2007-2008学年第二学期第二次质量分析八年级英语试卷

2007-2008学年第二学期第二次质量分析八年级英语试卷2008年5月26日一、选择正确答案17%1. We find ________ not so hard to learn English well.A. itB. thatC. usD. one2. I ______ more than 500 yuan ______ the book.A. cost ,onB. spent ,onC. took ,forD. paid ,in3. Kate was made _________ the room once a day.A. cleanB. cleaningC. to cleanD. cleaned4. My parents _______ to go back for the celebration.A. hope meB. wish meC. miss meD. make me5. He found nothing in the room, _______?A. doesn’t heB. does heC. didn’t heD. did he6. She ______ go there alone. A. needs B. doesn’t need C. need to D. needn’t7.She walked _____ fast for us ____ catch up with.A. so…thatB. such…thatC. enough…toD. too...to8. It’s very important ____ us ________ English well.A. of …learningB. for learningC. of…to learnD. for…to learn9. Kate won the _______ race in the summer sports meeting.A. 100-metreB. 100-metersC. 100 meterD. 100-metre’s10. This story ______ in the sixteenth century.A. was taken placeB. happenedC. was happenedD. have taken place11. Please don’t stand up until you _____.A. will tellB. are toldC. will be toldD. are told to12. The strange animals ____ two heads and three legs come from America.A. hasB. havingC. withD. on13. – How long have you _____ this magazine ? –For a week.A. boughtB. borrowedC. keptD. lent14. The children planted more trees and flowers after they _____ Greener China.A. joinedB. took part inC. becameD. joined in15. China lies ____ the east of Asia and ____ the north of Australia.A. to…toB. in…toC. to…inD. in…on16. You’d better keep the window _____ when you are _____.A. opened, sleepB. open, sleepyC. closed, sleepingD. close, sleep17. The event ______ in the nineteenth century.A. was happenedB. took placeC. happeningD. was taken place二、完型填空10%World Wildlife Fund’s goal is to save the world’s environment. The organization was set up ___1____ September 11,1961. In the beginning, WWF worked __2__ the world’s wildlife. Now it works to save earth __3___ its environment.WWF has many tasks. One is to stop air pollution. Pollution from industry(工业) and cars is ____4__ to our environment. Each year, more and more trees are cut down __5___ WWF tries to protect Earth’s forests. Also WWF is interested in saving all plants and animals. As people use more land, more and more animals __6___ their homes and many die. WWF can buy impotent areas to ___7___ the land from disappearing because of human development.WWF has completed many projects. In China, WWF works to save pandas from extinction (灭绝). ___8___ South America, it works to save the Amazon Rainforest.Volunteers and donations help WWF complete its work.. WWF’s work is __9___to our environment, and is also important for people to help them __10___ time and money.( )1. A. in B. at C. on D. /( )2. A. save B. to save C. saving D. saved( )3. A. and B. but C. or D. so( )4. A. harmed B. harmless C. harm D. harmful( )5. A. because B. because of C. so D. but( )6. A. lose B. losing C. lost D. loses( )7. A. give B. provide C. prevent D. protect( )8. A. At B. On C. In D. To( )9. A. hard B. important C. easy D. useful( )10. A. on B. about C. at D. with三、阅读理解先阅读下列短文，然后选择正确答案20%AThere are some special traditions in Hawaii. People are very friendly and always welcome visitors. They give visitors a lei along necklace of beautiful fresh flowers. Men wear bright flowered shirts, and women often wear long flowered dresses. There are traditional Chinese, Japanese and Filipino holidays and all the holidays from the United States. They call Hawaii the Aloha State. Aloha means both hello and goodbye. It also means "I love you".Usually when people from different countries, races, and traditions live together, there are serious problems. There are a few problems in Hawaii, but in general, people have learned to live together in peace.Hawaiians earn most of their money from travelers and most of the travelers come from the mainland and from Japan. There are many people living in Hawaii now so there are residential areas where there used to be farms. Some of the big sugarand pineapple companies have moved to the Philippines, where they do not have to pay workers as much money. The families of the first people who came from the U.S. mainland own the important banks and companies. Japanese are also buying or starting businesses here.1. The special tradition in Hawaii includes______.A．giving visitors a lei of beautiful fresh flowers. B．Men wear bright flowered shirtsC．Women often wear long flowered dresses D．All of the above.2. The most important problem in Hawaii is ________.A．to learn to live together in peace. B．To earn money from travelersC．To find a comfortable place to live D．To unite different holidays.3. The main travellers are from ________.A．Europe B．America C．Japan D．B and C4. Which is not the transformation in Hawaii? ________.A．Farms have become residential areasB．Some big sugar and pineapple companies have moved to PhilippinesC．Japanese are buying or starting in Hawaii nowD．The families of the first people who came from Europe own the important banks and companiesBEveryone has got two personalities - the one that is shown to the world and the other that is secret and real. You don't show your secret personality when you're awake because you can control your behaviour, but when you're asleep, your sleeping position shows the real you. In a normal night, of course, people frequently change their position. The important position is the one that you go to sleep in.If you go to sleep on your back, you're a very open person. You normally trust people and you are easily influenced by fashion or new ideas. You don't like to upset people, so you never express your real feelings. You're quite shy and you aren't very confident.If you sleep on your stomach, you are a rather secretive person. You worry a lot and you're always easily upset. You're very stubborn (顽固的) ,but you aren't very ambitious. You usually live for today not for tomorrow. This means that you enjoy having a good time.If you sleep on curled up, you are probably a very nervous person. You have a low opinion of yourself and so you're often defensive. You're shy and you don't normally like meeting people. You prefer to be on your own. You're easily hurt.If you sleep on your side, you have usually got a well-balanced personality. You know your strengths and weakness. You're usually careful. You have a confident personality. You sometimes feel anxious, but you don't often get depressed. You always say what you think even if it annoys people.5. According to the writer, you naturally show your secret and real personality _______.A. only in a normal nightB. only when you go to sleepC. only when you refuse to show yourself to the worldD. only when you change sleeping position6. Maybe you don't want to make friends with a person who sleeps curled up. Why?A. He or she would rather be alone than communicate with you.B. He or she is rarely ready to help you.C. He or she prefers staying at home to going out.D. He or she wouldn't like to get help from you.7. It appears that the writer tends to think highly of the person who sleeps on one side because _______.A. he or she always shows sympathy for peopleB. he or she is confident, but not stubbornC. he or she has more strengths than weaknessD. he or she often considers annoying peopleCCanada and the United States are neighbours. They are on the same land. They share the same long boundary(国界).These two nations are same in many ways. Canadians buy many goods from the United States. Cars and clothes are two examples. Americans also buy goods from Canada. Much of the paper used in the United States comes from Canada. Some of the oil we use comes from Canada, too.Americans travel to Canada on holiday. And Canadians often visit the United States. It is easy for the people of one country to go to the other country.Canadians read about the United States in newspapers and magazines. Many Americans watch Canada baseball and hockey matches on Sundays.However, there are important differences between the United States and Canada. The United States has many more people. Because the population is smaller, there are more open places in Canada. There is much unusual land. This is another important difference.( )8. Canadians buy _____ from the United States.A. oil and paperB. nothingC. many thingsD. everything( )9. The people in the United States like Canadian ______.A. newspaperB. basketballC. baseballD. oil( )10. Which one of the following is NOT true ?A. Canada is connected (连接) with America.B. Canada has not used all the landC. Canadians don’t like hockey.D. Canada has less people than USA.四、根据中文提示写出相应的单词10%1. There are six __________(出口) from this cinema.2. You are tired, let’s have a ten-minute ___________(休息).3.Time is limited. You must make your ____________(决定) at once.4. Because of the old teacher, she can receive good ____________(教育).5. There are no ___________(病人) in that hospital.6. She broke the ___________(记录) for long distance swimming.7. He looked down from the top of the __________(山脉) to the valley for below.8. At their age they can no longer play a _________(有意义) role in the company.9. It’s _________(必要) for your to come here on time.10. She has been a _________(医学) student for three years.五、动词填空用所给动词的正确形式填空10%1. Miss Yang _____________(go) to Nanjing and she’ll be back in three days.2. You must be very tired. Why not stop ________(have) a short rest?3. _______(bring) your reading books here tomorrow and we will do some reading.4. The boy ____ often _______(hear) to play the violin in his house on Sundays.5. –Where’s your aunt ? --She ___________(clean) her car over there.6. The knife is made of metal. It _________(use) for cutting things.7. May I borrow the story book ? It _________(return) to you at once after I finish it.8. The students _______ (tell) to learn English well last month.9. It was my job ______(sing) an English at the charity show.10. We helped many poor children by ________(send) them school things in the past.六、翻译下列句子每句三分18%1. 对于毅行者来说，要在48小时之内走完一段100千米的小路是很困难的。