宁津县实验中学2015-2016年第一学期八年级期中英语试题及答案

宁津县实验中学2015-2016学年度第一学期八年级期中考试英语试题2015.10一．单项选择1 The money the man won in the lottery is ______dollars.A two millionsB two millionC two millions ofD two million of2 You should eat ______ fruits and vegetables.A a littleB a lots ofC plenty ofD a plenty of3 I’m not tired.If I were tired,I ______a rest.A hadB would haveC will haveD have4. I _____ take a bus to school than ______a taxi,for it’s cheaper.A would rather,ridingB prefer to,rideC would rather,rideD prefer, riding5. I’m really shy and I just don’t enjoy parties,_____I don’t know anyone there?A What ifB How aboutC What’s the matterD Why not6. —do you have an English party?—Once a month.A. How oldB. How farC. How oftenD. How long7. —Did you use to play football?—.D. Yes, I didn’ｔA. No, I don’ｔB. No, I usedC. No, I didn’ｔ.8. The old man lived but he didn’t feelA. lonely; aloneB. alone; aloneC. alone; lonelyD. lonely; lonely9. —Is your father a teacher? —Well, he .A. used toB. like toC. used to beD. would be10. —Do you want ? —No, thanks!A. nothing elseB. else somethingC. else anythingD. anything else二．阅读理解AFuel for Tomorrow新*课*标*第*一*网]Can cars run without gasoline(汽油)？A fuel(燃料) is a substance(物质) that can be burned to make energy. Today, gasoline is used as a fuel for cars and planes. Tomorrow, we may use different fuels.One idea is to use old fuels in new ways. Methane(甲烷)，also called natural gas, is an old fuel. It is used in our stoves to cook our food. It is also used to make hot water and to heat our homes. Methane is not as heavy as gasoline, and it is safer. It does not explode(爆炸) easily. Also, when methane burns, very little is left. The air stays lean. There are problems, however. Methane gas takes up a lot of space, Cars and airplanes would need bigger fuel tanks(大容器). But scientists think they can solve the space problem. They hope that safe, clean methane will be a fuel for our cars of tomorrow.1. The word fuel is used for anything that .A. can be burned to make energy B. is put into a tankC. is expensive to bum2. According to the story, methane is than gasoline.A. dirtierB. saferC. heavier3. According to the passage, one of the problems with using methane for fuel is that the gas .A. takes up a lot of space B. is hard to find C. does not burn very easily.4. In the passage, methane is called an old fuel because it has beenA. used often beforeB. used in cars for many yearsC. stored for a long time5. Suppose your car uses methane gas. Which one of the following statements is thebest reason for getting a larger fuel tank?A. You would not have to refuel so often.B. The extra methane would help makethe car heavier. C. You should burn less methane.BWhen you are learning English, you find it not clever to put an English sentence,s anword for word, into your own language. Take th e sentence “How do you do?” a example. If you look up each word in the dictionary, one at a time, what is yourtranslation(翻译)？It must be a wrong sentence in your own nguages donot just have different sounds, they are different in many way s. It’s important tomaster(掌握) therules for word order in the study of English, too. If the speakers putwords in a wrong order, the listener ca n’t understand the speaker’s sentence easily. Sometimes when the order of words in an English sentence is changed, the meaningof the sentence changes, But sometimes the order is changed, the meaning of thesentence doesn’t change. Let’s see the difference between the two pairs of sentences.“She ony like apples.”“Only she likes apples.”“I have seen the film already.”“I have already seen the film.”When you are learning English, you must do your best to get the spirit(精神实质) ofthe language and use it as the English speaker does.6. From the passage we know that when we are learning Enlgish.A. we shouldn’t put every word into our own languageB. we should look up every word in the dictionaryC. we need to put every word into our own languageD. we must read word by word7. The writer thinks it is in learning English.A. difficult to understand different soundsB. possible to remember the word orderC. important to master the rules in different waysD. easy to master the rules for word order8. We can learn from the passage that .A. the meaning of an English sentence always changes with the order of the wordsB. the order of words can never change the meaning of an English sentenceC. sometimes different order of words has a different meaningD. if the order of words is different, the meaning of a sentence must be different.9. “She only likes apples.” meansA. is the same as “Only she likes apples.”B. is different fro m “Only she likes apples.”x k b 1 . c o mC. means “She likes fruit except apples.”D. means “She doesn’t like apples.”10. Which is the best title for this passage?A. different Orders, Different Meanings.B. How to Speak English?C. How to Put Euglish into Our Own Language?D. How to Learn English?三．综合填空From the earliest times, man has been interested in art. People have often worked together to collect and sav e the world's (1) a____ treasures.Fine art treasures (2) f_____ many countries are kept in an art museum called the Louvre in Paris, France. The works of art have been (3) c________ by the people of France over many centurie s.The Louvre has not always been a (4) m_________. The first building was a fort (炮台). In 1190, it was the king's castle with high walls and a round tower. It had amoat(护城河) to (5) p________ his enemies from walking in.Over the years, the (6) n_____ of buildings around the castle grew. By 1350, the castle was no longer needed as a fort. The Louvre became a palace home for French kings and (7) q_____.(8)D_____ times of peace, new treasures were brought in. During days of war, many treasures were stolen, and the buildings were damaged.When Francis I became king of France in 1515, he brought in artists from many countries. One of the artists was Leonardo da Vinci from Italy. Da Vinci's "Mona Lisa" is the best known (9) p________ in the museum today.四。