新外研版八年级上册英语期中测试题(卷)

2014-2015学年度第一学期飞林学校期中测试 八年级英语 一、 单项填空（15分） 1.— Dick, do you often play____ violin in your free time?

— No. I often play_____ volleyball with my friends. A. the; / B. a; the C. /; the D. the; a 2、—What did you do last Sunday? —We went for a picnic ________Danny, because he was ill. A. beside B. besides C. except D. except for 3. Lily’s mother is tall. Lily is_____ than her mother. A. tall B. tallest C. the tallest D. taller 4.The match will start in 20 minutes. The players have time to_____. A. get up B. warm up C. look up D. put up 5.─You shouldn’t forget what he says at the meeting. ─I’ll ______his words. A. write down B. take away C. hear from D. learn about 6.It’s______cheaper and______ enjoyable to travel by train than by plane. A. much; more B. very; very much C. more; more D. more; much 7.Can you give me______ on how to surf on the Internet? A. some pieces of advices B. some piece of advices C. some pieces of advice D. some piece of advice 8. _____ children there are in a family, _____ their life will be. A. The less, the better B. The fewer, the better C. Fewer, richer D. More, poorer 9.When you read a book, you’d better not ______every word in the dictionary . A. look for B. look out C. look up D. look after 10、Who listens______, Tom, Jack or Bill? A. the most carefully B. more carefully C. the most careful D. more careful 11. In China it is a custom to give kids lucky money____duiring the Spring Festival. A.finally B.luckily C.simply D. especially 12. — Which do you like______, summer or winter? — I prefer summer. A. good B. well C. better D. best 13. .It is one of the _________international airlines.

A.busy B.busiest C.busier D.most busy 14—I’m sorry. I can’t play baseball with you. —_______. A. Thank you B. Never mind C. Excuse me D. Have a good ti

me 15. Which is _______,a monkey, a fox ,or a lion? A.big B.bigger C.the biggest D. biggest 二、 完形填空（10分） What is the best way to study? This is a very important question.

Some Chinese students often__16__very hard_17__long hours. This is a__18__habit(习惯),but it is not the best way to study. A good student must__19__enough sleep, enough food and enough rest.Every__20__you__21__to take a walk or play basketball or ping-pong or sing a song. When you__22__to your studies, you’ll find yourself__23__than before and you’ll learn more. Perhaps we can__24__that learning English is like taking Chinese medicine. We mean that like Chinese medicine, the effects(效果)of your study__25__slowly but surely. Learn every day and effects will come just like Chinese medicine. 16. A.play B.study C.sleep D.think 17. A.at B.in C.for D.with 18. A.best B.better C.good D.bad 19. A.have B.do C.want D.make 20. A.month B.week C.hour D.day 21. A.want B.hope C.need D.wish 22. A.begin B.return C.go D.are 23. A.stronger B.weaker C.strong D.weak 24. A.say B.guess C.talk D.know 25. A.return B.come C.give D.get 三、阅读理解（20分） A American people like to say "Thank you" when others help them or say some-thing kind to them. People of many countries do so, too. It is a very good habit． You should say "Thank you" when someone passes you the salt on the table, when someone walking ahead of you keepsthe door open for you,when some- one says you have done your work well, or you have bought a nice thing, or your city is very beautiful."Thank you" is used not only between friends, but also between parents and children, brothers and sisters. "Excuse me" is another short sentence they use．When you hear someone say this behind you, you know that somebody wants to walk past you without touching you．It's not polite to break others when they are talking.If you want to speak to one of them, say "Excuse me" first, and then begin talking．You should also do so when you begin to cough or mak e any noise before others． Let's learn to say "Thank you" and "Excuse me"． 26．You should say "Thank you" when _______． A．you say something kind to others B．you help others C．someone helps you D．you need others to help you 27．From the passage we know "Thank you" is _______． A．widely used in the world B．used more often than "Excuse me" C．used only by Americans D．used only between friends 28．You should say "Excuse me " if you want to _______． A．cough B．make some noise C．go first D．all of the above 29．When you are going to ask someone to tell you the way, you should say _______． A．Thank you B．That's very kind of you C．Excuse me D．I'm sorry 30．This passage mainly tells us the way _______． A．to be happy B．to be polite C．to help others D．to learn from Americans B Beijing Half-Day Tour ●Time and place: Our tour bus will wait for you at your hotel at 9:00 am or 2:00 pm. And we