2015-2016学年八年级下册综合测试题.doc

2015-2016学年第二学期八年级英语综合测试题上寮学校八年级备课组（2016.05）.听力测试（15分）. 听对话，根据你所听到的内容选出问题的答案。（对话念两遍，每小题1分，共3分）( ) 1.A. Germany.B. France.C. Russia.( ) 2.A. 12 October.B. 10 December.C. 20 October.( ) 3.A. In the basket.B. In the table.C. In the window. 听录音，根据你所听到的句子选出合适的答语。（录音念两遍，每小题1分，共3分）( ) 4.A. For two months.B. In two minutes.C. Two days ago.( ) 5.A. South China tigers.B. My pet dog.C. Green grass.( ) 6.A. No, thanks.B. Youre welcome.C. Thank you. 听录音，根据你所听到的答句选出合适的问句。（录音念两遍，每小题1分，共4分）( ) 7.A. Why did the event take place?B. Is a money-raising activity going to take place at your school?C. What can you learn from the film?( ) 8.A. Where is Dalian?B. Could you suggest a nice place for summer holidays?C. Have you ever been to Dalian?( ) 9.A. Whats your favourite Chinese cartoon?B. Where did you watch the cartoon?C. When will the cartoon be shown?( ) 10.A. Where is my notebook?B. Whats the matter, Tony?C. Could you show me your receipt?. 听录音，根据你所听到的录音内容填写完成下面小短文。（录音念两遍，每小题1分，共5分）On 23 October, 2002, Yao Ming played his first NBA game for the Houston Rockets. He could speak 11 English, but both he and his teammates could understand 12 . They didnt think there was a language problem. Yao Ming brought 13 to the Rockets. A year later, Yao Ming could speak fluent English. Sadly, Yao Ming retired on 20 July, 2011. But on 4 April, 2016, it was 14 of news that Yao Ming was elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Class 15 helping spread the NBAs popularity to China.词汇（15分） . 从下面每小题的 A、B、C三个选项中选出可以替换划线部分的最佳选项。（共8小题，每小题1分）( ) 16.Karen, you neednt be sad. Its impossible to satisfy everyone.Thats right. But I lost my new bike yesterday.A. makeworriedB. makeinterestedC. makepleased( ) 17.According to the news, quite a few people keep snakes as their pets.Thats terrible. Im frightened of snakes so I will never do that.A. tiredB. afraidC. proud( ) 18.My friend Lily kept on swimming although it began rainning hard.She must be interested in it.A. went onB. stoppedC. started( ) 19.Have you seen a baby panda?Yes. As I know, it is only 100-200 grams heavy at birth.A. when it is hungryB. when it is fullC. when it is born( ) 20.Look! There are many symbols on the wall.What do they mean?A. picturesB. signsC. maps( ) 21.What a great artist!Yes. Working on such works of art requires rich experience.A. takesB. spendsC. needs( ) 22.Could you tell me where Mr. Lees office is?Follow the young lady in red. She is walking towards his office.A. in the direction ofB. in front ofC. in the middle of( ) 23.May, can you help carry the box?Sorry, no can do. Im busy at the moment.A. I cantB. nobody canC. Id like to. 根据句子意思，从下面每小题的A、B、C三个选项中选出恰当的词语完成句子。（共7小题，每小题1分）( ) 24.To _ an opinion is to make it known to people.A. expressB. raiseC. receive( ) 25.If you and someone do something _, you dont do it together.A. suddenlyB. separatelyC. recently( ) 26.Is Miss Lius class interesting?Of course. He uses a lot of _ in class like gestures.A. voluntary workB. body languageC. weather forecast( ) 27.Im going to take part in the English speaking competition tomorrow._!A. Well doneB. Good luckC. What a pity( ) 28.Madam, can I take your order?OK. Show me the _ first. Can you suggest some special food?A. menuB. receiptC. magazine( ) 29.Do you notice the tall man over there?Yes. In my opinion, he wears such a strange coat to attract our _.A. impressionB. expressionC. attention( ) 30._ when you are in the library!Of course. I wont make any noise there.A. Sit upB. Keep quietC. Lie around.完形填空（15分）阅读下面短文，从短文后所给的A、B、C三个选项中能填入相应空白处的最佳选项。（共10小题，每小题1.5分） A long time ago, a king got two nice falcons（猎鹰）from his son. He had never seen 31 beautiful falcons before. He loved them so much and he ordered the best falconer to train them to 32 . After several months, the king came to see how the training went on. He found that one falcon had already been able to fly high in the sky, while 33 falcon, the bigger one, was staying on the 34 of a tree quietly, just keeping still.The king ordered all his falconers to 35 they could to make the bigger falcon fly. But 36 of them succeeded. One day, while the king was taking a walk in the forest, an idea came to his 37 . Maybe someone who knew the natural environment well could solve this problem. He sent for a farmer who lived in the forest into his palace to train the bigger falcon at once. The next morning, the king saw it flying above in the sky freely. “Its unbelievable! 38 could you make it happen?” The farmer replied, “Its very easy. I just cut off the branch where the falcon rested.” Its always the same to human beings. We all have “two flying 39 ” in our hearts as well, but we often dont seem to notice them and stay where we are just for safety and comfort. We wont realize we can fly so high and freely 40 the “branch” we are resting on breaks. ( ) 31.A. suchB. soC. even( ) 32.A. swimB. runC. fly( ) 33.A. otherB. anotherC. the other( ) 34.A. leavesB. branchC. root( ) 35.A. try as easily asB. try as hardly asC. try as hard as( ) 36.A. noneB. allC. neither( ) 37.A. mouthB. eyesC. mind( ) 38.A. WhatB. HowC. Which( ) 39.A. feetB. handsC. wings( ) 40. A. ifB. untilC. when.阅读理解（30分）阅读下列短文，从下面每小题的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。（共20小题，每小题1.5分）A “How many common English words were invented by Shakespeare?” How long did it take people to find the answer to this question 15 years ago? You can google it and find the answer immediately!Larry Page and Sergey Brin first met in 1995 when they were both studying computer science at a university. They dreamed of producing something that could answer any questions in seconds. They decided to make a better and faster search engine（搜索引擎）in January 1996. At that time nobody would give them money for their project, so they had to borrow money from their family and friends. Soon they started their own company. Its name Google comes from math. A google is a very high number1 followed by a hundred zeros.The google search engine was soon used by thousands of people worldwide because it was fast, easy and correct. By 2002 it became the biggest search engine on the Internet. Google hopes that in the future all the worlds information will be put on the Internet so that everybody can find everything.( ) 41.According to the passage, _ can help answer questions in seconds.A. a dictionaryB. Shakespeares playC. a search engineD. an encyclopaedia( ) 42.When did Larry Page and Sergey Brin first meet?A. When they were high school teachers.B. When they were university students.C. When they were high school students.D. When they were university teachers.( ) 43.What does the word “google” mean?A. It means a number.B. It means a programme.C. It means a key.D. It means an interview.( ) 44.Where can the passage probably be read?A. On a film poster.B. On a shopping website.C. In a sports magazine.D. On the website: .BIn a town in Japan, there was a farmer who lived alone. Every day he sold a pound of butter to his neighbour, who was a baker. One day the baker decided to weigh the butter to see if he was getting a pound. After he weighed it, he found that he wasnt. The baker then took the farmer to the judge（法官）. The judge wanted to know the farmers ways to weigh the butter. The farmer replied, “Im so poor that I do not have enough money to buy anything to weigh it. However, I do have a kind of scale（天平）.” The judge asked, “Then how do you weigh the butter?” The farmer replied, “Before the baker started buying butter from me, I had bought bread from him. So now every time when I bring home the bread from the baker, I put it on the scale and give him the butter of the same weight.”We always get back what we give to others. Whenever you take action, ask yourself this question, “Am I honest?”Honesty or dishonesty can become a habit. Some dishonest people can lie without a red face. Others lie so much that they do not even know what the truth is any more. But who is it bad for? In fact, those who lie will hurt themselves by their own dishonest behaviour.( ) 45.What did the baker do?A. He sold bread.B. He sold vegetables.C. He sold butter.D. He sold meat.( ) 46.What was the baker like?A. He was an honest person.B. He was a friendly person.C. He was a dishonest person.D. He was a helpful person.( ) 47.Which of the following is NOT TRUE from the passage?A. The story happened in a town in an Asian country.B. The farmer was too poor to buy anything to weigh things.C. The judge would probably punish the baker.D. The baker was faithful to customers and he always offered them a hand.( ) 48.Which of the following can be the best title of the passage?A. Dishonest people hurt themselves.B. Give back what is given to others.C. Think twice before taking action.D. Let honesty become a habit.CFood that is popular with you may be strange to people from different places around the world. Travellers often try something unfamiliar. That is part of the fun of travelling. Here are four peoples experiences with foreign food.Ford Zeng is a Chinese student in Australia. “I never had cheese or even milk before I came to Australia. Cows are seldom seen in my part of China. So there is no milk or dairy products. I drank some milk when I first arrived in Australia. I hated it! I tried cheese, too, but I disliked it. I love ice cream, though thats made from milk.”Ellen is from South Korea. She went on holiday in France. “I was in a restaurant that was special in fish. I heard some other people order flake, so I ordered some, too. It was delicious! Later, I learned that flake is a French name of shark. Now, whenever I see new food, I try it at once. You know how much I enjoyed flake.”Alice is an engineer in Berlin. She comes from India. “Im afraid to try new food because maybe there is beef in them. My religion（宗教）keeps me eating meat from the cow. Thats why I cant eat hamburgers or noodles with meatballs.” Nash is from the UK. He has taught English for a year in China. “My friend gave me some 100-year-old eggs to eat. I didnt like their appearance at all. The eggs were green inside, but my friends said the colour was all right. Chinese people put something on fresh eggs. Then they put them in the earth for three months. So the eggs werent really very old. Even so, I didnt want to touch them.”( ) 49.Which of the following doesnt eat beef?A. Ford Zeng.B. Ellen.C. Alice.D. Nash.( ) 50.What does the underlined word “unfamiliar” mean?A. Usual.B. Strange.C. Fresh.D. Tasty.( ) 51.What does Nash do in China?A. He works as an English teacher.B. He works as an engineer.C. He is an exchange student.D. He travels there.( ) 52.What can we learn from the passage?A. People in China dont have milk products.B. Flake is a kind of food made from whale.C. 100-year-old eggs should be put in the earth for a century.D. Sometimes religion may make a difference to peoples eating habits.DBridges are built for many reasons. Some bridges are built so that cars can cross over rivers. Others are made for trains to use. In Washington State, there is a very unusual bridge. It was built for squirrels（松鼠）.The town of Longview has a very busy street. Many cars pass it every day. When squirrels tried to cross the street, they were killed. Amos Peters wanted to protect these small and lovely animals, so he built a bridge for themone that would let them pass above the traffic.The bridge has been a symbol of the town for over 40 years since then. And every Christmas, the local people add a small Christmas tree to the centre of the bridge. How lovely!A few years ago, the local people created a squirrel festival and they raised money to build two more bridges for these lovely animals. For years, because of the bridges, the squirrels in the town have been able to cross safely from one side of the street to the other.( ) 53.According to Paragraph 1, which of the following bridges is/are usual?A. A bridge built for cars to cross over a river.B. A bridge built for trains to use.C. A bridge built for squirrels to cross the street.D. A & B.( ) 54.When was the bridge for squirrels built?A. More than forty years ago.B. More than fifty years ago.C. More than sixty years ago.D. More than seventy years ago.( ) 55.Where does the bridge mentioned in the passage lie?A. In France.B. In Britain.C. In America.D. In China.( ) 56.Whats the aim of the bridge for squirrels?A. To make the squirrels play happily.B. To make the squirrels cross the street safely.C. To make people enjoy natural beauty.D. To make people find food for the squirrels.EQian Xuesen is one of the greatest scientists who devoted（奉献）all their lives to Chinas science and technology. In 1911, he was born in Hangzhou, Eastern China. Qian received a mechanical engineering degree in 1934 in Shanghai and went to the United States on a scholarship to study aeronautical engineering at MIT at the age of 23. As a student at MIT, and later as a scientist and teacher at the California Institute of Technology, Qian played a central role in early United Statess efforts to develop jet aircraft and rocketry technology. Mr. Qian served on the United States governments Science Advisory Board during World War II. His teacher and colleague, the Caltech physicist Theodore von Karmon, praised him as “a brain whose work will change the world greatly”. In the 1940s, Qian wrote an article for a famous magazine on a winged space plane that led to develop NASAs new space shuttle. In 1955 he came back to his motherland from the US. Under his leadership, China produced its first missile called Long March, and in 1970, launched its first satellite. He was considered as the father of the countrys first ballistic missiles, first satellite and the Silkworm anti-ship missile. In 2009, he died in Beijing.( ) 57.Who is Theodore von Karmon?A. Qian Xuesens teacher and colleague.B. Qian Xuesens friend.C. Qian Xuesens student.D. Qian Xuesens relative.( ) 58.When did Qian Xuesen return to China from America?A. In 1934.B. In 1945.C. In 1955.D. In 1970.( ) 59.What did Qian Xuesen do at the California Institute of Technology?A. He studied there.B. He was a scientist and teacher there.C. He helped produce Americas first missile.D. He helped make Americas first satellite.( ) 60.Qian Xuesen died at the age of _.A. 88B. 98C. 89D. 99.语法填空（10分）阅读下面的短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。（共10小题，