福建省厦门市第一中学2017-2018学年度第一学期
八年级期中英语试卷
II.语言知识运用（共两节，共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）
第一节单项选择从每小题所给的A、B、C三个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的正确答案。
(  )16. Xiamen,____________ city in Fujian China, had the Ninth BRICS Summit(金砖会议)in September,2017.
A. a                            B. an                        C. the
(  )17.---Do you like this sofa, Mrs.Brown?
---Of course, it’s not expensive and I can sit___________ on it
A. quickly                    B. quickly                    C. comfortably
(  )18. Drinking milk every day is good_________ our health.
A. at                            B. for                        C. with
(  )19. Grace is new in my class, so we know about her.
A. nothing                    B. everything                    C. anything
(  )20. With the help of Internet, news can___________every corner of the word.
A. try                        B. reach                        C. give
(  )21. Tony is god at wing, so his parents expect him________ a writer.
A. be                        B.to be                        C.being
(  )22.---I broke mg hand yesterday.
---I’m sorry to hear that Be more____________ next time.
A. careful                        B.wonderful                    C.successful
(  )23. If you visit London, don’t forget to take your____________because it rains a lot.
A. map                        B.diary                        C. umbrella
(  )24. The Chinese dream can come true____________Chinese work hard together.
A. although                    B. because of                    C. as long as
(  )25. All the students in our class are over thirteen except (除了) Nick. He is__________ in our class.
A.the tallest                    B. the youngest                C. the oldest
(  )26. Read the article carefully, and____________the answers to the questions.
A.make up                    B.feel like                    C.find out
(  )27. ---____________do you go to Xiamen Library?
---Every Saturday afternoon.
A.How often                        B.How many                    C.How long
(  )28. ---Did you watch the TV program named Reader?
---Yes, it’s wonderful and____________.
A. I can’t stand it                    B.I don’t mind it                C.I love it so much
(  )29.---Dad, when will we go shopping, this afternoon or tomorrow morning?
---_____________. I’m free these days.
A. I can’t decide                    B.It’s up to you                C. Do a good job
第二节  完形填空  从每小愿所给的A、B、C三个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案
(每小题1.5分，满分9分)
On the first day of school, Socrates (苏格拉底) told his students, “Today, we’ll only learn one thing, that is to stretch (前伸) your   30  , then try to swing the backward.” He showed them and as a result all the students laughed. “Sir, is it   31  to learn this?” one of the students laughed.
“Of course!You think this is a (an)  32  thing, but it is very difficult.” Socrates said seriously.
Hearing this,the students laughed much  33  . Without being a little angry, Socrates said. “In this class, I’ll teach you how to learn this action well. After that, start today,and you will do it 100 times a day.”
10 days later, Socrates asked,“Who still   34  swinging his arms?”About 80% of the students raised their hands. 20 days later, Socrates asked, “Who still goes on swinging his arms?” About 50% of the students raised their hands. 3 months later, Socrates asked again,” Who still insists on that raised action of swinging?” This time, only one student raised his hand. He was Plato (柏拉图).
Perseverance (坚持不懈) is the simplest yet most difficult thing in the world,   35  everyone can do it but not everyone will do it.Only the one who can stick the simple thing may make it.
(  )30. A. hands                    B. arms                        C. foot
(  )31. A. meaningless             B. comfortable                    C. necessary
(  )32. A. simple                    B. wonderful                    C. exciting
(  )33. A. hard                    B. harder                        C. hardest
(  )34. A.keeps                     B. makes                    C. decides
(  )35. A. although                B. because                    C. if
Ⅲ. 阅读理解（共两节，16小题，每小题2分，满分32分）
第一节 阅读以下A、B、C、三篇短文，根据短文内容，从题中所给三个选项中，选出最佳答案。
厦门英语（每小题2分，满分24分）
A
Fast walking is the exercise between walking and race walking. A study shows that fast wal
king has become the most popular exercise in China and many people walk more than 5,000 steps a day. The results of the study are from QQ users.About 37% of the people choose fast walking as their favorite exercise; over 23% choose running and more than 14% choose riding bikes.
Fast walking and running are easy, cost little and work well, so they are popular. And many people would rather do exercise in nature than go to gyms(健身房).It's best to walk fast for at least 10 minutes at one time and walk up to 6,000 steps every day.
The study also shows that people in Guiyang, Guizhou love sports most.On average(平均) everyone there walks 5,941 steps every day. It seems that people in places with better environment and air are more willing to (更愿意) do sports.
(  )36. Many people in China walk over steps a days.
A. 6,000                            B. 5,941                            C. 5,000
                                           
(  )37. Over 23% of the Chinese people choose___________as favorite exercise.
A                                B                                C
(  )38. Which of the following is TRUE according to this passage?