明光市2009年春季八年级英语目标教学检测题（5） Mid-term Exam
I. 单项选择。（20分）
( ) 1. Please______ hello to your father for me. Thanks very much for his help.
A. say
B. speak B. mad
C. tell
D. talk D. cruel
D. alone; lonely
( ) 2. Betty didn’t come to my party, so I felt ______.
A. happy
C. disappointed C. alone; alone C. laughing C. to
( ) 3. The old woman is______, but she doesn’t feel ______.
A. lonely; alone A. laughed A. at
B. lonely; lonely B. laugh B. in
( ) 4. All the children like Mr. White very much because he often makes them ______.
D. to laugh D. on
D. pleased to
( ) 5.Kate did badly ______ the English exam this time. ( ) 6. We were all ______ the teenager at last.
A. pleasing with A. because A. at
B. pleased with
C. pleasing to
( ) 7. We mustn’t buy the pirated books______ there is some wrong knowledge in them.
B. and B. for
C. but C. in
D. so D. to
( ) 8. The students can take an active part in outdoor activities, so they are ______ good health. ( ) 9. —Please don’t make any noise in the reading room.
—______. A. Sorry, I won’t A. put up A. get
B. No, I can’t B. put in B. gets
C. Yes, I do
D. OK, I didn’t D. put on D. got D. on, will we D. well, well D. pick it up
( ) 10.The famous actors will ______ a play at the theater.
C. put down C. getting
( ) 11. My mother is used to ______ up early every day .
( ) 12. None of us will go to play football ______a snowy morning, ______?
A. in, will none A. good, well A. to pick it up
B. on, won’t we B. well, good B. picking it up
C. in, will we C. good, good C. to pick up it
( ) 13. The food smells ______ and sells ______.
( )14. When Tom saw a pen on the ground, he stopped ______. ( ) 15. Could you tell me ______?
A. when will Tom come back
B. when does Tom come back
C. when did Tom come back D. when Tom will come back C. will see, will come
D. see, will come
( ) 16. If you ______ him tomorrow, ask him if he ______ to our party next week.
A. see, comes B. will see, comes
( ) 17. There ______ people in the future.
A. will have more
B. are going to have fewer D. will be more
C. are going to be less —______.
A. What did you happen ?
C. What’s happening ?
A. that difficult A. to swim
B. What are you happening ? D. What is going to happen ? C. that be difficult
D. it be difficult D. on swim
( ) 18. — Oh , what should I do ?
( ) 19. I found ______ to make everyone pleased with me .
B. it difficult
( ) 20. He is much better than me ______.
B. for swimming C. at swimming
II. 完型填空。通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后选择能填入相应空白处的最佳答案。（20分）
It’s never easy to admit（承认）you are in the wrong. We all 21 to know the art of apology（道歉）.Think how often you’ve done wrong. Then count how many 22 you’ve expressed clearly you were 23 . You can’t go to bed with an easy mind if you do 24 about it.
A doctor friend, Mr. Lee, told me about a man who came to him with different kinds of signs: headaches, heart trouble and insomnia（失眠症）. 25 some careful exams，Mr Lee found nothing wrong with him and said, “If you don’t tell me what’s 26 you，I can’t help you.”
The man admitted he was cheating（骗取） his brother of his inheritance（遗产）.Then and there the clever doctor 27 the man write to his brother and 28 his money. As soon as the letter was put into the post box, the man suddenly cried. “Thank you,” he said to the doctor, “I think I’ve got well.” An apology can not only save a broken relationship（关系），but also make it 29 . If you can think of someone who should be 30 an apology from you，do something about it right now. ( ) 21. A. decide ( ) 23. A. sorry ( ) 25. A. Before ( )26. A. hurting ( ) 27. A. made ( ) 29. A. newer
B. have B. people B. weak B. anything B. After B. helped B. kept B. worse B. given
C. need C. ways C. sad C. nothing C. Till C. touching C. let C. returned C. harder C. known
D. try D. times D. wrong D. everything D. Since D. worrying D. saw D. paid D. stronger D. forgotten
( )22. A. mistakes ( )24. A. something
B. changing
( ) 28. A. gave ( ) 30. A. received
III. 阅读理解。根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。（10分）
Heng Ford was the first one to build cars which were fast, reliable（可靠的）and cheap. He was able to sell millions of them because he “mass-produced” them; that is, he made a great many cars of exactly the same type. Henry Ford’s father had hoped that his son would become a farmer, but the young man did not like the idea and went to Detroit where he worked as a mechanic（技工）. By the time he was twenty-nine, in 1892, he had built his first car. The first mass-produced car in the world, the famous “ Model T ” appeared in 1908－five years after Henry had started his great Ford Motor Company. This car proved to be so popular that it remained unchanged for twenty years. Since Henry Ford’s time, mass-production techniques（技术）have become common in industry and have reduced（减少）the price of a great many products which otherwise（其余的）would be very expensive. ( ) 31. In which order did Henry Ford do the following things?
a. Set up his great Ford Motor Company. c. Sold millions of cars. A. e, d , b , c , a
e. Build the famous “ Model T ”.
B. d , b , a , e , c
C. b , c , d , a , e
D. c , d , e , b , a
( ) 32. From the text we can conclude（断定）that Henry’s father ______.
A. didn’t like a car
C. was a farmer
A. in 1908
B. liked country life very much D. was kind to his son C. in 1892
D. in 1903
b. Produced his first car.
d. Stayed at Detroit and worked as a mechanic.
( )33. Henry Ford set up his great Ford Motor Company ______.
B. in 1913
( ) 34.The famous “ Model T ” remained unchanged for twenty years because ______.
A. it was too cheap
B. it was very fast
D. it was designed by Henry Ford
B. Henry Ford was a modest（谦恭）man
C. people liked it very much
( ) 35. From the passage we know ______.
A. Henry Ford was a successful man
C. Henry Fod was a hardworking man D. Henry Ford was a strong man
IV. 句型转换。根据所给提示，完成句型转换。每空一词，含缩略词。（10分） 36. We enjoyed ourselves on Mount Emei last week.(改为同义句) We ________ ________ ________ ________ on Mount Emei last week.
37. Tom was late for school again because he didn’t catch the early bus.（就划线部分提问） ________ was Tom late for school again?
38. He is old enough to look after himself. (改为同义句) He is ________ old ________ he can look after himself. 39. I think English is very useful.(改为否定句) I ________ think English ________ very useful. 40. Perhaps Maria is in her room now. (改为同义句) Maria ________ ________ in her room now.
V. 短文填空。根据下列短文内容和首字母提示，补全单词，使短文完整、通顺。（20分）
One Thursday afternoon, Mrs. Clarke locked the door and went to the women’s club as usual. When she came home she f41 something unusual. Had someone got in? There was no sigh of forced entry(强行进入). Had a 42 been taken? She found her camera and watch missing.
The following Thursday she went o 43 at her usual time, but she didn’t go to the club. Instead, she took a s 44 walk in a park nearby and came home. She let herself in through the back door and sat down to wait and see what would happen.
It was 7 o’clock w 45 the bell rang. Mrs. Clarke was making tea at that moment . The bell rang again. But Mrs. Clarke didn’t go to a46 it. Then she heard her letter-box being opened. Mrs. Clarke moved quietly towards the door w 47 a kettle(壶) of boiling water. A piece of wire(电线) appeared through the letter-box and then a hand. The wire turned a 48 caught around the knob(旋扭) on the door lock. Mrs. Clarke raised the kettle and poured the water over the h 49. A sharp cry was heard outside as the wire fell to the floor. Before long, two p 50 came and caught the thief. 41. ________ 42. ________ 46. ________ 47. ________ VI. 书面表达。（20分）
请根据下面书面通知的内容，将你年级安排的五一旅游计划用口头通知的形式向你班同学传达。
43. ________ 48. ________
44. ________ 49. ________
45. ________ 50. ________
Time To Leaving time Arrival time Activity Return Time Monday(May 1st) The People’s Park 7:00 a. m. 8:30 a.m. Morning: boating; swimming; having a picnic under the big tree Afternoon: English Corner activities; take photos 4:30 p. m. Transportation By bus