八年级下册英语期中测试题(3)
A: 2
B: Six hours.
A: 3
B: 4
A: You are an excellent skater, Victor. Do you skate every day?
B: Yes, I do.
A: How long have you been skating?
B: Since I was seven years old. 5
A. Was this your first skating marathon?
B. Congratulations on winning the skating marathon!
C. Yes, it is.
D. No, I skated in a marathon last year.
E. How long did you skate last year?
F. How long have you been skating today?
G. I got my first pair of skates on my seventh birthday from my grandmother.
八、完形填空。(10分)
Erik was a fourteen-year-old boy. He thought he was a young man but his parents didn't think so. They told him, "When you begin to think about
1 others, you'll be a young man." One morning, his parents gave Erik 2 money to buy hamburgers at a store. He saw an old man there. The man looked very 3 . Erik went up to him and found that the old man had lost his money and hadn't had 4 for his breakfast. Erik took the old man to the nearest restaurant. But the man ordered only a glass of water for 5 . Erik felt sorry for him, so he asked the waiter to 6 the man some bread and a cup of coffee. The old man was so 7 that he ate up all the food very soon. After that, the man told Erik that he would never forget 8 kindness. Erik was very pleased when he heard the old man say, "You are a very good young man." 9 their surprise, the food was a present because 10 day was the birthday of the boss.
1. A. help B. helping C. o help D. helped
2. A. a few B. few C. some D. many
3. A. sick B. tired C. happy D. fine
4. A. something B. anything C. everything D. nothing
5. A. themselves B. herself C. myself D. himself
6. A. take B. bring C. taking D. bringing
7. A. full B. worried C. hungry D. sad
8. A. your B. my C. her D. his
9. A. For B. To C. At D. On
10. A. that B. this C. those D. these
九、阅读理解。(10分)
Matt's hobby was collecting stamps. He had stamps from many countries, like America, Egypt and China. On his birthday, can you guess what people gave him? That's right-stamps.
Matt's favorite stamps came from France. He had almost every stamp from 1954 to 2003. He only needed one. That was a 1974 special edition (版). It was very hard to find.
He looked for it everywhere. He asked his friends and relatives to help him. But nobody could find the stamp. It made Matt very sad.
"Don't worry," his father said to him. "You'll find it one day."
"I hope so," Matt said.
"Be patient (耐心的),"his father said. "Don't give up."
Besides collecting stamps, Matt liked writing. He had a pen friend in France. They wrote to each other every month. Matt's pen friend, Philip gave him a big, green stamp. It looked old. When Matt received the letter, he was very surprised. On the envelope, he looked closely at the stamp. It was the 1974 special edition stamp. Matt was so happy! He told his sister, his mother and his father.
"You see," his father said, "You did find your stamp. So, you see, it's good to have two things in life."
"What are they?" Matt asked.
“Friends and patience (耐心).” he answered.
1. Matt loved the stamps from ______best.
A. America B. Egypt C. France
2. It was very difficult for Matt to find a special French stamp of_____.
A. 1954 B. 1974 C. 2003
3. His father told him to_______.
A. stop looking for it
B. ask his friends for help
C .be patient
4. ______sent Matt the letter with the special edition stamp on it.
A. Philip B. Philip's mother C. Matt's father
5. According to (根据) the story, Matt learned that it's good to have _______in life.
A. a special stamp B. friends and patience C. a happy family
十、书面表达。(15分)
以If I have a lot of money, I’ll …为开始句，写一篇60—80词的文章。可进行适当拓展。提示：如果我有很多钱，我将做我喜欢的事情来谋生，这可以使我的生活更舒服。我可以周游世界;去上大学，接受好的教育;为慈善机构筹款;为我的父母买座大房子;去帮助贫穷的人……
