二00九学年第二学期八年级英语期中试题(3)

　　三、完形填空。（10分）

　　阅读下面短文，并从各题所给的四个选择中选出一个最佳选项。

　　Mr Brown lives near Mr Smith. Every Saturday he ___41__ Mr Smith's back door and talks to Mr Smith. He always ___42__ Mr Smith he is going to ___43___ something. "I'm going to clean my house tomorrow," ____44__ he says, "I'm going to plant some trees in my yard," or he says, "I'm going to mend (修理)my car, because __45__ something wrong with my car."But after saying like that, he never does it.

　　So people ___46__ call him Mr Brown. They all call him "Mr Going-to-do", because he ___47__ says he is going to do something, but he does __48__.

　　Many parents, always say to ___49__, "It's not good to talk a lot every day, but do nothing like __50__. Don't be another 'Mr Going-to-do'."

　　(    )41.A.goes to            B. is going to           C. go to

　　(    )42.A.speaks            B. talks                 C. tells

　　(    )43.A.do               B. make                C. work

　　(    )44.A.but               B. or                  C. so

　　(    )45.A.it is            B. they are          C. there is

　　(    )46.A.don't            B. aren't              C. not

　　(    )47.A.never             B. always              C. sometimes

　　(    )48.A.anything          B. nothing            C. everything

　　(    )49.A.all children    B. his children      C. their children

　　(    )50.A.Mr Smith        B. Mr King              C. Mr Brown

　　四．阅读理解：（30分）

　　(A)

　　Coffee has become the most popular American drink. Today people in the United States drink more coffee than people in any of the other countries. People drink coffee at breakfast, at lunch, at dinner and between meals. They drink hot coffee or coffee with ice in it. They drink it at work and at home. They eat coffee ice-cream and coffee candy. Coffee is black and very strong. Different people like to drink it in different ways. Some people like coffee with cream or sugar in it. Other people like coffee with both cream and sugar in it. In all ways it is served. Coffee has become an international drink.

　　51.Coffee is an     drink.

　　A.interesting         B.international    C.ice-cream     D.American

　　52.Different people like to drink coffee    .

　　A.at work or at home      B.in different ways

　　C.with cream or sugar     D.between meals

　　53.Today Americans drink    coffee than people in any of the other countries.

　　A.as much as         B.less           C.more         D.most

　　54. "Coffee is black and very strong." The word STRONG here means    .

　　A.坚固的            B.淡的          C.清的         D.浓的

　　55.     is the most popular American drink.

　　A.Black tea           B.Coffee       C.Water with ice  D.Whisky

　　(B)

　　Can you make animals work for us? Some scientists think that one day we can teach animals to do a lot of things for people. In a film shown on TV, you may see elephants, monkeys, tigers or some other animals are always given a little food to eat after they have done something. Scientists say that people can teach many different animals to do some of the easy work if they know they will get something to eat. We all know elephants can carry large logs(圆木)，and dogs can look

　　after houses.And we even teach animals to work in factories. In America, for example, people have used apes to help make cars and scientists think that those large monkeys may drive trains one day. Now people are trying to get them to do the same thing that man does.

　　56.Scientists think animals can help people to do something    .

　　A. if they know they will get food after doing something

　　B. because animals are so clever.

　　C.if they know the work is easy enough

　　D. because most animals are friendly to man

　　57.    can do some heavy work because they are so strong.

　　A.Tigers             B.Elephants       C.Monkeys      D.Dogs

　　58.As we know, dogs can    our houses.

　　A.build              B.clean           C.look after      D.look at

　　59.Scientists are planning to make big monkeys to     .

　　A.make trains         B.carry logs        C.drive trains    D.work at school

　　60.If we teach animals carefully,    .

　　A.some animals can do the same things as a man does

　　B.all the animals can do some work for us

　　C.many animals can do all the work as we do

　　D.we may get many animals work without giving them food