八年级下册英语期中考试试卷及答案

八年级下册英语

期中考试英语试题

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I. 单项选择. (共20小题, 每小题1分,计20分)

( )1. Mother’s Day, we can give our mother some gifts.

A. In

B. On

C. At

D. For

( )2. will it take me to get to the post office? It is fifteen minutes on foot.

A. How much

B. How long

C. How far

D. How soon

( )3.Where is Dick ? He to the reading room.

A. has been

B. has gone

C. went

D. goes

( )4. He’s given a report in class, ?

A. hasn’t he

B. isn’t he

C. doesn’t he

D. wasn’t he

( )5. When the car stopped, the man the car and went into a house.

A. got in

B. got on

C. got off

D. got out

( )6. Hi, Lin Tao, I didn’t see you at the party.

Oh, I ready for the math exam.

A. am getting

B. was getting

C. got

D. have got

( )7. Many students “English club” to learn English.

A. became

B. were

C. joined

D. took part in

( )8. My sister is seven years old, she is to go to school.

A. too old

B. enough old

C. old enough

D. so old

( )9. I knew nothing about it my brother told me.

A. if

B. since

C. until

D. because

( )10. We a science experiment next week.

A. are going to do

B. did

C. shall do

D. do

( )11. you’d better the suger too much.

A. don’t eat

B. not eat

C. not to eat

D. not eating

( )12. The candle in the jar will stop without oxygen.

A. to burn

B. burns

C. burning

D. burn.

( )13. people lost their lives in Sichuan earthquarke.

A. Seventy hundreds

B. Hundreds of

C. Seventy hundred of

D. Hundred of

( )14. The boy on the playground be Jack. Because is in the library.

A. mustn’t

B. needn’t

C. wo n’t

D. can’t

( )15. They have searched the for 4 hours for the information.

A. TV

B. radio

C. Internet

D. screen

( )16. My mother hopes someday.

A. me go abroad

B. me to go abroad

C. I to go abroad

D. to go abroad

( )17. is the population of China?

A. What

B. How many

C. How much

D. Where

( )18. Windows are made wood.

A. of

B. from

C. in

D. into

( )19. --Do you think it necessary us each other? --Of course.

A. with ,to understand

B. with , understanding

C. for ,to understand

D. for ,to understanding

( ) 20. Tom ______ the radio when I came in.

A. listened to

B. was listening to

C. listened

D. was listening

II. 完形填空.(共10小题, 每小题1分,计10分)

An artist went to the _1 for a holiday and stayed_2_ a farmer. Every day he went out with his brushes and_3_ from morning till night, and then when it got dark, he went to bed.

At the _4_ of his holiday he wanted to _5_ the farmer, but the farmer said, “No, I don’t want money—give me one of your _6_. What is money? In a week it will be gone, but your picture will still be here.” The artist was ver y happy and thanked the farmer _7_ that. The farmer smiled and answered, “It is not that. I have a son in London. He wants to be a (n) _8_. When he _9_ here next week, I’ll show him your picture, and then I think, he wil l not want to be an artist any _10_.”

( ) 1. A. city B. town C. country D. field

( ) 2. A. with B. for C. to D. and

( ) 3. A. played B. painted C. sang D. enjoyed

( ) 4. A. beginning B. middle C. end D. ending

( ) 5. A. say goodbye to B. smile to C. give D. pay for(付款)

( ) 6. A. money B. pictures C. picture D. paper

( ) 7. A. for B. with C. from D. of