays very well. A. thinner B. thinnest C. the thinnest D. very thin 24. He tries to spend as much time as he can ____ Chinese well. A to study B studies C studying D study 25. What kind of food is______ , Chinese food, Japanese food or the western food? A. most delicious B. more delicious C. the most delicious D. the more delicious II.完型填空(15’) John lived with his mother in a very big house, and after she___26___ , the house became too big___27___him, so he bought a ___28___one in the next street. There was a very nice, old clock in his ___29___house ,and when the workers came to take his things to the new house, John thought,“ I’m not going to let them ___30___my beautiful old clock in their truck. Perhaps they will break it, and then it will be very expensive to repair it.” So he___31___and began to carry it down the road in his arms. It was heavy ,so he stopped two or three times to have___32___.Then suddenly a small boy came along the road. He stopped and looked at John for___33___seconds. Then he said to John, “You’re a ___34___,aren’t you? ___35___don’t you buy a watch like everyone else?” 26 A. worked B. studied C. died D. played 27. A. at B. with C. about D. for 28. A. larger B. bigger C. nicer D. smaller 29. A. second B. third C. first D. new 30. A. to put B. putting C. puts D. put 31. A. picked it up B. picks it up C. picks up it D. picked up it 32. A. a look B. a drink C. a walk D. a rest 33. A. a few B. few C. little D. a little 34. A. great B. fool(傻子) C.clever D. bright 35. A. where B. Why C. How D. When III.阅读理解(40’) (A) My hometown is Tianjin. It is one of the biggest cities in China. the capital of China. So people say, Tianjin is the It is next to Beijing- eastern gate of Beijing. Bohai Bay is in the southeast of Tianjin. It is famous for the Haihe River which runs through the city. There are eighteen districts (区) in Tianjin. Heping District is the center. It's the busiest district in Tianjin. Binhai New District is in Tanggu. There are many big foreign companies there. It is a beautful district. Jixian is in the north of Tianjin. It is famous for the Great Wall. Thousands of people visit it on holidays. Farmers there are very kind and friendly. You can buy some fruit and nuts (坚果) there. They are very fresh. Welcome to Tianjin ! Welcome to my hometown ! 36. The writer was born in ________. A. Beijing B. Bohai Bay C. Tianjin D. Nanjing 37. Tianjin is on the ________of Beijing. A. south B. east C. northwest D. southeast 38. ________ is the busiest one in Tianjin. A. Heping District B. Binhai New District C. Jixian District D. Bohai Bay 39. The ________ runs through the city. A. Bohai B. Tongding River C. Haihe River D. Changjiang River 40. Jixian is famous for ________. A. the Great Wall B. the Bohai Bay C. Haihe River D. the foreign companies (B) we each have a memory(记忆力). That’s why we can still remember things after a long time. Some people have very good memories and they can easily learn many things by heart, but some people can only remember things when they say or do them again and again. Many of the great men of the world have got surprising memories. A good memory is a great help in learning a language. Everybody learns his mother language when he is a small child. He hears the sounds, remembers them and then he learns to speak. Some children are living with their parents in foreign countries. They can learn two languages as easily as one can , because they hear, remember and speak two languages every day. In school it is not so easy to learn a foreign language because the pupils have so little time for it, and they are busy with other subjects , too. But your memory will become better and better when you do more and more exercises. 41.Some people can easily learn many things by heart because _______. A.they always sleep very well B.they often eat good food C.they read a lot of books D.they have very good memories 42. Everybody learns his mother language _______ . A.at the age of six B.when he is a small child C.after he goes to school D.when he can read and write 43. Before a child can speak, he must _______ . A.read and write B.make sentences C.hear and remember the sounds D.think hard 44.In school the pupils can’t learn a foreign language well because _______ . A.they have no good memories B.they have no recorders C.they have too much time for it D.they are busy with other subjects 45.Your memory will become better and better . A.if you have plenty of good food B.if you do more and more exercises C.if you do morning exercises every day D.if you get up early (C) Do you know the name—Rain? Yes, he is a popular star of South Korea. Rain’s music teacher gave him that name. His real name is Jung Ji Hoon. The 27-year-old singer is very good at dancing, too. His eyes are bright and his smiles are sunny. When he was a child, Rain was very quiet. But in Grade Six, Rain surprised all of his classmates. He danced for them. After the excellent dancing, everyone looked at him in a different way. Rain’s songs sell well, and he acts(扮演) in a few TV shows., Rain doesn’t want to sing forever. “When I stop singing, I’d like to design(设 计)clothes. Being a designer is my childhood dream,” he said. 46. Where does Rain come from? A. China B. Japan C. South Korea D. America 47. Who gave him the name Rain? A. His father B. His classmate C. His teacher D. His mother 48. Why did Rain surprise his classmates? A. Because he was good at singing. B. Because he danced well. C. Because he got a good mark. D. Because he worked hard. 49. What did Rain want to be when he was a child? A. A singer B. A dancer C. A star D. A designer 50. What does the passage tell us? A. Rain is a very popular star. B. Rain is a popular designer. C Rain was very active when he was a child. D. Rain will stop singing next year. (D) Thanksgiving Day is a holiday in Canada and the United States..Nobody goes to work or school on Thanksgiving Day . Thanksgiving Day is not on the same day every year,but it is always in the same month. In Canada , Thanksgiving Day is on the second Monday in October. But in the US, it is on the fourth Thursday of November. Thanksgiving began in the US in 1621. In 1620, over one hundred people sailed across the Atlantic Ocean (跨过大西洋) to live in the New World . Their first winter in the New World was hard .They arrived too late to grow any crops ( 庄稼). Without food ,half the people died.The Indians taught them how to grow crops .The next year ,in the fall(秋季),there was a great harvest(收成). These people were very thankful so they had a feast(筵席)to celebrate the great harvest .That was the first Thanksgiving Day .People in Canada began cerebrating it in the 1750s .Families make special food and eat them together.They eat the roast(烤制的)turkey and pumpkin pies .After the dinner they like to play games together. 51. Thanksgiving Day is a holiday in ______. A.the world . B. China C. Canada and the US D. Europe 52. Thanksgiving celebrates the ______. A. Indians B. crops C. Feast. D. harvest 53. The first Thanksgiving began in _____. A. 1620 B. 1621 C. 1750 D. late November 54. The underlined words "the New World" mean " _______." A. 新世界 B. 新大陆 C. 新家园 D. 新国家 55. Which of the following is true? A. Canadians and Americans celebrate Thanksgiving in the same month . B. Thanksgiving Day isn't a holiday in Canada. C. After Thanksgiving dinner people often went to the stores . D. Canadians and Americans all have Thanksgiving dinner with the families. 第?卷 非选择题(共40分) IV(用所给词的适当形式填空(10’) 56. How about ___________(listen) to the radio? 57. Don’t forget ___________(turn) off the TV. 58. It is a great idea __________ (check) your vocabulary book every day. 59. I enjoy _________(listen) to real English songs. 60. This is a good way _______(learn) English. 61. Yao Ming is 2.26 _________ (metre) tall. 62. Would you like _______ ( go )to visit Diwang Tower with us? 63. He is much ______(tall) than his sister. 64. You ___________ ( not need ) to understand every word. 65. We lost to the other team when we _____ ( pass ) the ball last year. V.句型转换(10’) 66. I like living here because everyone is so friendly. (就划线部分提 问) you like living here? 67. My father gave me my first violin eight years ago. (就划线部分提问) your father you your first violin? 68. Our school is close to the train station.(改为同义句) Our school isn’t ________ ________ the train station. 69. 事实上，麦克不太喜欢流行音乐。 ________ _________ , Mike doesn’t like pop music very much. 70.How many people are there in Hefei? (改为同义句) ________ _________ is the population of Hefei? VI.书面表达(20’) 假如你叫李楠，你的网友王丹得知你的英语学得很好，昨天给你发了一封电子邮 件，请你介绍一下学好英语的成功经验。请你根据下面的中文提示，用英语给王 丹回一封电子邮件。(80词左右) 提示: ?早晨读英语; ?上课认真听讲; ?空余时间和朋友练习说英语; ? 多听广播，可以纠正发音; ?放学回家看英语新闻、睡觉前听英语。 Dear Wang Dan, _______________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________ Yours, Li Nan