牛津8A八年级牛上期中英语能力训练题(二)及答案

初二英语上期中英语能力训练题（二）

I. 听录音上的对话,将各人物与图片搭配起来。

II. 在下列各句的空白处填上一个最适当的词,使句意完整。(20分)

1. -How old are you, Mrs Green?

-Oh, sorry. It's a ________.

2. He is good at singing. He will become a famous ________.

3. The boy is a good student and he is an ________ boy.

4. He often tells some humour and makes me ________.

5. He runs faster ________ I.

6. Nobody read the article in our school. I'm the first ________. I like the article.

7. There are some ________ in the zoo. They are jumping down and up.

8. Which one is your favourite ________, Maths or Chinese?

9. I like travelling to some places of ________.

10. The pens ________ me ten yuan.

III. 根据汉语提示完成句子,每空一词。(20分)

1. ________ ________ ________ (使我高兴的是) he can answer the question.

2. I think ________ ________ ________ ________(没有别的东西了) in your room.

3. She has ________ ________ ________ ________ (一个最出色的朋友) named Wang Feifei.

4. The book is ________ ________ ________(有趣得多) than that one.

5. He is ________ ________ ________ (一样高) I.

6. He often watches TV ________ ________(放学后).

7. We ________ ________ ________ ________ ________ ________ (花费很多时间练习) writing.

8. You have ________ ________ ________ ________ (朋友比我多).

9. Your computer ________ ________ ________ ________ (和我的不同).

10. He has been to ________ ________ ________ ________ (名胜之地) in China.

IV.根据短文回答问题。(20分)

The word "hello" is perhaps used more often than any other word in the English language. Everybody in the United States uses this word again and again every day and everywhere. You pick up the phone and the first word you hear is "Hello!" You meet a friend in the street and the first word you say is "Hello!"

Where did the word come from? The American inventor(发明家), Thomas Edison, was the first person to use "hello" in the late 18th century soon after the invention of the telephone.

At first people greeted each other on the phone with "Are you there?" They were not sure the new thing could really carry voices. But Tomas Edison never wasted time. The first time he picked up the phone, he did not ask if anyone was in. He was sure someone was there, and he simply said "Hello!" From then on, the word "hello" become widely used in American.

1. According to the passage, which of the following statements is true?

A. The word "hello" is seldom used in the English Language.

B. At first people greeted each other on the phone with "Hi!"

C. Thomas Edison is an American inventor.

D. Thomas Edison was the first person to use "hello" in the early 18th century.

2. This passage tells us ________.

A. a story of Thomas Edison

B. the history of telephone

C. it is polite to say "Hello!"

D. how "Hello!" became widely used

3. Edison said "Hello!" because ________.

A. he was sure he was speaking to the person

B. he believed someone was listening to him

C. he wanted to save time and didn't ask so many questions

D. he didn't know the words "Are you there?"

4. The word "greeted" is closest in meaning to ________.

A. welcomed

B. met

C. kept

D. understood

5. The word "simply" means ________.

A. often

B. easily

C. always

D. only

V. 完形填空。(20分)

Mr Green, a man of fifty-two, was a gardener (花匠). He's good at ________ (1) flowers and he's one of

________ (2) gardeners in the town. Last year he ________ (3) to work for Mrs Stone, a rich fat old woman.

Mrs Stone knew ________ (4) about gardens, but she thought she knew a lot, and she always told the old gardener ________ (5) what she said. Sometimes he listened ________ (6) her, but sometimes he didn't.

Once Mr Green got very angry ________ (7) Mrs Stone and called her a sow (母猪). Mrs Stone ________ (8) like it at all and went to tell it to her friend, a judge. The judge (法官) made Mr Green ________ (9) sorry to Mrs Stone.

"Does that mean I can't call the lady a sow any ________ (10)?" Mr Green asked. "Yes," answered the judge. "And can I call a sow a lady, sir?" asked Mr Green. "Yes, you can if you like." Mr Green looked at the fat woman and said, "Goodbye, lady."

1. A. grown B. grow C. growing D. grew

2. A. the good B. a better C. the better D. the best

3. A. came B. comes C. come D. coming

4. A. something B. anything C. nothing D. no anything

5. A. do B. to do C. does D. did

6. A. for B. at C. to D. of

7. A. to B. with C. at D. for