学年八年级五四学制上学期期中考试英语试题Word格式.docx

1、2请将I卷答案填写在II卷指定位置上，将II卷答案用蓝色或黑色钢笔、圆珠笔填写在试卷上。第卷一、阅读理解（30分）（成题）AOne day in summer, little Jack was playing on the beach with his father. Suddenly, he saw a little tortoise moving slowly on the sand. He started to look at it carefully and began to touch it with his hand. To his surprise, the tortoise s

2、topped moving. It pulled in its head and legs, and closed its shell tightly. He touched it again but the tortoise didnt move at all. Jack became angry. He used a stick and tried to force（强迫） it to open. When his father saw this, he stopped him and said, “No, son, you mustnt do that! You will kill th

3、e tortoise. You wont get it open with a stick. ” Jack was curious and asked, “Why?” “Just wait and see, ” his father replied. Then he picked up the tortoise and put it in a bag. After they came back home, the father took the tortoise out of the bag. He put it near the fireplace. After a few minutes,

4、 the tortoise began to move a little. Then the tortoise stretched out its head and legs. At last, the tortoise began to crawl across the room. How excited Jack was when he saw this. “Son, now you see, ” said his father, “sometimes, you cant force someone to do things he doesnt like. But if you get h

5、im warm first, he will do what you want him to do. ”1. One day Jack and his father were playing _.A. near the sea B. in the zoo C. on the hill 2. Jack used a stick to _ the tortoise.A. close B. feed C. open3. The father picked up the tortoise and _.A. killed it B. put it in a bag C. threw it into th

6、e sea4. After the tortoise got _near the fireplace, it began to move a little.A. warm B. cool C. hungry5. The story tells us that _.A. people will do things we want them to doB. we cant force people to do things they dont likeC. we can force people to do things they dont like BOne day, a farmer was

7、walking along a road with his son Thomas. The father said, Look! Theres a horseshoe. Pick it up and put it in your bag. Thomas said, It isnt worth the trouble. His father said nothing but he picked it up himself. When they got to a nearby town, they had a rest. There the farmer sold the horseshoe an

8、d with the few pennies he bought some cherries （樱桃）.The father and the son continued their way. The sun was well up in the sky, and there wasnt a house or even a tree where they could have a rest. Thomas felt too thirsty to walk on. At this time, his father dropped a cherry on the ground and Thomas

9、picked it up quickly and ate it. After a while, his father dropped another cherry and once again, his son lost on time in picking it up and putting it in his mouth. And so they went on. The old farmer dropped the cherries and the son picked them up. When Thomas had eaten up all the cherries, his fat

10、her said to him, My dear son, if you had bent （弯腰） down early to pick up that horseshoe, it would not have been necessary for you to bend so many times for the cherries. Always remember the lesson that he who does not worry about the little things will find that he cannot do the great things. 6. Who

11、 picked up the horseshoe at last?A. The son B. The father C. Both the father and the son 7. The farmer bought _ with the money after he sold the horseshoe. A. some bread B. some waterC. come cherries 8. When the son refused to pick up the horseshoe, the father _. A. beat the son B. said nothing C. f

12、elt very happy 9. The father dropped the cherries one by one, because _. A. he wanted to teach his son a lesson B. he wanted his son to do more exercise C. he wanted his son to eat them all10. From the story, we can learn that _. A. cherries are so delicious that most of us like to eat them B. a hor

13、seshoe is so expensive that it can bring us a lot of money C. if we dont worry about the little things, we cannot do the great things C Our reporter asked people what they were doing on July 20th，1969 when man first walked on the moonHere is what they said：Kate Jones，waitress I remember that day ver

14、y wellI was fifteen years oldIt was a hot and humid day，and I was with my family in the mountainsWe were having a picnicWe didnt see the moon landing when it happened，but we were thinking about it. We saw it later on the TV newsJohn Bates，postman I was eighteen years oldIt was a very exciting dayI w

15、as watching TV at home when the astronaut walked on the moonHis name was Neil Armstrong. I remember he could jump really high because people arent so heavy on the moon. When he returned，he became a national hero in America，and famous all over the worldPaul Robinson，doctor I was twelveI remember the day，but I dont remember what I was doingI remember I wanted to go to the moon，too. My dream was to become an astronaut and fly in a rocket. I wanted to see the earth from the moonThe astronauts on the m