甘肃省武威市第三中学2013-2014学年八年级英语下学期期中试题 人教新目标版

2013-2014学年第二学期期中学业水平测试八年级英语试卷 (120分钟 120分)I. 单项选择（共25分，每空1分。）( ) 1. Playing with _ robot is _ unusual experience for me. A. an; anB. a; an C. the; aD. a; a( ) 2. Can you tell me A. What is your name B. that your name is C. that is your name D. what your name is( ) 3.Mrs. White _ dinner when her son came home. A. is cooking B. was cooking C. are cooking D. were cooking( ) 4. - Are you _ in English or maths, John? - _. I prefer science.A. interested; Neither B. interesting; Neither C. interested; Both D. interested; None( ) 5. I have to tell you.A. important something B. something important C. anything D. some important( ) 6. I have bought two dictionaries recently. _ of them are very useful.A. Both B. All C. Neither D. Either ( ) 7. What a beautiful T-shirt! How much did you _ for it? 150 yuan. A. takeB. costC. payD. spend( )8. Not all events in history are as _ as this. A. terribler B. more terrible C. the most terrible D. terrible( )9. It was very dark. So he _the lights as soon as he entered the room.A. turned on B. turned off C. turns on D. turns off( )10. There are _ students playing on the playground. A. two hundreds B. hundred of C. hundreds of D. hundreds ( )11. Why not come and join us in the game?_,but I must meet Mr Smith at his office now.A. Id love to B. Lets go C. Yes, please D. Its a pleasure( )12. How can you make the kite _ higher? A. fly B. to fly C. flies D. flying( )13. -Knowledge is money. -But I think it is _ money.A. as important as B. so important as C. more important than D. the same as ( )14. Hainan Island is the second _ island of China.Alarge B. larger C. the largest D. largest( )15. I will take my computer test tomorrow. _A. Im sorry to hear that. B. Thats OK. C. Good luck. D. Congratulations. 16. Its time for class. Please stop .A. talk B. talking C. to talk D. talked 17. Mother has gone to Beijing. Mary has to cook by _A. herB. hersC. sheD. herself18. We should learn each other. A. from B. to C. by D. on19. The old women from Dongsi Neighbourhood Committee are learning to _English. A. say B. talk C. speak D. tell 20. -You dont look well. Whats the matter?-I _ sleep well. A. dontB. didntC. wont D. havent 21. -_ will it take you from your school to the library?- About half an hour. So I'll be there by 9 o'clock.A. How far B. How soon C. How long D. How many22Its good _ us _ vegetables.A for; eat B of; eat C for ; to eat D of; to eat23All of them went out for a walk _ John. A. besides B. except C. beside D. excepts 24Which subject do you like _ , math, Chinese or English ?A. better B. best C. well D. very much 25Her mother told her _ in bed. A. notreadB. nottoreadC. dontreadD. tonotread II. 完形填空（共10分，每空1分。）What do you do at weekends? Some people like to _26_ at home, but others like to go for a walk _27_ have a picnic. My friend Jack works hard in a factory during the _28_. At weekends he always _29_ the same thing. On Saturday he _30_ his car and on _31_ he takes his family to a nearby village. His uncle and aunt have a farm there. It isnt a _32_ one, but there's always _33_ to do. The children help with the animals and give them their _34_, Jack and his wife help in the fields. At the end of the day, they are all _35_ and Jack's aunt gives them a big meal. （ ）26. A. play B. live C. stay D. like （ ）27. A. andB. or C. but D. so （ ）28. A. dayB. time C. autumn D. week （ ）29. A. does B. makesC. borrows D. has （ ）30. A. watchesB. drives C. sells D. washes （ ）31. A. Monday B. Sunday C. Saturday D. Wednesday （ ）32. A. small B. big C. hard D. short （ ）33. A. much B. little C. fast D. far （ ）34. A. clothes B. places C. food D. water （ ）35. A. clean B. late C. happy D. friendlyIII. 阅读理解(共30分，每空2分）(A)The best way of learning a language is using it. The best way of learning English is talking in English as much as possible. Sometimes youll get your words mixed up(混淆) and people will not understand you. Sometimes people will say things too quickly and you cant understand them. But if you keep your sense of humor(幽