1、=【 ;精品教育资源文库 】 = 2017-2018 学年第一学期武威 八年级英语试卷 一 、 单项填空（每小题 1分，满分 20分） ( )1. What are you going to give your mother for her birthday? Im not sure. But Ill buy her _. A. something special B. anything special C. special something D. special anything ( )2. There are _ people in front of me in the queue. I
2、 have to wait for a long time. A. very little B. only a few C. quite a few D. quite a little ( )3. Oh, I forgot _ my ruler with me. Can I use yours? A. bring B. brought C. to bring D. bringing ( )4. Li Lei, National Day is coming .Where will you go? I decide _ to Mount Tai . A. go B. will go C. to g
3、o D. going ( )5. Which is _, an elephant or a tiger ? A. strong B. stronger C. strongest D. the strongest ( )6. John, is Helen your twin brother? Oh, yes. He is twenty minutes _than me. A. heavier B. bigger C. taller D. older ( )7. When did your uncle _ in Shanghai? A. arrive B. get C. reach D. arri
4、ved ( )8. I want to be an artist, but it _ a little hard. Work hard, and _ youll succeed (成功 ) at last. A. maybe; may be B. may be; maybe C. maybe; maybe D. may be; may be ( )9. What was the weather like yesterday? It was terrible. It rained so _ that people could _ go out. A. hardly; hard B. hardly
5、; hardly C. hard; hardly D. hard; hard =【 ;精品教育资源文库 】 = ( )10. Have you ever been to Disneyland? No, _. I hope I can go there next year. A. always B. sometimes C. never D. often ( )11. How often do you exercise? _ ever. Because I am very busy with my work. A. Hardly B. Nearly C. Always D. Almost ( )
6、 12. _ is the dictionary? Its $22.95 A. How old B. How long C. How thick D. How much ( ) 13. _ do you write a letter to your father? I seldom or never do that now. Instead, I call or email him almost every day. A. How soon B. How long C. How much D. How often ( ) 14. In fact, listening is just as _
7、as speaking in language learning. A. important B. more important C. more difficult D. more interesting ( )1 5. _the car is old, it still runs well. A. Because B. So C. Though D. But ( ) 16. I am _ . May I have something to eat? OK. Here is some bread. A. thirsty B. hungry C. tired D. sleepy ( ) 17.
8、Farmers become _ in our hometown in recent years. A. more and more rich B. richer and richer C. more rich and more rich D. much richer than ( ) 18. Please speak more _ . Your father is sleeping. A. loud B. quiet C. quietly D. clear ( ) 19. My younger sister is _ more outgoing than me. A. more B. mos
9、t C. a little D. little ( ) 20.Mr.Brown is good_ children. They all love him. A. at B.with C. for D. in =【 ;精品教育资源文库 】 = 二、 完形填空 (10 分 ) Henry is a little fatter than he wants to be. He 1 to lose some weight(减肥 ).So he is on the diet(节食 ).He tries not to eat too 2 and he eats very little meat becaus
10、e it will make him 3 . He also does exercise every 4 . He swims very often, 5 he runs about two kilometers a day. Now he is 6 than before. Henrys sister, Susan, is healthier than Henry. 7 is also younger and thinner than he. She does _8_ every day, too. She doesnt 9 much meat. But she eats a lot of
11、fruit and vegetables because she thinks 10 are better for her health. ( )1. A. wants B. likes C. goes D .want ( )2 A. many B. less C. much D. more ( )3.A.thin B. fat C . ill D .tired ( )4. A. month B. week C. day D. year ( )5.A. and B. because C .but D. when ( )6. A later B. shorter C. longer D. str
12、onger ( )7.A. She B. He C. They D. We ( )8. A. shopping B. housework C. homework D. exercise ( )9.A. drink B.eat C. cook D. buy ( )10. A. you B. them C. they D. we 三、 阅读理解。（ 30 分） A Cindy, Jerry and Mary are giving their opinions about a good friend. Cindy: I think a good friend should be honest(诚实的
13、 ). Thats more important than any other thing and is where a good friendship starts. If a friend isnt honest, he may lose his friends trust. Jerry: I think a good friend has to be generous. Here “generous” doesnt mean he has to give his friends his lunch money or his clothes. It means he should shar
14、e(分享 ) his ideas and feelings with his friends. In fact, his friends can know him better in this way. Mary: In my opinion a good friend should understand(理解 ) his friends. When theres something wrong between him and his friends, he must put himself in his friends place =【 ;精品教育资源文库 】 = and think mor
15、e for his friends. （ ） 1. What does the underlined sentence(句子 ) mean? A. To be honest is the most important. B. To be honest is as important as other things. C. To be honest is not so important. D. Honest people g et more things than others. （ ） 2. Jerry would like to make friends with people who _
16、. A. give him lunch money B. know him very well C. tell him their ideas and feelings D. give him some clothes （ ） 3. Mary thinks friends should _. A. visit each other often B. go to more places to play C. understand each other D. help each other do more things （ ） 4. Which of the following is NOT tr
17、ue? A. They are talking about what they think a good friend should be. B. They are talking about money. C. They are talking about clothes. D. They are talking about trust. （ ） 5. Whats the best title of the passage? A. My friend. B.Trust is the most important. C.Opinions about a good friends. D. Bei
18、ng generous is the important. B Why is 2004 a special year? Because it is a Leap Year（闰年） . Whats so special about that? Well, we have a Leap Year every four years. And it has 366 =【 ;精品教育资源文库 】 = days, not the usual （通常的） 365. In a Leap Year, we have 29 days in February, while in a usual year we ha
19、ve only 28 days. Why do we have a Leap Year? We have a Leap Year so we can keep the calendar （日历） in step （一致） with the seasons. The calendar is a kind of clock for the year. But how long is a year? A calendar year is 365 days. But a true year is 365 days， 5 hours, 48 minutes and 46 seconds long. Th
20、ats the time it takes the earth to go around the sun. So every four years we have one more day, and we put it at the end of February, the shortest month of a year. Then we have a Leap Year. （ ） 6. How often can we have a Leap Year? A. Every year B. Every February C. Every four years （ ） 7. What is a
21、 calendar? Its a kind of clock _. A. for the year B. for Leap Year C. for the usual year （ ） 8. It takes the earth _ to go around the sun. A. a day B. a year C. a little longer than 365 days （ ） 9. Which is the shortest month of the year? A. February B. March C. May （ ） 10. Mary was born on February
22、 29,1972. Now she is 32. How many birthdays has she had? A. 32 B. 16 C. 8 C Summer is Bettys favorite season of the year. She loves to go shopping for summer fashions (时装 ) with her mother. Last Sunday they went shopping at the Lakeside Mall (购物中心 ) near their home. There are many stores in the Mall. All of them are full of fashions. Betty likes to buy things in Esprit, Gap and Banana Republic for skirts, blouses, trousers, shoes and other clothes. After walking around the Mall for more than two hours, each of them had two bags full of clothes. Betty was not ready to g
