八年级英语上册期中模拟试卷及答案(2)
58. Mr. Zhang with his wife and his two children will watch the show tomorrow morning. He will have to pay at least ____ dollars for the tickets.
A.85 B.100 C.120 D.140
59. ____ are not allowed to enter the theatre.
A.Adults without children B. School students.
C.Kids below three years old D. Latecomers
60. Which of the following is not mentioned(提到)in the above?
A.The name of the show B. The name of the director
C.The telephone number D. The name of the theatre
B
One day, Buddha(佛) was walking from one town to another town with a few of his followers(追随者).
While they were travelling, they happened to pass a lake. They stopped there and Buddha asked one of his men to get him some water from that lake there?
The man walked up to the lake. When he got there, he noticed that some women were washing clothes in the water and, right at that moment, a bullock cart (牛车)started crossing through the lake.
As a result, the water became very muddy(浑浊的). The man thought, “Buddha is great. How can I give such dirty water to him for drinking? ”
So he came back and told Buddha, The water in there is very muddy now. I don?t think it is good for you to drink.?
Buddha said nothing and let him sit down. After a while , Buddha asked the same man to go back to the lake and get him some water again.
With doubt, the man had to go back to the lake. This time he found that the mud had settled down. So he collected some water in a pot and brought it to Buddha.
Buddha looked at the water, and then he said to the man,’See what you did to make the water clean. You let it be and the mud settled down on its own .It’s also the same with your mind. When it is disturbed(不安)，just let it be. Give it a little time and it will calm down on its own.
61.What did the man do when he found the water in the lake muddy?
A.He got angry. B. He still got some.
C.He returned with nothing D. He waited until it was clean again.
62.____made the water in the lake clean.
A. The women. B. One of Buddha’s men C. Buddha D. Nothing but itself
63.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. Buddha and his followers had to drink muddy water at last.
B. As soon as the man returned, Buddha let him get water again.
C. Buddha didn’t know why the water became clean again.
D. Though Buddha didn’t do much , he educated the man a lot.
64.The underlined phrase ”just let it be” might mean” ____ “in Chinese.
A.前仆后继 B.顺其自然 C.聚精会神 D.随波逐流
65.The best title for the passage can be _____.
A. Time Can Change everything
B. Muddy Water Can’t Be Drunk
C. How to Make Muddy Water Clean by Ourselves
D. It’s Great to Learn from Wise people
C
Mr father woke me up early one summer morning when I was fourteen and announced (宣布):"Get up, you're going with me to cut the grass in the garden."
The idea that my father thought I was old enough to help him in his business made me feel proud and excited. From sunrise to sunset, my father, my younger brother and I worked in the large garden, in a rich part of Atlanta, Georgia. By the end of the day I was too tired to say a word but I felt good. This was my first time to help my father in his business. I got $ 6 for my work that day.
One day my father found some leaves I had missed and pulled me aside." Take away these leaves!" he said seriously, “and don't make me have to tell you to do it again." The message was clear. Today I value (珍视) the importance of doing a job well the first time. It will never fail to impress (给……留下印象) the person you are working for.
After two years, my father told me and my brother that he felt we were old
enough to cut the grass by ourselves. Every Saturday during my last two years of high school, we set off early in the morning with the same strong wish we got while working under our father.
Looking after the garden was not exciting, but that didn't matter. It taught me that any job was a good job and that whatever I was paid was more than I had before.
A newspaper reporter once asked me how someone could possibly live with hard work and low pay." If you're only thinking about hard work and money, you probably don't want to do any better than you are doing." I answered. In every job, from cutting the grass to washing dishes, I've learned much. I've learned something that helps me in my next job.
If you work hard enough, you can learn from any job you do.
66.Why did the writer felt proud and excited when his father asked him to cut grass?
A. He was not old enough to help his family.
B. He thought he became important to his father’s business
C. He could cut the grass himself
D. He could earn $6 that day.
67.The underline word “message” in the passage probably refers to (指)”_______”
A. not leaving leaves behind
B. giving no excuse for your mistakes.
C. doing a good job at the very beginning.
D. missing things can be found out.
68.The writer probably thinks his father is _____
A. lazy B. helpful C. careless D. funny
69.When the writer finished high school, he might be __________year old.
A. 14 B. 16 C. 18 D. 20
70.When of the following does the writer probably think is the most important?
A. Keeping learning from any job you had.
B. Asking no money for work.
C. Finishing work as quickly as possible.
D. Keeping looking for different jobs.
五、词与短语(共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分)
closer/ provide/cut out/ set up / with/ come true
71.______ parents away, I’m the king of the house.
72. If you__________ the drinking, you’d better feel much healthier.
73. I don’t think it’s parents’ job to ______a clean and comfortable environment at home for their children.
74. Volunteering here is a dream ________ for me.
75. Although the storm broke many things apart, it brought families and neighbors_____ together.
六、阅读理解填词(共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分)
Our dog, Rex, used to sit outside our front gate and bark. Every time he wanted to come into the garden he would bark u_76___ someone opened the gate. As the neighbours complained of the noise, my husband s__77___ weeks training him to press his paw on the latch to let himself in. Rex soon became good at o_78______ the gate.
H__79___, when I was going out shopping last week, I n_80___ him in the garden near the gate. This time he was barking so that someone would let him o_81__ ! Since then, he has developed another bad h_82___. As soon as he opens the gate from the outside, he comes i_83__ the garden and waits until the gate closes. Then he sits and barks until someone lets him out. After this he immediately lets himself in and begins barking a_84____. Yesterday my husband removed the gate and Rex got so a__85__and he disappeared. Since then, we have not seen him.
76.u______ 77. s_______ 78.o_________ 79. H________ 80.n_______
81.o______ 82. h_______ 83.i_________ 84. a________ 85.a_______
七、书面表达(共1小题，满分15分)
假如你们班要举办一次有关“学生周末该不该上培优班”的班会。请你根据以下的问题写一篇60-80词左右的'短文，并写出两、三个观点阐述自己的看法。
提示：
1. Do you take after-school classes?
2. If you do, what classes do you take? If not, what do you usually do on weekends?
3. Do you parents give you too much pressure? Why or why not?
4. What do you think of after-school classes?
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参考答案：
26-30：CBDCA 31-35:DCBAC 36-40:DBACD 41-45:BDCAB
46-50:DBCBA 51-55:CADCA 56-60:DBACB 61-65:CDDBD
66-70:BCBCA
71:with 72:cut out 73:provide 74:come true 75:closer
76:until 77:spent 78:opening 79:However 80:noticed
81:out 82:habit 83:into 84:again 85:angry
