浙江省杭州市人教新目标版英语八年级下册期中试题1

文海实验学校2015年八年级英语第二学期期中试题单词拼写一、单项填空1. ---What time did you return from Beijing? ---______the morning of April 1st.A. AtB. OnC. InD. By2. You _______drive after drinking. It’s two dangerous!A. couldn’tB. wouldn’tC. shouldn’tD. needn’t3. In summer milk will quickly go bad _______it is put into a fridge.A. untilB. beforeC. unlessD. after4. I feel sleepy today because I didn’t fall asleep until the noise ______last night.A. took downB. put downC. cut downD. died down5. My mother asked me _____. And I told her that it was in the afternoon.A. when the concert wasB. where the concert wasC. when was the concertD. where was the concert6. I have many books on Chinese food. You can borrow _____if you like.A. oneB. itC. eitherD. every7. My sister has a beautiful _____and she wants to be a singer.A. soundB. shoutC. voiceD. noise8. ---I was at the cinema at 8 o’clock last night. What about you?---I _____the Internet at home.A. am surfingB. surfedC. will surfD. was surfing9. ---Who _____the tennis game yesterday?---Jack, he _____all the others.A. beat; wonB. won; wonC. beat; beatD. won; beat10. ---Will you please tell John to come to my office? ---______.A. Thank youB. That’s all rightC. Yes, I doD. I’ll be glad to【参考答案】BCCDA ACDDD完形填空When I was 12 years old, I really wanted a new bike! I __1__ my parents my birthday wish, but I knew there was little hope because my family could __2__ have that money.On my birthday my parents told me they had my __3__ outside in the back yard. At once I __4__ out to the yard. There was my bike, __5__ it wasn’t the bike that I thought it would be. This one was pink, old and worn with age. It was so __6__! I thought I __7__ my parents’ feelings because I could see the disappointment _8__ their faces and I was sure they could see it on mine. I __9__ the old bike and rode it, feeling __10__ that I had made my parents feel this way. So I put on a smile, rode as fast as I could and didn’t __11__. As time went by, I began to understand my parents gave me __12__ much more than just a rusty old bike. They gave me a life lesson about __13__. When you give something out of love, it doesn’t matter what it is in fact. What matters is the love that is in it. I like to remember this __14__ because giving a gift is not about money. It’s about how much love you can feel from it. Do remember, a gift that __15__ two dollars isn’t any less valuable than one that costs one hundred dollars, or even more.1.A. talked B. spoke C. said D.told2.A. hardly B. quickly C. slowly D. easily3.A. guitar B. gift C. cakeD. card4.A. rushed B. rode C. climbed D.came5.A. and B. or C. but D.because6.A. exciting B. interesting C. relaxing D.disappointing7.A. liked B. hated C. hurt D.thanked8.A. on B. in C. at D.for9.A. got in B. got on C. got off D.got up10.A. surprised B. excited C. happy D.bad11.A. look ahead B. look back C. come up D.come down12.A. anything B. nothing C. something D.everything13.A. love B. money C. friendship D.knowledge14.A. idea B. news C. advice D.story15.A. spends B. costs C. pays D.offers【参考答案】DABAC DCABD BCADB阅读理解AOnce there was a man traveling in a faraway village. As he was passing the elephants, he suddenly stopped. He found that these huge elephants were being held by only a small rope tied to their front leg. No chains, no cages. It was clear that the elephants could, at any time, break away from their ropes but for some reason, they did not.He saw a trainer nearby and asked why these animals just stood there and didn’t try to get away. ‘Well,’ the trainer said, ‘when they are very young and much smaller we use the same size rope to tie them and, at that rage, it’s enough to hold them. As they grow up, they still believe they cannot break away. They believe the rope can hold them, so they never try to break free.’How could it be? These animals could at any time break free from their ropes. But because they always stuck right where they were, they believed they couldn’t.Just like the elephants, how many of us go through life believing that we cannot do something, just because we failed at it once before?___________________. We should never give up the struggle in life.根据材料内容选择正确答案。

1.What did the writer see in the village?A. ChainsB. ElephantsC. CagesD.Farmers2.Why do the elephants never try up to break free from the ropes?A. Because they think they can not.B. Because they are too old to do it.C. Because they like their living places.D. Because they get on well with the trainer.3.How did the man feel after he heard what the trainer said?A. MovedB. SurprisedC. AngryD.Nervous4.Which of the following is the missing part in the last paragraph?A. Failing is part of learning.B. We should be different from others.C. Helping animals is helping ourselves.D. Traveling always makes people relaxed.5.What is the best title for this test?A. Pleasant tripB. A Cruel TrainerC. Elephant TrainingD. The Elephant Rope【参考答案】BABADBThe young violin player Vanessa-Mae was the first musician to use dance and rock music in classical music. Vanessa-Mae love pop music, and she was also a very good classical violinist, and she brought these kinds of music together.Vanessa-Mae was born in Singapore on October 27, 1978. She moved to London with her family when she was four. A year later, she started to learn the violin. When she was eight, she went to Beijing to study the violin. When she was ten, she played with a very famous group of classical musicians. But Vanessa-Mae doesn't only play the violin. She learnt the piano before she started to play the violin.She likes lots of different kinds of music, from Beethoven to the Beatles, and she wants to play the music she likes. Not only has she played in classical concerts all over the world, but she has also played in pop concerts with pop stars.A lot of people don't like the way she uses modern rhythms, noisy drums and guitars in traditional music. But Vanessa-Mae has done one important thing: she has brought many new fans to classical music. For the first time, many young people began to listen to classical music.1.When did Vanessa-Mae begin to learn violin?A.At the age of fourB.At the age of fiveC.At the age of tenD.At the age of eight2.What type of music does Vanessa-Mae like?A.Only pop musicB.Rock musicC.Only classic musicD.Lots of different kinds of music3.Why do the young people like to listen to classic music now? Because theylike________.A.Vanessa-MaeB. TechnoC. ViolinD. Piano4.Who has Vanessa-Mae played with?A.Beethoven and the BeatlesB.Many young peopleC.pop stars and classic musiciansD.A group of classic musicians5.The best title of this passage is______.A.Vanessa-MaeB.A best violinistC.The first musicianD.Classic music【参考答案】BDACACPigs do it. Mice do it. Dogs also do it. Kangaroos? Not so much. Why do some animas shake? The short answer is because they are wet. But there is actually more than that---a lot more.In an article, Andrew Dickerson and others took a look at this strange problem. The scientists wrote down the shaking of 33 animals, of them are 5 kinds of dogs.It shows that mammals(哺乳动物) can keep stronger by doing their cute little shakes. If they don’t shake, animals would have to use up to 20 percent of their daily energy simply staying dry. And nearly all furry animals shake to help themselves keep dry.Those animals that are similar to kangaroos shake only part of their body. They usually live in dry places where k eeping dry isn’t very hard. But not all animals shake in the same way. Also some shake less often than others. Smaller animals seem to shake more quickly, 30 shakes per second for a mouse, while bears, tigers and big dogs only about four.In an interesting finding, Dickerson and his team have shown that these animals do the job as well as possible. In each example, the animals shake off 70 percent of water in a few seconds. This should all be great to people. It takes us not seconds but minutes to dry our hair---just over three minutes.1.Which animal do not shake a lot according to the article?A.PigsB. MiceC. DogsD. Kangaroos2.If wet animals don’t shake, it would take about______of their energy to staydry.A.5 percentB. 20 percentC. 33 percentD. 70 percent3.Bigger animals shake _______than smaller ones according to the study.A.more quicklyB. more slowlyC. more oftenD. less often4.From the article, we can learn that________.A.all kinds of animals need to shake to keep dryB.all furry animals shake at the same rateC.bigger animals like tigers don’t shake at allD.animals save energy by doing their little shakes5.What is the main idea of the story?A.Furry animals are strongerB.Animals shake to dry themselvesC.Animals learn to shake wellD.Smaller animals shake more【参考答案】DBBAB任务型阅读把A-E五个句子填入文中空缺，使文章内容完整正确。