1、=【 ;精品教育资源文库 】 = 2017-2018 学年上期期中调研试卷八年级英语 注意事项： 1本试卷共 8 页，六个大题，满分 120 分，考试时间为 100 分钟。 2本试卷上不要答题，请按答题卡上注意事项的要求直接把答案写在答题卡上，答在试卷上的答案无效。 一、单项选择（每小题 1 分，共 20 分） ( )1. Mr Smith is old man and he usually walks his dog after supper. A a;the B an;a C an;不填 D the;不填 ( )2.-Paul, come upstairs! Can you give me
2、 a hand? -Just a minute. I on the phone. A. am talking B. talked C .will talk D. talks ( ) 3. Dick is student because she was born later than anyone else in her class. A. young B. younger C. the younger D. the youngest ( )4.Whenever we kids come over, Auntie Susan just stands there and watches us su
3、re we dont break anything. A. make B. made C. to make D. making ( )5. My dream is a scientist. A. be B. to be C. do D, to do ( )6.He bought yesterday. A.to me a book B.a book me C.a book to me D. me a book ( )7.-I am not good at listening .What shall I do? - watching English films and listening to r
4、eal English songs ? A, VVhy dont you B. Why not C .How about D. Lets ( )8. -How old is your sister? -She is 17 years old. She is three years than me A,elder; older B.old; older C.older; elder D.elder; elder ( )9. Its nice you me with my maths, A.for, to help B.for, helping C.of, to help D.of, helpin
5、g ( )10. To my surprise, my brother can speak English . A. lively B, perfectly C.badly D. friendly ( )11. Th. e young man is to carry the heavy box. =【 ;精品教育资源文库 】 = A.strong enough B. enough strong C.too strong D. so strong ( )12. No food is left in the fridge some bread. A.except B.except that C.b
6、esides D.including ( )13.We can make a fire the room warm so that we can chat for a while. A.to keep B.keeping C.keep D.kept ( )14.You should before you begin to run. A.sit down B.stand up C.warm up D.lie down ( )15. The you work at your lessons, the results you will get. A.hard;good B.harder; good
7、C.hard;better D.harder;better ( )16. Were sad of those animals in danger. A.to think B.think C.thinks D.thought ( )17. Dont my storybook. I want to read it now. A.take to B.take off C.take away D.take on ( )18. -I think its difficult for him French well. -So do I. A.studies B.to study C.studying D.s
8、tudy ( )19. I hope you and your family soon. A.seeing B.to see C.will see D.see )20.-What is Lao She famous ? -Teahouse and Camel Xiangzi. A.for B.as C.on D.about 二、完形填空（每空 1 分，共 1 0 分） In learning English, one should first pay attention to listening and speaking. It is the groundwork of reading and
9、 writing. Youd better 21 your best to speak while you do much listening. Dont be 22 of making mistakes. But be careful not to let them stop you from improving your 23 . While you are doing this, a good 24 is to write-keep a diary, write notes or letters. Then if you can, ask some 25 to go through wh
10、at you have written and tell you Where it is wrong. Many mistakes in your speaking will be 26 found when you write. Through correcting mistakes, you can do better in learning English. =【 ;精品教育资源文库 】 = If you are slow in speaking, dont 27 about it. One of the helpful ways is reading, either aloud or
11、to yourself. The important thing is to choose 28 interesting to read. It cant be too difficult for you. When you are reading 29 this way, dont stop to 30 the new words if you can guess their meanings when they have nothing to do with the sentences. You can do that some other time. ( ) 21.A.have B.se
12、nd C.make D.try ( ) 22.A.sure B.afraid C.proud D.tired ( ) 23.A.English B.Cl:unese C.Korean D.French ( ) 24.A.start B.idea C,way D.manner ( ) 25.A.other B.another C.the other D.others ( ) 26.A.happily B.easily C.really D.slowly ( ) 27.A.talk B.fear C.worry D.hurry ( ) 28.A.something B.everything C.a
13、nything D.nothing ( ) 29,A.by B.on C.at D.in ( ) 30.A,look at B.look for C.look up D.look over 三、阅读理解（每小题 2 分，共 40 分） A =【 ;精品教育资源文库 】 = We all knoxv the giraffes are the tallest living animals on land. But do you want to learn more about them? Let me tell you. Giraffes live in Africa. They have a v
14、ery long neck. A giraffe can be more than 18 feet tall. A giraffe has four long, thin legs. The front legs are longer than the back legs. It can run about 50 kilometers each hour. A giraffe is probably famous for its long neck. It can reach the leaves at the top of the trees. A giraffe can live for
15、20-25 years in the wild, and often at zoos. An adult(成年的 ) giraffe eats up to 140 pounds of food each day. A giraffe spends most of a day eating and it gets just a few leaves once. It eats leaves on tall trees, tall bushes and tall grass, too. But its favorite food is leaves on the acacia trees(金合欢树
16、 ). Acacia leaves contain a lot of water, so a giraffe can go a long time without drinking. 根据短文内 容，选择恰当答案。 ( ) 31.YVhat does a giraffe look like? A. It is the tallest living animal on land. B. It has a long neck and four long, thin legs. C. It can live for 20-25 years in the wild. D. It can run abo
17、ut 50 kilometers each hour. ( ) 32.A giraffe is well known because of . A.its front legs B.its speed（速度） C.its neck D.its food ( ) 33.What food does a giraffe like best? A.Leaves of the acacia trees. B.Green grass. C.Tall bushes D.Little animals ( ) 34.Why doesnt a giraffe drink water for a long tim
18、e? A. Its an animal of the desert. B. It lives in the grassland. C. Its an animal like a camel. D. Its food contains some water. ( ) 35.Which of the following statements is NOT true? A.A giraffe is an animal from Europe. =【 ;精品教育资源文库 】 = B.A giraffes front legs are long. C.It takes a giraffe lots of
19、 time to eat food. D.A giraffe in the wild can live for over 25 years. B 根据海报内容，选择最佳答案。 ( ) 36.You may watch A Dream Play at on 30 May. A.10 am B.5 pm C.7 pm D.7:15 pm ( ) 37.1fyou want to watch Swan Lake, you can go to Barbican Theatre on . A.29 May B.5 June C.13 June D.16 June ( ) 38.Youmay watch
20、if you go to Barbican Theatre on 14 June. A.Swan Lake B.Triple Bill C.A Dream Play D.Both Swan Lake and Triple Bill ( ) 39.You can buy a first night ticket for Swan Lake at the price of with a Barbican Card. A. 12 B. -15 C. f:24 D. 30 =【 ;精品教育资源文库 】 = ( ) 40.1f you want to buy three tickets for Trip
21、le Bill on Tuesday, how much will you pay at least? A. 45 B. 51 C. 57 D. 60 C Some people say, “Extreme(极限的 )sports are so dangerous. Why would anyone want to do them?“ But the danger is what makes them so (excite). Bungee Jumping (蹦极 ): People on some South Pacific islands have been bungee jumping
22、for hundreds of years. In 1979,some people bungee jumped off a bridge in England and made the sport popular around the world. Bungee jumping came to China about (15 年以前 ). Skydiving: This is probably the scariest (最可怕的 ) extreme sport. Skydivers jump out of airplanes about four kilometers up in the sky. They usually free-fall(自由降落 )for a while and then open a parachute(降落 )to slow down for a safe landin
