2016年上海市文来中学八年级上英语期中试卷

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2016学年第一学期八年级英语学科期中考试试卷

II. Choose the best answer.

23. Which of the following underlined parts is different in pronunciation with others? A. corner B. college

C. boring

D. force

24. We have every reason to believe that ________2022 Winter Olympics will be

successful. A. a B. an C. the D. / 25. Jack's mother was busy _________her business yesterday.

A. for

B. in

C. with

D. at 26. It's time for supper. Rick should ________home soon.

A. arrive

B. get at

C. get to

D. arrive in 27. There is a book in one of my hands. Guess what is in my _______hand? A. another B. the other C. other

D. others

28. _______college students will be sent to the west after they graduate. A. A number of B. A huge amount of C. Much

D. A little

29. It's _________to travel by air than by train.

A. more quickly

B. much quickly

C. Much quicker

D. quick

30. Mary really didn't know how to _________the trouble by herself, so she always had trouble _________ most of the things A. deal with, with B. do with, with C. deal with, in D. do with, in 31. ________science fiction, he also likes reading detective stories.

A. Except

B. Except for

C. In addition

D. In addition to 32. He jumped into the river to save the boy _______ he heard the cry for help. A. before B. though C. as soon as

D. until 33. How long has your brother _______ the youth league?

A. joined

B. taken part in

C. attended

D. been in

34. For most of Grade Nine students, their dream is ________to bed before nine

o'clock. A. go

B. to go

C. going

D. not go 35. ________important water is in our life! A. How B. What

C. How an

D. What an

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36. I find __________hard for someone to communicate with parents because

of the generation gap. A. that B. this C. it

D. its

37. We hope _________my questions as quickly as possible. A. the teacher to answer B. that the teacher would answer. C. the teacher will answer

D. the teacher's answering

38. Could you please tell me________? A. where was the new airport located

B. where the new airport is located.

C. where was the new airport located

D. where the new airport was located

39. –Would you like me to carry this suitcase for you?

--__________. A. Yes, I'd love to B. That's very kind of you

C. Never mind

D. That's all right.

III. Complete the following passage with the words or phrases in the box. Each can only be used once.

A. tired

B. lying

C. managed

D. failed

E. discussion

Lisa was running late. But as she hurried down the subway stairs, she started to feel uncomfortably warm. By the time she got to the platform, Lisa felt weak and

___40____--maybe it hadn't been a good idea to give blood the night before, she thought. She rested herself against a post close to the tracks. Several yards away，Frank, 43, and his girlfriend, Jennifer, found a spot close to where the front of the train would stop. They were deep

in ___41___ about a house they were thinking of buying

．． But when he heard the scream, followed by someone yelling, “Oh, my God, she fell in!” Frank didn't hesitate. He jumped down to the tracks and ran some 40 feet toward the body ___42___ on the rails. “ No! Not you!” his

girlfriend screamed after him

．．

By the time Frank reached Lisa, he could fel the tracks shaking and see the light coming. The train was about 20 seconds from the station. It was hard to lift her. But he ___43____to raise her four feet to the platform so that bystanders(旁观者) could hold her and drag her away from the edge. After being saved, she felt worried and said she was robbed by someone.

IV. Complete the sentences with the given words in their