山东省威海市文登区文登七里汤中学、文登实验中学、文登二中2023-2024学年八年级上学期11月期中英语试题

初三英语期中检测 一、单项选择 1. Could you please _________the window? I feel a little cold. A. please not to open B. please not open C. not please to close 2. — Why didn’t you play the phone game with us last night? —I ________. I think we should study hard instead of playing games every day. A. studied B. study C. was studying 3. He gets up early _______ catch the early bus. A. so… that B. in order to C. so that 4. Most children ______their parents too much now. They should be ______. A. depend up; independent B. depend on; dependent C. depend on; independent 5. Although you spoke __________ enough, I can ___________ hear you___________. A. loud, hardly, clear B. loudly, hard, clearly C. loudly, hardly, clearly 6. —I am tired and can’t sleep well. Could you give me some advice? —_____listen to music and sleep early? A. How about B.Would you like C. Why not 7. I want to_________ some money from him, but he _______ it to others. A. borrow, returned B. lend, borrowed C. borrow, lent 8. Mr. Zhang _______ us a report as soon as he ______. A. tells, arrives B. tells, will arrive C. will tell, arrives 9. My cousin has problems _____English. In fact, the best way of learning English is ______it. A. learn; to use B. learning; use C. learning; to use 10. _____ he studied harder, ____ he didn’t succeed in passing the exam. A. Because; so B. Because; / C. Although, / 二．阅读理解 A Mr. Clarke hated to do the housework. He wouldn’t stay at home on weekends. As his wife always told him to do some washing or cleaning, or he had to cook for his family. So he always made some excuses (借口) on Friday evenings. Mr. Clarke was interested in playing cards, but he was afraid to let his wife know. So every Sunday afternoon he brought some fish home. It made his wife happy and she never asked where he spent his weekends. One Saturday morning, Mr. Clarke left home at 7 o’clock. He took a bus and got off