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八年级第一学期期末摸底英语试题[卷一]
（满分100分，时间80分钟）
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        第I卷  (选择题  满分55分 )
I. 单项选择（20分）
1. ---Please help _________ to some fish, Jenny.
---Thanks.
A. you    B. us    C. yourself    D. yours
2. Stop _________. Let’s have a rest.
A. to work    B. working    C. work     D. with working
3. Li Ming is good at _________ English.
A. saying    B. speaking    C. talking    D. speak
4. I have _________ homework to do.
A. quite a few   B. a quite few   C. quite a lot of   D. quite few
5. He came here last week, so he has _________ friends.
A. a few    B. few    C. a little    D. little
6. Mr. Green needs _________ shopping.
A. do    B. doing     C. to do    D. to go
7. They can’t come on time _________ the rain.
A. because    B. because of    C. so    D. though
8. It isn’t _________ watch. I left mine at home.
A. my    B. mine    C. me     D. myself
9. Sam enjoys _________ stamps. And now he has 226 of them.
A. to collect    B. collected    C. collects    D. collecting
10. I hope _________ a good teacher, like Miss Wang.
A. to    B. be    C. be to    D. to be
11. I don’t know _________ a composition in English.
A. write    B. how to write    C. to write    D. writing
12. I know he lives in one of the _________ in Shanghai.
A. tallest buildings    B. tallest building
C. taller buildings     D. taller building
13. Could you tell me _________ the meeting this morning?
A. why were you late for     B. why are you late for
C. why you were late for     D. why you are late for
14. ---_________, sir?
---No, that’s all.
A. Something else    B. Else something 
C. Anything else     D. Else anything
15. ---How long has Eliza been a nurse?
---_________.
A. Since 2002  B. For years ago   C. In 2002   D. One moment
16. ---Do you have a room _________ tonight?
---Yes, I have.
A. to live    B. live    C. living    D. to live in
17. ---How did she open the lock?
---She opened it _________ a little key.
A. with    B. by    C. in     D. through
18. Some of Ann’s classmates joined the gardening club. _________.
A. So Ann did              B. So Ann does 
C. So did Ann              D. So does Ann
19. ---Has Danny finished his map?
---_________.
A. No, not yet               B. Yes, he does  
C. No, he hasn’t             D. A and C
20. Brian posted his letter yesterday, _________?
A. isn’t he    B. didn’t he    C. wasn’t he    D. doesn’t he
II. 完形填空。(10分)
   Have you ever heard of a girl of 15, who has set up a company of her own? Wendy Wong is the girl. She started the business two years ago. She has already ___21_ _ several successful computer games. They are so ___22_ _ that over half a million games are sold every year. Now all of her family work in her business, and she is ___23_ _ at school.
She gets up early in the morning, and then has a talk with her family about the ___24_ _ over breakfast. Every day during weekdays, she goes to school in her own car with a ___25_ _, because she is not old enough to drive a car.
She enjoys her school, but some of the work is too easy for her to feel ___26_ _. She usually gets “A” grades in all her ___27_ _, so the other students often ask her for ___28_ _.
She finishes her homework in half an hour after her driver takes her home. After dinner, she goes to her office and ___29_ _ working on her computer writing games until 2 a.m. She does not usually need so much ___30_ _ as other children.
21. A. worked     B. played    C. written   D. bought
22. A. afraid   B. popular    C. expensive    D. surprised
23. A. still   B. hardly    C. exams    D. business
24. A. lessons   B. friends   C. exams    D. business
25. A. doctor    B. teacher    C. driver    D. visitor
26. A. interested  B. interesting  C. uninterested  D. uninteresting
27. A. games   B. businesses   C. friends   D. subjects
28. A. money    B. help    C. grades    D. results
29. A. goes on    B. finds out   C. stops    D. hurries
30. A. food    B. sleep    C. fruit    D. pleasure
III. 阅读理解。(15分)
(A)
   Brain said to his friend Bob, “I’m going to drive to London.”
   “Driving to London is very difficult. I’m afraid that you can’t find your hotel.” said Bob. But Brian was not afraid. He drove to Calais, put his car on the ship, took it off at Dover, and drove to London.
   He stopped near the city and looked at his map. Then he drove into London, but he could not find his hotel. He stopped and got out of his car. A taxi came, and Brain stopped it.
   “Take me to the Brussels Hotel, please, “He said.
   But he did not get into the taxi. He got back into his own car. The taxi driver laughed, but then he drove to the hotel and Brian followed him in his car. They reached the hotel in two minutes.
31. Bob thought _________.
A. Brian couldn’t find his hotel very easily
B. Brian would never find his way to the hotel
C. it was easy to travel to London
D. there was not hotel for Brian to live in
32. Brian went to London _________.
A. by bus   B. by train   C. by plane   D. by ship and by car
33. Brian couldn’t find his hotel because _________.
A. he got lost before he drove into London
B. he had no map
C. it was difficult for him it find the way to it
D. he was not good at driving
34. Bran stopped a taxi and _________.
A. followed it to the hotel  
B. got into it
C. asked the driver the way to the hotel
D. drove it to the hotel
35. Brian found his hotel _________.
A. in half an hour     B. with the help of the taxi driver 
C. himself           D. with the help of the policeman
   “Cool” is a word with many meanings. It can be used to express feelings of interest in almost everything. When we see a famous car in the street, may be we will say, “It’s cool.” When we see a famous singer, we may say, “She’s cool.”
   Today, we use the word “cool” to replace (替代) many words, such as “great’ or “nice”. Here’s and interesting story about the word' “cool”. A teacher asked his student to write about a large hall. One of his students wrote just one sentence, “It’s so cool.” Maybe he thought it was the best way to show what he saw and felt. But it also tells us that we should think of many other words to describe things we see and feel.
36. Today, the word “cool” has _________.
A. only one meaning   B. different meanings
C. not any meaning
37. In the first paragraph, the underlined word almost means _________.
A. nearly   B. mostly   C. completely
38. The student in the 2nd paragraph used the word “cool” to describe _________.
A. a famous car   B. a famous singer   C. a great hall
39. If we are _________ something, we may say, “It’s cool.
A. interested in   B. annoyed at    C. afraid of
40. The write tells that we should describe things _________.
A. in only one way   B. in an interesting way
C. in many different ways
(C)
     Mrs. Black has a small garden behind her house. In spring she plants some vegetable in it. She looks after them carefully. And when summer comes, they look very nice.
One evening Mrs. Black looked at her vegetables and said, “I’m going to get them in (收获) and we can eat them.” But just at that time her son ran into the room and said, “Mother! Our neighbour’s ducks are in the garden and they are eating our vegetables.” Mrs. Black ran out. But it was too late. Mrs. Black was very sad, and her neighbour was very sorry. Then a few days before Christmas, the neighbour brought Mrs. Black a parcel (包裹). In it was a beautiful big duck and a piece of paper with the words, “Enjoy your vegetables.”
根据短文内容判断下列句子正 (T) 误 (F)。
41. Mrs. Black plants some beautiful flowers in her garden.
42. Mrs. Black’s vegetables grow well in summer.
43. Mrs. Black wanted to sell her vegetables.
44. Mrs. Black’s neighbour’s ducks ate up all the flowers.
45. A few days before Christmas, Mrs. Black to a duck as a present.
IV. 情景对话。(10分)
Shop assistant: Can I help you?
Jean: I’m going to a party. ____46____
Shop assistant: OK, what size do you wear?
Jean: ____47____
Shop assistant: Well, we have lots of T-shirts in that size. How about this green one? ____48____ It’s only ten dollars.
Jean: Hmm…____49____
Shop assistant: How about this yellow one?
Jean: ___50___ What is it made of?
Shop assistant: ___51___ It’s fifteen dollars.
Jean: I like this one with red and white stripes (条纹). ___52___
Shop assistant: That one is twenty dollars.
Jean: ___53___ I don’t think I’ll take it. Oh, this blue one is pretty.
Shop assistant: Yes, the colour fits you. It’s sixteen dollars.
Jean: I like the blue one best. ___54___ Thanks a lot.
Shop assistant: ___55___ that’s sixteen dollars, thank you.
A. How much does it cost?
B. cotton.
C. have you got any other size?
D. I’ll take it.
E. And I’m looking for a T-shirt to wear.
F. Good!
G. I don’t really like green.
H. May I try it on?
I. That’s a bit too expensive.
J. Small.
K. It sells well and it’s cheap.
L. That looks nice.