八年级英语半期考试题

八年级半期考试练习题（满分为120分）Ⅰ卷（70分）一、单项选择（每小题1分，共15分）1. What does your grandpa usually do ______ weekends ?A. aboutB. onC. inD. of2. The little girl should ______ more hot water .A. drinkB. drinksC. drinkingD. drank3. It’s good f or us to ______ .A. be stressed outB. go to bed lateC. eat junk foodD. eat a balanced diet4. ______ Bill go to a different school last year ?A. DoesB. DidC. WasD. Is5. --- ______ does your mother go to the supermarket ?--- She takes a bus .A. HowB. How oftenC. How longD. How far6. You can go to the ______ when you have a toothache .A. moviesB. bankC. dentistD. supermarket7. The movie is ______ than that one .A. more interestingB. interestingC. interestingerD. much interesting8. --- Can you come to my party ? --- ______ .A. Sure , I’d love .B. Yes , I’d like to .C. Sorry , I am not .D. No , I will not .9. Is her hair longer than ______ ?A. youB. yo urC. yoursD. you’re10. Liu Ying is ______ at English as her sister .A. as goodB. wellC. as betterD. bad11. This is a very exciting story and it made us ______ .A. criedB. excitedC. cryingD. to be exciting12. She is very ______ and she doesn’t talk too often in school .A. outgoingB. quietC. more seriousD. wilder13. Please ______ the light when you leave the classroom .A. turn offB. turn onC. openD. close14. --- ______ yogurt do you need ? --- Just a little . Thanks .A. How muchB. How manyC. How much cupsD. How many cup of15. --- How was your day off ?--- ______ .A. Very relaxingB. Two days .C. Cloudy .D. Last week .二、完形填空（共15小题，每小题1分）ABen La mbert, the famous French singer, is going to Cananda’s Great Lakes. He is leaving the ___16____ week in June and staying ___17____ September. He plans to have a very ____18___ vacation. “ I’m taking walks, going fishing. I’m __19____ to spend time in the beautiful countryside. I love nature. I hope I can forget all my ___20____. A great vacation! I can’t wait.( ) 16. A. one B. once C. first( ) 17. A. on B. until C. in( ) 18. A. relax B. relaxed C. relaxing( ) 19. A. plan B. planning C. planing( ) 20. A. question B. problem C. problemsBDoctors tell us that vacations are important. We should have a__21___ from work for a week or two every year. If it is possible（可能的），they say, we should __22___ our homes and go to another __23____ of the country. We should go away for _24___. Then, after the vacations, we will be __25___ and get ready (准备) for __26___ again.But some people do not want to leave their homes to __27____ in other places. They do not like a sudden (突然的)change （改变）in their lives. They think their ___28____ are best of all. And some people can have a rest in ___29____ way. They can go to visit their friends. They can have a __30_____ vacation together. ( ) 21. A. rest B. meeting C. time( ) 22. A. stay B. leave C. go( ) 23. A. place B. school C. factory( ) 24. A. work B. study C. vacations( ) 25. A. good B. happy C. well( ) 26. A. work B. sports C. study( ) 27. A. go B. come C. stay( ) 28. A. work B. homes C. room( ) 29. A. one B. other C. study( ) 30. A. better B. good C. well三、阅读理解（共20小题，每小题2分，满分40分）AIn England, people like to talk about the weather because they can experience(经历)four seasons in one day. In the morning the weather is warm just like in spring .An hour later black clouds come and then it rains hard. The weather gets a little cold. In the afternoon the sky will be sunny, the sun will begin to shine, and it will be summer at this time of a day.In England, people can also have summer in winter, or have winter in summer. So in winter they can swim sometimes, and in summer sometimes they should take warm clothes.When you go to England, you will see that some English people usually take an umbrella or a raincoat with them in the sunny morning, but you should not laugh at them.If you don’t take an umbrella or raincoat, you will regret(后悔) later in the day.( )31. Why do people in England often talk about the weather?A. Because they may have four seasons in one day.B. Because they often have very good weather.C. Because the weather is very warm just like in springD. Because the sky is sunny all day.( )32. From the story we know that _____come and then there is heavy rain.A. sunshine and snowB. black cloudC. summer and winterD. spring and autumn.( )33. “People can also have summer in winter,” means “It is sometimes too _______in winter.”A. warmB. coolC. coldD. rainy( )34. In the sunny morning some English people usually take a raincoat or an umbrella with them because _________A. their friends ask them to do .B. it often rains in EnglandC. they are going to sell themD. they are their favorite things.( )35. The best title (标题)for this passage is ________A. Bad seasonsB. Summer or winterC. The Weather in EnglandD. Strong English peopleBA farmer planted willow trees(柳树) every year and every year they were stolen(偷).So one year he hired(雇) a man to look after the trees, but they were still missing more or less. To his surprise, a child asked for the work. More than ten days passed and no willow tree was missing. “You are very good! How do you guard them?” the farmer asked.“The willows were usually stolen at nigh t, so every evening I pull(拉,拽) them up. Keep them in my own house and plant them back next morning. This way has been very safe.”( )36. Why did the farmer hire a man?A. They could talk at night.B. The willow trees could grow better.C. The willow trees would not be stolen.D. They could live together happily.( )37.The farmer found that _______.A. The man slept well at night.B. The man didn’t look after the willows at all.C. The man often walked about in the daytimeD. Some of the trees were still missing.( )38. The child thought _______.A. He was stronger than the man.B. He was younger than the manC. he fits the work..D. he could catch thieves (贼).( )39. The farmer was happy and wanted to know _______.A. where the stolen willow trees wereB. how the child guarded the trees.C. where the child livedD. if the child liked his work( )40. We know that if the farmer went on to hire the child, the willow trees _______.A.would grow wellB. would dieC. would be very tallD. would be missingⅡ卷（50分）四、完成句子（10分）1、虽然林肯家很穷，但是他妈妈仍然给他买了很多书。