期末培优考试

1、八年级期末英语培优测试一、单项选择()1. -Have you ever see non e-eyed elepha nt?-No, n ever. And you?A. a B. an C. any D. some()2. It ' s reallyyou to drive so fastsuch a rainy day.Slow dow n.A. crazy for; on B. crazy of; on C. wise for; in D. wise of;on()3. -Ca n you tell me where the talk will-They are going to

2、the talk in a school.A. hold; hold B. hold; take placeC. take place; hold D. take place;take place()4. You are not good at math, but you canA. give it in B. give in it C. give it upD. giveup(it)5. His friend isfunnymake us happy after class.A. so; that B. too; to C. /; eno ugh to D. eno ugh;to)6. To

3、m knew nothing about it _A. since B. if C. untilhis sister told him.D. whileyou()7. -Havi ng many helpers makes a task easier and faster to complete.-I thi nk so.A. Many hands make light workC. The early bird catches the worm knowB.Too many cooks spoil the bothD. The more you lear n, the more)8. It

4、' s the library! So youA. can B. must C. n eedknow shouti ng is not allowed here.D. mayand take photos there.)9. When you visit Italy, you can go toA. TowerBridge B. Statue of LibertyC. Lea nin gTower of PisaD. The Great Wall)10. I ofte n laugh whe n I see my gra ndma lear ning pop son gs. But s

5、he says,“ One is never old to lear n.C. veryt affordA. too B. so)11. They couldn 'A. to travel; in stead ofC. to travel; in stead)12. I wonA. have lostD. quiteby air,B. travelli ng; in steadD. travelli ng; in stead ofso they went by bus)13. All we want to doA. are; for B.)14. -Is Daniel in?-No.H

6、e't go to see the film because IB. lost C. was lost D. los ing to find eno ugh waterC.is; forto the library.the ticket._ the horses. be; as D. is;But he will return homelikean hour.A. has been, with B. has gone, with C. has been, in D. has gone, in()15. -Are you con fide nt about this evening

7、9; s performa nee, Katie?-.I ' m well prepared and feel I ' ve got everythingready.A. I hope so B. It ' s hard to say C. Sure, I am D. I amafraid not二、完型填空Weare lucky to live in a rich country where we have many things.However, mostof us usually _1_ some thin gs.Electricity is one thing

8、thatwe waste 2 . Lights, TVs, 3 nd other things are ofte n kept on even whe n no one is using them. We should tur n them off whe n wedo not n eed them. It4less than a second to do it. Anyhow, not wasting5 the electricity we do notelectricity save mon ey, because we do not have to use.The second thin

9、g that we often waste is water. Fresh water isprecious( 珍贵的)，_6 it should n ' t be wasted .It is only asimple matter of turning off a tap .I am sure 7 ca n do this easily if he wants to.8big waste is food. My mother_9 cook so much food that much of it wasthrow n away. I told her we had wasted so

10、 much _10. She thought I was right andnow cooks 11 what we can eat.It is n ot 12to be wasteful. Ifind there i s a simple 13 of not wast ing.Do not touch what we do notB.washC. wasteD.forget .()2. A. little B. most()3. A. radiosapplesdoors()4. A. bringscoststakes()5. A. affordsaveC. few D. leastBC. b

11、ikesD.BC. spendsBC. pay forD.D. carefor()6. A. thoughB.thin gs. That is to use only what we14n eed.15 this way we can stop being wasteful.()1.A. usebecauseC. soD. but()7. A. nobodyB. any oneC.everybodyD. none()8. A. OthersB.OtherC. An otherD. Theother()9. A. pla nned to to D. was afraid toB. used to

12、C. was able()10. A. electricity B. water()11. A. mai nlymostly()12. A.finenecessary()13. A. wayB. thi ng()14. A. buyB.need()15. A. OnB. I n三、阅读理解A.C. food D. moneyB. onlyD. speciallyrightC. badC. pla nD. projectC. bring D. getC. For D. AtC.B.D.Each year several thousand people are killedon the road

13、in Great Britain.Every伤害),or killed inyear betwee n one an dtwo hun dred thousa nd people are injured ( road accide nts.If you are in England and if you listento the eight o'clock news from BBC, youwill ofte n hear newsof road accide nts. You may hear someth ing like this "On lastMon day ev

14、ening at about twenty minu testo ten, a cyclist(骑自行车的人)was kno ckeddow n by a truck at cross ing of Oak Road and High Streeti n Croydo n. The cyclist has died from his injuries. Anyone who saw the accide nt please com muni cate(联系)withNew Scotla nd Yard, teleph one nu mber Whitehall one, two, one, t

15、wo."Accidents are often caused (弓 I起)by carelessness. If everybody obeys the rules, the roads will bemuch safer.How can we make the road safer?In Great Brita in traffic keeps on to the left.Motor-cars, trucks, buses and cyclists must all keep to theleft side of the road. In most other country t

16、raffic keeps to the right.Before cross ing the road, stop and look both ways. Look right, look left again.Then, if you are surethat the road is clear, that there is nothing coming, it is safe to cross the road. If you see small childre n,or very old people, orbli nd people, wait ing to cross the roa

17、d, it is kind act to help them to cross the roadin safety.Wemust teach young childrento cross the road safely. Wemust always give thema good example.Small childre n must n't play in the street.()1. How many people are injured in Great Brita in every year?A. Several thousa nd.B. Betwee n one and

18、two hun dred people.C. Between 100,000 and 200,000 people.D. Between 1,000 and 2,000 people.()2. "New Scotla nd Yard" may be.A. the police. B. a factory mending cars.C. a big hospital.D. a group savi ng people from read accide nts.()3. "I n Great Britai n traffic keeps to the left&quo

19、t; means.A. all the cars, buses etc ing and going along the road must be driven along the left side of the road.B. all the cars, buses etc.co ming and going along the road must be drive n tothe left side of the road.C. only trucks must be driven along the left side of the road.D. all the cars,busese

20、tc.co ming and going along the road must be stopped onthe left sideof the road.()4. In our country traffic should keep.A. to the leftB. in the rightC. on the leftD. to the right()5. Which of the followi ng is right?A. Every road accide nt is caused by careless ness.B. "The road is clear,"

21、means "There's no thi ng on it."C. Before crossing the road in China, you should look left first and then look right.D. People can play in the street except small children.BRivers are one of our most important natural resources (自然资源). Many of the world's great citiesare located on

22、 rivers, and almost every country has at least one river flowing through it that plays animporta nt role in the lives of itspeople.Since the beginning of the history, people have used rivers for transportation. The Ion gest one in the Un ited States is the Mississippi. The lifeli ne of Egypt is the

23、Nile. To the people of In dia, the Gangs is great,but it is also importa nt for transportation;Ships can travel along it for a thousand miles. Other great riversarethe Congo in Africa and the Mekong in southeast Asia. The greatest of all for navigation(航海), however, is the Amazon in Brazil. It is so

24、 wide and so deep thatlarge ships can go about two thousa ndmiles upon it.Besides transportation,rivers give food, water to drink, water for crops, andcha nces for fun an drecreati on for the people who live along their ban ks. In order to in crease the supply of crops, engin eerssometimes build a d

25、am ( 大坝)across ariver and let a lake from behi nd the dam. Then people can use thewater not onlyto irrigate ( 灌溉)their fields but also to make electricity for their homes andin dustries.However, large cities and in dustries that are located upon rivers ofte nmake problems. As the cities growin size

26、and in dustries in crease in nu mber, thewater in the rivers becomes polluted with chemicals and othermaterials. Peopleare lear ning the importa nee, however, of doing more to keep their rivers clea n if they want to enjoy the ben efits ( 利益)of this n atural resource.()1. The greatest river for n av

27、igati on is.A. the Amazon B. the NileC. the Meko ng D. the Mississippi()2. Which is wron g?A. The Nile is in In dia.B. Almost every country has at least one importa nt river.C. Many cities are located on rivers.D. Rivers play an importa nt part in the lives of people.()3. From a dam, people can use

28、the water for.A. keep ing the rivers clea nB. only mak ing electricityC. washi ng clothesD. irrigatio n and maki ng electricity()4. The water in the river is polluted because of.A. people's drinking water too muchB. people's swimming in the river too muchC. chemicals and other materialsD. pe

29、ople's build ing a dam across a river()5. The best title of the passage is.A. Rivers in CitiesB. The importa nee of RiversC. Tran sportati onD. Natural Resources四、词汇应用1. After a brief(介绍)by the teacher, the meet ing bega n.2. The city is beautiful all year round,(特另 U) in spri ng.3. The boy spe

30、nt as much time as he could(开展)his readi ng skills.4. The( 采访者)living conditions are getting better and better.5. He often got higher marks than we(期待).6. The guide advised us not to risk(stay) out late at ni ght.7. He has been in the UK for a year, so he is used to (drive) on the leftnow.8. The bot

31、tles are bad for the environment.Don' t throw them(careful).9. He was refused by the beautiful girl because of his(bli nd).10. Mr. Green flew to theof China a week ago.(西北).五、任务型阅读。Hi, every one! I will graduate from high school in June. Someof myforeig n friends have asked me about the process

32、of entering an American university, so here I will tell you how it works .First you have to choose which universityyou want to attend . This is not easy,as there are over 3,000 universities and colleges in the USA. Do you want to stayn ear home, or do you want to go far away? What do you want to stu

33、dy? Once you have decided what is important to you, would suggest choosing about five schools to apply to . This way, if one or two schools do not accept you, you still have a cha nee of being accepted by the others.After you have chosen which schools you. would like to apply to, you have tocomplete

34、 an application form for each one. You also need to ask two or three of your teachers to write letters to the uni versities expla ining why you would be a good university student. For many people, the worst part of applying for university istaking tests . Depending on which college or university you

35、 want to enter, you have to take either the Scholastic Aptitude Test SAT , which tests your Ianguage, math and writingskills, or the American College Test ACT , which tests your knowledgein En glish, math, scie nee and history.After you have bee n accepted to a uni versity, you n eed to be able to p

36、ay for your study there . To help students pay for their education, the government offersloa ns贷款 which stude nts do not have to repay un til after theygraduate . Scholarships 奖学金 are also available to students who have excellent grades, are good athletes or have financial财政 needs . Because universi

37、ty tuitionis so expe nsive, many stude nts also work part-time while they are at uni versity.University courses are quite different from classes at high school. You onlyattend each class two or three times a week, you have to study a lot more outside of class . Classes are much bigger too and some c

38、an have as many as 200 students in them.There will be many new things to lear n, but I think I will enjoy uni versity.Main itemsCo ntext1uni versity It is2tP choose only one or two uni versitiesto apply to.Choosing more universitiescan add to the _3_ ofbeing admitted to by one of them.Appl ying for

39、uni versity Fill in an applicationform for 4university,withyour teachers ' reference letters. Take5in the proper tests accord ing to theuni versity you have chose n.6foreducati on Apply for the loans7 by the government, which canbe repaid after graduati on. Scholarships can be give n to those8haveexcelle nt grades, etc. Find part-time9while at uni versity.Atte nding classes There are fewer classes in uni versity tha n at high school. The10of the stude nts in each class is alsolarger in