八年级(下)期中测试题
笔试部分(85分)
第一卷 选择题(60分)
I.词汇测试(15分)
i.根据句意，选择与划线部分意思最接近的选项。(共8小题，每小题1分)
()1. — When you have difficulty finishing your homework, you can ask your sister
for help.
—OK, Mom.
A. interest B. trouble C. time
()2. — What should people do if they fall into a pool?
— they should try to hold their heads above the water.
A. shakeB. nod C. keep
()3. — Are you sure about the news?
—Yes. I was there and heard it clearly.
A. certain B. comfortable C. excited
()4. — Look! There is much joy on that old man’s face.
— Oh, that’s because today his children will come home to eat dinner.
A. sadness B. courage C. happiness
()5. — Jim, what do you think of the questions in the last exam?
—They were simple so I got full marks.
A. strange B. wonderful C. easy
()6. — Congratulations, Lily. You won first prize in the game. How did you make it?
—Through my hard training.
A. compare B. know C. succeed
()7. — When did the event take place?
—The day before Christmas.
A. happen B, close C. end
()8. — Mr Green will set off for Canada next week. Let’s have a party for him.
—OK. That’s a good idea.
A. take off B. start off C. turn off
ii.从下面每小题的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳答案。(共7小题，每小题1
分)
()9. If there is ________________ on someone’s face, he is not happy or sad.
A. joy B. peaceC. pain
()10. If you ________________ something, you need it or it is necessary (必需的).
A. enjoyB. express C. require
()11. — Do you have any suggestions for my report?
—It should be interesting, or people will feel ________________ and fall asleep.
A. relaxed B. bored C. interested
()12. — What’s your secret of living a healthy life?
—I exercise three times a week to keep ________________.A. fit B. funny C. happy
()13. — The ________________ near the river tells us not to swim there.
—Yes. We’d better go home now.
A. expression B. tool
C. warning
()14. — How long does it take you to ________________ her song?
—For twenty minutes.
A. laughB. paint C. record
()15. — Why do you want to be a volunteer?
—Because I want to help people ________________.
A. in addition B. in need
C. in a hurry
II.完形填空(15分)
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从16-25各小题的A、B、C三个选项中选出
最佳答案。(共10小题，每小题1.5分)
One evening, a man carrying a bottle of milk stopped Dominic in the street. He said
he had a(n) 16 and wanted his advice.
“What’s it?” asked Dominic.
“Though I never 17 wine, I feel drunk when I get up in the morning,” said the man.
“What do you drink 18 at night?” asked Dominic, looking at the milk bottle in his
19.
“Milk.”
“Just as I 20,” said Dominic. “That is the cause of your problem.”
“Milk makes me drunk? It sounds impossible,” asked the man in 21 quickly.
“I am afraid it is 22,” said Dominic. “You drink the milk and go to bed. You 23
around in your sleep. The milk is churned (被搅动). It turns into butter. Butter is
churned and turns into cheese. Cheese turns into fat. Fat turns into sugar. Sugar turns
into wine. So you wake up with wine in your stomach. That is why you feel 24 in the
morning.”
“So what should I do?” asked the man.
“25. Don’t drink the milk,” said Dominic. “Give it to me.”
After taking the milk bottle from the man, Dominic walked away quickly.
()16. A. idea B. problem C. way
()17. A. buy B. sell C. drink
()18. A. finally B. quickly C. slowly
()19. A. bag B. hand C. back
()20. A. planned B. thought C. wanted
()21. A. surprise B. time C. worry
()22. A. wrong B. interesting C. true
()23. A. tour B. run C. turn
()24. A. relaxed B. comfortable C. drunk
()25. A. Simple B. Difficult C. Pleasant
III.阅读理解(30分)
阅读下列短文，从下面每题的A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出最佳答案。(共20小题，每小题1.5分)
A
There was a man named Raman. One day, he found he was travelling with a group of
soldiers. They used to join in a war and soon they started talking about their
experiences in the war. One old soldier told the time when he had killed seven enemy
(敌人) soldiers. Another described how he acted bravely in a fight. He told the story
in detail. When they finished, they looked proudly at Raman.
“I don’t think you have an experience to tell,” said one of the old soldiers.
“Oh, but I have,” said Raman.
“You have?” asked the soldiers.
“Yes,” said Raman. “One day while traveling, I met a big house and entered it. I
found the biggest man I had ever seen. He was a man who was used to doing bad
things in a country! The people there were all afraid of him.”
“What did you do?” asked the soldiers. They wanted to know more about it.
“I cut off one of his feet and ran away quickly,” said Raman.
“His foot?” said a soldier. “Why didn’t you cut off his head when you had the
chance?”
“But somebody had already done that,” said Raman.
()26. What did the soldiers’ stories have in common (有共同点)?
A. They were told in detail.
B. They were about the same enemies.
C. They were about killing seven enemies.
D. They were about acting bravely in a fight.
()27. How might the soldiers feel when they knew Raman had an experience to tell?
A. Afraid. B. Sad.
C. Surprised. D. Interested.
()28. What did the soldier want Raman to cut off from the bad man?
A. His foot. B. His hand.
C. His head. D. His arm.
()29. What did the soldiers think of Raman’s story?
A. Boring. B. Interesting.
C. Relaxing.D. Sad.
()30. What can we know from the last sentence?
A. Somebody had cut off the other foot of the bad man.
B. Somebody was also unable to cut off the man’s head.
C. The bad man was badly hurt by somebody before Raman.
D. The bad man had been dead before Raman entered the house.
B
Please help the Ruth Hayman Trust Who was Ruth Hayman?
When she came to England, she started up English language classes for adults who
had come to live in England. When Ruth died in 1981, some teachers started a
charity to remember her.
Who does the Trust help?Adults who:
●are over the age of 16
●learn English as a foreign language
●are now living in Britain
In 2016-2017, we helped hundreds of students from about 40 countries to study
lessons such as medicine, English and computer.
How does the Trust help?
Most of the money we give is for lesson and exam fees (费). And we also give
some money for books and tools such as knives and scissors.
Where is the money from?
We raise the money ourselves. Some people give us money because they support
what we do. We also have many events such as concerts, sales of things and food to
raise money. We once helped Naima. She helped us raise money later. She talked
about how the Trust had helped to change her life. But we don’t have enough
money. To continue helping people like Naima, we need to raise more money.
How can you help?
Please help by organizing a money-raising event in your college or in your
community. We will help you say “thank you”.
()31. How did Ruth Hayman help others?
A. By giving classes to adults.
B. By starting a small charity.
C. By organizing money-raising events.
D. By helping the teachers in England.
()32. The following four people are all living in Britain. Who may get help from the
Ruth Hayman Trust?
A. A ten-year-old boy who wants to learn English.
B. A sixteen-year-old girl who wants to study in China.
C. A seventeen-year-old boy whose first language is English.
D. A nineteen-year-old poor girl who can only speak French.
()33. Which is NOT the way to get money?
A. Raising money by having some events.
B. Getting money from some kind people.
C. Asking for money from the people they have helped.
D. Getting help from the people they have helped.
()34. Which is TRUE according to the passage?
A. The Ruth Hayman Trust was set up after Ruth Hayman died.
B. The Ruth Hayman Trust only helps people from England.
C. The Ruth Hayman Trust only helps with lesson and exam fees.
D. The Ruth Hayman Trust gets most of its money from teachers.
()35. Why did the writer write this passage?
A. To introduce a famous person.
B. To show why a charity is successful.
C. To introduce how to get help in England.
D. To encourage us to help a charity.
CAmy Cuddy thinks positive (积极的) body language includes things like proper eye
contact, active listening, and gestures. Studies show that people who use positive
body language are more likely to be accepted. However, most people don’t realize the
importance of it. This passage may change their ideas.
Positive body language changes your attitude (态度).
Cuddy found that changing your body language to make it more positive improves
your attitude because it makes a great difference to your body.
Positive body language makes you be liked more easily.
In a study, people watched soundless videos of doctors getting along with sick people.
Just by studying the doctors’ body language, people were able to guess which doctors
were more popular. Body language plays a big role in how you’re treated (被对待)
and can be more important than your voice. Learning to use positive body language
will make people like you and trust you more.
It improves your EQ (情商).
Your ability to express your emotions and ideas is important to your EQ. People
without positive body language have a bad effect on people around them. Working to
improve your body language has a great effect on your EQ. We often think of body
language as the result of our attitude or how we feel. This is true, but scientists have
also shown that the opposite is true.
()36. What are the people like if they use positive body language?
A. Interesting. B. Hard-working.
C. Popular. D. Intelligent.
()37. Why does developing positive body language improve one’s attitude?
A. It has a great effect on one’s body.
B. It decides how one is treated.
C. It makes one more positive.
D. It makes one have high EQ.
()38. What is the purpose (目的) of the study?
A. To further support the main idea.
B. To show us the main idea.
C. To introduce the topic.
D. To give us a happy ending.
()39. What does the underlined word “This” refer to?
A. Your attitude doesn’t change your body language at all.
B. Changing your attitude changes your body language.
C. Your attitude has nothing to do with your body language.
D. Your body language is not the result of your attitude.
()40. Who was this passage written for?
A. People who are good at using body language.
B. People who don’t take body language seriously.
C. People who want to be more intelligent than others.
D. People who are interested in using body language.
DFrom supermarket bags to CDs, man-made waste has become a very serious problem.
Recently, scientists may have found an unusual way to solve the problem. They say
the waxworm (蜡虫), who eats beeswax as food, also appears to eat polyethylene, one
of the strongest kinds of plastic.
Scientists have described the tiny worm’s ability as “very exciting”. Federica is a
beekeeper. She put the waxworms into a plastic shopping bag which became full of
holes a few minutes later. Then Federica did many more experiments. When 100
waxworms were put into a normal plastic bag, the holes began to appear in just 10
minutes.
According to the scientists, a kind of enzyme (酶) produced by the waxworm is the
key. They also say that the waxworm turns the plastic into a different thing. It is used
in making a material for cars. It is not clear if (是否) the waxworm can produce a
large number of such things. Plastic is not a kind of natural food for the waxworm.
“Wax is a kind of natural plastic. It is similar to polyethylene,” Federica said.
Scientists say they still need to know how wax is digested (被消化) in the waxworm.
Federica said they would use the result to find a way to make the plastic waste
disappear. “But we should not throw plastic bags into the environment, just because
we now know how to break them down,” she added.
()41. What makes the waxworm special?
A. Feeding on beeswax for a living.
B. Leading to a serious problem.
C. Being a kind of man-made insect.
D. Helping break down a kind of plastic.
()42. What do the numbers mentioned in Paragraph 2 mainly show?
A. The waxworm dislikes being put into a shopping bag.
B. The waxworm makes the holes in order to take a breath.
C. The waxworm eats the plastic at an amazing high speed.
D. The waxworm is practising making holes in a plastic bag.
()43. What is the relationship (关系) between plastic and the waxworm?
A. The waxworm likes to eat plastic because there is nothing else to eat.
B. The waxworm likes eating plastic because the wax is a kind of natural plastic.
C. People use special experiments to make the waxworm become interested in eating
plastic.
D. The plastic is a kind of natural food for the waxworm to eat.
()44. What will the scientists study next?
A. How they can make the plastic waste disappear.
B. How wax is different from polyethylene.
C. How wax is digested in the body of the waxworm.
D. How they can ask people not to produce plastic waste.
()45. Who may be interested in reading this passage?
A. Insect lovers.
B. Environment protectors.
C. Shopping bag users.
D. Animal keepers.第二卷 非选择题(25分)
IV.语法填空:用所给单词的适当形式填空，未提供单词的根据上下文填入适当的
词。(共10小题，每小题1分)
Exercising helps people to keep healthy. But common sports such as playing
basketball and swimming (46) ________________ (like) by fewer and fewer people.
There are lots of other ways (47) ________________ (exercise). One good way is
hiking.
What is hiking? (48) ________________ (Kike) doesn’t really mean taking a long
walk. Often, hiking (49) ________________ (include) going up or down a hill. Most
people do it in (50) ________________ countryside, but you can also do it in town.
During hiking, you can enjoy the beautiful view, watch the (51) ______________
(interest) plants or animals and build up your body — especially when you walk up
the hill. However, sometimes hiking can be dangerous (52) ________________ you
are not careful enough.
Hiking doesn’t really need any special equipment ( 装 备 ). All you need is a
comfortable pair (53) _______________ shoes, some food and water. The shoes are
very important, or you’ll have trouble (54) ________________ (move) forward and
you may easily feel tired. The food and water are also important because enough
energy (55) ________________ (provide) by them.
V.书面表达(共1题，15分)
眼神交流是一项很重要的肢体语言。请根据以下提示，写一篇英语短文介绍眼
神交流的重要性。要求:80词左右，可适当发挥。
提示：
1.眼睛是心灵的窗户，有助于深层次交流。
2.眼神交流可交换能量，可将舒适和爱传递给生气的朋友。
3.当你注视别人时，也会获取同样的关注。
生词提示：soul心灵ease舒适
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八年级（下）期中测试题
参考答案
笔试部分
第一卷
I.
1-5 BCACC 6-10 CABBC
11-15 BACCB
II.16-20 BCABB 21-25 ACCCA
III.
26-30 DCCBD 31-35 ADCAD
36-40 CAABB 41-45 DCBCB
第二卷 (One possible version)
IV.
46. are liked 47. to exercise
48. Hiking 49. includes
50. the 51. interesting
52. if 53. of
54. moving
55. will be provided
V.
Eye contact is a kind of body language. It is very important.
First, eyes are the windows to the soul. Looking into people’s eyes helps you
communicate with them more deeply. Second, it helps exchange energy with others.
When your friend is angry, you can help make him feel comfortable by showing the
love and ease in your eyes. Last, you can get people’s attention. People will know they have
your attention when you look into their eyes. In return, they will pay attention to you.
Try to use eye contact in your life. It will make a big difference.
