上海新世纪英语八年级下期中考试

Mid-term Examination

Part 1 Phonetics, Vocabulary and Grammar

I. Choose the best answer. (20

’ )

.

( ) 1.What ’s the pronunciation of the word

“ official ”?

A. [?'f??(?)l] B. [i'f??(?)l]

C. [e'f??(?)l]

D. [?'f???(?)l]

( ) 2. As we know, Chinese culture is quite different ______ western culture.

A. of

B. at C. for D.

from

( ) 3. ______ of my parents drinks or smokes.

A. All

B. Both C. Neither D.

None ( ) 4.

—Is the lake there beautiful? — The photo will show you ______.

A.

how does it

look like

B.

what does it

like

C. how it looks like

D.

what it looks(

) 5

. You ’d better _____ the doctor at the school clinic.

A. to see

B. see

C. seeing

D.

saw

(

) 6. The young Canadian has decided______ the World Cup. A. coming and watch

B. come to watch

C. to come here to watch D.

coming here to (

) 7

. There is _____

“h” in the word

“honest ”.

A. an B. a

C. the

D./

(

) 8.

—May I drink _____ of your coke?

—Sorry, I ’ve got ______.

A. many; a little B. some; little

C. some; much

D. any; little

( ) 9. My cousin is very busy with his work. He has _____ time to read

newspapers.

A. little

B. few

C. a little

D. a

few

(

) 10. I had a bad cold. The doctor asked me _____in bed.

A. staying B. to stay C. stayed D. stays

look like

watch

上海新世纪英语八年级下期中考试

( ) it twice.

11. — Would you like to see the film A. see

B. will see

C. have seen

with me? — I ’m sorry I _____

D. am seeing

( ) 12. If you want to find the books quickly, you can check _______

the information _______ the computer.

A. for; with C. of; with

B. for; on D. of; on

B. need

D. a must

B. are leaving

( ) 13. A good dictionary is ________ in learning English. A. must C. must be

( ) 14. Mr. White ______ his country for two years.

A. has left

C. left D. has been away from ) 15. You’d better book as soon as possible, A. otherwise C. by the way

B. in that case

( _______ you may not get

the tickets.

D. on the other hand

B. having D. to have

’s job _______ a lot of traveli

B. including

D. shows

ng.

( ) 16. The doctor advised him _______ a good rest.

A. have C. has

( ) 17. My father

A. involves C. has

( ) 18. Shanghai Science Museumprovides underlined part means_______.

A. consists C. offers

B. appears

D. starts

free trip on every Monday. The

( ) 19. The story happened in a small town. The underlined part means

A. took place C. continued

B. offered D. spent

_______ .

( ) 20. — I c an’t surf the Internet.______ ? —OK.

B. What ’s wrong

D. Can you give me a hand

’ )

A. Can I help you C. What shall I do

word can only be used once. (8

II. Complete the following passage with the words or phrases in the box. Each

A

A. understanding

B. libraries

C. share

D.

上海新世纪英语八年级下期中考试

Sightseeing

abroad can be expensive.

But there

is one type

of

International vacation almost anyone can group of friends and stay at a hostel?

1 . Why not travel with a inexpensive

What is a hostel? It

is a friendly,

type of hotel.

In hostel,

several people countries.

2 a room together

Hostel ling

— mostly students from different

To help says its goal is “3 of the

The International

Association all

people, especially in 4

the young, gain a greater around the

world.

world and its

people ” It is also a great way to meet new friends. Hostels are found

70 countries .Most

Some hostels have cafeterias

and

just have a kitchen

and everyone prepares meals there together.

1._______________ 2._______________ 3._______________ 4._______________

B

A. quickly B. saying C. health D.

Early rising is helping in more than one way. First, it helps

good 1 . We all need fresh air . It makes our health better to take morning exercise. But air is never so fresh as early in the morning. Early rising it

helps us in our studies. In the morning we learn

2

easy to learn something by heart. Early rising

us to have

and

find

makes people able to plan

the work for the day. We can not work 3 as, : ” The plan for a year should be day should be made in the morning. So the popular

without a good plan. Just

made in the spring, the plan for a

” Early rising gives us enough time to

get ready for our work, such as to wash our hands and eat our breakfast.

4

saying, “ Early to bed and early to rise makes ”

man healthy, wealthy and wise.

1._______________ 2._______________ 3._______________ 4._______________

III. Complete the sentences with the given words in their proper forms. (10 ’ )

1. Cassidy gave a_____________ named “The Future of Water Development” . (speak) 2.James was a fast_____________ , and was soon better at tennis than his coach. (learn)

3.People use more than words when they_____________ with each other. (communication)

4. I think she ’ll be_____________ as a photographer. (success)

5.I found this study trip was really______________ and worthwhile. 6. A good newspaper should have a group of good ____________.(edit) 7. My mother has worked as a ____________ in Shanghai Library for ten years.( library)

8. Tom took the doctor’ s ____________ .(advise)

(reward)

上海新世纪英语八年级下期中考试

9. I wondered if you have made the final_____________.(decide) 10. Our new flat is _____________ with a new air-conditioner.(equipment)

IV. Rewrite the following sentences as required. (14

’)

1. The school covers an area of 100000 square meters.对(划线部分发问 ) _____________ _________ is the school? 2. Lily knows little about what 反义疑问句 )

Lily knows little ___________?

about what’s happening on campus these days, _________

’s happening on campus these days. (

改为

3. Every candidate must have excellent grades in all the school subjects.

The work will take a lot of spare time. ( 归并成一句 )

___________ the work will take___________ spare time, every candidate have excellent grades in all the school subjects. 4. You won ’t pass the exam unless you recite all t

he words. ( 保持原句意

思)

Recite all the words, ____________ you_____________ pass the exam. 5. We haven ’t decided when to visit the agricultural park. (

思)

must

保持原句意

the agricultural Wehaven’t decided when___________ _______ visit

6. The flowers in the garden are very beautiful.( 改为叹息句 ) ___________ ___________ the flowers in the garden are ! 7. student, class, Michael, is, than, taller, other, in, his, any.

park.

（连词

成句）

_____________________________________________________________________

_______.

Part 2 Reading and Writing

V. Reading Comprehension.

A. Choose the best answer. (6

’)

Yes ，for the first time in Singapore

Singapore will on this tropical(

be amazed by the technology(

热带的 )island ．

， it's snowing ． Visitors to 技术 )that brings winter to you ，Singapore ’ s first ．indoor

． Of course ，it's more

．You can enjoy exciting snow rides

All visitors can have fun in Snow City

snow center ． Visitors

than just touching and feeling snow

can see and touch snow falling

or skiing on snow board ． You can also build your own real snowmanand have snowball fights filled with fun and learn about life in cold climates( 气 候) ．

Snow City is about family-based

fun and is suitable

for all ages． Join

上海新世纪英语八年级下期中考试

US and step into Snow City today ．

Add： 21 Jurong Town Hall Road ,Snow City Building,

Singapore 609433

Tel ： Price ：

63371 51 1 Adults

Bus services ： No ．66， No ． 178， No．198

：$18， Children

：$12

Opening Hours ： Tuesday??Sunday ：1 0 ： 30 am?-6 ：30pm Notice ： No phone booking

For updated information please visit

our website www．snowcity ．com．sg

( )1

．Snow City ．is________.

A． just a small city in Singapore

B． a place where people can go surfing

C． Singapore ’ s first indoor snow center D． a place where the weather is cold A． seeing and touching snow falling B． skiing on snow board C． having snowball fight

( )2 ．You can do the following in Snow City except___________.

D． learning about how snow is made ．Visitors can________________. A． go to Snow City on Monday C． book their tickets by phone ．Mr Smith and his

5-year-old

B D

( )3

．take a No ．66 bus to Snow City

． visit Snow City at 7

： 00 pm

City ． They

( )4

daughter want to visit Snow

． should pay ______ for the tickets A． $30 B．$18 ．$12 D ． $24 C

word “ updated “ in

C ．最有价值的

C

)5 ． The underlined (

“ ___________”.

the last sentence means C ．有标日期的

D

’)

A．最新的 B ．最好的

B

( )6

．You can get more new information about Snow City_______ A． on the phone

． by fax

．online

． in a newspaper

B. Choose the best words and complete the passage. (6

A true friend is always helpful. I didn't believe it until one thing 1 to me when I was in Grade 7.

Li

Jie was one of my classmates. He and I were also neighbours. He always

to his mother 2 I

didn't

listened like listening her

to my mother. I didn't

think it was necessary (必需的 ) for all about that but he said 3 to me.

One weekend,

Li Jie invited

to teach me anything. Li Jie knew

me to watch a film. I liked films very much

so I went to the cinema with him happily. The film was about the love

上海新世纪英语八年级下期中考试

between a mother and her son. After watching it, I began to know how great the love of the mother was. I felt 4 that I didn't listen to my mother before. I decided to think more about my mother than about myself. After I told that

to him, Li Jie smiled and said, \"It's really necessary for you to watch such a film. That was a good choice ( time, I knew a true friend is always 6 . ( )1. A. met ( )2. A. and

( )3. A. something nothing

( )4. A. happy interested

( )5. A. how ( )6. A. polite helpful

C. Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words. (14

’)

选择 ) for both you and me.\"

Suddenly, I knew 5 he invited me to watch the film. Just at that

B. did

B. but

B. anything

B. excited

B. where

C. happened C. so

D. told

D.

D.

D. why

D. or

C. everything C. sorry C. what

B. hard-working C. smart D.

One day I found a little girl sitting in the park sadly. Lots of people passed by but

never stopped to see why she looked so sad. As I got closer

I saw that her b 1 had a strange shape. That ’s a hump ( 驼背)! Perhaps that was the r 2 why people just passed by and make no effort to help. I sat down beside her and said,

“Hello! ” Then she, in a low voice, said,

“Hi. ” I smiled and she smiled back , shyly. Then we talked there u 3 it got dark. I asked the girl why she was so sad. She looked at me and said with a sad face, “Because of the hump. ”

“But, you make me think of an angel (

said. She looked at me and asked,

天使 ), sweet and friendly,

those people walking

” I

“Really? ” I said, “Yes, I think you

by. ”

are an angel and you come here to watch over all

Whenshe h 4 this, the little girl jumped up. “I am! I ’m an angel! ” I was happy because she was no sad any m 5 .

After that, my life also changed. I learned how to s 6 both happiness and sadness with others. I believe in the s 7 way we get the same.

1._______________ 2._______________ 3._______________ 4._______________

now we give something to others

5._______________ 6._______________ 7._______________

D. Answer the questions. (12 ’)

As young students, you have many dreams. These dreams can be very big, such as winning the Nobel Prize; they can also be small, such as becoming one of the best students in your class.

Once you find a dream, what do you do with it? Do you ever try to make your dream real?

上海新世纪英语八年级下期中考试

Follow Your Heart by Andrew Matthews, an Australian writer, tells us that making our dreams real is

life ’biggest challenge. You may think you ’ renot very good at some school subjects, or that it is impossible for you to become a writer. Those kinds of ideas stop you from realizing your dream, the books says.

In fact, everyone can realize his dream. The first thing you must do is to remember what your dream is. Don’ t let it leave your heart. Keep telling yourself what you want ev ery day and then your dream will come true faster. You should know that a big dream is, in fact, made up of many small dreams.

You must also never give up your dream. There will be difficulties on the road to your dreams. But the biggest difficulty comes from yourself. You need to decide what is the most important. Studying instead of watching TV will help you to get better exam results, while saving five yuan instead of buying an ice cream means you can buy a new book.

As you get closer to your dream, it may change a little. This is good as you have the chance to learn something more useful and find new hobbies.

1. What does Andrew Matthews do?

______________________________________________________________ 2. Does Andrew Matthews think that everyone can realize his dream?

______________________________________________________________ 3. What is the first thing you must do to realize your dream?

______________________________________________________________ 4. How will your dream come true faster?

______________________________________________________________ 5. What should you do if there are difficulties on the road to your dream? ______________________________________________________________ 6. What is your dream?

______________________________________________________________

VI. Writing.(10 ’ )

Write a short passage of at least 60 words on the topic lot of Money, I will

” .

“ If I have a

_______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________

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Mid-term Examination

Keys:

I.ADCDB CABAB CBDDA DACAD II.A.DCAB B.CAEB III.1.

speech 2. learner

3. communicate 4. successful

5. rewarding 6. editors

7. librarian 8. advice 9. decision 10. equipped

IV. 1. How large 2. does she 3. as, much 4. or, won How beautiful

7. Michael is taller than any other student in his class. V. A. CDBAAC B. CBDCDD

C. 1.back 2. reason 3. until 4. heard 5. more 6. share 7. same

’ t 5. we , will 6.

D. 1. He is an Australian writer.

2. Yes, he does.

3. The first thing you must do is to remember what your dream is.

4. Keep telling yourself what you want every day and then your dream will come true faster. 5. You need to decide what is the most important.

6. My dream is to be a doctor.

VI. Omitted.

(Any reasonable answers are acceptable.)