贵州省贵阳市花溪第六中学2022-2023学年八年级上学期期中诊断性考试英语试卷

贵阳市花溪第六中学2022-2023学年度第一学期

期中诊断性考试试题卷

八年级  英语

命题教师：    唐国艳       审题教师：  熊希琼      

考试时间：2022年11月16日上午    时长：90分钟    试卷满分：100分

班级：                  姓名：                 学号： __________________                             

 

一、单项选择(本大题共15分，每小题1分)

(   )1. ________ birds are there in the tree?

A．How far         B．How much       C .How many    D.How  often

(  )2. Miss Li, a tall woman ______ dark curly hair teaches us Chinese.

A. about                  B. in              C. with                 D. for

(  )3. I ______ come and visit you in America if I have free time next year.

A. might                 B. need            C. mightn’t               D. needn’t

(  )4. Mr. Smith plans ______ here much longer because he has lots of things to do.

A. to keep                   B. keep            C. to stay                 D. stay

(  )5. —My life seems ______ because I only do a little housework every day.

—Well, you can join a club or read some books.

A. educational            B. successful      C. difficult                 D. meaningless

(  )6. That magazine my father often reads ______ once a month.

A. brings out              B. comes out      C. takes out               D. looks out

(  )7. —Why are you late for work again?

—The ______ is that I lost my keys to the car.

A. reason                   B. rule             C. message                 D. question

(  )8. Jack is friendly and he is ready ______ us when we need it.

A. choosing              B. to choose      C. helping                  D. to help

(  )9. The dictionary has many _____ of how words are used.

A. activities       B. examples  C. programs    D. symbols

(  )10. —When do you expect Sara ______ home?

—Before 5:00 p.m. I have something important to tell her.

A. come                     B. to come       C. to leave                 D. leave

(  )11. Parents play an important role _____ their children’s learning.

A. on             B. for          C. in            D. with

(  )12. You don’t need to ______ to go to the club — jeans and a T-shirt are OK.

A. stay up                B. make up        C. dress up                 D. cut up

(  )13. My cousin is not so ______ as my sister. She is a little shy.

A. outgoing               B. more outgoing       C. most outgoing      D. the most outgoing

(  )14. I became ______ in it when I read the book carefully.

A. interesting              B. interested        C. interest             D. interests

(  )15. —What do you think of the sports news?

—______.

A. Yes, of course         B. Yes, I’d like to    C. I don’t mind it        D. I don’t think so 

二、完形填空(本大题共15分，每小题1分)

A.阅读下面一段短文，在方框中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。

1. characters    B.acting     C.decided    D.important  E.other F.boring

Many students like joining school plays.Some think they are too shy to stand on the stage,some say they are too busy,and others think that it is very 16.______.When I heard the English club would have English play Snow White  ,I 17.______to join it.The main reason was that I really wanted to be on the stage.

There were many 18._______in the play.Of course,the girls wanted to play the princess(公主），Li Fan played the king.Wang Ping and other six boys played the seven dwafs(矮人）.I thought I might get the role of the princess. But He Yan got it.Miss Wang asked me to act the role of the queen.I wasn’t happy about this.But Miss Wang said,,”The most19.____thing is the acting.”

From then on,I tried to act the queen,It was difficult for me to do it because I had no experience in20._______,After two months’ hard practice,we were ready to play on stage.It was very successful.People in the hall enjoyed it very much.

2. 阅读下面短文，选择正确答案。

Alice Jones works in St. Louis, Missouri. She teaches   21   in a big middle school. Because she   22   uses interesting ways to help her students solve (解决) math problems, they all like her — she is very   23  . She is a star teacher in her school.

Several days ago, a small middle school   24   New York invited (邀请) Alice to work there. Sometimes she wanted to take the new job and sometimes she   25   it.

The middle school in New York is   26   than the school Alice works in now. But Alice can have a new beginning. The middle school she   27   in now is so far that it takes her a long time to get there every day.

However, the school in New York doesn’t   28   as much as the school in St. Louis. It will only pay her $2,000 every month. It’s less than the money she gets now.    29   New York seems like a better city to work in than St. Louis.

After thinking for several days, Alice   30   to move to New York. Maybe she will have lots of problems in the new school. She still wants to have a try.

(  ) 21. A. math               B. geography     C. history            D. science

(  ) 22. A. still                   B. ever           C. always             D. also

(  )23. A. outgoing           B. popular       C. hard-working       D. friendly

(  ) 24. A. for             B. by              C. to                   D. in

(  ) 25. A. learned about    B. talked about   C. worried about       D. cared about

(  ) 26. A. bigger                B. smaller         C. dirtier             D. cleaner

(  ) 27. A. arrives           B. studies       C. works              D. lives

(  ) 28. A. share             B. get           C. need                D. pay

(  ) 29. A. But                    B. And           C. So                 D. Or

(  ) 30. A. forgot            B. called        C. disliked           D. decided

 

三、阅读理解(本大题共30分，每小题2分)

A．阅读下列材料，根据其内容选择最佳答案。

A

When I was a boy，I had a big appetite(胃口)．I was lucky enough to have my grandma，because she always cooked delicious food for me.

At that time，I lived at school.I could only go back home on vacation.But whenever I got the chance to go back home，I would like to stay in my grandma's home.When my grandma cooked in the kitchen，I would like to help her.I helped her wash vegetables，clean dishes and so on.Then I set the table and waited for her to eat together.It was really a warm memory(回忆) for me.

My grandma always tried to create new dishes.Every time after she cooked a new dish，she would let me try first.Then she would wait for my comments for the dish.After I told her how I liked the dish，she would write down some notes on a small notebook.

When I grew up，I went to another city to work.Although I tried a lot of food in many expensive restaurants，in my eyes，my grandma was the best cook in the world.

(   ）31.Why did the writer say he was lucky enough?

A．Because he had a big appetite.

B．Because he worked in another city when he grew up.

C．Because his grandma always cooked delicious food for him.

(   )32.What is the second paragraph mainly about?

A．How the writer helped his grandma cook.

B．Why the writer always ate with his grandma.

C．Why the writer liked to set the table.

(   )33.The underlined word “comments” in the passage means “________” in Chinese.

A．协助  B．评论  C．赞赏

(   )34.What does the third paragraph mainly tell us?

A．The writer always liked to try new dishes.

B．The writer's grandma liked to create new dishes.

C．The writer often made some comments on food.

(   )35.Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A．The writer lived at school when he was a boy.

B．The writer still liked his grandma's dishes very much when he grew up.

C．The writer never went to the expensive restaurants to try food.

B

Every country has its favorite food.Italians like to eat pizza.Indians like to eat hot food.Japanese like to