上海新世纪版2019-2020学年八年级下学期英语期末考试试卷B卷.doc

上海新世纪版2019-2020学年八年级下学期英语期末考试试卷B卷姓名:_ 班级:_ 成绩:_一、 单项选择 (共15题；共30分)1. （2分）Do you know _ young man under the tree?Yes, but only a little, maybe he is _ university student.A . a; anB . a; theC . the; anD . the; a2. （2分） Do you know _? In the 6th century.A . when is the abacus inventedB . when the abacus is inventedC . when was the abacus inventedD . when the abacus was invented3. （2分）My grandma lives , but she doesnt feel . A . alone; lonelyB . lonely; aloneC . alone; aloneD . lonely; lonely4. （2分）Is your friend Michael still in Australia?I dont know. I have_ information about him because we havent seen each other for years.A . a little; a fewB . little; a fewC . a few; a littleD . few; a little5. （2分）Dont eat meat any more. You are fat now. A . too much; much tooB . too many; many tooC . much too; too muchD . many too; too many6. （2分）Do you have any problem _ foreigners?A . talk withB . talk toC . to talking aboutD . talking with7. （2分）His best friend is _， and he comes from _. A . Canada; CanadianB . Canada; CanadaC . Canadian; CanadaD . Canadian; Canadian8. （2分）The machine can work _than that one. A . hundred of times fasterB . a hundred time fasterC . hundred times fasterD . hundreds of times faster9. （2分）Lets_planting the trees until tomorrow. I think its going to rain.A . put onB . put upC . put offD . put down10. （2分）Li Wei and his friends are going to watch their favourite football team _.A . playingB . playC . goD . to play11. （2分）When the teacher stopped _him，he stopped _ at once A . to look at; talkB . looking at; talkC . to look at; talkingD . looking at; talking12. （2分）Youll find out the truth _ you finish reading the book. A . unlessB . orC . ifD . though13. （2分） When is the next English test? Its _ February 8th.A . inB . onC . atD . of14. （2分）Excuse me. Could you help me? The box is too heavy._A . You are welcome.B . No, thanks.C . Of course.D . Its kind of you.15. （2分）If we dont protect some valuable animals, they will_. A . die awayB . die fromC . die out二、 完型填空 (共1题；共10分)16. （10分）先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中选择可以填入空白处的最佳答案。Monty was a high school boy from a poor family. One day his teacher asked the students to write a paper about what they wanted to be when they 1.That night Monty wrote a seven-page paper describing his dream 2having a horse ranch (马场).Two days later he got his paper back. There was an E on it. After class，the boy went to the teachers office and asked, 3did I get an E? The teacher said, This dream is too unrealistic (不切实际的), 4you need lots of money to buy land (土地), pay for horses and many other things. But you have no 5 . There is no way you can ever do it. Write another paper and I will give you another grade.That day Monty 6a lot about it. Then he had a talk with his father. After listening to the boys 7his father said, Dear son, its your decision. You have to make up your mind about it, as its important for you.After a week Monty handed in the 8paper. He just wrote one more sentence at the end of it: You can keep the E and I will keep my 9.Years later, the teacher went on a school trip with 30 kids to camp on a big horse ranch. One evening she met the owner (主人) of the horse ranch. She got a big 10because the owner was Monty the boy who got an E for the paper about his dream.（1）A . woke up B . got dressed C . got ready D . grew up （2）A . about B . with C . in D . for （3）A . When B . Why C . How D . Where （4）A . because B . but C . or D . though （5）A . friends B . ideas C . money D . time （6）A . taught B . thought C . planned D . tried （7）A . example B . reason C . problem D . news （8）A . same B . new C . best D . white （9）A . promise B . job C . name D . dream （10）A . surprise B . gift C . talent D . wish 三、 阅读理解 (共4题；共37分)17. （10分） Pocket money means that you have money in your pocket(口袋）that you can spend. You may get a regular amount of money from your parents or grandparents , for example , every week or once a month.How much pocket money should you get ? That depends on what your parents or grandparents can afford, how many kids there are in your family and how old you are . A little primary school kid may get one yuan , but older children would get more . Each family is different.Many parents or grandparents give kids pocket money so that their kids can :use the money to buy things that they want .learn to find out how much things cost .learn to look after money well .learn to shop around for the best price learn to save their pocket money for the future. learn what is worth (值得）buying.It is difficult to handle money . If you spend all of your money too quickly ,you will not be able to buy the necessary things that you will need in the future life . If you always save money , you will not get many nice things that you really like . Try to use your pocket money in the right way and you will always get something good.（1）Usually kids can get their pocket money from their _.A . parentsB . friendsC . parents or grandparentsD . Teachers（2）What can not influence how much pocket money kids get ?_.A . The kids agesB . The kids gradesC . The salary (薪水）D . the number of kids in a family .（3）The underlined word “ handle ” means _.A . pick upB . deal withC . buyD . save（4）Parents hope that their children _instead of only buying what they want .A . learn to handle their pocket moneyB . save their pocket moneyC . learn to buy thingsD . know how to shop（5）The writer writes the passage mainly to tell us _.A . what pocket money meansB . we should get more pocket moneyC . to save more and more pocket moneyD . handling pocket money is useful.18. （12分）Choose the best answers. John, David and James were three brothers. Every year on their mothers birthday, they sent her expensive presents. They liked to show her how rich they were.The oldest brother , John, decided to give his mother a perfect(完 美的) present. He thought it must be more expensive than his brothers.So he put an advertisement(广告) in the newspapers: WANTED THE PERFECT PRESENT FOR A RICH WOMAN. For many days people phoned him from all over the country. Each of them wanted to sell him the perfect present. But John didnt like any of them.Then, less than a week before his mothers birthday, a man came to his office. He was carrying a cage with a large bird in it. This bird, the man said, can speak ten languages (语言) and sing any popular songs. Theres no other bird like it in the world. With these words, he asked the bird to speak to John in French, tell him a joke in Japanese and sing a famous popular song. John was very happy.Ill buy it. How much do you want? John said. One hundred thousand dollars, the man said. This was a lot of money, but John paid him. Then he sent the bird to his mother with a birthday card.The day after his mothers birthday he phoned her. Well, Mother, he asked, what do you think of the bird? Oh, very delicious, dear, she answered.（1）The three brothers sent their mother expensive presents because A . she liked them very muchB . they wanted to show her they were very richC . they wanted to send their best wishes to herD . they wanted to get some money from their mother（2）John decided to buy for his mother as a birthday present. A . an expensive cage with a delicious birdB . something much better than the othersC . a cheapest birthday presentD . a bird that can speak French（3）Many people phoned John to . A . sell him the present he wantedB . say happy birthday to his motherC . say something about the birdD . know who wanted the present（4）The bird could do many things except(除了) . A . speaking ten languagesB . telling jokes for peopleC . singing popular songsD . making a phone call（5）According to what Johns mother said, we know . A . the bird told his mother a joke every dayB . the bird flew out of the cageC . the bird was eaten by Johns motherD . the bird was asked to sing popular songs every day（6）John may feel after his mother answered his telephone call. A . interestingB . sadC . afraidD . happy19. （10分）阅读理解 Famous MuseumsNameThe Palace MuseumBritish MuseumNew York MuseumCountryChinaThe UKThe USAAddressChangan StreetNew Oxford Street, LondonChestnut Street, New YorkFeatureThe largest ancient palacebuildings with many kindsof collections in ChinaOne of the largest museumswith collections of any timeand any area in the world.Americas largest museum on American historyTicket￥60 ( Spring & Summer)￥40 (Autumn & Winter)FreeMonday free（1）As one of the largest museums in the world, British museum is in A . BeijingB . LondonC . New YorkD . The USA（2）New York Museum is Americas largest museum on American _. A . areaB . historyC . col lectionsD . buildings（3）The Pal ace Museum. Which is in the center of Beijing, is also called Forbidden City(紫禁城) in China. It lies in _. A . Changan StreetB . New Oxford StreetC . BerlingD . Chestnut Street（4）According to the form, if you want to see ancient Chinese collect ions, you can visit _ at most. A . one museumB . two museumsC . three museumsD . four museums（5）Which of the following is TRUE according to the information above? A . Each ticket for the Pa lace Museum costs the sane in the whole year.B . You dont have to pay for tickets if you visit New York Museum on Monday.C . British Museum lies in Chestnut street London.D . New York Museum is the largest in the world.20. （5分）任务型阅读K.L. Rothey, 71, from the United States, a retired lawyer (退休律师)Rothey has given himself the Chinese name of Luqi or “roadside beggar (乞丐)”. In his eyes, beggars are doing important workcollecting rubbish. What they do is not dirty.Rothey first visited China in 1984 and soon he became interested in Chinese culture. Married to a Chinese woman, he lived in Huangshi. Many people know him because he often shows up in the street collecting rubbish. “Huangshi is my home so I hope it becomes cleaner and more beautiful,” says Rothey. He has also organized volunteers to collect rubbish in other cities, including Wuhan.Jill Robinson, 50, from Britain, founder (创立者) and CEO of Animals Asia Foundation.She has been working for nearly 20 years to stop people from getting the bile (胆汁) from moon bears.She began working for the International Fund for Animal Welfare in Hong Kong in the mid-1980s. A business trip to a bear farm in 1993 changed her life. She saw so many moon bears killed by people. She said she would be back to set them free.In 1998, she set up the Animal Foundation. In July 2000, the foundation agreed to free 500 farmed moon bears. In 2002, the Moon Bear Rescue (救援) Center was set up in Chengdu.“As much as we save them, they save us. These bears save us every day and they teach us to be better people,” Robinson says.NameK.L.RotheyJill RobinsonNationality (国籍)_BritainAge71 Years old50 years oldEventsHe first visited China in 1984 and became interested in Chinese culture.He often _rubbish in the street in Huangshi.He has also organized volunteers to collect rubbish in other cities.She began working for the international Fund for Animal Welfare in the mid-1980s.A _ trip to a bear farm changed her life in 1993.In _, the Moon Bear Rescue Center was set up in Chengdu.The two passages are about two foreigners who have helped to _Chinese lives with their contributions (贡献). We should learn from them.四、 词语运用 (共1题；共5分)21. （5分）阅读短文，从方框中选择适当的单词填空。（每词限用一次）hot on fruits so itIt was a _ day during the summer holiday. My mother and I got on the bus to my grandmas village. It was _ dry that I was really thirsty. I began to think of the sweet watermelons and other _ in Grandmas house. I could hardly wait to arrive there._ took us two hours to get there . Grandma brought out a big watermelon and cut it. It was nice to eat the watermelon _ such a hot day.五、 补全对