八年级英语期中试题

2013---2014学年度第一学期期中测试题

一、单项选择（30分）

1. What _______exciting news! We are all very excited about it.

A. a

B. an

C. some

D./

2. It is time for class. Let’s stop _______.

A. playing football

B. play football

C. from playing football

D. to play football

3. ----- Jack, is there __________ in today’s newspaper?

----- No, nothing.

A. anything important

B. something important

C. important anything

D. important something

4. _________you don’t g ive up(放弃)，your dreams will come true.

A. As long as

B. As soon as

C. As well as

D. As often as

5 . _____ she is only 4 years old, ______ she can plays the piano.

A. Although, but

B. Although, \

C. But , \

D. \, and

6. Little Tom eats_______ food , so he is_______ fat .

A. much too; too much

B. much too; too many

C. too much; much too

D. too much; too many

7. You can buy clothes _______ in Mary’s Store.

A. the cheapest

B. the most cheaply

C. the most cheap

D. the cheapliest

8. He decides ________ to New York city next summer vacation.

A. to go

B. going

C. go

D. is going

9. Ann, _____ the lights when you leave the classroom.

A. turn on

B. turns on

C. turns off

D. turn off

10. -----Don’t worry. My mother will look after your baby.

-----Thanks a lot.

A. careful enough

B. enough careful

C. carefully enough

D. enough carefully

11. Which city has _____ population, Dongying, Shanghai or Jinan?

A. the biggest

B. the largest

C. the most

D. the fewest

12. The man has ____friends in this city ,so he often stays at home.

A a few

B few

C a little

D little

13. Everything_______ well, and everyone ______ a good time.

A. go, have

B. go , has

C. goes, have

D. goes, has

14. --Where did you go on vacation?

--I ___________.

A. stay at home

B. am going to Beijing

C. visit my uncle

D. went to the beach

15.We can’t go to the mountain ________ the bad weather.

A. because

B. because of

C. although

D. so

16.Our teacher asked us to_______ a story about the moon.

A. make up

B. make of

C. make in

D. make out

17. ---- _______do you have sports meetings in your school?

----Once a year.

A. How often

B. How many

C. How soon

D. How much

18. ---- Where is Kate ?

--_______she is cleaning the classroom.

A. May

B. May be

C. Maybe

D. Can

19. Walt Disney was famous _______his cartoons.

A. like

B. as

C. at

D. for

20.The sitcom is very interesting, I _______ it.

A. like

B. don't like

C. don't mind

D. can't stand

21.My shoes are cheaper than _______.

A. you

B. your

C. yours

D. your one

22. ---Why are you in such a hurry, John?

--- There _____ a basketball match between Class2 and our class in 10 minutes.

A. is going to have

B. will hold

C. will have

D. is going to be

23. ---How is Susan?

---Oh, she lives abroad, so I ______ ever see her.

A. hardly

B. greatly

C. clearly

D. nearly

24. ---Can you tell me why you learn English so well ?

---It is very simple. _______ you work, ______ grades you will get.

A. The harder: the best

B. The hard: the better

C. Harder: better

D. The harder: the better

25. My pen pal Ann found it difficult ______ Chinese well.

A. learning

B. learn

C. to learn

D. learned

26. Nobody helped me. I finished it by _________.

A. myself

B. me

C.I

D. mine

27. We drove our car to go _________ the tunnel.

A. across

B. over

C. through

D. between

28. I wanted to know _____________.

A. how does he come here

B. how he comes here

C. how did he come here

D. how he came here

29. He is going to ______ to New York with his parents.

A. take

B. move

C. bring

D. stay

30. We should always keep the classroom ________ and tidy.

A. cleaning

B. cleaned

C. to clean

D. clean

二、阅读理解（40分）

.A

Zhou Yan, a Junior 3 student, wishes he never got a mobile phone. Last week, he went to see a doctor because his arms and fingers were injured. The doctor told him that he had “mobile phone disease”. A growing number of teenagers are getting “mobile phone disease” because more of them are using mobile phones.

Zhou got his mobile phone five months ago. He sent messages to his friends with it all the time, even when going to bed. Zhou started to do badly in the exams because he spent so much time playing with his mobile phone. His mother got very angry with