外研版八年級上學期英語期中考試試卷（II ）卷一、 單項選擇 (共5題；共10分)1. （2分）Liu Mei has short hair.A . aB . anC . theD . /2. （2分）Ma Yun, Chairperson of Alibaba, has made much money the Internet. A . throughB . acrossC . byD . in3. （2分）Tom studies _and he _plays with his friends. A . hardly; hardB . hardly; hardlyC . hard; hardly4. （2分）Our teacher gives us _advice on how to study English well.A . aB . anC . someD . Many5. （2分）The Changjiang River is the third river in the worldA . longB . longerC . longestD . most long二、 完形填空 (共1題；共10分)6. （10分）完形填空Once upon a time there was a little boy who was very ill.He had to spend all day in 1and he couldnt move.2other children werent allowed to come near him，he spent his days feeling sad.There wasnt much he could do but to look out of the 3.One day，he saw a strange shape outside the window.It was a penguin eating a sandwich.Then the penguin said4to the boy，turned around and left.The boy was very5Then he saw a baby monkey，busy blowing up a balloon.As more and more funnylooking animals appeared6the window，he started to laugh.The funny shapes put joy back into his heart.Before long，the boy was able to 7school again.There，he told his friends about all the strange things he had8Suddenly，he saw something strange in 9best friends school bag.There were lots of very funny clothes in his bag.These were what his best friend10to cheer him up.From that day on，the little boy always did his best to help others.（1）A . school B . office C . bed D . home （2）A . Because B . If C . When D . After （3）A . door B . window C . roof D . hole （4）A . sorry B . hello C . thanks D . goodbye （5）A . worried B . afraid C . surprised D . sad （6）A . outside B . inside C . in D . on （7）A . arrive at B . give up C . work for D . go back to （8）A . heard B . seen C . felt D . known （9）A . my B . their C . his D . her （10）A . used B . found C . lost D . had 三、 閱讀理解 (共3題；共30分)7. （8分）閱讀下面短文，從題中所給的 A、B、C、D 四個選項中，選擇最佳選項。DIn Huston Middle School in Pennsylvania, US, its music class is very different from yours. The class is in a traditional classroom. But it is a multimedia（ 多 媒 體 的 ）music class with many high-tech machines or tools.In the multimedia class, students first learn how to use these tools. Later, they learn to record and compose（作曲）music, make videos, edit photos and use online media. All students must use their skills to make a recording and post it online as their final project.Music teacher Brian Querry started the multimedia music class this past school year. I know something about technology（科技）, and I also know music, Querry said. I asked myself: Why not put them together? I thought it would make the class more interesting, and students would learn more from it.It turns out that Querry was right. The class was well-received. Students in the class all like it very much. Catelynn Seinera, 14, said that she enjoys using all the different kinds of high-tech tools. Its great to have such a class in our school, Seinera said. Knowing how to make videos is also very useful to me in other classes.（1）The music class in this school is special because . A . it is in a traditional classroomB . there is no music teacherC . students can use many high-tech toolsD . a computer teacher gives the students lessons（2）Students can learn all of the following skills in the music class except（除了） . A . how to take photosB . how to use online mediaC . how to compose musicD . how to record music（3）Why did Brian Querry start the music class in this way? A . To make many music videos.B . To help students do well in computer classes.C . To teach students more about high-tech things.D . To make the class more interesting and helpful.（4）What does the story mainly talk about? A . Music is very important and useful to students.B . Schools should teach students about difficult technology.C . The multimedia music class is popular among students.D . Brian Querry is a popular teacher.8. （10分）根據短文理解選擇正確答案。BA good way to pass an exam is to work hard every day in a year. You may fail （不及格）in the exam if you are lazy for most of the year and then work hard only a few days before the exam. If you are taking an English exam, do not only learn rules of grammar. Try to read stories in English. Speak in English whenever（無論何時）you can. A few days before the exam you should go to bed early. Do not stay up late at night studying. Before you start the exam, read carefully over the question paper（試卷）, try to understand the exact(確切的) meaning of each question. When you have finished your exam, read over your answers. Correct(改正) the mistakes if there are any, and be sure that you have not missed anything out.（1）How can we do well in exams?A . We should work hard every day in the year.B . We should go to bed early a few days before an exam.C . We should read over the answers before we hand in our papers.D . We should do A, B,（2）Learning rules of grammar _ to pass an exam.A . is enoughB . is not enoughC . is not impossibleD . is no use（3）Speak in English whenever you can. It is _to your English study.A . helpfulB . impossibleC . wonderfulD . foolish（4）Make sure that you _ before you hand in your paper.A . remember rules of grammarB . have thought over and over againC . have answered all the questionsD . have read stories in English（5）In the sentence “Do not stay up late at night studying”, “stay up” means _.A . 逗留B . 呆坐C . 熬夜D . 停止9. （12分）Choose the best answer. Did you know that a new weblog is being created each second? Many of these bloggers are teenagers. While their parents wrote in a diary to express their emotions, or shared their interests by spending time with friends, teens are now using blogs instead. In fact, in the US, one in every five school-aged teens has a blog. Most of these are just chatter, some are funny or clever, but a few have become Internet success.For example, Chloe Spencers blog Neopets Fanatic gets around 300,000 hits per month. When Chloe was 15, she started the blog out of her strong liking for Neopets, a kind of pet website. One reason why her blog has so many visitors is that she gives instructions and tips for the popular pet site.Then there is Tavi Gevinsons blog Style Rookie. It is said to get 1.5 million hits per month. Tavi, who started her blog when she was just 12, puts up her photos of her own clothes online as well as designers collections. Tavis blog has caught on because she knows a lot about style for someone so young, and she is not afraid to try out unusual clothes or see things in a different way.Blogs like these are interesting, but they only become really popular after better-known websites are linked to them or they get noticed by the media(傳媒). For example, Tavis blog became an overnight(突 然的) success after being written about in The New York Times. Popular blogs can even earn money, usually from advertisements that companies pay to put up on the bloggers sites.So for some, blogging is just a recreation( 消遣), but for others, it can become a source of income and even a full-time job!（1）Teens nowadays _ than their parents did. A . have more ways of communicationB . share their feelings moreC . write in diaries more oftenD . make more friends（2）In Paragraph 1, the underlined word chatter means talking about _topics. A . funnyB . cleverC . seriousD . unimportant（3）Chloe Spencer and Tavi Gevinson are both _. A . pet loversB . teenage bloggersC . interested in fashionD . keen on taking photos（4）From the passage we know that Chloe Spencer is a person who _. A . visits many websitesB . loves petsC . is easy to get angryD . rarely gives opinions（5）According to Paragraph 4, Tavi Gevinsons blog _. A . is not well-known yetB . is written every nightC . became popular very quicklyD . got a lot of money from advertising（6）The best title for the passage might be _. A . How to be good teen bloggersB . How teen bloggers attract the mediaC . Keeping diaries or writing blogsD . Teens blogs mean business四、 單詞拼寫 (共2題；共15分)10. （10分）閱讀下面短文，根據文章大意用所給單詞的適當形式填空(未提供單詞的，限填詞)，使文章意思完整，正確。 There once lived a king and a queen. They were very stupid. One day the queen had a baby daughter. When they saw their baby, they both cried out, My goodness! _small it is! Its hairless and toothless! Its a monster (怪物)! They _(send) for all the doctors in the country and ordered them _(make) some medicine for her.After she takes your medicine, she must grow to the right size and have hair and _(tooth), the king said to the doctors. If you dont do this, I _(kill) you. The doctors thought it was not possible, _they could not say anything against the kings order. Just then an old doctor came up. Oh, we shall _(certain) follow your order, he said, but it takes time. We have to dig for something to make medicine in the Kunlun Mountains when the snow melts for the _(two) time. The snow on the mountains melts only once in six years. So we need twelve years.At last the king agreed and the doctors took away the little baby. _her twelfth birthday, they brought her back to her parents with long black hair and beautiful teeth. The king and queen felt very _(satisfy) and gave the doctors many expensive presents.11. （5分）B)根據語境及所給漢語提示語寫出所缺單詞。（1）He is reading a book about_(西方的)history（2）Here are two_(鼓)What are they for?（3）You are luckyYou can work for these two learning_(中心)（4）Did you hear a big_(聲音)?（5）Look!That man is my_(年長的)brother.五、 任務型閱讀 (共1題；共9分)12. （9分）(C)任務型閱讀Welcome to England! The weather of England often changes. It can be rainy, sunny, cloudy, windy, warm, foggy or cold at any time of year. If its raining when you get up in the morning, it can be hot and sunny in the afternoon.In England, shops are usually open from 9:00 in the morning to 5:30 in the afternoon. On Sundays some shops are open from 10:00 a. m. to 4:00 p. m. But most shops are closed. Banks, museums（博物館）or other p