八年级下期末考试英语试卷

1、八年级下学期期末考试英语试卷第I卷（55分）一、听力 （15分）A. 根据对话内容和问题选择正确图片。每段对话读一遍。B. 听下面一段长对话，根据对话内容选择正确答案。对话读两遍。6. What is Jackie going to do?A. Watch a match. B. Eat out. C. See a doctor.7. Whats Marks advice for Jackie?A. Take some medicine. B. Have a good rest. C. Walk a lot.8. Where has Jackie been?A. New York. B. To

2、kyo. C. London. 9. How did Jackie travel on the trip?A. By air. B. By train. C. By taxi. 10. Whats the relationship between the two speakers?A. Strangers. B. Friends. C. Relatives.C. 听短文，选择正确答案。短文读两遍。11. Laba, is a traditional festival handed down from anciet times in _.A. Asia B. Europe C. China 12

3、. This year, Laba Festival falls on _.A. January 22 B. June 23 C. July 24 13. Laba Festival is a time to _.A. keep warm and strong B. prepare for the coming yearC. take a good rest 14. How many things are there in the traditional Laba Porridge?A. Three. B. Five. C. Eight. 15. How long does it take t

4、o cook Laba Porridge? A. Only thirty minutes. B. One hour. C. Several hours.二、单项填空（每小题1分，满分15分）16. It is _ hard work, but I am very happy to get a chance to do it.A. a B. the C. an D. /17. It is _ that we can go out to play in the park.A. such a fine day B. such fine a day C. a such fine day D. a da

5、y such fine18. Edison is famous _ an inventor _ his great inventions. A. for, as B. as, for C. for, for D. as, as19. The donations can provide poor children _ food and a chance _ go back to school. A. with, with B. with, to C. to, with D. to, to20. The patients are quite _ to the nurses for their sp

6、ecial care.A. enjoyable B. helpful C. confident D. grateful 21. -Are you going to go shopping this afternoon? -No, Im _ tired _ go.A. so, to B. enough, to C. too, to D.，to22. During the charity walk, people have to walk two days and nights _ 48 hours _ sleep. A. without; withinB. within; withoutC. i

7、n; out D. over; with23. They lost their houses and farmland _ the terrible flood. A. since B. because C. because of D. as24.- He has never been to Shanghai, _? - _. He has been there twice. A. has he; No, he hasnt B. hasnt he; No, he hasnt C. has he; Yes, he has D. hasnt he; Yes, he has25. I _ to be

8、 quite afraid to live in the city, but now I have _ to the life there.A. used, been used B. used, used C. was used, got used D. got used, been used26. Its necessary _ a support team during a charity walk.A. for we to have B. for us to have C. of us to have D. of we having27. I hope _ take part in th

9、is activity.A. you to B. you will C. you could D. you can be able to28. My grandfather _ for a long time.A. has died B. was deadC. has been dead D. was dying29. I dont know _ a show. Can you tell me?A. how organize B. what organize C. what to organize D. how to organize30. What can we do to help the

10、 homeless people?A. Help them cross the road. B. Send them to the refugee.C. Give them some food and clothes.D. Try to understand them.三、完形填空（每小题1分，满分10分）Napoga Gurigo，a 12-year-old girl，lives in a village in Ghana. It is 31 for her family to get clean drinking water. The nearest place to get water

11、is a muddy （混浊的） water hole half a kilometer away from her 32 . Animals and villagers use it alike. Each morning, Napoga leaves home at half past five to collect water for her family. Sometimes it 33 a few hours to get enough water. Napoga has no time to go to school for learning. In the neighboring

12、 areas, many boys and girls 34 Napoga. They can't keep strong and 35 just because they have not enough drinking water. In fact, 70 % of Earth's surface is water. But most of 36 is sea water. We can't use salty water in our daily life. Fresh water is what we use to drink, take showers and

13、 cook food. And fresh water 37 only 1 percent of Earth's surface. In some areas people try to make deep wells （水井） to get water from 38 . But there still 39 enough for farming. Scientists say that 40 30 years, more people in the world will face all kinds of water problems than now. So we must do

14、 something to take care of our water resources （资源）。31. A. easy B. hard C. fun D. impossible 32. A. school B. city C. country D. home33. A. spends B. costs C. pays D. takes34. A. look like B. are like C. feel like D. sound like35. A. healthy B. strong C. heavy D. clean36. A. them B. those C. that D.

15、 these37. A. takes B. runs C. flows D. covers38. A. underground B. subway C. rivers D. the sea39. A. haven't B. isn't C. aren't D. hasn't40. A. in B. after C. before D. for四、阅读理解（每小题1分，满分15分）AAccident Report FormAccident:A car crashed into a tree.Some people were trapped in the car.W

16、eather conditions:There was a heavy rain.Date of call:June 3, 2009Time of call :9:30 p.m.Name of caller:Mrs GreenPlace:Zhongshan Road, NanjingConditions of victims:Mr Green hurt his head.Mrs Green hurt her left leg.Their daughter felt frightened.Action:Policemen arrived at 9:40 p.m. and sent the vic

17、tims to Gulou Hospital at 9:45 p.m.41. What time did Mrs Green call the police?A. At 9:30 a.m.B. At 9:30 p.m.C. At 9:40 p.m.D. At 9:45 p.m.42. How many people were trapped in the car?A. One B. TwoC. ThreeD. Four43. Whose left leg was hurt?A. Mrs. GreensB. Their daughters C. Mr GreensD. Their friends

18、44. What was the weather like that day?A. It was sunny.B. It was snowy.C. It was cloudy.D. It was rainy.45. Which of the following is TRUE?A. A car crashed into a wall.B. Their daughter hurt her leg and was sent to the hospital.C. The car accident happened on Zhongshan Road in Nanjing.D. The policem

19、en arrived half an hour later and sent the victims to the hospital.B Louis Braille was a blind man. And his work changed the world of reading and writing, forever.Louis Braille was born near Paris, France. He was a very smart child. He liked to play with his fathers work tools. One day, when he was

20、four, a sharp tool went into his left eye. An infection （感染）started and went to both eyes. A few weeks later, young Louis was not able to see anything with his own eyes. At the age of ten, Louis went to a school for blind children in Paris. One day, a French soldier, Charles Barbier, visited the sch

21、ool. Barbier invented a form of night-reading. This system used dots for letters of the alphabet. Soldiers used this system in time of war. Barbier thought this system could help blind people to read. Barbiers system was difficult, but it gave Louis an idea. He made Barbiers system easier. By age fi

22、fteen, his new system was ready! It was a form of writing language for blind people, with raised parts that they can read by touching the paper with their fingers. Now he wanted blind schools to use his system. He was unlucky again. The schools didnt want his system. Louis died in 1852 at the age of

23、 forty-three. Two years after he died, the blind schools began to use his system. Today we call this system Braille after Louis Braille. His system is used for all languages, and for math, science, writing music, and computers for the blind.46. Louis was a _ boy.A. lazyB. foolishC. cleverD. handsome

24、47. When Louis was four years old, he _.A. was stupidB. had sharp tools C. went to schoolD. became blind 48. Charles Barbier _.A. had an infection B. invented a system of night-readingC. visited soldiers D. helped Louis directly49. By the age of fifteen, Louis _.A. diedB. made a new system of readin

25、gC. was difficultD.had his system accepted by soldiers immediately50. Which of the following sentence is RIGHT?A. Soldiers used Barbiers system in time of night.B. When Louis was four, a sharp tool went into his eyes.C. Barbier thought his system could help blind people to play.D. Louis died at the

26、age of thirty-four.CDifficult times often bring out the best in people. Many well known people come to help those who are in trouble. And this was the case for basketball player Yao Ming. He hosted a television show in Shanghai and raised US $ 300,000 to help researchers find a medical cure. Fund-ra

27、ising, or charity, is an act of goodwill towards others. Charities in the West have more ways. Look at a typical day for Ruth, a wealthy woman in the UK, for example. Ruth wakes up in the morning and collects her post. Theres a letter addressed to her with a picture of a half-dead, beaten horse. Its

28、 from a charity asking Ruth to donate money to save the animals. She turns on the television, and sees a picture of a wideeyed child dying of hunger in Africa with a request (请求) for money to help the child. The tickets for the charity shows often cost her a lot of money, but she doesnt mind becasue

29、 most of the money is going to a charity that fights AIDS. She feels good about going beacuse shes helping the sick. Edna, a little old lady, looks after a second-hand shopa charity shop. Any profit (收益) it has made goes to a cancer charity. Now that she doesnt have to work, she has lots of time to

30、offer her services for free.For people like Yao Ming, Ruth and Edna, charity is a virtue (美德) that holds the same importance in life as faith and hope. “As you look back on your life, the moments that stand out are the moments when you have done things for others,” said Scottish writer Henry Drummon

31、d.51. Yao Ming hosted a television show to _.A. make more money B. raise money for his basket teamC. make himself more famous D. raise money for researchers to find a cure for SARS52. We can infer (推断)from the passage that _.A. Yao Ming wants to be a television hostB. Ruth is angry becasue she has b

32、een asked to donate too much moneyC. Ruth leads a busy life and she feels very tiredD. Edna may not be a rich lady but she is willing to do something for others53. Which of the following is TRUE?A. Only Yao Ming , Ruth and Edna try their best to do things for charity.B. Ruth has given a lot of suppo

33、rt to charity although she is not very rich.C. The writer hopes that more people can do things for charity.D. Edna is very rich because she has her own shop.54. One morning, Ruth received a letter with a picture of a horse in it becasue _.A. she lost her horse B. a charity wanted her to donate some

34、moneyC. she loved horse very much D. she wanted to keep a horse as a pet55. The underlined part in the last paragraph probably means that _.A. what impresses people deeply is what they have done for othersB. when you want to do something for others, you need stand outC. the moment you stand out, you

35、 can do something for othersD. when you look back sometimes, you need stand out第卷 （45分）五、填空（每小题1分，满分15分）A） 根据括号中所给的汉语写出单词。56. Many people with eye problems do not have the money for medical _ (治疗).57. Dr Ma is (骄傲) to be able to help so many people see again.58. Oxfam Trailwalker is an excellent cha

36、nce for people to learn team _（精神）.59. OBRIS and UNICEF are both _（国际的）charities. They help people in poor countries. 60. Blindness _ (影响) about 45 million people around the world.B） 根据句子意思，选择括号中所给词语的适当形式填空。61. Now the doctor (operate) on a patient at the moment.62. Students get excited about even t

37、he smallest _ (improve) in their English study. 63. All the team members need to walk together to finish the hike because only the teams finishing time (record).64. People can help UNICEF by doing (volunteer) work.65. Ricky felt very happy when he _ (choose) to be the host of the charity show.C) 选择正

38、确的短语填空。carry on with, take part in, look down on, pay attention to, instead of 66. We hope more events will be organized to raise money for charities and more people should be invited to them.67. Children in poor countries should be helped go to school working to support their families.68. All we ne

39、ed is enough money to our science work.69. We shouldnt the disabled people. We should try our best to help them.70. If you want to join a charity walk, you should the weather. Bring an umbrella if necessary 六、阅读短文，根据所读内容，填上适当的词语，每空不超过4个词。（每小题1分，满分10分）Becoming a pop star is the dream of millions of t

40、eenagers around the world. They can be famous, rich and have lots of loving fans. But how do you get to the national or international stage (舞台)？ Some may answer: “I have a nice voice and good looks.” But thats not enough. You have a long, hard road to travel.In recent years, many Asian teenagers go

41、 to the South Korean SM Entertainment Company to get training on how to be a pop star. SM has trained and promoted well-known pop stars like Super Junior with its well-planned training.SM usually chooses bright teenagers or young kids to be pop stars. Then fashion experts help them choose a unique（独

42、特的）look, which works best with their hair, skin and body. Voice coaches teach them singing skills and choose the future pop stars singing styles like rock, hip-hop, jazz, or R&B to show their talent. Next, those young people, called stars-to-be, are on their way to stardom. They have to learn st

43、age arts and develop their star quality (品质). This training lasts between three and five years before SM promotes them in South Korea and around the world.In the US, the Disney Company creates teen pop stars in a different way. First Disney tries to find a new future star, for example, Miley Cyrus o

44、r the Jonas brothers. Then it gives him or her a TV show on the Disney Channel and a record contract (合同). The company plays their young stars hit songs on Radio Disney and sends him or her on special Disney concert tours. In a few years, these stars become more able to continue on their own.If you

45、want to become successful, you should put in great effort. With hard work, talent and lots of luck, you may see your success just around the corner. One more thing, you are sure to have a lot of help from your family, teachers, friends and many people unknown to you.Why do millions of teenagers want

46、 to be pop stars?71. They famous, rich and have lots of loving fans.What does SM company do?72. The company and promotes well-known pop stars.What kind of person does SM choose to be a pop stars?73. It usually chooses or young kids.How long do future stars need to betrained before they appear in pub

47、lic?74. It takes about .How does the Disney company create teen pop stars?75. Disney tries to find a new future star ,76. gives him or her on the Disney channel,77. plays their young stars hit songs ,78. and on special Disney concert toursWhat qualities do you need to have if you want to succeed in

48、being a pop star? 79. We hard work, talent and lots of luck.80. We should get from other people.七、根据短文内容及首字母提示，填写所缺的单词。（每小题1分，满分10分）Scientists want to find out the effects（影响） of a long-time space flight on peoples minds and bodies. Six men will stay in a simulated （模拟的） spaceship for 520 days for a

49、 test. The test will s 81 in early June. Six astronauts - three Russians, a Chinese, a French man and an Italian will s 82 all their time in the spaceship. The spaceship, the size of two buses, will never leave the Russian Space Agency (局). The six testees cant use telephones or the I 83 . They dont

50、 have sunlight. And they only have recycled air. Each man has a single room and a shower. In order to save water, they can u 84 the shower for a bath every 10 days. They will eat the same m 85 eaten by real-life astronauts. They will also g 86 their own vegetables. They will pay attention to each ot

51、hers body and mind conditions (状况), and write down a 87 unusual for further research. They will spend eight hours sleeping. Everywhere else the men will be w 88 by electric cameras.Diego Urbina, 26, the Italian astronaut, is going to b 89 his computer with books, films and song files with him. Mikha

52、il Sinelnikov, 38, one of the Russians, is taking lots of his photos. The men also brought a video game console（操控器）recently to help them to kill t 90 on the spaceship.八、书面表达。（10分）2010年4月，我国青海玉树遭遇了地震灾害。人们积极参与，向灾区（earthquake-hit areas）提供援助。学校决定为玉树灾区重建筹款举行一次慈善行走，活动名称为 “Walk for Kids”。 请你以学生会主席的身份，根据下表

53、写一份倡议书，开头和结尾已经给出。A charity walkName of the eventWalk for KidsAim of the eventRaise money for schools and students in the earthquake-hit areasDate and placeOn June 5th; to North HillApplicationGet an application form from the school office, fill in and return itCertificates for the walkA) Finish the walk within two hoursget a certificateB) The first ten people to finish walkingget a souvenirContactPersonZhao Jian Phone No.76546598 Dear Classmates, For mo