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【一】:2013-2014外研版八年级英语上期中试题及答案
2013-2014学年度第一学期期中质量检测
二、单项选择（共15小题）
16. Tim is___ ___ boy. He is very lovely.
A. a 8-year-old B. an 8-year-old C. a 8-years-old D. an 8-years-old
17. – ______have you been at this school?
– Since I finished primary school.
A. How long B. How soon C. When D. How many times
18. – Betty, long time no see.___________?
– Everything is Ok. Thanks
A. Where are you B. What were you doing
C. What are you up to D. How is it going
19. There is nothing interesting in the newspaper, ________?
A. isn’t there B. is there C. isn’t it D. is it
20. Is there _____ in the bag?
A. something new B. new something
C. anything else D. else anything
21. – Is this coat yours? I found it on the playground.
–Yes. Thank you . And I must ________ my things well.
A. look after B. look for C. look at D. look like
22. When __ the spacecraft ______ the Mars?
A. has, reached B. did, get D. has; got to
23. – Is your brother a basketball player?
– Of course. He ___________the basketball club for four years.
A. has joined B. has come to C. has taken part D. has been in
24. Remember ______ this book to the library tomorrow.
A. returning B. to borrow D. borrowing
25. – What do you know about Steve Jobs?
– He was __an amazing leader ____ the father of the computer. He died on October 5th.
A. not ; but B. not ;or C. not only; but also D. either; or
26. I saw some students _________ on the playground while I was walking by it.
A. enjoy himself B. enjoy myself C. enjoying yourself D. enjoying themselves
27. How much does an iphone 4s _________ ?
A. spend B. cost C. pay D. pay for
28. His family ________ Austria. They aren’t back yet.
A. have been to B. have gone to C. has been to D. has been in
29. The old man lives _______, but he doesn’t feel _______.
A. alone; lonely B. lonely; alone C. alone; alone D. lonely; lonely
30. My brother prefers ___________ football.
A. swimming to playing B. to swim to play
C. swim to play D. swimming than playing
三、完形填空（共10小题）
I believe that listening is powerful (强效的) medicine.
It was Sunday. I had the last patient (病人) to see and I got into
her room. She was an old woman, sitting on the bed, trying
to her socks. I said to her ―How are you feeling? The
nurse says your son is visiting you today. I’m sure you’ll be to see him.‖
She me with a serious voice, ―Sit down, doctor. This is my story, not yours.‖
I was surprised. I sat down and helped her with the socks. She began to tell me that her only son lived not far from her, she had not seen him for five years. She believed her health problems were worse missing her son. After hearing her story and helping her put on her socks, I asked if there was I could do for her. She said ―no‖ and smiled. All she wanted me to do was to .
Each story is . Some are clear; others are not. Some are true; others are not, yet all those things do not really matter. What matters to the storyteller is that the story is heard.
Listening to someone’s story costs nothing but it is the key to healing (康复). I often what the woman taught me, and I always tell myself it is to stop, sit down and truly listen. I believe in the power of listening.
31. A. put off B. get off C. take off D. put on
32. A. happy B. angry C. lucky D. sorry
33. A. showed B. stopped C. asked D. caught
34. A. or B. so C. but D. if
35. A. because of B. because C. by D. in addition to
36. A. all B. anything C. nothing D. everything
37. A. see B. wait C. listen D. speak
38. A. terrible B. different C. difficult D. true
39. A. think of B. dream of C. talk about D. laugh at
40. A. wrong B. difficult C. important D. different
四、阅读理解（共15小题）
A
Many young people in China know about Celine Dion （席琳·迪
翁），the famous French Canadian pop singer. She sang the song ― My
heart will go on‖ for the movie Titanic. But do you know she had
already become popular before she sang this song.
Celine Dion’s hometown was in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. She is
the youngest of the fourteen children in a musical family. Her parents
and large family formed a singing group. They traveled and played
folk music. They were well known in their hometown. Celine’s mother wrote her first song for her, and she recorded (录制) it with her brother when she was twelve years old. Then a local rock manager named Rene Angelil was interested in them. He asked Mrs Dion to take her two children to come to his office. Later on he gave strong support(支持) for Celine. In 1994, they were married.
As a singing star, Celine Dion won many prizes and soon became popular all over the world. She sang at the opening of the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, USA. In 1997, she made the whole world hit with the song ―My heart will go on‖.
41. There were _______ people in Celine’s family.
A. 15 B. 16 C. 17 D. 18
42. Celine Dion’s family were ______ in their hometown.
A. famous B. rich C. poor D. kindwww.shanpow.com_Can,,We,live,without,salt。
43. Celine Dion recorded her first song with ______.
A. her sister B. her mother C. her father D. her brother
44. In _____, Celine Dion sang at the opening of the Olympic Cames.
A. 1999 B. 1998 C. 1997 D. 1996
B
Can we live without salt? No, salt is very important to us, we
need salt in our food. Animals need it, too. Most of the salt in our
country comes from the sea. People dig very big pools and let sea
water in .When the sun dries up the water, people can get salt from
the ground . The salt is white ,clean and beautiful.
There are a lot of salt wells（井）in Sichuan. A salt well is much
like a water well. People bring the well water up to the ground and then dry it in big jars over fire. In this way, they get salt.
We can also get salt from salt mines(矿). A salt mine may be found under the ground. Some years ago, people in Jiangxi found a big salt mine and soon opened it. People there don’t need salt from other places any more.
In the northwest of our country, there are many salt lakes. Some of these lakes are very big. The salt even in a big lake will be enough for our people for centuries.
45. We can’t live without salt ,so __________.
A. we need it B. it is the most important to us
C. animals need it , too D. there is salt in all our food
46. We get most of the salt from ________.
A. salt lakes B. salt wells C. sea water D. salt mines
47. Which statement is not true according to the passage?
A. People in Sichuan get salt from salt wells. B. Salt is white and cleanwww.shanpow.com_Can,,We,live,without,salt。
C. People in Jiangxi get salt from salt mines D. There are many salt lakes in Fujian.
48. The best title（题目）for this article is_________
A. Salt B. Why We Need Salt C. Salt Is Important D. We Need Salt
A. Canada B. China C. America D. England
50. You may have a chance to show your inventions on _____________.
A. Monday B. Sunday C. Wednesday D. Friday
51. You may learn how to keep healthy from ______.
A. Dr. West B. Prof. Beet C. Prof. Green D. Prof. Morison
52. If you want to learn something about Mars, you can go to the class from ____.
A. 19:00—21:30 on Monday B. 8:30—11:30 on Sunday
C. 14:00—17:00 on Saturday D. 19:00--- 21:30 on Friday
D thMany American presidents in the 19 century were born in poor families. They spent
their childhood in little wooden rooms. They got little education. Washington and Lincoln, for example, never went to school and they taught themselves. Lincoln once did jobs of a worker, a shopkeeper and a postmaster in his early years.
A large number of American presidents had experiences in the army. The two best known were Ulysses Grant and Dwight D. Eisenhower. Grant was a general in the American Civil War and Eisenhower was a hero in World War II. It happened that they graduated from the same school --- West Point Military Academy (西点军校). One may be surprised to learn that both of them did not do well in the school. Eisenhower, for example, was once fined ( 罚款 ) because he broke the rules of the school.
The jobs of the US presidents are tiring. He must anything important that happens both at home and abroad. Every day, a lot of work waits for him to do and he has to make many important decisions. When Franklin Roosevelt was a child, he was once brought to visit President Taft. The old president said to him, ―When you grow up, you should not be president. It’s a tiring job.‖
53. How many American presidents in the 19th century are mentioned(提到) in this passage?
A. Four B. Five C. Six D. Seven
54. In this passage, ―keep an eye on‖ means ―_____‖.
A. take care of B. see C. look at D. stare at
55. The second paragraph mainly tells us _____.
A. that Eisenhower became famous in World War II
B. how Grant became a general
C. that Grant and Eisenhower were both schoolmates
D. that many of the US presidents had served in the army 第II卷 五、阅读表达（阅读短文，然后完成所给的任务，共5小题）
Taiwan’s pop star Jam Hsiao is a man of few words. But you can get to know about him from his latest book Jam Hsiao’s Adulthood Ceremony (《萧敬腾的成年礼》). It will be in bookstores in early November.
Xiao (A )______ (become) famous as a challenger （挑战者）on Taiwan’s popular singing competition show The One Million Star (星光大道) in 2007. He is a good singer. ①He says music has changed his life.
Back in his junior middle school（初中） years, Jam (B )_____(be) a ―headache‖ Kid. He often got into bad fights(打架) . It was a way of killing time. He was always at the bottom(底部) of his class in school.
However, one day, his teacher suggested(建议), ―Why not put your time into making
music. He decided to learn jazz drumming first. Then he taught himself other musical instruments including(包括) keyboards, piano, guitar, flute, and saxophone.
―It’s music that took me off the streets. Music is my way in life,‖ said 21-year-old Jam.
1. 根据短文内容，在空白处填上恰当的单词（每空一词）
Jam Hsiao wasn’t ______ ______ his lessons in school.
2. Jam learned to play the instruments from his teacher, didn’t he?
____________________________________________________________
3. What has changed Jam’s life? （用完整句子回答）
______________________________________________________________
4. 将划线句①翻译成汉语。
_______________________________________________________________
5. 根据上下文可知文中A处和B处应填入的单词是 :
(A)____________________ (B)____________________
六、翻译句子 （根据汉语完成英语句子，共5小题）
1. 我和同学们一直相处得很融洽。
We are _______ _______ well with my classmates _______ _______ time.
2. 对我们来说，理解英语电视节目不难。
It’s not difficult ______ ______ _______ ___________ TV programs in English.
3. 现在你应该停止看电视，而做你的家庭作业了。
You should _______ _______ TV and ______ your ______ now.
4. 你曾经去过长城吗？没去过。
Have you ______ ________ _______ the Great Wall? No,______.
5. 在Tom的帮助下，我的语文有了起色。
I have improved a lot in my Chinese ______ ______ _______ ______ Tom.
七、词汇应用：（用括号内所给单词的适当形式填空，共10小题）
1. As we all know, light (travel) faster than sound.
2. I ________(do) my homework when someone knocked at the door this morning.
3. In the last two years, they _______ (raise) 100 thousand yuan for the poor children.
4. I don’t like classical music. What about ____________ (listen) to pop music?
5. Miss Green gave us a _________(live) and interesting maths lesson yesterday.
6. (take) a bus is much faster than walking,
7. Quiet! The students (have) an English class.
8. Could you tell me how long you ____________(live)here?
9. My mother asks us (not watch) too much TV.
10. There are several ____________(German) taking photos on the Great Wall.
八、句型转换 （请写出下列句子的同义句，共5小题）
1. I spent a long time getting to the zoo.
It _______ _______ a long time _______ _______ to the zoo.
2. Lily has read the storybook. Lucy has read the storybook, too.
Not ______ Lily ______ ______ Lucy ______ read the storybook.
3. My parents went to Beijing last week, and they haven’t come back yet.
【二】:英语阅读
1.Mr. and Mrs. Turner live outside a small town. They have a big farm and they are always busy working on it. Their son, Peter, studied at a middle school. The young man studied hard and did well in his lessons. It made them happy.
Last month Peter finished middle school and passed the entrance examination (升学考试). Mrs. Turner was very happy and told the farmers about it.
Yesterday morning the woman went to the town to buy something for her son. On the bus she told one of her friends how clever and able her son was. She spoke very loudly. All the people in the bus began to listen to her.
“Which university (大学) will your son study in?” a woman next to her asked.
“In the most famous university in our country!” Mrs. Turner said happily.
“The most famous university?”
“Oxford University (牛津).”
Most of the passengers (乘客) looked at her carefully. Some of them said to her, “Congratulations!”
A woman said, “I'm sure he'll know Fred Smith.”
“Who's Fred Smith?”
“He's my son.”
“Does he study in the university, too?”
“No, ”said the woman. “He is one of the professors.”
l. The story happened in ________.
A. America B. France C. Germany D. England
2. Mr. and Mrs. Turner were happy because ________.
A. their son did well in his lessons
B. they have a big farm
C. they have a good harvest
D. their son studied at a middle school
3. Mrs. Turner wanted everyone to know ________.
A. her son finished middle school
B. her son was handsome
C. her son was going to study in a university
D. her son was very friendly to others
4. Mrs. Turner spoke so loudly in the bus that __________.
A. her friend could hear her
B. all the people could hear her
C. she hoped to make all the people happy
D. she hoped they would say congratulations to her
5. Which of the following is true? __________.
A.
