八年级上学期期末测试英语试卷

一、单项填空（共25小题，每题1分，计25分）

1. What ____ you ______ at this time yesterday?

A. did; do   B. are; doing   C. were; doing

2. She didn’t go home. I didn’t go home, _______.

A. too     B. also         C. either 

3. He asked me _____ a report card.

A. write   B. writing       C. to write

4. The teacher said I could do better _____ English.

A. in     B. at    C. for

5. Thank you for ______ me with my homework.

A. help   B. helps   C. helping 

6. ____ is easy for a child to wake up and know where they are.

A. It     B. That     C. This

7. I’m sure he will _____ pass the exam.

A. can   B. is able to　 C. be able to

8. ____eye exercises ____ good _____ your eyes.

A. Doing; are; for      B. Do; is; for     C. Doing; is; for

9. The river is very dirty. ______ people want to swim in it.

A. A few     B. Little    C. Few

10. I’ve been ________for five hours.

A. skate     B. skating   C. skated

11. There are many trees on ______ side of the street.

   A. both      B. every    C. each

12. The man _____ glasses is my physics teacher.

A. with     B. has      C. wears

13. There is little milk in the bottle, ________?

   A. is it      B. is there   C. isn’t there

14. How did you make him______?

A. stop talking    B. to stop talking    C. stops talking

15. Can you tell us ____?

A. where does he live  B. where he lives  C. where he does live

16. — How do you usually come to school?

— _____ my father’s car.

A. By   B. In    C. With

17. The teacher told the children that the earth ____ around the sun.

A. moves    B. moved     C. was moving

18. --- Which do you prefer, oranges or apples?

  ---_______. I ‘d like bananas.

A. Yes, both  B. Neither, thank you     C. No, thanks

19. Lin Tao is as ______ as Zhang Hua.

1A. strong       B. stronger     C. the strongest

20. There are five ________ people in the city.

A. millions       B. million of    C. Million

21. — Xiao Shen-yang is so popular        us.

— Yeah, he is one of my favorite pop stars.

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

22. — I am not sure which tie to wear for the party.

— God! I have no idea,       .

   A. too     B. neither C. either     D. Also

23. It is reported that        people in the world are suffering from the H1N1 flu.

  A. several thousands of        B. ten thousands 

C. thousands of             D. thousands

24. — Can you help me with my business?

— I’d like to,       I have a meeting to attend.

  A. because    B. as      C. but        D. and

25 If I ______ I will go to the tea party this evening .

A   invite      B  invited   C  will  invite D  am   invited

二、 完形填空 (共10小题, 每小题1.5分; 满分15分)

阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从26—35各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Once there was a king who told some of his people to dig a pond (池子).The king then told his people that one person   26   each family had to bring a glass of milk during the night and put it into the pond. So, by the morning, the pond should be  27  of milk.

After  28  the order, everyone went home. As one man prepared his milk, he thought that since everyone was bringing milk, he would just   29  a glass of water and put that into the pond instead.  30   it was dark at night, no one would notice it, so he quickly went and put the water into the pond and   31   home.

In the morning, the king went to visit the pond. To his  32  , the pond was only filled with water! What happened? Yes! Everyone had the same idea  33  that man. They all thought, “I don’t have to waste my milk. Someone else will do it.”

Dear friends, when you plan to help poor people or people in trouble, do not think that   34  will take care of it. Instead, it starts with you. If you don’t do it, no one else will, so change yourself and make a   35   .

26. A. at           B. from       C. on       D. with

27. A. filled       B. empty      C. crowded    D. full

28. A. giving       B. refusing   C. receiving     D. offering

29. A. hide      B. steal      C. waste      D. drink

30. A. If           B. Since      C. While      D. After

31. A. left         B. came       C. returned      D. arrived

32. A. surprise         B. satisfaction    C. joy        D. taste

33. A. with      B. to           C. as         D. of

34. A. others         B. the others     C. none        D. Neither

35. A. face       B. mistake   C. living          D. Difference

第三部分 阅读理解（共10小题,每小题1.5分; 满分15分）

阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中, 选出最佳选项。

A

36. If you want to have a guitar lesson, you may ________ .

A. call Susan at 7328059  B. surf the website:www.music.com.au

C. telephone Mr. White at 5132683      D. e-mail sdgt@yahoo.cn

37. Who is the owner of the lost dog?

   A. Mr. White        B. Larry      C. Susan   D. David

38. If you want the job as a taxi driver, you should ________.

A. master at least three languages B. know the city very well             

C. be an experienced driver         D. both B and C

39. Which information about the apartment is not mentioned in the table?

A. It has a beautiful view.    B. It has hot water in the daytime.

C. It has three floors.        D. It has a kitchen.

40. How can you contact the owner of the apartment for more information?

A. By sending an e-mail.      B. By going to visit it.

C. By making a phone call.       D. By sending a fax (传真).

B

Whenever the sun dropped and the blue sky came up, my father and I used to climb the mountain near my house. Walking together, my father and I used to have a lot of conversations through which I learned lessons from his experiences. He always told me, “You should have goals like climbing the mountain.” Without the mountain-climbing that we both enjoyed, we couldn’t have enough time to spend together because my father was very busy. I really got a lot from mountain-climbing. It gave me time to talk with my father and to be in deep thought as well as develop my patience (耐力).

Once we climbed a very high mountain. It was so challenging for me because I was only ten years old. During the first few hours of climbing, I enjoyed the flowers and trees, and the birds’ singing, but as time passed, I got a pain in both of my legs. I wanted to quit climbing. In fact, I hated it at that moment, but my father said to me, “You can always see a beautiful sky at the top of the mountain, but you can’t see it before you reach the top. Only there at the top, can you see all of the nice things, just like in life.”

At that time, I was too young to understand his words. But later after that, I got new hope and confidence (信心). I found myself standing at the top of the sky, which was as clear as crystal (水晶).

41. The passage tells us that mountain-climbing was ________ for Father and Son.

A. hard        B. enjoyable    C. painful        D. comfortable

42. The word “quit” in the passage means “________”.

A. carry on      B. put off       C. give up    D. pick up  

43. Which of the following is similar in meaning to the father’s words in the second paragraph?

A. You will get all you need at the top of the mountain.     

B. The sky is always as clear as crystal.      

   C. You can find life is full of nice things.

   D. Never give up half-way.

44. We can infer (推断) from the last paragraph that ________.

A. the writer was very successful in his life         

B. the writer didn’t reach the top of the mountain

C. though the writer was young, he could understand his father            D. the writer used to stop half-way when he climbed the mountain

45. The best title for the passage is“________”.

A. Reaching the Top of the Mountain B. Enjoy the Beautiful Views

   C. Conversations between Father and Son D. Father and I

四、任务型阅读 (共5小题，每小题2分； 满分10分)

阅读下面的短文，并完成短文后的任务。

Waste can be seen everywhere in the school. Some students ask for more food than they can eat and others often forget to turn off the lights when they leave the classroom. They say they can afford these things. But I don’t agree with them.

Waste can bring a lot of problems. Although China is rich in some resources (资源), we are short of others, for example, fresh water. It is reported that we will have no coal or oil to use in 100 years. So if we go on wasting our resources, what can we use in the future and where can we move? Think about it. (88) I think we should say no to the students who waste things every day. Everybody should stop wasting as soon as possible.

In our everyday life, we can do many things to prevent (阻止) waste from happening, for example, turn off the water taps when we finish washing, turn off the lights when we leave the classroom, try not to order more food than we need, and so on. Little by little, everything will be changed. (89) Waste can be stopped one day, if we do our best.

任务1：根据要求答题。(请注意问题后的词数要求)

46. List the wastes mentioned in the first passage: (within 15 words)

________________________________________________________

47. What problems can waste bring? (within 20 words)

(1)______________________________________________________

(2) _____________________________________________________

任务2：将短文中划线的句子翻译成汉语。

48. _____________________________________________________

49. _____________________________________________________

任务3：请给短文拟一个适当的标题：(within 5 words)                                 50._____________________________________________________

五、词汇（25’）

（一） 单词拼写（5’）

51.Studying in a foreign country is a different e__and you can learn a lot .

52.It's difficult to tell the  d______ between these two words .

53.Could you speak s______ ,Tom? I can't catch what you say .

54.Sleep is ________(必要的) to sleep .

55.The plane from Shanghai to Paris will ______(起飞)in an hour .

（二）任务型完形填空（10分）：用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空，每个单词限用一次，使短文通顺正确连贯，将答案填写在题后的横线上。(每空1分，共10分)

Young People in Britain

Life used to be fun for “teenagers”. They used to have money to spend, and free time to while away(消磨). They used to wear teenage clothes, and meet in teenage coffee bars and discos. Some of them still do. But for many young people, life is harder now.   56   are difficult to find. There’s not so much money around. Things are   57  , and it’s hard to find a place to live in. Teachers say that students work harder than they used to. They are less   58   in politics, and more interested in

  59  exams. They know that good exam results may bring them better jobs.

Most young people worry more about money than their parents did twenty years ago. They try

  60   less and save more. They want to be able to get homes of their own one day.

For some, the answer to unemployment(失业) is to leave home and look for jobs in one of Britain’s big   61  . Every day hundreds of young people arrive in London from other parts of Britain, looking for jobs. Some find jobs and stay.   62   don’t, and go home again, or join the unemployed(失业者) in London.

    When you read the newspapers and watch the news on television, it’s   63  to get the idea that British young people are all unemployed, angry and in trouble. But that’s not true. Three quarters of them do more or less what their parents did. They do their best at school, find some kinds of jobs in the end, and get   64  in their early twenties. They get on well with their parents, and enjoy their family life. After all, if they don’t, they  65   be British, will they?

六、写 作 (共1题，满分15分)

    六月六日是“全国爱眼日”。为此，某中学生英文报拟组织一次征文活动。请你结合生活实际写一篇题目为《如何保护眼睛》的征文稿，内容要点包括：

1、眼睛的重要性；

2、保护眼睛的措施：

（1）不要长时间看书报；

（2）不要在太强或者太弱的光线下看书；

（3）坚持做眼保健操；

     ……

注 意：词数：80～100；不要逐条翻译，可适当发挥。

How to Protect Our Eyes

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46. ask for more food，forget to turn off the lights 

(评分要求：要求列出要点，而且与参考答案的意思相近。)

47. (1) We’ll be short of resources.(fresh water, coal or oil.)

(2) We’ll have nothing to use and nowhere to move./What can we use in the future and where can we move?

(评分要求：只要学生写出任意两种即可得分。)

48. 我认为我们应该对那些天天浪费东西的学生说不。

(评分要求：要求在准确、全面的基础上，翻译成较为通顺的汉语，并表达出作者的思路，关键词语为say no to。)

49. 如果我们都尽力的话，将来有一天浪费就不会发生了。

(评分要求：要求在准确、全面的基础上，翻译成较为通顺的汉语，并表达出作者的思路，关键词为can be stopped one day。)

50. Stop wasting/No more wasting

(评分要求：根据与文章整体内容的相关程度酌情给分。)

51.experience  52. differences  53. slowly  54. necessary  55. take off

五、任务型完形填空 (每空1分，共10分)

56. Jobs  57. more expensive 58. interested  59. passing  60. to spend

61. cities  62.Others  63.easy  64. married  65. won’t

六：写作 (共1题，满分15分)

（一）One possible version：

How to Protect Our Eyes

  Eye is the window of our mind. We use our eyes to see everything around us. Without eyes, nothing is left beside you but darkness.

How to protect our eyes? It’s not right to keep your eyes working for a long time. You’d better not read in a strong or poor light. Don’t read in bed or on a moving bus. Remember to keep your books away from your eyes for about a foot and do eye-exercises every day. What’s more, a balanced diet is necessary.

Follow my advice and form a good habit. It’s time to say goodbye to thick glasses.