无锡市惠山区八年级英语期中试卷
一、听力测试(本大题共20小题，每题1分，共20分)
二、单项选择(本大题共14小题，每题1分，共14分)
1. —________ girl called Millie never tells lies.
—What ________ honest girl she is!
A. The; a B. The; an C. A; an D. A; /
2. My best friend Jim always helps me. As a famous writer once said, “A friend is a gift that you give ________.”
A. you B. yourself C. your D. yours
3. The ________ you work, the ________ mistakes you will make, I believe.
A. more carefully; fewer B. more carefully; less
C. more careful; fewer D. more careful; less
4. —It’s never too old to learn.
—I can’t agree more. There’s always ________ to learn.
A. anything B. nothing C. everything D. something
5. —Can I fill the box ________ my model cars?
—I’m afraid not. It’s ________ my school things.
A. for; full of B. with; fill of C. with; full of D. in; filled with
6. Life is like a mirror. ________ at it, and it will smile back.
A. Smiling B. Smile C. To smile D. Smiles
7. —The price of petrol (汽油) is not ________ that of last year.
—Exactly! And some people plan to buy new energy cars instead.
A as good as B. as cheap as C. as high as D. as low as
8. The cookies in the red box taste better than ________ in the yellow box.
A. one B. them C. those D. that
9. —What else should I pay attention to ________ my grades during the exam?
—Speak more and listen more.
A. develop B. developing C. improving D. to improve
10. —Sorry, I didn’t catch what you said. Can you your student ID card number?
—No problem. It’s 2024916.
A. repeat B. report C. respect D. return
11. Keep the door open ________ let the fresh air in.
A. so that B. because of C. in order to D. rather than
12. —Wow, you bought me a new phone. What a big surprise! But I don’t know how to use it.
—It doesn’t matter. Just follow the ________.
A. introductions B. instructions C. information D. invitation
13. It’s so great that the government is ________ elevators (电梯) for some old buildings to help the elderly go up and down easily.
A. putting in B. putting on C. putting together D. putting up
14. —I think many teenagers nowadays care more about themselves.
—________ Many volunteers of this age always take part in activities to help others.
A. I’m afraid not. B. I’m afraid so.
C. With pleasure. D. I can’t agree more.
三、完形填空(本大题共10小题，每题1分，共10分)
How many times did we say, “Oh, I’ll do that ____15____”? Sometimes tomorrow never ____16____ and we find ourselves saying, “Boy, I wish I hadn’t put that off.”
Our family has been friends with Betty for many years. Over the years, we shared phone calls and birthday cards. Betty sent our youngest son Brandon a birthday card with $50 in it until he graduated. We ____17____ each other quite often when we lived not far away. Then we moved to New York. However, the distance (距离) did not cut off the touch we kept in with each other.
This past November, I called Betty to see ____18____ she was. I was quite ____19____ when Betty didn’t answer the phone. Instead, her daughter Carol did. Carol told me that her mum went downhill fast and she was now in hospice (临终养老院) care. Carol ____20____ the phone to Betty. I talked to her and let her ____21____ we loved her.
