八年级英语期中测试题

2009—2010学年度八年级下学期英语期中测试题一、单项选择. (每小题1分，共计15分)1. –Will there be less pollution in ten years ?-No, there .A. willB. isC. won’tD. are2 .If you want to be thinner and healthier ,you should eat food and take exercise .A. more , fewerB. more ,lessC. fewer , moreD.less , more3. The boy was walking down the street the UFO landed.A. whenB. whileC. afterD. before4. It was a(n) news for all the student.A . disappointB . excitedC . excitingD . disappointed5.Yesterday the teacher told us the moon around the earth .A . wentB .would goC . movesD . moved6.Alice to see her aunt if she free tomorrow .A.will go , will beB. go , isC. will go , isD. goes , will be7.Could you please me some ?A. giving , advicesB. give , advicesC. give , adviceD.to give , advice8.Don’t leave your books on the table . Please .A. take away itB. take it awayC. take away themD.take them away9.I hear there a football match between China and Spain tonight .A.will haveB. is going to haveC. hasD. is going to be10.—I’m sorry I my notebook at home .--- That’s all right . But don’t to bring it to school tomorrow .A.left , forgotB.forgot , leftC.left , forgetD.forget , left11. I don’t know his address . Could you tell me ?A.how can I get thereB.where he livedC.where does he liveD.how to get there12.-- will the foreigh students be back from Qvfu ?-- In about half an hour ,I think .A. HowB.How oftenC.How soonD.How long13. Last week I argued my friend this matter .A.with , withB. with , aboutC. to , aboutD. about , about14. --I had a bad cold last week .-- . I hope you are much better now .A. I think soB. I ’m sorry to hear thatC. What a bad coldD. That sounds great .15. There are students in our school .About of them are girls .A. hundred of , two hundredsB. hundreds of , two hundredC. hundreds of , two hundreds二、完形填空. (共两篇，每小题1分，共计20分)（A）A professor (教授) told his students to go into the poor village 1 the life of 20 boys . He asked them to 2 reports about each boy’s life and future . Every one of his students wrote ,“He doesn’t have any hope”Twenty years later , another professor read the reports . He told his students to find out what happened 3 the twenty boys . They tried hard and found out 18 of the boys successfully became teachers , doctors 4 scientists .The professor was very 5 and decided to study it there . 6 , all the 18 men were still living near the village , and he was able to ask each one , “What made you 7 ?”Each one answered , “There was a teacher .”The teacher was an old woman . She was still living in the village . So the professor found her 8 , and asked the old woman 9 she used to change them into successful people .The teacher said , “It’s really very easy . I love those boys . I’m sure everyone10 hope .”1. A.study B.studied C.to study D.is studying2. A.read B.study C.write D.listen3. A.on B.with C.at D.to4. A.and B.for C.or D.with5. A.glad B.angry C.exciting D.surorised6. A.Luck B.Lucky C.Luckily D.Unlucky7. A.successful B.popular C.happy D.hard-working8. A.easy B.easily C.easier D.hard-working9. A.why B.what C.where D.how10. A.have B.has C.had D.is(B)There is good news for the children in the countryside. We may still remember the girl 1. big eyes. Her big eyes are 2. us her dream: I wish to 3. ! In China, there are still 4. girls and boys like her. They want to go to school, but their 5. are too poor. If the family has two or three children, it is harder to 6. the money for all the children. So the parents often ask 7. to stay at home, and boys to go to school.Now they needn’t 8. money. From 2006 on, children can go to school for free in some poor places. They don’t have to pay for books and other things. Some of them can even get money from government(政府) to make their life 9. .Soon, all the children in the countryside can go to school for free. All families are very happy with the news. It is 10. great.1.A .with B .on C.to D .in2.A .saying B.telling C .speaking D.talking3.A .go to work B. go to bed C. go to school D.go home4.A.a lot B.lot of C. a lot of D. much5.A. schools B. cities C.houses D. families6.A. pay B. take C. buy D. lend7. A. teachers B.girls C. boys D. all the children8.A. look up B. turn on C. worry about D. make sure9.A. better B.shorter C. longer D. worse10. A. not B. never C. hardly D. really三、阅读理解。

（共两篇，每小题2分，共计20分）(A)Life in the twenty-first century(世纪) will be different from life today. Between then and now many changes will take place, but what will the changes be?The population is growing fast. There will be many people in world and most of them will live longer than people live now.Computers will be much smaller and more useful, and there will be at least one in every home. And computer studies will be one of the important subjects in schools then.People will work fewer hours than they do now and they will have more free time for sports, watching TV and travel. Traveling will be much cheaper and easier. And many more people will go to other countries for holidays.There will be changes in our food, too. More land will be used for building new towns and houses for all the people. Then there will be less room for cows and sheep, so meat will be more expensive. Maybe no one will eat it every day. Instead they will eat more fruit and vegetable. Maybe people will be healthier.Work in the future will be different, too. Dangerous and hard work will be done by robots. Because of this, many people will not have enough work to do. This will be a problem.( ) 1. In the next century people don’t’ have to ______________.A. work long hoursB. work fastC. walk on footD. eat meat( ) 2. People may not eat _____________as much as they do today.A. fruitB. fishC. meatD. rice( ) 3. One big problem in the future is that __________.A.many people don’t have to workB.many people will not be able to find workC.people won’t have enough food to eatD.all the work will be done by robots( ) 4. Every family will have at least one ________ in the next century.A. robotB. cowC. TV setD. computer ( ) 5. In the future _________________.A. traveling will be more expensiveB. computers will be less importantC. people will be too busy to do sports.D. computers will be much smaller.（B）Many teenagers (青少年) feel that the most important people in their lives are their friends. They believe that their family members don’t know them as well as their friends do. In large families, it is quite usual for brothers and sisters to fight with each other. When this happens they can only go to their friends for company.It is very important for teenagers to have one good friend or a group of friends. Even when they are not with their friends, they usually spend a lot of time talking to each other on the phone. This communication (交际) is very important while children are growing up. Friends can discuss things that are difficult to talk about with family members.However, parents often try to choose their children’s friends for them. Some parents may even stop their children from meeting their friends. Have you ever thought of the following questions?Who choose your friends? Do you choose your friends or your friends choose you? Have you got a friend your parents don’t like?Your answers are welcome .1.Many teenagers think that ______ can understand them better.A.friendsB.brothersC.sistersD.parents2.________is very important to teenagers.A.To make friendsmunicationC.To stop meeting friendsD.Discuss with their friends3.When teenagers hace something difficult to say to their parents,they usually_______.A.stay alone at homeB.fight with their parentsC.discuss it with their friendsD.go to their brothers and sisters for help4.The sentence" your answers are welcome "means "_______".A.You are welcome to discuss the question with usB.We've got no idea,so your answers are welcomeC.Your answers are always rightD.You can give us all the right answers5.Which of the following is the writer's attitude(态度）？A.Parents should choose friends for their children.B.Children should choose anything they like.C.Parents should understand their childen better.D.Teenagers should only go to their friends for help.四、单词拼写与应用。