牛津译林版 8A 英语期中测试卷一. 单项选择（共15分，每小题1分）( ) 1. John is _____ honest boy. He said he would come here in _____ hour. A. a; a B. a; an C. an; a D. an; an( ) 2. -Shall we go to Laoshe Tea House to drink special Beijing tea tomorrow? - _____A. Good idea!B. That's right.C. Let's not.D. No. ( ) 3. -Will you visit the World Park with me? - _____A. Yes. I'll be glad.B. OK. I'll be glad to.C. Of course. I'm glad.D. All right. I'm afraid to. ( ) 4. The train arrived _____ Nanjing ____ 6.00 _____the afternoon of Sep. 13. A. at; at; in B. in; at; in C. in; at; on D. at; in; on ( ) 5. Yesterday I read this newspaper, but I couldn't find _____.A. something interestingB. anything interestingC. interesting somethingD. interesting anything ( ) 6.Can I talk to you for a minute, Peter? Sure, I have ____ time.A. a fewB. a littleC. fewD. little ( ) 7.---_______ fine weather it is today! Shall we go to fly a kite in the park? ---I’d like to, but I can’t go ________ I have finished my homework.A. What a, untilB. How , afterC. What, untilD. How a, when ( ) 8. We should use _______ people and ______ money to do the work better. A. fewer; less B. less; less C. fewest; less D. fewer; least ( ) 9. ________ your teacher __________ ? -- She is friendly and helpful.A. How is ; likeB. What is ; likeC. How does; likeD. What does ; like ( ) 10.China is one of________ in the world.A. the oldest countryB. the oldest countriesC. much older countryD. much older countries ( ) 11. ---Why do you often chat with the old woman?---Because her children are abroad. She lives____ and she always feels _____.A. alone, aloneB. alone, lonelyC. lonely, lonelyD. lonely, lonely ( ) 12. The Changjiang River is ________in the world. A. the longer river B. the long riverC. one of the longest riversD. one of the long river ( ) 13. China is larger than _____________ in Africa (非洲)。

A. any country B. any other countryC. the other countriesD. any countries( )14. Which city is_______________, Beijing, Shanghai or Fuzhou? A. beautiful B. more beautiful C. much more beautiful D. the most beautiful( ) 15. The boat was made ______ steel and it was made ______ my city. A. of ; in B. in; by C. from; in D. of; at二. 完形填空（共20分，每小题1分）AOne day, a poor man was travelling on horseback. At noon, he tied (拴) his horse to a tree and then 16 to eat something. A few minutes later, a rich man came along and tied his horse to the same tree. ‘Please tie your horse to another tree,’ said the poor man. ‘My horse is wild. It will kill yours.’17 the rich man said, ‘I shall tie my horse as I like!’ He tied his horse and had his lunch nearby. After a moment, they heard a terrible 18 . The two horses were fighting. They went up to them, but it was too 19 . The rich man’s horse was killed. ‘See what your horse has done!’ cried the rich man. ‘You will have to 20 it!’ And he brought the poor man before Mr Know.Mr Know asked the poor man some questions. But he made no 21 . At last, Mr Know said,’ This man is dumb. He cannot speak.’‘Oh,’ the rich man shouted 22 . ‘He can! He spoke to me when I met him.’ ‘Are you sure?’ asked Mr Know. ‘What did he 23 ?’‘He told me not to tie my horse to the same tree because his horse was wild and would kill my horse.’ ‘Oh,’ said Mr Know. ‘So he 24 you. Then can you expect to get money 25 him?’ The rich man said nothing and left silently.( ) 16. A. put down B. set down C. sat down D. turned down ( ) 17. A. So B. But C. And D. Though ( ) 18. A. song B. word C. bell D. noise ( ) 19. A. late B. slow C. hard D. quick ( ) 20. A. pay for B. look for C. wait for D. care for ( ) 21. A. idea B. mistake C. money D. answer ( ) 22. A. quietly B. angrily C. happily D. heavily ( ) 23. A. speak B. tell C. talk D. say ( ) 24. A. helped B. thanked C. warned D. ordered ( ) 25. A. for B. from C. with D. aboutBOne summer, three friends came to New York. They decided to stay in a hotel during the visit. But they felt 26 because their room was on the 60th floor. And for safety, the hotel closed the elevators(电梯) 27 12:00 every night.The next day, the three friends rented(租) a 28 and went out to travel around the city.They 29 movies, concerts(音乐会), and other things. When they returned to the 30 , it was late.学校______________ 准考证号__________ 班 级______________ 姓 名______________The elevators were 31 . So they had to take the stairs. At that time, One friend got a(n) 32 . He said, ”For the first 20 floors, I will tell jokes. Then another of us will 33 smart stories for the next 20 floors . Then we will finish the other 20 floors 34 sad stories.” Soon, The first one started with his jokes. With joy, They reached the 20th floor. Then the next one started telling some smart stories. So, they learned a lot when reaching the 40th floor. In the end, It was time for sad stories. The third one started like this. “My first 35 story is that I left the key to the door in the car.”（）26. A. glad B. excited C. unhappy D. cheerful（）27. A. in B. on C. after D. before（）28. A. car B. room C. train D. plane（）29. A. talked B. went C. listened D. enjoyed（）30. A. car B. room C. hotel D. train（）31. A. opened B. stopped C. began D. finished（）32. A. joke B. idea C. advice D. secret（）33. A. say B. tell C. talk D. speak（）34. A. with B. on C. about D. by（）35. A. sad B. funny C. smart D. pleasant三. 阅读理解（共30分，每小题2分）AIn 1961, Obama was born in Hawaii, US. His father was an African and his mother was a white American. He grew up in Indonesia and Hawaii.When Obama was 10 years old, he was one of the only three black students at his school in Hawaii. He felt very different from most other students. White girls wanted to touch his hair. A white boy even asked him what his father was.‘I lied(说谎) to them that my father was a Kenyan prince. But I kept a sking myself who I am,’ said Obama, ‘And nobody believed in me at that time.’However, 37 years later, the boy made history. Obama became the first black president in the US history.This unusual background(背景) made him wonder who he was. He once turned to alcohol (酒) to help forget this question.With the help of his friends, Obama finally turned his life around at college. His hard work made him a star at Harvard. Later, he became the third black senator (参议员) in US history.‘Obama’s success has made Martin Luther King’s dream come true. That is: A man should not be judged (判断) by the color of his skin, but he should be judged by the content of his character.’ Wrote ABC news.( ) 36. Obama was born in __________.A. BritainB. AmericaC. KenyaD. Indonesia( ) 37. There was/ were _____ black student(s) at the school where he studied when he was ten.A. noB. oneC. twoD. three( ) 38. Obama became the first black president in US history when he was _________.A. 37.B. 38C. 47D. 48 ( ) 39. Which of the following is TRUE?A. Obama’s father was a Kenya prince.B. Obama once forgot who his father was with the help of alcohol.C. When he was young, Obama lied and nobody believed in him.D. Obama changed his college life without his friend’s help or his hard work.( ) 40. From the passage, we can see that __________.A. we could judge a person by the color of his skin.B. we could not judge a person by the content of his character.C. we should not judge a person by the color of his skin.D. we should judge a person by what he did when he was young.BLong ago, there was an interesting man called Effendi (阿凡提), He had a good sense of humour. One day he played a joke on the Prime Minister (宰相). He said that the Minister would die the next day. Really the next day, the Minister fell off the horse and died. When the king learned this, he got angry and sent his men to catch Effendi at once.When Effendi was in front of the King, the king shouted angrily, “Effendi, since (既然) you know when my Minister would die, you must know the date of your own death. Say it out, or you will die today.”Effendi looked at the king for a while, he answered, “But how can I know? I’ll die two days earlier than you.”Because the king was afraid if he killed Effendi, he himself would die after that. He thought he must keep Effendi alive as long as he could, so he let Effendi go.( ) 41. The story tells us _____________A. How Effendi fooled(捉弄) the kingB. When the king would dieC. Why the Minister diedD. Effendi knew the dates of everyone’s death( ) 42. The Prime Minister died because _______.A. effendi killed himB. effendi said he would dieC. he was badly illD. he fell to the ground from the horse( )43. Why did the king ask Effendi to tell him the date of his own death?A. In this way the king would know when he would dieB. He wanted to find an excuse（借口）to kill EffendiC. He himself had known the date of Effendi’s deathD. He wanted to know when Effendi would die( ) 44.The king let Effendi go because ____________.A. he hoped to live a long lifeB. he was afraid of EffendiC. he didn’t believe EffendiD. he knew he would die two days later( ) 45. Which of the following is not true?A. The Minister died after the day when Effendi played a joke on him.B. The king was afraid of deathC. Effendi didn’t know when the king would dieD. If the king killed Effendi, he himself would die two days later.CWhat is a library for? Most libraries have books and other things to read. Many of them have things to listen to. Some libraries even have computers. Very few people would think of a library as a place to live in.One library in New York City turned into(变成)a home for 250 people for a few days.These were all people near the library. They slept on the floor. Why did the people move into the library? The people moved into the library because the city wanted to close it to save money. These 250 New Yorkers loved their library. They didn't want to lose it. So they moved in. They knew that the library couldn't be closed if they were living inside it. At last the city agreed to keep the library open, and the people all went home.( ) 46. Where did the story happen?_________.A. In New York City.B. In a school in New York City.C. In the streets in New York City.D. In most libraries in New York City.( ) 47. The library had hundreds of ___________.A. workers in itB. policemen in itC. people living in itD. computers in it( ) 48. The people in the story _______________.A. were all the workers in the libraryB. were all people near the libraryC. didn't read any booksD. wanted to buy some computers( ) 49. Why did 250 people move into the library? Because_____________.A. these people wanted to save moneyB. these people needed places to live inC. the library was very quietD. they loved the library and they didn't want to lose it( )50. From the passage we know that ___________.A. the library was kept open at lastB. the library was closed because no one read in itC. the library became a home of these peopleD. the city saved a lot of money四．单词拼写。