2015-2016学年外研版英语八年级下学期自主学习测试试题

新仓初中2015学年第二学期八年级英语自主学习测试试题（本试卷共100分，考试时间为90分钟）一、完型填空（共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分）Joe wanted a computer. He asked his ________ (1) for the money and they said he must get it himself. But how did he get it? He ________ (2) about this when he walked home. Not many people wanted to ask children to work for them. Maybe he could take away ________ (3)for the neighbors (邻居). But this was not winter. He had to wait a long time for time. He couldn’t cut grass for their gardens________ (4) he had no tools（工具）to do the work with.Then he saw one of his ________(5) , Dick，who sits next to him, delivering （送）newspaper .I could do that, he thought. _______ (6) I could even get the computer right away. I could pay________ (7) it a little each week. He ran to catch up with Dick. Joe _______ (8) him a lot of questions. He learned that it was________ (9) to get twenty-five dollars each week. He learned that the job ________ (10) about three hours each night. Dick________ (11) him the phone number of the newspaper manager.Joe almost flew home. After he had told his mother ________ (12) he thought, she smiled ________ (13), “I think it is a ________ (14) idea,” she said, “I’ll call the newspaper.”“Wait, mum,” Joe said, “I’ll call. After that, I’m going to be a ________ (15) now.” Joe’s mother was very happy.( ) 1. A. teachers B. parents C. classmates D. friends( ) 2 A. said B. told C. thought D. spoke( ) 3 A. rain B. storm C. snow D. shower( ) 4. A. because B. when C. while D. after( ) 5. A. student B. classmate C. teacher D. brother( ) 6 A. May be B. probably C. Maybe D. only( ) 7.A. on B. to C. of D. for( ) 8. A. studied B. asked C. carried D. got( ) 9.A. friendly B. kind C. possible D. wrong( ) 10 A. spent B. paid C. cost D. took( ) 11 A. taught B. gave C. made D. asked( ) 12. A. that B. when C. what D. where( ) 13. A. sadly B. happily C. politely D. angrily ( ) 14 A. big B. large C. great D. bad( ) 15 A. teacher B. painter C. businessman D. worker二、阅读理解（共10小题，每小题2分，共20分）AIn America, just as in Europe, men usually open doors for women, and women always walk ahead of men into a room or a restaurant, unless the men have to be ahead of the ladies to choose the table, to open the door of a car or do some other things like the above. On the street, men almost always walk or cross the street on the closer side of the ladies to the traffic. But if a man walks with two ladies he should walk between them. If a host or hostess or both of them drive to get their guestfor dinner, the guest should sit at the front seat and leave the back seat though there are no people sitting on it.( ) 1. In America, men usually ________.A. walk ahead of womenB. eat in a restaurantC. walk behind womenD. drive a car to work( ) 2. In the street, men _______.A. cross the streetB. walk on the right side for the ladiesC. walk near the ladiesD. walk on the closer side of the ladies to the traffic( ) 3. If a man walks with two ladies, he should ______.A. walk between themB. run before themC. follow themD. go awayB( )4. If you go to listen to Beijing Opera, you should _______.A. not wear slippersB. buy the ticketsC. come at 7:40D. go in and be seated three minutes earlier ( )5. Mr Brown takes his wife ,his 12-year-old son and 16-year-old daughter to the concert. He should pay ______ for the tickets.A. 75 yuanB. 175 yuanC. 100 yuanD. 130 yuan ( )6. According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?A. Simon will give you some advice on how to learn English.B. The concert is about jazz.C. You can go to No. 125, Beijing Road to listen to Beijing Opera.D. The opera will begin at 9:00 in the Great Theater.CAs I was leaving to meet Lynne, my roommate told me that I’d better take somemoney. But I didn’t listen to hi m. I thought that Lynne would pay because she had invited me. I arrived at the restaurant exactly on time. I’d been told that Americans expect you to be on time. Lynne and I sat at a table in the corner of restaurant and a waitress came and took our order.The dinner was a great success. I talked a lot about Saudi Arabia and Lynne told me all about herself. After two hours, the waitress finally came and asked if we wanted one check or two. Lynne said two. We went to the cashier and Lynne paid her check. I was embarrassed (尴尬) when the cashier gave me my bill. I had no money to pay for my meal. Then I had an idea. I pretended to look for something in my pockets and said, “Oh! I forgot my wallet! Can I call my roommate, please?” The cashier showed me where the phone was and I quickly called my roommate. In a few minutes, he arrived with some money, but he couldn’t hide how he felt. He laughed all the way home. Now, I think it’s funny too, but at that time I was terribly embarrassed.I thought that an invitation to have dinner in the United States meant the same thing as that in China. I guess you have to understand that your customs are only your customs. When you visit a foreign country, you have to learn about their customs, too.( ) 7. The writer’s roommate advised the w riter to take some money with him ______.A. to pay for the mealB. to share the cost of the mealC. to invite Lynne to dinnerD. to pay for the taxi( ) 8. The roommate laughed all the way home because ________.A. the writer was embarrassed w hen he couldn’t pay his checkB. the writer hadn’t told Lynne the truthC. the writer listened to him when he left the house.D. the dinner wasn’t a great success( ) 9. The writer and Lynne ________.A. enjoyed their meal very muchB. didn’t finish s uccessfully their mealC. traveled to Saudi Arabia togetherD. weren’t happy during the dinner( ) 10. What is the passage mainly about?A. People should always take some money with them.B. A Chinese man must pay for the meal.C.A good roommate can really help you a lot.D. Customs can be entirely (完全地) different in different countries.三、词汇运用（本题有15个小题，每小题2分；共30分）A.根据中文提示，写出单词的正确形式 (每空限填一词).1.Which city has the __________ ( 大 ) population in China ?2.A ____________ ( 十亿 ) is a thousand million. .3.Don’t skate on the _________ (冰). It’s too thin.4.Some farmers are still working in the __________ ( 田地 ).5. People often play _____________( 玩笑) with other people on April Fool’s Day.6.Yesterday the grandfather bought a ________ (兔子 ) for his grandson.7. The Chinese eat with ______________( 筷子 ).8. Don’t make any __________ ( 噪音 ). They are sleeping.9.______________ ( 幸运), no one was badly hurt.10.The milk __________( 尝 ) a little sour.B.用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空，使句子通顺、正确(每词限用一次。