2013-2014学年山西省左权县麻田中学八年级下学期期中考试英语试

2013-2014学年山西省左权县麻田中学八年级下学期期中考试英语试

卷（带解析）

一、单项选择

1.Kids won’t go to school. They will study ____home _____computers. A．in, in B．at, on C．at, by D．at; from 【答案】B 【解析】

试题分析：句意：孩子们不去上学，他们将在家里通过电脑学习。在家，常用介词at；通过电脑，常用介词on，所以选B。 考点：考查介词。

2.--Will there be fewer trees? --_______________. A．Yes, there will. B．Yes, they will. C．No, there aren’t. D．No, they won’t. 【答案】A 【解析】

试题分析：句意：将会有更少的树吗？是的，对于there be一般问句的回答，仍然使用there。所以选A。

考点：考查there be句型。

3.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 【答案】A 【解析】

试题分析：句意：一些科学家认为制造像人一样的机器人跟我们做一样的事有可能花费数百年时间。在hundred前面有具体数词时，不用复数，不连用of，但前面没有具体数词时即表示概数时，必须使用复数形式并连用of，所以选A。 考点：考查数词。

4. He doesn’t have any money, _______ do I. A．too B．also C．either D．neither

【答案】D 【解析】

试题分析：句意：他没有钱，我也没有。 neither作代词是对两者都进行否定，意思为“两者都不”，作主语时谓语动词用单数. either作代词时，是指两者中的任意一方,(两者之)每一个，故作主语时谓语动词用单数.either作连词时,一般与or搭配,表示两者选其一，意思是“不是……就是”。作主语时，谓语动词遵循就近原则。so是副词，用来修饰形容词或副词。当名词前有many, much, few, little等表示多、少时，应该用so。either用作“也”时是副词，常用于否定句句尾。too常用于肯定句或疑问句尾，表示“也”。also也常用于肯定句或疑问句，但一般位于句中。所以选D。 考点：考查副词。

5.I think you should _______ some money _______ your friends. A．borrow; for B．borrow; from C．lend; from D．borrow; to 【答案】B 【解析】

试题分析：句意：我认为你应该跟你的朋友们借些钱。Borrow借入，常与from搭配使用，lend借出，常与to搭配使用。所以选B。 考点：考查动词。

6. My friend has the same haircut _______I do. A．as B．like C．seem D．looks like 【答案】A 【解析】

试题分析：句意：我的朋友跟我留一样的发型。The same as和……一样，是一个固定短语，所以选A。 考点：考查连词。

7. 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 【答案】B 【解析】

试题分析：句意：如果你带小吃去参加聚会，老师将会拿走他们。Take away带走，拿走，是一个动词和副词构成的短语，代词宾语应放在中间。Snacks是复数名词，可用them代替。所以选B。

考点：考查动词短语及人称代词。

8.It is foggy(多雾的) today. The plane can't . A．land B．landed C．take off D．taking off 【答案】C 【解析】

试题分析：句意：今天多雾，飞机不能起飞。Land着陆。Take off起飞。所以选C。 考点：考查动词。

9.Last year I was often ill, but now I am good health. A．at B．of C．in D．under 【答案】C 【解析】

试题分析：句意：去年我常常生病 ，但现在很健康。Be in good health 健康。所以选C。 考点：考查介词。 10. Does her friend math?

A．does well in B．do good at C．do well in D．do well at 【答案】C 【解析】

试题分析：句意：她的朋友擅长数学吗？do well in =\be\good at在……某方面做得好，擅长。所以选C。

考点：考查动词短语。

11.Lisa was supposed her homework before nine o'clock. But she couldn't. A．to finish B．to finishing C．finish D．finishing 【答案】A 【解析】

试题分析：句意：丽莎应该在九点之前完成她的家庭作业。但是她不能。 be supposed to do sth应该做某事，所以选A。 考点：考查非谓语动词。

12.He goes to school early on workdays ____ Saturday and Sunday.

A．except B．besides C．and D．beside 【答案】A 【解析】

试题分析：句意：除了星期六和星期日在上学的日子他很早就去学校。And和；beside在……旁；except除了；besides除了。besides:(prep.)除……之外 它这个\除\是包含的 .except:(prep.)除了……之外

后面的范围比主语的范围小,除去的和非除去的是同类事物，用except,不包括所引事物。常与no, none, nothing等否定词或all, everyone, everything等连用，但不可用于句首。所以选A。 考点：考查介词。

13.We’ll stay at home if it _______ tomorrow. A．will rain B．rains C．rained D．raining 【答案】B 【解析】

试题分析：句意：如果明天下雨我们就呆在家。在if引导的条件状语从句里不用一般将来时，而要用一般现在时代替，所以选B。 考点：考查动词时态。

14.Paul told us he wasn’t mad ______ Marcia anymore. A．in B．at C．on D．with 【答案】B 【解析】

试题分析：句意：。保罗告诉我们他不生玛西亚的气了。Be mad at对……愤怒。所以选B。 考点：考查介词。

15._______ the boy was walking down the street, the UFO landed. A．While B．After C．Before D．until 【答案】A 【解析】

试题分析：句意：当这位男孩在街道上散步时，UFO着陆。While当……的时候；after在···……之后；before在……之前；until直到。所以选A。 考点：考查连词。 二、完形填空

The Americans were getting ready to send their first man to the moon, an old Irishman (爱尔兰人) was _ _ them on TV in a hotel room. There was an Englishman in the room__ . And he said to the Irishman, “The Americans are very _ _, aren’t they? They are going to send some men to the moon. It’s a very _ way from our world.” “Oh, that’s _ ,”the Irishman answered quickly.” “The Irishman are going to send some men to the sun in months’ _ _. That’s much _ away than the moon, you know. “The Englishman was very _ when he heard this. “Oh, yes it is,” he said, “But the sun is too _ for people to visit.”

The Irishman laughed and answered, “Well, the Irish are clever, too, you know. We _ go to the sun during the day, of course. We’ll go there during the night.” 1.A．reading B．watching C．making D．mending 2.A．too B．also C．of course D．only 3.A．kind B．bad C．clever D．good 4.A．short B．long C．far D．near 5.A．nothing B．all C．wrong D．great 6.A．later B．ago C．long ago D．time 7.A．far B．never C．farther D．longer 8.A．angry B．surprised C．glad D．sorry 9.A．warm B．big C．cold D．hot 10.A．don’t B．won’t C．want to D．must 【答案】 1.B 2.A 3.C 4.B 5.A 6.D 7.C 8.B 9.D 10.B 【解析】

试题分析：短文大意：本文是一位爱尔兰老人和一位英国人在电视上观看美国人准备发射第一批人去月球的时候的对话。

1.考查动词及语境理解，句意：当美国人准备发射第一批人去月球的时候，一位爱尔兰老人正在一家餐馆的电视上观看着他们的一举一动。reading读；watching 观看；making 制造；

mending修理，修补。根据上句The Americans were getting ready to send their first man to the moon结合后面的on TV可推知此句是说一位爱尔兰老人正在一家旅馆的电视上观看他们，所以选B。

2.考查副词及语境理解，句意：房间里也有一个英国人。too 也；also 也；of course 当然；only只。 所填词放在句末，故选A。

3.考查形容词及语境理解，句意：美国人很聪明，是吗？kind 慈善的；bad坏的；clever聪明的；good 好的。根据下文They are going to send some men to the moon.可推知此句是说美国人很聪明，是吗？所以选C。

4.考查形容词及语境理解，句意：月球离我们地球可是好远好远啊！：short短的；long 长的；far 远的； near附近。所以选B。

5.考查形容词及语境理解，句意：“噢，那没什么。”爱尔兰人迅速回答。nothing什么也没有；all 全，都；wrong 错误的；great杰出的，优异的。所以选A。

6.考查副词及语境理解，句意：几个月后，我们爱尔兰人将送几个人去太阳！later 晚些时候；ago 以前； long ago很久以前； time时间。根据前面名词所有格months’可知此处该填名词，所以选 D。

7.考查形容词及语境理解，句意：你知道，太阳比月亮远多了。far 远的；never 从不；farther 更远的；longer更长的。所以选C。

8.考查形容词及语境理解，句意：英国人听到这话惊讶极。angry生气的，发怒的；surprised 惊讶的;glad 高兴的；sorry 抱歉的。所以选B。

9.考查形容词及语境理解，句意：但是太阳太热人不能去那儿的！：warm暖和的；big大的； cold 冷的；hot热的。根据常识可知太阳很热，所以选 D。

10.考查动词及语境理解，句意：当然，我们白天不去那儿，我们夜晚才上那儿。根据下句We’ll go there during the night.可知此句是说我们白天不去那儿，所以选B。 考点：故事类短文。 三、阅读理解

In many English homes people eat four meals a day: breakfast, lunch, tea and dinner. People have breakfast at any time from seven to nine in the morning. They eat porridge，eggs or bread. English people drink tea or coffee at breakfast. Lunch comes at one o'clock. Afternoon tea is from four to five in the afternoon and dinner is about half past seven. First they have soups, and then they have meat or fish with vegetables. After that they eat some other things, like bananas，apples or oranges. But not all English people eat like that. Some of them have their dinner in the middle of the day. Their meals are breakfast, dinner, tea and supper and all these meals are very necessary. 1.Many English people have meals a day. A．two B．three C．four D．three or four 2.People may have for their breakfast. A．tea and eggs

B．porridge，eggs，bread，tea or coffee

C．tea and coffee D．bread and eggs 3.People have lunch at ．

A．any time B．nine C．five D．one 4.People don't have for their dinner. A．porridge

B．bananas and apples C．some soup and meat D．meat and fish

5.In many English homes dinner comes ．

A．at one o'clock B．about half past seven C．at noon D．at night 【答案】 1.C 2.B 3.D 4.A 5.B 【解析】

试题分析：短文大意：在许多英国家庭的人一天吃四餐：早餐，午餐，茶和晚餐。早餐从七点到九点的任何时侯。午餐是在一点。下午茶是在下午四点到五点。晚餐大约是在七年半。 1.细节理解题。根据文章第一句话In many English homes people eat four meals a day: breakfast, lunch, tea and dinner.既可知选C。

2.细节理解题。根据文中They eat porridge，eggs or bread. English people drink tea or coffee at breakfast.可知选B。

3.细节理解题。根据文中Lunch comes at one o'clock.可知选D。

4. 细节理解题。根据文中First they have soups, and then they have meat or fish with vegetables. After that they eat some other things, like bananas，apples or oranges 可知选A。 5.细节理解题。根据文中nd dinner is about half past seven可知选B。 考点：日常生活类阅读。

Modern Chinese use the solar calendar（阳历）as English people do . But at the same time, they use their own lunar calendar. Each lunar year is given the name of one of these animals : the rat ,

the ox , the tiger , the hare , the dragon , the snake , the horse , the goat , the monkey , the chicken , the dog and the pig . This list lasts for 12 years and then starts again.

Each Chinese month starts on the day of the new moon. And the full moon comes on the 15th day of the month. The New Year always starts between January 21 and February 20. On the last day of the lunar year, there is a big family dinner. All members of the family except married daughters try to be present at this meal, even of they have to travel many miles to reach the home of their parents. Old quarrels are forgotten, and everybody is happy. After the dinner, the children keep awake to welcome the New Year.

The New Year celebrations last for 15 days, from the new moon to the full moon. On the first day, children and unmarried people go to visit their elder

6. If next year is the year of the dragon, what was the name of last year? A．It was the year of tiger. B．It was the year of the hare. C．It was the year of snake. D．It was the year of the ox.

7. Suppose that next Chinese New Year’s Day is on 15th February, when will people have their big family dinner? A．On February 15 B．On February 16 C．On February 14 D．On February 17

8. The family usually have their big family dinner at the home of _______. A．the married son B．the married daughter C．the unmarried son D．the parents

9. People celebrate the New Year ________. A．for 15 days

B．from the new moon to the full moon in the first month of the lunar year C．from January 21 to February 20 D．both A and B

10. From this selection we know that each Chinese month is measured by __. A．the sun’s revolutions（旋转）

B．the moon’s revolutions C．the earth’s revolutions

D．both the earth’s and moon’s revolutions 【答案】 6.A 7.C 8.D 9.D 10.B 【解析】

试题分析：短文大意：本文介绍了中国的农历。每年农历年给出了一个这些动物的名称：鼠，牛，虎，兔，龙，蛇，马，羊，猴，鸡，狗和猪。这个列表会持续12年，然后再开始。中国的每个月从新月开始的一天。和满月出现在每个月的第十五天。

6.细节理解题。根据第一段中Each lunar year is given the name of one of these animals : the rat , the ox , the tiger , the hare , the dragon , the snake , the horse , the goat , the monkey , the chicken , the dog and the pig .可知选A。

7.细节理解题。根据东二段中On the last day of the lunar year, there is a big family dinner.可知选C。

8.细节理解题。根据第二段中All members of the family except married daughters try to be present at this meal, even of they have to travel many miles to reach the home of their parents.可知选D。

9.细节理解题。根据第三段首句The New Year celebrations last for 15 days, from the new moon to the full moon.可知选D。

10.细节理解题。根据第二段首句Each Chinese month starts on the day of the new moon. And the full moon comes on the 15th day of the month.就可推知选B。 考点：科教类阅读。

Do you know what the White House is? Perhaps some of you do, while others don’t.

The White House is a house in Washington. The president of the U.S.A. lives in it. It's really white. But do you know why the White House is white? The story happened in 1812. That year England was at war with America. The British army got to Washington and set the president's house on fire. In 1814，in order to hide the marks of the fire，the stone walls of the president's house were painted white and it has been the “White House” ever since. 11.White House is a house for ___________. A. the American people. B. the soldiers of U.S.A. C. the presidents of U.S.A. D. the patients of U.S.A.

12.England fought with America in ____________. A．1810 B．1812 C．1814 D．1916

13.The house is called “White House” because ____________. A．it's covered with snow B．the house is very clean

C．the stone walls of the house were painted white D．they like white color

14.The White House was painted white because ____________. A．the house is old B．the house is new

C．it was once on fire and was with marks D．they have enough paint 15.“ever since” means ___________.

A．never B．once C．from then on D．before 【答案】 11.C 12.B 13.C 14.C 15.C 【解析】

试题分析：短文大意：本文简要介绍了白宫的由来。故事发生在1812。那一年，英国与美国的战争。英国军队到达华盛顿，放火焚烧了总统的家。1814为了隐藏火的痕迹，总统房子的石头墙壁漆成了白色。

11.细节理解题。根据第二段首句 The White House is a house in Washington. The president of the U.S.A. lives in it.可知选C。

12.细节理解题。根据第二段中The story happened in 1812. That year England was at war with America.可知选B。

13.细节理解题。根据第二段末In 1814，in order to hide the marks of the fire，the stone walls of the president's house were painted white and it has been the “White House” ever since.可知选C。

14.细节理解题。根据第二段中The British army got to Washington and set the president's house on fire. In 1814，in order to hide the marks of the fire，the stone walls of the president's house were painted white 可知选C。

15.词义理解题。Ever since =\从那时以来，所以选C。 考点：历史类阅读。 四、其他

Mr. King was the owner of a large company. 【3】 One day, he went into his office early in the morning to get ready to go to the airport and set out for a city.

He was leaving his office when Bill, a night watchman, came in Bill just came off work(下班). After saying “Good morning” to Mr. King, Bill told the owner about his bad dream. Last night he dreamed Mr. King’s plane crashed after it took off. Mr. King was surprised to hear this. He decided to go by land.

Bill’s dream came true. That morning the plane really crashed just after it had taken off. Later Mr. King returned to his office and heard the accident. To express his thanks, Mr. King gave Bill 5,000 dollars with a letter. 【4】Mr. King told Bill that a man like him should be sent away. Bill was surprised and asked, ”Why?” Mr. King said,” Go home and read the letter, and you will know why.” Bill went home and opened the letter in a hurry. After he read it, he became sad. In the letter there is only one sentence. But it was enough to tell the reason. 任务一：根据短文回答问题

1.How did Mr. King feel after he heard Bill’s dream? _________________________________________________. 2.What do you think the sentence in the letter could be? _________________________________________________. 任务二：将文中划线部分翻译成汉语。

3._______________________________________________. 4._______________________________________________. 任务三：请给短文拟一个适当的题目

5.________________________________________________. 【答案】

1.Mr.King was surprised to hear the dream.

2.A night watchman can’t sleep on his duty, but you did. 3.一天早上，他很早去办公室准备出差到另一个城市。 4.金先生告诉比尔像他这样的人应该开除。 5.A bad dream。

【解析】

试题分析：短文大意：本文主要说的是比尔给他老板讲述他做的一个噩梦。他昨晚梦见金先生的飞机起飞后坠毁。王先生很惊讶听到这个，决定从陆地走。那天早上，飞机真的在起飞后不久就坠毁了。后来王先生为了表达他的感谢，王先生给了比尔5000美元和一封信。 1.根据文中Mr. King was surprised to hear this.可知答案该为Mr.King was surprised to hear the dream.

2.根据短文可推测到老板开除比尔是因为值班人不能睡觉，但比尔睡了，所以信中的句子可能是A night watchman can’t sleep on his duty, but you did. 3.一天早上，他很早去办公室准备出差到另一个城市。 4.金先生告诉比尔像他这样的人应该开除。

5.读短文知，本文主要说的是比尔给他老板讲述他做的一个噩梦。所以可给本文命题为A bad dream。

考点：任务型阅读 。 五、单词拼写

根据句意合所给单词首字母或汉语提示填空。（10分） 1.What are your p_____ for 1o years form now? 2.I think science is the most b______. 3.Red is l_____ color in China.

4.There will be a football match ______(今晚)。

5.My family was poor in the past. I had no ______(机会)to go to college. 6.I was s_______ to hear the news.

7.She said she would bring some drinks and s_____ to my home. 8.If someone comes to see me, ask him to leave a m_______. 9.The man got the _______(令人失望的)news from the teacher. 10.Let’s make a _______(决定) who can go to Beijing with the officer. 【答案】 1.plans 2.boring 3.lucky 4.tonight 5.chance 6.surprised

7.snacks 8.message 9.disappointing 10.decision 【解析】 试题分析：

1.句意：你们的十年计划是什么？根据前面的are可知此处填写复数名词plans。 2.句意：我认为科学是最无聊的。此处是说science无聊，所以填写boring。

3.句意：红色在中国是幸运的颜色。根据常识可知在中国红色代表幸运，所以填写形容词lucky，修饰名词color。

4.句意：今晚将有一场足球比赛。今晚tonight。

5.句意：我的家庭在过去很穷。我没有机会去上大学。Have no chance to do sth没有机会做某事，所以填写chance。

6.句意：我听到这个消息感到很吃惊。Be surprised to do sth做某事后感到吃惊，所以填写surprised。

7.句意：她说她会带一些饮料和小吃回家。根据drinks and 结合首字母s可至此处该填写snacks小吃。

8.句意：如果有人来找我，请他留个口信。Leave a message留言，留话。所以填写message。 9.句意：这人从老师那儿得到了令人失望的的消息。所填词修饰名词news，故填写disappointing。

10.句意：让我们决定谁能与官员一起去北京。Make a decision做决定，所以填写decision。 考点：词汇填空。 六、选词填空

根据短文意思，用方框中所给词语的适当形式填空。（有两项是多余的）

Address，want，please，speak，practice，really，nobody，friendly，them，but，usually，help The verb“ chat” means to talk (to someone)in a friendly, informal(非正式的)way. Today there are many 1. on the Internet where you can chat. You can chat with people all over the world, in many languages and about many subjects or topics. These places are 2. called “chatroom”. Sometimes you need to register( 注册)to enter a chatroom. This means that you need to provide a

username(用户名)and possibly your e-mail3. .Your username doesn’t have to be your4. name.It can be any name you want. When you have your username, other people in the chatroom will call you by that name and 5. else can use it.

Chatting is a good way to6. your informal English. Messages in a chatroom are usually short sentences. Sometimes7. are not even sentences, 8. just a few words that are not really grammatically(语法的)correct. It’s a typical way in which we9. in a quick conversation with friends. To save time, people often use abbreviations like IDK(I don’t know).So don’t go to a chatroom to practice “perfect” English. Go to a chatroom to practice informal English and find 10. . You can even use a chatroom to help improve your typing skills if you want. 【答案】 1.places 2.usually 3.address 4.real 5.nobody 6.practice 7.they 8.but 9.speak 10.friends 【解析】

试题分析：短文大意：今天有许多地方你可以在互联网上聊天。你可以与世界各地的人聊天。这些地方通常被称为“聊天室”。聊天是练习你的非正式英语的一个好方法。所以不要去聊天室实践“完美”的英文。去聊天室实践非正式英语，找朋友。你甚至可以使用一个聊天室有助于提高您的打字技巧。

1.句意：今天有许多地方可以上网聊天。根据下文These places are called “chatroom”.可推知此处填写places。

2.句意：这些地方都通常称为“聊天室”。所填词在修饰动词，故填写副词usually。 3.句意：这意味着你需要提供用户名，可能提供你的电子邮件地址。联系上面provide a username 可退至此处是说e-mail地址，所以填写address。

4.句意：您的用户名不一定是你的真实姓名。根据常识用户名并非真实姓名，所以填写real。 5.句意：没有别人能使用它。根据常识用户名只在聊天室使用，没有别人能使用它。所以填写nobody。

6.句意：聊天是练习您的非正式英语的一个好方法。根据to可知后面要用动词，所以填写practice。

7.句意：有时他们甚至没有句子。由前面的short sentences.可知此处填写they。 8.句意：只有短短的几句话，并不是真正的语法正确。练习上文Sometimes are not even sentences下文just a few words 可知填写连词but。

9.句意：这是一个典型的方式，我们快速和朋友谈话。Speak with sb和某人说话，所以填写speak。

10.句意：去聊天室实践非正式英语，找到朋友。根据常识通过聊天可以交朋友，所以填写friends。 考点：综合填空。 七、书面表达

1.明天（星期五）全班同学将去参观科学博物馆（the Science Museum），有你（班长）通知全体同学。（通知的开头和结尾已给出），内容如下：1、早上8点钟在学校门口集合，步行前往。 2、下星期一交一份参观报告.3、参观时要认真听，仔细看并记下有趣的东西 4、不可在博物馆内大声喧哗及拍照. 5、带笔和笔记本。要求：1、不要逐句翻译。 2、词数60-80. Fellow students:

____________________________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________ 【答案】

Fellow students,We are going to visit the Science Museum tomorrow.We will meet at the school gate at eight in the morning and we will go there on foot.Take your pens and notebooks with

you.We should listen and watch carefully and write down something interesting when you visit the museum,please don’t make any noise in the museum,and don’t take any pictures.You’ll have to hand in a report about the visit next Monday. Thank you. 【解析】

试题分析：这是一篇给材料作文，描述学校将要组织的一次参观博物馆活动。本题给出了具体材料,在动笔前，我们可以先翻译这几个要点，确定好写作内容,然后再动笔写作。在写作时要注意时态，人称和固定词组的搭配，要注意语言的规范性。结合材料可知本文主要是一般将来时态，人称是第一人称，注意时态与时间状语的搭配问题。写作中适当使用连词，做到上下文联系紧密，符合逻辑关系。

在写书面表达时首先要注意的问题就是人称，不能混淆人称；其次，应注意英语的动词，根据不同的人称确定动词的形式；再次，句型应该符合英语的表达习惯；最后，用自己熟练掌握的句型造句。

【亮点说明】本文用自己熟知的句型表达了所给的每一个要点。文笔流畅，语言规范。 考点：提纲类作文

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