江苏省宜兴市2023-2024学年八年级下学期期中考试考前练习卷 英语试题

2023—2024 学年度初二英语第二学期期中复习卷 一单项选择 1. —_ have you felt like this?—Since I had a cola out of date. A. How often B. How soon C. How long D. How much 2. Be careful not to hit _ the wall when you put up the picture. A. against B. opposite C. on D. over 3. The Belt and Road will surely _ markets for China and other countries along. A. put up B. open up C. give up D. look up 4. As the old saying goes, politeness costs _ and gains everything. A. something B. anything C. nothing D. everything 5. The girl didn’t _ till the film ended because it was so interesting. A. stop to laugh B. stop laughing C. stop laugh D. stop laughed 6. After the ship crashed against the rocks, he managed _ to the beach. A. swim B. swimming C. swam D. to swim 7 The meeting will begin at eight tomorrow morning. Please be here _. A. at a time B. on time C. in front D. for a while 8. I used to be very shy, _, I was afraid to speak in public(当众). A. all in all B. for example C. next D. finally 9. —Excuse me, may I speak to Michelle, please? —Sorry. She _ the library. Shall I take a message? A. went to B. has been to C. has gone to D. has been in 10. — Would you mind my closing the window, Shirley? —_. It’s too hot in the room. A. Of course B. That’s all right C. You’d better not D. Of course not 二、完形填空 A beautiful red-haired girl is shopping with her Mom in Wal-Mart. It was raining outside. We all stood there under the _1_, just outside the door. Her voice was so sweet that it _2_ the silence around. “Mom, let’s run through the rain.” she said. “What?” Mom asked. “Let’s run through the rain!” She said again. “No, Honey. We’ll wait until it slows down a bit. ” Mom answered. This young child waited about another minute and said, “Mom, let’s run through the rain.” “We’ll get _3_ if we do.” Mom said. “No, we won’t, Mom. That’s not what you said this morning.” the young girl said as she _4_ her Mom’s arm. “This morning? When did I say we could run through the rain and not get wet?” “Don’t you remember? When