人教版八年级上期中测试英语试题

人教版八年级上期中测试英语试题姓名:_ 班级:_ 成绩:_一、单选题1 . Tom likes soccer. What club can he join? He can join the club.AchessBmusicCswimmingDsports2 . The old man still coughs a lot _ he has taken some medicineAalthoughBunlessCbecauseDwhen3 . -Is ready for dinner? -No, the table hasnt been set yet.AanythingBeverythingCsomethingDnothing4 . You will catch up with others you work hard.AifBuntilCunlessDwhile5 . Owls(猫头鹰) often sleepthe day, but night they go out to look for(寻找) food.Ain, inBat, atCduring, atDduring, in6 . My jacket is blue.My jacket is, too.AyellowBpinkCgreenDblue7 . Tom, dont rub such oil into the babys skin, its not good for his health. _.ANever mindBNo, Id love toCSorry, I wontDOf course not8 . I want to pay a visit to the Louvre for my summer holiday.Me_.What about going there together?AtooBeitherCalsoDneither9 . What_ him last night? He had an accident on the way home.Atook place toBtook place forChappened toDhappened for10 . Have a good vacation , Rose !一 _ .AThat sounds niceBThats OKCThank youDI think so11 . The more careful you are,themistakes you will makeAlessBmoreCfewerDbetter12 . Nanjing isnt so _ as Shanghai. However, its the second _ city in East China.Alarge; largeBlarge; largestClarger; largerDlarger; largest13 . Charlotte got married to his husband forty years ago.Awas married withBmarried withCmarried toDmarried14 . Would you mind taking some photos for us?-Certainly not. Itsa piece of cake.Aa kind of foodBa difficult thingCan easy thingDa photo15 . _ will the meeting start?In about ten minutes, I think.AHow longBHow soonCHow oftenDHow far16 . The TV set is really expensive. It _ him $900.AspentBtookCcostDpaid17 . Do you know who _ this magazine ?Wang Dan. You can borrow it from him.AownsBasksCplaysDsells18 . We should usesides of paper to reduce the waste.AallBbothCneither19 . _ your desk clean.AKeepBPutCBe20 . Look at the cat. Its very _.We dont like to play with it at all.AuglyBcleverCinterestingDsmart二、阅读单选Are you a fan of country music? Do you like eating barbecue(烧烤)? You can enjoy both of them in the same place-Nashville.Nashville is a city in Tennessee, the United States. About 700 thousand people live a happy life here. Founded(建立于) near the Cumberland River in 1779, it is an old city. But it is also a modern one with beautiful buildings and wonderful streets.People call it Music City because it is the country music capital of the world. Musicians like Elvis, Beyonce and Taylor Swift have all made music in Nashville. If you want to listen to music, go to Honkytonk Highway. There are many music clubs, restaurants and bars(酒吧) on this street. Walk into any of them and you will see a band or a musician play.This city also has many art centres and museums.They are good places to learn about American culture and history.Nashville is also a great place to eat nice food. Barbecue is a favourite there. Chicken, ribs, turkey, pork, and beef-Nashville barbecue has something for every taste. Be careful not to eat too much! Feel your mouth watering? Go to the city and enjoy yourselves.21 . The reading above mainly tells us something about_.AUS artBa countryCa US cityDbarbecue22 . Which of the following statements about Nashville is TRUE?AIt has a history of over 200 years.BAbout seven million people live in the city.CIt is far from the Cumberland River.DIt is an old city full of old houses.23 . Elvis, Beyonce and Taylor Swift are all _.AvisitorsBmusiciansCcooksDstudents24 . If someones mouth is watering,he or she feels like_.Aeating something very muchBvisiting a placeClistening to some musicDplaying some music25 . In which column(栏目) can you find the reading?AHousingBSports.CcookingDtravellingOnce upon a time, there was a king who was loved by his people. One day, the king planned to build a palace on the river bank. in a few days the palace was ready, And before bringing the king to show the palace, the minister wanted to take a final look first.Great!the minister said, looking at the palace. Then suddenly his eyes fell on a hut （小屋） just a few steps away from the palace gate. What is this hut doing here? shouted the minister. Sir, it belongs to an old woman.She has been living here for a long time, replied a solider.The minister walked up to the hut and spoke to the old lady. I want to buy your hut. Ask for anything. he said. I am sorry, Sir. I can not accept your offer. My hut is dearer to me than my life, the old lady said.The minister tried to tell the old lady that her hut would make the new palace less beautiful. But the old lady refused to sell her hut to the king. The matter was then taken to the king.The king thought for a while, and then let the old lady said.it will only add to the beauty of the new palace. Then turning to the minister.the king told us not forget what seems ugly to us may be valuable to someone else.26 . Where did the king want to build a palace?AIn the mountains.BIn the city.COn the river bankDNear the sea27 . Who lived in the hut?AThe kingBAn old ladyCThe ministerDThe solider28 . How did the minister plan to deal with the hut?ATo buy the hutBTo pull down the hutCTo sell the hutDTo build a new hut29 . Why didnt the old lady sell her hut to the minister?ABecause it was ugly to the kingBBecause it was as beautiful as the palaceCBecause it was too old to live inDBecause it was valuable to her30 . What do you think of the kingAHe was kindBHe was braveCHe was impoliteDHe was proudYou may know the English letters A, B and C. But do you know there are people called ABCs? Do you know there is such a thing as “a banana person”? How strange! An ABC is a Chinese, but was born in the United States. Sometimes, people call an ABC a “banana person”. A banana is yellow outside and white inside. So, when a person is a banana, he or she is white inside-thinking like a Westerner and yellow outside-looking like a ChineseUsually, ABCs know little about China or the Chinese language. Some of them dont speak Chinese. But if ABCs cannot speak Chinese, can we still call them Chinese people? Yes, of course. They are overseas（海外的）Chinese. These people may be citizens（公民）of another country like the US, Canada or Singapore. But they have Chinese blood Their parents, grandparents or even great-grandparents were from China. They all have black eyes and black hair.But they are not Chinese citizens. They are people of the Peoples Republic of China. For example, we all know the famous scientist C. N. Yang（杨振宁）. He got the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1957. Chinese people love him. But he is an American citizen.31 . “ABCs” in this passage means.Athree English lettersBa kind of bananaCChinese born in AmericaDAmericans born in China32 . The underlined word “blood” may probably mean.A洪水B祖先C身份D血统33 . This passage mainly talks about _Adifferent kind of bananasBthe life story of CNYangC. the Noble PrizeCoverseas Chinese三、阅读判断八、阅读下面短文，根据短文内容判断句子的正误。正确的填A，错误的填B。Computer ClubYou can do lots of cool things and play games on the computer in our club.Mr. Smith and Miss Dean are your teachers.Open Time (开放时间): Tuesday and Thursday, from 3:15 p.m. to 4:15 p.m.Place: Computer Room 305Movie Fan (影迷) ClubDo you enjoy seeing movies?Do you want to share (分享) the fun with others?Open Time: From Monday to Thursday, from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.Place: School HallRunning ClubStudents do some running in the club, even (甚至) in winter.Open Time: Monday, from 4:30 p.m. to 5:15 p.m.Place: School Gym34 . There are two teachers in the Computer Club.35 . Students can play computer games in the Computer Club.36 . The Movie Fan Club is open on weekends.37 . Students of the Running Club dont run in winter.38 . The Running Club is open for the longest (最长的) time in one day.四、根据首字母、中文提示填空词汇应用39 . My hometown is in the _(南方) part of China.40 . The ground is covered with the yellow _(树叶).41 . Dont sit on the _(长椅). They are not clean.42 . Nobody knows where the _ (宝藏) was hidden.43 . How many bones are there in a _(长颈鹿) neck?44 . The girl with long _(直的) hair is my good friend, Kitty.45 . _(bamboo) are light because they are hollow(空心的).46 . Its very _(danger) to play with fire.47 . Jack always makes us laugh. He is much _(fun) than his brothers.48 . The _(follow) questions are too hard. I cant answer them.五、用单词的正确形式完成句子用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空。每词限用一次。except close crowded accident however49 . There was a road_yesterday and an old man died.50 . Everyone is here_Lucy, because she is ill.51 . Dont get_to the fire, its dangerous.52 . Its so_in the supermarket because of the Spring Festival.53 . His father was a famous basketball player._, he doesnt like basketball at all.六、用单词的正确形式完成短文AdressBweekendCwearDdifferentBoys Night and Girls NightAmerican children like having parties at the 54 . . Their favourite activities are Boys Night and Girls night. In the Boys Night, boys like eating junk food and playing computer games. They also play 55 . ball games. However, girls do different things in the Girls Night. They often read books, go shopping or 56 . themselves.七、多任务混合问题阅读短文，根据题目要求完成各小题。There was a man who had four sons. He wanted his sons to learn not to judge things too quickly. So he sent them to go and look at a pear tree far away in turns. The first son went in the winter, the second in the spring, the third in summer, and the youngest son in the fall. When they had all gone and come back, he called them together to describe what they had seen. The first son said that the tree was ugly. The second son said no; it was covered with green leaves, and full of hope. The third son disagreed. He said there were many flowers that smelled so sweet and looked so beautiful, it was the most wonderful thing he had ever seen. The last son disagreed with all of them, he said there was lots of fruit in the tree, full of life and harvest（收获）. The man then explained to his sons that they were all right, but they had each seen only one season in the trees life. He told them “You cannot judge a tree, or a person by only one season and its true nature the pleasure, joy, and love that come from that life can only be judged at the end, when all the seasons are up.” If you give up when its winter, you will miss the promise of your spring, the beauty of your summer, harvest of your fall. Dont let the pain of one season kill the joy of all the rest. 57 . Why did the man ask his sons to go and look at a pear tree in turns?58 . Did the four sons have the same answer?59 . What did the man think about his sons answers?60 . 请将文中画线的句子翻译成汉语。61 . 请给短文拟一个适当的英文题目。阅读下面短文，根据其内容完成后面各项任务。Learning to play an instrument (乐器) can be one of the most exciting ways to spend your free time. There are many different kinds of instruments to choose from: guitar (吉他), piano, violin . There is always one thats right for you.Make a choice.First, you need to choose an instrument that you would like to learn to play.You could also think about the kind of music youd like to play.This will probably be the kind of music that you also enjoy listening to.Get your instrument.When you know what instrument to choose, you need to buy one. If it is expensive, you can borrow (借入) one. Some schools will lend (借给) students instruments. Or you can buy a second-hand instrument and its usually much cheaper.Get ready to learn.After you have your instrument, you should then make a learning plan. You can have personal lessons with a music teacher or go to a music school. You can also choose to learn by yourself.Play for others.When you learn enough to play a song, you should start playing for people. It is a good idea to start with your family or friends.Then you can try to play for larger groups (群) of people.Keep going.To become a good musician, you have to keep playing.尽可能多地保持学习并且经常练习。As you learn more, you will get better and better.62 . 回答问题：How many kinds of instruments does the writer mention (提到)?_63 . 将文中划线的英语句子译成汉语。_64 . 回答问题：What does the underlined word“it”refer to (指的是)?_65 . 回答问题：What should you do after you have your instrument?_66 . 将文中划线的汉语句子译成英语。_八、话题作文67 . 书面表达英语课上，同学们正在准备举行以“我最好的朋友”为话题的演讲活动。请你以Tom的名义写一篇演讲稿，向同学们介绍一下你最好的朋友。要求：1、参考提示语，可适当发挥；2、语句通顺，意思连贯，书写工整；3、文中不得出现任何真实信息；4、词数:不少于70词；（开头结尾已给出，但不计入总词数）。要求：1.What does your friend look like?2.How is he/she different from you?3.Why do you like him/her?Hello,everyone!I am Tom and I am very happy to stand here to talk about my best friend_Thanks for listening!第 15 页 共 15 页参考答案一、单选题1、2、3、4、5、6、7、8、9、10、11、12、13、14、15、16、17、18、19、20、二、阅读单选1、2、3、三、阅读判断1、四、根据首字母、中文提示填空1、五、用单词的正确形式完成句子1、六、用单词的正确形式完成短文1、七、多任务混合问题1、2、八、话题作文1、