2011-2012学年安徽省芜湖市无为县八年级上学期期中测试英语试卷（解析版）

一、单项填空

1. 难度：中等

I want you to say _____ about this concert.

A．anything different	B．something different
C．different anything	D．different anything

2. 难度：中等

My father always makes me _______.

A．laughing

B．to laugh

C．laugh

D．laughs

3. 难度：中等

_______ milk is ________ your health.

A．Drinking, good for	B．Drink, good at
C．Drinking, good at	D．Drinking, good to

4. 难度：中等

My school is about twenty ________ walk from here.

A．minute

B．minutes’

C．minute’s

D．minutes

5. 难度：中等

---I have a bad cold.

---_______________.

A．No problem.	B．Yes, you don’t look well
C．Thanks.	D．I’m sorry to hear that.

6. 难度：中等

______ it take you to walk from your home to your office?

A．How long is

B．How far is

C．How long does

D．How far does

7. 难度：中等

Tony likes sports very much. She’s very _______.

A．outgoing

B．athletic

C．kind

D．funny

8. 难度：中等

Liu Ying is ______than Wang Mei.

A．funny

B．more funny

C．funnier

D．more funnier

9. 难度：中等

“_______hours do you sleep every day ?” “Nine.”

A．How long

B．How many

C．How much

D．How often

10. 难度：中等

He’d  better ______a  doctor if he ______well.

A．to see, isn’t

B．see,feels

C．see,not feel

D．see,doesn’t feel

11. 难度：中等

I______he______come tomorrow.

A．think; won’t

B．don’t think;will

C．don’t; won’t

D．don’think; won’t

12. 难度：中等

______he was tired,______he didn’t stop______.

A．Although ; but; to rest	B．/; but; to work
C．Although;/; rest	D．Although;/; working

13. 难度：中等

---We’re going to Mount Emei this weekend.--- ______

A．Have a good rest

B．thank you

C．It’s dangerous

D．have a good time

14. 难度：中等

---______do the students exercise a week ?

---Once or twice.

A．How often

B．How long

C．How

D．How many times

15. 难度：中等

Don’t forget_____your notebook here next Monday.

A．bringing

B．to bring

C．bring

D．to take

16. 难度：中等

Jim spent  half an hour ______his work.

A．finish

B．to finish doing

C．finishing to do

D．finishing

17. 难度：中等

My friend is ______her sister.

A．babysitting

B．babysits

C．babysiting

D．to babysit

18. 难度：中等

The Greens ______to France next weekend.

A．is flying

B．flies

C．fly

D．are flying

二、完型填空

19. 难度：中等

阅读下列短文，从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

Mr Black works in a hospital (医院). As a good  1 , the people in the town like him. He’s often  2 to the patients (病人) and looks them over    carefully.  3  he’s always busy and has little time to rest.

One morning Mr Black got to the hospital and saw there was a fat woman in the  4 . He called her into his office and asked, “  5 , madam ?”

“It was my birthday yesterday, sir”, said the woman. “My husband gave me a  6 . But I couldn’t push my way in (挤进) it.”

“  7 , madam,” said Mr Black, “You must lose some weight (减肥). You’ll be able to  8 your coat, if you do all that I say.”

“You’re  9 , sir,” said the rich woman. “He bought me not a coat, but an expensive  10 .”

1.

A．doctor

B．farmer

C．teacher

D．cleaner

2.

A．bad

B．fine

C．cold

D．kind

3.

A．Or

B．But

C．So

D．Then

4.

A．classroom

B．waiting room

C．park

D．zoo

5.

A．How do you do	B．How are you
C．What’s the matter	D．How old are you

6.

A．house

B．coat

C．shop

D．present

7.

A．It doesn’t matter	B．It’s a pleasure
C．I have no idea	D．It’s my favourite

8.

A．put

B．wear

C．buy

D．wash

9.

A．right

B．wrong

C．easy

D．safe

10.

A．bike

B．bus

C．car

D．truck

20. 难度：中等

Hi Jerry,

　 Thank you 1 your invitation to 2 your school next week. I am sorry I 3  come. I’m not going to be 4 next week. On Monday, I have a piano lesson 5 8:00  5 10:00 in the morning, and I have to study for the English test in the afternoon. On Tuesday, I am  6 a friend from my hometown at the airport. On Wednesday, I am  7 tennis with my friends. I have to look after my  8 grandpa on Thursday. On Friday, I’m helping one of my classmates 9  his English. I am busy  10 week.

1.

A．with

B．to

C．for

D．in

2.

A．visit

B．watch

C．look

D．study

3.

A．mustn’t

B．have to

C．can’t

D．couldn’t

4.

A．very busy

B．free

C．happy

D．well

5.

A．at ……to

B．from ……to

C．at ……and

D．from……at

6.

A．meeting

B．phoning

C．making

D．going

7.

A．playing the

B．joining

C．having

D．playing

8.

A．ill

B．sadly

C．healthy

D．sick

9.

A．talk

B．studying

C．with

D．for

10.

A．whole the

B．the all

C．all

D．the whole

三、补充句子

21. 难度：中等

从方框中选择适当的句子,补全对话(共5小题,每小题1分)

A: Hey, Lucy! What are you doing for vacation?

B: 1  I'm leaving on Friday. How about you?

A: I'm going sports camping.

B: Oh, cool!

A: 2

B: I'm going with my mother.

A: 3

B: On the eleventh.

A: 4 What about Tom? 5.

B: He's going to the beach with his family.

A．When are you going?

B．Sounds great!

C．Who are you going with?

D．We are leaving this weekend.

E. Where is he going for vacation?

F. I'm visiting my cousins in Canada.

四、阅读理解

22. 难度：中等

A

Xia Ming was worried about his study, so he wrote a letter to a magazine.

Dear editors,

I’m a slow student in my class. Most of my classmates are much better than me. So I get very stressed out. It’s difficult to keep on working hard and it’s really not fun. And I think although I spend much time studying for the tests. I can’t get good grades. My father gives me some help sometimes. He tells me not to worry about it. But what do you think I should do?

Xia Ming

Two readers read the letter from the magazine and here are their answers:

Dear Xia Ming,

Many famous people are not so good at the age like you. Edison, the famous scientist, had a bad headache for his studies when he was a 12-year-old boy. But everyone knows that he did a lot for the people in the world. And Newton had the same story like him. You should take it easy, then try your best. I believe you can do better.

Thumbelina

Dear Xia Ming,

When you are feeling stressed out, just smile and take a deep breath(深呼吸), you should believe tomorrow is another day.

Mr Unsmart

1.Xia Ming worried about ______.

A．his classmates

B．his life

C．his study

D．his father

2.Thumbelina gave ______ examples in the letter.

A．one

B．two

C．three

D．four

3.Thumbelina wrote about those famous people _______.

A．to make Xia Ming feel better

B．to make Xia Ming laugh

C．to show how much she knows

D．to show that she dislike them

4.Which is NOT true?

A．Xia Ming doesn’t have fun studying at school.

B．Xia Ming’s father always helps him with his study.

C．Smiling can reduce the pressure.

D．Edison is famous in the world.

5.“Tomorrow is another day.” tells us ______.

A．it’s the weekend tomorrow

B．Xia Ming can get good grades tomorrow

C．tomorrow is different from today

D．there are hopes in our lives

23. 难度：中等

Mr Brown is one of my friend . He can run very fast and likes to show people how fast he can run .

One day , a thief(小偷) got into his house , took some of his things and ran out of the house fast . Mr. Brown found it and ran after him , and shouted （喊）,“Hey ! Don’t you know you can’t get away from me ?”

But the thief ran much faster . Mr. Brown got angry and ran faster , too . He was soon a few kilometers away from his house . He was running hard when he met me. “ Why are you running so fast ?” I asked , “ I want to catch a thief .” said Mr. Brown “But where is the thief ?” I asked . “ Kilometers and kilometers behind .” Said Mr. Brown proudly . “ He thought he could run faster than me , but you see he is wrong .”

1.Did the thief steal(偷) anything from Mr. Brown’s house ?

A．Yes, he was.

B．No, he wasn’t .

C．Yes, he did .

D．No, he didn’t .

2.Who ran faster , Mr. Brown or the thief ?

A．Yes, Mr. Brown .

B．No, the thief .

C．Mr. Brown

D．The thief.

3.Did Mr. Brown catch the thief?

A．Yes, he did	B．No, he didn’t .
C．Yes, but he let him go away .	D．No, but his friend did .

4.What did Mr. Brown do when he found the thief ?

A．He ran after him .	B．He was angry with him .
C．He caught him .	D．He stayed far behind him.

5.What does the word “ proudly”mean ?

A．自豪地

B．难过地

C．兴奋地

D．不慌不忙

24. 难度：中等

Mr. and Mrs. Long had one daughter. Her name was Lena. She was eighteen years old. Lena lived with her parents and worked in an office. She had some friends, but she didn’t like any of the boys very much.

One day she met a very nice man. He was young. His name was Watts and he worked in a post office. They became friends and he came to Lena’s parents house twice. Last week Lena said to her father, “I’m going to marry（嫁给） Watts, Daddy. He was here yesterday.”

“Oh, yes.” her father answered. “He’s a nice boy, but has he got much money?”

　　“Oh, no, both of you are the same,” the daughter answered angrily. I met Watts on the first day of June and the next day he asked me, “Has your father got much money?”

1.Mr. and Mrs. Long had a ______.

A．son

B．grandson

C．daughter

D．granddaughter

2.Lena worked _________.

A．in a school

B．in an office

C．in a factory

D．in a hospital

3.Lena had a few friends before she came to know Watts, but she _____.

A．liked no one very much

B．like all of them

C．didn’t know their names

D．didn’t talk to them about their work

4.Last week Lena asked her father _______.

A．to help her find a good husband	B．to let her marry(嫁给) Ｗatts
C．to give her some money to buy a house	D．to let her work in a big city

5.Lena got angry because ______.

A．her father didn’t like her boyfriend, Watts

B．her father asked her to make friends with money

C．her father and Watts only thought of money

D．her parents asked Watts to give them too much money

25. 难度：中等

Many children love junk food. It's bad for their health. Their parents don't want them to eat too much junk food. Although they know it's not a good habit, they still eat it. Some of them eat this kind of food every day. Some only once or twice a week.

Paul is kind of unhealthy. He hardly ever exercises. He eats lots of junk food because he loves it. When he has money, he'll buy junk food. His parents worry about him. But he says.“Maybe I'm not very healthy, but I enjoy myself.”

根据短文内容判断正误，正确的填“T”，错误的填“F”

1.Few children love junk food.

2.Many parents want their children to eat junk food.

3.Children know it's bad habit to eat junk food.

4.Paul is very healthy.

5.Paul often borrows money to buy junk food.

五、单词拼写

26. 难度：中等

根据首字母及汉语提示,完成下列单词的拼写,使句意通顺。

1.Hainan  is a  good place to go s________.

2.Tom and Sam are twins,but there are some d__________between them.

3.F_______ is quite important to everyone .We all need friends.

4.You should practice more to __________(提高)your English.

5.I am _________(口渴的)and I  world like something to drink.

六、书面表达

27. 难度：中等

假设Mike是你远在美国的朋友，请根据以下提示，写一篇60词左右的短文。

①Mike的学校离家约6千米，他通常骑自行车去上学，下雨时坐公共汽车；

②父亲在医院工作，医院离家很远，每天开车去上班，大约花40分钟；

③母亲在银行工作，常坐地铁去上班。