1、西城区八年级英语综合测试题（一）一、单项选择（共 20 分，每小题 1 分）1What are you going to do after the mid-term exams?Well, I _ yet.Awont decide Bhave decided Cdidnt decide Dhavent decided2Who made the girl _ ? Now she looks a little happier.Ato stop crying Bstop to cry Cstop crying Dto stop to cry3She has brown hair, _ she?_ H
2、er hair is black.Ahasnt; No, she hasnt Bdoesnt; No, she doesntChas; No, she hasnt Ddoes; No, she hasnt4Were you out yesterday afternoon?No, I _ for my English test the whole afternoon.Ahave revised Bwas revising Crevised Drevise5I find it really difficult _ a conversation in English.I see. Maybe Mis
3、s Wang can give you _ advice.Ahave; an Bto have; an Chave; some Dto have; some6I want to improve my math. What should I do?Try _ talk in class. You should listen to your teacherAto not; more carefully Bto not; more carefulCnot to; more carefully Dnot to; more careful7Hey, can you tell me the answer
4、_ the question in todays homework?Well, _ check your notebook and find out yourself?Aof; why not Bwith; why dont Cin; why not Dto; why dont you8_ have you _ the same mistakes?Ten times. Ill never do it again, I promise.AHow many times; made BHow often; hadCHow many times; makes DHow many; had9Have y
5、ou _ abroad?No, never. But Id like _ France and Italy one day.Agone; visiting Bbeen; to visit Cgone; to visit Dbeen; visiting10Where is Alice? _ you _ her?Oh, shes _ to the gym.AHave; seen; gone BHave; seen; beenCDid; see; gone DDid; see; been11You didnt really get a fifty-dollar-a-week raise,_ . Im
6、 so happy!Adid you; No, I did Bdid you; No, I didntCdid you; Yes, I get Ddid you; Yes, I did12Look at these words. Please _ in your notebook.Awrite it down Bwrite down it Cwrite down them Dwrite them down13How much _ you _ your new bike?Its a gift from my grandpa so its free.Adid; cost Bdid; pay for
7、 Chave; spent in Dhave; taken14Cathy is crying. Whats the matter with her?Shes just _ because her class _ the competition just now.Aexciting; won Bexcited; has won Cexciting; has won Dexcited; won15Finally, Ive got my report done!When _ you _ it?Ahave; finished Bdid; finish Cwere; doing Dwill; do16T
8、he old man got sick last April and _ in bed since then.Awas Bhad been Chas been Dwould be17The bus _ suddenly when a group of students ran onto the road.Astops Bstopped Chas stopped Dis stopping18Do you like the English song Big Big World?Yes. It _ very beautiful.Afeels Bhears Clistens Dsounds19Will
9、 you be free this Saturday afternoon?_. Ill have to take part in the writing competition.AI think not BI am afraid not CNothing much DI am not free20How about having pizza for dinner tonight? I hear you like western food._.AThank you very much! BWhat do you reckon?CThat sounds like a good idea. DDon
10、t panic!二、完形填空（共 12 分，每小题 1 分）When I arrived at Pudong Airport four weeks ago, I took a taxi to the Shanghai Bus Station. The taxi driver 1 very little English but understood that I needed to get to Jiangyin （a city three hours outside Shanghai）that same night. He had picked me up a little after 7 p
11、m. 2 racing through traffic on the road, we arrived at the bus station at 8 pm.To my surprise, instead of just dropping me off, 3 ran inside to make sure I could make the bus. The station had closed. I didnt know what to 4 ! My driver spoke with some people outside and then rushed me over to the tra
12、in station at once. I was to take a train to Wuxi （which is only one half hour away from Jiangyin）. From Wuxi I 5 take a taxi to Jiangyin. It was my only hope.We arrived at the train station minutes later. Again, my driver parked the car and ran inside to get my ticket. When he 6 , we took down my b
13、ags and began running to my platform （站台）. Suddenly, a police officer appeared and told my driver he could not stay parked where he was. My driver had to stay with 7 So, I started down the road alone. 200 feet later I was lost, 8 my ticket to strangers, asking in English where I was supposed to go.
14、My train was about to leave. Suddenly there was my taxi driver ! He had come back to 9 I had made it safely, which I hadnt ! He showed me where to go and I managed （设法）, with his direction, to make it to my platform 10 on time ! Only after I was sitting in my seat on the train to Wuxi did I have tim
15、e to think about what a nice person this taxi driver is. I had only paid for a 11From the airport to the bus station but, for some reason, he went to a lot of 12 effort （努力）to make sure I got to where I needed to go-Jiangyin. Without him, my first night in China would have been very terrible.1Aread
16、Bspoke Cwrote Dheard2AAfter BBefore CSince DUntil3AI Bwe Che Dthey4Asee Bmake Chave Ddo5Amight Bcould Cshould Dmust6Aarrived Bbegan Creturned Dleft7Aother drivers Bmy bags Cthe policeman Dhis car8Ashowing Bgiving Cleaving Dsending9Abe sure Bknow Cmake sure Dwonder if10Astill Balso Ceven Djust11Aride
17、 Btrip Ctour Ddistance12Atrue Bextra Cunusual Ddeveloped三、阅读理解（34 分）Lovely dog aged 5Im moving and cant take him with me. Very good with children. Id like to give it away to a good home.Tel: 8631986Womens dress, size 12, silk, not worn, $150Also three dresses for girls between 5 and 9, $50 each, $12
18、0 the three.More information call Laura at 5679832.WantedWelcome to HILO Store! Take any old pair of shoes to us between now and 30 Sep. And you will pay ten dollars less for a new pair of HILO shoes. Your old shoes will go to a Third World country.Address: Stone StreetTel: 245591 2456831You neednt
19、pay if you want to get_.Aa pair of shoes Ba womens dress Ca girls dress Da lovely dog2Mrs. Evan is interested in the dresses, so she may call_.A8631986 B5679832 C245591 D2456833Mrs. Evans has to pay _ if she wants to buy two dresses, one for herself and the other for her 7-year-old daughter.A$170 B$
20、190 C$200 D$2704You can _ with your old shoes if buy a new pair in HILO Store.Apay $10 less Bpay less than $10 Cpay only $10 Dpay nothing at all5You can probably see the three ads above in_.Aletters Bnewspapers Cdictionaries Dstudents booksBA girl may pass easily through the first grades. While boys
21、 of her age bring home low marks, the girl may get easily good grades. Girls seem to have “better brains” in school. Why do so few girls become scientists? Why is the most important things in adult world done by men?According to scientists, the answer is aggression （敌对行为） . Boys usually refuse to ac
22、cept other peoples conclusion （结论）. They insist （坚持）on solving problems by themselves. While little girls are getting high marks in school for remembering what the teacher has told them, little boys are learning to think in their own ways. Boys are usually the ones who get high pay and the powerful
23、job because they are to be aggressive at an early age.1Girls get better marks at school than boys because_.Aboys are lazierBgirls are better at remembering things than boysCgirls are cleverer than boysDteachers care more for girls than for boys2There are so few women scientists because_.Aboys are cl
24、everer than girls Bgirls are less cared forCgirls are lazier Dfew of them are trained to be aggressive3According to the scientists _.Aboys are good at thinking in their own ways while girls are remembering thingsBboys can easily get good jobs while girls cantCgirls insist on doing things on their ow
25、nDthe nature of the boys and girls is the same, but their education is different4In the view of the writer, _.Agirls have better brainsBboys have better brainsCneither boys nor girls have better brainsDusually great scientists are men and most important things are done by men5Which of the following
26、is right?ABoys are cleverer in school.BGirls are cleverer at an early age.CBoys and girls have good points in different ways.DBoys have good points only when they enter the adult world.CAmericans think much about time. From childhood they learn to value （珍视）time. As children they are taught to be on
27、 time to go to school, to work and to do everything. When they are having a good time, they say that time goes easily. When a person is dying, they say he is living on a borrowed time.Time is money. Time is knowledge. Time is everything in America. A working American has to work hard for more money.
28、 Even on Saturday and Sunday he also works hard as usual. In the street you can hardly see a man walking slowly. They walk very fast. In fact, they are running.They love time because time can bring them money and lots of things. But sometimes they also hate time, because they feel they have become s
29、ervants （仆人） of the clock.1What do the Americans mean by “Time is money ”?AIf someone has time and works hard, he can make a lot of money.BIt takes quite a lot of time to make money.CWorking hard can bring people health.DIt is not easy to make money .2The passage says that a dying person_.Ais having
30、 a good time Bthinks time goes easilyCis living on a borrowed time Dis saving time3From this passage we can be sure that_.AAmericans live in a quick rhythm （节奏）BAmericans live a hard lifeCAmericans are good at saving timeDAmericans always walk fastDThe first day my new teacher, Ron Clark, walked int
31、o our room, I couldnt help laughing. This young white guy talked with a funny Southern accent.It was 1999 and I was in the fifth grade. Id spent most of the year in the headmasters office. Id always been a troublemaker. Id get shouted at, and then the teachers would give up on me. I thought thats wh
32、at would happen with Ron Clark.I was wrong. That first week, I kept laughing at him. He pulled me out to the hallway and said Id better be good. “Tamara,” he said, “youre a clever kid. You can do better.”He told me I was a natural student boss and that Id go far in life if I started to be myself. I
33、was mad at first, but then something happened: I began to respect him. And it didnt take long for me to come to know that Ron Clark was no ordinary teacher.He had the most unusual way of teaching. To help us learn the states and capitals, he changed the words of a popular rap hit called “Thong Song”
34、 and had us sing and dance with him. When we read the Harry Porter books, he decorated our classroom like Hogwarts.Like most teachers, he had lots of rules: Treat each other like family. But the real difference was how involved （参与）he was. Mr. Clark asked us what was going on in our lives. During br
35、eak, he came outside with us, and we taught him how to jump rope. When it snowed, he pelted （投掷）us snowballs, and we pelted him back.When I met him, I had a lot of anger inside of me. Ive lived my whole life in my town with my mom, grandmother and little sister. I never had a father, but in my neigh
36、borhood thats not unusual. You have to watch yourself. I know kids who have been shot or beaten up. I have friends who ended up in jail or pregnant （怀孕）. I could have ended up that way, too, but Mr. Clark was the teacher. I felt so lucky to have him for a second year!On graduation day, there were a
37、lot of tears. We didnt want his class to end. Hes been forever in our lives.1Tamara _ , so teachers would give up on her.Aspent much time in the headmasters office Bwould be too quick in learningCliked to laugh at teachers Dalways broke teachers rules2Kids respected Mr. Clark because he_.Acould get
38、on very well with them Bcould tell them of their futureCtaught them to sing and dance in class Dnever showed his anger to them3In the passage “thats not unusual” means that_.Aa lot of children live in a big family Bmany people hate the town they live inClots of children have a single parent Da numbe
39、r of kids are in danger4Without Ron Clark, Tamara would_.Alike studying at school Bnever find herself an able girlChave a new beginning in her life Dhardly enjoy her life in her hometown四、根据对话内容，用方框中所给词的正确形式填空。 （共 7 分，每小题 1 分）move fast smile like friend good partyA: Mom?B: Yes.A: Some of my 1 will c
40、ome for my birthday.B: Thats great. Well hold a 2 for you. Who will be here?A: Angela, Carole, Annie, Emily.B: Oh, Emily? I dont think I know her.A: No, you dont. She is new here. But we have become friends. Shes just 3 here from Maryland with her family.B: What is she 4 ?A: She is very nice. She ha
41、s brown eyes and black hair. She 5 a lot. We often go swimming together in school.B: Is she 6 at swimming?A: Yes. She swims 7 than I do. But I can stay in the water longer than her.B: I think you will have a good time together.五、根据中文意思完成句子（共 10 分）1你最好马上走，否则就要迟到了。Youd better_or you_.2现在人们乘飞机去上海需要多长时间
42、?_ does it _ people_now?3多做运动很重要，这样对你的健康有利。Its _ because_.4我们的班级就像一个大家庭，我们彼此应该友好相处。Our class_a big family，and we should_one another.5直到老师进来，并问我们是否准备上课时，我们才不说话了。We_the teacher_and asked if_the class.六、阅读与表达（共 10 分，每小题 1 分）阅读短文，根据其内容回答问题。Money doesnt grow on trees but sometimes a big family can help m
43、ake it happen!For years I wanted a flower garden. Id spend hours thinking of different things I could plant there. We had five children, Matthew, Marvin, Helen and the twins, Alisa and Alan. I was too busy raising them to grow a garden.We didnt have much money or time. Often when my children were li
44、ttle, one of them would want something that cost too much. Id have to say, “Do you see a money tree outside? Money doesnt grow on trees, you know.”Finally, all five finished high school and college and were off on their own. I started thinking about having a garden again. I wasnt sure, though. I mea
45、n, gardens do cost money, and after all these years I was used to living with very little.Then, one morning in spring, on Mothers Day, I was working in my kitchen. Suddenly, I heard cars outside. I looked out of the window and saw a new tree planted right in my yard. I knew it was a weeping willow （
46、垂柳）, because I saw things blowing around on all of its branches （树枝）. Then I put my glasses on and I couldnt believe what I saw. There was a money tree in my yard!I went outside to look. It was true! There were dollar bills, one hundred of them, taped （绑）all over the tree. I could buy many flowers w
47、ith one hundred dollars. There was also a note; “I still do something for you. Love, Marvin.” Marvin kept his words, too. He dug up a nice flower bed for me. My other children bought me tools, and other things to help me such as gardening books.That was three years ago. My garden is now very pretty. It is just the way I wanted it. When I go out to take care of my flowers, I dont seem to miss
