四川省广元市虎跳中学2013-2014学年八年级英语上学期期中(二诊)试题

虎跳中学2013年秋第二次诊断性考试八年级英语试题（全卷满分120分，考试时间120分钟。

请将所有答案写在答题纸上，考试结束只交答题纸！）第一部基础知识运用（共两节，满分40分）第一节：单项选择（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）1. I want to be _____ actor when I grow up.A. aB. anC. the2. –__________________________________– I think it’s Town Cinema, because it has the biggest screen.A. How often do you exercise?B. Where did you go on vacation?C. What’s the best movie theater?3. – Do you want to watch a game show?–________________________A. Yes, I do.B. No, I didn’t.C. Yes, I don’t.4. –Where are you going to work?–______________ .A. ChengduB. ComedyC. Magician5. Mary is the youngest ______ the three girls.A. inB. ofC. at6. – Tom __________ stories to make his little brother laugh.– I think it’s a good method (方法).A. looks upB. shares withC. makes up7. This book is ___________ for students to read.A. enough easyB. easy enoughC. easily enough8. Tomorrow is sunny. What about __________ to the park?A. goB. goesC. going9. –Let’s go to see a movie.–__________________.A. Good ideaB. Me, tooC. Sorry, I don’t know10. Everyone needs to have at least _______________ a day.A. mealsB. three mealC. three meals11. ________ very important for us to learn English.A. That’sB. It’sC. It12. –Did you expect _____________ this result?–Sure.A. getB. to getC. getting13. –What ______________ to do when you finish middle school?–I want to go to Guangyuan High School.A. are you wantB. do you goingC. are you going14. –What’s your New Year’s _________, Jane?–I’m going to study harder and get better grades.A. dayB. resolutionC. job15. Which do you like ___________, pandas, tigers or koalas?A. betterB. bestC. well16. He is always ready ________ others.A. to helpB. helpingC. helps17. A dog is _____________ than a cat.A. heavyB. more heavierC. much heavier18. That cinema has the most comfortable seats _______ the worst service in town.A. butB. andC. or19. Thank you for _______ me.A. tellB. tellingC. told20. –You did a good job today!– _____________________A. Thank you.B. Yes, I did.C. No, I’m not.第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）（A）Most children like 21 TV. It’s very interesting. By watching 22 they can 23 a lot, learn a lot and know 24 about their country and the world. Of course they can also learn 25 the radio（无线电）. But they can learn better and 26 on TV, because they can hear and watch at the same time, but they can’t see 27 over the radio. TV helps 28 children’s eyes. TV helps to open their minds too. They learn newer and better ways of 29 things. Many children watch TV 30 weekends. But some students watch TV every night. They usually go to bed very late. They can’t have a good rest.( ) 21. A. watch B. to watch C. watched( ) 22. A. TV B. radio C. screen( ) 23. A. see B. sees C. saw( ) 24. A. something B. anything C. things( ) 25. A. in B. at C. over( ) 26. A. easy B. easily C. more easily( ) 27. A. nothing B. anything C. something( ) 28. A. to open B. opens C. opening( ) 29. A. do B. doing C. does( ) 30. A. at B. in C. on（B）A rich American went into a 31 in New York. He wanted very much 32 a nice-looking watch. He saw a watch that he liked, but the owner of the shop asked five 33 dollars for it. Suddenly a young man came into the shop, took 34 out of the owner’s hands and ran out with it. It all happened in a few 35 . When the owner ran out into the street, the young man already 36 among the people. The American went on. At the next corner, he saw 37 with the stolen(偷) watch in his hand. “Do you want to buy a fine watch, sir?”He said in a low voice. “It’s only a hundred dollars.”“The young man doesn’t know I saw him stealing the watch,” he thought. The American 38 it at once and went back to his room with the watch. He told his friend about it. His friend had a look at the watch and started laughing. He said,“You are a 39 . This watch isn’t worth(价值) even ten dollars. I’m sure the 40 and the young man planned this together.”( ) 31. A. shop B. post office C. bank( ) 32. A. to see B. to buy C. to borrow( ) 33. A. hundred B. hundreds C. hundreds of( ) 34. A. money B. shop C. the watch( ) 35. A. minutes B. seconds C. hours( ) 36. A. getting B. lost C. running( ) 37. A. owner B. a woman C. the young man( ) 38. A. cost B. bought C. paid( ) 39. A. clever B. lucky C. fool( ) 40. A. man B. shop owner C. policeman第二部阅读理解（共25小题；每小题2分，满分50分）(A)( ) 41. What’s Peter going to do for vacation?A. campingB. hikingC. visiting the Great Wall( ) 42. Where is Susan going to spend her vacation?A. BeijingB. Mountain LongC. West lake( ) 43. When is Tom leaving?A.Nov. 22ndB. Nov. 23rdC. Nov. 5th( ) 44. Jim is going to ________at ten o’clock in the morning.A. exerciseB. do homeworkC. watch TV( ) 45. Jim will watch TV _____.A. at 9:00 amB. at 10:30 pmC. at 11:20 am(B)What do we do when we go camping? First, we work out a plan. We take food, clothing, a knife, and things for cooking and eating. Then we put everything into the car and we drive to the woods（林子）.We look for a place for campers (露营者) and we look for a good place for our tent(帐篷). The place should have a lot of moving air. This will keep some insects away. High land with water on both sides of it is good. Then we put up our tent. We put everything into the tent, and we are ready for fun. We can swim in the lake, walk in the woods, climb a mountain, row a boat, or go fishing.In the evening we come back to the tent, we build a big fire(火) because it can keep the insects away. We sit around the fire and talk. We may tell interesting stories or we may sing songs.At night we lie down on the grass. We can look up at the stars. It is a busy day, so we try to go to sleep early. Everything is dark. Everything is quiet. We hope we won’t hear music from the radio in the next tent. We hope it won’t rain. ( ) 46. Before going to camp we should first ___________.A. work out a planB. take something for cooking and eatingC. drive to the woods.( ) 47. We go to camp __________.A. on footB. by carC. by bike( ) 48. Campers can take part in ________ activities.A. two or threeB. three or fourC. many( ) 49. In the evening we build a fire because ________.A. it is cold at nightB. it is dark and quietC. it can keep the insects away( ) 50. The campers like to ____ at night.A. hear music from the radioB. go to sleep earlyC. have rain(C)Do you like Hunan TV shows? What do you think of them?A popular TV show may have 70,000,000 TV viewers(观众). A TV show can make something or someone well-known overnight(一夜成名). That’s why more than 10,000,000 women and girls or 4-89 years old watch Hunan TV’s “Super Girl”show.These “game”shows put ordinary (普通的) people on TV to play a game for prizes and money. These game shows can make anyone a star, and he or she can also get lots of money, so many people watch the shows.“Super Girl” is the first show of this kind in China. It’s so close to you. Everyone can join in it.For the show, many girls stop their classes. “They hope they can be superstars someday. But the best way to success is to learn more and work hard,” said some directors(导演).( ) 51. This article may come from _____________.A.a sitcomB. a textbookC. a newspaper( ) 52. People like watching “Super Girls” show, because ____________.A. it can make some people well-known overnightB. it can make people get lots of knowledge(知识)C. people have nothing else to do( ) 53. “Super Girl”show is a TV show for _____________ to show their life and talent by music.A.super starsB. ordinary girlsC. ordinary boys( ) 54. The oldest viewer in this show is ___________ years old.A.Ninety-eightB. fourC. eithty-nine( ) 55. Many girls don’t have their classes but join in the show because they_____.A.Don’t like to go to schoolB.want to be superstarsC.don’t want to join the show(D)We are talking about our dream jobs. Jack and Hob are going to high school now. Jack wants to be an engineer. He is going to build roads, bridges and houses. Hob is interested in math and science, but he is going to study medicine. He wants to be a doctor.Kate is good at music. She wants to be an artist. She is going to sing and dance for people. Joan wants to be a woman pilot. She says “I am going to explore space(太空探险) some day.”“What do you want to be , Alice?” Joan asks me. “Oh, I want to be a teacher. When I grow up, I’m going to teach in the countryside.”Each of them is doing his or her best at school. I am sure they will do something good for our country.( ) 56. _______ students are mentioned (被提及) in the passage.A.ThreeB. FourC. Five( ) 57. Who wants to be an artist?A. JoanB. HobC. Kate( ) 58. Three students are interested in _________.A. medicineB. scienceC. music( ) 59. What does Joan want to be?A. A pilotB. a teacherC. an engineer( ) 60. Where does Alice want to teach?A.In the city.B. In the countryC. On a farm(E)You may feel curious(好奇的) about students in other countries. Do they have so much homework? What do they do in their free time? People did a survey in China, Japan, South Korea(韩国) and the USA last year. This is the result.Who studies hardest?Chinese students spend the most time in studying. About half of Chinese students spend more than two hours on their homework every day.Who sleeps most often in class?Japanese students fall asleep in class more often. About 45% of them sometimes doze off in class. It’s 32% in South Korea, 21% in the USA and 5% in China.Who is the most distracted(分心的)?American students are the most active in class, but also the most distracted.64.2% of them chat with friends in class. 46.9% of them eat something in class, and 38.9% of them send e-mails or read other books in class.What do they do after school?In their free time, most Chinese students study or surf the Internet. Most American students hang out with their friends. Most Japanese students do exercise. Most South Korean students watch TV.( ) 61. About ________ of Chinese students spend more than 2 hours doing their homework every day.A. 50%B. 45%C. 64.2%( ) 62. According to the survey, ________ students sleep in class most often.A. ChineseB. JapaneseC. American( ) 63. The underlined phrase “doze off” means _________ in Chinese.A. 听音乐B. 玩游戏C. 打瞌睡( ) 64. 46.9% of American students _________ in class.A. eat somethingB. play gamesC. chat with friends( ) 65. Most American students ___________in their free time.A.Surf the InternetB. hang out with friendsC. watch TV第三部口语运用（共6小题；每小题1分，满分6分）从对话后的方框中选择适当的选项补全对话，将答案写在答题纸上的相应位置。