2008-2009学年第二学期学校八年级期中测试英语试卷

2008-2009学年第二学期学校八年级期中测试英语试卷二、单项选择。

（共15小题；每小题1分，计15分）( ) 21. _________ important knowledge it is ! Please care more about it.A. What anB. HowC. How anD. What( ) 22. The___________ children will remember the________ news.A. exciting, excitedB. excited, excitingC. excite, excitedD. excitement, excited( ) 23. ---Where is your father?---He ________ Hongkong. He ______ Hongkong for three days.A. has gone to , has been toB. has gone to , has been inC. has been to , has been inD. has been to , has gone to( ) 24. Last week a car accident ____________ near our school.A. was happenedB. has been taken placeC. happenedD. was taken place( ) 25. We should plant some trees on ________ side of the path when spring comes.A. bothB. everyC. eachD. all( ) 26. It _______ seven years _________ the panda had her first baby panda.A. was, sinceB. is, afterC. was, afterD. has been, since( )27. In our daily life, wood_________ making houses and many other things.A. used toB. is used forC. is used asD. is used to( ) 28. ---Would you mind offering me some advice?----____________. I have to go to the headmaster’s office.A. Not at allB.Never mindC. Sorry, I can’tD. No, please( ) 29. ----Look! Your brother is playing basketball in the playground.---- He_________ be my brother. He has gone to Nanjing with my mother.A. mustn’tB. can’tC. mustD. may( ) 30.---Do you know how long _____ __? ----I’m sorry I don’t know.A. he has come hereB. has he been marriedC. Tom has bought the carD. his uncle has been abroad( ) 31. The fish ____ very delicious. but it must _____ by the cook before service.A. is tasted；tasteB. tastes；be tastedC. tastes；tasteD. is tasted；be tasted( ) 32. I knew little about the accident ____ they told me.A. sinceB. afterC. whenD. until( ) 33. The washing machine doesn’t work. I think it needs__________ now.A. repairB. to repairC. to be repairedD. repairs( ) 34. ----Please don’t make so much noise, boys and girls. ----____________.A. No, we don’tB. Sorry, we won’tC. Yes, we doD. Yes, we will( ) 35. He was seen_________ with his pet dog this time last night.A. to walkB. walkedC. walkingD. walk三、完形填空。

（共10小题；每小题1分，计10分）China has the 36 largest population（人口） and a lot of poor people. So the Government has a different 37 from the UN to tell how many of its people live in poverty.Chinese living on 38 than 637 yuan a year are in terrible poverty. Those who live on less than 882 yuan are in the low income group.In 1978, 250 million Chinese 39 in poverty（贫穷）.Today, 29 million, or 3 percent of the population, lives that way. Most are farmers 40 central and western China.Since 1980, the Government has 41 more than 102 billion yuan building roads and giving clean water 42 poor people.To make life better for them, the Government also plans to put 12 billion yuan into 43 the poor this year.The Government also plans to help farmers find 44 in cities by teaching them new skills.The hope is that one day, no one will have to worry about where to work or 45 the next meal will come from. （）36.A.worlds B. worlds C.world’s D.world（）37.A.idea B. road C.way D.form（）38.A.more B. less C.longer D.fewer（）39.A.lives B. lived C.live D.living（）40.A.from B. in C.on D.of（）41.A.spent B. spend C.spends D.spending（）42.A.for B. with C.over D.to（）43.A.helps B. helped C.help D.helping（）44.A.works B.work’s C.jobs D.job（）45.A.when B.what C.where D.how四、阅读理解。

（共15小题；每小题2分，计30分）A( ) 46. It’s Friday afternoon，you can go to_______ .A. visit the museumB. play soccerC. play basketballD. read children’s stories( )47. If children want to watch new films，they should go to________.A.16 Yangtze RoadB. 89 North Main StreetC.106 Green StreetD. 99 Brick Road( )48. If you dial (拨号)66387901，you can __________.A．ask for some hotel information B. do some shoppingC．have a good story time D.order fast food in a restaurantBDear Wei Han,Hi from Canada! We are having a wonderful holiday. We haven't seen a bear yet, but there are bears and deer in the forests around the lake where we're staying. The bears often go to the rubbish dump to look for food. Perhaps we'll go to see them at the dump. We will need to be careful because bears are quite dangerous. They will attack if you surprise them, so people carry bells when they are out walking to warn the bears away.On our first night we saw a fireworks show. It doesn't get dark here until 10 o'clock, so it was a really late night for us.Today I had a very short swim in the lake. It was cold.The weather has been sunny, but not likethe weather at home.Bye for now. We will be home next week.Lingnan( )49. Lingnan thinks that the probable place to see a bear will be_______.A. in the forestB. at the dumpC. by the lakeD. on the mountain( )50. Lingnan went to bed very late on the first night because he______.A. swam in the lakeB. just arrived in CanadaC. went to see the bearD. watched a fireworks show( ) 51. From the postcard, we can tell that Lingnan_______.A. has seen a bearB. has seen a deerC. is enjoying his holidayD. is travelling with Weihan( ) 52. From the postcard we can infer(推断) that the weather “at home”is_______.A. sunny and warmB. cold and cloudyC. sunny but coldD. windy and coldCComputer games are just fun, I have been playing them for years, and I have become really good at it. Some of my classmates think that I’m quite special. What’s so special about that ?One day I was having lunch at sch ool. Suddenly a girl I didn’t know came and sat next to me “What do you do for fun ?”She asked . “ I am a gamer,” I said in a low voice. “A gamer!” She couldn’t believe what I was saying and she burst into laughter（突然大笑）, with all the apple pie out of her mouth.Most people think gaming is suitable for boys, but not for girls. Maybe I should cut my hair short and change my actions so that I look like a boy.Actually, most boys don’t feel there is anything wrong with my hobby. I have met many boy gamers— some online and some face-to-face. None of them think badly about me being a girl gamer. I have made some good friends with them.Playing computer games is also a kind of relaxing. I don’t know why people feel strange about girls who play games.Girls who play games do it for the same reason as boys do: it’s something fun to do in your spare time.( ) 53. The writer can play computer games quite well because ___________ .A. she is very smartB. she is very specialC. she plays it a lotD. she studies very hard( ) 54. Some of the writer’s c lassmates think that she is __________________.A. Helpful.B. Friendly.C. clever.D. Different.( ) 55. It seems that ________ are more surprised at the writer’s hobby than ________ .A. boys, girlsB. teachers, studentsC. girls, boysD. students, teachers( ) 56. The best title for the passage is ______________ .A. Computer gamesB. Boy gamersC. Girl gamersD. Boys and GirlsDHow to Talk Politely“How are you?” is a nice question. It’s friendly way that people in the United States greet each other. But“How are you?” is also a very unusual question. It’s a question that often doesn’t have an answer. The person who asks “How are you ?” isn’t really a question and “Fine” isn’t really an ans wer. They are simply other ways of saying “Hello” or “Hi”.Sometimes, people also don’t say exactly what they mean. For example, when someone asks “Do you agree? ”,the other person might be thinking, “No, I disagree, I think you ‘re wrong···” But it isn’t very polite to disagree so strongly, so the other person might say “I’m not sure.” It’s a nicer way to say that you don’t agree with someone.People also don’t say exactly what they are thinking when they finish talking with other people . For example, man y talks over the phone finish when one person says “I’ve to go now.” Often, the Person who wants to hang up gives an excuse: “Someone’s at the door.” “Something is burning on the stove.” The excuses might be real, or is might not. Perhaps the person who wa nts to hang up simply doesn’t want to talk any more, but is isn’t polite to say that. The excuse is more polite, and it doesn’t hurt the other person.Whether they are greeting each other, talking about an idea, or finishing a talk , people often don’t say exactly what they are thinking. It’s an important way that people try to be nice to each other, and it’s all part of the game of language.( ) 57.When a person wants to disagree with someone, it is polite to say “”.A. You’re wrong. I disagreeB. I’m not so sureC. I’m sure I disagreeD. No, I disagree( ) 58. A polite way to finish a talk to say “”.A. You have to go nowB. I want to hang upC. I have to go nowD. I don’t want to talk any more( ) 59.When a person says “I’ve got to go now .Someone’s at the door.”, the person may be .A. giving an excuseB. hurting someone’s feelingsC. talking to a person at the doorD. going to another place( ) 60.One of the rules of the game of language is probablyA. “Always say what you mean”B. “Don’t disagree with people”C. “Never say exactly what you are thinking”D. “Be polite”五、词汇应用。