2017-2018学年甘肃省白银市靖远县靖安中学八下期中英语试卷（无听力题目）

2017-2018学年度八年级第二学期期中考试试卷

英  语

亲爱的同学们，英语考试开始啦！你要有信心哦，成功在等着你！

(共120分)

Ⅰ.语音（每小题1分，共5分）观察所给单词的读音，从A,B,C,D四个选项中找出其划线部分的读音与所给单词的划线部分读音相同的选项，并将选项的编号填入题前的括号内。

例：（C ）   have      A. gave        B. save        C. fat

（   ）1. get        A. bicycle      B. bed         C. he

(    ) 2. fool       A. good        B. foot         C. too

(    ) 3. three      A. think        B. this         C. that

 (    ) 4. snow      A. brown       B. grow        C. flower

(    ) 5. needed     A. interested    B. allowed      C. helped

II. 词 汇 (共20分)

A) 按括号内的要求写出下列单词的相应形式（每小题1分，共5分）。

6. hide(过去式)_____________   7. little(比较级)______________

8.babysit(现在分词)_____________9.twenty(序数词)_________________

10. I (反身代词)________________

B) 根据句意及所给汉语意思或首字母提示写出句中所缺的单词。

(每小题1分，共5分)

11. Before the printing press, books were w________ by hand. [来源:学*科*网Z*X*X*K]

12. ________(没有)your help, I couldn’t finish the work on time.

13. If you are tired, you can have a rest in the s________­­­­­­ under the tree.

14. Look! They are _______ (躺)on the ground.

15. Drinking milk is good for our _________(健康).

C) 用所给词的适当形式填空。（每小题1分，共10分）

16. There ________________ (be) a school meeting next Monday.

17. Don’t forget ____________ (water) your flowers.

18. The students often use dictionaries _____________ (look) up the new words.

19. We have great fun _______________ (play) in the river in summer.

20. A girl __________( name ) Mary is waiting for you.

21. I don’t know what __________ (do) next.

22. The good news made me ________ (feel) very happy.

23. Please speak ___________ (loud) because I can’t hear you.

24. It’s very interesting ______________ (have) a party.

25. The sun rises in the east and _____________ (set) in the west.

Ⅲ. 语法与情景交际(每小题1分，共20分)

(     ) 26. There is ______ “u” and _____ “f” in the word “uniform”.

    A. an, an    B. a, an   C. an, a         D. a, a

(     ) 27．___ Mother’s Day, we can give our mother some gifts．

    A．In          B．On        C．At        D．For

(     ) 28. — Could you tell us _______ ?

— About two weeks.

A. how often are we going to be away  B. how often we are going to be away

C. how long are we going to be away   D. how long we are going to be away

(     ) 29. One moment please, I have _______ to tell you.

A. something important               B. important something    

C. anything important                 D. important anything

(     ) 30. The doctor looked over the sick people _________.     

A. one and one     B. one after one    C. one or one   D. one by one

(     ) 31. If it ______ tomorrow, we will go by car.

     A. rain         B. will rain          C. rains        D. raining

(     ) 32. Mother ______when someone knocked at the door.

A. cooking      B. cook           C. cooked        D. was cooking

(     ) 33. I often see some boys _____ in the pool in summer.

A. swim       B. swimming     C. to swim       D. swam

(     ) 34. There ____ a football game tomorrow.

A. will have    B. will has       C. will be        D. is

(    ) 35. The little dog is scared ____ thunder!

A. with        B. from          C. for           D. of

(     ) 36. This kind of skirt looks ______and sells ________.

A. good, well    B. good, good   C. well, well      D. well, good[来源:学科网ZXXK]

 (    ) 37.–Would you like to go out for a walk?   

 --________, but I’m busy.

      A. No, I can’t   B. Yes, I will    C. I’d love to     D. I like[来源:Zxxk.Com]

(    ) 38. I can write on _____sides of the paper.

      A. both         B. either      C. all            D. every

 (     ) 39. This sweater is too big for me, please give me______ one.

      A. other         B. the other       C. others      D. another

(     ) 40.Thank you for _____ me finish the work.

A. helps        B. to help         C. helping     D. helps

 (     ) 41. The number of the students in our school ______746.

A. is             B. are        C. be     D. were

 (     ) 42. --- Didn’t you go to plant trees yesterday?

---________. Yesterday was Tree Planting Day.

      A. Yes, we didn’t   B. No, we didn’t    C. Yes, we did    D. No, we did

(     ) 43. He found _____ very interesting to ride a horse on the farm.

A. This         B. that            C. it           D. its

(     ) 44. ---Where is Zhang Ming?     ---Oh, he_____to the teachers’ office.

      A. has been      B. has gone        C. had been      D. had gone

(     ) 45. Jim didn’t watch TV ________ he finished his homework.

A .before         B. after           C. until          D. when

IV.按要求完成下列句子。(共20分)

A) 按括号内的要求转换下列句型，每空只填一词。(每空1分，共10分)

46. Danny is the same age as Jenny. (同义句)

   Danny is _______ old _____ Jenny.                    .

47. The weather is very bad. (改为感叹句)

   _________　__________weather it is!

48. Li Ming has few friends here. (反义疑问句)

Li Ming has few friends here, __________ __________？

49. The girl needs some things for the party. (改为否定句)

The girl __________ ________ any things for the party.

50. He received his first e-mail three days ago. (对划线部分提问)

   _________  ________ he receive his first e-mail?

B) 根据汉语提示完成句子，每空只填一词。(每空1分，共10分)

51.橄榄枝是和平的象征。

Olive branch is the ________ _________ peace.

52. 埃及以金字塔闻名。

Egypt __________ ___________ for the pyramids

53.她不是故意做这件事情的。

She didn’t do it ________ _________.

54.由于生病了，他没有去上学。

He didn’t go to school ________ _________ her illness.

55.在古代，写一本书要花很长时间。

It took a long time ________ __________ a book in ancient times.

V.完形填空。（共10小题。每小题1分。共10分）

An artist went to the 56 for a holiday and stayed 57  a farmer．Every day he went out with his brushes and  58 from morning till night，and then when it got dark，he went to bed．

    At the59  of his holiday he wanted to 60  the farmer, but the farmer said, “No，I don’t want money--give me one of your61 ．What is money? In a week it will be gone，but your picture will still be here．”The artist was very happy and thanked the farmer  62   that．The farmer smiled and answered，“It is not that．I have a son in London．He wants to be a(n) 63  ．When he  64  here next week，I’ll show him your picture，and then I think, he will not want to be an artist any65  ．”

(    ) 56．A．city            B．town          C．country      D．field

(    ) 57．A．with            B．for           C．to           D．and

(    ) 58．A．played           B．painted      C．sang          D．enjoyed

(    ) 59．A．beginning        B．middle        C．end         D．ending

(    ) 60．A．say goodbye to    B．smile to       C．give        D．pay for

(    ) 61．A．money           B．pictures       C．picture      D．paper

(    ) 62．A．for              B．with          C．from        D．of

(    ) 63．A．soldier           B．singer         C．artist       D．scientist

(    ) 64．A．will come         B．come       C．coming       D．comes

(    ) 65．A．way             B．much       C．more          D．most

VI. 阅读理解(每小题2分，共30分)

A

Tom woke up in the middle of the night and saw something white in his garden .It seemed to be moving towards the house. “This is a thief!” He thought, and he took his gun and shot at him. Then he went back to bed, because he was too frightened to go out of the house in the dark .

The next morning Tom went out and saw one of his white shirts hanging on the clothes-line in the garden, his wife had washed in the day before and hung it out to dry. Now it had a bullet-hole（弹孔）right through middle of it.

“My God” said Tom, “I was lucky last night. If I had been wearing that shirt, the bullet (子弹)would have killed me !” And he called his neighbours and asked them to thank God for saving(救) him。

（   ) 66. At midnight Tom saw ____in his garden.

A. something strange   B. a thief   C. something white   D. a ghost

 (   ) 67. Tom was so frightened that he___

A. cried out for help           B. dared not (不敢) go out of the house

C. dared not stay in his house    D. couldn’t say a word

(   ) 68. The next morning Tom found ____.

     A. his wife in the garden        B. the clothes-line

   C. the thief dead              D. a bullet-hole through the white shirt

(   ) 69.He called his neighbours together in order to____.

   A. make a speech            B. tell the story

   C. thank God                D thank them

(   ) 70. From the above story we can see that Tom is ____.

A .foolish(愚蠢的)  B. clever   C. lively  D. beautiful

B

Scientists are trying to make the deserts into good land again. They want to bring water to the deserts，so people can live and grow food. They are learning a lot about the deserts. But more and more of the earth is becoming desert all the time. Scientists may not be able to change the desert in time.

Why is more and more land becoming desert？Scientists think that people make deserts. People are doing bad things to the earth.

Some places on the earth don’t get much rain. But they still don’t become deserts. This is because some green plants are growing there. Small green plants and grass are very important to dry places. Plants don’t let the sun make the earth even drier. Plants do not let the wind blow(吹) the dirt away. When a bit of rain falls, the plants hold the water. Without plants, the land can become desert more easily.

(   ) 71. What are the scientists trying to do?[来源:Zxxk.Com]

A．Scientists are trying to make the deserts into good land again．

B．Scientists are trying to grow food on the moon．

     C．Scientists are trying to change the oil into water．

D．Scientists are trying to make the deserts into sea．

(   ) 72．Why are small green plants important to dry places?

     A．Because they don’t let the sun make the earth even drier．

     B．Because they don’t let the wind blow the dirt away．

C．Because they hold the water．

D．A．B and C．

(   ) 73．Why is some land becoming deserts little by little now?

A．Because plants are not growing there．

B．Because there is not enough rain．

C．Because people haven’t done what scientists wish them to do．

D．Because scientists know little about the deserts．

(   ) 74．Which is the main idea of the first paragraph?

A．Scientists know how to change desert into good land．

B．Land is becoming deserts faster than scientists can change it back into land．

C．If scientists can bring water to desert，people can live and grow food there．

D．More and more places are becoming deserts all the time．[来源:学科网]

(   ) 75．What can we learn from the passage?

A．Plants can keep dry land from becoming deserts．

     B．It is good to get rid of(去除)the grass in the deserts．

C．A11 places without much rain will become deserts．

D．It is better to grow crops on dry land than to grow grass．

C

The kiwi lives only in New Zealand．It is a very strange bird because it cannot fly．The is as big as a chicken．It has no wings(翅膀)or tail．It does not have any feathers（羽毛）like other birds．It has hair on its body．Each foot has four toes．Its mouth is very tong．A kiwi likes a lot of trees around it．It sleeps during the day because the sunlight hurts its eyes．It can smell things with its nose．It is the only bird in the world that can smell things．The kiwi's eggs are very big．But there are only a few kiwis in New Zealand now．The government(政府)says that people cannot kill kiwis．New Zealanders want their kiwis to live．There is a picture of a kiwi in New Zealand money．People from New Zealand are sometimes called kiwis．

76题为判断正误(“T”表示正确，“F”表示错误)；77题为英译汉；78—80题为简略回答问题。

76．The kiwi doesn’t live in New Zealand．

    _____________________________________________________________________

77．Put the underlined sentence into Chinese．

    _____________________________________________________________________

78．How many toes does a kiwi have?

    _____________________________________________________________________

79．When does a kiwi sleep?

    _____________________________________________________________________

80．Are there many kiwis in New Zealand?

    _____________________________________________________________________

Ⅶ. 从下列句子中选择合适的句子，填到横线上。(每小题1分，共5分)

W: Hello, this is Sally speaking.

M: Hello, this is Bob.

W:81

M: Reading a book.

W:82 we can watch a video.

M: OK.83

W: Go along Peace Street. When you get to the second traffic lights, turn left. At the end of the street, you'll see a new hotel.

M: Oh, OK. I know where that is.84

W: Yes. My house is across from the supermarket.

M: OK.85

81. __________ 82 _________ 83. __________ 84. ________  85. _________

Ⅷ. 书面表达（10分）

在日常生活中，国际互联网起着越来越重要的作用。人们在广泛地使用互联网，人们在网上学习，发电子邮件，网上聊天等。结合实际情况谈谈你对网络的看法。写一段80词左右的短文，作文题目已给出。短文应包含一下三个方面：

1. 人们是如何使用网络的；
2. 网络的优缺点；
3. 我们应当如何利用网络。

Life on the Internet

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2017-2018学年度八年级第二学期期中考试试卷

英  语  参考答案

Ⅰ.语音（每小题1分，共5分）观察所给单词的读音，从A,B,C,D四个选项中找出其划线部分的读音与所给单词的划线部分读音相同的选项，并将选项的编号填入题前的括号内。

1-5:BCABA

II. 词 汇 (共20分)

A) 按括号内的要求写出下列单词的相应形式（每小题1分，共5分）。

6. hid     7. less   8.babysitting   9. twentieth   10. myself

B) 根据句意及所给汉语意思或首字母提示写出句中所缺的单词。

(每小题1分，共5分)

11. written   12. Without   13.sun   14.lying   15.health

C) 用所给词的适当形式填空。（每小题1分，共10分）

16. will be  17.to water  18.to look  19.playing  20.named 

21.to do     22.feel     23.loudly   24.to have   25.sets

Ⅲ. 语法与情景交际(每小题1分，共20分)

26-30.BBDAD   31-35.CDACD   36-40 ACADC   41-45.ACCBC

IV.按要求完成下列句子。(共20分)

A) 按括号内的要求转换下列句型，每空只填一词。(每空1分，共10分)

46. as  as   47. what bad   48. does he  49. doesn’t need 50. when did

B) 根据汉语提示完成句子，每空只填一词。(每空1分，共10分)

51.symbol of   52.is famous   53.on purpose   54. because of  55.to write

V.完形填空。（共10小题。每小题1分。共10分）

56-60 DABCD  61-65 BACDCW

VI. 阅读理解(每小题2分，共30分)

A

(A)  66-70 CBDCA   (B)71-75 ADCDA

(C)76.F  

77.因为阳光会使它的眼睛受伤，所以它在白天睡觉。

78. A kiwi has eight toes。

79. It sleeps during the day.

80. No, there aren’t.

Ⅶ. 从下列句子中选择合适的句子，填到横线上。(每小题1分，共5分)

81. F   82 D   83.  A   84. B  85.  G

Ⅷ. 书面表达（10分）

Life on the Internet

These days, more and more people start to learn to use the computer. People can play games on the Internet. It can make people happy, but if students play too many games, they will be lost themselves. That’s bad, so I think we can use the Internet to relax. For example, we can listen to some music when we are nervous. Don’t play to much games, it is bad for your study.

All in all, as a student, we don’t need to use the Internet. However, Adults have to use the internet. We should study hard instead of using the Internet.