八年英语试卷

2011-2012初二期中英语试卷

Ⅰ.单项选择。（10）

1. Linda has the same haircut Lily does.

A. with

B. like

C. for

D. as

2. I don’t want to with you about it. Let’s forget it.

A. tell

B. say

C. argue

D. call

3. What were you doing the alien got out ?

A. when

B. while

C. and

D. during

4. I’m really mad my sister. She always talks a lot the phone with her friends.

A. at, on

B. on, at

C. at, at

D. on, on

5. If you get on well your c lassmates, you’ll enjoy your school life more.

A. to

B. at

C. with

D. in

6. I’ll live Shanghai.

A. on

B. in

C. at

D. from

7. My clothes out of style.

A. is

B. are

C. was

D. am

8. Kids will study home.

A. in

B. on

C. at

D. of

9. It is a tree.

A. climb

B. climbs

C. climbing

D. climbed

10. She is weak in EnglishMaybe her parents should get her a .

A. student

B. doctor

C. tutor

D.friend

Ⅱ.完形填空（10）

Mike and Tony were good friends. They were 1 twenty years old. 2 June, they planned 3 in the country. They went to some towns and heard a lot of interesting things. They enjoyed 4 there. One afternoon they felt too 5 to go any further. They wanted to find a river and 6 in the cool water. They drove their car 7 when they looked around. Suddenly Mike saw a lake not far away. They stopped the car beside the 8 . they looked around and saw a man 9 there. They took off their clothes and were were going to jump into the water. Just at that time, the man came up to them and shouted, “sorry, you can’t swim in the lake.”

“ why didn’t you tell us about it 10 we took off our clothes?” Tony said angrily.

“But it isn’t forbidden to take off clothes beside the lake,” said the man.

1. A. either B. both C. all D. every

2. B. On B. At C. To D. In

3. A. to travel B. travel C. traveling D. traveled

4. A. them B. their C. themselves D. they

5. A. excited B. happy C. worried D. tired

6. A. drink B. swim C. sleep D. rest

7. A. happily B. carefully C. slowly D. sadly

8. A. sea B. river C. pool D. lake

9. A. fish B. to fish C. fishing D. fished

10. A. though B. before C. after D. and

Ⅲ.阅读理解（20）

A

Who can help you? Maybe you think parents, teachers or others can help you. But in fact, all these people only help you to help yourself.

There have heen many great men in history. Thyey had few people to help them. They could not get good education, either. But they tried their best to learn and never gave up. One famous teacher in’ England once told his students, “I cannot make you great men, but I can help you make men o f yourselves.”

However, some young people do nothing and they depend on others. If these young people can see their weak points and change their ways, they can be sucessful. They are nothing now, and will be nothing in the future, unless they take the advice of their parents and teachers, and most importantly, depend on themselves.

1. Many great men in history succeeded because .

A. they got good education

B. their families could help them

C. they worked hard and never gave up

D. they wanted to be well-known

2. The famous teacher thought a teacher could

A. do everything

B. help his students make men of themselves

C. do nothing

D. make his students become great

3. Which of following is TRUE?

A. Young people should completely depend on others,

B. Young people should take the advice of their teachers and parents.

C. People in the past were clever than people today

D. Peple today are clever than people in the past.

4. The writer of the passage

A. praises those who are working hard to be successful

B. likes those who depend on their parents and teachers

C. hopes to be a famous person

D. waits for success

5. which of the following is the best title?

A. Other’s Help Is Important

B. Teachers Ar e Important

B. How to Be Famous D. Depending on Yourself

B

Three kids were talking about their future.

Ted said he would fly to the moon and start his own space station. In the station, he would make unusual things for humans on earth. Maybe he could also help scientists find out the secret of UFOs. Davy said he would explore (探索)the desert where he could plant all kinds of trees , flowers and vegetables. He would make the desert become a good place for people to live in. The desert would become a big city with big gardens where different kinds of animals would play happily. There would be only vegetables in every family’s kitchen. Humans and animals would live together happily.

Ellen said she wants to be a famous singer. Then she could go anywhere by plane and many of her fans would follow her everywhere. She would be able to make much momey and gtive some of it to poor children to help them live better.

根据短文内容，写成下列句子。

1. Ted said that he would work in his own space station on .