人教版八年级上册英语期中考试卷（有答案）一、完形填空（共1题；共15分）1.先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中选择可以填入空白处的最佳答案。

Hi, Tony,How are you? It's great to 1 you. I'm on a trip with my 2 . Let me tell you what we are doing 3 the moment.My father is 4 photos with his new camera (照相机). He's always 5 and it's difficult for 6 to take a holiday. 7 he looks very happy now. My mother 8 getting ready for the picnic (野餐). In a few minutes, we can have our delicious meal. My sister is calling her friend and 9 the warm sun as well. OK. I have to stop (不得不停下来) 10 It's time to have the meal.YoursMike1. A. look for ·B. hear fromC. wait forD. come with2. A. family B. friend C. class D. cousin3. A. in @B. onC. atD. from4. A. buying B. choosing C. taking D. making5. A. good ]B. coolC. rightD. busy6. A. them B. you C. him D. her7. A.So &B. ButC. OrD. Because8. A. am B. are C. is D. be9. A. seeing -B. singingC. catchingD. enjoying10. A. now B. well C. too D. alone二、阅读理解（共4题；共40分）、2.阅读理解Can you write down a Chinese word being read to you? Sometimes it can be difficult when you find the word is not included in most dictionaries.Lu Jialei, 14, from Hangzhou Foreign Language School, won the CCTV Chinese Character (汉字) Spelling Contest on Oct 18th, 2013. About 160 people competed. The host read a word to the contestant, explained its meaning and gave sample sentences. The contestant was required to write down the word.Winning the contest was a “surprise” to Lu. “I was not the smartest one,” she said. “But I paid attention to details.” To prepare for the contest, she and her teammates studied the Modern Chinese Dictionary for 10 days. There are more than 56,000 entries (词条) including characters, words and phrases in it. She also had a secret weapon. She studied how Chinese characters were formed.“When others paid attention to the plot of a story, she looked at how authors use words and sentences to express themselves,” said Su Yunsheng, Lu's Chinese teacher. Su is happy to see students like Lu find the beauty of Chinese language.“Besides using something Chinese and having Chinese traditional festivals, learning to write Chinese characters is also an important part of inheriting (传承) Chinese culture,” said Su.（1）Lu Jialei was born in ________.A. 1997B. 1999C. 2001D. 2002：（2）Lu Jialei studied the Modern Chinese Dictionary ________ for the contest. A. for more than oneweek B. as long as one weekC. for more than half amonth D. as long as half a month （3）The contestant was required to write down the word ________.A. after the contestant read the word to the hostB. before the host read the word to the contestantC. after the host explained its meaning and gave samplesentences D. before the contestant explained its meaning and gave sample sentences（4）Lu Jialei's secret weapon was that ________.A. she paid attention todetails B. she was the smartestcontestantC. she found the beauty of Chinese languageD. she studied how Chinese characters were formed（5）From the passage we can infer ________ isn't an important part of inheriting Chinese culture.A. trying to write Chinese charactersB. usingchopsticks when having mealsC. giving and receiving presents at ChristmasD. spending the SpringFestival with families，3. Hu Yaohui, a schoolgirl in Zhejiang province, didn't want to speak or eat for a week. Shekept worrying about her scores on the exam. “I can't stop thinking about my place in the class,”she said. “I feel stressed out.”Hu is not the only one who faces stress. According to a recent survey conducted by WuhanUniversity of Hubei province, 70 percent of the 2,000 students who are going to take the collegeand high school entrance exams feel under pressure (压力).Stress is a normal physical response (反应) to things that make people feel worried orbreak their balance of life in some way.Stress isn't always bad. Sometimes, people's stress is important during emergency situations,such as when a driver has to stop his car to avoid an accident. Sometimes, stress can help peopledo their best — like while getting ready before a big competition or exam.However, too much or long-term stress gives people a stress overload (负荷过多). Peoplewith stress overloads may have problems remembering or concentrating on things. They are quickto get angry or lose patience. They may even have other problems, such as sleeping problems, headaches and often getting colds.The most helpful way to deal with stress overloads is to learn how to manage the stress.For example, you might manage it by getting a good night’s sleep, or by exercising every day.Another good way to deal with stress is to ask parents or friends for help. Everyone has stress.For many people, stress is so common that it has become a way of life. Don't be too shy to tellothers that you are having a hard time. They may comfort you or give you some useful advice. Sometimes just sharing your problems with someone else can make you feel better.（1）Hu Yaohui felt stressed out about __________.A. her marks on theexams B. which seat totake during examsC. not being able to sit in the frontD. not beingallowed to eat in class（2）According to the survey in Paragraph 2, __________ of the 2,000 students who will take entrance exams feel stressed.A. nearly halfB. about 1,400C. almost seven hundredD. about one seventh（3）Which of the following is TRUE?A. Stress is a kind of serious heart disease.B. Stress is always bad for people.C. Stress is always useless for an exam.D. Stress is greatly needed sometimes.（4）The best title of this passage is “__________”.~A. Many students face stress now.B. People's stress is sometimes important.C. How to get lessstress D. How to get good results with the help of stress.4.阅读理解Spain is famous for its tomato festival, called La Tomatina. It happens in a small town Hanoi on the last Wednesday of August every year. During the festival there are all kinds of activities, but the most exciting part is the tomato fight. It takes place at the end of a week-long celebration. You are encouraged to throw tomatoes in the fight. There're many stories about how the festival began. One of the stories goes that during the 1940's, some friends started a tomato fight, while another story is about a local band. Anyway, everyone in Bunol seems to have a different story. Before the tomato fight, there are parades (游行), musical bands, street parties and so on.On the day of the fight, shopkeepers cover their windows and doors in order to keep away from the tomato fight. At the same time, thousands of tourists and local people come to the town square together. Then large trucks (卡车)full of tomatoes arrive. From the back of the large trucks, a great town band starts to throw tomatoes at others. Then the crowds fight back, throwing the tomatoes at anything and anyone. Soon the streets are in the sea of red tomato juice.Everyone should obey a small number of rules: You must squash (压烂)the tomato before throwing it and you are allowed to throw nothing but tomatoes.It is usually over in less than half an hour. Everyone then sets off to the river to clear up. Sounds like fun!（1）The most exciting activity of the festival is .A. paradesB. street partiesC. thetomato fight D. the musical band show！（2）The stories about how the festival began are according to the passage.A. very clearB. rathersad C. veryfamous D. quite different（3）On the fight day, .A. people fight for the whole dayB. people can throw everythingC. shopkeepers are not allowed to watch people fightD. lots of tourists and local people take part in the fight（4）People get tomatoes from according to the passage.A. a truckB. ashop C. theirhomes D. a garden（5）The best title of the passage can be .A. Travel inSpainB. The Tomato Festival in SpainC. The History ofSpain D. R ules of the Tomato Festival，5.根据短文内容, 选择正确答案。