人教版八年级英语上册期中考试题及答案
一. 单项选择题（20）
1.  There is ___“u”and ___“s” in the word “use”.
A.an,an  B.a,an  C.a,a   D.the,a
2.There is ___report in today’s newspaper. It’t about___2008 Olympic Games.
A./, the  B.the, /  C.a, the   D.a, /
3.All the ___teaters and___students are having a meeting there.
A.woman, girls  B.women, girl  C.woman, girls  D.woman, girl
4.Is there___in today’s newspaper?
A.anying interesting  B.interesting anying
C.everying interesting  D.interesting something
5.---Could I use your pen？---Of course, you____
A.must  B.may  C.can  D.need
6.Tom spent four years____English before he went toCadada to study.
A.learned  B.to learn  C.learning  D.learns
7.The heavy snowstorm made the moutain climbers___halfway.
A.stop  B.to stop  C.stopping  D.stopped
8.I don’t like the color. Could you show me___one?
A.other  B.another  C.the other  D.some
9.Our classroom is bigger than___
A.they  B.theirs  C.their  D.them
10.You eat___food, so you are___fat.
A.too many, too much  B.too much, too much  C.too much, much too
 D.much too, too much
11.---I’m going to Tibet for a week.  ----That____good.
A.feels  B.sounds  C.looks  D.smells
12.Do you have a problem__your sister?
A.babysit  B.babysitting  C.to babysit  D.babysits
13.Seeing so many people on the street, Tracy stopped___a look.
A.to have  B.have  C.having  D.has
14.Bob is___better tat physics than Liu Ying
A.a little  B.more  C.a few  D.a lot of
15.---Why are you so___? ----I’m taking an___vacation.
A.excited, excited  B.exciting, excited  C. excited exciting,  D. .exciting, .exciting
16.Paul uses video tapes__his English.
A.improve  B. improved  C. improves   D. to improve
17.Both Paul and Bob___good at sports
A.is  B.are  C.do  D.does
18.Vince likes to play___piano. He has__piano lesson every day.
A.a, the  B./, the  C.a, a  D.the, a
19.Did they have fun___basketball?
A.to play  B.played  C.playing  D.play
20.Can you____to my house for dinner this evening?
A.come out  B.come over  C.come on  D.come at
二． 完形填空（15）
We spent a day in the country and picked a lot of flowers. Our car was full of 21  ____inside. On the way home my wife saw a bookshelf outside a furniture（家具）shop.“Buy it,” she said at once.“We’ll 22  ___it home on the roof-rack（车顶架）.I’ve always wanted one like that.”
Ten minutes 23___we were back with the bokself. I drove slowly. Other drives seemed more polite than usual that evening. The 24 ____even stopped traffic to let us through.After a while my wife said,“There’s a long line of cars 25 ____.Why don’t they overtake（超车）?”
Just at that time a police car did overtake, and two officers inside asked us to 26 ___their car through the busy traffic.The police car stopped at our villlage church（教堂）.
One of the officers came to me and said,“Do you need any more27___now?”
I didn’t quite understand（理解）.So I said,“You’ve been very 28  ____.We live just down the road.”
He was loking at our things, first at the flowers, then at the bookshelf.“Well well,” he said and 29 ____“I’s a bookshelf you’ve got here.We thought it was –er, something else.”
My wife began to laugh. Suddenly（突然）I understood 30 ____the police drove here.
21.A.books  B.flowers  C.friuts  D.vegetables
22. Atake  B.carry    C.send     D.hold
23. A.before  B.after   C.later    D.ago
24. A.drivers  B.police  C.cleaners  D.sellers
25. A.behind  B.before  C.beside  D.back
26. A.take   B.follow  C.move  D.drive
27. A.time  B.money  C.help  D.water
28. A.kind  B.clever  C.polite   D.popular
29. A.laughed  B.cried  C.shouted  D.jumped
30. A.how     B.what  C.who     D.why
三．阅读理解(20)
A
“Well, we’re in uor new house. Let’s get a new pet to get long with.” Mrs. Brown said to her husdand.
“That sounds like a ppretty idea,” he answered. “Do you want to see the ads in the newspaper?” Let’s go to the animal shelter. Many pets there need homes.Since tomorrow is Saturday, we can both go.”she said.
Next morning the Browns met Mr. Snow at the animal shelter.“We want to be sure that the pets here gotogod homes,”Mr.Snow said,“So I need to ask you some questions.”
After they talked for a while, the Browns decided to get a small dog. It wouldn’t need a big house or a big yard.A small dog bark(吠) and warm them if someone tried to break into their house.After Mr. Snow gave the Browns a book on pet care, they chose one and wanted to take her home right away.But the animal docter hadn’t checked her yet.So Mr. Snow told them to return on Sunday.
On Sunday afternoon the Browns went to the animal shelter.The animal docter said,“Shadow has had all of her shots（预防针）.She will be healthy.” The Browns thanked the docter and tookShadow home.
31.From the reading we learn that_____.
A. the Browns have never had a pet before
B. the Browns knew about Shadow from the newspaper
C.Shadow is a small and healthy dog
D.Mr. Brown didn’t quite agree with his wife
32.The word shelter in the reading means_____
A.a place to sell small dogs B.a place to keep homeless animals
C.a place to study animals D.a place to sell books on pet care
33.Mr. Snow asked the Browns some questions to____
A.see if they had moved to a new house B.find out how rich the Browns were
C.knew where they’d keep their new pet D.make sure they’d take care of pets
34.The Browns think that a small dog____
A.doesn’t need any room to keep B.can help them watch house
C.eats less food than a bigger one D.usually has a beautiful name
35.It’s clear that ____
A.Shadow will not be easy to get ill
B.the Browns were not satisfied（满意）with Shadow
C.Mr. Snow didn’t check Shadow at alll
D.Shadow likes barking a lot
B
 Mr. Green was a professor（教授） of medicine in a university（大学）. He was very strict with his students.When exams came, the sthudents would feel a little worried and afraid beacause Mr. Green was Seld(很少) pleased with the students’ answers.A few students would be lucky if he or she could get a high grade from him
Here came the exam.Now a student entered the exam room and got seated before some professors. When he saw Mr. Green, he felt a little nervous（紧张）.Mr.Green asked the student to describe(描述)a certain illness.His answer was OK.Then Mr.Green asked the stusent about the medicine for the illness, and the student answered right.
“Good,” said Mr.Green, “and how much with you give the patient（病人） each time?”
“A full of spoon.”
“Now you may go out and wait for the result,”said Mr.Green.The student felt confident(自信) and left the room。Suddenly（突然） the student realized tha he had made a mistake. “A full spoon is too much,” he said to himself.Anxiously（不安地）he opened the door of the room and cried,“Mr.Green, I’ve made a mistake. A full spoon is too much for the patient. He can take only five drops.”
“I’m sorry, sir,” said Mr.Green coldly. “But it’s too late.Your patient has died.”
36.Why were stusents afraid of Mr.Green?
A.Because he was cold and unfiendly to them
B.Because he was seldom pleased with their answers
C.Because he tought they were bad students
D.Because he wasn’t easy to get along with
37.The student’s answer of the illness was___
A.wrong  B.right  C.short  D.long
38.To cure(治疗)the illness, the student should give the patient ____of the medicine each time.
A.a full spoon    B.half a spoon C.more than five drops   D.only five drops
39.Which is TRUE according to the passage?
A.No one could pass the exam because Mr.Green was strict
B.Mr.Green was pleased with the student’s first two answers
C.The student felt confident after he left the room.
D.The professer made a mistake this time
40.What can we learn from the sentence“Your patient has died.”?
A.The patient really died and the professer felt
B.Maybe the professer gave the student a low grade
C.Maybe the student passed the exam
D.The medicine for the illness had no influence
四．词汇（20）
(一)单词拼写（5）
41. Eat more friut and v________can help us keep healthy.
42. W______comes after autumn.
43. Please come to my party and have f_____.
44. Don’t worry,yourfather will r______from Beijing next week
45. It take us twenty m_______to walk to the park.
（二）综合填空，根据文章和首字母提示，填入所缺单词。(15)
Every day Miss Wang was busy and tired with her new job in a company.But the young girl was lucky to get a housework robot 46 f______her parents.
Miss Wang’s life became much 47 e______than before with the help of the robot, When she got up in the morning , 48 b______ was made alreadyThe robot also ironed （熨）MissWang’s 49 c______ to make them smooth（平整）,and prepared（准备）a lunch box for her every day. Miss Wang didn’t need to get up early to do housework and she could 50 s______in bed for longer time.
While Miss Wang was at work, the robot would clean her flat,It would wash the clothes ,wash the dishes ,sweep the 51 f______and make the bed.The robot also went shopping at the suprmarket.
When Miss Wang returned home from work, her flat would be as clean as new.A delicious52 d_______ would be ready for her on the table.After that,she could relax for an hour or two watching her 53 f________TV program,leaving the robot wash the 54 d______.MissWang was very 55 h________with her robot.
五、任务型阅读（10）
The first wild animals tamed（驯服）by humans（人类） were dogs. This took place in Europe about10,000years.
The first “dogs”were not like the(A)_____we have now.Maybe they were small wolves（狼）or a type of dog like the Australian ding.
These dogs probely came near humans to get some fod.Some of their puppies（幼犬）were caught by people and grew up with them.These puppies were quite tame as they grew up (B)They thought humans wre parts of their group.
(C.) Humans realized（意识到）the dogs were very helpful to them in a number of ways. The dogs helped people hunt（打猎）.They could smell and danger before people could helped people keep warm on cold nights. It is fun to have them.
Over a long time,people were able to keep thedogs for(D)___ purposes（目的）.Some were for hunting, some for herding（放牧） and some just for pets.These dogs looked quite different from each other.For example,a German（德国）Shepherd looks different from aYorkshire terrier.
Now,of course,there are many different