2015年石佛学区八年级下英语半期试题及参考答案

2015年上期八年级下册英语期中测试题

（满分：120分， 时间;120 分钟）

第二部分 英语知识运用( 一)

(共两节 满分25分)

第一节 单项填空 （共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

( ) 21. Tom has ___ sore back and the doctor advised her to get ____ X-ray.

A. An; a

B. a;

C. a; an

D. an; an

( ) 22.You should ask for help when you _____ the trouble.

A. get on

B. get up

C. get over

D. get into

( ) 23. There is no need for children ______ housework at home.

A. to do

B. doing

C. do

D. does

( ) 24. Miss Li helped to make ____ possible for Ben Smith to have Lucky.

A. it

B. them

C. her

D. him

( ) 25. If she doesn’t a gree to the plan, ______ will Tom.

A. neither

B. so

C. either

D. even

( ) 26. I ______ a book from library, but I _____ it to Li Ming.

A. lent, borrowed

B. borrowed, kept

C. borrowed, lent

D. lent, kept

( )27. I don’t l ike little Tom. He always looks through my letters _____ asking.

A.without

B. with

C. for

D. against

( )28. —_____ you please play tennis with me? —Sorry, I _____.

A. Could; can’t

B. Could ; couldn’t

C. Can; don’t

D. Can; couldn’t ( )29. Lucy told me she ____ at the swimming pool at four yesterday afternoon.

A. will swim

B. swims

C. was swimming

D. is swimming ( ) 30. While she_____ on the phone, a man walked into his room.

A. is talking

B. talked

C. was talking

D. talk 第二节 完型填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）

Have you ever seen snow? __31__ people in the world have not. Some countries never have snow;

some have only a little on the tops of very high __32__. In the north of England, there is quite a lot of

snow every __33__, but __34__ the south of England, there is usually little.

When a student from a __35__ country comes to England in autumn for the first time, he __36__ cold at first. There __37__ often dark clouds, grey sky and cold rain in __38__ in autumn; and most students from warm countries __39__ like this.

But snow is different. __40__ it is cold, it is also beautiful. Perhaps, __41__ several(几个) dark mornings, the student wakes up one day, and there is a lot of light in his room. He thinks ―Is it so late? and jumps out of __42__. But no, it is not very __43__. He looks out of the window and there is the _44__ on the ground and on the houses and everywhere. The light of his room comes __45__ clean, beautiful snow. （）31.A.Few B. Many C. Little D. Much

（）32.A.houses B. trees C. buildings D. mountains

（）33.A.winter B. spring C. summer D. autumn

（）34.A.in B. on C. from D. at

（）35.A.cold B.wet C. warm D. strange

（）36.A.feel B. feels C. felt D. feeling

（）37.A.is B .are C. was D. is being

（）38.A.America B. South Africa C. China D. England

（）39.A.do B. don’t C. does D. doesn’t

（）40.A.Because B. But C. Although D. So

（）41.A.After B. Before C. In D. On

（）42.A.desk B.bed C. sofa D. room

（）43.A.early B. late C. small D. big

（）44.A.water B. rubbish C. leaves D. snow

（）45.A.of B. out C. from D. in

第三部分阅读理解

(共16小题；每小题1.5分，满分24分)

阅读下列材料，从每题所给的四个选项（A, B, C,D）中选出最佳选项。

A

News 1: Yuan Longping, the father of hybrid rice, won the world Food Prize on Monday. Yuan developed the world’s first popular and widely known hybrid rice. Hybrid rice plants can make more rice than regular ones.

News 2: Have you ever got angry at books that are full of mistakes?

Don’t worry. Things will get better soon. Last week, China started checking textbooks, dictionaries and children’s books all over the country. The government said the results of the check would come out at the end of June.

News 3:People will see a new star in the sky soon. China plant to send a satellite into space by December 2006. It will stay in space for one year . It will go around the moon and take pictures It must be very expensive right? That’s for sure 1.4 billion yuan!

News 4: Have you ever thought of being able to fly around the world in a few hours? One day, maybe you can. Last Saturday, the American X- 43A AIRPLANE MADEITS FIRST FLINGT. It reached a speed of 8,000 kilometers per hour. This makes it the fastest plane in the world. X- 43 A is only three to four meters long but it’s very heavy. It weighs1,270.

( )46. The satellite sent by China will move around ____________.

A. the moon

B. the earth

C. the sun D the mars ( )47. The speed of the fastest plane in the world is ____________.

A.1.4kilometers per second

B. 43 kilometers per minute

C. 1, 270 kilometers per hour

D. 8,000 kilometers per hour

( )48. The checking of textbooks, dictionaries and children’s books will ________.

A. make a lot of money

B. make the children sad

C. make sure there are no mistakes in them.

D. make sure the books are not too expensive

( )49. Yuan Longping won the world Food prize because_____.

A. he likes to eat hybrid rice

B. he is a successful father.

C. he grow more rice than others

D. he developed in world’s first popular and widely grown hybrid rice

B

An exhausted（筋疲力尽的）looking woman came into the doctor’s office. She said, “Doctor, there are a lot of dogs all over my neighborhood. They bark（犬吠）all day and all night, and I can’t get a good sleep.”

“I have good news for you,” the doctor said, taking out a small bottle. “Here are some new sleeping pills （安眠药）that work like a dream. A few of these and your trouble will be over.”

“Great, thank you.” the woman was very glad to go back home with the pills.

A few weeks later, the woman came again, looked worse than ev er. She said, “Doctor, your pills are not good at all. I’m more tired than before.”“I don’t understand how that could be,” said the doctor, shaking his head, “Those are the strongest pills on the market.”

“That may be true,” answered the woman, “but I’m still up all night running after those dogs and when I finally catch one, it’s hard to get him to eat the pills.”

( ) 50. The woman came to see the doctor because _____.

A. her dog was ill

B. she was bitten（被咬）by dogs

C. she couldn’t sleep well

D. her son was ill

( ) 51. The doctor gave some pills to the woman for _____.

A. the dogs

B. herself

C. her son

D. her neighbors

( ) 52. The woman got _____ in a few weeks.

A. worse

B. healthier `

C. better

D. stronger

( )53. When he heard what the woman said, the doctor might think that _____.

A. he gave the woman the right pills

B. the woman was a very clever person

C. the woman was very foolish（愚蠢的）

D. he should give the woman the pills again

C

Mr. Jenkins liked all kinds of delicious food. As an important officer, he was often asked to dinner. The shopkeepers tried their best to fawn on（巴结）him. They knew it was good for their business. Now the officer got fatter and fatter. He could hardly go upstairs at home and had to sleep downstairs. He often felt tired if he walked or did some housework. He was worried about it and had to go to a doctor. “Stop eating much fat（脂肪）and sugar, Mr. Jenkins,” said the doctor. “Or it will be worse for your health!” It was difficult for the officer to do it. He wouldn’t do as the doctor said. He found something was wrong with his