发布时间 : 星期三 文章2016-2017学年度上学期八年级英语期中试题更新完毕开始阅读8d85d203bc1e650e52ea551810a6f524ccbfcb9a
2016—2017上学期八年级英语期中试题
一、单项选择（共30小题，每小题1分，计30分）
( )1. Sam doesn’t like playing__piano, but he likes playing __basketball. A. the; the B. the; / C. /; the ( )2. There _______ an English party in our class next week.
A. is going to have B. is going to be C. will have
( )3. Sam spends two hours _______ his homework every day.
A. to do B. doing C. do
( )4. Running every day ______ good for my health.
A. is B. are C. am
( )5.Football is one of ____ in China.
A more popular sport B. the most popular sport C. the most popular sports
( )6.---It’s too difficult for you to answer. ---Why ____ the teacher for help?
A. don’t ask B. not ask C. don’t you to ask
( )7. I think Kate is better at playing basketball because she is _____than Jenny. A. shorter B. quieter C. taller ( )8.This year our school is _____ than it was last year.
A. much more beautiful B. the most beautiful C. much beautiful
( )9. ---Which season do you like_______, autumn or winter? A. well B. better C. best ( )10.Reading in the sun ___ not good for your eyes.
A is B. are C. was
( )11. Tom has two pens. One is purple, ___ is yellow.
A. other B. the other C. another
( )12.--What else do you need, Mum?
--____else, I think. We’ve got everything ready. A. Nothing B. something C. anything
( )13.They are planning ____ Beijing.
A. visit B. visiting C. to visit
( )14. Both Li Lei and Mike are thirteen years old. Li Lei is _________Mike. A. the same age as B. not as old as C. older than ( )15. --_____the population of Shanghai? -- About 13 million.
A. How much is B. What’s C How many is
( )16. I had lots of homework to do._______, I finished it by myself.
A. In the end B. At the end C. By the end
( )17. What ____ to Jill yesterday? She looked unhappy.
A. happen B. happened C. took place
( )18.—Is there ____ in this newspaper?
--- I don’t know.
A. something interesting B. interesting something C. anything interesting ( )19. Lingling gives us ____ about how to learn English.
A. two piece of advices B. two pieces of advice C. two pieces of advices ( )20. It is important for us ___ English well.
A. learn B. learning C. to learn
( )21. All of us went to the park___ Bob, he had to look after his sister. A. besides B except C. beside
( )22. I usually go to work ___ bike, but today I go to work ___ a bus.
A. by,by B. by, on C. in ,on
( )23. This schoolbag is not expensive,and its price is the ___ of the three. A. lowest B. biggest C.cheapest ( )24. ____exercise you take, ____ you’ll be.
A. the fewer,the fatter B. the less, the fatter C. the more ,fatter ( )25. The city is famous ___ the great writer.
A. as B. for C. with ( )26. The best way ____ is by subway.
A. go B. going C. to go ( )27. It’ll become as ___ as Hong Kong.
A. busy B. busily C. busier ( )28.Shanghai is ____the east of China. A. in B. on C. to
( )29. The weather in Harbin is colder than ____ in Guangzhou. A. it B that C those ( )30. Lucy is _____ of the twins.
A. taller B. the tallest C. the taller
二、完形填空（共10小题，每小题1分，计10分）
Dear Editor,
I am a reader of your magazine and I need help. I am very ___31____ these days because I have some problems with my new school.
I am a Grade 8 student. I just moved to Beijing with my parents two months ago. Now, I am ___32____ at a new secondary school in Sunshine Town. It is bigger than my old school.
I do not know the new school very well ___33____ I have no friends here. I do not know ___34____ to talk to my new classmates. ___35___, I am very nervous and I cannot answer their questions. I feel really uncomfortable when they talk to me. ___36____ lunchtime, I always sit alone in the playground and ___37___ books. I hope they will not ___38____ because I feel so shy when they try to talk to me.
I ___39___ my old classmates very much, but I really want to make friends with my new classmates. I do not know what to do. I hope you ____40___ give me some advice. Cindy
( )31. A. afraid B. sorry C. unhappy ( )32. A. studying B. working C. teaching ( )33.A. and B. but C. or ( )34. A. what B. when C. how ( )35. A. Sometimes B. Some times C. Some time ( )36. A. After B. During C. For ( )37. A. watch B. look C. read
( )38. A. come back B. come out C. come over ( )39. A. miss B. forget C. remember ( )40. A. must B. can C. need 三、阅读理解 （30分） A
One day Einstein met an old friend of his in the street in New York. “Mr. Einstein,” said the friend, “you need a new coat. Look, it is very old! ” “It doesn’t matter,” answered Einstein, “Nobody knows me here.” A few years later, they met in New York again. Einstein became a famous scientist, but he still wore the same old coat. Again his friend tried to persuade (劝说) him to buy a new coat. “There is no need now, since everybody here knows me.”
阅读短文，判断正误。正确的用“T”。错误的用“F”. ( )41. The story happened in England. ( )42. Einstein was a great scientist.
( )43. His friend asked him to buy a new coat because he was a scientist. ( )44. Einstein didn’t want to buy a new coat because he had no money.
( )45. A few years later Einstein became a great scientist and still wore the old
coat.
B
Once upon a time there was a poor family in a small village. The family had a son called Jackson. He was a kind boy. He always saved his pocket money to help pay for his sister’s school fees. One day, they had no food to eat. Jackson’s mother asked him to go fishing. So he went to the nearby river. He waited for a long time and caught a cod(鳕鱼)at last. The cod said to him, “If you don’t eat me, I will give you a pair of magic scissors(剪刀). And you can use the scissors to cut anything you want.” Jackson believed it and got the scissors.
When he got home, he told his parents and his sister about the magic scissors. They cut some food, and the delicious food was on the table. Then they cut a house, and they had a new house. They were very happy, and didn’t worry about the food any more.
( )46. There could be _______people in Jackson’s family. A. three B. four C. five
( )47. Jackson saved his pocket money because _________________. A. he wanted to buy a computer
B. his sister needed money to go to school C. his mother told him to do so
( )48. Jackson’s mother asked him to go fishing because _____________. A. he wanted to eat fish B. he enjoyed fishing
C. his family had no food to eat
( )49. The underlined phrase “school feed” means “__________” in Chinese. A. 学籍 B. 学分 C. 学费
( )50. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage? A. The cod gave Jackson two pair of magic scissors. B. Jackson put the cod back into the river at last.
C. Jackson’s family had a new house after getting the scissors.
C
Yesterday morning when I opened my eyes, it was half past six already. I got up quickly and ran to the bus stop without having breakfast. As soon as I got on the bus,