2017八年级下学期人教版初中英语期中考试

单项选择。请选择最佳答案。

—Mum, I’ve got the first prize in the photo competition.

—________!

A. Congratulations                    B. Not at all                 C. Good idea

It’s cold outside. ________ your sweater before you go out.

A. Put on                           B. Turn on                   C. Put up

—Is Tom at home?          —No, he ________ to the town.

A. has been                B. has gone                 C. goes

________ I got back，I found my mother cooking for me.

A. Since                            B. Before                           C. When

—Have you found your phone _________?

—Yes, it’s under the bed.

 A. yet           B. still        C. also

The bed ________ so soft and comfortable. I like it very much.

 A. tastes        B. looks      C. feels

The workers will build a new railroad________ the two cities.

A. since                      B. between                  C. during

This morning Diana invited ________ to ________ birthday party.

A. me; her           B. I; hers                   C. me; hers          

Mr. Smith thinks running is ________ than swimming.

A. very popular           B. the most popular       C. more popular              

Tony lived in Guilin _________ five years, but now he is living in Nanning.

A. when          B. for           C. since

完形填空。请阅读下列短文，选择最佳答案。

That was a bad experience for me. Last year, at about ten o’clock at night on June 6^th, when I was preparing for the next day’s English test, I    1    my mother shouting. I ran to the living room and was surprised to see smoke(烟) everywhere. Dad ran to the    2    to get everyone a towel(毛巾). Jack, my brother, told us to crawl(爬，匍匐前进) on the floor. It was so    3    in the living room that we couldn’t see clearly, so we didn’t know what to do. Luckily, although we couldn’t find a    4   , the firefighters(消防员) saved all of us.

We were all safe,    5    we still lost everything we had. I felt very    6   . However, Mum and Dad told    7    that we were very lucky    8    no one was hurt in the fire. They said we could get back all the things in the    9   . After the fire, I learned a lesson—my family is the most   10    to me in the world. We loved each other forever.

(   ) 1. A. listened      B. knew            C. heard

(   ) 2. A. office        B. bathroom       C. kitchen

(   ) 3. A. light           B. nice               C. dark

(   ) 4. A. way           B. toy               C. wallet

(   ) 5. A. and           B. or                 C. but

(   ) 6. A. happy        B. excited         C. sad

(   ) 7. A. me            B. them             C. you

(   ) 8. A. while        B. because         C. if

(   ) 9. A. beginning   B. future           C. plan

(   ) 10 A. interesting B. enjoyable     C. important

阅读理解。

Three years ago, Mike and Ben took a holiday on the beach. They had a quarrel(吵架). Mike hit Ben on the face. Ben was hurt and he wrote in the sand, “Today my best friend hit me on the face.”

After that, they took a taxi back to their hotel. After dinner, Ben started to read. Mike went for a walk in the park. Suddenly, an earthquake happened. The small hotel fell down and Ben was under the hotel. Mike saved him. Ben wrote on the stone. “Today my best friend saved my life.”

Mike asked him, “After I hurt you, you wrote in the sand and now you write on the stone, why?” Ben answered, “When someone hurts us, we should write it down in the sand, and then the wind can blow it away. When someone helps us, we must carve(雕刻) it in stone, then the winds can’t blow it away.”

根据短文内容，判断句子的正误，正确的写T，错误的写F

(   ) 1. Mike and Ben took a holiday on the beach three years ago.

(   ) 2. Mike and Ben went back to the hotel by bus.

(   ) 3. Mike was reading when the earthquake happened.

(   ) 4. Mike saved Ben and Ben wrote it on a stone.

(   ) 5. Ben thought that when someone helped us, we should remember it.

   In England nobody under eighteen years old is allowed to drink in a bar（酒吧）. Mr. Thompson often went to a bar near his house. But he never took his son, Tom, because he was too young. Then when Tom had his eighteenth birthday, Mr. Thompson took him to his usual bar for the first time. They drank for an hour. Tom drank a bit. Then Mr. Thompson said to his son, “Now, Tom, I want to teach you a useful lesson. How do you know when you’ve had enough? Well, I’ll tell you. Did you see those two lights at the end of the bar? When they seem to become four, you’ve had enough and should go home.”

“But, dad, ”said Tom, “I can only see one light at the end of the bar.”

(    )1. Young people _______ allowed to drink in a bar until eighteen in England.

A. is not  B. are not   C. may  D. must

(    )2. When Tom was a child, his father often went to a nearby bar ____ taking him.

A. by   B. for   C. with  D. without

(    )3. On Tom’s eighteenth birthday, he drank together with his father in that bar for _______.

      A. the first time     B. once      C. many times     D. eighteen times

(    )4. Father wanted to tell his son _______.

A. the time to drink       B. something about the light

C. when to stop drinking   D. something about the bar

(    )5. In fact（事实上）, there _______ at the end of the bar.

A. was one light      B. were two lights

C. were three lights    D. were four lights

As we know, there are differences between western culture and Chinese culture. We can see differences when we pay attention to the way words are used. Let’s look at the words about animals and plants. Most expressions in Chinese about the dog, for example, “a homeless dog”, “a mad dog”, “a running dog” and “a dog catching a mouse”, have negative meanings. But in western countries, dogs are thought to be honest and good friends of humans. In English, people use the dog to describe positive actions. For example, “you are a lucky dog” means you are a lucky person. And “every dog has its day” means each person has good luck sometimes. To describe a person’s serious illness, they say “sick as a dog”. The word “dog-tired” means very tired. However, Chinese love cats very much. But in western culture, “cat” is often used to describe a woman who is cruel（无情的、令人痛苦的）.

The rose is a symbol（标志）of love in both China and some western countries. People think the rose means love, peace, courage and friendship. And the rose is the national flower of England, America and many other countries.

The words about plants and animals are used in positive or negative ways in different cultures. We can learn about many differences in cultures by comparing how some words are used.

（   ）1．“Every dog has its day.” means “_________”.

A. Everybody in the world is lucky.

B. Each person lives his own way of life.

C. If one works hard, he’s sure to succeed.

D. Everybody has a time in life to be lucky.

（   ）2．The underlined word “negative” means ________ in Chinese.

A. 正面的          B. 负面的         C. 中性的                D. 有趣的

（   ）3．From the passage, we can infer（推断）that the word “copycat” is most likely to describe a person who__________ in western countries.

A. likes following（效仿）others  B. enjoys writing books

C. is good at copying notes       D. loves drawing cats

（   ）4．Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. Words show differences in culture.

B. Chinese people prefer dogs to cats.

C. Western people think cats to be good friends.

D. Rose is the national flower of all western countries.

（   ）5．What’s the best title for the passage? 

A. Negative or Positive

B. Different Countries Have Different Culture

C. Rose Means the Same in Chinese and English

D. What Dog and Cat Mean in English and Chinese

Every morning my father buys a newspaper on his way to work. Every evening my mother looks through magazines at home. And every night, I look at the posters with photos of David Beckham and Yao Ming on my bedroom wall before I go to sleep. Can we imagine life without paper or print?

Paper was first created about 2,000 years ago, and has been made from silk, cotton, bamboo and, since the 19th century, from wood. People learned to write words on paper to make a book. But in those days，books could only be produced one at a time by hand. As a result, they were expensive and rare. And because there weren’t many books, few people learned to read.

Then printing was invented in China. When printing was developed greatly at the beginning of the 11th century, books could be produced more quickly and cheaply. As a result, more people learned to read. After that，knowledge and ideas spread quickly.

Today information can be received online, downloaded from the Internet rather than found in books, and information can be kept on CD-ROMs or machines such as MP3 players.

Computers are already used in classrooms, and newspapers and magazines can already be read online. So will books be replaced by computers one day? No, I don’t think the Yao Ming poster on my bedroom wall will ever be replaced by a computer two metres high！

(   )1. What does the writer do before he goes to sleep?

A. He reads books.                                      B. He reads newspapers.

C. He looks through magazines.                   D. He looks at the posters on the wall.

(   )2. When was paper first created?

A. About 2,000 years ago.                           B. In the 19th century.

C. About 1,000 years ago.                           D. In the 11th century.

(   )3. Why were books expensive and rare before the invention of printing?

A. People could not read.

B. People could not write words on paper.

C. People could not find silk, cotton or bamboo.

D. People could only produce books one at a time by hand.

(   )4. What happened after books became cheaper?

A. People didn’t want to buy books.

B. Printing was invented in China.

C. Knowledge and ideas spread quickly.

D. The Internet was introduced to people soon.

(   )5. What is the writer’s opinion about books and computers?

A. People won’t need books any more.

B. Books won’t be replaced by computers.

C. People prefer to find information in books.

D. Computers have already replaced books.

补全对话。

请根据对话内容，从下面方框中所给的选项中选出合适的句子补全对话。其中有一项是多余的。

A: Good morning, Doctor.

B: Good morning, young man. 1.      

A: I’ve got a headache and a cough. I’m sure there is something wrong with me.

B: 2.      

A: Since last week.

B: 3.      

A: I’m feeling even worse now.

B: Don’t worry. Let me check your body. Oh, you feel a little hot. 4.         

A: Yes, I have a fever.

B: I’m afraid you have caught a cold. 5.        Have a good rest and you’ll feel better soon.

A: Thank you, Doctor.

B: That’s all right.

请从方框中选择适当的词的正确形式，补全对话。

Two good friends, Peter and Linda, are making arrangements over the telephone to meet at the weekend.

Peter: Hello, this is Peter Chang speaking.

Linda: Hello Peter, it’s Linda here. I wanted to thank you for 1.          me to your party yesterday. I 2.__________ enjoy myself.

Peter: I’m glad you had a good time, Linda. I hear that there is a Jackie Chan film on at the cinema. Would you like to see the film with me 3.__________ Sunday night?

Linda: I’d love to, Peter.

Peter: The film 4.__________ at 7:45.Shall I meet you at 7:30 outside the cinema?

Linda: 7:30. That 5.__________ fine. See you on Sunday, Peter.

Peter: See you then, Linda. Bye.

Linda: Bye.

根据句意及首字母或括号内汉语提示写出所缺单词的正确形式。

1. Something ____________ (闻、闻起来) terrible. What goes bad in the kitchen?

2. This is a ____________ (私人的) letter, and you can’t open it. Please remember it.

3. Betty has lived in Guilin ____________ (自从……以来) she came to China. She loves it very much.

4. Tom is a good young man. His boss ____________ (派遣) him to Shanghai to work last month.

5. We have only one earth. It’s too important for us. So we must try our best to make our ___________ (环境) much cleaner.

6. Tony is afraid of speaking English. Every time he speaks it, he feels n____________.

7. Look! So many nice birds are flying in the s____________.

8. Jane stayed up too late last night and she feels very s____________ now.

9. Yesterday I went into a shop. There I saw a very beautiful bike. But it’s expensive. I can’t a____________ it.

10. — When will the visitor r____________ Guilin?

   — Tomorrow afternoon.

书面表达。

请根据以下要点提示以My English teacher为题描述一位令你难忘的老师。要求70词左右。可适当发挥。

要点提示：

1. 张老师是我的英语老师，教我们英语两年了。她来自Guilin，38岁，看上去很年轻。

2. 虽然个子不高，但很漂亮，性格外向（outgoing），很喜欢运动和音乐。

3.他是我的良师益友，对我要求严格(strict with)又很友好。

4.表示谢意。

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