2015-2016学年外研版八年级上期中试题及答案

2015-2016学年外研八年级上学期

期中试题

一. 单项选择 (本大题有20小题，每小题1分，共20分)

从下列各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选择可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 ( )1. Jenny was late for school this morning because she met accident.

A. a C. some

B. an D. / B. like D. except

( )2. Everyone goes to sleep David. He is still watching TV.

A. from C. with

( )3. — does your mother usually go to work, Tony?

— Oh, she usually takes a bus to work. A. When C. How A. much C. pretty A. lost C. beat

B. Why D. Where B. very D. lot B. won

D. missed

( )4. I think taking a plane is more expensive than taking a coach (长途汽车).

( )5. Their team us last year, so this year we are training harder.

( )6. — ? — About 10 million.

A. What’s the weather like today B. What’s the score

C. What’s the population of the city D. What is it famous for — It is about ten minutes’ walk. A. How many

B. How often

C. How far D. How much A. laugh; listening to B. to laugh; to listen to C. laugh; listen to D. to laugh; listening to

( )7. — is it from your school to the train station?

( )8. Tom always makes us and we enjoy his stories.

( )9. — Is your brother than you?

— No, but he is the in his class. A. taller; taller

B. tallest; taller D. taller; tallest

C. tallest; tallest

( )10. — What did your father do yesterday?

— He at home and read a book. A. stay

B. stayed

C. is staying D. stays A. forget C. produce A. spent C. cost

B. show D. book B. paid D. took

( )11. Excuse me, I want to two seats for this evening.

( )12. The mobile phone Mr Li 3,000 yuan.

( )13. — Where are you going, Mary?

— To the airport my uncle because he is coming here by plane. A. meet C. meets

B. to meet D. met

B. not go

D. not to go

( )14. Our teachers often tell us with a stranger (陌生人).

A. don’t go to C. not going — A. It doesn’t matter. B. Have a good time! C. You’re welcome. D. What happened? — That’s a good idea. A. go

B. to go D. goes B. sad D. common B. set up D. look up

C. going

( )15. — I plan to have a trip to Mount Tai with my parents next week.

( )16. — A nice day today. Why not outside to go climbing?

( )17. The boys played basketball very well, so the coach was very . A. worried C. pleased A. take away C. look after

( )18. You can the new words in the dictionary before you read the novel.

( )19. — you get, you know.

— Yes, I agree with you. A. Old; much B. Older; more

C. The older; the more D. The oldest; the most — A. Never mind!

B. Don’t worry.

C. No idea. D. Pretty good!

( )20. — Hi, Zhang Li! How were your summer holidays?

二、 完形填空 (本大题有10小题，每小题1分，共10分)

通读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后在各小题所给的四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案。

Mr Johnson needed an assistant. The assistant must be able to type, use a 21 and speak a foreign language. So he put an ad in a newspaper.

Many people wanted to get the 22 . A strange applicant (应聘者), however, was not a 23 . It was a dog. Mr Johnson asked the dog to come for an interview. When the dog came into his 24 , Mr Johnson was very 25 . His coat was clean. He had a good nose and good ears. He 26 very friendly.

“I am going to give you a test,” Mr Johnson said. “ 27 you pass the test, you can get the job.”

Mr Johnson gave the dog a test, and he 28 with high grades. He was able to type 100 words every 29 and he could use a computer well. Mr Johnson said, “You have done very well. 30 there’s still one question. What foreign language can you speak?”

The dog looked at him and said, “Meow!” ( )21. A. radio B. telephone

C. pencil C. place C. cat

D. computer D. house

( )22. A. job B. book ( )23. A. girl B. person

D. dog

D. classroom B. angry D. happy B. looked D. tasted B. Although

( )24. A. family B. office

C. factory C. surprised C. sounded ( )25. A. sad ( )26. A. smelt ( )27. A. If

C. Because C. came C. minute C. And

D. Unless B. left D. passed D. year D. Or

( )28. A. failed

( )29. A. hour B. day ( )30. A. But B. So

三、 阅读理解 (本大题有15小题，每小题2分，共30分)

阅读A、B两篇短文，并做每篇短文后的题目。从每小题所给的四个选项中，选出能回答所提问题或完成所给句子的最佳答案。

A

Long ago in India, a boy named Sonu and his mother were walking home from the market. Along the way, Mother stopped and picked up a stick. “Here is a fine stick, Sonu,” she said. “I’m sorry it is not a drum. I know that you wish for one.”

“Thank you, Mother,” said Sonu, taking the long piece of wood (木材). He knew that she would buy him a drum if she had the money.

Soon they met a woman. She was trying to start a fire. Her fire would not light. “Here,” said Sonu, giving her his stick. The woman used the stick to start the fire again. Then she gave Sonu a piece of chapatti.

Next Sonu and his mother met a man and a little girl. The girl was hungry, so Sonu gave her his chapatti. “Here, take this drum,” said the man. “Someone gave it to my daughter, but she doesn’t need it now.”

( )31.This story happened in a(n) country.

A. Asian B. African C. American A. drink

D. European B. toy

( )32.The underlined word “chapatti” may be a kind of . C. food D. book A. played with the girl happily B. lost something useful to him C. cried because he was too happy D. got the thing he liked A. He would not be so hungry. B. He would not have a drum. C. He would not wish for a drum.

( )33. At the end of the story, Sonu .

( )34.If Sonu didn’t take the stick, how would the end be different?

D. He would not meet the little girl. A. lonely C. funny

B. lucky D. careful

B

( )35. In this story, Sonu was very . You can’t play, walk, skate or ride a bike on the railroad (铁路). Some railroad tracks cross roads or streets. You can see the three signs below at these railroad crossings (十字路口). Some crossings don’t have gates and they may have this sign. When the lights are flashing (闪光), a train is coming. You should wait. After train passes, you can cross the the Sign One tracks. This sign means you will come to a railroad crossing. Always look and listen carefully. Make sure a train is not coming before crossing the Sign Two tracks. Many railroad crossings have a gate with flashing lights and it is closed when a train is coming. ★ NEVER go around a closed railroad gate. Sign Three ★ NEVER try to get across the tracks before the train gets there.

Be careful when you cross railroad tracks:

★ You should not ride a bike, skate or run when crossing the tracks. ★ Trains are very large and heavy, and take a long time to stop. ( )36. The underlined word “tracks” here means “ ” in Chinese.

A. 轨道 B. 足迹 C. 标志 D. 道口 A. there will be some people coming B. the training is leaving C. a ship is coming D. a train is coming

( )37. When the Sign One’s lights are flashing, it means . ( )38. When we see Sign Two, we should .

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