1、=【 ;精品教育资源文库 】 = 甘肃省靖远县 2017-2018 学年八年级英语上学期期中试题 （考生注意：本卷满分 120 分，考试时间： 100 分钟 ） I. 单项选择 （每题 1 分，共 20 分） （ ） 1. She is very about the news . A.excited; excited B. exciting; excited C. exciting; excited D. excited; exciting （ ） 2. My father some flowers yesterday morning. A. plant B. to plant C. plan
2、ted D. planting （ ） 3. I dont think its easy in a new place. A. live B. to live C. living D. living （ ） 4.Fathers Day is on Sunday in June. A. third B. the third C. three D. the three （ ） 5. The car Tom 30,000 dollars. A. spent B. paid C. cost D. took （ ） 6. I walk a shop on my way to school. A. pas
3、s B. past C. cross D. through （ ） 7. What she said made me very . A. angry B. to eat C. sadly D. happily （ ） 8. Jimmy is than any other girl. A. funniest B .more funny C. the funny D. funny （ ） 9. Youd better a taxi to school, or youll be late. A.take B. by C. takes D. taking （ ） 10. His mother has
4、so many good books . A.read B. to read C. reads D. reading （ ） 11. Its nice you to give me a hand. A. for B. of C. with D. to 题号 一 二 三 四 五 六 七 总分 得分 =【 ;精品教育资源文库 】 = （ ） 12. I think there is with the computer. A. anything wrong B. wrong anything C. something wrong D. wrong something （ ） 13. There a
5、sports meeting next week. A.is going to have B. will have C. is going to be D. is （ ） 14. I have fun . A. say B. speaking C. to speak D. to say （ ） 15. His grandfather for twenty years. A. died B. has died C. has dead D. has been dead （ ） 16. There is water on the floor. A.So many B. so much C. such
6、 many D. such much （ ） 17. My mother advised me the smaller T-shirt. A. choose B. to choose C. choosing D. chooses （ ） 18. -I dont know when she . -I will call you when she . A. will come; comes B. comes; comes C. will come; will come D. comes; will come （ ） 19. it was raining, we stayed at home. A.
7、 Because; so B. Because; and C. So; because D. because; / （ ） 20. We will have a holiday to celebrate the National Day. A. seven days B. seven days C. seven -day D. seven-days II. 完形填空（每题 1 分，共 10 分） The bicycle is one of the simplest(简单的 ,单纯的 ) yet most useful inventions in the world. What the most
8、 surprising is that it was not 21 earlier, although the great inventor Lenardo da Vinci (达 .芬奇 )had drawn pictures for bicycles and also for flying machines and some other things. Those things were not produced(生产 ,制作 ) 22 long after he died. A person riding a bicycle uses 23 energy (能量 ,精力 )to make
9、 the bicycle move, and there is no pollution(污染 ) at all when you are riding. Even so, in developed(发展 ,揭露 ) 24 , most people dont travel to work by bicycle. It is because 25 cars on the roads =【 ;精品教育资源文库 】 = becomes larger. It certainly becomes 26 to ride a bicycle. As a result, more people put th
10、eir bicycles away and go to work 27 their cars and, in this way, the situation (形式 ,处境 ,局面 )is made more serious. 28 the best way to make riding safer and more popular is to create (创造 ,产生 )paths only for bicycles, and to make 29 so difficult and expensive for drivers to take their cars into the cit
11、y that they will go back to 30 their bicycles. （ ） 21. A. invent B. inventing C. invented D. to invent （ ） 22. A. before B. when C. since D. until （ ） 23. A. much B. quite a lot of C. very little D. many （ ） 24. A. world B. countries C. land D. earth （ ） 25. A. the number of B. a number of C. this k
12、ind of D. all kinds of （ ） 26. A. safer B. more dangerous C. much dangerous D. safe （ ） 27. A. by B. in C. use D. drive （ ） 28. A. Hardly B. May be C. Perhaps D. Nearly （ ） 29. A. it B. them C. us D. uses （ ） 30. A. use B. using C. to use D. uses III. 阅读 理解（每题 2 分，共 40 分） A About fifty years ago, th
13、ere was an old man in a village. He had a large farm. He wasnt kind to the workers and nobody would work for him. He and his wife and his children had to work on it. So they were tired all the time but got a lot of money. He had only one son, but he never bought any books, exercise books or pencils
14、for him. Even he didnt want to pay the teachers any. So they wouldnt teach his son. Now the boy was eleven, but he didnt know what on e and one was. And he even didnt know how to spell his name. One day the boy was fooled when he bought something in a shop. The old man was worried about it. He thoug
15、ht and thought and at last he wanted to invited a governess(家庭教师 )to teach his son. But he needed a man who worked more but ate less. One day he met a friend near his house and the man wanted to play a joke with him. He said to the old man, “I know a young man. He can teach your son but wants no pay
16、.” “Does he eat much?” =【 ;精品教育资源文库 】 = “No, nothing but （ 只有） the northwest wind.” The old man was happy and going to invite the young teacher. At that time his wife came out and said, “What shall we give him if it blows from the southeast? ” 根据短文内容，判断下列句子的正误，正确的填 “T”, 错误的填 “F” 。 ( )31. The old man
17、 was not good to his workers. ( )32. The old man only had one child. ( )33. The old mans only son never went t o school at all. ( )34. The old mans son bought a lot of things for his parents one day. ( )35. The old mans friend didnt invite any teacher for him. B Mr. Jones and Mr. Brown worked in the
18、 same office. One day Mr. Jones said to Mr. Brown, “We are going to have a small party at our house next Wednesday evening. Would you and your wife like to join us?” Mr. Brown said, “Thank you very much. That is very kind of you. We are free that evening. I think, but I will telephone my wife and as
19、k her. Maybe she wants to go somewhere else that evening.” So Mr. Brown went to the other room and telephoned. When he came back, he looked very sorry. “What is the matter?” said Mr. Jones. “Did you speak to your wife?” “No,” answered Mr. Brown, “She wasnt there, my small s on answered the telephone
20、. I said to him,Is your mother there, David ?and he answered , No, she is not in the house, Where is she then?I asked .She is somewhere outside. What is she doing? She is looking for me.” ( ) 36.A small party will be held . A. at Davids house B. at Mr. Browns house C. in the office D. at Mr. Jones house ( )37. Mr. Jones asked to the party. A. Mr. Brown B. Mrs. Brown C. Mr. and Mrs. Brown D. all his friends ( ) 38. The telephone was . A. in the same offic
