八年级上学期英语试题一．单项选择。

（20 分）1__________Monday afternoon we rode bicycle to Georgetown.A OnB InC AtD For2 ________does he go shopping? ---Twice a week.A. HowB. How oftenC. How longD. How many t3. _______ junk foo d tastes very good, ________it isn’t healthy.A. Although, butB. Although, /C. But, althoughD. But, /4. My mother wants me _______milk.A. drinkB. drinkingC. to drinkD. drinks5. Sarah was shy two years ago, but now she is __________than before.A.too much outgoingB. much too outgoingC. a little more outgoingD. more much outgoing6. Which is _________radio, 970AM, 97.9 FM or 107.9 FM?A. goodB. betterC. bestD. the best7.My parents ____ at home on weekends.A. are allB. are bothC. all areD. both are8. There is ____ food in the fridge, I should buy some this afternoon.A. littleB. a littleC. fewD. a few9. --- The banana is too big. ---- You can ______ first.A. cut up themB. cut them upC. cut it upD. cut up it10. John can’t get up so__ as his little sister.A. earlierB. earlyC. more earlyD. very early11. Susan is taller than _______ in her class.A .any student B. other students C. any other student D. the other student12. He was too tired，so he _______ ．A. stopped restingB. stopped to restC. stopped to workD. stops working13. I don’t go to bed ________I finish my homework.A. untilB. afterC. ifD. when14. Would you like _______ for lunch?A. beef and tomatoes noodleB. beef and tomato noodleC. beef and tomato noodlesD. beef tomatoes noodles15. Tom’s grandmother likes to watch him _________.A. read and writeB. reads and writesC. to read and writeD. reading and writing16. My sister ______ middle school in two years.A. will finishB. finishesC. finishedD. finish17. There is nobody in the room,________?A. isn’t itB. isn’t thereC. is ther eD. is it18. —Must I come at four o’clock?—Oh, no, youA. mustn’tB. don’tC. can’tD. don’t have to19. There are about two ________ students in the new-built school.A.thousandB. thousandsC. thousands ofD. thousand of20. He looks upset. He doesn’t know ________.A.what to do itB. how to do itC. how to doD. do what三．阅读理解。

（40分）ARobots seem very new to most people. But they have a long history. The first one was made by a Greek inventor. You may have seen robots in some films. The robots in these films are stronger, faster and cleverer than people. In real life, most robots are used in factories. They are used to do many dangerous, difficult or boring jobs. Some people can’t look after themselves and robots are used to help them. For example, some people can’t see. Many of these people use a dog to help themselves move around. This dog is called a guide dog. Scientists are making a robot to help them. In the future, robot dogs might take the place of these guide dogs.Robots are also used in American hospitals. At one hospital, a robot takes from the kitchen to the s ick people’s rooms. It never loses its way because it has a map of the hospital in its computer system.根据短文内容，判断下列句子正误。

正确的用“A”表示，不正确的用“B”表示。

21. The first robot was invented by a Greek.22. Robots can only be seen in films.23. Robots can help some people look after themselves.24. Today’s robots have few uses.25. A robot cooks meals for the sick people at an American hospital.BThanksgiving Day is really a harvest festival. This is why it is celebrated in late fall, after the crops are in. But one of the first thanksgivings in America had nothing to do with a good harvest. On December 4, 1619, the Pilgrims from England landed near what is now Charles City, Virginia. They knelt down and thanked God for their safe journey across the Atlantic.The first New England Thanksgiving did celebrate a rich harvest. The Pilgrims landed at what is now Plymouth, Massachusetts, in 1620. They had a difficult time and the first winter was cruel. Many of the Pilgrims died. But the next year, they had a good harvest. So Govemor Bradford declared a three-day feast. The Pilgrims invited Indian friends to join themfor their special feast. Everyone brought food. In time, other colonies (殖民地) began tocelebrate a day of Thanksgiving. But it took years before there was a national Thanksgiving Day. During the Civil War, Sarah Josepha Hale persuaded Abraham Lincoln to do something about it.He proclaimed (宣布) the last Thursday of November 1863 as a day of Thanksgiving.Today, Americans celebrate this happy harvest festival on the fourth Thursday in November. Canadians celebrate Thanksgiving Day in much the same way as their Americanneighbors. But the Canadian Thanksgiving Day falls on the secondMonday in October.26. The passage mainly tells us _____ .A. how Thanksgiving Day came into being and the different ways it is celebratedB. how to celebrate Thanksgiving DayC. that Thanksgiving Day changed with the time and placesD. Why Thanksgiving Day is a harvest holiday27. Thanksgiving Day is celebrated _____ .A. in springB. in summerC. in autumnD. in winter28. The first to celebrate Thanksgiving were ____ .A. people in CanadaB. Governor BradfordC. some people from EnglandD. the American Indians29. We can infer from the passage that New England must be____.A. in the USB. in Great BritainC. in CanadaD. on some island off the Atlantic30. Which of the following is NOT true?A. There's little difference between the American way and the Canadian way tocelebrate Thanksgiving Day.B. Abraham Lincoln was not the first to decide on thanksgiving celebrations.C. Thanksgiving Day used to be a holiday to celebrate a good harvest.D. Thanksgiving Day is celebrated to express the American and Indian people's thanks to God.CAnger is a kind of feeling. __ _31 __. When your teacher gives you too much homework, when your team loses an important game, when a friend borrows your favorite thing and then breaks it, you may get angry. ___32___ . For example, you breathe faster, your face turns red, and you may want to break something or hit someone, but sometimes you hide your anger. For example, you may hide it in your heart. The problem is that if you do this, you may get a headache or your stomach may hurt. In fact, it’s not good to hide your anger, and it’s normal for you to get angry sometimes. 33 _ . When you get angry, you can talk about it with adults, such as parents, teachers, etc 34 Here are some other things you can do when you start to feel angry: count from 1 to 100; give someone a hug go for a bike ride; think about good things, etc. Remember that when you are angry, how you act can make everything better or worse, _____35_____.根据短文内容，选择五个句子填入文中空缺处，使短文内容完整正确，。