八年级上学期期中考试(英语)试卷含答案

八年级上学期期中考试（英语）
（考试总分：100 分）
一、单选题（本题共计15小题，总分15分）
1.（1分）（）1. I decide _______ the music club.
A. join
B. joining
C. to join
D. joined
2.（1分）（）2. Don’t worry ______ me. I can do it by __________.
A. on, yourself
B. about, myself
C. at, myself
D. with, yourself
3.（1分）（）3. —What are you going to give your mother for her birthday?
—I’m not sure. But I’ll buy her .
A. something special
B. anything special
C. special something
D. special anything
4.（1分）（）4. Would you mind ____ outside for a moment.
A.wait
B. waited
C. to wait
D. waiting
5.（1分）（）5. Last Sunday we went to the beach . We had great fun ________ in the
water.
A. playing
B. plays
C. play
D. to play
6.（1分）（）6. — China is over 5000 years old. It’s one of _______ countries in the world.
— Yes, It has a much ______ history than the USA.
A. old; long
B. the oldest; longer
C. older; longer
D. older; the longest
7.（1分）（）7.—Hello, could you help me ___ when the plane will take off on the Internet?
—I’m sorry. My computer doesn’t work.
A. find out
B. look for
C. get on
D. look at
8.（1分）（）8. The weather is _____ cold _____ they had to stay at home.
A. too, to
B. such, that
C. so, that
D. very, to
9.（1分）（）9. They kept ______ until midnight.
A. work
B. working
C. to work
D. worked
10.（1分）（）10. John forgot _____ his homework to school, so his teacher was very angry.
A. bring
B. bringing
C. to bring
D. brought
11.（1分）（）11.Gina _____ her friends to travel with her, because she was afraid to go alone.
A. planned
B.hoped
C. wished
D. made
12.（1分）（）12. _____Lucy is from the USA , _____he can speak Chinese very well.
A. Although, but
B. Although, /
C. Although, so
D. /, so
13.（1分）（）13. —________do you read English books?
—Twice a day.
A. How many
B. How much
C. How long
D. How often
14.（1分）（）14. The white ruler is as ________ as the yellow one.
A. cheap
B. cheaper
C. cheapest
D. the cheapest
15.（1分）（）15. My sister is girl.
A. a 11-year-old
B. an11-year-old
C. a 11 years old
D. an 11 years old
二、完形填空（本题共计1小题，总分10分）
16.（10分）When you sit and watch TV hour after hour, do you ever think of what it may do to your health？
More and more kids are becoming overweight(超重的) and near-sighted 16 they spend too much time in front of the TV. They are also growing less and less creative since watching TV doesn't 17 any active thought.
Last week, the TV-Turnoff Organization(组织) began its ninth TV-Turnoff 18
in the U.S.A. The organization encourages people to play games, read books, lie under a tree, talk to family members and friends 19 watching TV.
“American school children spend about 500 hours a year 20 TV, more time than they spend in school. That’s too much, ” say the doctors who organized this year’s
TV-Turnoff Week.
Doctors say that the 21 children watch television , the more overweight they will become. And the food children eat while watching TV makes this weight 22 more serious.
To keep mentally(精神地) and physically 23 , kids need to take exercise, talk to friends and family, read, and explore the world around them. Could you go a week 24 television？It might be 25 for many TV lovers, but why not have a try?
（）16. A. because B. until C. unless D. though
（）17. A. find B. need C. lose D. know
（）18. A. Day B. Week C. Month D. Year
（）19. A. tighter with B. because of C. across from D. instead of （）20. A. looking B. searching C. watching D. reading
（）21. A. later B. earlier C. longer D. less
（）22. A. problem B. question C. thing D. lesson
（）23. A. boring B. tired C. outgoing D. healthy
（）24. A. with B. without C. in D. by
（）25. A. easy B. happy C. dangerous D. difficult
三、阅读理解（本题共计4小题，总分20分）
17.（5分）One day, Mr. Smith went to a dinner party. He was wearing very old clothes. He came into the room. But people in the room didn’t look at him. They didn’t ask him to sit at the table. He wasn’t happy. But he said nothing.
Mr. Smith went home quickly and put on （穿上）his best clothes. He went back to the party. Everyone in the room stood up（站起来）and looked at him. They gave him good food to eat.
Mr. Smith took off(脱掉) his coat, and put it on the food and said, “Eat, coat!”
The other people were surprised and asked, “What are you doing? Why do you do that?”
Mr. Smith answered, “I am asking my coat to eat food. When I wore old clothes, you didn’t look at me. You didn’t ask me to sit down. Now I am wearing these nice clothes. And you give me good food. Now I see, you give the food to my coat, not to me.”
（）26. One day, Mr. Smith went to__________.
A. a birthday party
B. a dinner party
C. an English party
D. a movie
（）27. When he came into the room, the people didn’t look at him. Why ?
A. Because the people didn’t ask him to come.
B. Because Mr. Smith wore old clothes.
C. Because Mr. Smith didn’t say hello to them first.
D. Because it was night, they didn’t see him.
（）28. Why did he go home quickly?
A. Because he didn’t want to stay here.
B. Because he went home for his best clothes.
C. Because the people there asked him to leave.
D. Because he didn’t like the food there.
（）29. What’s the meaning（意思）of “surprised” in Chinese?
A.高兴的
B.不满的
C.感到奇怪的
D.生气的
（）30. Which statement（陈述）is right?
A.A person in good clothes should eat good food.
B.A good coat should eat good food.
C. We can’t judge (判断)a man by his clothes.
D. Mr. Smith is stupid (愚蠢的).
18.（5分）TV PROGRAMS
Channel 1（频道）Channel 2
18:00 Around China17:45 Computers today
18:30 Cartoon（卡通）network18:10 Chinese arts
19:00 News18:30 English classroom
19:30 Weather report18:50 Animal world
19:40 Around the world19:25 China’s 2004
20:10 TV play: Sisters20:20 Sports
21:00 English for today21:00 TV play: Big family
21:15 Popular music21:45 English news
21:55Talk show22:00 Music
（）31．You want to know something about Japan, you can watch______.
A．Weather report B．China’s 2004 C．Around the world D．Animal world （）32．You are a football fan(足球迷). You may watch TV at___________.
A．19:00 on Channel 2 B．19:40 on Channel 1
C．20:20 on Channel 2 D．21:15 on Channel 1
（）33．How long does the TV play “sisters” last(持续)？
A．30 minutes B．50 minutes C．90 minutes D．120 minutes （）34．You can watch _______if you want to learn English.
A．English news B．English classroom
C．English for today D．A、B and C
（）35．Children often like to watch_________.
A．Cartoon network B．News C．Weather report D．Sports
19.（5分）An artist went to a beautiful part of the country for a vacation, and stayed with a farmer .Every day he painted from morning to evening. When it got dark(天黑), he went back to the farm and had a good dinner before he went to bed.
At the end of his vacation he wanted to pay the farmer, but the farmer said, “No, I don’t want money---but give me one of your pictures. In a week it will be all over, but your painting will still be here with me.
The artist was very happy and thanked the farmer for saying such kind things about his painting.
The farmer smiled and answered, “It’s not like that. I have a son in London. He wants to be an artist. When he comes here next month, I will show him your picture, And then he will not want to be an artist any more, I think.”
（）36. The artist went to the beautiful part of the country .
A. to see a friend
B. to visit the farmer
C. to go on vacation
D. for nothing （）37.What did the artist do there every day? .
A. He had a talk with the farmer
B. He took a walk in the country
C. He did nothing but eat a good dinner
D. He painted pictures
（）38. The farmer wanted .
A. to get more money from the artist
B. the artist to teach his son
C. to get a picture from the artist
D. the artist to stay longer with him （）39. The farmer .
A. enjoyed the artist’s pictures very much
B. didn’t think the artist’s pictures were good
C. had too much money
D. liked the artist’s picture
（）40.The best title（标题）of this article is .
A. A Happy Vacation
B. A Terrible Painting
C. A Great Painting
D. How To Be A Farmer
20.（5分）The moon (月亮)looks bigger than the stars at night. But in fact it is smaller than any stars .The moon looks big to us because it’s nearer than any stars .It goes around the earth(地球) . It makes one trip about four weeks . The moon is a round ball and looks beautiful.
Now people know quite a lot about the moon. . There is no air or water on the moon , so there not any trees or animals or people on it .The moon gets its light（光）from the sun ,but some places on the moon are quite dark . The days on the moon get hotter than boiling water(开水). The nights get colder than the North Pole on the earth .
( )41．Usually we can see the moon .
A. in the day
B. at night
C. at noon
D. all the time ( )42．People know quite about the moon.
A. a lot
B. a little
C. few
D. little
( )43．The moon is to the earth than the sun
A. far
B. farther
C. near
D. nearer
( )44．The moon than the stars .
A. is smaller
B. looks smaller C .is bigger D. looks bigger ( )45．The moon makes one trip around the earth in a .
A.week
B. month
C. year
D. day
四、补全对话（本题共计2小题，总分10分）
21.（5分）从方框中选择适当的选项完成对话（有两项为多余选项）。

A: Hello, Wang Ling . Are you free next weekend ?
B: 46
A: Oh, what a pity(遗憾)! I want to go shopping with you . 47
B: I have too many things to do every weekend . On Saturday morning I have
English lessons.
A: 48
B: Once a week . On Saturday afternoon , I have to play sports with my father.
A: Do you often do sports?
B: 49 .On Wednesday and Saturday.
A: What sport do you play?
B: Tennis and swimming.
A: 50
B: I have to visit my grandparents . We go to see them every Sunday.
A: Oh, you are really busy on weekends.
22.（5分）在下面对话的空白处填入适当的话语（句子、短语或词），使对话完整。

A: Hi. How was your vacation?
B: It was great!
A: 51 did you go?
B: I went to Tokyo with my family.
A: 52 ?
B: We visited a lot of museums .
A: 53 ?
B: Interesting. But they were also very crowded(拥挤的)
A: Did you go shopping ?
B: 54 . I didn’t have much money with me.
A: How was the food ?
B: 55 . I liked it very much.
五、短文填空（本题共计1小题，总分10分）
Our town is a great place to live in. It's the best place to 56 your free time.
There are three movie 57 .They are all good, and the one near my house is the
58 .The most popular place for people to hang out is the park. Everyone goes there, so it's really 59 .
60 is very convenient(方便的) in our town. There are many clothing stores and most of them are trendy（时髦的）. The clothes look 61 and are much 62 than other cities. There are also a lot of video and music 63 .They are very popular with student.
Sometimes there are street performers. Some students think they're 64 ,but I think they're quite 65 . Sometimes I want to be a street performer and give lots of fun to people.
六、任务型阅读（本题共计2小题，总分15分）
24.（10分）Have you ever listened to the sound in your heart? Have you ever met an article which has the same idea as yours?
The TV program, The Reader, has been popular since it came out on CCTV-1 on February 18th, 2017. It is produced by Dong Qing, a famous hostess. The Reader invites many guests to read something that influences them most. Not only famous people but also common people can be the guests,
Liu Chuanzhi, the founder of Lenovo (联想集团创始人), came to The Reader as a common father. He said, “As long as you are an honest man, you are my good son whatever your job is!” Xu Yuanchong, a 96-year-old translator, shared some of his personal experiences of translating Chinese poems into English and French. His words were simple but moving. He read a love poem with tears in his eyes.
This program has turned reading into a new fashion. It shows the beauty of Chinese language and the power of reading. Now Reading Booths(朗读亭) are set up in many cities. Though it rained, people in Hangzhou even waited in long lines to read in the booths. All kinds of reading activities are going on in schools. Lots of students take an active part in them
Reading is helpful to us because it will make us wise, happy and knowledgeable. It can be done anytime and anywhere. What are you waiting for? Why not start reading now?
66. When did The Reader come out?
___________________________________________________
67. What has been turned into a new fashion by The Reader?
___________________________________________________
68. Who is the successful translator mentioned (提到) in the passage?
___________________________________________________
69. Can we find Reading Booths in Hangzhou?
___________________________________________________
70. Why is reading good for us?
___________________________________________________
25.（5分）Different people like different movies.Let's look at what kind of movies the students in Class 3like：
(A)For most girls，they like comedies.They think comedies are interesting. Some like action movies. They like CZ12 very much, but they don’t like scary movies because they are scary.
(B)____________. Most boys like action movies. They think action movies are exciting. Some like scary movies. Some also like comedies. For example, they like Lost in Thailand very much.
(C)__________, Most students don’t like cartoons. They think cartoons are boring. For me, (D)我对它们并不介意。

Only three students like them because their little brothers or sisters watch them on TV. Only five students watch documentaries(纪录片) because they expect to learn a lot from them.
71.将画线部分(A)处翻译成汉语。

_________________________________________
72. What kind of movies don't girls like?
_________________________________________
73. 句子But things are different for boys.可以还原到(B)还是(C)处？
_________________________________________
74. 将画线部分(D)处翻译成英语。

_________________________________________
75. Why do the five students watch documentaries?
_________________________________________
七、完成句子（本题共计1小题，总分10分）
76.26.（10分）只要我做完作业，就能和你们一起出去了。

______ _____ _______ finish my homework，I can go out with you.
77. 她周末通常做什么？
What ________ she usually _______ on weekends?
78. 我的父母受不了那里炎热的天气。

My parents ________ ________ the hot weather here.
79. 如果我去参加聚会，我会装扮成一个机器人。

If I go to the party, I will _____ ______ ______ a robot.
80. 我们应该向那些勤奋的学生学习。

We should _________ _________ those hard-working students.
81. 今天早晨我起得比我妈妈早。

I got up ________ _________ my mother this morning.
82. 你想看动作片吗？
___________________________________________________
83. 哪个是城镇里最差的服装店？
___________________________________________________
八、书面表达（本题共计1小题，总分10分）
27.（10分）假如你是李华。

你家离学校15公里，你每月坐公共汽车回一次家。

你有一个非常要好的朋友，他/她比你大三个月，但你却比他/她高。

你们俩都擅长英语，都认为肥皂剧很无聊。

上周末你们一起去了北京度假，玩得很开心。

你最近交了一位加拿大的笔友杰克, 现在请你写一封电子邮件向杰克介绍上述情况，同时问对方几个问题，如每天怎么去上学？多久看一次电影？
要求：1. 包含上述内容，但不要逐条翻译；
2. 词数为80左右；
3. 开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

Dear Jack,
I’m very happy to write to you. My name is Li Hua. I am a student. _________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________
Li Hua
答案
一、单选题（本题共计15小题，总分15分）
1.（1分） C
2.（1分）B
3.（1分）A
4.（1分）D
5.（1分）A
6.（1分）B
7.（1分）A
8.（1分）C
9.（1分）B
10.（1分）C
11.（1分） C
12.（1分）B
13.（1分）D
14.（1分）A
15.（1分）B
二、完形填空（本题共计1小题，总分10分）
16.（10分）16---20 ABBDC 21---25CADBD
三、阅读理解（本题共计4小题，总分20分）
17.（5分）(A) 26---30 BBBCC
18.（5分） (B) 31---35 CCBDA
19.（5分）(C) 36---40 CDCBB
20.（5分） (D) 41---45 BADDB
四、补全对话（本题共计2小题，总分10分）
21.（5分）46---50 EBAFG
22.（5分）51. Where
52. What did you do there
53. How were they
54. No, I didn’t
55. It was delicious
五、短文填空（本题共计1小题，总分10分）
23.（10分）56. enjoy 57. theaters 58. best 59. crowded 60. Shopping
61. nice 62. cheaper 63. stores 64. boring 65. unusual
六、任务型阅读（本题共计2小题，总分15分）
24.（10分）66. On February 18th,2017.
67. Reading.
68. Xu Yuanchong.
69. Yes, we can.
70. Because it will make us wise, happy and knowledgeable.
25.（5分）71. 对于大多数女孩来说，她们喜欢喜剧电影。

72. Scary movies.
73. (B)处
74. I don't mind them.
75. Because they expect to learn a lot from them.
七、完成句子（本题共计1小题，总分10分）
26.（10分）76. As long as
77. does, do
78. can’t stand
79. dress up
80. learn from
81. earlier than
82. Do you want to watch an action movie?
83. Which is the worst clothes store in town?
八、书面表达（本题共计1小题，总分10分）
27.（10分）略。