八年级期中考试英语测试卷笔试部分V. 单项选择（每小题1分，共25分）（ ）21. _ do you go skateboarding? Twice a week.A. How soonB. How farC. How oftenD. How long（ ）22. Where is your father _ for vacation? Hong Kong.A. goingB. goC. goesD. to going（ ）23. When are you going to Hainan? I am going there _ June 8, 2007.A. withB. onC. atD. in（ ）24. How often does Gina take the bus to school?She _ takes the bus because she likes walking there. A. hardly everB. alwaysC. oftenD. usually（ ）25._? I have a sore throat.A. What are you doingB. Whats the matterC. What do you doD. Whats your job （ ）26. _worry. I can help you.A. CantB. DontC. Arent D. Not（ ）27. You must look _ yourself and keep_. A. for, healthB. after, healthC. after, healthyD. for, healthy（ ）28. Thank you very much for _ to my birthday party. A. comeB. comingC. to comeD. came（ ）29. Would you like to come? Thank you. _, but Im busy. A. I likeB. I would likeC. I wantD. Id love to（ ）30. My mother stopped _ to me because there was a call for her. A. talkingB. to talk C. sayingD. to say（ ）31. Dad will give me _ to eat _ my fourteenth birthday.A. different something, onB. something different, onC. something different, inD. different something, in（ ）32. Where are you going _ your next vacation?We decided _ Europe.A. on, forB. for, toC. on, toD. for, on（ ）33. Students in China go to school _ their bikes.A. rideB. inC. onD. by（ ）34. Workers in our city take buses to work _ ride bikes.A. andB. orC. soD. although（ ）35. My brother gets up early and _ breakfast. A. have quickB. has a quickC. have a quickD. has quick a（ ）36. _ it take you to walk from your home to your office?A. How many hours areB. How long doesC. How many time doesD. How long is（ ）37. I went _ my grandpa the whole day. A. fishing withB. fishingC. to fish withD. fish with（ ）38. Can you come to my house _ the science report?A. discussB. to talkC. to discussD. discuss about（ ）39. When will you finish _ the schoolwork?A. writeB to writeC. writingD. wrote（ ）40. Wang Ling thinks chicken is _ nicer than beef. A. moreB. veryC. soD. a little（ ）41. Sometimes the bus is _ crowder than the subway. A. a lotB. a littleC. muchD. much more（ ）42. Mrs. Kong planned _ her vacation in the beautiful countryside. A. spentB. spendingC. to spendD. spends（ ）43. Mary decided to go to work on time (按时), _ she was ill. A. thoughB. soC. or D. because（ ）44.How often do you eat at KFC（肯德鸡）?_.A. TwiceB. MostC. NeverD. Three times（ ）45. How about _ to see the Subway Station this afternoon? Thats a good idea. A. to go B. goC. goesD. goingVI. 完形填空（每小题1分，共10分）Once a rich woman invited Martin Brown, a famous singer, to sing for her friends. But she 46 him to have dinner with them. She told him to eat 47 the servants. After the meal Martin stood up and said to the servant, “Now, my good friends, I 48 for you.” He sang several songs and the servants were quite 49 . Then the rich woman asked 50 to come to the sitting-room. “ We are waiting for your songs. 51 you ready?” the woman asked. “ I am sorry,” Martin said. “ I have sung 52 . I usually 53 once in one evening, and I cant sing 54 . And with a polite “ 55 ” , he left the rich womans house.（ ）46. A. doesnt invite B. dont invite C. didnt invite D. havent invite（ ）47. A. with B. for C. at D. in（ ）48. A. sang B. will sing C. sing D. was singing （ ）49.A. sad B. bored C. exciting D. happy（ ）50.A. the servant B. the friend C. the woman D. the singer（ ）51.A. Were B. Is C. Are D. Be（ ）52.A.ever B. already C. never D. yet（ ）53.A. sings B. will sing C. sing D. sang（ ）54.A. one B. two C. once D. twice（ ）55.A. Good night B. Good morning C. Good afternoon D. Good dayVII.阅读理解（每小题2分，共40分） A.Is the servant clever or foolish?This is an old story. It was first told long ago. A rich man wanted to make a journey to another town. He was a businessman. He wanted to take things to sell. He also wanted to take some gold to buy some things with. He decided to take ten servants with him. They would carry the things to sell and the food to eat on the journey .He was a kind man. He said to one of his servants, “You are the smallest, the thinnest and the weakest of all my servants. You ca n not carry a heavy load. You may choose the lightest load