[黑龙江]2013-2014学年黑龙江省齐齐哈尔市八年级下学期期初考英语试卷

--- Tom,          did you go on vacation?
--- I went to New York City.
A. When                 B. Where              C. What place

   ---- The cake is too expensive. Would you like to show me a       one?
---- Sure. Here you are.
A. more cheap            B. cheapest            C. cheaper

  ----         do the students exercise a week?    ---- Once or twice.
A. How long            B. How often            C. How many times

  --- Good morning, Madam. Can I help you?
--- I’d like              for cooking vegetables.                                         
A. two cups of tea         B. three pieces of bread    C. five kilos of oil

Let’s go for a walk after supper,             ?
A. shall we               B. will you              C. do you

  My mother wants me            the milk every day. She says it’s good   
      my health.
A. to have; to             B. to drink; for           C. drink; for

Tina is taller than Mary, and she also sings        loudly than Mary.
A. more                 B. very                  C. big

He doesn’t know anything about Greece, because he has      been there.
A. ever                  B. always               C. never

       do you think       this kind of new computer games?
A. What; of              B. How; about            C. What; for

The weather in China is different from        in Australia.
A. it                    B. that                  C. one

  ---         shall I make it?
--- You must peel three bananas first.
A. What                 B. Where                C. How

  The first cartoon with sound and music         in New York.
A. came into              B. came up              C. came out

  --- How are you        to become a writer?
--- I’m going to keep         writing stories.
A. going; up             B. going; on             C. to go; on

  No one knows what the future         .
A. will be like            B. become what         C. what become

  --- I am glad to be invited to Tom’s birthday party on Friday evening, Mum.
---           yourself, dear! But remember to be back before 10 o’clock.
A. Help                B. Make               C. Enjoy

Once there was a king who told some of his people to dig a pond (池子). The king then told his people that one person      each family had to bring a glass of milk during the night and put it into the pond. So, by the morning, the pond should be      of milk.
After receiving the order(命令), everyone       home. As one man prepared his milk, he thought that since everyone was bringing milk, he would just hid a glass of water     put that into the pond instead. Since it was dark       night, no one would notice it, so he quickly went and put the water into the pond and      home.
In the morning, the king went to visit the pond. To his       , the pond was only filled with water! What happened?  Yes! Everyone had the same idea  
     that man. They all thought,“I don’t have to waste my milk. Someone else will do it.”
Dear friends, when you plan to help poor people or people in trouble, do not think that      will take care of it. Instead, it starts with you. If you don’t do it, no one else will, so change yourself and make a       .
A. at                   B. from                   C. on        
A. filled               B. empty                  C. full       
A. get                  B. went                   C. left  
A. and                  B. then                   C. but      
A. of                   B. at                     C. on 
A. left                  B. came                  C. returned
A. surprise             B. satisfaction             C. joy         
A. with                 B. to                    C. as      
A. others               B. the others               C. none       
A. face                B. mistake                 C. difference

Choose the best response from A to F according to the sentences given. Each choice should be used only once.
Tina: What are your favorite sports?         Ben:         
Tina: Now, tell me what you like to eat.
Ben: Err, I like fish and eggs. But          
Tina:        
Ben: Oh, yes. I love vegetables.
Tina: Do you like wine? 
Ben: No, I never drink wine or coffee.           
Tina:         
Ben: I drink a lot of milk. It’s very good for my health.

Complete the dialogue with proper sentence
A: It’s very cold this morning.                               ?
B: Yes, I like tea very much. It’s very kind of you.
A:                    ?
B: Oh, no. I don’t like any sugar.
A: But you had tea with sugar last year.                            ?
B: Yes. But the doctor told me it was bad for me to do that.
A: I see. Here’s some home cooking.                              ?
B: It must be delicious. But I had my breakfast half an hour ago. I am full now.
A:                                                     ?
B: OK, I’d like to have another one. Thanks.       
A: You’re welcome.

Choose the best topic from A to F according to each paragraph
Christmas Day, the birthday of Jesus Christ, is the most important festival in Britain and some other countries. On Christmas Eve, people usually tell their children to put their stockings at the end of their beds before they go to sleep.
Apes(猿) can understand some things more quickly than we can. One or two of them have learned a few words. But they can’t join words to make sentences. They can’t think like us because they have no language.
The moon is our nearest neighbour in space. It is our satellite and men have visited it already. It is smaller than the earth. Plants can’t grow on the moon because there’s no air or water on it.
The largest animal ever to live on the earth is the blue shale(鲸). It weighs about 80 tons—more than 24 elephants. It is more than 30 meters long. A newborn baby whale weighs as much as a big elephant.
We can’t see it and we can’t catch it. But we can feel it pass by. It is always with us in our life. When we are at the table, it passes away while we are eating. Time is life, we must be masters of time.

Hi, Louis!
I’m writing to tell you something about the customs(风俗) and festivals.
Everyone loves holidays since one doesn’t need to go to school or work. Although all holidays mean no school and work, but not all of them are the same. On some of them you go out with friends; on others you stay home to eat, talk, and have fun with your family. For example in the USA, everyone thinks New Year’s Eve and New Year are both for playing with friends. Christmas is the time to stay home and exchange gifts with family members. The opposite (相反) is true in Japan though. For example, in Japan, New Year is for spending time with the family to eat, talk, have fun, and go to the temples. But Christmas is for boy and girl friends to go out and exchange gifts. Originally Christmas should be to celebrate(庆祝) the birth of Christ.
I have been interested in foreign customs since I was little. If you learn these different holiday customs, you will learn about different histories and cultures. This is much more interesting than learning them at the library from morning to evening.
Loves,
Judge the following sentence true(T) or (F)
Usually, nobody goes to school or works during holidays.
Christmas is the time to stay home to eat, talk and have fun with the family.
All the countries have the same way to celebrate the holidays.
Being interested in foreign customs means being interested in different histories and cultures.
This passage is about the customs and holidays in Japan.

Everyone knows that exercise is important. We need to exercise. Doctors say it is good for us. It keeps our bodies strong.
When the daytime comes, we must get up. This is the time for exercise. Exercise means doing things with the body. There are many ways to exercise. You can walk, run, swim, skate, or play ball games. Make sure you exercise in the following ways: you have to like what you’re doing. Exercise enough but not too much. It is good to exercise twice each week. Thirty minutes each time is enough. Try all kinds of things until you find one, two or three sports that feel right for you.
Exercise can be fun. Friends can exercise together at fitness center, or they can play sports together. How do you exercise?
In the passage the writer tells us that we all need to_______________.
A. drink                  B. relax                 C. exercise   
Which of the following sports we can’t find in the passage?
A. Fishing                B. Running               C. Swimming  
What does exercise mean?
A. It means doing things with the body       
B. It means doing lessons.
C. It means playing
What can exercise do to the body?
A. It can make the body weak             
B. It can make us sleep more
C. It can make the body healthy
The words “fitness center” in the passage mean_________
A.减肥中心             B.健身中心                 C.购物中心

Fill in the blanks according to the passage. Only one word for each bank.
Once upon a time there was a very foolish thief. Do you know what did one day? Well, he wanted to steal(偷) the bell(铃) on the door. He walked up to the door, took hold of the bell and pulled hard. The bell made a very loud noise. The thief was frightened and ran home.
Then he sat down to think. “I must do something about the noise,” he said. He thought and thought. At last he had an idea. “Ah, I’ll put some cotton(棉花) in my ears. Then I won’t be able to hear the noise.” The next day he went to the door of his neighbour’s and took hold of the bell. This time he pulled even harder, the bell rang loudly but the thief did not hear anything. With another hard pull he got the bell out. Just then the neighbour(邻居) came running out.
“Steal my bell?” I’ll teach you a lesson,” the angry man shouted, and he hit the thief on the nose. The foolish thief did not know how to neighbour found out he was stealing the bell.“why did he come out just then?”
The thief was trying to steal his neighbour’s door   . But at the    
time the thief ran home because he was frightened by the noise of the bell. At the last time, he put some     in his ears so that he wouldn’t hear the noise. Then the neighbour came     out. The thief was hit on the nose, but he learned       .

Answer the questions according to the passage you read.
A great French writer said that we should help everyone as much as we can, because we often need help ourselves. Sometimes the small can help the great. And he told the following story.
An ant was drinking by a small river and fell in. She tried her best to reach the bank(岸), but she couldn’t move at all. The poor ant got too tried but was still doing her best. Then a big bird saw her. The bird threw a piece of wood into the water. With it the ant reached the bank again. While she was resting and drying herself on the grass, she heard a man coming up. The man was walking with a gun(枪) in his hand. As soon as he saw the bird, he wanted to kill her. But the ant bit(咬) him on one of his feet and at the moment the bird flew away at once.
The ant saved the bird’s life.
According to the French writer, we often need help from others, so what should we do?
                                                     
What does the sentence “we often need help ourselves”?
                                                      
Why did the ant couldn’t reach the bank when it fell into the river?
                                                      
Though the poor ant was too tried, what did she do？
                                                      
请将画线句子翻译成汉语。
                                                       

根据提示写一封辞谢信。Tom邀请你参加他这周日的生日聚会，但你的父母出差要到下个月回来，奶奶又生病在床需要人照顾。你也需要为将要到来的英语考试做准备，因此无法前去参加生日聚会。感到很抱歉，只好写信辞谢。要求：40~~60字。
Dear Tom,
Thank you very much for inviting me to your birthday party. I’d love to
                                                              
                                                              
                                                              
                                                              
                                                              
                                                              

你在学校学习了很多科目，列举出来，并谈一谈：你最喜欢的学科是什么？你认为什么学科最有趣；什么学科最枯燥（dull）；什么学科最难；什么学科最重要和最有用。
要求：1. 围绕此话题，适当展开。结构完整，语言流畅，语法准确。
2. 字数在80 ~100之间。
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