福建省厦门市莲花中学2021-2022学年八年级下学期期中英语试题
学校:___________姓名：___________班级：___________考号：___________
一、单项选择
1．That’s ________ icy road. Be careful to ride a bike on it.
A．an    B．/    C．a
2．You won’t be thinner ________ you eat less meat and more vegetables.
A．if    B．unless    C．since
3．—You can’t park the car here! Didn’t you see the sign?
—Sorry, I didn’t notice it. I ________ a phone call.
A．was making    B．will make    C．am making
4．—Could I get a ride, dad?
—________, but I have to do some work first.
A．Sorry, you can’t    B．No, thank you    C．No problem
5．Judy agreed to clean up the city parks ________ thinking twice.
A．by    B．without    C．about
6．Your Grandma wants to watch the talk show. Please ________ the TV.
A．turn off    B．turn on    C．turn down
7．—I have great ________ in learning English and I’m so worried. Could you help me?
—Sure, I’d love to.
A．trouble    B．interest    C．idea
8．Yesterday I ________ and I put my head back right away.
A．had a nosebleed    B．got hit on the head    C．cut my knee
9．— Why did you get wet all over?
—It _______started to rain on my way home.
A．hardly    B．quietly    C．suddenly
10．—I don’t like the movie. What about you, Mike?
—I don’t like it, ________.
A．too    B．also    C．either
11．—I’m home, Mom. How nice it ________!
—Your father is making the beef noodles in the kitchen.
A．smells    B．tastes    C．sounds
12．I am afraid no one can help us. We have to depend on ________.
A．myself    B．yourself    C．ourselves
13．The river will  several meters after the heavy rain.
A．return    B．rise    C．rest
14．—What was the result of the soccer game?
—Mike’s team ________ Tom’s by 3:2.
A．won    B．beat    C．broke
15．When the fire alarm ________, all the people ran out of the room as quickly as possible.
A．went off    B．took off    C．put off
二、完形填空
从每小题所给的A、B、C三个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案。
Everyone wants to be successful. But failure is a common thing for us to meet with. ____16
____, sometimes we fail the exams, sometimes in the sports meet, others ____17____ but we fail. So ____18____ everybody meets with the failure in his life.
However, different people have different ____19____ to deal with the failure. Some people lose hope when they fail. They seem to think that it is the ____20____ of the world. Others, on the other hand, don’t take failure ____21____. They seem to think that failure is the first step to success. They will keep up and try their best to ____22____ the final success.
Now let’s imagine the ends of the two ways. If we are afraid of the failure and always feel ____23____ and don’t try our best to change ourselves, we may meet with more and more failures. But as long as we are hopeful and brave to face them, and never give up, we will ____24____ successful and our dreams will come true.
So, please remember: Life doesn’t give us the pleasure we want. But if we never give up and ____25____ do little by little, it will make a big difference.
16．A．At first    B．All the time    C．For example
17．A．lose    B．win    C．get
18．A．almost    B．never    C．always
19．A．activities    B．answers    C．ways
20．A．area    B．end    C．start
21．A．seriously    B．quickly    C．angrily
22．A．hope    B．give    C．get
23．A．careful    B．happy    C．upset
24．A．become    B．turn    C．grow
25．A．seldom    B．always    C．never
三、阅读单选
One day, a woman walked into a pet store to buy a bird for her Thanksgiving party. The shop owner said, “We only have one parrot. But I think you do not want it because it ” The woman said happily, “That’s great. I’ve always wanted a talking bird.” So the shop owner said, “Since you are a nice lady, I’ll give it to you as a gift”.
The lady went home, put the bird on her bed and walked out of the room. But as soon as she walked into the kitchen, the bird started to speak dirty words as loudly as it could. The woman walked back into the room thinking, “I can’t have this at my party!” So she took the bird and put it in the fridge to show a little punishment(惩罚).
A few hours later, while the woman was eating, she remembered that her bird was still in the fridge. Quickly, she opened the door and found it was shivering. Then she took out the bird at once. She said to the bird, “I’ll keep you out of there if you behave yourself. Is that clear?”
sorting out
The bird nodded and asked, “May I just ask a quick question?” The lady nodded and said, “Yes.”
The bird pointed at the turkey behind him and asked, “What did he do?”
26．The woman went into the pet store because ________.
A．she wanted to buy a bird for her Thanksgiving party
B．there were lots of nice birds in it
C．she wanted to buy a bird to make a big meal
D．she wanted to buy a bird for her son’s birthday
27．The woman got the bird ________.
A．by paying the shop owner some money    B．by taking it away without telling the shop owner

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