2014学年第一学期八年级期中考试试卷

I. Choose be the answer:

( ) 1. Which of the following is wrong?

A. Did you enjoy yourself at the Christmas party? ↗ B. I didn’t go. ↘ C. What happened? ↗

D. I had a bad cold before Christmas. ↘

( ) 2. My ambition is ___________ a famous actor.

A. to be A. on A. thousand of A. woman tourists A. do

A. best directors

B. be B. in

B. two thousand B. women tourists B. doing

B. the best director

C. being C. with C. two thousands C. woman tourist C. to do

C. the top director

D. been D. at

D. two thousands of D. woman tourist D. did

D. the top directors

( ) 3. We’ll have a picnic ___________ Sunday morning.

( ) 4. Over _________ people watched the football match yesterday. ( ) 5. A group of __________ from Britain came to visit EXPO in Shanghai. ( ) 6. What do you enjoy _____________ after school?

( ) 7. Steven Spielberg is one of _____________ in the film industry in the world. ( ) 8. We usually spend ___________ finishing our homework every day.

A. two and half hours B. two hour and a half C. two and a half hours D. two hours and half

( ) 9. I ___________ find my key to the office. It ___________ be at home.

A. must, can A. Give A. take A. usually A. laughed at A. How long A. attend A. Don’t say that. C. I don’t think so.

B. may not, must B. To give B. will take B. always B. should at B. How high B. join

C. can’t, may C. Giving C. to take C. sometimes C. stared at C. How soon C. take part in B. It’s nothing.

D. I’m glad you enjoyed it.

D. have to, should D. Gave D. took D. never D. knocked at D. How far D. join in

( ) 10. ____________ me your homework, Ben. I’ll check it.

( ) 11. I hope you ______________ my advice to be more friendly to your classmates. ( ) 12. Jane is a top student in our class. She ___________ achieves C in all subjects. ( ) 13. My little sister ___________ my ice-cream and wanted to eat it. ( ) 14. A: ___________ will you come to Shanghai? B: In three weeks. ( ) 15. John didn’t _____________ the class meeting yesterday because he was ill. ( ) 16. A: Thank you for your delicious dinner. B: __________.

II. Complete the following passage with the words or phrases in the box. Each word or phrase can only be used once: A. interests B. was born C. information D. a lot E. happily I began writing to penfreinds when I was only 11 years old. I ___1___ with a disability (残废) that left me in a wheelchair since I was a little young boy.

My mother helped me find my first penfriend. I still write to him to this day. He lives in Germany. He is two years older than I.

I never felt sad after finding penfriends. While all of the other kids were riding bikes or skateboarding. I would ___2___ sit in my room and write to my pendfriends. My penfreinds means ___3___ to me because I can learn about the world and other ___4___, share beautiful photos, and most of all, make new friends.

1. _______________ 2. _______________ 3. ______________ 4. ________________ A. sorry B. presents C. around D. face to face E. through I have never felt ___5___ for myself and I enjoy being able to meet people in places I can’t reach. I enjoy writing to anyone in any country. I don’t need to play with them or talk with them ___6___. I keep all of the letters from penfreinds. that way I can read them again. I also enjoy sending small ___7__ to my penfriends.

I like to write to my penfriends because that would give me a chance to make more friends ___8___ the world. This has become a very important part in my life.

5. _______________ 6. ________________ 7. ________________ 8. _______________ III. Fill in the blanks with the proper forms of the words:

1. A ____________________ took place in the bank yesterday. ( rob )

2. It was _____________________ that the boy was able to solve the problem so quickly. ( amaze ) 3. The ___________________ of iPhone has made smart phones more and more popular. ( invent ) 4. Can you tell me the _______________________ of that building? ( high )

5. My father is ___________________ for taking me to school every day in our family. ( responsibility ) 6. _____________________, Joe failed to achieve his goal this year. ( luckily ) IV. Rewrite the following sentences as required:

1. John has breakfast with his family every morning. (改成否定句)

John __________________ _____________________ breakfast with his family every morning. 2. The room is very small. We can’t hold a meeting in it. (合并为一句)

The room is ________________ small _________________ we can’t hold a meeting in it. 3. He really likes playing rugby. (保持原句意思)

He is __________________ _____________________ playing rugby. 4. It takes ten minutes for a ferry to cross the river. (对划线部分提问)

___________________ ___________________ does it take for a ferry to cross the river? 5. A grades, seldom, in, achieves, Ben, English. (连词成句)

_________________________________________________________________________________ 6. unusual, Paul, an, three, thing, ago, happened to, days (连词成句)

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2014学年第一学期八年级期中考试试卷

I. Choose be the answer:

( ) 1. Which of the following is wrong?

A. I had a bad cold before Christmas. ↘ B. What happened? ↗ C. I didn’t go. ↘

D. Did you enjoy yourself at the Christmas party? ↗

( ) 2. My ambition is ___________ a famous actor.

A. being A. at

A. thousand of A. woman tourists A. do

A. best directors

B. be B. in

B. two thousands of B. woman tourist B. to do

B. the best director

C. to be C. with C. two thousands C. women tourists C. doing

C. the top directors

D. been D. on

D. two thousand D. woman tourist D. did

D. the top director

( ) 3. We’ll have a picnic ___________ Sunday morning.

( ) 4. Over _________ people watched the football match yesterday. ( ) 5. A group of __________ from Britain came to visit EXPO in Shanghai. ( ) 6. What do you enjoy _____________ after school?

( ) 7. Steven Spielberg is one of _____________ in the film industry in the world. ( ) 8. We usually spend ___________ finishing our homework every day.

A. two and half hours B. two hours and a half C. two and a half hour D. two hours and half

( ) 9. I ___________ find my key to the office. It ___________ be at home.

A. can’t, may A. Gave A. take A. usually A. stared at A. How soon A. join

B. may not, must B. To give B. took B. never B. should at B. How long B. attend

C. must, can C. Giving C. to take C. sometimes C. laughed at C. How far C. take part in B. It’s nothing. D. Don’t say that.

D. have to, should D. Give D. will take D. always D. knocked at D. How high D. join in

( ) 10. ____________ me your homework, Ben. I’ll check it.

( ) 11. I hope you ______________ my advice to be more friendly to your classmates. ( ) 12. Jane is a top student in our class. She ___________ achieves C in all subjects. ( ) 13. My little sister ___________ my ice-cream and wanted to eat it. ( ) 14. A: ___________ will you come to Shanghai? B: In three weeks. ( ) 15. John didn’t _____________ the class meeting yesterday because he was ill. ( ) 16. A: Thank you for your delicious dinner. B: __________.

A. I’m glad you enjoyed it. C. I don’t think so.

II. Complete the following passage with the words or phrases in the box. Each word or phrase can only be used once: A. interests B. because C. to this day D. or E. writing I began ____1____ to penfreinds when I was only 11 years old. I was born with a disability (残废) that left me in a wheelchair since I was a little young boy.

My mother helped me find my first penfriend. I still write to him ____2___. He lives in Germany. He is two years older than I.

I never felt sad after finding penfriends. While all of the other kids were riding bikes ____3____ skateboarding. I would happily sit in my room and write to my pendfriends. My penfreinds means a lot to me ___4___ I can learn about the world and other information, share beautiful photos, and most of all, make new friends.

1. _______________ 2. _______________ 3. ______________ 4. ________________ A. important B. because C. sending D. enjoy E. through I have never felt sorry for myself and I ___5___ being able to meet people in places I can’t reach. I enjoy writing to anyone in any country. I don’t need to play with them or talk with them face to face.

I keep all of the letters from penfreinds. That way I can read them again. I also enjoy ___6____ small presents to my penfriends.

I like to write to my penfriends ____7____ that would give me a chance to make more friends around the world. This has become a very ___8____ part in my life.

5. _______________ 6. ________________ 7. ________________ 8. _______________ III. Fill in the blanks with the proper forms of the words:

1. A ____________________ took place in the bank yesterday. ( rob )

2. It was amazing that the boy was able to solve the problem so _____________________. (quick) 3. The ___________________ of iPhone has made smart phones more and more popular. ( invent ) 4. Can you tell me the height of that _______________________? (build )

5. My father is ___________________ for taking me to school every day in our family. ( responsibility ) 6. _____________________, Joe failed to achieve his goal this year. ( luckily ) IV. Rewrite the following sentences as required:

1. John has breakfast with his family every morning. (改成否定句)

John __________________ _____________________ breakfast with his family every morning. 2. It takes ten minutes for a ferry to cross the river. (对划线部分提问)

___________________ ___________________ does it take for a ferry to cross the river? 3. The room is very small. We can’t hold a meeting in it. (合并为一句)

The room is ________________ small _________________ we can’t hold a meeting in it. 4. He really likes playing rugby. (保持原句意思)

He is __________________ _____________________ playing rugby.

5. unusual, Paul, an, three, thing, ago, happened to, days (连词成句)

_________________________________________________________________________________ 6. A grades, seldom, in, achieves, Ben, English. (连词成句)

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I. Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage:

In America, when people say “man’s best friend”, they mean a lovely animal: a dog! These words show the friendship between people and ____1___. Dogs and other pets can give ___2___ to people’s lives.

Animals can help people, too. Dogs can be taught to become the “____3___” for a blind person or “ears” for a deaf person. Scientists have found that pets help people live longer!

Americans hold “Be ___4___ to Animals Week”, the first week of May. Pet shows are held during the week and people will take more time this week to play with their pets.

If you don’t have a pet, be kind to animals around you. If you see a ___5___ dog, don’t kick it or throw things at it. Instead, just leave it alone, or better yet, make friends with it. If others around you do bad things to an animal, try to ___6___ them. As people, we protect animals who can’t speak for themselves. ( ) 1. A. persons ( ) 2. A. sadness ( ) 3. A. eyes ( ) 4. A. Bad ( ) 5. A. lovely ( ) 6. A. help

B. people B. trouble B. ears B. happy B. little B. catch

C. plants C. happiness C. hands C. Nice C. homeless C. beat

D. animals D. harm D. feet D. Sad D. nice D. stop

II. Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words:

We live in computer age. People like a___1___ in banks and teachers in schools use computers to do most kinds of work. But more than 30 years ago, computer couldn’t do much. They were very big and expensive, so very few people were interested in them and k___2___ how to use them. Today computers are smaller and c___3___. Some of them are small enough to put in your p___4___ like a bar of chocolate. They can do a lot of work. Many people like to use them.

Computers become very important today b___5____ they can work faster than people and make few mistakes. Computers can help people do a lot of work. Writers now use computers to write. Teachers use them to help teaching. Students use them to learn. Computers can also r__6___ what you put into them. Computers are very useful and h___7___. They are now friends.

1. a_______________ 2. k_____________ 3. c______________ 4. p_______________ 5. b____________ 6. r________________ 7. h_____________ III. Answer the following questions:

Now and then we all get ill. Then we usually go to see a doctor. Doctors know a lot about what makes us ill. They may give us something to take. The medicine often makes us well again.

However, sometimes the doctor’s medicine doesn’t work. This happened to one patient (病人) called peter. He was in hospital, but he was not getting well. Then he found a new “doctor” inside himself. This “doctor” was his own sense of humour. He saw funny films. He read funny books. And something wonderful happened. Laughing took away his pain. Then he was able to sleep and rest. His own happy feeling helped him to feel well again. He said laughing was his best “medicine”. His doctor thought so, too.

Another man, Sam was also ill, and he had a terrible pain in his back. The doctors could not stop it from hurting, so he began to “picture” his pain. In his head he “drew” a picture of a dog. He imagined it as a real dog. And he made friends with the dog. And his pain went away!

These stories may surprise you. But more and more people are getting well in this way. So visit the “doctor” inside your own head and you can stay happy and well.

1. Does medicine always work?

____________________________________________________________________________________ 2. Who was Peter’s new “doctor”?

____________________________________________________________________________________ 3. Laughing didn’t make the first patient well again, did it?

____________________________________________________________________________________ 4. How did Sam make his pain go away?

____________________________________________________________________________________ 5. Why does the writer ask us to visit the “doctor” inside our heads?

____________________________________________________________________________________ 6. What might be the title of the passage?

____________________________________________________________________________________ IV. Writing:

Write a passage of at least 60 words on the topic “My School Life”. (以“我的学校生活”为题写一篇不少于60个词的短文， 标点符号不占格。)

Use the following points as reference: (以下问题仅供参考) 1. What do you think of your school life? 2. What subjects are you good at?

3. What activities do you usually take part in at school?

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I. Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage:

In America, when people say “man’s best friend”, they mean a lovely animal: a dog! These words show the friendship between people and ____1___. Dogs and other pets can give ___2___ to people’s lives.

Animals can help people, too. Dogs can be taught to become the “____3___” for a blind person or “ears” for a deaf person. Scientists have found that pets help people live longer!

Americans hold “Be ___4___ to Animals Week”, the first week of May. Pet shows are held during the week and people will take more time this week to play with their pets.

If you don’t have a pet, be kind to animals around you. If you see a ___5___ dog, don’t kick it or throw things at it. Instead, just leave it alone, or better yet, make friends with it. If others around you do bad things to an animal, try to ___6___ them. As people, we protect animals who can’t speak for themselves. ( ) 1. A. persons ( ) 2. A. sadness ( ) 3. A. hands ( ) 4. A. bad ( ) 5. A. lovely ( ) 6. A. help

B. people B. happiness B. ears B. nice B. homeless B. stop

C. animals C. trouble C. eyes C. happy C. little C. beat

D. plants D. harm D. feet D. sad D. nice D. catch

II. Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words:

We live in computer age. People like a___1___ in banks and teachers in schools use computers to do most kinds of work. But more than 30 years ago, computer couldn’t do much. They were very big and expensive, so very few people were interested in them and k___2___ how to use them. Today computers are smaller and c___3___. Some of them are small enough to put in your p___4___ like a bar of chocolate. They can do a lot of work. Many people like to use them.

Computers become very important today b___5____ they can work faster than people and make few mistakes. Computers can help people do a lot of work. Writers now use computers to write. Teachers use them to help teaching. Students use them to learn. Computers can also r__6___ what you put into them. Computers are very useful and h___7___. They are now friends.

1. a_______________ 2. k_____________ 3. c______________ 4. p_______________ 5. b____________ 6. r________________ 7. h_____________ III. Answer the following questions:

Now and then we all get ill. Then we usually go to see a doctor. Doctors know a lot about what makes us ill. They may give us something to take. The medicine often makes us well again.

However, sometimes the doctor’s medicine doesn’t work. This happened to one patient (病人) called peter. He was in hospital, but he was not getting well. Then he found a new “doctor” inside himself. This “doctor” was his own sense of humour. He saw funny films. He read funny books. And something wonderful happened. Laughing took away his pain. Then he was able to sleep and rest. His own happy feeling helped him to feel well again. He said laughing was his best “medicine”. His doctor thought so, too.

Another man, Sam was also ill, and he had a terrible pain in his back. The doctors could not stop it from hurting, so he began to “picture” his pain. In his head he “drew” a picture of a dog. He imagined it as a real dog. And he made friends with the dog. And his pain went away!

These stories may surprise you. But more and more people are getting well in this way. So visit the “doctor” inside your own head and you can stay happy and well.

1. Does medicine always work?

____________________________________________________________________________________ 2. Who was Peter’s new “doctor”?

____________________________________________________________________________________ 3. Laughing didn’t make the first patient well again, did it?

____________________________________________________________________________________ 4. How did Sam make his pain go away?

____________________________________________________________________________________ 5. Why does the writer ask us to visit the “doctor” inside our heads?

____________________________________________________________________________________ 6. What might be the title of the passage?

____________________________________________________________________________________ IV. Writing:

Write a passage of at least 60 words on the topic “My School Life”. (以“我的学校生活”为题写一篇不少于60个词的短文， 标点符号不占格。)

Use the following points as reference: (以下问题仅供参考) 1. What do you think of your school life? 2. What subjects are you good at?

3. What activities do you usually take part in at school?

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1. D 2. C 3. A 4. C 5. C 6. D

1. accountants 2. knew 3. cheaper 4. pocket 5. because 6. remember 7. helpful 1. No, it doesn’t.

2. His own sense of humour

3. Yes, it did. 4.