八年级英语期中测试问卷
一．单项选择
1. Do you like playing ______ piano?
A. a      B. an    C. the     D. /
2. Can you help me ______ my English, John?
A. to      B. with     C. at    D. in
3. ______ take photos in the park this afternoon?
A. Why not    B. Try to    C. Why don’t   D. How about
4. ---_____ have you lived in England?    --- For 3 years.
   A. How long    B. How much   C. How often   D. How many
5. ---Where’s your mother?        ---Oh, she ______ Shanghai on business.
   A. have been to   B. have gone to    C. has been to   D. has gone to
6. Thanks for _____ me  with my homework.
   A. help        B. helped     C. helps      D .helping
7. The computer is very important in our life, _____it ?
   A. isn’t     B. doesn’t    C. wasn’t    D. hasn’t
8. We have studied English _____2005.
   A. since    B. for      C. in    D. on
9. Tony can read Chinese ______ can’t write it very well.
   A. and      B. or     C. so      D. but
10.--- We are going to enter a competition.      ----Really ? _______.
  A. Bad luck.      B. Not at all     C. I hope you win    D. You’re welcome
二．完型填空
  Scientists think that there has been life for ___1___ of years. However we haven’t found life on other planets ___2___ . The earth is a planet and it ___3___ around the sun. Eight other planets also go ___4___ the sun. The sun and its planets are ___5___ the solar system. The solar system is a small part of our galaxy.
  Scientists ___6___ lots of spacecrafts to look at other planets in the solar system, and some spacecrafts have gone ___7___ the solar system. However, no one ___8___ any life in space yet.
  But why has no one from other planets sent us a message ? Have they tried to send __9___ to us ? ___10___ so many stars in the universe, are we alone, or is there life out there in space ? We don’t know.
1. A. thousands     B. millions     C. hundreds     D. billion
2. A. already       B. never       C. yet          D. just
3. A. go           B. turn         C. travel       D. goes
4. A. to           B. back         C. around      D. into
5. A. called        B. call          C. calling      D. calls
6. A. send         B. sent         C. have sent     D. will send
7. A. out          B. beyond       C. into         D. up
8. A. discovered    B. discovers     C. has discovered   D. have discovered
9. A. message     B. informations    C. information     D. news
10. A. With       B. Have         C. Use         D. Because
三．阅读理解
                                  (A)
  Many Chinese people like American country music(乡村音乐 ),such as（例如） the songs of John Denver. But still some people don’t know when country music began.
  Country music is from the folk music （民间音乐）of the Appalachian Mountains in the east of America. There, people sang while playing the violin and guitar. They sang about everyday life, love and their problems. So the songs were sometimes a little sad.
  One of the most popular country music singers is John Denver, who is also quite famous to the Chinese. For Denver, music was a language that could bring the world together. He says music can bring people together. We will understand（理解） each other better through（通过） music. People are different in colour and they may speak different languages, but people are the same in mind and body（在心灵和精神方面）. All of them love music and can understand music.
  The world lost a great man when John Denver died in 1997. But his music and words will live on.
1. John Denver is a great ________ singer.
A. English     B. Japanese     C. American      D. Chinese
2. American country music is from the _______ music of America.
A. pop        B. jazz         C. light        D. folk
3. “Music was a language that could bring the world together” means （意思是）people _______.
A. can sing songs together           B. from all over the world sing the same songs
C. show their feeling （感觉）through music and so they understand each other better
D. know language and music
4. John Denver died in ______.
A. 1997         B. 1990     C. 1996      D. 1999
5. Which sentence is right?
A. Everyone knows when country music began.
B. Country music is from the jazz music.
C. John Denver is famous to Chinese people, too.
D. John Denver doesn’t think music can bring people together.

(B)
Jim lived in a town neat New York. His father had a shop there and his mother was a doctor. He was seven years old this year and began to go to school this September. It was a little far（远） from their shop and his father drove a car to take him to school five days a week. So he was never late for school and his teachers liked him very much. It was Monday that day. Miss White was teaching them to count from one to ten in the morning. Jim was studying hard. Soon he could count them. Miss White was happy and asked, “How many people are there in your family, Jim?” Jim stood up and said, “Two, Miss White.” “Who are they?” “My father and my mother.” “Oh?” Miss White was very surprised. She then said, “There are three people in your family.” “But now I’m not at home. I’m at school, you know!”
6. Where did Jim’s father work?
A. In a factory    B. In a school      C. In a shop      D. In a hospital
7. Jim was a student of _______.
A. Grade One    B. Grade Two       C. Grade Three    D. Grade Four
8. Jim was never late for school because _______.
A. all his teachers liked him        B. he went to school in a car
C. his house was next to the school   D. he began to school a month ago
9. Miss White taught her children to count from one to ten ______.
A. every day     B. one Monday morning   C. in Jim’s house   D. five days a week
10. Which is the best title （最好的标题）for this story?
A. Two or Three           B. From One to Ten  
C. Jim and His Family       D. Miss White and Her Students
四．句型转换
1. They have given concerts all over the world.（改为一般疑问句）
___________ they _________ concerts all over the world?
2. She has seen the film “Titanic”.（改为否定句）
She ________ _________ the film “Titanic”.
3. Have you entered a travel competition ?（作否定回答）
_________,I __________.
4. Daming wants to be a singer.（改为反意疑问句）
Daming wants to be a singer, _______ _________?
5. She has been to Australia. （划线提问）
_________ ________ she been ?
五．翻译下列句子
1． 我的爸爸已经去北京出差了。
My father _______①_________ Beijing ____②______.
2． 你学英语有多长时间了？
___________①_________ have you ____②______ English?
3． 今天的天气很好，不是吗？
The weather ________①________ today, __②___?
4． 他们昨天把票卖光了。
They ______________ all the tickets yesterday.
5． 他的父母 想让他辍学。
His parents want him to ____________________.

六．选择方框中的短语完成句子（注意动词的形式）

take part in       get on well with     hear about    with the help of    drop out of
1.___________ my father, I finished my model ship.
2. Help the boy! Or he’ll _____________ school.
3.---Did you ___________ the sports meeting ?   ---Yes, and I won the high jump!
4. Most of us have ____________ the film, but only three students have seen it
5.My parents often tell me to ___________ my classmates.

七．请从右边的框中选出能够回答左边问题的答句
1. Where’s Jack going ?                        A. His friend.
2. What is he going to do there ?                 B. To the supermarket.
3. How is he going to get there ?                 C. At nine.
4. Who is going with him ?                     D. To buy some fruits.
5. What time are they going to meet ?             E. By bike.

八．写作
   根据下面的信息写一篇介绍聂耳的小短文（词数60-70）
●born in Yuxi, Yunnan
●the music composer of the national Anthem for the People’s Republic of China
●famous for The March of the Volunteers
●liked folk music very much
●often listened to his mother singing when he was a child
●studied Yunnan Operas and Huadeng Operas
●called the People’s Musician

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