八年级英语期中测试卷第I卷（50 分）I 选择填空（30分）( ) 1. Yang Lei had ______ unusual experience in Gansu Province. ______ experiencechanged her life.A. a, TheB. an, TheC. an,D. an, An( ) 2. There _______ a basketball match on CCTV-5 tonight.A. will haveB. is going to haveC. will beD. are going to be( ) 3. If there is ______ pollution, the air in our city will be ______ dirtier.A. less; moreB. more; muchC. less; lessD. more; more( ) 4. My grandpa lives ________ in the country, but he doesn’t feel ________. A. alone; alone B. lonely; lonely C. alone; lonely D. lonely; alone( ) 5. I will be an astronaut ______. A. after ten years B. in ten years C. ten years ago D. since ten years( ) 6. ---Won’t books be only on computers?--- ______ they _______. Books will still be on paper.A. Yes; willB. No; willC. Yes; won’tD. No; won’t( ) 7. Marcia isn’t going to the party tomorrow. I’m not going there, _______.A. tooB. alsoC. bothD. either( ) 8. --- Why are you so upset?--- Because all my classmates passed the English test ________ me.A. withB. exceptC. withoutD. for( ) 9. We must listen to the teacher as________ as possible.A. carefulB. carefullyC. more carefulD. more carefully( ) 10. Yesterday I _______ to take my homework with me. I _______ it at home.A. forgot; forgotB. left;left C. forgot; left D. left; forgot( ) 11. Alice often borrows things______ me but she never _______ them to me.A. from; returnsB. from; gives backC. of; returnsD. to; returns( ) 12. You are supposed ________ on the message to your teacher.A. passB. passedC. topass D. passing( ) 13. Nowadays teachers may find______ hard ______ middle school students.A. that; teachB. that; to teachC.it; teach D. it; to teach( ) 14. The news made Bob ________.A. feel excitingB. feel excitedC. feels excitingD. feels excited( ) 15. When the alien ______ out of the museum, Jimmy ________ an ice cream.A. came; was eatingB. come; was eatingC. comes; ateD. was coming; ate ( ) 16. While we ______ about Mr Wang in the classroom, he came in.A. talkedB. are talkingC. were talkingD. talk( ) 17. Linda was shopping when she saw a strange woman___out of the supermarket.A. wentB. getsC. getD. to go( ) 18. My father ______ a newspaper at 9:00 last night..A. is readingB. readC.read D. was reading( ) 19. Anna looked for her dog ______ but she didn’t find it ______.A. everywhere; anywhereB. somewhere; somewhereC. anywhere; somewhereD. everywhere; somewhere( ) 20.The little boy _____ stop playing computer games _____ his father came back.A. won’t; untilB. didn’t; untilC. doesn’t; afterD. doesn’t; when( ) 21. ________ amazing the result of the basketball match is!A. HowB. How anC. WhatD. What an( ) 22. Please ______ these books to the library and ______ back here some new ones.A. take; bringB. bring; takeC. take; takeD. get; bring( ) 23. Jack is _______ math and I do ______ physics.A. well at; good inB. good in; well inC. good at; good atD. good at; well in( ) 24. Mother was mad ________ me because of my ________ report card. A. at; disappointed B. at; disappointingC. with; disappointedD. with; disappointing( ) 25. When I came back home, my baby ________ cry ________.A. no; moreB. doesn’t; moreC. didn’t; anymoreD. won’t; anymore( ) 26. The teachers ask us ______ mobile phones to school.A. bringB. not bringC. don’t bringD. not to bring( ) 27. The policewoman asked thelittle boy ______.A. where did he liveB. where he livedC. where he livesD. where does he lives( ) 28. --- I don’t know if it _________ tomorrow.--- Well, if it _______, we won’t go for a picnic.A. will rain; will rainB. will rain; rainsC. rains; will rainD. rains; rains( ) 29. If you bring snacks to school，the teacher will ________.A. take it awayB. take away itC. take them awayD. take away them( ) 30. --- How long have you been collecting coins?--- ________.A. Since 5 years agoB. Since 5 yearsC. In 5 yearsD. When I was 5III 完形填空（10分）How to practice spoken English?How can we practice our spoken English (英语口语)?The first and most important thing is to believe 31 . You should always have confidence or you 32 be able to improve your English. You should often encourage (鼓励) yourself, “Come on,don’t be afraid!’’You should never lose heart and never give up.Maybe you are afraid of losing face, but you should think we are students and we’re33 , there’s no need toworry 34 anything. You must always be active in practice. There’s no problem that your pronunciation and intonation(语调) can’t be asgood 35 the native (某国的,当地的) people because we are Chinese, and we don’t have chances to live in foreign countries and talk with the people there 36 . But you must know that the mainway to study English is to make ourselves understood and understand other people. You should believe that native speakers will not37 you, 38 they will encourage you . If you are brave (有勇气的) enough, you’ll certainly be better at 39 English than before.40 be shy or afraid! Just have a try. ( ) 31. A. itself B.yourself C. themselves D. myself( ) 32. A. can’t never B. are never C. will D. will neversaying C. students D. teaching( ) 34. A. / B.to C. about D. for ( ) 35. A. so B. with C. as D. than( ) 36. A. some time B. sometime C. sometimes D. all the time( ) 37. A. laugh at B. getover C. open up D. seem like( ) 38. A. so B.instead C. or D. norspeech C. speak D. spoke ( ) 40. A. Don’t B.Not C. No D. DoIV 阅读理解（10分）( A )Long, long ago there was no zero. To write the number sixty-three people wrote 63.To write six hundred and three, people wrote 6 3.The space between six and three was there to mean." not any "tens. Sometimes people did not remember the space. It was hard to see and read.Later people used a dot to hold thespace. Six hundred and three looked like this 6.3.But the dot was hard to see. So people put a circle around it like this6⊙3.Then people could see the dot. They remembered the space. at last ,only the circle around the dot was used. It was like a zero. This is one story of how the zero came to be used.Now zero has many importantuses .Zero tells how many. Can you tell some other ways of using zero?( ) 41. Long long ago people didn`t know how to ____.A. writeB. write zeroC.write numbersD. sixty-three( ) 42. Long long ago if they wrote two hundred-eight, people wrote_____.A.28B.2 8C.228D.208( ) 43. Later ______ was used to mean space.A. "not any"B. letter"0"C. zeroD.a dot( ) 44. People used circles_____________.A. to remember waysB. to remember numbersC. not to forget the spaceD. to mean nothing( ) 45.The story tells us _____.A. how zero came to be usedB.how to write zeroC. what’s the use of zeroD. that zero means a dot, a circle or space(B)If you get lost, this is what you should do. Sit down and stay where you are. Don’t try to find your friends—let them find you. You can help them find you by staying in one place. There is another way to help your friends or other people to find you. You can shout or whistle （吹口哨）three times. Stop. Then shout or whistle three times again. Any signal（信号）for three times is a call for help.Keep up shouting or whistling. Always three times together. When people hear you, they will know that you are not just making a noise for fun. They will let you know that they have heard your signal. They will give you two shouts or two whistles. When a signal is given twice, it is an answer to a call for help.If you don’t think that you will get help before night comes, try to make a little house with branches（树枝）. Make yourself a bed with leaves and grass. When you need some water, you have to leave your little branch house to look for it. Don’t just walk away. Pick off smallbranches and drop them as you walk in order to go back again easily. When you are lost, the most important thing to do is to stay in one place.( ) 46..If you get lost in the forest, you should___________.A. try to find your friendsB. stay in one place and give signalsC. walk around the forestD. shout as loudly as possible( ) 47..Which signal is a call for help?A shouting here and there B. crying twiceC. shouting or whistling three times togetherD. whistling every where in the forest ( ) 48.When you hear two shouts or two whistles, you know that_____.A. someone is afraid of an animalB. people will come to help youC. someone needs helpD. something terrible will happen( ) 49.What’s the meaning of the underlined sentence?(划线句子) A．Drop branches to find your way back B．Pick off branches to build another houseC．Use branches to make a bed D．Drop branches to look for water ( ) 50.The main（主要的）idea of thepassage is_____________.A. how to travel in the forestB. how to spend the night in the forestC. what you should do if you want to get some waterD. what you should do if you are lost in the forest第II卷（50 分）V. 补全对话（10分）A: You look unhappy. ___51___ .B: My parents want me to learn to play the piano after school.A: ___52 __ .B: But I have no time. ___53__ .A: You should talk about it with your parents.B: ___54___ .They won’t listen to me. A: Why not ask your uncle for advice? B: ___55 __ .A: That’s a good idea.B: No, I don’t think so.C: What should I do?D: Thank you very much.E: They want you to learn more.F: What’s wrong?VI. 任务型阅读，根据要求完成下列题目。