北京四中
八年级期中考试模拟
英语题
一. 单项填空（共25分，每小题1分）
根据句意，从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择可以填入空白处的最佳答案。
1. Timmy goes to school ______ every day. It’s 5 minutes’ walk from his home to school.
A. in a bus
B. by plane
C. on foot
D. by boat
2. -- Excuse me，_________ is the nearest bookshop?
-- Go down the street and turn left at the second corner.
A. how
B. what
C. where
D. who
3. Do you know __________ during the coming summer holiday?
A. what will Tom do
B. what did Tom do
C. what Tom will do
D. what Tom did
4. The English novel is quite easy for you. There are __________ new words in it.
A. a little
B. little
C. a few
D. few
5. -- Don’t you think you should paint the wall?
-- Who would ________?
A. see
B. look
C. watch
D. notice
6. My clock doesn’t __________. Can you mend it for me?
A. use
B. move
C. walk
D. work
7. Your room looks dirty. Will you please _______ it clean?
A. take
B. make
C. let
D. tidy
8. They _______ to see me yesterday evening.
A. will come
B. comes
C. are coming
D. came
9. Which do you like ________，tea，orange or water?
A. good
B. well
C. best
D. better
10. If it _______ tomorrow，I’ll go by car.
A. rain
B. will rain
C. rains
D. would rain
11. When _____ you ______ to Australia? Next Monday.
A. did，fly
B. will，fly
C. are，fly
D. do，fly
12. We’re moving to a different town ___________.
A. the day before yesterday
B. last Sunday
C. the day after tomorrow
D. a week ago
13. Which team ________ the next football match?
A. wins
B. won
C. will win
D. win
14. Her mother told her _________ in bed.
A. not read
B. not to read
C. don’t read
D. to not read
15. You’d better ________ the cinema by bus.
A. don’t go
B. to go
C. to go to
D. go to
16. -- Which of her parents is a doctor?
-- _______ are.
A. Any
B. Either
C. Both
D. Neither
17. Are you _________ your summer holiday next month?
A. going to have
B. will have
C. had
D. have
18. When class began，we stopped ________ to the teacher carefully.
A. listening
B. listen
C. listens
D. to listen
19. I _______ to bed until my granny came back home.
A. didn’t go
B. went
C. had gone
D. have gone
20. She dances better than Mary _______.
A. is
B. has
C. does
D. dance
21. Can you see _________?
A. what he’s reading
B. what is he reading
C. what does he read
D. he reads what
22. A bird can ______ but I can’t.
A. flies
B. flying
C. flew
D. fly
23. This street is much _________ than that one.
A. straight
B. straighter
C. straightest
D. more straighter
24. Look! The monkeys _________ the tree.
A. climb
B. are climbing
C. is climbing
D. were climbing
25. Mary usually _______ up at five o’clock.
A. will get
B. got
C. get
D. gets
二. 完形填空 （共10分，每小题1分） 根据短文内容选择正确答案
Now machines are 26 used all over the world. Why are machines so important and necessary(必要的) 27 us? Because they can 28 us do things faster and 29 .
A washing machine helps us to wash clothes. A printing machine(印刷机) helps us to print a lot of books，newspapers，magazine and many 30 things 31 . Bicycles，cars，trains and planes are all machines. They help us to travel faster than 32 foot.
The computer is a wonderful machine. It 33 not long ago. It 34 stores information but also computes numbers millions of times as 35 as a scientist does.
Let's study hard and try to use all kinds of machines to build China into a modern country.
26. A. wider B. more wide C. widely D. wide
27. A. with B. of C. for D. to
28. A. be helped B. help C. helping D. to help
29. A. better B. well C. best D. good
30. A. others B. the other C. other D. another
31. A. faster B. quickly C. slowly D. quick
32. A. on B. by C. in D. with
33. A. invents B. is invented C. was invented D. invented
34. A. not at all B. not only C. both D. either
35. A. quick B. fastest C. faster D. fast
三. 阅读理解（共15小题，每小题2分）
阅读下面对话和短文，根据其内容，从第36—50小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择最佳答案。
（A）
Salesman： $73.07，please.
Peter： What? Show me the receipt.
Salesman： Here it is.
Peter： Look. The price on this shirt is $17. But the receipt says $27.
Salesman： You are right. The receipt is wrong.
Peter： And what is the $5.57 for?
Salesman： That’s for tax（税）.
36. The $5.57 is for the ___________.
A. tax
B. bags
C. jacket
D. shirt
37. When did Peter do shopping?
A. On June 17.
B. At noon.
C. On June 25.
D. At night.
（B）
China has three economic areas(经济区): eastern China，central China，and western China. Shanxi，Gansu，Qinghai，Xinjiang，Ningxia，Sichuan，Chongqing，Yunnan，Guizhou and Tibet are in western China. It covers 5，385，700 square kilometres，making up 56.4% of Chinese territory(国土) and is home to 230 million people. It is 23% of China's population.
The western area is rich in mineral(矿产) and energy resources(能源) (water，coal，sun energy，and wind power). It also has large grassland，ice and snow resources waiting to be developed. It is home to many wild animals and plants，and it gives us with important medicinal resource.
The Chinese leaders have decided to develop the western area. Jiang Zemin said，“Without development of the western area，how can we modernize the whole country，and how can China become an economic power?”
Since 1949，when the People's Republic of China was founded，it is not the first time for China to develop its western part. China will make its western area a long-term base for economic development and use its rich resources to develop economic power.
38. The territory of western China is _______.
A. as large as that of eastern China
B. as large as that of central China
C. as large as that of eastern China and central China
D. the largest one of the three areas
39. Do you know why we develop western China?
A. Because the people of western China are rich
B. Because it has 230 million people
C. Because it makes up 56.4% of Chinese territory
D. Because we will modernize the whole country
40.An economic power means _____.
A. a rich and strong country
B. a large country
C. a country with much more population
D. a large country without economic development
41. What is the best advantage(优势) of West China?
A. Its rich resources
B. Animals
C. Plants
D. Its economic power
42. What is the best title for the passage?
A. China-a large country
B. Developing Western China
C. Home to wild animals and plants
D. Rich Western China
（C）
One day James came up to Dick and said，“Look，what I’ve found in Mr. Trotter’s rubbish bin!” It was a piece of paper. On it were test questions for history. “That’s our history paper. I’m sure of it，” said James，“ It’s in Mr. Trotter’s handwriting.” “Yes，I think so.” said Dick. “ I’ll sell the paper for $1 to our classmates.” said James. So in the three days he went round the class and sold the “test paper” to his classmates. James felt happy because he got $40. All the students were sure that these questions would be in the test paper. The questions were quite difficult so they had to work hard at preparing them.
The day for the exam came. Mr. Trotter walked into the classroom. “History test，”he said and then gave out the test paper. Oh dear! It was different from the paper that James had found. None of the questions were the same. None of the students did well. James had to give all their money back to his classmates. Ever since he has never looked in teachers’rubbish bins again.
43. Who wrote the test questions on the paper?
A. Mr. Trotter.
B. James.
C. Dick.
D. The headmaster.
44. In the end，James got _________ from his classmates.
A. $40
B. $1
C. no money
D. some money
45. Which of the following was true?
A. The question in the paper were quite easy.
B. James never sold the test paper to his classmates.
C. The test paper Mr. Trotter gave out was different from the one James had found.
D. Some students did very well in the history exam.
46. The best title for this passage is __________________.
A. History Test
B. A Lucky Boy
C. A good way to make money
D. The best way to pass an exam
（D）
Some people remember the things by writing notes to themselves. Then they leave the notes
in obvious(明显的) places，such as on the table or no the floor in the middle of the living
room. I don’t think I like to write notes to myself. Most of the time I lose them or forget
to look at them until it’s too late. I prefer to use an alarm clock(闹钟) to tell me what I
should do. I have ten alarm clocks in my house. They could tell me about things. For example，
if I have to make a telephone call at a certain time，I’ll set an alarm clock to go off a
few minutes early and put the clock by the telephone. Or if I want to watch a certain television programme，I’
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