八年级上册英语期末试卷及答案.doc

八年级上册英语二. 单项选择：1. My grandparents live _ 36 Xiaoyuan Road.A. in B. on C. at D. /2. I dont like this fish soup because it tastes_A. delicious B. good C. pretty D. salty3. Hes a basketball fan and he wants to see Yao Ming _ one day.A. himself B. him C. his D. he4. _of the students in the class would like to go to school by bike in such terrible weather.A. All B. Both C. Neither D. None5. Do you still have a headache, Bill? No, its_. Im all right now, mum.A. gone B. run C. left D. dropped6. Bob, would you like to come to our dinner party? _.A. Yes, I would B. Yes, Id love to C. No, I wouldnt D. No, I dont go7. You _ be late for class. You must get to school on time. A. must B. can C. cant D. may8. Dont forget to write letters. All of us hope to hear from you_. A. quickly B. fast C. soon D. quick9. I can not afford _ a piano. A. buying her B. her to buy C. buy for her D. to buy her10. Is this _ the railway station? A. the way for B. the way to C. the way from D. going for11. It was clever_ you _ this question. A. for; to answer B. of; to answer C. of; answer D. for; answer12. Ill let you know as soon as he_ A. is coming back B. will come back C. comes back D. come back13. I am sorry for _ yesterday.A. wake you up B. wake up you C. waking up you D. waking you up14. Grandma couldnt keep up with me and I had to stop _ her.A. waiting for B. to wait for C. to waiting D. waited15. Look! This sweater is beautiful. A. Why not try it on B. Why not trying on itC. Why not try on it D. Why not trying it on三. 完型填空：Dear Mum, Im writing to you from America. You dont know how happy I am. I _1_ many new friends here. They are very helpful. Last week I got a fever and _2_ stay in bed for three days. They helped me a lot with my lessons.Cathy is one of my _3_ friends at school. She has a round face _4_ a pair of glasses. She is two months older than I am, but a little _5_ . She works hard and _6_ all her lessons. She often helps me with my English. We like chatting with each other at lunchtime. After school, we always go home together _7_ we live in the same street. Sometimes we dance for half an hour before we go home. She dances _8_ than any other student. She wants to be a _9_ when she grows up.At the weekends, Cathy usually goes swimming. I sometimes go swimming with her. I think its a good way to _10_. We always have a good time.Write soon.Love Lan Lan 1. A. made B. depended C. took D. kept2. A. must B. should C. had to D. may3. A. well B. good C. Better D. the best4. A. has B. have C. with D. on5. A. longer B. Shorter C. taller D. older6. A. is good at B. was bad in C. is well in D. was worse at7. A. so B. because C. and D. but8. A. good B. well C. best D. better9. A. Singer B. cook C. dancer D. writer10. A. keep health B. make fit C. stay healthy D. be health四. 阅读理解：（A）Visit the Forest Zoo. Come and see the Indian elephants and the new tigers from Northeast of China. The beautiful birds from England are ready to sing songs for you, and the monkeys from Mount Emei will be happy to talk to you. The lovely dogs from Australia want to laugh at you. Sichuan pandas will play balls for you. The giraffes from Africa are waiting to look down on you. Tickets Opening timeGrown-ups（J）$3: 3 9:00a.m.4:00p.m.Children: Over 1.4m:2 except FridayUnder 1.4m: Free 10:00a.m.3:00p.m.Keep the zoo clean!Do not touch, give food or go near to the animals.1. Why does the writer introduce so many animals from different places to us?A. Because the writer wants to frighten us in the zoo.B. Because the writer wants to make us lovely in the zoo.C. Because the writer wants to attract us to the zoo.D. Because the writer wants to show us that animals can do everything.2. How much does Mr. Smith have to pay if he visits the zoo with his son of three? A. 3. B. 4. C. 5 . D. 6 . 3. We can visit the zoo at _. A. 8:30 a.m. Wednesday B. 9:30 a.m. FridayC. 3:00 p.m. Sunday D. 5:00 p.m. Tuesday4. Which of the following statements is TRUE?A. We can spit（吐痰）everywhere. B. We can throw things everywhere.C. We should keep the zoo clean. D. We can play with the animals.5. From the passage we can infer（推断）a giraffe must be a very _ animal.A. fat B. short C. strong D. tall（B）Harry Mendis, a 15-year-old British schoolboy, had a long hiccup（TP）at theend of last month.His hiccups began one Sunday lunchtime and continued day and night for two weeks. After the first week, Harrys parents took him to hospital, but it took another week for the doctors to cure（治愈）him.Harry., who is now back at school, is talking about his hiccups.“When I began to hiccup, I drank a glass of water, but that didnt work. That evening I had hiccups every four seconds. 1 tried many ways to stop them. I held my breath and drank cold drinks. My father even tried to give me a shock , but that didnt work, either. After a week of sleepless nights, I went to hospital. The doctors couldnt find anything wrong. They gave me some medicine and my hiccups slowed, down, but it was another week before the medicine worked completely and my hiccups stopped.”Harry was very lucky. The world record holders is the American farmer Charles Smith, who hiccuped for 69 years and 5 months. He stopped hiccups in 1990 at last, but nobody knew why.6. Harry hiccuped for _.A. a week B. fourteen days C. twenty-eight days D. one month7. Harrys hiccups started after he _.A. drank a glass of milk B. went to hospitalC. finished his homework D. ate lunch8. Harrys parents decided to take him to hospital when he _.A. hiccuped for four seconds B. held his breathC. hiccuped at night D. couldnt stop hiccupping9. What does “shock” in this passage mean in Chinese?A. 咳嗽 B. 惊吓 C. 喷嚏 D. 哈欠10. Harrys hiccups stopped one week after the doctor _.A. gave him some medicine B. visited himC. gave him a shock D. let him drink cold drinks（C）Mr and Mrs Black met Mr and Mrs Green in a restaurant one day. They all wanted to drink something. A waiter came to their table. He asked them what they wanted to drink. One man said, “ I only drink lemonade（柠檬水）.” One woman asked the other woman. “Do you want sugar in your coffee?” Mrs Black said, “Neither my husband nor I like beer.” One of the Greens said again. “I dont want beer. I only want lemonade.”Then the waiter brought one beer, one coffee, one cup of tea and a lemonade to them.11. Mr. Black wanted to drink .A. beer B. coffee C. tea D. lemonade12. Mrs Black wanted to drink .A. beer B. coffee C. tea D. lemonade13. Mr Green wanted to drink .A. beer B. coffee C. tea D. lemonade14. Mrs Green wanted to drink .A. beer B. coffee C. tea D. lemonade15. The waiter brought to them .A. beer, sugar, tea and lemonade B. beer, coffee, tea and milkC. beer, coffee, tea and lemonade D. beer, tea, coffee and orange（D）Do teenagers in small villages do chores（家务）at home? How about the teenagers in the big cities? We make a survey last month. We asked 4,000 teenagers in China several questions. Half of them come from big cities like Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou. The others are from small villages. We made a diagram of the result of our survey. Lets have a look at it.We found out that teenagers in small villages do more chores than those in big cities. Maybe it is because they live a harder life. Our advice to parents in big cities is that parents should give their children some chores to do. Doing chores teaches teenagers to take care of themselves.16. They asked _teenagers from small villages.A. 1,000 B. 2,000 C. 4,000 D. 3,00017. More than 3,000 teenagers _A. take out the trash B. do the dishes C. fold the clothes D. make the bed18. Fewer than 1,500 teenagers_ do the dishes and fold the clothes.A. in small villages B. in New York C. in big cities D. in some towns 19. The number of teenagers in big cities is bigger than that in small villages only in_.A. taking out the trash B. making the bedC. folding the clothes D. doing the dishes20. Why did they make the survey?A. Because they dont want to ask teenagers in China to do chores at home.B. Because they thought it could not help teenagers to take good care of themselves. C. Because they wanted to know if teenagers in China do chores at home.D. Because they thought its not necessary for teenagers to look after themselves.八. 补全对话 5%A. Hello, Li Lei. I saw a new film yesterday.B: Whats the name of the film?A: Harry Potter!B: _（1）?A: Its quite good.B:_（2）?A: Tom. He is from Australia. He is my new friend.B: _（3）?A: Hes handsome, tall and strong, easy to get on with. By the way, I heard your father was not well. _（4）?B: His left leg was hurt in a car accident. Nothing serious now. Hes much better.A: _（5）. I hope hell be better soon.B: Thank you.九. 综合填空 10%You work hard to learn English. Do you know American kids are t_（1）to learn Mandarin（汉语）？About 50000Us students now study Chinese. “ Because of Chinas f _（2）growth, Chinese is m_（3）useful than the other languages,” said Scott McGinnis, a Washington language expert.For example, in 1999, only three Chicago schools had Chinese c_（4）. This year more than 20 do.In many US cities, students take Mandarin lessons a_（5）chool or at weekends.But Chicago schools teach Chinese during the regular（常规的）day. Last year China g_（6）them 3 000 textbooks because they had done a good j_（7）.Although Chinese classes are becoming p_（8）, it is one of the most difficult languages. An English speaker t_（9）about 1 320 hours to become good at Chinese. He n_（10）only 480 hours for French, Spanish or Italian.十. 书面表达 10你给大明打电话，要他和你一起去电脑商店买电脑。但是他不知道商店在哪，请你根据下图向他描述从大明家如何走到电脑商店，并告诉他你下午2:00在商店门口等他。要求：1. 表达清楚，准确不要遗漏要