八年级英语上期末检测题

I.单项选择。（1×20 = 20分）

( )21. I ______ terrible, so I decided ______ a doctor.

A. felt, to see B. feel, seeing C. feel, to see D. felt, seeing

( )22. Most boys enjoy ______ games after class.

A. to play B. play C. playing D. plays

( )23.My father is good ______ fishing.

A. at B. to C. for D. with

( )24. The class was over. The students stopped ______.

A. have a rest B. had a rest C. having a rest D. to have a rest

( )25. Sally spends a lot of time ______ exercise, but Helen spends little time ______ it.

A. doing, in B. to do, in C. doing, on D. to do, on

( )26. Is there going to ________ a great supermarket near here in 2007?

A. have B. be C. is D. are

( )27.Rose didn’t win at last, ______ she did her best.

A. though B. so C. and D. because

( )28. Lily heard her mother ________ her at that time.

A. called B. call C. to call D. calling

( )29. Li Ming likes playing ______ football, but he doesn’t like playing ______ violin.

A. a, a B. the, / C. /, the D. /, /

( )30. You cough day and night. You’d better ______ some medicine.

A. taking B. takes C. took D. take

( )31. --It’s too hot. Would you mind ______ the window?

---_______. Please do it now.

A. to open, OK B. opening, Certainly not

C. opening, Of course D. to open, Good idea

( )32.---May I speak to Tom, please?

---______.

A. Yes, I am B. I’m Tom speaking

C. Yes, you may D. This is Tom speaking

( )33. I will tell him the exciting news as soon as he ______ back.

A. come B. will come C. came D. comes

( )34.When did you arrive ______ Beijing, Mr. Smith?

A. at B. in C. on D. to

( )35. Thanks for ______ me a hand.

A. give B. gives C. giving D. gave

( )36. ______ he ______ take an active part in rebuilding the old city walls?

A. Did, use B. Used, to C. Did, used to D. Use, to

( )37. I had some milk and bread ______ breakfast.

A. for B. at C. on D. with

( )38. I was watching TV when someone _______ the door.

A. was knocking at B. knocked C. knocked at D. knock at

( )39. I think we should get up early ______ we can catch the early bus.

A. however B. so that C. but D. whether

( )40. I have ________. That makes me ________.

A. enough money, enough happily B. enough money, happy enough

C. money enough, enough happy D. money enough, happily enough

II.选错。(1×10 = 10 分 )

( )41. I prefer to ski to skating.

A B C D

( )42. ---How long do you write to your parents?

A B C

---Once a week.

D

( )43. That story sounds like funny, doesn’t it?

A B C D

( )44. For we all know, Tom does better than Mike in English.

A B C D

( )45.Why not taking part in the games?

A B C D

( )46. I am a 15-years-old boy. I often do exercise to keep fit.

A B C D

( )47. It was very cold in winter of 2002.

A B C D

( )48. I rang him up to hope him a happy birthday.

A B C D

( )49. At first, the robots took many place of the workers.

A B C D

( )50. Wang Junfeng made a face in class and made my classmates to laugh when Miss

A B C D

Li was giving us the lesson.

III.完形填空。(1×10 = 10 分)

Sam is a bus driver in a big city. All day he drives a bus through busy street. Driving a big bus is very _51__ work. It makes some drivers unhappy. But not Sam!

Sam is always happy. And the people who ride in his bus seem to be happy, too. This story shows _52__.

Early one morning, Sam started his big green and yellow bus. He went off on _53__ work. “Oh, what a beautiful morning!” he sang. “Oh, what a beautiful day!”

At the first bus stop, a man was _54__. “Good morning, Mr. James,” said Sam with a big smile. “How are you?” “Fine, thank you, Sam,” said Mr. James. “How are you?”

“Wonderful!” Sam answered. “Just WONDERFUL! This is a fine day.”

Mr James smiled. He took a seat. As he looked _55_ the window, he still smiled.

At _ 56__ stop a man came running up. He was puffing. (气喘) “I have to catch a train at seven,” he said. “Can you get me to the station?”

“Now, just sit down and rest,” said Sam. “I’ll drive a little __57_ . We will be there in time. Then you __58_ run again.”

“Thank you!” said the man. He sat down.

Sam did drive just a little faster. He got to the station before seven!

“Thank you,” said the man, as he got off the bus. “You are the best bus driver in the city!”

As he drove on, Sam __59_ talking again. By this time, many people were on the bus. They were all going to work. But Sam made the ride seem like fun.

“It is now ten minutes after seven,” Sam called out, “The sky is blue, it’s fine today. We all like sunshine, don’t we?”

He began to sing, “I love you, Mr. Sunshine. I love you, Mr. Sun. In all the world I love you best. You are the only one.”

“What is that song, Sam?” a girl asked.

“It’s my song,” he said, “I made it up. I like to sing. It makes __60_ people want to sing, too.”

Sam was right! The man behind him started to sing!

( )51. A. easy B. great C. interesting D. hard

( )52. A. what B. why C. when D. who

( )53. A. today’s B. day’s C. the day’s D. the days’

( )54. A. waiting B. talking C. laughing D. riding

( )55. A. into B. out of C. at D. up

( )56. A. the first B. the last C. the other D. the next

( )57. A. faster B. slower C. quicker D. farther

( )58. A. don’t B. won’t C. won’t have to D. have to

( )59. A. liked B. started C. enjoyed D. finished

( )60. A. another B. the others C. others D. other

IV.阅读理解。(2×15 = 30 分)

(A)

An English traveler found himself in a northern European(北欧的) country with a little money to buy the ticket for the travel back home. As he knew that it would like him only two days to get to England, he found that he would be all right without food. So he bought a ticket and got on the ship. He closed his ears to the lunch bell. When dinner time came, he refused to go to the dining hall, saying that he was not feeling well. The next morning he didn’t go to breakfast and at lunch time he again stayed in his room. At dinner time he was so hungry that he could not stand it any longer. “I’m going to eat,” he said, “even if they throw me into the sea.” At dinner he ate everything in front of him at the table, and felt for the coming trouble. “Bring me the bill(账单).” He said. “There isn’t any bill.” Was the answer. “On the ship the money for the ticket includes(包括) meals.” The traveler was sad when he heard this.

( )61. The English traveler knew he would ______ in two days.

A. be back home B. buy some food for eat

C. travel everywhere in Europe D. enjoy himself in the ship

( )62. The first day he ______ to have lunch and dinner.

A. stole B. sold C. refused D. forgot

( )63. He didn’t go to the dining hall because ______.

A. he was ill B. he was not feeling well

C. he was not hungry D. he had no money

( )64. The next day he decided to ______ at last.

A. stay in his room B. be thrown into the sea C. have dinner D. run away

( )65. The English traveler ______ that he had no meal on the first day.

A. was excited B. was sad C. was glad D. was told

(B)

Once there lived an old man. He liked gold better than anything else in the world. He often said, “If I have enough gold, I shall be the happiest man in the world.”

One day when he was traveling in the desert(沙漠), the old man lost his way. He was very hungry and thirsty, but there were only rocks and sand around him. Just then, he found a bag lying on the sand. He hoped he would find water and food in it. He took up the bag and opened it. He saw that the bag was full of gold. He was so sad that he threw away the bag and began crying.

Now, the old man knew that there was something better than gold in the world.

( )66. The old man liked ____ best before he traveled in the desert.

A. food B. water C. gold D. bags

( )67. When he lost his way, he wanted to get ____.

A. some food and water B. some rocks and sand

C. bags full of gold D. everything in the desert

( )68. What did he do with the bag? ______.

A. He didn’t take it up B. He brought it home

C. He kept it for himself D. He threw it away

( )69. The old man did not become the happiest man when he got the bag of gold because ____.

A. the bag was too small B. the gold wasn’t his

C. there wasn’t much gold in the bag D. he was very hungry and thirsty

( )70. In the end, the old man knew that gold was ____ in the world.

A. the best thing B. not the best thing

C. better than anything D. the worst thing

(C)

Newspapers are very important in our daily life. Many people begin their day by reading the paper. In this way they learn what is going on in the world. Sometimes, however, they don’t have the time to read the news carefully and must be pleased with a quick look at the front page. At other times they may be in such a hurry that they have time only to have a quick look at the headlines(标题).

There are newspapers to please every reader. In big cities there are many types with several different editions every day. In small towns there are fewer newspapers and perhaps only one edition each day. In some places the paper is printed(印刷) weekly.

Most papers have several editions, especially on Sunday when the edition is larger than usual. There are, besides(除了) the front page with the most important news, the sports news, the amusements(娱乐) page, a business page, and so on.

( )71. People read newspaper to ______.

A. learn about the most important news B. learn about everything they want

C. be pleased D. get some information (信息)

( )72. Reading the headlines, people can know ______.

A. what the passages are about B. the newspapers

C. about amusements D. about sports

( )73. In big cities newspapers are usually printed ______.

A. every day B. every week C. every month D. every year

( )74. Most papers have ______ on Sundays than usual.

A. more types B. more pages C. less types D. less pages

( )75. If you want to see a film, you’d better read ______ in a newspaper.

A. the business page B. the front page

C. the sports page D. the amusements page

第Ⅱ卷（50分，填在答题卷上）

I.用所给词适当形式填空。(1×10 = 10分)

1. Jim ________ (win) the 1st prize in yesterday’s singing competition.

2. They want me ____________(play) soccer with them after class.

3. I forgot ________ (send) the letter to my brother yesterday. So I have to send it today.

4. Could you please ________ (not talk) in class?

5. Jack ________ (need) a good computer now.

6. This meeting is the third __________________ (important) one this month.

7. They are going to exercise more _______________ (keep) fit.

8. An old lady said she ________ (find) a job as a foreign language teacher.

9. He is always the first student _______________(get) to school.

10. Look at the dark clouds in the sky. It __________________(rain) soon.

II.句型转换。(1×30 = 30分)

（A）对划线部分提问。

1. It’s thirty minutes’ walk from my home to school.

__________ __________ is it from your home to school?

2. I ate two cups of milk.

__________ __________ milk did you eat?

3.He used to go to school by bus.

__________ __________ he use to go to school?

4. Frank will go to a movie with his friends.

______ will Frank go to a movie ______?

5. The book cost me 10 dollars.

How much ______ the book ______ you?

（B）同义句转换，一空一词。

6. Tom bought that expensive coat for100 dollars.

Tom ____________ 100 dollars ____________ that expensive coat.

7. She was so weak that she couldn’t carry the heavy box..

She was ________ weak ________ carry the heavy box.

8.What’s wrong with you?

__________ the __________ with you?

9. Please take care of yourself when your mother isn’t in.

Please __________ __________ yourself when your mother isn’t in.

10.We all like Ms Jones.

We are all __________ __________ Ms Jones.

11. Tom borrowed lots of money from his sister.

Tom’s sister ________ lots of money ________ him.

12. We enjoyed ourselves at Jane’s birthday party.

We ________a good ________ at Jane’s birthday party .

13.You’d better drink a lot of water and stay in bed.

You’d better drink __________ __________ water and stay in bed.

14. Can you help me?

Can you __________ me a __________?

15. There are over 1,000 students here.

There are ____________ __________ 1,000 students here.

III.短文填空。(1×10 = 10分)

The word “hello” m__________（1） be used（被使用）more often than a__________(2) other one in the English language. Everybody in the United States u__________(3) the word again and again and every day of the week.

The f__________(4) thing you hear when you pick up the phone is “hello”. If the caller is not an E__________(5), he may say, “Are you there?” The A__________(6) inventor, Thomas Edison, is said to be the first person to use “hello” in the late 1800’s, soon after the invention（发明）of the telephone.

A__________(7) first people greeted(打招呼) e__________(8) other on the telephone with “Are you there?” Because they were not sure the machine could really send voices.

Thomas Edison, h__________(9) was a man of few words. He wasted(浪费)no time. The first time he picked up the phone, he did not ask if anyone was there. He was sure someone was there and just said, “H__________(10).”

参考答案

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41—45 BBBAC 46—50 BCCCD 51—55 DBCAB 56—60 DACBD

61—65 ACDCB 66—70 CADDB 71—75DAABD

第II卷

I. 1.won 2.to play 3.to send 4.not talk 5.needs

6.most important 7.to keep 8.found\would find

9.to get 10.is going to rain

II.1.How, far 2.How much 3.How did 4.Who(m), with

5.did, cost 6.spent, on/buying 7.too, to 8.What’s, matter

9.care for/look after 10.fond of 11.lent, to 12. had, time

13. plenty of 14.do, favor 15.more than

III.1.may 2.any 3.uses 4.first 5.Englishman

6.American 7.At 8.each 9.however 10.Hello