八年级上学期期中英语试题含答案(2)

　　(C)

　　Have you ever been to Taiwan, China's biggest island? Do you want to pay a visit there?

　　We'll show you the best of Taiwan island. A four-day tour.

　　Price

　　Only ￥5,000

　　Including: Round-trip plane tickets between Beijing and Taiwan. Bus service around Taiwan.

　　Great tour guide service.

　　Places

　　▲ Sun Moon Lake

　　A beautiful lake. A small island. On one side of the island, the lake looks like the sun,

　　and on the other side it looks like the moon. That is why people call it the Sun Moon Lake.

　　▲ Ali Mountain

　　The nearest mountain around the Sun Moon Lake. A nice experience to have a party

　　with Gaoshan people. A wonderful place to see a very beautiful sunrise.

　　▲ People Lake

　　A great place for swimming, fishing, boating and eating delicious fruit and fresh fish.

　　▲ Gao Xiong

　　A great place to spend a full day shopping.

　　Book (预定) now

　　Office hours

　　Monday-Friday: 9:00 am-7:00 pm Saturday: 9:00 am-4:00 pm

　　Tel: 6459-9561

　　Book by phone now for next month.

　　( )11. The ad wants to _________.

　　A. invite more people to take the tour B. tell you something about Taiwan

　　C. describe how beautiful Taiwan is D. show you the best of Taiwan

　　( )12. If you go on a trip to Taiwan on September 5th, you will probably be back on _____.

　　A. September 7th B. September 8th C. September 10th D. September 11th

　　( )13. _________ is a good place for tourists to have a good time with Gaoshan people.

　　A. Sun Moon Lake B. Ali Mountain C. Peng Lake D. Gao Xiong

　　( )14. You will visit _________ tourist spots if you take the tour.

　　A. 3 B. 4 C. 5 D. 6

　　( )15. If you want to take the tour to Taiwan, you can book it by phone at _________.

　　A. 4:00 pm on Sunday B. 7:00am on Monday

　　C. 4:00pm on Wednesday D. 7:00 am on Saturday

　　(D)

　　A rich man and a poor tailor(裁缝) lived in the same house. The rich man lived upstairs and the poor tailor lived downstairs. The tailor liked to sing when he made(制作)clothes. But the rich man liked to sleep(睡觉)a lot.

　　One day, the rich man said, “Tailor, I will give you a big bag of money if(如果) you stop(停止) singing.” Fine.” Said the tailor. And so the tailor stropped singing and became rich. But after a few days, he became(变成) unhappy, because he wanted very much to sing again.

　　Then he gave all the money back to the rich man. He said, “Take your money, I can’t be happy if I can’t sing.” He went away singing. He sang and sang and he was happier than(比) before.

　　Answer the questions:

　　16. What were the differences(不同) between the rich man and tailor?

　　17. Why didn’t the rich man like the tailor’s singing?

　　18. What did the rich man do to the tailor from singing?

　　19. Why did the tailor give all the money back to the rich man?

　　20. How could the tailor take the money and go on singing at the same time?

　　四、用所给词适当形式填空(10分)

　　1.They __ _ (read) when their mother went back home.

　　2.It’s sad___ _(think) about all those animals in danger.

　　3.Which are__ __(cheap),the apples or the oranges?

　　4.__ __(million) of people are celebrating the New Year’s coming now.

　　5.Do you know who works__ __(hard),Jim, Tom or Bruce?

　　6.Many people decided__ __(not think) about the thing.

　　7.There__ __(be) an interesting film next Sunday. Will you go?

　　8.You must practice __ __(say) the English words.

　　9.The girls all played__ __(happy) in the zoo.

　　10.Do you want__ __(see) a film tonight?

　　五、补全对话(10分)

　　在下面的对话的空白处填上适当的话语(可以是句子、短语或词)使对话完整。

　　A: Can I help you? B: Yes, _1_____ ________.

　　A: What colour would you like? B: Blue.

　　A: _2____ __? This style is quite popular this year. I bet(希望) your wife will like it.

　　B: It looks very nice. _3_______ ______?

　　A: It’s 1088 yuan. B: Oh, that’s a little expensive for me._ 4____ _____?

　　A：Yes, we have some. But they are not as beautiful as this one.

　　_5_______ ______?

　　B: Maybe size L. I’m not sure.

　　A: Look at this dress. It’s only 688 yuan, and very beautiful. B: I’ll take it.

　　六、英汉互译。(20分)

　　1.我们终于赢得了那场比赛。

　　We won the match ____ ____.

　　2.他们决定乘船去山东。

　　They decided ____ ____ ____ ____ to Shandong.

　　3.山洞太黑了，艾莉丝什么也没看见。

　　The hole is ___ ___ for Alice ___ ___ ___.

　　4.你越练习慢跑，你就会越健康。

　　The ___ you go jogging ,___ ___ you will feel.

　　5.《你和我》是世界上最流行的歌曲之一。

　　You and me is one of ___ ___ ___ songs in the world.

　　6.到那里最舒服的方式是什么?

　　___________________________________________________?

　　7.我们需要更好地保护他们。

　　________________________________.

　　8.Everyone in Britain knows the story.

　　9.He lives the farthest from school, so he takes the underground.

　　10.We all arrive as early as we can so that we have time to warm up.

　　__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

　　参考答案

　　一、1-5 DCBAC 6-10 BBABB 11-15 DCBAB 16-20 ACACB

　　二、1-5 DCBAB 6-10 BACDB

　　三、(A)CBDAB (B)ABBCD (C)ABBBC

　　(D)16.The rich man had money and the tailor had no money.

　　17.Because the rich man liked to sleep a lot.

　　18.The rich man gave the tailor a big bag of money.

　　19.Because he couldn’t be happy if he couldn’t sing

　　20.I don’t know.

　　四、1 were reading 2 to think 3 cheaper 4 Millions 5 hardest 6 not to think 7 will be 8 saying 9 happily 10 to see