四川安岳县永清责任区八年级上学期期中英语试卷

---Did you buy     special?   ---No，I bought      ．

He seems____ a diary every day．

―Did you decide ________ a new car ?

New York is bigger than ______in Australia.

It’s important ______ a lot of water when you have a cold.

Who is _____ swimming, you or she?

—Did you have a good vacation?
—     . I enjoyed myself with my family on the beach.

---Which of the two T-shirts will you take?
---I will take______. One is for my brother and the other is for myself.
A either      B. both      C.all     D .neither

—Do you often play computer games? —No,     . I don’t like it at all.

—How     hours do you read English books every day? —Two.

—Would you like some milk?—Yes, but just      .

—How often does the train run to Jinan ? —_____twenty minutes.

I left my keys in the room yesterday. I had to get ______the window.

Reading aloud is the best way    English.

Xi’an is one of ______capital _____in China .

完形填空
Last month, Tom spent his vacation in town. He stayed at a small ____near the train station for several days.
One night, before Tom       , he went to the owner(主人)of the hotel and asked, “Will you please wake me up at      tomorrow morning? I have to take the five o'clock train.”
"Oh, sorry ,"the owner said, "I       get up so early. "
Then Tom asked, "Do you  have an alarm clock?"        it can help me. "
"Yes. Here you are," the owner said.
Tom         him and went back to his room. However, when he looked at the  clock carefully, he found there was something       with it. Tom went to the owner again. "Excuse me ,are you sure the clock will ring on time (准时)?"
____"43!" said the owner. "When you shake(摇晃)it at 4：40 in the morning, it will ring. ”

A．hotel B．restaurant C．museum D．square

A．went to work B．went to bed C．went for a walk D．took a shower

A．4：40 B．5：00 C．5：15 D．5：30

A．sometimes B．often C．usually D．never

A．But B．Maybe C．If D．Or

A．forgot B．believed C．thanked D．heard

A．famous B．different C．new D．wrong

A．I don’t think so B．I don’t know C．Of course D．You’re welcome

完形填空
Mr. Smith was asking a lot of       , but John couldn’t answer any of them. Mr. Smith then decided to ask him some very      questions so that he could get a      right answers.
“47was the Great Pyramid?(金字塔)”he said.
John thought for some time and then answered, ”A city in Australia.”
“No, it was an old tomb（坟墓） in Egypt ,”Mr. Smith said. He was getting a little angry now, but he was trying not to show it. Then he asked,” Who was the first President （总统）of the United States?” John thought for a long time, but he didn’t say      .Then Mr. Smith got very angry and shouted .”George Washington!（乔治·华盛顿）”John stood     and began to walk towards his seat.
“Come back !”Mr. Smith said, ”I didn’t tell you to go to your seat.
“Oh, I’m      ,”John said, ”I thought you called the next student.”

A．a problem B．questions C．a question D．problems

A．easy B．hard C．easier D．harder

A．fewer B．few C．little D．less

A．How B．When C．Why D．What

A．anything B．nothing C．something D．everything

A．down B．up C．along D．by

A．excuse B．ill C．sorry D．well

There was a heavy snow last night. Maria stayed at home. Her cousin Cara came to visit her. She came back from Beijing. She told Maria something about her vacation. "It was pretty good. "She said. Cara visited the Palace Museum and the Great Wall. She took a lot of photos.
It was lunch time. Maria's parents were not at home. They decided to cook by themselves. Maria cooked noodles with some tomatoes and peppers(胡椒). After Cara ate up the noodles, she said slowly, "I think it is delicious!" But Maria thought the food was too awful. She said," Cara, thank you, but I put too many peppers!"
—How was the weather? —It was      。

—Where did Cara go on vacation?   —She went to________？

      cooked noodles.

There are some        with the noodles.

Fruit is good for people. Many people eat some fruit every day. Mr. and Mrs. Green like fruit very much and every Monday Mrs. Green goes to buy some fruit in the shop near her house. The man in the shop knows her well and helps a lot. She can buy all kinds of fruit there, apples, pears, oranges and bananas. In different time of the year, the price of each kind of fruit is not the same, sometimes high, sometimes low. Mrs. Green wants to buy cheap fruit. But Mr. Green likes bananas only. She buys bananas for him every week. She only buys cheap fruit for herself
When does Mrs. Green go to buy some fruit?

Where does Mrs. Green buy fruit?

Which of following is not right?

In different time of the year, the price of each kind of fruit is______.

Little Peter is a boy of nine. He began to go to school the year before last and now he’s in Grade Three. He lives not far from the school but he is often late for class. He likes watching TV in the evening and goes to bed late, so he can’t get up on time in the morning.
This term, Mrs. Black, Peter’s aunt, works in Peter’s school. She teaches Grade Three math. She’s strict with Peter and often tells the boy to obey the school rules and come to school on time. Yesterday morning Peter got up late. When he hurried to school, it was half past eight. His aunt was waiting for him at the school gate.
“You’re ten minutes late for the first class, Peter,” Mrs. Black said angrily.
“Why are you often late for class?”
“Every time I get to the street corner, I see a guidepost(路标). It says：
‘SCHOOL---GO SLOW!’ ”
Peter is at school for __________.

Peter is often late for school because ________.

The first class begins at ________.

The guidepost is for ________.

We all want to have vacations. To me, it’s very important to relax myself. I finished a one-week vacation just now. Let me tell you what I did. I know you will feel bored when you look at other people’s vacation pictures!
My son finished his last week of school. During that week, I became a school mom. They had a class party at a teacher’s house, so I volunteered (志愿) to drive some of the students and attend the party. That was the last week my son would be with them. So it was time for me to spend time with them. I had lunch with the class and then attended their meeting. I never had time to be with the class before. I found it very interesting and my son was happy to show off  that.
To the writer, the best thing to do on her vacation is          .

According to the writer, people           .

From the passage, we can guess the party is to celebrate       .

The word “attend” means           .

Now machines （机器）are widely used all over the world. Why are machines so important and necessary(必要的) for us? Because they can help us to do things better and faster.
A washing machine helps us to wash clothes fast. A printing machine helps us to print a lot of books, newspapers, magazines and many other things fast. Bikes, cars, trains and planes are all machines. They help us to travel faster than on foot.
The computer is a wonderful machine. It was invented not long ago. It not only stores(贮存) information (信息) but also stores numbers millions of times as fast as a scientist does.
Let’s study hard and try to use all kinds of machines to build China into a modern country.
Machines can help us to do things better and faster, so they_____.

Computers can store information and numbers_____ a scientist does.

If we want to build China into a modern country. We must__________.

A printing machine can help us___________.

任务型阅读。阅读短文，然后在文后表格内完成内容摘要（每空不超过三个单词）。
Here is a page from a magazine called Future. Read the following information about things that may happen in twenty years.
Cars will run on solar power(太阳能) and will be much cleaner and safer. For example, if you are too close to another car or if you are driving dangerously, your car will slow down or stop by itself.
New cities will have to be built in the sea. Some cities on water will have two levels (层). People will live on the upper level , the lower level will be used for traffic, shops and factories.
Biotechnology (生物技术) will make food better and healthier. Plants without insects or illnesses (病虫害) will be developed. The taste of fruit and vegetables will be better and food will be kept longer.
Many new ways to cure (治愈) illnesses will be found. People will use products of genetic engineering (基因产品) to cure more illnesses. However, some new illnesses will appear.

Things	To happen in    years.
Cars	To run on solar power; to be much.
New cities	To be    in the sea.
Biotechnology	To make food better and healthier, plants will have    or illnesses. The of fruit and vegetables will be better and better.

综合填空，选用方框中的单词并用其适当形式填空。
talent, tennis, but, chocolate（巧克力），someone,  study, old, competition, bring,  never
My hero (英雄)? Well, I think I can call my elder brother, Richard, my hero. Richard is four years       than I am. When we were small,      was a big thing. If someone gave him a piece of chocolate, he would       half of it home for me.
He is a very       tennis player. He had tennis training classes every weekend and       almost every month in the last 10 years. Besides, he      harder than I did at school.     would think that  he would not have time for his little brother.       he does! He        says to me that he has no time for me. He is always there if I need him. He is also my       coach (教练). I love playing with him.

书面表达
假如你是刘岚，Linda 是两年前和你是同学，昨天你收到了她的电子邮件。请根据下面的邮件及提示内容，给她回一封邮件。

提示： 1，比以前更高，更健康，更外向，交了很多的朋友，其中Alice是我最好的朋友之一，我们俩都喜欢运动，但她比我跑得快，我比她更擅长网球。我们常常在周末去图书馆看书。上周星期天我们一起去爬了山，拍了许多照片。
2，看电视每周一次、玩电脑的时间一月两次，每天做两个多小时的作业，学习更努力多了。
要求： 1，语句通顺，语意连贯。
2，用上所有提示内容。
3，邮件的开头与结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
4，80词左右。
Dear Linda,
Long time no see! I also miss you very much.
                                                           
                                                           
                                                           
Come to visit me if you are free.
Yours,
Liu Lan