青竹湖八上英语期中试卷

初二年级八年级上册期中考试青竹湖湘一II 知识运用（两部分，共20小题，计20分）第一节单项选择从A，B，C三个选项中选出最佳答案填空。

（10小题，计10分）（）21. She is ___________________ girl.A. a eight-years-oldB. eight years oldC. an eight-year-old（）22. His brother isn’t good at sports, so he ______ exercis es in the morning.A. oftenB. hardly everC. always（）23.—Did you go ______ on vacation?—No, I stayed at home.A. somewhere interestingB. anywhere interestingC. interesting anywhere（）24. The second show is ______ the first on e, so I don’t really enjoy the first one.A. more interesting thanB. more boring thanC. as boring as（）25. She likes ______ jokes, so she always makes her brothers ______.A. talking; laughsB. telling; laughC. speaking; to laugh（）26. Mr. Wang has two sons.______ of them are primary school students.A. EachB. AllC. Both（）27. Tom is one of ______ students in our class.A. smartB. smarterC. the smartest（）28. We decide ______ because it rained heavily.A. to climb the mountainB. climbing the mountainC. not to climb the mountain（）29. ______ he is very young, ______ he can do many things.A. Though, butB. Though, /C. /, though（）30.—______ do you think of soap operas?—I love them.A. WhyB. WhatC. How第二节完形填空通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从所给的A，B，C三个选项中选出一个最佳的答案。

（共10小题，计10分）Smile is the best way of making friends.When I was thirteen 31 old, my father found a job in the city. So my family moved there. I also came to a 32 school near my home. My old school was far away. At first, I didn’t know anyone in my class. I was very lonely, 33 I was afraid to make friends with my classmates. I 34 talked to anyone about my problem, and I didn’t want my parents to 35 me.Then one day, something good happened. I was sitting at my desk 36 as usual while my classmates were talking happily with each other. At that moment, 37 came into the classroom. I don’t know who he was. He passed me and then turned back. He 38 me without a word. He just smiled. Suddenly, I felt happy and warm. That smile changed my life. I started to talk with the other classmates and made friends. Day by day, I became 39 to everyone in my class.40 the smile, I have moved on to a new life. Now, I believe that the world is what you think it is. So smile at the world and it will smile back.（）31. A. weeks B. months C. years（）32. A. old B. new C. same（）33. A. because B. so C. though（）34. A. never B. sometimes C. always（）35. A. talk to B. look after C. worry about（）36. A. early B. unhappily C. quickly（）37. A. a girl B. a boy C. some boys（）38. A. looked at B. talked to C. listened to（）39. A. closer B. older C. cooler（）40. A. Except for B. Without C. Thanks toIII 阅读技能（共15小题，计30分）第一节阅读短文，从每道题所给的A，B，C三个选项中，选出最佳选项回答问题。

（共10小题，计20分）ADo you have any foreign friends? Do you know their characteristics(特征)?The Germans are very quiet and they always keep calm. They don’t like to speak more words. They look very serious. They like different kinds of amusements. The Germans are very hard-working. They like tidiness, especially the woman, who always keep their home clean.In some ways, the Englishmen look the same as Germans. They are very quiet and never talk too much with the strangers. They are really polite, so we often hear they say. “Thank you.” Or “Sorry.” The gentlemen are also the Englishmen.The holidays in France are very long. Frenchmen like traveling and usually spend their long time staying in other countries. The Frenchmen are more outgoing than The Germans. It is very easy to make friends with them.Compared with the Frenchmen, the Americans are more outgoing. And they are even opener than all of the Europeans. They don’t like to depend on others. So it isvery common that the students do part-time jobs in their free time. And in Americans’ eyes, success is an important part in their life.（）41. According to the passage, ______ are very quiet.A. only the GermansB. only the EnglishmenC. both the Germans and the Englishmen（）42. What does the underlined word “tidiness” mean in Chinese?A.整洁B.安静C.时尚（）43. In the writ er’s eyes, the gentlemen are ______.A. the GermansB. the AmericansC. the Englishmen（）44. What can we learn about the Frenchmen from the passage?A. They are more outgoing than the Americans.B. It is very easy to make friends with them.C. They like traveling in their own country.（）45. Which is the best title of the passage?A. Foreigners’ hobbies.B. Who are more outgoing?C. Characteristics of the foreigners.BSkin-diving (浮潜) is a new sport today. This sport takes you to a wonderful new world. It’s like a visit to the moon. When you’re under water, it’s easy for you to climb big rocks(岩石), because you are not heavy anymore.Everything is blue and green under the water. During the day, there’s enough light(光) to see everything. When fish swim nearby, you can catch them with your hands.When you have tanks of air(氧气罐) on your back, you can stay in deep water for a long time. But you must be careful when you dive in deep water.It’s the most interesting part of this sport to catch fish. There are more uses for skin-diving, too. You can clean ships without taking them out of water. You can get many things from the deep sea.Now you can see that skin-diving is useful and interesting.（）46. Skin-diving can take you to _______.A. the moonB. the mountainsC. the deep sea（）47. You can climb big rocks under water because _______.A. you are strongB. the fish nearby help youC. you aren’t as heavy as on the land(陆地)（）48. Under water, skin-diving _______ in the day-time.A. can see anything clearlyB. can see nothingC. can see only fishes （）49. With tanks of air on your back, you can _______.A. catch fish very easilyB. stay in deep water for a long timeC. be in the safe place（）50. Which of the following is NOT true?A. Skin-diving is a new sport.B. Skin-diving is like visiting the moon.C. The only use of skin-diving is to have more fun.第三节阅读下面的材料，然后根据材料内容回答所提问题。