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2015-2016学年度八年级英语期中测试卷
A卷（满分120分，90分钟） （将A卷答案写于B卷适当位置）
一、
选择填空。（共15小题，计15分）
1.The rubbish is on the floor.Will you please ?www.21-cn-jy.com A.pick up it B.pick it up C.pick them up D.pick up them2·1·c·n·j·y 2.My teacher doesn’t allow us others’ homework.www-2-1-cnjy-com A.to copy B.copying C.copied D.copy
3.He leave he finished reading the magazine.【版权所有：21教育】 A.doesn’t , until B.doesn’t, and C.didn’t , until D.didn’t , or 4.Jim works hard on his Chinese and .
A.so Lucy does B.so is Lucy C.so does Lucy D.so Lucy is. 5.Henry will give us a report as soon as he . A.arrives B.arrived C.is arriving D.will arrive 6.People kept find some ways solve the problem. A.trying to; of B.try to; of C.try to; to D.trying to; to
7.The rainstorm was very in the southern part of China last summer. A.hardly B.heavy C.heavily D.strong
8.My mother was making dinner I was doing homework. A.while B.at what time C.at soon as D.until
9. of my parents is busy today, so they can go with me. A.Neither B.None C.All D.Both 10.Finally, a god was so by Yu Gong. A.move B.moved C.moves D.moving
11.The question was difficult for him to solve.21教育网 A.so B.too C.very D.quite
12.I think the result must him very much. A.surprise B.surprised C.surprising D.surprises 13.Is there in this story? A.wonderful something B.something wonderful C.wonderful anything
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D.anything wonderful
14.------Manuel, could I use your computer? ---------Sorry, I am going to use it now. A. work in B.work at C.work on D.work over
15.Mr.Smith didn’t have money,but he had good friends. A.much;much B.many; many C.much; many D.many; much 二．完形填空（共10小题，计10分）
When Mr Smith retired(退休), he bought a small 1 in a village near the sea. He2 it and hoped to live a quiet life in this house. 21*cnjy*com
But to his great surprise, many tourists came to see his house in summer holidays, for it was the most 3 building in the village. From morning to night there were 4 outside the house. They kept looking into the rooms through the windows and 5 of them even went into Mr Smith’s garden. This was too much for Mr Smith. He decided to ask the visitors to 6 . So he put a notice on the window. The notice said, “If you want 7 your curiosity(好奇心)，come in and look round. Price: twenty dollars.” Mr Smith was sure that the visitors would 8 coming, but he was wrong. More and more visitors came and Mr Smith had to 9 every day showing them around his house.“I came here to 10 not to work as a guide（导游）,”he said angrily. In the end, he sold the house and moved away.
（ ）1.A. garden （ ）2. A. liked （ ）3. A. big
B. shop
C. house
D. school D. built D. clean
B. hated B. interesting
C. sold C. small
（ ）4. A. children B. students （ ）5. A. no
B. none
C. parents
D. tourists
C. many
D. much
D. play
（ ）6. A. come B. leave C. stay
（ ）7. A. to satisfy B. satisfy （ ）8. A. go on （ ）9. A. take
B. stop B. cost B. work
C. to satisfying D. satisfying
D. not
D. pay D. retire
C. continue C. spend C. watch
（ ）10. A. play
三、阅读理解（共15题，计30分）
A
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The farmer and his cow
A farmer had a cow. He took very good care of his cow. One day it was ill, the farmer was very worried. He telephoned the vet.
“What’s the problem?” the vet asked the farmer when he arrived. “My cow is ill,” said the farmer.” I don’t know what’s the matter with her. She’s lying down and doesn’t eat. She’s making a strange noise.”
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The vet looked at the cow. “She’s certainly ill,” he said, “ and she needs to take some strong medicine.”
He took a bottle out of his box, put two pills into his hand and said, “ Give her these. The pills should make her better.”
“How should I give them to her? The farmer asked.
The vet gave him a tube(管子) and said, “Put this tube in her mouth, then put the pills in the tube and blow. That’ll make it.”
The next day the vet came to the farm again. The farmer was sitting outside his house and looked worried.21教育名师原创作品 “How’s your cow?” asked the vet.
“No change,” the farmer said, “ and I’m feeling very strange myself.” “Oh?” the vet said, “Why?”
“I did what you said,” the farmer answered. “I put the tube in the cow’s mouth and then put the two pills down it.” “And?” the vet asked.
“The cow blew first,” the farmer said.
( )1. From the story, we know that a vet is ________.
A. the farmer’s friend B. a milk factory C. a hospital for cows D. a doctor for animals ( ) 2. The farmer asked the vet for help when his cow _______.
A. couldn’t lie down B. didn’t eat pills【来源：21·世纪·教育·网】 C. couldn’t make any noise D. was not well. ( ) 3. What medicine did the vet give the farmer?
A. A bottle of pills. B. A long tube.
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C. Two pills. D. A small box. ( ) 4. The vet taught the farmer how to _______.
A. blow the tube B. make the cow take the pills C. take the medicine D. put the tube in his mouth ( ) 5. Which of the following is true?
A. The farmer ate the pills.
B. The cow got better after taking the medicine.
C. The vet came and gave the farmer another cow the next day. D. The farmer waited outside the vet’s house the next day.
B
Every year thousands of young people in England finish school and then take a year off before they start work or go to university. Some young people go to other countries and work as volunteers .Volunteers give their time to help people. For example, they work in schools or hospitals, or they do something helpful for the environment.
Pauline Jones, 18, lives in Cardiff, Wales. Next year she wants to go to university to study Chinese, but now she’s living in Belize. Pauline says, “I’ m working with other people here to save the coral reefs (珊瑚礁) in the sea near Belize. The reefs here are beautiful, but if the sea water is very polluted (污染), the coral dies. I’m helping to do research on the coral and the fish that live around the reefs. All over the world, coral reefs are dying. We need to do something about the problem before it’s too late.”
“I’m staying with a family here and I help do some housework. I don’t get any money, but that’s OK. I love my work here, and I’m learning a lot about the people of Belize—and myself!
When I finish my work, I want to stay here for another three months. I want to travel around Belize and Central America.”
( ) 6. Some young people from England _______ after they finish school. A. go to university abroad B. spend one year abroad as volunteers C. go to work for money D. start work in schools or hospitals
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