上海市民办华育中学2018-2019学年八年级上学期期中英语试题
学校:___________姓名：___________班级：___________考号：___________
一、单项选择
1．Be careful not to wake the baby.
A．/keə’fl/    B．/kiə’fl/    C．/’keəfl/    D．/’kiəfl/
2．Which of the following underlined parts is different in pronunciation from others?
A．She was standing on one foot.    B．I won’t leave until you come back.    C．She was unable to contain her excitement.    D．Who will pay the electricity bill?
3．A little boy wrote ________ “u” and ________ “n” on the wall.
A．a; an    B．an; a    C．an; an    D．a; a
4．I have lost my pen. I must buy ________ today.
A．it    B．this    C．one    D．that
5．You’ve got so many books. Could you please lend me ________ to read?
A．anything    B．any    C．something    D．some
6．They’ve taken everything with ________.
A．them    B．themselves    C．they    D．their
7．She had to borrow a new ________ in order to attend the party.
A．cloth    B．clothes    C．clothing    D．dress
8．________ useful information board you have made!
A．How    B．What    C．How a    D．What a
9．I am not sure how long Oliver ________.
A．has joined the army    B．has joined in the army    C．has served the army    D．has served in the army
10．What is the chemical symbol ________ water?
A．about    B．of    C．on    D．for
11．________ a father, she has a younger brother to support.
A．Beside    B．Besides    C．Except    D．Except for
12．I hate to admit it, ________ I think I was wrong.
A．and    B．but    C．or    D．so
13．He’s an ________ engineer, he can deal with ________ problems.
A．electricity, electrical    B．electrical, electrical    C．electrical, electric    D．electrical, electricity
14．History ________ repeat itself.
A．needs not    B．need not    C．doesn’t need    D．need not to
15．What did you ________ about water pollution at the meeting?
A．talk    B．say    C．speak    D．tell
16．In the past few years, ________ great changes in Shanghai.
A．there were    B．there have had    C．there had been    D．there have been
17．Joyce suggested ________.
A．them talk it over among themselves    B．them talked it over among themselves
C．they talk it over among themselves    D．they talked it over among themselves
18．Where do you think ________ Tonny ________ the jacket?
A．did, buy    B．did, bought    C．has, bought    D．/, bought
19．Which sentence is correct?
A．I wonder where you have gone.    B．I wonder where they visited.
C．I wonder when you have finished the task.    D．I wonder what is the matter with you.
20．—John and I will celebrate our fortieth wedding anniversary next month.
unable
—Oh, ________!
A．cheer up    B．well done    C．go ahead    D．congratulations
二、用所给单词的正确形式填空
21．They have both behaved ________ than before and I am very hurt. (bad)
22．You can reduce these long ________ to simple charts or diagrams. (explain)
23．In ________ cold weather, everything seems to be frozen. (freeze)
24．Our government is trying to take ________ to prevent and control pollution. (measure)
25．My father exercises ________ because he doesn’t have enough time. (regular)
26．They do not have the ________ to apologize for their actions. (encourage)
27．A friend is a living treasure, and if you have one, you have one of the ________ gifts in life. (value)
28．Such negative thoughts and feelings make some people feel like ________ up. (give)
29．I didn’t know a thing about the verbs, for I ________ my lesson. (not study)
30．The miners ________ alive when the tunnel collapsed. (bury)
31．Look! Jerry ________ and he belongs to a ski club. (ski)
32．I hope you ________ the secret of how to be happy. (find)
33．I don’t think Renee saw us. She ________ a watch for her father. (choose)
34．Let us hold our hands and ________ the environment. (not pollute)
三、改写句子
35．Daisy was told not to eat sweets any more. （反意疑问句）
Daisy was told not to eat sweets any more, ________ ________?
36．The doctor took good care of the wounded. （改为被动句）
The wounded ________ ________ good care of by the doctor.
四、同义句转化
37．I don’t know if I will go with you tomorrow. （同义句转换）
I don’t know ________ ________ go with you tomorrow.
38．Benny wanted to trick his sister. （同义句转换）
Benny wanted to ________ ________ ________ ________ his sister.
五、划线部分提问
39．Life in our cities will be inconvenient without electricity.（划线提问）
________ will life in our cities ________ ________ without electricity?
六、将所给单词连成句子
40．machine, makes, kinds, works, it, goods, the, of, that, all（连词成句）
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七、短文选词填空
Complete the following passage with the words or phrases in the box. Each word or phrase can only be used once.