八年级上期末试卷2.doc

八年级英语上期末试卷二一. 单词辨音。（10分）( )1. A. sandwich B. chipsC. richD. change( )2. A. becauseB. autumnC. daughterD. taught( )3. A. fallB. already C. saltD. also( )4. A. formB. morningC. forestD. north( )5. A. stationB. questionC. operationD. relation( )6. A. reachedB. wantedC. laughedD. worked( )7. A. duringB. furtherC. nurseD. return( )8. A. worryB. sorryC. orangeD. borrow( )9. A. writeB. answerC. wifeD. wrong( )10.A. enoughB. highC. throughD. eight二. 单项选择。（20分）( )11. _ a warm spring morning, they arrived in London. A. On B. In C. At D. By( )12. If you like beef, please have _ you can. A. so much as B. much as C. as many as D. as much as( )13. She didnt think she had _ more pears _ Rose. A. too, as B. so, as C. many, than D. much , than( )14. Read the story and _ the answer _ the question. A. find, ofB. find, toC. find out, of D. find out, to( )15. She began to play the piano last year. _. A. So I did.B. I did so.C. So was I. D. So did I.( )16. Please _ the light. Its too dark. A. turn offB. openC. dont turn on D. turn on( )17. I came quite early, so I was at the _ of the queue. A. backB. middleC. head D. line( )18. Whose parent is ill _ ? A. in the hospitalB. in hospital C. at hospitalD. at the hospital( )19. The old woman looks worried. She is _ something. A. looking atB. findingC. waiting for D. looking for( )20. _ weather we have today! A. What a fineB. What fineC. How fine D. How fine a ( )21. What _ you do this Sunday if it _? A. dowill rainB. willrainC. dorains D. willrains( )22. Dont _ his mistake, youd better help him. A. laughB. laugh toC. laugh at D. laugh with( )23. I met a friend of mine _ I was walking in the park.A. beforeB. afterC. whenD. if( )24. Do you often help your mother _? A. with clean the houseB. cleaning the house C. to cleaning the houseD. clean the house( )25. You _ eat _ food if you want to be thinner. A. must tolessB. have tolessC. must toa little D. had tolittle( )26. The doctor looked _ the old man _. A. atcareB. overcarefulC. overcarefullyD. upcarefully( )27. I wont go to the cinema. Please ask Mary to go _. A. instead ofB. insteadC. alsoD. for( )28. Li Lei is a good student. He always finishes his homework _. A. by himB. himselfC. yourselfD. itself( )29. There are more than _ in our school.A. two hundreds teachers B. two hundred teachersC. two hundreds teacher D. two hundred of teachers( )30. In those days, few people liked taking a bus, _? A. didnt theyB. did theyC. dont they D. were they 三 完形填空。(10分)I was riding my motorbike along a country road near Chilton on the evening of February 15. I 31 it was about 9:30. It was 32 and I couldnt see things clearly. So I was driving very 33 , but the road was bad and suddenly my bike 34 a stone, and before I could stop my bike, I was already 35 on the ground. My whole 36 hurt, especially（特别） my left arm. I knew I was bleeding（流血）, and I 37 get up. Luckily I was 38 by a policeman. He made a telephone call and I was taken to the 39 . There I was examined. I had a broken arm and lots of cuts. My arm was put in a cast（石膏绷带） and my cuts were 40 and bandaged（包扎）.( )31. A. told B. saidC. guessD. thought( )32. A. darkB. farC. longD. later( )33. A. fastB. wellC. carefullyD. carelessly( )34. A. kickedB. hitC. beatD. touched( )35. A. standingB. sleepingC. waitingD. lying（躺）( )36. A. mindB. bodyC. headD. arm( )37. A. couldntB. didntC. wouldntD. might not( )38. A. caughtB. heldC. ledD. found( )39. A. police stationB. village C. doctor D. hospital( )40.A. stoppedB. repairedC. served D. cleaned四、阅读理解。(30分) AA young man once went into town and bought himself a pair of trousers. When he got home, he went upstairs to his bedroom and put them on. He found that they were about two inches too long.He went downstairs to the kitchen. His mother and two sisters were washing up the tea-things there. “The new trousers are too long,” he said. “They need shortening by about two inches. Could one of you do it for me, please?” His mother and sister were busy and none of them said anything.But as soon as his mother had finished washing up, she went quietly upstairs to her sons bedroom and shortened the trousers by two inches. She came downstairs without saying anything to her daughters.Later on, after supper, the elder sister remembered her brothers trousers. She was a kind-hearted girl, so she went quietly upstairs without saying anything to anyone, and shortened the trousers by two inches.The younger sister went to the cinema, but when she came home she, too, remembered her brothers trousers. So she ran upstairs and did as her mother and sister had done.You can imagine the look on the young mans face when he put the trousers on the next morning.( )41. The young mans trousers were _ for him at first.A. a bit too longB. very goodC. not too longD. too short( )42. The young mans mother and sisters didnt answer because they were busy _ in the kitchen.A. cooking B. making tea C. washing clothes D. washing cups, glasses and so on( )43. His elder sister shortened the trousers _.A. in the evening B. after lunchC. as soon as she had finished the washingD. after she came back from the cinema( )44. The next morning the young man found that the trousers were _ inches too short for him.A. twoB. fourC. sixD. eight( )45. We can imagine that when the young man put the trousers on the next morning, he would feelA. happyB. surprisingC. surprisedD. thankfulB When tea and coffee were first introduced to Europe in the 18th century, people had different ideas about their use. Some said that tea and coffee were harmful to humans and they could cause people to die. In Sweden（瑞典）, King Gustaf decided to find out whether or not this was true. It happened that there were two brothers in prison at that time. They were twins and were almost exactly alike in every way. They had both been sentenced to death（判处死刑）. The King decided to let them live if one of the men agreed to drink several cups of tea each day and the other several cups of coffee. Both brothers lived many years without problems of any kind. At last, the brother who had drunk tea every day died at the age of 83, the other died a few years later. Because of the experiment, tea and coffee got accepted（接受） and became popular as drink in Sweden, and it is one of the many countries of the world where much tea and coffee is drunk today.( )46. Tea and coffee were first introduced to Europe in _. A. the eighteenth centuryB. the eighteen century C. eighteenth centuriesD. eighteen centuries( )47. King Gustaf decided to find out _.A. if（是否） tea and coffee were harmful to peopleB. if the twin brothers should be sentenced to deathC. if tea and coffee did harm to peoples health and caused them to dieD. whether tea and coffee were useful or not( )48. The King decided to let the brothers live _.A. if they wanted to obey his rulesB. if they agreed to drink tea and coffee every dayC. if one of them drink several cups of tea each day while the other had several cups of coffeeD. if they agreed to have several cups of tea every day( )49. The brother who had drunk tea every day lived _.A. until he was over 83B. until he was 83C. until the other had been dead for several yearsD. until he had drunk tea for a few years( )50. Today the Swedish drink _.A. much more coffee than tea B. much tea and coffeeC. little tea and coffeeD. much tea but little coffeeC Soon it would be the holidays. But before that, there were the end of year exams. All the students had been working hard for some time. If they didnt pass, they would have to retake the exams in September. There were usually a few who failed, but Kate decided not to be one of them. She had worked hard all day, but just before the exams she was working so hard that her sister was worried about her. She was staying up too late. The night before the first exam, Barbala insisted（坚持） that she should have an early night and take a sleeping pill. She promised（许诺） to wake her in the morning. As she was falling asleep, Kate was worried in case（万一） she over-slept. Her mind kept jumping from subject to subject. At last, with the help of the pill, she fell asleep. In no time at all, she was sitting in the examination hall, looking at the paper. She couldnt answer any of the questions. Everyone round her was writing pages and pages. However hard she thought, she couldnt find anything to write about. She kept looking at her watch. Time was running out. There was only one hour left. She started one question, wrote two sentences, gave up and tried another one. With only half an hour left she wrote another two sentences. By this time she was so worried that she started crying. Her whole body shook（摇晃，震颤）. It shook so much that it woke her up. She was still in bed and it had all been a terrible dream. A minute later, Barbala called her name.( ) 51. Which of the following is true? A. All the students were usually successful in their exams.B. Most of the students usually passed the year exams.C. Only some of the students could pass the end of year exams.D. None of the students would take the exams again in September.( )52. When you prepare for an exam,_A. you go over your lessons.B. You read new books.C. You take the exam again and again.D. You look through the exam.( )53. Kate worked very hard before the exams for _A. she was very poor at her lessons.B. she decided to be the best one in her class.C. she didnt work hard all year.D. she didnt want to fail in them.( )54. Why did Barbala insist that Kate should take a sleeping pill?A. Because she thought Kate should oversleep before the first exam.B. Because Kate was so worried about her exams that she couldnt go to sleep at all.C. Because Barbala hoped her sister would have a good sleep before the first exam.D. Because she had promised to wake her up the next morning.( )55. Kate dreamed a terrible dream simply because _A. she had taken a sleeping pill.B. she was too worried about her exams.C. her sister had forgotten to wake her up.D. she did not pass the exams.五、单词拼写。(5分)56. q _ n. a line of people, cars waiting to move to get on a vehicle, or go into a building57. u _v. to know or get the meaning of (something)58. c _adj. funny; causing people to laugh59. i _n. a piece of land surrounded by water60. F _n. the second month of the year61. f _ n. popular way of dressing or behaving at a certain time62. j _ n. trousers made of strong cotton cloth (denim)63. s _adj. covered with small round marks64. s _adj. unhappy65. p _ n. meat from pigs六. 介、副词填空。(10分)66. There may be many snakes _ the island.67. Dont tell Jim about it. Its only _ you and me.68. Kate fell _ the tree and hurt herself.69. Mr. Smith often goes _ a ride before breakfast.70. There is something new _ todays newspaper.71. Mum, will you please look _ my homework?72. They went there by bus instead _ on foot.73. Japanese is quite different _ English.74. Would you tell Bruce to ring me _ if you see him?75. He will wait for me _ the bus stop.七. 完成句子。(10分)1. 这机器太重了，我们得每十分钟休息一次。The 76 is too heavy. We 77 78 79 80 81 minutes.2. 五年前我不会说英语。 I 82 83 English two years ago.3. 我们必须每天都运动，这对我们的健康有好处。We 84 take more 85 every day. Its good for our 86 .4. 汤姆不会再犯这样的错误了。Tom will 87 88 make such a mistake.5. 我会为我所说的话向他道歉。I will 89 90 91 for what I 92 .6. 那个和刘老师谈话的圆脸女孩是我们的班长。The 93 girl 94 95 Miss Liu is our monitor.八用所给词的适当形式填空。(10%)1. “ Help 96 (you) to some fish, please.” her friend said to her.2. That black sweater is 97 (beautiful) of all.3. A few American 98 (visit) will come to Beijing next Saturday afternoon. 4. Mr. Wang 99 (teach) maths in the school a few years ago.5. Keep quiet, please. The scientist 100 (give) a talk to the students of Grade Three in the meeting-r