2013-2014外研版八年级英语上期中试题及答案

2013-2014学年度第一学期期中质量检测八年级英语试题友情提示：自信是走向成功的第一步！相信自己，祝你成功！1. 本试题分第I卷和第II卷两部分，考试时间为60分钟；第I卷一、听力部分（共20小题）略二、单项选择（共15小题）16. Tim is___ ___ boy. He is very lovely.A. a 8-year-oldB. an 8-year-oldC. a 8-years-oldD. an 8-years-old17. – ______have you been at this school?– Since I finished primary school.A. How longB. How soonC. WhenD. How many times18. – Betty, long time no see.___________?– Everything is Ok. ThanksA. Where are youB. What were you doingC. What are you up toD. How is it going19. There is nothing interesting in the newspaper, ________?A. isn’t thereB. is thereC. isn’t itD. is it20. Is there _____ in the bag?A. something newB. new somethingC. anything elseD. else anything21. – Is this coat yours? I found it on the playground.–Yes. Thank you . And I must ________ my things well.A. look afterB. look forC. look atD. look like22. When __ the spacecraft ______ the Mars?A. has, reachedB. did, getC. did, reachD. has; got to23. – Is your brother a basketball player?– Of course. He ___________the basketball club for four years.A. has joinedB. has come toC. has taken partD. has been in24. Remember ______ this book to the library tomorrow.A. returningB. to borrowC. to returnD. borrowing25. – What do you know about Steve Jobs?– He was __an amazing leader ____ the father of the computer. He died on October 5th.A. not ; butB. not ;orC. not only; but alsoD. either; or26. I saw some students _________ on the playground while I was walking by it.A. enjoy himselfB. enjoy myselfC. enjoying yourselfD. enjoying themselves27. How much does an iphone 4s _________ ?A. spendB. costC. payD. pay for28. His family ________ Austria. They aren’t back yet.A. have been toB. have gone toC. has been toD. has been in29. The old man lives _______, but he doesn’t feel _______.A. alone; lonelyB. lonely; aloneC. alone; aloneD. lonely; lonely30. My brother prefers ___________ football.A. swimming to playingB. to swim to playC. swim to playD. swimming than playing三、完形填空（共10小题）I believe that listening is powerful (强效的) medicine.It was Sunday. I had the last patient (病人) to see and I got into her room. She was an old woman, sitting on the bed, tryingto 31 her socks. I said to her ―How are you feeling? The nurse says y our son is visiting you today. I’m sure you’ll be 32 to see him.‖She 33 me with a serious voice, ―Sit down, doctor. This is my story, not yours.‖I was surprised. I sat down and helped her with the socks. She began to tell me that her only son lived not far from her, 34 she had not seen him for five years. She believed her health problems were worse 35 missing her son. After hearing her story and helping her put on her socks, I asked if there was 36 I could do for her. She said ―no‖ and smiled. All she wanted me to do was to 37 .Each story is 38 . Some are clear; others are not. Some are true; others are not, yet all those things do not really matter. What matters to the storyteller is that the story is heard.Listening to some one’s story costs nothing but it is the key to healing (康复). I often 39 what the woman taught me, and I always tell myself it is 40 to stop, sit down and truly listen. I believe in the power of listening.31. A. put off B. get off C. take off D. put on32. A. happy B. angry C. lucky D. sorry33. A. showed B. stopped C. asked D. caught34. A. or B. so C. but D. if35. A. because of B. because C. by D. in addition to36. A. all B. anything C. nothing D. everything37. A. see B. wait C. listen D. speak38. A. terrible B. different C. difficult D. true39. A. think of B. dream of C. talk about D. laugh at40. A. wrong B. difficult C. important D. different四、阅读理解（共15小题）AMany young people in China know about Celine Dion （席琳·迪翁），the famous French Canadian pop singer. She sang the song ― My heart will go on‖ for the movie Titanic. But do you know she had already bec ome popular before she sang this song.Celine Dion’s hometown was in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. She is the youngest of the fourteen children in a musical family. Her parents and large family formed a singing group. They traveled and played folk music. They were well known in their hometown. Celine’s mother wrote her first song for her, and she recorded (录制) it with her brother when she was twelve years old. Then a local rock manager named Rene Angelil was interested in them. He asked Mrs Dion to take her two children to come to his office. Later on he gave strong support(支持) for Celine. In 1994, they were married.As a singing star, Celine Dion won many prizes and soon became popular all over the world. She sang at the opening of the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, USA. In 1997, she made the whole world hit with the song ―My heart will go on‖.41. There were _______ people in Celine’s family.A. 15B. 16C. 17D. 1842. Celine Dion’s family were ______ in their hometown.A. famousB. richC. poorD. kind43. Celine Dion recorded her first song with ______.A. her sisterB. her motherC. her fatherD. her brother44. In _____, Celine Dion sang at the opening of the Olympic Cames.A. 1999B. 1998C. 1997D. 1996BCan we live without salt? No, salt is very important to us, we needsalt in our food. Animals need it, too. Most of the salt in our country comes from the sea. People dig very big pools and let sea water in .When the sun dries up the water, people can get salt from the ground . The salt iswhite ,clean and beautiful.There are a lot of salt wells（井）in Sichuan. A salt well is much like a water well. People bring the well water up to the ground and then dry it in big jars over fire. In this way, they get salt.We can also get salt from salt mines(矿). A salt mine may be found under the ground. Some years ago, people in Jiangxi found a big salt mine and soon opened it. People there don’t need salt from other places any more.In the northwest of our country, there are many salt lakes. Some of these lakes are very big. The salt even in a big lake will be enough for our people for centuries.45. We can’t live without salt ,so __________.A. we need itB. it is the most important to usC. animals need it , tooD. there is salt in all our food46. We get most of the salt from ________.A. salt lakesB. salt wellsC. sea waterD. salt mines47. Which statement is not true according to the passage?A. People in Sichuan get salt from salt wells.B. Salt is white and cleanC. People in Jiangxi get salt from salt minesD. There are many salt lakes in Fujian.48. The best title（题目）for this article is_________A. SaltB. Why We Need SaltC. Salt Is ImportantD. We Need SaltCTimetableMonday19:00—21:30Space and ManDr. Thomas WestWould you like to know more about the universe?(4 weeks) Wednesday18:30—21:00Computer ScienceProf. Harry Morison fromCambridge UniversityLearn to use Windows 2000(12 weeks)Friday19:00—21:30Modern MedicineProf. Lucy GreenWould you like to know medicalscience?(6 weeks)Saturday14:00—17:00Technical EnglishProf. Rose BeetDo you want to learn technical words and read technical articles?(16 weeks) Sunday8:30—11:30Exhibition of personal InventionsYou can see many inventions by the students; you may also bring your own inventions.(2 weeks)49. The computer science teacher comes from ___________.A. CanadaB. ChinaC. AmericaD. England50.You may have a chance to show your inventions on _____________.A. MondayB. SundayC. WednesdayD. Friday51.You may learn how to keep healthy from ______.A. Dr. WestB. Prof. BeetC. Prof. GreenD. Prof. Morison52.If you want to learn something about Mars, you can go to the class from ____.A. 19:00—21:30 on MondayB. 8:30—11:30 on SundayC. 14:00—17:00 on SaturdayD. 19:00--- 21:30 on FridayDMany American presidents in the 19th century were born in poor families. They spent their childhood in little wooden rooms. They got little education. Washington and Lincoln, for example, never went to school and they taught themselves. Lincoln once did jobs of a worker, a shopkeeper and a postmaster in his early years.A large number of American presidents had experiences in the army. The two best known were Ulysses Grant and Dwight D. Eisenhower. Grant was a general in the American Civil War and Eisenhower was a hero in World War II. It happened that they graduated from the same school --- West Point Military Academy (西点军校). One may be surprised to learn that both of them did not do well in the school. Eisenhower, for example, was once fined ( 罚款) because he broke the rules of the school.The jobs of the US presidents are tiring. He must keep an eye on anything important that happens both at home and abroad. Every day, a lot of work waits for him to do and he has to make many important decisions. When Franklin Roosevelt was a child, he was once brought to visit President Taft. The old president said to him, ―When you grow up, you should not be president. It’s a tiring job.‖53. How many American presidents in the 19th century are mentioned(提到) in thispassage?A. FourB. FiveC. SixD. Seven54.In this passage, ―keep an eye on‖ means ―_____‖.A. take care ofB. seeC. look atD. stare at55.The second paragraph mainly tells us _____.A. that Eisenhower became famous in World War IIB. how Grant became a generalC. that Grant and Eisenhower were both schoolmatesD. that many of the US presidents had served in the army第II卷五、阅读表达（阅读短文，然后完成所给的任务，共5小题）Taiwan’s pop star Jam Hsiao is a man of few words. But you can get to know about him from his latest book Jam Hsiao’s Adulthood Ceremony (《萧敬腾的成年礼》). It will be in bookstores in early November.Xiao (A )______ (become) famous as a challenger （挑战者）on Taiwan’s popular singing competition show The One Million Star (星光大道) in 2007. He is a good singer. ①He says music has changed his life.Back in his junior middle school（初中）years, Jam (B )_____(be) a ―headache‖ Kid. He often got into bad fights(打架) . It was a way of killing time. He was always at the bottom(底部) of his class in school.However, one day, his teacher suggested(建议), ―Why not put your time into making music. He decided to learn jazz drumming first. Then he taught himself other musical instruments including(包括) keyboards, piano, guitar, flute, and saxophone.―It’s music that took me off the streets. Music is my way in life,‖ said 21-year-old Jam.1. 根据短文内容，在空白处填上恰当的单词（每空一词）Jam Hsiao wasn’t ______ ______ his lessons in school.2. Jam learned to play the instruments from his teacher, didn’t he?____________________________________________________________3. What has changed Jam’s life? （用完整句子回答）______________________________________________________________4. 将划线句①翻译成汉语。