二00九学年第二学期八年级英语期中试题(4)

　　(C)

　　Computers are useful machines. They can help people a lot in their everyday life. For example, they can help people save much time, and they can help people work out many problems they can't do easily. Our country asks everyone to learn to use computers except the old people.

　　Today more and more families own computers. Parents buy computers for their children.

　　They hope computers can help them improve(提高) their studies in school. Yet many of the children use computers to play games, to watch video or to sing Karaoke, instead of studying. So many teachers and parents complain that computers can not help children to study but make them fall behind. So computers are locked by parents in the boxes.

　　In some other countries, even some scientists hate computers. They say computers let millions of people lost their jobs or bring them a lot of trouble.

　　Will computers really bring trouble to people or can they bring people happiness? It will be decided by people themselves.

　　61.Why do we say the computer is a useful machine? Because    .

　　A.our country asks us to learn it

　　B. it can help us a lot

　　C. we can use it to play games

　　D.it can help us to find jobs

　　62.What do many teachers and parents complain about?

　　A. Their students and children use computers to play games.

　　B.Computers let them lost their jobs.

　　C. Computers make the students and children fall behind.

　　D.Computers bring people a lot of trouble.

　　63.In this passage we know computers    .

　　A.also bring us trouble

　　B.bring us happiness only

　　C.are hated by people

　　D.are bad for people's health

　　64.Can computers really help children to study?

　　A.Yes, they can.   B.It's hard to say

　　C.No,they can't.   D.Of course not.

　　65.How do you understand the last sentence of this passage? I think it means    .

　　A.computers are used by people

　　B. people can live well without computers

　　C. one must decide how to use computers

　　D. computers are strange machines

　　五、写作部分

　　第一节单词拼写

　　66. --- I'm going to the manager's office. Do you know if there's a         else there?   --- Just the manager.

　　67. T__________ he has failed many times, he never gives up.

　　68 --- How do you like your stay here?

　　--- E__________. I really enjoy myself here every day. Everything seems wonderful.

　　69. The world is changing all the time. Nothing can stay the same f___________.

　　70．I  have bought a pink skirt for Maria. But I w___________ if she will like it.

　　第二节完成句子

　　71． 那位电影明星二十岁便成名了。

　　The film star became famous __________ the _________  ____________ twenty

　　72． 他失业了，这使他的家庭陷入困境。

　　He lost his job and it ____________ his family ____________  ____________.

　　73． 迈克到那里两年了，和很多当地人交上了朋友。

　　Mike has been there for two years and ___________ ____________ ____________ a lot of local people.

　　74． 现在要找到一份像你这样的工作是非常困难的。

　　Nowadays ____________ very ____________  ____________ find a job like yours.

　　75． 她没说她要去哪里。

　　She didn't say where  ____________  _________   ____________.

　　第三节书面表达 （10分）

　　假设你是陈洁，是班上的优等生，请试着给你的笔友萨利写封信谈谈如何做一名成功的学生。

　　要点：1、对人应有礼貌，与他人友好相处；尊敬老师。

　　2、上课认真听讲；要有好奇心，要经常提问题。

　　3、 养成良好的学习惯，严格要求自己，努力学习。

　　词数80左右，开头和结尾已给出，不算入总词数内。

　　Dear Sally,

　　I'm glad to hear from you. You asked me how to be a successful student. Now I'll give you some advice.

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　　If you follow my advice, I believe you will be successful.

　　Best wishes.

　　Chen Jie