八年级英语外研版上学期期中试题.doc

八年级英语外研版上学期期中试题 二、单项选择（20分）( ）21.Mozart wrote his first opera _the age of 12. A. in B. on C. at D. for( ) 22. It is a story about a young boy _Harry Porter. A. call B. calling C. calls D. called( ) 23. Your grandfather likes Chinese classical music _ he?A. is B. isnt C. does D. doesnt ( ) 24. Tom! What _are you doing here? -Sorry, Mrs. Li. I fall asleep. A. on earth B. on the earth C. at earth D. in the earth( ) 25. When you walk _the road, please look left, then right.A. through B. across C. over D. on( ) 26. We couldnt eat in the restaurant because _of us had money with us.A. none B. on one C. nothing D. all( ) 27. Why _invite our English teacher to the party?A. dont B. dont you C. not you D. not to ( ) 28. He told me his address but I _ it.A. am forgetting B. was forgetting C. have forgotten D. forget( ) 29. Mr. Liu is _teacher that we all love him.A. such a popular B. so a popular C. quite popular a D. very popular a( ) 30. You dont know _I want to see you! We havent seen each other for a year.A. how much B. how long C. how often D. how soon( ) 31. There are about _people in the hall.A. two hundred of B. two hundreds C. hundred of D. two hundred ( ) 32. What shall we do if it _tomorrow?A. will rain B. rain C. rains D. rained( ) 33. Lingling. You have come back from Beijing. Have you taken any photos?Yes, Ill _ tomorrow.A. show them to you B. show you them C. show you to them D. show it to you( ) 34. Two of them are here. But where are _students?A. the other B. others C. the others D. another( ) 35. My mothers new hair style makes her _much younger.A. looks B. look C. to look D. looking ( ) 36. How about _out for some coffee? -sorry. I have a bad headache today.A. go B. going C. to go D. goes( ) 37. Our life will be a lot _than it is now. A. good B. well C. better D. best( ) 38. -_you _your homework yet? -Yes, I _it a moment ago.A. Did, do, finished B. Have, done, finished C. Have, done, have finished D. will, do, finish( ) 39. Its polite _ “Thank you” when you receive something from someone.A. to say B. say C. saying D. says( ) 40. My mother _cooking when I got home yesterday afternoon. A. were cooking B. has cooked C. cooked D. was cooking三、 阅读理解（30分） AFranz Schubert was a famous musician in the world. But he lived a very hard life and often got hungry when he was young. One day he went into a small restaurant, hoping he might meet some friends there. He looked around but found nobody he could borrow any money from. Then his eyes fell on a paper on one of the tables. In it was a short poem. He read the poem. He wrote a piece of music for the poem and took his work(作品)to the owner of the restaurant. He only had a dish of beef and potatoes for it. Thirty years after his death, this Manuscript by Schubert was worth about 40,000 francs. It was his famous Berceuse(摇篮曲) .( ) 41. Franz Schubert was _.A. a writer B. a teacher C. a restaurant owner D. a musician( ) 42. This story tells us _.A. what happened to Schubert one day B. Schubert made a lot of moneyC. Berceuse was sold at last D. Schubert became a rich man( ) 43. The underlined word “manuscript” means _in Chinese.A.诗报 B。 散文 C。 手稿 D。 油画（ ）44. The writer of the story thought _.A. the restaurant owner had pity (同情) on the musician.B. the restaurant owner should give more to the musicianC. the manuscript was just worth a dish of beef and potatoesD. the restaurant owner didnt like music at all( ) 45. The best title for this passage is “_”.A. The Hard Life of Franz Schubert B. Franz Schubert, a MusicianC. Franz Schubert and Berceuse D. How Franz Schubert Became a MusicianBIt is easier to go down a hill than up it, so it is easier to fall into bad habits(习惯) than into good ones.Bad habits do not come suddenly. They come little by little while people do not notice their danger(危险). Some schoolboys first pick up bad habits in schools and on the streets. When they cannot finish their lessons, they copy from their classmates. Then they dont do homework by themselves. Then they fail in the exams. And they lose their interests in their studies. If they see other boys smoking, they also want to learn to smoke. When they get older, the habits become so strong that they can never get rid of them. And smoking is harmful to their health.How necessary(必要)it is that we get rid of a bad habit at the very beginning!( ) 46. Bad habits come _.A. quickly B. suddenly C. easily D. quietly and slowly( ) 47. Some schoolboys first pick up little bad habits _.A. when they were born B. only in classC. in schools and on the streets D. at home( ) 48. The underlined phrase “get rid of” means _.A. get to B. put on C. give up D. pick up( ) 49. When they grow up, _.A. bad habits will become smaller B. bad habits will leave C. their parents will leave them D. bad habits will become very strong ( ) 50. Smoking is _.A. a bad habit B. a good habit C. good for some people D. harmful to some peopleCWhen you jump, gravity pulls you down. When you throw a ball up, gravity pulls it down. When you sit, gravity holds you down. When you lie down, gravity holds you to the bed.We know gravity is everywhere even though we cant see it. We know it pulls on every stone, every drop of water. It pulls on everything.Gravity of the earth pulls everything towards the centre of the earth. You know this when you try to lift a heavy stone. Gravity pulls it down. The more the stone weighs, the more the gravitation force pulls on it. To lift up a stone, you must pull it up harder than gravity pulls it down.The earth has gravity and the moon also has gravity. The moon has less gravity than the earth. This means that the moons gravity does not pull as hard as the earths gravity.Do you weigh 60 kilograms? That means the pull of the earths gravity on you is 60 kilograms. If you were on the moon, you would weigh only 10 kilograms. ( ) 51. Gravity _.A. is everywhere B. can be seen everywhere C. pushes on everything D. pulls on everything high up ( ) 52. You cant lift up a big stone because _ .A. you are sick B. you dont know how to do itC. you are not strong enough to overcome the gravity D. the gravity on the stone is more than that on you ( ) 53. If you weight 50 kilograms, that means _. A. you can lift up things weighing 50 kilogramsB. the earths gravitational force on you is 50 kilograms.C. You can lift up things heavier than 50 kilograms D. The earths gravity on you is less than 50 kilograms( ) 54. If your school bag weighs two kilograms on the moon, it weighs _ kilograms on the earth. A. 40 B. 60 C. 10 D. 12( ) 55. The moon has _.A. no gravity B. more gravity than the earthC. less gravity than the earth D. as much gravity as the earth卷 非选择题（50分） 用所给单词的正确形式填空（10分）1. When you begin to learn English, you should try to _ (spell) the words by yourself.2. I hope I can travel around the world one day. It sounds _ (wonderfully)3. My parents have gone to Jinan on _ (busy) today.Dont worry. Come over to my house for dinner!4. We should spend half an hour _ (read) English in the morning. 5. Langlang is a _ (success) pianist.6. Miss Zhang speaks to fast for me _(understand)7. What are you going to do this weekend? _ (not) much, only my homework.8. This seat is _ (comfortable) than that one. 9. I heard she had an accident on her way to school. _ (luck), she didnt hurt herself.10. Dont be nervous(紧张的) . Make _ (your) at home.一、 下面两篇短文是根据你学课文改编的，请根据要求填空(15分) ALots of children in the countryside have to 1 school because their families are very poor. Its important for them to work on the farm or look after their sick( 生病的)parents or grandparents. But 2 Project Hope, they return to school again. This project has raised money and 3 the education for poor students. Because of Project Hope, 4 children have better lives. Have you 5 Project Hope? What will you do for Project Hope?A. With the help of B. paid for C. drop out of D. heard of E. thousands of B. 根据首字母及上下文意思完成单词。（10分）Dear Tina,I have already finished reading a great book in the library. Its about the moon. Its s 6 good that I have kept on reading it for three hours. It says the moon moves a 7 the earth. It also says astronauts have already b 8 to the moon. But the moon does not have the same e 9 as the earth. So people and things can not grow there. I hope I will meet a real astronaut one day. I will ask him for more i 10 about the moon and space?Do you know anything about it? Please write to me. Best wishesLin Tao二、 补全对话（直接把序号填在横线上）（5分）A. Miss Gao said I was good at speaking.B. What did your history teacher say?C. How about science?D. Youll have to try harder at scienceE. I was lazyF=Father J=JohnF: 1 .J: He said I could do better.F: Thats not so good. How about Spanish?J: Oh, 2 F: Thats nice. 3 J: Oh, well, science is very hard.F: Yes, but what did your teacher say ?J: Ummshe she said 4 F: Oh, John! 5 三、 书面表达（20分）一个来自北京的叫做“玫瑰女孩”的四人组合流行乐队来菏泽演出，你和朋友一起去看了演出，请写出你的感受（开头已给出，不