1、十三中学2014学年八年级英语期中考试单项选择1. _? My car doesnt work.A. Why are you hereB. How do you doC. Whats wrongD. Whats this2. My grandpa lives in a small village _, but he doesnt feel _.A. alone, lonelyB. lonely, aloneC. alone, aloneD. lonely, lonely3. Could you please _ your car here?A. dont parkB. not to parkC
2、. not parkD. not parking4. The harder you study, _ grades youll get.A. goodB. betterC. bestD. the better5. I _ some cloths to charity because they are too small for me.A. take afterB. hang outC. give awayD. put off6. _ talk with them about your problems?A. Would you likeB. Why dontC. How aboutD. Why
3、 not7. You could go to bed earlier _ you wont be tired at class.A. untilB. so thatC. thoughD. if8. You should tell him that _ others homework is wrong.A. copyB. copyingC. copiesD. copied9. Im going to a party on Thursday night at Jimmys house._! Youll have two tests at school on Friday.A. Its easy t
4、o say soB. Thats exciting.C. Enjoy yourselfD. You cant be serious10. My mother was doing the dishes _ I was doing my homework.A. whenB. soC. whileD. until【参考答案】CACDC DBBDC完型填空When I was seventeen, I found a watch while walking down the hallway of my high school. As I picked it up , greed(贪心) suddenl
5、y came over me and I decided to _1_ it.When I got home from school, I found my mother cooking dinner in the _2_. I proudly（骄傲地） held out the watch for her to see. Mom was _3_ that I had kept the watch. Mom then asked me to go back to the school and take the watch to _4_ at the office. I started to a
6、rgue, but after taking a good look at my Moms serious face, I realized that it was _5_. So I returned to school and handed the watch in._6_ time passed，I forgot all about the watch until four years later.While I was studying in college, I got a part-time _7_ at a supermarket pushing shopping carts（购
7、物车） off the parking places. One _8_, I found a wallet that had been left in a shopping cart. I gave it to the manager there _9_ so that the owner could come and pick it up. Later at noon, as I was pushing carts outside, a man came up to me and told me that he had left his wallet in a shopping cart t
8、he night before. When he told me his name, I realized that he was the owner of the wallet. I _10_ to him that he could go inside the supermarket and get it back at the service desk. The man was very thankful and _11_ me some money, but I refused. I wasnt about to let something like _12_ ruin（毁灭）that
9、. Suddenly, the _13_ my mom had taught me that day came into my mind. Mom wanted to make sure that her son would always be _14_. Because of her, I did the _15_ thing when I found that wallet. 1. A. sellB. useC. keep D. wear2. A. study B. bedroomC. bathroomD. kitchen3. A. sadB. angryC. worriedD. upse
10、t4. A. anyone B. someoneC. no oneD. everyone5. A. usefulB. uselessC. right D. helpful6. A. ThoughB. SoC. AsD. Because7. A. prizeB. jobC. positionD. choice 8. A. morningB. afternoonC. eveningD. night9. A. happilyB. luckilyC. immediatelyD. proudly10. A. explained B. toldC. promisedD. smiled 11. A. got
11、B. offered C. showedD. lent 12. A. moneyB. paperC. walletD. pride 13. A. storyB. wordsC. lessonD. class14. A. excellentB. confidentC. kindD. honest15. A. terribleB. importantC. rightD. wrong【参考答案】 CDBBB CBACA BACDC阅读理解AOne day, many years ago, when I was working as a psychologist(心理学家) in England, D
12、avid was brought into my office. His face was pale and he stared（注视） at his own feet.David lost his father when he was two years old and lived with his mother and grandfather. But the year before he turned 13, his grandfather died and his mother was killed in a car accident. His teacher told me that
13、 he refused to talk to others from then on.How could I help him?David didnt say a word. As he was leaving, I put my hand on his shoulder. Come back next week if you like. I said.He came, and I invited him to play a game of chess. He agreed. After that we played chess every Wednesday afternoon-in com
14、plete silence. Usually, he arrived earlier than agreed. It seemedas if he enjoyed my company. But why didnt he ever look at me?Perhaps he simply needs someone to share his pain（痛苦）with, I thought.Months later, when I was staring at his head, he suddenly looked up at me. Its your turn, he said. After
15、 that day, David started talking. He finally got friends in school and he even joined a bicycle club. He wrote to me a few times. Now he had really started to live his life.Maybe I gave David something. But I learned a lot from him. I learned how time makes it possible to overcome（克服） what seems to
16、be painful. David showed me how one without a word can reach out to another person. All it takes is a shoulder to cry on, a friendly touch and an ear that listens.1.When David was brought into the writers office, _.A. he said hello to the writer B. he seemed happyC. he looked at his own feet D. he s
17、miled at the writer2. David refused to talk to others _.A. after his father had died B. before he was twelveC. after his grandfather had died D. when he became an orphan（孤儿）3.Which of the following statements is NOT true?A. David finally got friends in school.B. David began to talk with the writer a
18、 month later.C. David didnt say anything to the writer at first.D. At last the writer learned a lot from David.4. The underlined word “company” in Paragraph 3 probably means “_”.A. way of running a business B. way of being together with himC. way of playing chess D. way of speaking to him5. What can
19、 we learn from the story?A. We should always help each other and play together.B. We need to play chess with those silent boys.C. We should pay attention to help those who are painful.D. Time can change a person into another one with many words.【参考答案】CDBBCBDNA is the whole map of the human body. It
20、is something that all humans have, and it tells the body what to do. DNA is the reason that we look like our parents, because we get some of their DNA to make our own. People have been trying to understand the human body for a long time. In I860, Mr Mendel discovered why we look the same as other pe
21、ople in our family. It is because of small things called genes(基因) in our body. In 1953, two scientists, Watson and Crick, found out that those small parts are really messages. Theyre written in the DNA with a special language. In 1961, another two scientists found the first word that they could und
22、erstand in that language. It shows how DNA tells the cell (细胞) to build its parts,(有几个单词看不清) the words in the DNA map, but we still do not understand what they all do. By understanding what just one word means, we can help to save people from several illnesses. So the more we understand, the more do
23、ctors will be able to do. Most people hope that this will help to make better medicine and help sick people: Other people worry that when we learn more words and find out more information, we will use it in the wrong way, just to make people more attractive (有吸引力的), or stop sick people getting jobs.
24、 Man would have to meet a lot of trouble if DNA technic wasnt limited in use.1. When did Mr. Mendel discover why we look the same as other people in our family?A. In 2000. B. In 1961. C. In 1953. D. In 1860.2. How can we help sick people if we understand more “words” in the DNA map?A. Make better me
25、dicine. B. Make them get jobs.C. Make maps for them. D. Make them attractive.3. Which one is not true according to the article?A. We look like our parents because of “genes” in our body.B. We have understood what all the words in the DNA map do.C. DNA is the whole “map” of the human body.D. DNA tell
26、s the cell to build its parts.4. What does the underlined word “limited” mean?A. 有限的 B.充分的 C. 特别的D. 部分的5. Where can we probably read the article?A. A sports newspaper. B. A science magazine. C. A history book. D. An ad.【参考答案】DABABCLong long ago a man went to India and he had never been there before.
27、 When he got there, he saw a lot of fruit, but much of it was expensive because they couldnt grow much for there was little water. Finally he saw a big basket of some very red and long fruit. And it was the cheapest in the shop.So he went up and asked, “How much is each kilo?” and the shop keeper sa
28、id, “Two rupees(卢比). “Two rupees in India was nothing. So he bought a whole kilogram of the fruit and started eating it. But after he ate some of it, oh, my god! His eyes watered, his mouth watered and burnt, and his face became red. He jumped up and down, saying, “Ah! Ah! Ah!”But he still continued
29、 to eat the fruit! Some people who were looking at him shook their heads and said, “Youre crazy, man. Those are chilies(辣椒)! You cant eat so many! People use them as a condiment（调料）, but only a little bit to put into food for taste. You cant just eat them like that. “But the silly man said, “No, I c
30、ant stop! I paid money for them, and now Ill eat them up. Its my money!”And you think that man was silly, right? We sometimes do a lot of things like that. We spend money, time or effort doing something. And even though its been a long time, hard experience tells us it wont work, and we know theres
31、no more hope, we still continue just because weve put money, time, effort and love in to it. Just like the man who ate the chilies and felt so bad but couldnt stop because he didnt want to waste the money hed paid.So even if youve lost something, let it go and move on. Thats better than continuing t
32、o lose.1. The man chose to buy the red and long fruit only because _.A. he hadnt eaten it beforeB. he was hungryCit was cheapDhe hadnt seen it before2. Which of the following sentence is TRUE?AThe man went to India to buy fruit.BThe man didnt want to waste money.CThe man bought the fruit because it
33、was expensive.DIndia can grow a lot of fruit.3. What the man did is silly because _.A. he went to a place that he had never been beforeB. he bought a whole kilogram of the fruitC. his face became red and he jumped up and downD. he ate up all the chilies that he had paid4. The underlined word “them”
34、in Paragraph 2 probably means _.A. baskets B. rupees C. chilies D. shops5. From the passage, we can learn that _.Awe shouldnt waste moneyBwe shouldnt eat chiliesCwe shouldnt buy something cheapDletting something go is better than keeping on losing【参考答案】CBDCD任务型阅读阅读下面五个人的个人信息，选择他们各自可能感兴趣的杂志广告。1. Coll
35、in is new in China. He likes to make friends with Chinese people. And he often goes to different activities on weekends, like dancing, singing, and mountain climbing.2. Shirley is a teacher who teaches art in a middle school. She would like to see the shows of the painting.3. Wu Dong will go to Amer
36、ica next month. But he is poor in speaking English. So he wants to improve his spoken English.4.Jack is from Guangdong. This year, he spends his winter holiday in Beijing for the first time. He isnt used to the cold weather at all.5.Sandy doesnt have much money. She wants to buy some dresses for the
37、 summer.Activities are published in the local magazine:A. English Corner in the Open Air (The students from the English department of a Foreign Language Institute hold an English Corner in Chaoyang Square every Saturday evening.) B. Spring Art (More than 100 artists get together and see the work of
38、painters, photographers. There are many famous pictures for sale, too.) C. New Century Center (It is a clothes shop in the center of the city. It is going to hold an end-of-season sale. The price of many dresses is cheap.) D. Club Room (It is a hotel offering services for which you can use a telepho
39、ne to keep in touch with your family and children for free.)E. Dance Together (A dancing ball will be held in the Peoples Square this weekend.) F. Aoi Co. Ltd. (It is a company which produces the body warmer. The body warmer is a new kind of machine that can make the body warm. ) 【参考答案】EBAFC选词填空so t
40、rue both say much event you instead worry onWhen someone asks you to do something you do not feel like doing, what should you do? Its a good idea to say “no” at this time. Its better to spend more time 1_ some useful activities. However, you may 2_ others will think you impolite or not friendly. Wha
41、t should you do? Here are some tips that may help you.It is OK to make up white lies. That doesnt mean you are dishonest. 3_, it may make 4_ you and the other person pleased and comfortable.When invited to a party or some other 5_ that you do not want to take part in, you can say, “No, “but make the
42、 person who invited you feel comfortable.When you dont want to lie, just tell the 6_. You may say like this, “I want to spend more time on myself, 7_ Ive decided to say no to these activities.” In this way, people will see that you respect（尊重） yourself, and as a result theyll also pay you 8_ respect
43、.My last suggestion is to just do it. You may feel uncomfortable at first, but this is not the reason for 9_ “no”. Never make anything more complicated (复杂的) than it is.Feel proud of 10_ for being strong enough to say “no”.【参考答案】on worry Instead both events truth so more saying youself 单词拼写1. If the
44、 sky is c_, theres no rain or cloud and you can see very far.2. We need your help to r_ money for those homeless children.3. Who s_ the floor just now? Its so clean.4. He borrowed my iPhone6 and didnt r_ it to me.5. Last night a cat came into my house through one of the w_.6. The sun always r_ in th
45、e east and sets down in the west.7. Being blind and deaf, the poor cant i_ what his future will be like.8. If you have d_ in finishing this job, please ask me for help.9. Newton was sitting under an apple tree when an apple f_ on to his head.10. Parents find it hard to c_ with their children.【参考答案】c
46、lear raise swept return windows rises imagine difficulty fell communicate写作王磊很讨厌做家务，但他的父母经常让他做家务，他为此感到很烦恼。假如你是王磊的美国好友Joe，请你给王磊写一封80词左右的信，告诉他：1. 做家务可以学会如何照顾自己.(take care of.)2. 可以使父母有更多的时间休息放松。(have enough time to)3. （至少写出两点自己的想法或观点）Dear Wang Lei,I know how you feel, but I think teenagers should do some chores._
