八年级英语(共9页)

1、精选优质文档-倾情为你奉上2017-2018学年度下学期期中质量检测八年级英语试题（时间：100分钟 满分：120分）一、听力（1×20）（一）听句子，选择最佳答语，每个句子读一遍。1. A. How do you do?B. Its good.C. And you?2. A. Last month.B. Tomorrow.C. By plane.3. A. Yes, I am.B. No, it isntC. Thank you.4. A. It slow.B. I want to travel by air.C. I dont think so.（二）听五段对话，选择正确答案，每

2、段对话读两遍。6. Where is the woman going next Wednesday?A. New York.B. Beijing.C. London.7. Which of the following is not mentioned?A. The Yangtze River.B. The yellow river.C. The Song River.8. How does the girl go to the library on Sunday?A. On foot.B. By bike.C. By bus.9. What happened to the boy when h

3、e spent his vacation in London?A. He lost his cellphone.B. He caught a cold.C. He had a fever.10. Where are they?A. In the library.B. At the bus stop.C. On the bus.（三）听两段较长对话，选择正确答案，每段对话读两遍。听第一段对话，回答11-12题。11. Where does the woman want to go?A. The hospital.B. The museum.C. The bank.12. Which bus ca

4、n the woman take?A. The No.1 bus.B. The No.2 bus.C. The No.4 bus.听第一段对话，回答13-15题。13. How many books does the man want to borrow?A. Two.B. Three.C. Five.14. What is the man?A. A teacher.B. A student.C. A worker.15. How long can the man keep the books?A. For two weeks.B. For three weeks.C. For a month

5、.（四）听独白，选择正确答案，独白读两遍。16. What will Cathy do next week?A. Go on a trip.B. Go to college.C. Go to the hospital.17. What did Cathy find in her room?A. A box.B. A model bike.C. A schoolbag.18. What did Cathy do every night before she slept when she was little?A. She watched TV.B. She listened to stories

6、 told by her mother.C. She played with her toy bear.19. Who gave Cathy the toy bear?A. Her father.B. Her mother.C. Her grandma.20. For how many years has Cathy had the bike?A. Five.B. Seven.C. Ten.二、选择填空（1×10）从每题A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案21. Dick _ in America, but he has been _ Chinese food since he

7、 moved to China.A. used to live; used to eatingB. is used to live; used to eatC. is used to live; used to eatingD. used to living; used to eat22.-Could you please fold the clothes, Mary? -_. A. Yes, I could B. No, I couldntC. Yes, sureD. No, I wont23.You _ write him a letter to say you are sorry for

8、 it. I m not good at writing letters. I want to talk about it _ the phone.A. could；onB. should；inC. can；overD. must；by24. Jennys _sister is two years _than her. A. elder, older B. elder, elder C. older, elder D. older, older 25. _talk with them about your problems? A. Would you like B. Why dont C. H

9、ow about D. Why not 26. Jacks mother was so tired. She fell asleep _ she lay down on the bed. A. until B. so that C. though D. as soon as 27. -Could I _your bicycle? -Sure, and you can _ it for a week. A. borrow, borrow B. borrow, keep C. lend, lend D. lend, borrow 28. I had a fight with my brother

10、this morning. _A. Thats nothing.B. Great! You are right.C. You should say sorry to him.D. You shouldnt talk to him first. 29. -Mrs. White, can I leave my homework for tomorrow? -Im afraid not. Dont _ what you can do today till tomorrow.A. put offB. put awayC. put onD. put up30. -Could you tell me wh

11、ere you found Miss Gao just now? - Certainly. In the principals office. They _ happily at that time.A. are talkingB. have talkedC. were talkingD. talked三、完形填空 （1×15） 阅读短文，从每题A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出一个能填入文章中相应空白处的最佳答案。A few years ago, the company I work for sent my wife and me to live in New York for a y

12、ear. Ive always loved running, so I was really31when I found out the apartment they had rented for us was next to Central Park. This meant that I could go to the park to32every morning before I went to work. A lot of people had told me to33robbers（抢劫者）in the park, so usually I didnt take any34w

13、ith me. What could robbers do to me? But one morning, my wife gave me a $10 bill and asked me to buy some bread on the way.35I was running through the park, another jogger（慢跑者）knocked into me. Just as I was36what was happening, he said sorry to me and37running. I thought it was kind of38, and sudden

14、ly it reminded me of my money, so I checked my pocket and found that the money was39.Without thinking twice I ran after that jogger. The minute I held him by the arm, I40,“Give my money back! Now!”I am not usually a hot-headed person,41I got really angry this time. This seemed to frighten（使害怕）him, a

15、nd he42the money and gave it to me. Then he ran away as43as he could. I bought the bread and went home. As soon as I got home, I began to tell my wife my44 .“You wont believe what happened to me,”I started. She immediately stopped me,“I know, you 45the money for the bread on the kitchen table.”

16、 31. A. freeB. proudC. happyD. patient32. A. runB. chatC. readD. dance33. A.be mad atB.be strict with C.be careful of D.be afraid of34. A. drinkB. moneyC. foodD. medicine35. A. BeforeB. AfterC. SinceD. While36. A. watchingB. wonderingC. reportingD. reviewing37. A. stoppedB. forgotC. practicedD.

17、 continued38. A. strangeB. scaryC. crazyD. dangerous39. A. safeB. brokenC. missing D. remaining40. A. explainedB. laughed C. thoughtD. shouted41. A. butB. untilC. unlessD. although42. A. used upB. took out C. put downD. gave away43. A. angrilyB. quietlyC. quickly D. carefully44. A. storyB. eventC. s

18、ecretD. tour45. A. gotB. leftC. tookD. brought四、阅读理解。（2×15）阅读下列短文，从每题A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出一个能回答所提问题或完成所给句子的最佳答案。A One of the most popular items （项目） in the class newspaper is the advice column（专栏）. Here are some of them and their answers:Question1: Im always late for school. I try not to be late, but

19、 I cant help it. Please advise me what to do. Tommy. Answer: You are probably late for school because you dont really like school. My advice to you is to enjoy school more, and then you wont be late so often. Question 2: I find it difficult to make friends. What do you think I should do? Sara. Answe

20、r: I cant advise you until I know more about you. Your problem may be that you are shy. On the other hand, it may be the opposite. You can try to be brave. Write and tell me more about yourself. Question3: Im always at the bottom of the class. What do you advise me to do? Molly. Answer : I advise yo

21、u to concentrate （集中注意力） on improving your grades in one subject at first. Next, try to improve your grades in another subject. If you do this, by the end of the year you should be quite a long way up from the bottom in all your subjects. 46. What is the main idea of this passage? A. The school news

22、paper has an advice column. B. Tommy wrote to the school newspaper to ask for advice. C. Sara finds it difficult to make friends. D. The advice column in the school newspaper is very popular. 47. What is Tommys problem?A. He is always late for school. B. He finds it difficult to make friends. C. He

23、is always at the bottom of the class. D. He needs help with his homework. 48. What does the adviser （建议者） want Sara to do?A. Stop being so shy. B. Stop being so brave. C. Make more friends. D. Give more information about herself. 49. What does Molly want to do? A. Make more friends. B Improve her gr

24、ades. C. Stay at the bottom of her class. D. Concentrate on one subject at a time. 50. By the end of the year, what should Molly have in all her subjects?A. At the bottom. B. At little way up from the bottom. C. Quite a long way up from the bottom. D. At the top. BWe spent this holiday with our uncl

25、e. He loved to go on walks to collect stones. One day, he bought us backpacks（背包）and asked us to go to the mountain with him, and carry the stones.The whole day we walked around. Every now and then he put stones in our bags. To our surprise, he also took some stones out from our bags. But we thought

26、 he had just found better stones.When we returned to the house, we were very tired. The backpacks were so heavy that we felt relaxed when we put them down. Yet our uncles backpack was half empty.“Why did you put so many stones into our backpacks?” we asked.“I didnt. You did,” he said.“You didnt know

27、 it, but I gave you a test today. I listened to every word you said. Whenever you were complaining（抱怨）, I added a stone to your bags. Whenever you talked about something with positive（积极的）thinking, I took out a stone. And now look at your backpacks.” Our backpacks were full of stones.“Your negative（

28、消极的）thoughts are like stones. You carry them in your mind just like those stones in a backpack. The more negative thoughts, the heavier your mind.”With great love, our uncle taught us one of the most important lessons in life.51. How did they feel when their uncle took some stones out from their bag

29、s?A. Relaxed. B. Surprised. C. Sad.D. Tired.52. What did they find when they returned to the house?A. Their uncles bag was half empty. B. There was nothing in their uncles bag.C. Their uncles bag was full of stones. D. There were few stones in their uncles bag.53. When would their uncle add a stone

30、to their bags?A. When their uncle had interesting thoughts. B. When their uncle found a better stone.C. When they complained about something. D. When they talked about something amazing.54.According to the passage, what does the underlined word“them”refer to（指的是）?A. The bags.B. The stones. C. Positi

31、ve thoughts. D. Negative thoughts.55. What can we learn from the story?A. Everyone must accept others advice. B. We should be positive about life.C. Never think about unimportant things. D.I ts necessary to make a plan before doing things.CAs an English, I can speak three languagesEnglish, German an

32、d French, so do you think the British people are very good language learners? The fact is that they aren't.Some statistics（数据）from the survey done by the European Commission（欧盟委员会）showed that 62% of the British people only speak English. 38% speak at least one foreign language and 18% speak two

33、or more. Compared with the British people, 56% of the people in other European countries speak at least one foreign language and 28% speak two or more. From this you can see that the British people are famous for not speaking foreign languages and that they are not good language learners in Europe.A

34、nd the survey also showed that English is the most widely-spoken foreign language. Many European people can have a conversation in English. That's why my people don't think it is necessary to learn a foreign language.In Britain, students are not required to learn a foreign language. That mea

35、ns learning a foreign language is only an option at school. In UK schools, it is common for children to start learning a foreign language at 11 and many of them give it up at 14. So why don't students continue learning foreign languages at school? Because they think it is more difficult to get g

36、ood marks in languages than in other subjects such as science or history.To solve this situation, the British government is looking for different ways to improve language learning at school. One way is to start learning it at a much younger age. Another one is to give school children more choices.Ch

37、anging the British attitude（态度）to learning foreign languages may be a hard task but the government decides to try!56. Which country does the writer come from?A. America. B. China. C. Britain. D. Egypt.57. Which of the following about the British people is true?A. They are good language learners.B. 6

38、2% of them speak two or more languages.C. They are famous for speaking foreign languages.D. More than half of them only speak English.58. According to the passage, students in Britain prefer to learn _. A. science or German B. history or GermanC. science or history D. German or French59.In Para

39、graph 4,“an option”means _.A. a choice B. a game C. a mistake D. a conversation60. What is the best title of the passage?A. Speaking English B. Foreign Language Learning in the UKC. Schools in the UK D. Young English Learners五、单词拼写（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）根据首字母或汉语提示，完成下列单词的拼写，使句意明确，语言通顺。61. My parents don

40、t a_ me to hang out with my friends.62. Can you i_ what it would be like to live under the sea?63. Doctors say too much pressure is not good for a childs d_ .64. When driving, you need to know the flashing yellow light m_ you must stop.65. Kids these days have too much p_ from school. 66. The little

41、 boy o_ his seats to an old lady on the crowded bus.67. Have you ever heard of the saying“s_ is gold”?68. Mother thinks playing computer games is a w_ of time.69. It rained so _（大）last night that the lake is full of water now.70. Researchers say temperature in North Africa will continue _（上升）this su

42、mmer.六、阅读填空。（1×10）阅读下面短文,在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。In 1990, when I 71（be） nine years old, I wanted very much to find 72 pen friend. I found Ashleys address in a magazine, and decided 73（write） to her. I sent off my letter with a little hope. Very quickly, I received her letter. 74 my

43、 surprise, Ashley was only one month 75（old） than me. I learned some new expressions from her. I 76（real） liked this new friend. Letter after letter, year after year, Ashley and I continued to write to one another. A letter would be received and Id write back right away. We would send each othe

44、r birthday and Christmas 77（gift）. Eight years later, my parents decided it was time 78 me to meet this friend. They drove me down to Mississippi for a few days. We 79（have）a fun time together. We did the things that teenage girls love to do. Twenty-five years after the 80（one） letter, Ash

45、ley and I still have an amazing friendship. Although we dont write letters now, we communicate through mobile phones and the Internet. 71. 72. 73. 74. 75. 76. 77. 78. 79. 80. 七、任务型阅读。（2×5）阅读下面短文,根据短文内容,完成下列各题。（共5小题,计10分）Friendship Day is a great day for celebrating friendship. It falls on

46、the first Sunday of August every year. Celebrating the festival was firstly started by the US in 1935. But now this doesn't only happen in the US. People in other countries are interested in it, too.The idea of spending the day with friends was spread all over the world. With more and more countries joining in the celebrations, Friendship Day soon became an international festival.Between 1935