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八年级期末英语试题一一、 单项选择（共10题，计10分）( ) 16. There is “s” and “u” in the word “useful” A. a; an B. an; a C an; an D. a; a( ) 17. We were to watch the basketball game.A. excited; exciting B. exciting; excited C. excited; excited D. exciting; exciting( ) 18. Of the two American students, Lily is one. A. tallest B. the taller C. taller D. the tallest( ) 19. - does your sister walk her dog? - Once a week. AHow many BHow fast CHow soon DHow often( ) 20.Timmy said to , “ Im trapped ”. A. me B. myself C. his D. himself( ) 21.-Would you like to climb the hill with us tomorrow? - If it , I .A. doesnt rain; go B. wont rain; go C .dont rain; will go D. doesnt rain; will go ( ) 22. -Is this Maths problem ? -Yes, I can work it out . Aeasy; easy B. easily; easily Ceasily; easy Deasy; easily( ) 23 .The clothes made of animal fur look nice Millies mother.A. on B. with C. in D. about( ) 24.The correct symbol of “therefore” is . A. B. C. $ D. ( ) 25. Choose the right sentence structure “He gave Tom a book. ”.A.S+V+DO B.S+V+IO+DO C. S+V+P D. S+V+DO+OC二、 完形填空（共10题，计10分） A London family were enjoying an unusual holiday in Iceland last month when things went very wrong. Anne, Ben and their two children, Claire and Sam, _26_ died in freezing water. The accident happened while the family were visiting a glacier(冰河) .It is a beautiful place. _27_were walking along the edge of the ice when suddenly they fell off the ice _28_the cold water. Ben _29_ a cry for help and ran to see what was happening. “I found my wife and children in the ice water. And then my wife Anne just sank(沉没) _30_ the ice. It was terrible.”Ben _31_his children from the water, but when he went to save his wife, he fell in, too, as he was trying to _32_ Anne. _33_, when he was in the water , he went all out to catch hold of Anne and helped her out of the water.” Her face was blue. _34_ was really frightening.”Anne spent three days in hospital there before the family _35_. And what are their plans for their next holiday?( )26. A. nearly B. already C. fully D. sadly( )27. A. The childrenB. Anne C. The family D. Anne and children( )28. A. in B. into C. down D. to( )29. A. saw B. listened C. heard D. searched( )30. A. below B. above C. over D. in( )31. A. pushed B. pulled out C. saved D. helped( )32. A. see B. reach C. leave D. jump( )33. A. Luckily B. Strangely C. Excitedly D. Clearly( )34. A. That B. It C. She D.I( )35. A. return to Iceland B. returned from England C. returned to England D. returned from Europe三、 阅读理解(一) 阅读下列短文，从所给的四个选项中选出最佳答案。（共10题，计20分）( A )As young students, you have many dreams. These dreams can be very big, such as winning the Nobel Prize, they can also be small, such as becoming one of the best students in your class.Once you find a dream, what do you do with it? Do you ever try to make your dreams real? Andrew Matthews, an Australian writer, tells us that making your dreams real is lifes biggest challenge(挑战). You may think youre not very good at some school subjects, or that its impossible for you to become a writer. Those kinds of ideas stop you from realizing (实现)your dream.In fact, everyone can realize his dream. The first thing you must do is to remember what your dream is .Dont let it leave your heart. Keeping telling yourself what you want every day and then your dream will come true faster. You should know that a big dream is, in fact, made up of many small dreams.You must also never give up your dream. There will be difficulties on the road to your dreams. But the biggest difficulty comes from yourself. You need to decide what is the most important. Studying instead of watching TV will help you to get better exam results, while saving five yuan instead of buying an ice cream means you can buy a new book.As you get closer to dream, it may change a little. This is good as you have the chance to learn something more useful and find new hobbies.( ) 36.The biggest difficulty on the road to your dreams comes from_. A. yourself B. your friend C. your school D. your parents( )37.Which of the following isnt mentioned(提及) in this passage? A .You may think youre not good at some school subjects. B. Making your dreams real is lifes biggest challenge. C. You must never give up your dream. D. Listening to English more can help you realize your dream.( )38. If we have dreams in our hearts and work hard, our dreams _. A. cant be realized B. can be very small C .will come true D. can be very big( )39.How do you make your dream come true faster? A. Remember what your dream is. B. Dont let your dream leave your heart. C. Keep telling yourself what you want every day D.A, B and C( )40.The best title (标题) of this passage is_ A. How to become a writer B. How to make your dream real C. A big dream is made up of small dreams D. Everyone can realize his dream ( B ) A special girl named Xu Xiujuan came from Heilongjiang Province. The Zhalong Nature Reserve is in Northeast China. It is the summer home of many red-crowned cranes. The cranes start their families there. Xu Xiujuans family cared for cranes in the Zhalong Nature Reserve for a long time.The workers tried to increase the number of red-crowned cranes because these birds are very rare. In the reserve Xu Xiujuan helped the workers care for the cranes when had babies.Xu Xiujuan, a twenty-two-year-old girl, came to work in the Yancheng Reserve in Jiangsu in 1986. She enjoyed her work very much. She loved cranes and she loved nature. When she walked in the countryside, she always forgot the unhappiness in her life.On 16th September ,1987, two little cranes from the Yancheng Reserve flew into the wild and did not come back. Xu Xiujuan was worried and went to look for them in the evening. Someone told her that a farmer caught the birds. She tried to get to the farmers home as quickly as possible. So she decided to take a short cut, but she had to cross a river. Sadly, the river was much deeper than she thought. While crossing the river, the girl downed and never came out.Xu Xiujuan donated her young life to the lovely red-crowned cranes.( )41. What did Xu Xiujuan do at the Zhalong Nature Reserve? A. She cared for her parents there. B. She went birdwatching there. C. She looked after the mother cranes there. D. She went to look for the lost cranes there. ( )42. What did the workers want to do?A. They wanted Xu Xiujuan to help them count the birdsB. They wanted to start their families there.C. They wanted to have more baby cranes.D. They wanted Xu Xiujuan to look after the two little cranes. ( )43. How long did Xu Xiujuan work in the Yancheng Reserve?A.For a long time. B. For twenty-three years.C.For more than a year. D. The passage doesnt tell us.( )44. What does “take a short cut” mean in Chinese?A. 带一把短刀 B. 抄近路 C. 乘短途车 D.作短暂休息 ( )45. Which of the following sentences is right?A. Xu Xiujuan is twenty-three years old now. B. Xu Xiujuan lost her life in the deep river. C. Xu Xiujuan died twenty-three years ago. D. Xu Xiujuan died in a flood.第卷（非选择题 共45分）（二）任务型阅读 阅读下面的短文，完成表格。（每空一词，共5题，计5分）In the past, man did not have to think about the protection of his environment. There were not many people on earth, and natural resources (资源)seemed to be unlimited（无限的）.Today, things are different. The world has become too crowded(拥挤的). We are using up our natural resources too quickly, and at the same time we are polluting our environment with dangerous chemicals. If we continue like this, human life on earth will not survive.Everyone realizes today that if too many fish are taken from the sea, there will soon be none left. Yet, with modern fishing methods(方法), more and more fish are caught. We know that if too many trees are cut down, forests will disappear and nothing will grow on the land.We realize that if rivers are polluted with waste products from factories, we will die. However, in most countries, waste products are still put into rivers or into the sea, and there are few laws to stop this.We know, too, that if the population(人口) of the world continues to rise at the present rate, in a few years, there will not be enough food.What can we do to solve these problems?If we eat more vegetables and less meat, we will easily get more food. Land that is used to grow crops can feed five times more people that land where animals are kept.The world population will not rise so quickly if people use modern methods of birth control. Finally, if we educate people to think about the problems, we shall have a better and cleaner living place in the future.The importance of protecting the environmentProblems1. More fish being caught.2. More 46 being cut down.3. More waste products being put into rivers.4. More 47 being born.CausesThe world is becoming too 48 Modern methods make the situation worse.ResultWe human beings(人类) will not survive on the earth. Solutions1. Eat more vegetables and less meat so that more food will be available(可以获得的) for everyone.2. Use modern methods of 49 control so that the population will not grow too fast. 3. Educate people so that the 50 will be better and cleaner.四、 词汇（共20题，计20分）A 根据所给词、首字母和中文提示完成句子。51.It is i for him to finish so much work in just half an hour .52. Whats the w of the baby giant panda? Its 100 grams.53. Daniel scored (少) points than Sandy.54.What a t ( very bad, causing fear or suffering) snowstorm!55. The Chinese g should prevent hunters from hunting animals without any control.56. If tigers are hungry, they may (袭击)people.57. The policeman told the children_ (not play) football in the street.58. Bad weather sometimes causes natural d for example a snowstorm, a flood or a typhoon.59. The father looked (生气地)at his naughty son.60. He spends as much time as possible (练习) English every day. B.首字母填空 根据文章的意思和所给空格填入所缺单词。All over the world people enjoy sports. Sports help one keep h 61 , happy and live longer. Many people watch others play games. They buy t 62 or turn on TVs to watch the games. Often they get excited when “their” player or team w 63 . Some sports have a long history and they grow out of peoples w 64 and everyday activities, such as running and jumping. They can go back t 65 of years. Some sports are very interesting. For example (例如), football is very p 66 in the world. Young people like new sports all the time and water-skiing is one of the n 67 games. Sports can make people closer to each other. Different people from different c 68 may not be able to understand each other, b 69 after a game together, they will become good f 70 . Isnt that amazing? 61. _ 62. _ 63. _ 64. _ 65. _66. _ 67. _ 68. _ 69. _ 70. _ 五、 写作 (共20分)A 用所给的提示词将下列各句译成英语。（共5题，每空0.5分，计10分）71丹顶鹤的数量正变得越来越少。The number of the red-crowned cranes _ _ _and _.72埃菲尔铁塔模型是由金属制成的。The _ Eiffel Tower is _ _ .73当玻璃和砖块砸下来时，人们在疯狂地奔跑。People were _while pieces of glass and bricks were _ .74如果农民继续攫取土地的话，大熊猫就会没有地方居住了。.If farmers_ _ the land, giant pandas will have _ to .75该地区为野生生物提供了食物和栖息地。This _ food and _ for _ .76. 我的脑中掠过一阵恐惧。但我很快冷静下来.A _of _ went through my mind. But I _ soon.B.书面表达（共1题，计10分）最近，教育部启动了“阳光体育”健身活动计划，建议全国中小学生每天锻炼一小时，让他们健康、快乐。此项活动受到广大学生的欢迎。李华对所在学校参加活动的情况和反映做了一个调查。请你根据下面调查表的内容，帮他给校报协一份报道。注意：1.报道的开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。2.词数80左右。Interviewees（调查对象）ActivitiesFeelingsReasonsmost studentsplay sportsinterestedto have lots of funmany studentsskip(跳绳)happyto keep healthysome studentstake a walkrelaxedto enjoy fresh air instead of staying in the classrooma few studentsworriedno enough room(空间)On the playground; no enough time to finish homeworkThe “Sunshine Sports” program is warmly welcomed in our school. Nearly all the students have taken part in it._ _ No matter what students think ab