牛津英语8B期中试卷及答案

8B Us1－3

班级_____姓名_______学号_____成绩_______

一．选择填空(15%)

1. We are happy ____you _____ a farewell party for our friends from Beijing.

A. invite, to

B. to invite, join

C. inviting, to

D. to invite, to

2. We are in the same class. Let’s ___________ friends.

A. be

B. is

C. are

D. am

3. A balcony is ______ place ________ flowers in the house.

A. best, to grow

B. the best, growing

C. best, growing

D. the best, to grow

4. I can speak English ________, I am ______ at it.

A. well, good

B. good, good

C. well, well

D. good, well

5. There is not ________ for us ________.

A. room enough; to live

B. enough room; to live in

C. room enough; to live in

D. enough room; live

6. My father is looking forward to _________ his old friend from Xinjiang.

A. see

B. seeing

C. saw

D. looking at

7. I can’t buy ______ because I don’t have any money _____ me.

A. something, on

B. anything, on

C. something, with

D. anythin g, with

8. Where is my eraser? It ______ here just now.

A. is

B. are

C. was

D. were

9. This book is very important , but that one is ______ more important.

A. quite

B. so

C. very

D. even

10. June 1st is _______ Day and September 10th is _______ Day.

A. Children’s, Teachers’

B. Children’s, the Teacher’s

C. Children’s, Teacher’s

D. Children, Teachers’

11. We should take turns _______ the passage.

A. reading

B. to read

C. read

D. in reading

12. ______long time we waited yesterday!

A. What

B. What a

C. How

D. How a

13. ____ girl with ______ orange in her hand is my best friend, Lucy.

A. The, an

B. The, a

C. A, an

D. A, the

14. ---How many apples are there in the basket? --________.

A. No

B. No one.

C. None

D. Nothing.

15. Kitty, your cousin is ________. We all like her.

A. such lovely a girl

B. such a lovely girl

C. a so lovely girl

D. so a lovely girl

二．完形填空(10%)

Mr White works in an office. He liked reading in bed when he was at sc hool. It was bad for his 16 and now he has near sight ( 近视).But he wou ldn’t want 17 to know about it and he never wears a pair of glasses. It ofte n 18 him some trouble.

One winter morning he was sent to a village school on business (出差). He 19 a bus at a

stop in a small town. Then he had to walk there. The road to the village was n’t smooth (平坦). He fell over some times and it 20 his clothes dirty. 21 he got to the village. Suddenly it began to blow and it got colder. He was looking for the school while his 22 was blown off. He began to run after it but he couldn’t get it. He couldn’t understand why his hat ran into a house as if (似乎) it had 23 . And he ran into the house, 24 .

A woman stopped him and shouted 25 , “What are you running after my hen (母鸡)for?”

16. A. ears B. nose C. mouth D. eye s

17. A. anybody else B. nobody C. woman D. somebody

18. A. follows B. takes C. brings D. carries

19. A. took off B. got off C. got on D. came o n

20. A. let B. made C. gave D. felt

21. A. At first B. At home C. At times D. At last

22. A. clothes B. bag C. hat D. glasses

23. A. legs B. hands C. shoes D. arms

24. A. always B. also C. either D. too

25. A. angry B. happy C. angrily D. hap pily

三．阅读理解(30%)

A

Mexico's neighbours are the United States on the north and Guatemala an d Belize to the south. Mexico is about one quarter of the size of the United States. Mexico has more than ninety million people. The language of Mexico i s Spanish. This makes Mexico the world's largest Spanish-speaking country.

Mexico City is the capital and largest city of Mexico. The city is also ve ry high. It is 7349 feet high (2240 metres). This makes it one of the highest capital cities in the world. The population（人口）, of Mexico City grows bigg er every day. About thirty million people live there. It has more people than a ny other city in the world, even more than Tokyo.

Mexico also has its specialities(特点). Many of the foods we eat started i n Mexico. Foods like beans, maize, avocados, tomatoes, peanuts, chili peppers, vanilla, and chocolate come from Mexico. Mexico is also famous for its cact us (仙人掌) plants. Mexico has more kinds of cactus than any other country.

26. Mexico is ____the USA.