新目标八年级下册英语期中测试卷

八年级英语下学期期中测试题
一 语法填空
（  ）1.I want to do the work better with    food and fewer people.      A.least   B.less      C.little     D.much
（  ）2.There      a football match in our school next Tuesday.
A.is going to be   B.will have  C. will is   D.is going to have
（  ）3.Must I go with you?No, you        .
A.mustn’t     B.needn’t      C.mayn’t         D.can’t
（  ）4.      dilicious the mooncakes are!
A.What       B.What a      C.How           D.How a
（  ）5.I can’t afford the big house. She can’t afford it,      .
A.either       B.too         C. also           D. but
（  ）6.I’m not good at math. I really don’t know      .
A.what should I do         B.how should do  
C.what to do              D.how I should
（  ）7.--Who argued     your best friend?     --Tony.
A.with        B.about       C.under           D.of
（  ）8.Mom,I don’t have enough money to buy the camera.
 Could you       me some?
A.borrowed    B.lent       C.borrow          D.lend
（  ）9.The Olympic Games will be held in China__ four months.
A.after        B.about       C.in              D.till
（  ）10.It     all young people love listening to music.
A.looks       B.seems       C.sounds          D.likes
（  ）11.No one      me is here. Tell me the truth ,then I can help you.   A. else   B.other     C.except        D.and
 （  ）12.      UFO landed while I       last night.
A.The;sleep           B.An; was sleeping   
C./;slept              D.A; was sleeping
（  ）13.Mary said she       to school the next Sunday.
A.didn’t go   B.isn’t go        C.wouldn’t go     D. won’t go
（  ）14.In English,she does      writing than listening.
A.better at     B.better in       C.good at         D.best in
（  ）15.We won’t go to the zoo if it       tomorrow.
A.rain       B.rains       C.will rain     D.is raining
(   )16.--Will there be fewer trees?   --_________.
A. Yes, there will.         B. Yes, they will. 
C. No, there aren’t.       D. No, they won’t.
(   )17. Some scientists think that it may take _____years to make robots look like people, and do the same things as us.
A. hundreds of   B. two hundreds of   C. two hundreds 
(   )18. My friend has the same haircut __________ I do.
 A. as   B. like   C. seem   D. looks like
(   )19. If you bring snacks to the party, the teachers will ____.
A. take it away              B. take them away  
C. take away it              D. take away them
(   )20.Lisa was supposed __her homework before nine o'clock.
But she couldn't.
A. to finish    B. to finishing    C. finish      D. finishing
(   ) 21.He goes to school early on workdays__ Saturday and Sunday.    A. except   B. besides    C. and     D. beside 
(   ) 22. His mother             the keys at home yesterday
A. forget        B. left       C. forgot      D. keep
(   ) 23.Sally asked_______. 
A. how can she get to the zoo.     B. how she can get to the zoo.
C. how she could get to the zoo.   D. where was the zoo.
(   )24.____ the boy was walking down the street, the UFO landed.
A. While       B. After        C .Before       D. until
(   )25.Tom often makes his friends _______.
A. laugh       B. laughed      C. laughing     D. to laugh
二、阅读
完形填空：先通读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各小题所给四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案。（15分）
I like  1  best. Last week, I saw a movie called I, Robot. It tells us a story about the future with robots.
   It is the year of 2035 and people can see robots everywhere. Robots can help people do a lot of things, like looking   2  the old people or babies, washing, cooking, cleaning or taking dogs for a    3  . Robot does everything people ask them to do . But a policeman   4  Spooner doesn’t like robots. Because he doesn’t think that people can live well   5  robots. One day a scientist kills himself. He leaves a robot. Some time later Spooner finds 6  wrong with the robots in the world. A  7  robots have their own thoughts(思想) and want to control(控制) the people. If the robots succeed, it will be very   8   for people. Susan is another scientist working on robots. Finally, Susan and Spooner decide  9  work together to fight against these robots. At last, they succeed. People control the robots again. I think the movie is very interesting.  10  you have interest in it, why not go and see it?
(   ) 1. A. flowers   B. TV  C. movies D. books
(   ) 2. A. at  B. after  C. for  D. up
(   ) 3. A. wash B. rest  C. walk  D. meal
(   ) 4. A. name B. call  C. calling  D. called
(   ) 5. A. and B. with  C. without  D. or
(   ) 6. A. nothing   B. anything  C. something  D. everything
(   ) 7. A. little B . lot  C. few  D. lots
(   ) 8. A. dangerous B. lucky C. danger  D. exciting
(   ) 9. A. on  B. with  C. to   D. for
(   )10. A. When  B. If  C. Because D. As
阅读理解       A
A taxi hit a truck. A policeman spoke to the taxi driver and to the truck driver. He also spoke to Tom. He was a witness (目击者). This is what they said.
TRUCK DRIVER: I was driving from the airport to Newton. A car crossed the road, so I slowed down. I did not stop. A taxi hit the back of my truck. Nobody was seriously hurt but both cars were damaged（受损害）.
TAXI DRIVER: I was driving behind a truck a few kilometers from Newton. The truck stopped suddenly. The driver did not give me a warning (警告). I was driving very slowly. I could not pass the truck because there were two cars coming near from Newton. My taxi hit the truck, and some glass cut my left hand.
TOM: I was watching the traffic about a kilometer from the airport. A truck was going to Newton. It was not going very quickly. There was a taxi about two hundred meters behind the truck. It was going fast. When the truck slowed down, the taxi hit it. The taxi driver was not looking at the truck. He was looking out of the window at something. My friend saw the accident, too.
Tom's friend spoke to the policeman and agreed with Tom.
(     )1. How many people are mentioned (提到) in the story?
A. Three.     B. Four.      C. Five.      D. Six.
(     )2 .The truck was hit on the way ___________ .
A. to the airport                   B. to the police station
C. to Newton                     D. home
(     )3. From the story, we know _________didn’t tell the truth.
A. the truck driver  B. Tom  C. the taxi driver  D. Tom's friend
(     )4. In fact, Tom's friend was also a _____________ .
A. witness       B. driver     C. policeman   D. cleaner
(     )5. What's the best title (题目) for this passage?
A.  A Taxi Driver                B. A Traffic Accident
C.  A Story of Tom                D. A Truck Driver
                                B
The best way of learning a language is using it .The best way of learning English is talking in English as much as possible. Sometimes you’ll get your words mixed up ( 混合)and people will not understand you .Sometimes people will say things too quickly and you can’t understand them. But if you keep your sense of humor (幽默感),you can always have a good laugh at the mistakes you make(你所犯的错误). Don’t be unhappy if people seem to be laughing at your mistakes（错误）. It is better for people to laugh at your mistakes than to be angry with you. because they don’t understand what you are saying .The most important thing for learning English is : “Don’t be afraid of making mistakes because everyone makes mistakes. ”
(  )6.The writer thinks that the best way for you to learn a language is______.
A. writing   B. using it   C. listening   D. learning grammar
(  )7.What should you do in learning English?
A. Be careful not to make any mistakes . D .Laugh more often .
C.Speak English as much as you can. B.Write as quickly as you can .
(  )8..When people laugh at your mistakes, you should ___.
A. not care(不在意)  B. be happy C. feel worried  D. be unhappy
(  )9.When you make a mistake, you should ___.   A. keep quiet
B. get angry  C. be kind  D. keep your sense of humor
(  )10.The story tells us :”__________”.
A. Only foolish ( 愚蠢的 )people make mistakes
B. Few people make mistakes
C. People never make mistakes
D .There is no one  who doesn’t make mistakes
C
“Cool” is a word with many meanings. Its old meaning is used to express a temperature(温度) that is a little bit cold. As the world has changed, the word has had many different meanings.
“Cool” can be used to express feelings of interest in almost anything.
When you see a famous car in the street, maybe you’ll say, “It’s cool.” You may think “he’s so cool ” when you see your favorite footballer.
We all maximize(扩大) the meaning of “cool”. You can use it instead of many words such as “new” or “surprising”. Here’s an interesting story we can use to show the way how the word is used. A teacher asked her students to write about the waterfall(瀑布) they had visited. On one student’s paper was just one sentence(句子), “It’s so cool.” Maybe he thought it was the best way to show what he saw and felt.
But the story also shows a scarcity(缺乏) of words. Without “cool”, some people have no words to show the same meaning. So it is quite important to keep some credibility(可信性). Can you think of many other words that make your life colorful as the word “cool”? I can. And I think they are also very cool.
(  ) 11. We know that the word “cool” has had_______.
A. only one meaning           B. no meaning
C. many different meanings     D. the same meaning
(  ) 12. In the passage, the word “express” means “________”.
A. see          B. show        C. know       D. feel
(  ) 13. If you are ______ something, you may say “It’s cool.”
A. interested in  B. angry about  C. afraid of   D. unhappy with
(  ) 14. The  writer takes an example to show he is ______ the way the word is used.
A. pleased with  B. strange to  C. worried about   D. careful with
(  )15. In the passage, the writer suggests(暗示) that the word “cool”_____.         A. can be used instead of many words
B. usually means something interesting
C. can make your life colorful  D. may not be as cool as it seems
三、主观题
A．根据句意和所给首字母完成单词。
1.The girl bought some f       for her mother on Mother’s Day.
2.After the end-of-year exams, I got my r        card yesterday.
3.An accident h         on the road yesterday.
4.This skirt is out of s        .She doesn’t want to wear it.
5.When I got home ,my mother was cooking in the k         .
6._______ is another word of saying “fortunately”.
7.Don’t swim in the river, it’s very d________.
8. Don’t be so n______ when you meet a stranger.
9. He was very s_______ at the bad news.
10. He made a d______ to study English well.
B.用所给单词的适当形式填空。
11.Tomorrow is Sunday.My mother is       ( leave ) for Shanghai.
12.I think I’ll have a difficult time       ( know  )who is who.
13.She fell off her bike.       ( lucky  ), she didn’t hurt herself.
14.We are          ( suppose ) to go to school on time.
15.They said they      ( have  ) an English party at 8:00 tomorrow.
16.Don’t be stressed out. You should try       ( be ) relaxed.
17.The children enjoyed        (  they ) in the zoo last weekend.
18.Most people like easy jobs and don’t like to do the           ________(  pleasant ) work.
19.The weather these days has been very bad,but today is the        ______(  bad ).
20.Next Sunday Jim’s going to fish with his friend if it        _______(  not rain  ).
C.句型转换，每空一词。
21.While I was getting out of the shower, the telephone rang
=I was getting out of the shower        the telephone         .
22.They are doing morning exercises now. (  用this time yesterday改写句子  )
They                morning exercises this time yesterday.
23.Mr. Zhang said,“I want to forget the past.” (  改为间接引语   )
Mr. Zhang said that              to forget the past.
24.She has some money,too. ( 改为否定句  )
She doesn’t                 money ,______.
25.They will play basketball  after school. ( 对画线部分提问    )
                 they do after school ?
26. He will leave for England in two weeks.
_____  ______  _____ he leaving for England?
27. What’s wrong with you? = What _____  _____ you?
28. “Don’t look out of the window.” The teacher told us.
= The teacher told us _____  ____  ____ out of the window.
29. Be careful, or you will fail the exam.
= ____ you ____ careful, you won’t _____ the exam.
30. The teacher came into the room, at that time, I was reading.
= I _____  _____ books _____ the teacher came into the room.
D.选择最佳答案完成对话
Li Peng(L) and Yang Bin(Y)  are talking about what they are going to do in the future.
L: What are you going to do after you leave school?
Y: I’m thinking about becoming a pilot. That way I will be able to travel.                         L: __31__.
Y: Of course I do. I like to visit different places, make different friends and learn different things.
L: That sounds good. You seem to be very healthy. __32___?
Y: It’s just so-so. I find it difficult to learn it well.
L: What can you do if you are not good at English?
Y: __33__, I’ll try to learn it better. ___34__?
L: Maybe I’ll be a businessman. I’d like to go into business and make more money.         Y: __35__. 
L: But I think being busy is better than doing nothing.
Y:Yes, I agree with you .    31___ 32____ 33____ 34____ 35___
a: DO you like traveling?        b: What’s your hobby?
c. But how about your English?   f: It seems that you are always
e: What do you want to be in the future?  d. It’ s hard to say.
E. 翻译
36．我正沿着街道散步时，一架飞碟恰好着陆在了我前面。
I ____  ____ along the street ____ a UFO ____ right in front of me.
37．玛丽和同学们相处得很好。
Mary ____  ____  ____  _____  ____ all her classmates.
38． 我认为100 年后将会有更多的人和更少的污染.
I think there ___  ___  ___  ____ and ___  ___  ___ 100 years.
39．老师说他们的梦想会实现的。
The teacher said _____ their dream _____  _____  _____.
40．如果他和你一起去，他会玩得很高兴。
___ he ____ to the party with you, he ____ ____ a _____ time.
四、短文填空：
country    they    like    family    special     charity 
make    away      of     good
Everyone _41_ gifts. Some little kids think they don’t get enough gifts. Some old people think they get too many gifts. Different people like different kinds_42_ gifts. Gift giving is different in different_43_. In Japan, people sometimes give_44_ gifts. But they are not opened. Later, the same gift may be given_45_ to someone else. Many people have enough things and don’t want too many gifts_46_. In the USA, some people ask their _47_ and friends to give money to _48_rather than buy them gifts. In Sweden, doing something for someone is the _49_ gift. People don’t need to spend too much money. Instead,_ 50_ a meal is enough.
41._______ 42._______43._______44._______45.________
46._______47._______48._______49._______50._______
五、写作   姚明是我国著名的篮球运动员, 在全国有很多的球迷哦, 那么十年后, 你想当一名像姚明那样的职业篮球运动员吗? 请你写一封e-mail 给你的老师, 告诉他你的想法, 为什么?
   Receiver:     Subject:   an e-mail to my teacher
Dear ______,
I have decided that ___________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________--
Sincerely yours,
 _________