2014—2015年厦门八年级下英语期中考试试卷笔试部分（100分）一、单项选择题。

（15 分）( ) 21. What’s __________ – I have a sore back.A . the wrong B. the matter C. matter D. trouble( ) 22.__________ more vegetables is good for our health.A .Eating B. Eat C. ate D. eats( ) 23.My brother used to _________ computer games at home after supper .But now he is used to _________ his homework after supper.A . play, do B. playing , do C. playing , doing D. play, doing( ) 24. Gina eats ________ junk food so she is __________fat.A . too many, too much B. too much, too manyC. too much, much tooD. too many, much too( ) 25. The old woman lives_________, but she doesn’t feel__________.A . alone, alone B. lonely, lonelyC. lonely, aloneD. alone, lonely( ) 26. Could you __________ pictures on the wallA . not to draw B. don’t draw C. not draw D. not drawing( ) 27.Bob wants to fix up the bikes and _________ to the poor children.A . give away them B. give them awayC. give out themD. give off them( ) 28. Aron likes to climb the mountains by___________. X k B 1 . c o mA. himB. himselfC. hisD. he( ) 29.- Would you like the red shirt or the black one-__________. I’d like the white one.A. BothB. EitherC. NeitherD. None( ) 30. The ______ you work at your lessons, the _______ results you will get.A .hard, good B. harder, good C. hard, better D. harder,better( ) 31.He looks upset. He doesn’t know_________.A .what to do it. B. how to do it.C. how to doD. what do( ) 32. I’m afraid _________ in front of a lot of people.A . of speaking B. speaks C. speak D . for speaking( ) 33.She always gets up early_________ she can catch the early bus to school.A . although B. so that C. but D. because( ) 34.When it began to rain heavily, she ________ for a bus at the bus stop.A . waited B. waits C. is waiting D. was waiting( ) 35.Jim called me yesterday, but I didn’t _________.A . pick up B. put up C. turn up D. set up二、完形填空（10分）The Americans were getting ready to send their first man to the moon, an old Irishman (爱尔兰人) was _36___ them on TV in a hotel room. There was an Englishman in the room__37__. And he said to the Irishman, “The Americans are very ___38__, aren’t they They are going to send some me n to the moon. It’s a very __39__ way from our world.” “Oh, that’s ___40__,”the Irishman answered quickly.” “The Irishman are going to send some men to the sun in months’ __41___. That’s much __42___ away than the moon, you know. “The Englishman was very _43__ when he heard this. “Oh, yes it is,” he said, “But the sun is too __44__ for people to visit.”The Irishman laughed and answered, “Well, the Irish are clever, too, you know. We __45___ go to the sun during the day, of course. We’ll go there during the night.”( )36.A. reading B. watching C. making D. mending( )37. A. too B. also C. of course D. only( )38.A. kind B. bad C. clever D. good( )39.A. short B. long C. far D. near( )40.A. nothing B. all C. wrong D. great( )41. A. later B. ago C. long ago D. time( )42.A. far B. never C. farther D. longer( )43.A. angry B. surprised C. glad D. sorry( )44.A. warm B. big C. cold D. hot( )45. A. don’t B. won’t C. want to D. Must三、阅读理解. （40分）AIn many English homes people eat four meals a day: breakfast, lunch, tea and dinner. People have breakfast at any time from seven to nine in the morning. They eat porridge，eggs or bread. English people drink tea or coffee at breakfast. Lunch comes at one o'clock. Afternoon tea is from four to five in the afternoon and dinner is about half past seven. First they have soups, and then they have meat or fish with vegetables. After that they eat some other things, like bananas，apples or oranges. But not all English people eat like that. Some of them have their dinner in the middle of the day. Their meals are breakfast, dinner, tea and supper and all these meals are very necessary.( )46. Many English people have ___________meals a day.A. twoB. threeC. fourD. three or four( )47. People may have ___________ for their breakfast.A. tea and eggsB. porridge，eggs，bread，tea or coffeeC. tea and coffeeD. bread and eggs( )48. People have lunch at ___________ ．A. any timeB. nineC. fiveD. one( )49. People don't have _____________ for their dinner.A. porridgeB. bana nas and applesC. some soup and meatD. meat and fish( ) 50. In many English homes dinner comes______________．A. at one o'clockB. about half past sevenC. at noonD. at nightBThe Lunar Calendar（阴历）Modern Chinese use the solar calendar（阳历）as English people do . But at the same time, they use their own lunar calendar. Each lunar year is given the name of one of these animals : the rat , the ox , the tiger , the hare , the dragon , the snake , the horse , the goat , the monkey , the chicken , the dog and the pig . This list lasts for 12 years and then starts again.Each Chinese month starts on the day of the new moon. And the full moon comes on the 15th day of the month. The New Year always starts between January 21 and February 20. On the last day of the lunar year, there is a big family dinner. All members of the family except（除了）married (已婚的)daughters try to be present at this meal, even of they have to travel many miles to reach the home of their parents. Old quarrels（吵架）are forgotten, and everybody is happy. After the dinner, the children keep awake to welcome the New Year.The New Year celebrations last for 15 days, from the new moon to the full moon. On the first day, children and unmarried people go to visit their elder.( )51. If next year is the year of the dragon, what was the name of last yearA. It was the year of tiger.B. It was the year of the hare.C. It was the year of snake.D. It was the year of the ox.( )52. Suppose that next Chinese New Year’s Day is on 15th February, when will people have their big family dinnerA. On February 15B. On February 16C. On February 14D. On February 17( ) 53. The fam ily usually have their big family dinner at the home of _____________.A. the married sonB. the married daughterC. the unmarried sonD. the parents( ) 54. People celebrate the New Year ________.A. for 15 daysB. from the new moon to the full moon in the first month of the lunar yearC. from January 21 to February 20D. both A and B( ) 55. From this selection we know that each Chinese month is measured by __.A. the sun’s revolutions（旋转）B. the moon’s revolutionsC. the earth’s revolutionsD. both the earth’s and moon’s revolutionsCMy name is Betty Sanders. I’m a telephone operator(话务员)，and work for a company. My job is very interesting. I love it very much. I work five days a week，and my hours are from 9 o’clock to 5 o’clock. I do a lot of things—I place long-distance(长途)calls for people；I answered questions，and I help people when they are in trouble.Today，for example，I had an interesting experience. At 11 o’clock this morning，I got a call from a man. I don’t know who he was. He was in trouble and I could tell that he was worried about something. He gave me address and asked me to send an ambulance(救护车)right away. I asked him if somebody was hurt，but he didn’t answer my question. He told me he needed a doctor at once，so I said I’d call an ambulance for him but I still wanted to know what was wrong. Then he said，“Our keys are gone!”I didn’t understand that! Why would he need an ambulance just because he couldn’t find his keys Then I found out what the trouble was. The man and his wife left the car keys on a coffee table，and later they couldn’t find them. Their little boy Johnny was playing in the room，and they thought he swallowed them.But before I could help him，he told me he wouldn’t need an ambulance anymore. His wife found the keys in her bag. They were there all the time.( )56.Betty Sanders works____________.A. in a factoryB. in a shopC. in a companyD. in a hospital( )57.She works____________.A. forty hours a weekB. from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.C. from Monday to SaturdayD. seven days a week( )58.The man called Betty because_____________.A. he thought Betty was a doctorB. he had lost his keysC. he wanted to take an ambulanceD. his son was ill( )59.In fact，his keys____________.A. were swallowed by his little sonB. were on a coffee tableC. were left in the carD. were put in his wife’s bag( )60. From the passage we can see____________.A. Betty Sanders likes her workB. Betty’s job is to place long-distanceC. the man’s little boy likes playing with keysD. doctors can help people find keysDDear editor,I am not a good-looking boy and I'm not good at studying, either. Some people don't even want to talk to me. So I usually feel lonely. Sometimes I think that if I wanted to leave home, nobody would care. How can I stop feeling like thisPeterDear Peter,Without knowing more about you, it is hard for me to give you some good advice.But first, I am sure that you are wrong that nobody would care if you left home. What about your parents And other family members It seems that you are very sad. You'd better go to see a doctor or talk to your parents. They will be able to help you.Secondly, I'm sure there is someone in your class who feels lonely, too. You never know how other people feel inside. Try to m ake friends with them.Or you may join a club to meet new people and to keep yourself busy.Yo u need to find happiness in yourself. Write a list of all the good things about yourself, learn to like yourself, and then others will see your confidence and like you, too.Editor( ) 61. What's the trouble with PeterA. He doesn't like his parents.B. He doesn't like others.C. His parents don't like him.D. He isn't good at studying and feels lonely.( )62. Why does Peter write to the editorA. Because he wants to make friends with him.B. Because he wants to ask the editor to help him.C. Because he wants the editor to know about him.D. Because he wants to give the editor some advice.( )63. If Peter joins a club, he can __________ .A. meet new people and make friends with themB. keep his friends busyC. study hard but never think about othersD. be a good-looking boy( )64. Peter will probably feel ________ when he reads the letter from the editor.A. sadB. lonelyC. gladD. afraid( ) 65. How many pieces of advice did the editor give to PeterA. oneB. twoC. threeD. four四、词汇运用。