八年级下册期中测试题(含答案)

八年级下册期中测试题

完形填空（共20小题，计20分）

One of the world’s most dangerous sport is mountain climbing, and one of the popular 21 ________ for this is the Himalayas. The Himalayas runs along the southwestern part of China. 22______ all the mountains, Qomolangma rises the highest and is the most famous. A girl 23. _______ Weiwei, from Tieyi Middle School, got to the top of Qomolangma in 2018. Now she is studying in Peking University and she loves climbing very much.

It is 8,844.43 meters high and so is very dangerous to climb. Thick cloud cover the top and snow fall very 24._______ . Even 25.________ serious difficulties include freeze weather conditions and heavy storms. It is also very hard to take 26.______ air as you get near the top.

The first people to reach the top were two foreigners. And the first Chinese team did so in 1960, while the first woman to 27._______was from Japan in 1975. The spirit of these climbers 28.________ us that we should never give up 29._______ to achieve our dreams. It also shows that humans can sometimes be 30. ________than the force of nature.

21. A. place B. places C. activity D. activities

22. A. In B. From C. At D. Of

23. A. is called B. called C. calls D. was called

24. A. harder B. hardly C. hard D. hardest

25. A. much B. more C. many D. most

26. A. in B. out C. away D. off

27. A. succeed B. success C. successful D. succeeding

28. A. shows B. show C. showed D. was showing

29. A. to try B. try C. trying D. to trying

30. A. strong B. stronger C. strongest D. more strong

第二节：阅读下面一篇短文，理解大意，然后从各小题的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案，使短文连贯完整。

Little Tommy lived in a village with his grandpa. Each morning, his grandpa got up early sitting at the kitchen table reading his book. One day, Tommy asked, “Grandpa, I try 31.______ the book just like you but I don’t understand it, and I forgot what I do 32______ I close the book. What’s the meaning of reading them?”

Grandpa pointed to 33_______ old coal basket in the corner and sa id, “Take this basket down to the river and bring me back a basket of water.” Tommy 34___ as he was told. Of course, he brought back an empty basket.

Grandpa laughed and said, “You will have to move a little faster next time.” Tommy tried again. This time he ran 35_____ but the result was the same. “Grandpa, it was impossible to carry water in a basket.” “Tommy, I don’t think you are trying hard enough. Why do you give up so easily?” With a lot of 37________ in mind, Tommy decided to have a last try. This t ime he did it

even more quickly, 37________ no matter how hard he tried, it still made no difference.

“See, Grandpa, it’s useless.” Tommy shouted 38______ he got into the house, out of breath.

“So you think it’s useless? “The old man said, “Look at your basket.” Tommy looked at his basket and 39_____ the first time realized that it was different. The basket was clean, inside and out.

“Tommy, that’s what happens when you read books. You 40_____ not understand or remember everything, but when you read it, you will be changed, inside and out.”

31. A. read B. to read C. look D. to look

32. A. as long as B. as soon as C. as fast as D. as much as

33.A. a B. an C. / D. the

34. A. did B. do C. does D. doing

35. A. faster B. quicker C. more happily D. more slowly

36. A. answers B. questions C. problems D. hobbies

37. A. but B. so C. and D. or

38. A. though B. unless C. when D. if

39. A. in B. for C. with D. about

40. A. can B. might C. could D. need

阅读理解（共15小题，计15分）

第一节：阅读下面一篇短文，判断下列句子是否否呵短文内容，符合的用“A”表示，不符合的用”B”表示。

A

Do you know what the White House is? Perhaps some of you do, while others don’t.

The White House is a house in washing ton. The president of the U.S.A. lives in it. It’s really white. But do you know why the White House is white? The story happened in 1812. That year England was at war with America. The British army got to Washington and set the president’s house on fire. In 1814, in order to hide the marks of the fire, the stone walls of the president’s house were painted white and it h as been the “White House” ever since.

41. The White House is a house for the presidents of the U.S.A.

42. England fought with America in 1814.

43. The House called “White House” because it is covered with snow.

44. The White House was painted white because it was once on fire and was with marks.

45. “Ever since” means once.

第二节：阅读下面短文，从各小题所给的四个选项中选出能回答所提问题或完成所给橘子的一个最佳答案。

B

One day a poor farmer was taking a bag of rice to town. Suddenly the bag fell from his horse on the road. He didn’t know what to do about it because it was too heavy for him to lift (举起) by himself. He only hoped that somebody would soon pass by and help him.