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2011-2012学年度第一学期期中考试 八年级英语试卷二、单项选择（ 从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项21. Tom is honest boy and has got useful present.     A. an, a    B. an, an    C. a, an     D. a, a22. —I’m hungry. Is there any bread in the fridge?— , but we have some cakes. Would you like to have one?A. Some B. Much C. None D. Nothing23. I am running as as I can. However, I’m still behind the others. A. slow B. slower C. fast D. faster24. My friend never a bad word about anyone. A. speaks B. tells C. talks D. says25. Mr. Green told Jim and me to help to some fruit. A. himself B. myself C. themselves D. ourselves26. Can you finish the work with money and people? A. less, fewer B. fewer, less C. less, less D. fewer, fewer27. —What your uncle ? — He is helpful and kind. A. do, like B. does, like C. is, like D. are, like28. I don’t think swimming is not as interesting as camping. That means I think swimming is camping. A. more interesting than B. as interesting as C. less interesting than D. so interesting as29. Lucy’s shoes are yours. Hers are blue, while yours are black. A. different from B. like C. as D. the same as 30. Our classroom is bigger than theirs. A. very B. too C. so D. a little 31. Do you have any problems his house? A. find B. finding C. to find D. found32. “Lift” is also called in American English. A. rubber B. fall C. movie D. elevator33. The trip made us . A. pleasant, pleased B. pleased, pleasant C. pleasant, pleasant D. pleased, pleased34. — Would you like to go fishing with me?— I’d love to, I have to stay at home my illness. A. and, because of B. or, because C. but, because of D. but, because 35. There isn’t in today’s newspaper. A. important something B. important anything C. anything important D. nothing important 36.— do you live from your school? — About ten minutes’ walk. A. How long B. How often C. How far D. How soon 37. all the students, Xiao Ming is .A. In, the most careful B. In, most careful C. Of, the most careful D. Of, most careful38. —Don’t go climbing on rocks! — . A. Yes, I do. B. No, I don’t C. Yes, I will D. No, I won’t39. Shanghai is bigger than in Jiangsu. A. other cities B. any city C. the other city D. any other city 40. The dumplings taste . Don’t eat them any more. A. good B. well C. bad D. badly三、完形填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分） Ballpoint pens have made life easier for millions of people. At one time 41 did not like their students to write with pens. Perhaps it was because pens can leak(漏) and it is 42 to spill(溢出) the ink. And it is hard to write on thin or cheap paper with them. Ladislao Biro 43 for a newspaper in Budapest. He spent all day 44 his desk. Day in and day out, he corrected pages of thin, cheap paper with a pen and ink. He often had to stop to fill his pen and it did not write 45 on the thin paper. He and his brother George began some experiments(实验). They wanted a pen that did not leak, with ink that did not spill. 46 not use a little ball at the end?Two Englishmen, Henry Martin and Frederick Miles, liked the 47 . It was the time of the Second World War. The Air Force 48 a non-leak, non-spill pen for the men to write with in 49 . Martin and Miles made and 50 many thousands of Biro “writing-sticks” to the Air Force.41.A. factoriesB. schoolsC. shops D. restaurants42.A. easyB. hard C. freeD. popular43.A. left B. waitedC. lookedD. worked44.A. onB. near C. at D. in45.A. wellB. downC. outD. up46.A. Why B. WhenC. Where D. What47.A. matterB. resultC. meaningD. idea48.A. boughtB. tookC. needed D. gave49.A. planesB. shipsC. trainsD. buses50.A. soldB. lentC. movedD. passed四、阅读理解（共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分）阅读下面的三篇短文，根据短文内容，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择最佳选项。

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