八年级下册期中考试英语试卷及答案

2016-2017八年级下英语期期中考试 Ⅰ.单项选择（每小题1分，共15分） （ ）1.— What’s the matter your younger sister — She has a cough. B. at C. with D. on （ ） had a , so she went to see the dentist. A. headache B. stomachache D. fever （ ）3. She finished the novel and returned it to me in time. A. read read D. Reads （ ）4. — I forgot to take my wallet. Can you me some money — No problem. Here you are. A. lend （ ）5. Your bedroom is very dirty. Please at once. A. clean up it it up up them them up （ ）6. Mary is singing and dreams of being a singer. A. angry of in at （ ）7. — Have you heard that UFO landed on Center Street yesterday — Of course. And alien got out of the UFO and visited the TV station. ;the ;an ;an ;an （ ）8. — I have too much housework to do at home. — ask your husband for help can don’t not about （ ）9. — What are you going to do if it tomorrow — I haven’t thought about it. ’t rain ’t rain C. doesn’t rain ’t raining （ ） teacher my mobile phone because I used it in class. out away off place （ ）11.— How long can I this book — For a week.

（ ）12. The girl ice cream in the sofa while the boy paper at the table. eating;was cutting eating;cut ;was cutting ;cut （ ）13 They the library_______silence.

（ ）14. — How are you getting on with your work — I can’t do it anymore. I need help.

（ ） had to put off ____the sports meeting because of the heavy rain. A. have have D. had Ⅱ 完型填空（共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分） 阅读下面短文，从短文所给的四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项 Children are sometimes 16__ on weekends than weekdays 17_many after-school classes. Many of them are learning exam skills 18_ get into a good high school and later a good university. Others are practicing sports so that they can compete 19____ others and win. However, this doesn’t only happen in China. 20_Taylors are a typical American family. Life of Cathy Taylor’s three children 21 very busy. “ On most days after school,” Cathy says, “ I take one of my two boys to basketball practice and my daughter to football training. Then I have to take 22 son to piano lessons. Maybe I could cut 23_a few of their activities, but I believe these are important for my children’s future. I really want them 24.” However, the tired children don’t get home until after 7:00 . They have a quick dinner, and then it’s time for homework. Linda Miller, a mother of three, knows all about 25_ stress. “ In some families, competition starts very young and continues until the kids get older,” she says. “ Mothers send their small kids to all kinds of classes. And they are always 26_ them with other children. It’s crazy. I don’t think that is fair. Why not let their children be kids People should’t push their kids so hard. Doctor says 27_pressure is not good for a child’s 28_. Dr Alice Green says all these activities can cause lots of stress for children. “ Kids should have time to relax and think for 29__, too. 30__it’s normal to want successful kids, it’s even more important to have happy children for parents.” ( ) 16. A. busy B. busily C. busiest D. busier ( ) 17. A. because of C. so ( ) 18. A. so that B. in order to C. in order that D. for ( ) 19. A. to B. at C. with ( ) 20. A. a B.My D. The ( ) 21. A. is B. are C. be D. was ( ) 22. A. any other B. other C. the other D. others ( )23. A. up B. out C. down D. off ( ) 24. successful B. to successful C. to be successful D. to success ( ) 25. A. so B. as C. for D. such ( ) 26. A. comparing compare C. compared D. to compete ( ) 27. A. too many B. too much C. much too D. a lot ( ) 28. A. developed B. developing C. development D. develop ( ) 29. A. them B. their C. others D. themselves ( )30. A. Although B. but C. because D. so Ⅲ阅读理解（共15小题，计30分） 阅读下列短文并做每篇后面的题目。从各题A、B、C、D中选出能正确回答所提问题或完成所给句子的最佳答案。 A A man decided to take off（动身） early from work and go drinking. He stayed there until the bar closed at three in the morning, and he was drunk(喝醉酒的) at that time. After leaving the bar, he returned home on foot. When he entered his house, he didn't want to wake his wife, so he took off his shoes and started tiptoeing(用脚尖走) up the stairs. Halfway up the stairs, he fell down. That wouldn't have been so bad, but he had some empty bottles in his back pockets, and they broke. The broken glass hurt his back terribly. He was so drunk that he didn't know he was hurt. A few minutes later, when he was taking off his clothes, he noticed the blood, so he looked himself over in the mirror. He found his back was hurt terribly. He repaired the damage(受损的) as good as he could and then he went to bed. The next morning his head was hurting, his back was hurting, and he was trying to think up a good story when his wife came into the bedroom. He told his wife his story. “Well, you really tied one on last night,” she said, “and where did you go” “I worked late,” he said, “and I stopped for a cup of beer.” “A cup of beer That’s a joke,” she replied, “and you were drunk last night. Where did you go” “What makes you so sure I got drunk last night” “Well,” she replied, “my first big clue(线索) was when I got up this morning, I found many Band-Aids(创可贴) on the mirror.” （ ） man didn't want to wake his wife because . A. he loved his wife very much B. he was afraid that he would be hurt C. he was afraid his wife would find him drunk D. his wife liked him doing so （ ） did the wife find her husband got drunk