2019-2020年八年级期中考试英语试题一、单项选择（15小题，每小题1分，共15分）（ ）1. -What does your father do? -He is _ policeman. Its _ exciting job.A. a; a B. a; an C. the; an D. a; the（ ）2. -How is Helen in the new school?-She is doing very well. There is _ to worry about.A. something B. anything C. nothing D. everything（ ）3. My grandpa is 95 years old, he eats many _, but little _.A. vegetable; eat B. vegetables; meatsC. vegetable; meat D. vegetables; meat（ ）4. Jacks parents went to work, and he had to _ himself at home.A. look at B. look for C. look after D. look up（ ）5. Xian is one of _ capital in China.A. older; city B. the older; cityC. oldest; cities D. the oldest; cities（ ）6. -Would you mind _ me the book?-Of course not, here you are.A. giving B. gives C. gave D. give（ ）7. -What do you think of the dress?-Wonderful. I dont think I can find a _ one.A. good B. better C. bad D. worst（ ）8. -We have red and yellow T-shirts. Which color do you like?-Im afraid _. I think blue will be OK.A. both B. either C. neither D. none（ ）9. What makes your brother _ so outgoing?A. to bee B. bees C. bee D. being（ ）10. _ David was ill, _ he went to school.A. Because; so B. Although; but C. Because; / D. Although; /（ ）11. -Do you know that there are many different _ animals in the zoo?-Yes, I do. And I also know that some of them are _ scaring.A. kinds of; kind of B. kinds of; kinds ofC. kind of; kinds of D. kind of; kind of（ ）12. -Amy, _ do you clean your room? -Every day.A. how long B. how many C. how often D. how soon（ ）13. _ this rock music, please. Im afraid lots of people cant stand the noise.A. Stopping B. Stop C. Stops D. Stopped（ ）14. My classmate decided _ me _ math last week.A. to help; study B. to help; studiesC. helping; studying D. help; to study（ ）15. It was sunny and warm. _!A. How great weathers B. How great a weatherC. What great weather D. What a great weather二、完形填空（10小题，每小题1分，共10分）Three men came to London 16 holidays. They came to a very large hotel and lived in a room on the fifty fifth floor.One day they went to see a film and came back to the hotel very late.“ Im very _ 17 _ ” said the waiter of the hotel, “but our lift does not work tonight.”One of them said to his two friends , “We have to walk up to our room. Its very_ 18_ . I think I know how to make it easier. _19_ our way to the room, I shall _ 20 _ you some jokes; then you, John, will sing us _ 21_ songs; then you, Peter, will tell us some 22 stories.So they began to walk to their room. Tom told them many jokes. John sang some songs. At last, they came to the room. They were _ 23_ and decided to have a rest.“Well, Peter, will you tell us a _24_ story with a sad end.” said Tom.“I shall tell you a sad story,” said Peter. “It is short but it is _ 25_. We left our key in the downstairs room just now. What shall we do?”（ ）16. Afor Bto Cwith Dfrom（ ）17. Atired Bangry Csorry Dglad（ ）18. Acareful Bdifficult Chelpful Dearly（ ）19. AIn BAt CBy Don（ ）20. Atell Btalk Cspeak Dsay（ ）21. Aa lot Bmuch Ca little Dsome（ ）22. Ainterest Binteresting Cinterested Dsadly（ ）23. Atired Bhungry Chappy Dworried（ ）24. Ainteresting Btrue Ctruly Deasy（ ）25. Aenough sad Bsadly enough Csad enough Denough sadly三、阅读理解（20小题，每小题2分，共40分）AMrs. White lives in the countryside. She is very happy. Sometimes she is not happy. There arent many things to buy in the countryside. She needs to go to the city.One day she goes to the city. First she buys some fruits and vegetables for herself and for her friend. Then she goes into a shop. She wants to buy a pair of glasses. She tries one pair, and then another, and another, but none of them seems to feel right.The shopkeeper is a nice man. After some time he says to Mrs. White, “Dont worry, madam. Everything will be all right in the end. It isnt easy to find the right glasses.”“No, it isnt,” answers Mrs. White. “And it is even more difficult when you are shopping for a friend.”（ ）26. Why does Mrs. White go to the city ?A. To visit a friend.B. There arent many things to buy in the countryside.C. She needs to see a doctor.D. She loves the city.（ ）27. Mrs. White buys _ when she gets to the city.A. some fruits B. some vegetablesC. nothing D. fruits and vegetables（ ）28. Mrs. White goes into a shop to buy a pair of _.A. glasses B. shoes C. trousers D. jeans（