1、=【 ;精品教育资源文库 】 = 广东省广州市越秀区知用中学 2017-2018 学年八年级英语下学期期中试题 本试卷共四大题，共 12 页，满分 110 分。考试时间 100 分钟。 注意事项： 1. 答卷前，考生务必在答题卡上用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔填写自己的考生号、姓名、试室号、座位号，再用 2B 铅笔把对应号码的标号涂黑。 2. 选择题每小题选出答案后，用 2B 铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需要改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案。不能答在试卷上。 3. 非选择题必须用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔作答，答案必须写在答题卷各题目指定区域的相应位置上；如需要改动，先划掉 原来的答案，
2、然后再写上新的答案，改动的答案也不能超出指定的区域；不准使用铅笔、圆珠笔和涂改液。不按以上要求作答的答案无效。 4. 考生必须保持答题卡的整洁，考试结束，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。 第 I 卷 一、语言知识及运用 （共两节，满分 25 分） 第一节 单项选择 （共 10 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 10 分） 从 1 10 各题所给的 A、 B、 C 和 D 项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项 涂黑。 ( )1. My mother often reminds me _I should finish my homework before watching TV . A. a
3、bout B. of C. to D. that ( )2. Writing stories _what I enjoyed most when I was young. A. is B. are C. was D. were ( )3. Tom gets up at 6 every day _ catch the early bus to school. A. in order that B. so that C. in order to D. because ( )4. You need to get ready _ the exam. A. for B. to C. at D. of =
4、【 ;精品教育资源文库 】 = ( )5. -It is difficult to get to the other side of the river. -I think a bridge _ over the river. A. should be built B. should built C. will build D. has built ( )6. Peoples life began to get better_. A. in the early 1990s B. in the early 1990 C. at the early 1990s D. at the early 19
5、90 ( )7. _money for the people in need, they held a book fair. A. Raise B. Raised C. Raising D. To raise ( )8. He finished _ his book last month, and now he is planning _ another one. A. writing; writing B. to write; to write C. writing; to write D. to write; writing ( )9. You can _ the shop in ten
6、minutes on foot. A. reach B. go C. get D. arrive ( )10. My pet cat is seriously ill. What should I do to keep him_? A. live B. life C. alive D. lovely 第二节 语法选择（共 15 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 15 分） 阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，从 11 25 各题所给的 A、和项中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上 将该项涂黑。 (A) Wang Damin is a fisherman. _11_he is over 6
7、5, he is very fit and still enjoys working. Damin uses cormorants to catch fish. Cormorants are large black birds. They are good at catching fish because they can swim _12_. They can dive down and stay under the water for up to two minutes. Cormorant fishing was once practised in lots of places in S
8、outh-East China, and there were many fishermen in the area. But today, _13_young people are_14_in it. In 50 years, perhaps there_15_no more cormorant fishermen in the world. =【 ;精品教育资源文库 】 = ( )11. A. But B. Although C. Because D. If ( )12. A. good B. well C. better D. best ( )13. A. a little B. lit
9、tle C. a few D. few ( )14. A. interest B. interests C. interested D. interesting ( )15. A. is B. are C. will have D. will be (B) Early last Monday, I was walking to school as usual. I found a little boy running much too fast _16_ he was crossing the street. Just then a speeding car came round the co
10、rner. I was afraid and shouted to stop him, _17_ it was too late. The boy was knocked down _18_ the car. I hurried to the boy, crying for help. But the driver didnt stop and drove away. The boy _19_ to hospital by the policemen. Two hours_20_, I learned that the boy died. I was so sad and I would ne
11、ver _21_ this terrible accident. It is said that many people died in traffic accidents every year. So we should try to do something to stop such kinds of traffic accident _22_ happening. _23_ best way to reduce(减少 ) the number of traffic accident is making the drivers _24_ the importance of driving
12、safely and make sure to drive safely on the road. First, all young divers have to complete a safe driving education class and memorize the traffic rules before _25_a driving license(执照 ). Second, they should have enough on-road practice before they drive alone. ( )16. A. before B. after C. until D.
13、when ( )17. A. and B. however C. but D. so ( )18. A. in B. by C. with D. on ( )19. A. send B. sent C. is sent D. was sent =【 ;精品教育资源文库 】 = ( )20. A. after B. late C. later D. last ( )21. A. forget B. forgot C. forgets D. forgotten ( )22. A. from B. of C. on D. at ( )23. A. A B. An C. The D. / ( )24.
14、 A. to understand B. understands C. understand D. understanding ( )25. A. to get B. gets C. get D. getting 二、完形填空（共 10 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 15 分） 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从 26 35 各题所给的 A、 B、 C 和 D 项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 Mr. White is a member of his office. Hes able to easily manage all kinds of matters, so he is a
15、lways _26_ more than others in the office and becomes rich. Of course hes often _27_ and has no time to do the housework. His wife _28_him well and does all at home. Bad luck! Their daughter was seriously ill last month and had to be _29_. Now Ms. White has to _30_ her there and she cant go home. Mr
16、. White often eats something in the restaurant. As he never did some _31_, the rooms were all dirty. Yesterday morning, before Mr. White got up, the telephone _32_. He sat up to answer it. His friend told him to _33_ an important telephone number down. But he couldnt find a pen or a piece of paper.
17、He found there was much dust on the table and wrote the number on it. But soon he forgot it and went to work. In the afternoon, his wife came back and looked for a sweater for her daughter. Her husband came in while she was cleaning the =【 ;精品教育资源文库 】 = table. He couldnt _34_ the number on the table
18、 and called out _35_, “Who let you clean the table?” ( )26. A. helped B. thought C. paid D. asked ( )27. A. busy B. quiet C. lazy D. happy ( )28. A. teaches B. knows C. misses D. makes ( )29. A. in hospital B. in hotel C. in bed D. at school ( )30. A. play with B. study with C. look for D. look afte
19、r ( )31. A. shopping B. cleaning C. cooking D. washing ( )32. A. shouted B. spoke C. rang D. called ( )33. A. write B. remember C. receive D. use ( )34. A. feel B. find C. look D. hear ( )35. A. happily B. luckily C. excitedly D. angrily 三、阅读（共两节，满分 35 分） 第一节 阅读理解（共 15 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 30 分） 阅读下列短文，从每题
20、所给的 A、 B、 C 和 D 项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 （ A） Years ago, I lived in a building in a large city. There was another building not far from mine. A woman lived there. I had never met her, but I could see her sit by the window =【 ;精品教育资源文库 】 = each afternoon, drinking or reading. After several months, I be
21、gan to find that her window was dirty. Everything was unclear through the dirty window. I would say to myself, “What a lazy woman! I want to know why she doesnt wash her window. It really looks terrible.” One bright morning, I decided to clean my flat, including the window. I worked the whole mornin
22、g. When I finished the clea ning, I sat down by the window with a cup of coffee for a rest. What a surprise! Everything in the womans flat could be seen clearly. Her window was clean! I began to understand. I watched the womans window from my own dirty window. Thats the problem! This is quite an important lesson for me. How often had I looked at and criticized(批评 ) others through the dirty window of my heart? From then on, whenever I want to judge someone, I ask myself first, “Am I looking at him through my dirty window? ” Then I try to clean th
