2014年秋八年级上期中检测英语试卷Ⅳ(含答案)

2014年秋八年级期中检测英语试卷Ⅳ(含答案)时间:100分钟满分:120分题号ⅠⅡⅢⅣⅤⅥⅦ总分得分Ⅰ单项选择题(每小题1分,共20分)( )1. -----What are you doing these days?----I’m learning _________.A. swimB. swimmingC. to swim( )2.----_________does she go shopping?----Once a week.A. How oftenB. How longC. How icon( )3. It is important_________ the piano well.A. for him playingB. of him to playC. for him to play( )4. Which is the way the Y uying Middle School?A. toB. forC. Of( )5. Take this medicine and you'll feel______________ soon.A. wellB. goodC. better( )6. My mother gave me______________ useful book.A. aB. anC. the( )7. The boy under the tree is________________ taller than that one in front of the house.A. manyB. muchC. more( )8.-Would you please tell me____________ next?A. how to doB. what to doC. when to do( )9. The poor girl told her father___________.A. where she wasB. what did she doC. how did she feel ( )10.1 like playing football, my friend is me.A. sameB. differentC. the same to()11. ---Hey, Tina. _____are you going for your vacation?--- Hmmm. I think I’m going to shanghai.A. HowB. WhereC. When()12.----I’m going for a summer camp in Beijing next month.--- ________.A. What a pityB. Not at allC. Have a good time()13. ---How often are the Olympic Games held？---_____four years.A. EveryB. EachC. In()14. He must _____ his sister with her math.A. try helpB. trying to helpC. try to help()15. ----Why do you make friends with Joe ?----He isn’t a good student, but ________ he is friendl y.A . almostB . at least C. less than()16. The woman is ______ fat because he eats ______ junk food.A. much too, too muchB. much too, much tooC. too much, too much()17. Which one is ________ , football or basketball?A. more popularB. popularC. popularer()18. What does your grandpa usually do ______weekends?A. aboutB. onC. in()19. The little girl should ______more hot water.A. drinkB. drinks C．drinking()20. She wanted us ______after school.A. playing footballB. played footballC. to play footballⅡ.完形填空(每小题1.5分,共15分)One day a rich man met witness. The rich man asked, "I 11 you are very clever and 12is difficult for you. Can you tell me 13 you are so clever?"Witness answered with a smile, "Oh, I'm not clever. Instead ,you are too foolish. "The richman 14 very, very angry. Witness said, "Please don't be angry, sir. Now let me 15 you avery ,very easy question. If you have a group of binds,1 give you 16 group. Then you say 17 groups of birds do you have?""Why? That's a 18 question in the world. One plus one is two. Anyone knows that Ihave two groups of birds, of course. "Witness laughed and said, "You're quite 19 , sir. Two groups of birds put together is still 20 . That' s the easiest question in the world. "( ) 11. A. hear B. see C. say D. get( ) 12. A. anything B. nothing C. everything D. something( ) 13. A. what B. where C. why D. who( )14. A. is B. are C. will D. was( )15. A. ask B. answer C. tell D. say( )16. A. other B. another C. others D. an other( )17. A. how much B. how long C. how many D. how often( )18. A. easy B. easiest C. the easier D. the easiest( )19. A. wrong B. right C. rich D. clever( )20. A. two groups B. one group C. nothing D. some groupsⅢ.阅读理解(每小题2分,共30分)AOne day an American went to a small town in South America for his holiday. Few peoplewent there because it was far away from the cites. He fell ill and wanted very much to sec a doctor.The American went to find out how he could find a fine doctor there. A man told him, "That's very easy. If there is a patient that a doctor can't cure( 治愈) , the doctor has to put a balloon over his clinic. "The American thought, "The less balloon are, the finer the doctor is. "He began to look for thefinest doctor along the street. First he found a clinic. There were 20 balloons. After a few minutes he found another one -30 balloons. He thought neither doctor was fine.At last he found the third clinic, only 5 balloons were there. He was very happy and went in."Wait a minute. "said the doctor. "I'm too busy, you know. This clinic opened only yesterday. " The American was very surprised and said to himself, "Where can I find the finest doctor?"( )21.____________ went to the small town for their holidays.A. Many peopleB. No oneC. EveryoneD. Some people( )22. The American wanted to see a doctor becauseA. he didn't feel wellB. he was very happyC. he was very tiredD. his leg was hurt( )23. There were ________balloons over the second clinic than the first one?A. lessB. moreC. betterD. worse( )24. The doctor in the third clinic was_____________.A. a new doctorB. an old doctorC. the finestD. better than the first one( )25. The American found the finest doctor, didn’t he ?A. Yes, he did.B. No, he didn’t.C. I don’t know.D. OK.BEvery town in the United States has a post office . Some are very small , and you may also find them in the corner of a shop . Others are larger buildings . They are open five days a week and on Saturday mornings . From Monday through Friday they are usually open from 8:30 to 4:30 .If you know how much the postage (邮资) is for your letter , you can buy stamps at any window. In some post offices you can buy stamps from machines . Stamps are sold many different prices , from one cent (美分) to many dollars. If you are not sure how much postage is for you letter , you may ask the man or the woman in the post office for help . he or she will give you the stamps you need . If you are sending your letter far away , you should use airmailenvelopes (航空信封) . Remember that postage will be more expensive for a letter to be sent outside the country.At a post office you can also buy postcards . A postcard is cheaper than a letter . Usually the price of postage for a postcard is about half that of a letter . The postcards that you buy at a post office do not have pictures . However ,also they are not to be sent outside the country .Letters are an easy and cheap way to keep in touch with people in many different countries .( )26.The passage tell us that we can find ________ easily in the United States of America.A. post office sB. large buildingsC. small shopsD. different banks( )27.The post offices in the United States are open _________.A. seven hours a dayB. six hours a dayC. five hours a dayD. eight hours a day( )28.If you are not sure how much postage is for your letter ,you can____.A. go and buy stamps from the machine in the post office send a cheap postcard instead of your letterB. get in touch with somebody you know in the post officeC. ask the man or the woman in the post office for help( )29.The price of postage for ________ is more expensive.A. a beautiful postcardB. a letter written on envelopeC .a letter by airmail D. a postcard with pictures( )30.The passage tells us something about ________ in the USAA. the postB. the postageC. lettersD. postcardsCLong, long ago there was a very foolish thief. Do you know what he did one day? When he wanted to steal(偷) the bell on his neighbour’s door, he walked up to the door, took hold of(抓住) the bell and pulled hard. The bell made a very loud noise. The thief was afraid and went home.Then he sat down to think, “I must do something about the noise,” he said. He thought and thought. At last he had an idea. “Ah, I’ll put some cotton in my ears. Then I won’t be able to hear the noise.” The next day he went to the door of his neighbour, and took hold of the bell. This time he pulled even harder. The bell rang loudly, but the thief did not hear anything. With another hard pull he got the bell out. Just then the neighbour came running out.“Steal my bell? I’ll teach you a lesson(教训),” the angry man shouted. And he hit the thief on the nose. The foolish thief did not know how the neighbour found out he was stealing the bell. “Why did he come out just then?” he wondered (感到疑惑).( )31. The thief was trying to get .A. his neighbourB. his neighbour’s doorbellC. some cottonD. a door with a bell on it( )32. The thief put some cotton in his ears. He thought it would be for him to steal the doorbell.A. safeB. difficultC. dangerousD. easy( )33. The neighbour ran out probably(很可能) because .A. he knew his doorbell was being stolenB. he thought someone was eager (渴望的) to visit himC. he realized (意识到) something strange happenedD. Both B and C( )34. The neighbour hit the thief to .A. give him lessonsB. punish (惩罚) him for stealingC. help him with the bellD. be his teacher( )35. Which of the following is TRUE?A. The thief understood why he was hit on the nose.B. The thief knew why the neighbour came out.C. The thief thought the neighbour couldn’t hear the noise the bell made.D. The thief didn’t want to know why the neighbour ran out.Ⅳ.词汇运用(20分)A)用所给词的适当形式坡空.使句子恢复完帷。