八年级英语第一学期期中考试

注意：（第一至第八大题答在答题卡上，九至十一题答在原试卷上!） 
　　一、选择适当的词组或句子替换划线部分。（5题5分）
　　（　）1．He is looking at the gigantic creatures in front of him．
　　A. large　　　　　　　　 B. small　　　　　　　　　C. short
　　（　）2．Tianjin is not far from Beijing.
　　A. far away　　　　　　　B. near　　　　　　　　　 C. not near
　　（　）3．Sam is a boy’s name, isn’t it? I’m afraid I’ve no idea.
　　A. I don’t think so　　　　 B. I don’t know　　　　　　C. I don’t want
　　（　）4．It doesn’t matter this time, but please come early next time.
　　A. That’s right　　　　　 B. All right　　　　　　　 C. That’s all right
　　（　）5．You’d better take a bus．
　　A. catch　　　　　　　　 B. buy　　　　　　　　　 C. find
　　二、单选题（20题10分）
　　（　）1．— ________. I’m late. —It doesn’t matter.
　　A. Hello　　　　　　　　 B. Sorry　　　　　　　　 C. Excuse me
　　（　）2．Look! That girl ________ now.
　　A. is shoping　　　　　　　B. are shopping　　　　　 C. is shopping
　　（　）3．Peter is late ________.Please ________next time.
　　A. this time...on time　　　 B. this time...be on time　　 C. next time...on time
　　（　）4．Mary ________ to school at 7:30 every morning.
　　A. goes　　　　　　　　　B. went　　　　　　　　　C. going
　　（　）5．—Why not ________ English? —That’s a good idea.
　　A. speak　　　　　　　　 B. to speak　　　　　　　 C. speaking
　　（　）6．You’d better ________ your bedroom.
　　A. to clean　　　　　　　　B. cleaning up　　　　　　C. clean up
　　（　）7．—Children enjoy ________ games. —I think so.
　　A. play　　　　　　　　　B. plays　　　　　　　　 C. playing
　　（　）8．How many ________ are there in the hall?
　　A. students　　　　　　　 B. student　　　　　　　　C. teacher
　　（　）9 There ________ two pens and a ruler on the desk.
　　A. are　　　　　　　　　 B. is　　　　　　　　　　C. have
　　（　）10．Mr. Green can ________ Chinese very ________.
　　A. speak...good　　　　　 B. speak...well　　　　　　C. talk...well
　　（　）11．His parents told him not ________.
　　A. be late　　　　　　　　B. to late　　　　　　　　C. to be late
　　（　）12．You must ________ back tomorrow afternoon.
　　A. come　　　　　　　　 B. going to come　　　　　C. comes
　　（　）13．My sister makes me ________ my room on Saturdays,
　　A. to clean　　　　　　　 B. clean　　　　　　　　 C. cleaning
　　（　）14．Thank you for ________ me.
　　A. helps　　　　　　　　 B. to help me　　　　　　 C. helping
　　（　）15．It ________ me two hours ________ the computer.
　　A. use, mend　　　　　　　B. use, to mend　　　　　 C. takes, to mend
　　（　）16．________ are you going to do this afternoon?
　　A. where　　　　　　　　 B. what　　　　　　　　 C. when
　　（　）17. He knows little about Canada, ________ he?
　　A. doesn’t　　　　　　　　B. does　　　　　　　　　C. don’t
　　（　）18．She began ________ and write.
　　A. to read　　　　　　　　B. read　　　　　　　　　C. reads
　　（　）19．Welcome back home. — ________.
　　A. Thank you　　　　　　 B. Hello　　　　　　　　 C. Excuse me
　　（　）20．Some people like ________ a film, others like ________ video films.
　　A. watching; watching　　　B. to watch; to see　　　　 C. to see; to watch
　　三、阅读理解（10题10分）
A
　　Bobby, the dog is very hungry. He goes to the market to look for food. He runs to meat stalls（肉摊）. He sees a big bone in a basket. The seller is not looking. He is talking to a woman.
　　Bobby jumps and takes the bone. Quickly he turns and runs home. He holds the bone in his mouth.
　　Bobby comes to a bridge. In the halfway of the bridge, he looks into the river. What does he see? He sees another dog in the river. The dog is carrying a bone, too. What a greedy dog he is.
　　Bobby jumps into the river at once. Splash! He looks around for the other dog. He cannot, so he barks. His bone falls into the water and the water carries it away. Now Bobby is loo