外研八上期中测试题(卷)2017

期中检测题

（100分，90分钟）

一、单项选择（10分）

1.He gave me some ________ on how to study English well.

A. answers

B. mistakes

C. advice

D. advices.

2.Now the streets in my hometown are much ______ than before.

A. more wide and clean.

B. wider and cleaner.

C. wider and more clean.

D. more wide and clean.

3.I think it’s our duty ______ the animals in danger.

A. protect

B. protecting

C. protected

D. to protect

4.If he ____ to my home, my mother will cook something different for us.

A. comes

B. coming

C. to come

D. came

5.My Chinese teacher sometimes goes to work _______.

A. on his bike

B. by bikes

C. on the foot

D. in his bike

6.Which car was _____ on the car show in Shanghai?

A. expensive

B. most expensive

C. the most expensive

D. more expensive

7.John is our class writes as _____ as his friend Mike.

A. careful

B. more careful

C. more carefully

D. carefully

8.The book is so popular that _____ people came to buy it last Sunday

A. thousands of

B. thousands

C. nine thousands

D. nine thousands of

9.Our head teacher looks very serious, but _______,he is a very kind man.

A. in danger

B. in the end

C. in time

D. in fact

10.If you play the piano _______,please come and join our music club.

A. good enough

B. well enough

C. enough good

D. enough well

二、阅读理解（30分）

A

If your car is dirty enough in Moscow, you will be fined about $55. Of course, it’s up to the officers to make the call. The strange rule asks you to have your car washed.

In Costa Rica, its legal(合法的) to drink and drive, so long as your blood alcohol level is lower than 0.05%.

France asks its drivers to carry a breathalyzer(呼气酒精检测仪) whenever they drive. A one-time kit(成套设备) costs $5. If you don’t have one, you will be fined $15.

In South Africa, shepherds have the special right to go first. The rule says that “the driver on the road must stop when a person is lead ing or driving any animal, like a horse, a sheep or an ostrich on the road.” Fines can get as high as $500.

11. What does the underlined word “fined” mean in Chinese?

A.补偿

B.罚款

C.破坏

D.盈利

12.In ______, drivers are allowed to drink.

A．Moscow B. Paris C. Costa Rica D. South Africa 13．How much does a one-time breathalyzer cost in France?

A．$5 B.$15 C.$55 D.500

14. _____________ have the special right on the road in South Africa.

A. Drivers

B. Policemen

C. Walkers

D. Shepherds

15. The passage mainly tells us _______.

A. some funny rules for animals.

B. some places of interest in the world.

C. some special traffic rules in the world.

D. some safety rules in public

B

Sam George has never been a girly girl. She fell in love not with makeup(化妆品) or fashionable clothes, but with boxing.

In October 2006, Sam stepped through the door of Four Seasons’ gym in Lexington, Kentucky, US. She took a boxing(拳击) lesson. In the class, Sam was the only girl, but she has never had any patience for girly things.

“Some people make it, but some people don’t,” Sam’s coach said to her in her first lesson.”I guess one day you will make it.”

In the summer of 2013, as one of the few US female amateur(业余的) boxers, Sam has her first fight. Looking at her oppent, also 14, from Ohio, she was a little nervous. At first, she kept falling over the jump rope. She was hit, and blood shoot out of her nose. During the short rest, she listened to her coach and tried. Things got better when she got into the ring(拳击台). She won at last. The coach was shocked by Sam’s performance.

She proved herself to the world. All the hard work she had put into training was worth it.

16.How do you understand the underlined sentence in the first paragraph?

A. Sam George doesn’t grow up.

B. Maybe Sam George isn’t a girl.

C. Sam George doesn’t like playing with girls.

D. Sam George doesn’t behave like a usual girl.

17.What did the coach do for Sam George in her first class?

A. He advised Sam George not to try the game.

B. He introduced Sam George to other players.

C. He encouraged Sam George to be a good boxer.

D. He told Sam George she could have everything by practicing boxing.

18. Sam George began to learn boxing at the age of __________

A. seven

B. ten

C. fourteen

D. fifteen

19.What does the underlined word “opponent” mean in Chinese?

A.教练

B.家人

C.朋友

D.对手

20.From Sam George’s success, we know she is a _______ girl.

A. shy and warm-hearted.

B. brave and hard-working.

C. very girly.

D. very common

C

Some photos of a white-brown panda caused people’s great interest these days. They were surprised that the cute animal, which usually has a black-and-white coat, has an unusual “colorful” look.

The white and brown panda named Qi Zai is living in Shananxi Rare wildlife Rescue,