2018年八年级(上册)英语期中试题[附答案解析]

一、听力部分（20分）（一）听小对话，选择图片（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）1．When was Jim born?2．Wh ich is Peter's favorite sport?3．Where should the boy put the salt?4．What did Tony have to practice this morning?5．What are the speakers talking about?（二）听小对话，回答问题（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）6.What does the man suggest the woman should do?A. Close the window.B. See a doctor.C. Take some medicine.7．How soon will Mr. Brown come?A．In five minutes B．In five hours C．In five days8．What was the weather like in Beijing last Sunday?A．Fine B．Not so good C．Rainy9．Where is the man probably going this afternoon?A．To a hospital B．To a bookstore C．To a museum10．How much did the man pay for the pen?A．Three dollars B．Six dollars C．Ten dollars（三）听长对话，回答问题（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）11. What does the woman want to talk about with the coach?A. About the game.B. About coaching.C. About football.12. How long did the coach play professional football?A. For 2 years.B. For 10 y earsC. For 10 months.13. How did he break his leg?A. In a football match.B. In a traffic accident.C. Falling off a tree.14. What did he want to do?A. To coach profe ssional football.B. To coach university football.C. To coach high school football.15. Why is he coaching university men now?A. Because he wants to play with young men.B. Because the university wanted him and asked himC. Because he doesn’t want to work with young women.笔试部分（80分）二．完形填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

English is the most widely spoken in the world. ___16___ a native language(母语) ,it’s spoken by most people in the USA, Great Britain, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. It's also very widely used as a (an) ___17___language in many other countries of the world. English is almost____18___.It's one of the world's most important ___19___ as it is so widely used. That's why more and more people in China are ___20_____in learning English.Many students in China are learning English. Some of these students are small___21____. Others are teenagers(十几岁的青少年). Many are adults. Some learn at school, others study by____22____. A few learn English language over the radio, on television, or in films. One must work hard ___23____another language. Why do all these people want to learn English? It is ___24___to answe r that question. Many boys and girls learn English at school ___25____it is one of their subjects. They study their own language and maths and English ... Some people learn English because it is ___26___for their work. Many people often learn English for their ___27___studies, because at college or university(大学) some of their booksare ____28__English. ___29____people learn English , because they want to ___30___ newspapers and magazines in English.16. A As B To C Of D In17. A native B foreign C new D old18. A somewhere B anywhere C everywhere D nowhere19. A language B a language C the language D languages20. A interest B interested C interesting D interests21. A boys B girls C children D teachers22. A themselves B herself C yourselves D himself23. A learn B to learn C learning D learned24. A different B easily C difficult D hardly25. A be cause B but C however D although26. A useful B useless C careful D careless27. A far B farther C further D farthest28. A on B for C at D in29. A another B other C the other D others30. A read B watch C notice D see三．阅读理解（共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分）阅读下列短文，然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

AQ31. Tokyo One is the name of a _________.A. hotelB. restaurantC. food supermarketD. museum32. Tokyo One is in ________.A. Tokyo.B. SydneyC. HoustonD. London33. We can go to Tokyo One for lunch at ________.A. 10:30am on MondayB. 3:00pm on FridayC. 11:00am on SaturdayD. 2:30pm on Sunday34. We can have dinner in Tokyo One at 9:40pm ________.A. on SaturdayB. on TuesdayC. on WednesdayD. on Thursday35. Tokyo One offers us the following information except _______.A. locationB. telephone numberC. websiteD. food priceBThe sun is always shining. But it can only shine on one side of the earth at one time. When the sun is shining on one side of the earth, it is night on the other side.At night, you can see the stars. The stars are in the sky all day. But the light from the sun is so bright that you can’t see them. When night comes, there is no light, and the stars are bright enough to see. The stars look very small. But some of them are even bigger than the sun. They look small because they are so far away from you. Big things look much smaller when they are far away. The sun is closer to the earth than other stars, so it looks bigger. 36．When it is night, the sun ________ .A. doesn’t shineB. shines for a short timeC. disappears (消失)D. shines on the other side of the earth37．We can’t see the stars in the sky at daytime because ________ .A. there are no stars thereB. the stars are much smaller than the sunC. the bright light from the sun makes them not seenD. the stars come out only at night38．The stars look small because ________ .A. they are far awayB. they are smallC. they have no lightD. they are in the sky39. Small things ma y look ________ when they are close.A. biggerB. smallC. nearD. far away40．The sun looks bigger than other stars because ________ .A. it’s biggerB. it’s far away in the skyC. it gives much bright lightD. it’s closer to the earth than other stars四．词汇运用（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）A）用所给单词的正确形式填空。