外研版八年级下册英语期中试卷 一、单项填空（每小题 0.5 分，共 10 分）从下面各题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选 择可填入空白处的最佳选项。 1．（.5 分）I lost my student card． I'm looking for ______．（ A．her B．him C．it 2．（.5 分）In most countries， Father's Day is A．on B．at 3．（.5 分）﹣ Excuse me， sir． ﹣ It's about 10 minutes' walk．（ A．How soon ） D．you the third Sunday of June．（ C．to ） D．in is it from here to No.6 Middle School？ ） B．How far C．How much D．How often 4．（.5 分）Mars is much _____ than Earth，and it has much thinner air than Earth.（ A．cold B．colder C．coldest D．the coldest 5．（.5 分）Sorry，sir．I ______ follow you．Would you please speak slower？（ A．can't B．mustn't C．shouldn't ） ） D．needn't 6．（.5 分）﹣Who is that girl？She looks_______. ﹣That's my sister.She smiles all the time.（ ） A．happily C．well B．lovely D．angry 7．（.5 分）The teacher told the children_________quiet in the museum．（ A．keep B．kept C．keeping ） D．to keep 8．（.5 分）I often _____ lots of interesting stories to entertain my younger sister.（ A．make up B．pick up C．take up ） D．catch up 9 ． （ .5 分 ） The Monkey King ____ a group of monkeys against the Emperor of Heaven. （ ） A．discovers B．invents C．leads 10．（.5 分）Scientists ____ a lot of spaceships to Mars since 1960s.（ A．send B．sent C．have sent D．were sending D．wins ） 11．（.5 分）Medical workers are confident that they will win the COVID﹣19 virus______.（ ） A．game B．prize C．heart D．fight 12．（.5 分）If you keep ___，you'll be able to make good progress.（ A．try B．trying C．tried ） D．to try 13．（.5 分）I _______three speaking competitions in the past two years.（ A．enter B．entered C．will enter D．have entered ） 14．（.5 分）I ___ down the seconds to the New Year when I got his phone call ，wishing me happiness and success.（ ） A．count B．was counting C．am counting D．have counted 15．（.5 分）We are very close friends.We _______ each other since we were little.（ A．have known B．knew C．will know ） D．know 16．（.5 分）He was in top _______ during the 2018 Olympic Winter Games ，winning a gold medal in the snowboarding event.（ ） A．condition B．creation C．expectation D．action 17 ． （ .5 分 ） My sister is highly ______.She is always determined （ 有 决 心 的 ） to win. （ ） A．nervous B．humorous C．effective D．competitive 18．（.5 分）The girl was crying pitifully.She ______ into her pocket and pulled out a tissue to wipe her tears.（ A．sent ） B．returned C．reached D．took 19．（.5 分）﹣What is the strangest food you________？ ﹣Avocado.People say it is a valuable food，but I think it tastes strange.（ A．eat B．ate C．are eating ） D．have eaten 20．（.5 分）﹣Where _______ on holiday during your life？ ﹣Maldives and Seychelles.I'll never forget the private beaches and beautiful sunsets.（ A．did you go B．have you been C．will you go D．have you gone ） 二、完形填空 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意。然后从短文后各题所给的选项中，选择最佳选 项。 21．（10 分） A Driving Lesson One night，my family was driving back from visiting my uncle in the middle of a very bad snowstorm. The road was（1） two lanes（车道）going in each direction，but there was so much snow that it was down to one lane.We were （2） ，but we felt safe because my father used to work as a truck driver.He's a very safe driver. We were all （3） on the highway until three cars pulled up right behind us.They flashed their lights and beeped their horns（喇叭），wanting to get by us，but there was no place for us to（4） . After a while，we stopped at a restaurant to wait for the storm to calm down. The three cars behind us pulled in，too.They were full of teenagers.They were talking about how slow we were driving.One of them said loudly enough for us to hear ，"If you don't know how to drive，you shouldn't be on the highway." Soon after ，the teenage left even though the storm was getting （ 5 ） decided that we should wait inside，hoping the storm would（6） .My father . After it cleared a little，we headed down the road.Eventually，we came around a bend.We could not believe our eyes﹣the three cars were all in the ditch（沟）！ Dad ran to the cars.The kids were all okay ，but they were freezing and very frightened.A police officer arrived and took some of the kids to the next gas station.We gave two of them a（7） . It was a very quiet drive.My dad turned to the teenage driver and said with a little smile，"You know，if you don't know how to drive，you should（8） The boy was very（9） off the road." .My dad smiled and said，"I was a truck driver for fifteen years and we had a saying：There are old drivers and there are bold drivers，but there aren't any old bold drivers." The boy unders