2008-2009学年度滨州市滨城区第二学期八年级期中学业水平测试
英语试卷
（总分：110分 考试时间：90分钟）
I、单词拼写和词形转换：（10%）
1．There will be __ ___（更少）pollution.
2．I want to ___ __ （工作）for myself when I’m older.
3．My friends __ __（饲养）a pet dog in their house.
4．One day people will ___ _ （飞）to the moon for vacations.
5．You should __ __ （谈）about your problems with your parents.
6．It was raining when the plane __ __ （着陆）in London.
7．He didn’t know what was ___ ___ （发生）outside.
8．Can you __ __（带来） some music CDs to the party?
9．If I don’t clean my room, my mother won’t ___ （让） me meet my friends.
10．Can you _ _____ （组织）the games for the class party?
II、单项选择（20%）
[ ] 11．I think children will study at home on computers twenty years.
A．for B．in C．after D．on
[ ] 12．Be quick. The plane in two minutes.
A. leave B. left C. will leave D. leaves
[ ] 13．Our teacher told us that the earth _______ around the son.
A. goes B. will go C. went D. go
[ ] 14．Do you like playing basketball or playing piano?
A. the ；the B. the ；/ C. / ； the D./ ； /
[ ] 15．The two women were pleased to see each other that they talked on and on happily in the room.
A. such B. so C. to D. very
[ ] 16．Mary on the phone when her friend went into her room.
A. talked B. was talking C. talk D. is talking
[ ] 17．What about more trees to keep the air clean.
A. to plant B. plant C. planting D. planted
[ ] 18．I have some news for you, Tom can’t come tomorrow.
A. disappointed B. disappointing C. interested D. interesting
[ ] 19．I’m happy to know you are well and in good .
A. health B. healthy C. body D. unhealthy
[ ] 20．What do I have to do I want to be thinner.
A. if B. since C. while D. until
[ ] 21．You’d better your dress .If you don’t , we won’t let you in.
A. wears B. wearing C. to wear D. wear
[ ] 22．-----How long _____ you ________ English? ----For 5 years.
A. has, study B. have, been studying C. were, been study D. has, study
[ ] 23． -Do you know if he to see us? -I think he will come if he free.
A. come；is B. comes ；will be C. will come； is D. will come ；will be
[ ] 24．She read the story yesterday.
A. in B. all C. whole D. at
[ ] 25．She won’t get off the bus until the bus .
A. stop B. will stop C. stops D. stopped
[ ] 26．She said she _______ help me the next day..
A. can B. could C. is D. /
[ ] 27．Don’t speak so loud! The baby is .
A. asleep B. sleep C. wake D. awake
[ ] 28．Why don’t you a watch for your son?
A. buy B .to buy C. buying D. bought
[ ] 29．I’ll tell her about it as soon as she back.
A. comes B. is coming C. will come D. came
[ ] 30．The teacher told us that we any classes next week.
A. are have B. were going to have
C. were have D. weren’t going to have
III、完形填空（10%）
It was a cold winter, and Mrs. Owen wanted to do some 31 . so she waited until it was Saturday, when her husband was free. She took him 32 the shops with her and let him 33 for everything and carry her bags. They went to 34 shops, and Mrs. Owen bought a lot of things. She often said, “Look, my dear! Isn’t that beautiful!” He then answered, “All right, dear, how much is it?” and took his money 35 to pay for it.
It was dark when they came out of the last 36 , Mr. Owen was tired and thinking about 37 things. He wanted a nice meal and drink by the side of a warm fire 38 home! Suddenly his wife looked up at the sky and said, “ 39 this beautiful moon, my dear!”
Without stopping Mr. Owen answered, “All right, dear. How 40 is it?”
[ ] 31．A. shopping B. shops C. shopped D. shop
[ ] 32．A. at B. to C. from D. upon
[ ] 33．A. to pay B. pays C. pay D. paying
[ ] 34．A. any B. little C. few D. some
[ ] 35．A. out of B. of C. out D. into
[ ] 36．A. shops B. shop C. shopping D. to shop
[ ] 37．A. other B. another C. the other D. others
[ ] 38．A. on B. at C. for D. to
[ ] 39．A. Look at B. See C. Look for D. Find
[ ] 40．A. many B. more C. most D. much
IV 、阅读理解（20%）
（A）
We are learning English, but how can we learn English well? A student can know a lot about English, but maybe he can’t speak English.
If you want to know how to swim, you must get into the river. And if you want to be a football player, you must play football.
So, you see, you can learn by using it. You should listen to your teacher in class. You should speak English to your classmates every day and also you could write something in English. Then one day you may find your English very good.
[ ] 41．You know a lot about English, but maybe_________ it.
A. you can speak B. you can study C. you can’t speak D. you can’t study
[ ] 42．You must get into the river___________.
A. to learn how to swim B. to skate C. to jump D. to play
[ ] 43．Do you want to be a football player? Please _____________.
A. buy a football B. play football
C. have some lessons D. read some books
[ ] 44．You can learn by using it. For example:________________.
A. Listen to your teacher in class B. Speak English to your classmates every day C. Write something in English D. All the above
[ ] 45．Which do you think is the best title for this article? A. How to swim B. How to play football
C. We can know a lot of about English. D. How can we learn English well
（B）
Name
Personal Information
Ludwig von
Beethoven
Born in
A musician
Died in 1827
Nightingale
Born in
An English nurse
Died in 1910
Bill Gates
Born in
Wrote a book: Business @ the speed of Thought
Owns（拥有） Microsoft
Thomas Edison
Born in
Made over 1,000 inventions（发明）
Died in 1931
Born on September 12,
A basketball player
Playing for the
请根据上面表格提供的信息，选择最佳答案。
[ ] 46．Florence Nightingale is from __________.
A. Canada B. the
[ ] 47．The _________ was born in 1770.
A. musician B. nurse C. businessman D. scientist
[ ] 48．Business @ the speed of Thought is the name of a ________.
A. song B. book C. school D. film
[ ] 49．Thomas Edison died in ________.
A. 1910 B.
[ ] 50．Which of the following is TRUE?
A.
Yao Ming is playing
basketball for Los Angeles Lakers in
B. Beethoven made over 1,000 inventions.
C. Edison was born in 1820.
D. Bill Gates is the author（作者） of Business @ the speed of Thought.
V、根据汉语提示完成下列句子。（10%）
51．我的梦想将来一定会实现。
My dream must ___ __ ____ in the future.
52．她愿意做些事情来让你高兴。
She would like to do some things to __ ___ you ___ __.
53．王老师努力去开阔孩子们的世界视野。
Mr. Wang tries his best to his students’ eyes to the outside world.
54．我们将会生活在太空站。
We __ ____ live ____ __ a space station.
55．他告诉我星期五晚上他很生我的气。
He told me he was ___ ___ at me_____ __ Friday night.
VI.句形转换：（10分）
56．It is my first time to be in a plane, so I don’t know what I should do.（写出同义句子）
It is my first time to travel ________ plane, so I don’t know what ______ ______.
57．“I am popular at school” he thought. （将直接引语改为间接引语）
He thought _______ _______ popular at school at school.
58．The policeman told the boys not to play football in the street.（变为一般疑问句）
_________ the policeman _______ the boy not to play football in the street?
59．He was reading a book on the playground .（就画线部分提问）
_______ was he ________ on the playground?
60．If he has enough money, he_______________（将买新房子）.（完成从句）
Ⅶ. 用动词的适当形式完成短文。（10%）
Jim’s hobby __61____（be） collecting kites. He ____62_____（collect） them since he was five. Now he has 100 kites. He often ___63___（fly） kites when he is free. Yesterday _64___（be ） Sunday, he went to ___65___（fly） with his friends. The first kite was a dragon kite on his __66____（seven ） birthday. If he is free, he ___67____ （collect） them. And he wants to start a _____68___（collect） club But his mother asked him _69____（stop） doing that because he __70____（run） out of the room of his house.
Ⅷ. 书面表达：期中考试后，你 （Sam） 收到了成绩报告单。请根据成绩单，给你的朋友 （Mike） 写一封信，汇报一下你的成绩，同
English: do well in speaking and listening Math: hard-working
Chinese: do more speaking Physics: pretty good
Geography: should work hard History: lazy student
附加题：
根据短文内容，从下面方框中选择词语填空（每空1 分，共10分）
thought was wasn’t going told
was wasn’t told would wasn’t
It was an exciting week for the people on the soap opera “Young Lives”. first of all, Marcia told Ben she _____ （1） having a surprise party for Lana, and that Lana ______（2） she was going to her house to study. Then Lana _______（3） Ben she ______（4） mad at Marcia, and that she ______（5） going to her house on Friday. So Ben told Lana that Marcia was ______ （6）to have a party for her. Lana told Ben that she ______（7） mad at Marcia anymore, and that she _______（8）go to Marcia’ house on Friday night. However, Marcia called everyone and ______（9） them that she _______（10） going to have the party.