八年级英语期末测试题

『壹』 初二英语期末试卷

英语部分
Ⅲ.单项选择（15分）
( )21.He _____ when the UFO arrived.
A. was sleeping B. were sleeping C. has slept D. is asleep
( )22.I have been skating _______ nine o’clock.
A. for B. since C. at D. from
( )23.Would you mind ______ those old jeans?
A. don’t wear B. not to wear C. aren’t wearing D. not wearing
( )24.---He’s never been to an aquarium.
---_______.
A. Neither have I B. Neither do I C. I never too D. I don’t too
( )25.It’s really cold today, ______ ?
A. does it B. doesn’t it C. isn’t it D. is it
( )26._____ have you been swimming? For five years.
A. How many times B. How long C. How often D. How much
( )27.--Could you please _____ in the room?
--Oh, I’m sorry.
A. not smoking B. not smoke C. not to smoke D. don’t smoke
( )28.---Could we buy a piano, Jack?
---I’m afraid there ______ enough room for one in the house.
A. aren’t B. are C. isn’t D. is
( )29.I got home _____ they were having dinner.
A. as soon as B. while C. because D. after
( )30. We got mad ______ the team for losing the match.
A. at B. in C. on D. about
( )31.She _______ a lot of money on clothes.
A. takes B. costs C. spends D. buys
( )32.I will stay at home and read books if it _______ tomorrow.
A. is raining B. rains C. rain D. will rain
( )33.The teacher encourages her students _____ English as much as possible.
A. to speak B. speaking C. speak D. spoke
( )34.His father _____ to Nanjing. He _____ back next week.
has been, is B has been, will be C. has gone, is D. has gone, will be
( )35.The teacher said that they ______ hard-working students.
A. is B. are C. were D. was
Ⅳ.用所给词语的适当形式完成下列句子。（5分）
look through discover collect get over keep down
36.Do you know who ______ America?
37.He is in his bedroom and ______________ the newspapers for a job.
38.He is angry with me now. But he will understand me and _________it soon.
39.Her brother likes stamps and he __________ over a hundred stamps now.
40.We should ____________ our voice in public places.
Ⅴ.补全对话（10分）
( A )
A: What are you doing, Jenny?
B: 41.____________ I’m cleaning the house.
A: Do you often do it?
B: Sometimes when I’m free. 42.____________
A: Here it is. What will you do after you finishing the cleaning?
B: 43.____________
A: 44.____________ Let’s go swimming, shall we?
B: Sounds great.
A: Let me help you then. 45.__________
B: Thank you.
A. Nothing much. B. In this way you can finish the work sooner.
C. What bad weather! D. Can’t you see?
E. Can you see the book? F. It will be a pity to stay at home in such fine weather.
G. Could you please pass me the towel?
41._____ 42._____ 43._____ 44._____ 45._____
(B)用适当的词语补全下面对话。
A: Hello. May I 46.________________ Mr Brown.
B: Sorry, he isn’t in. He 47._______________ to France.
A: Well, then do you know 48._________________?
B: He said he would return in a month.
A: Oh, such a long time. 49._________ can I get in touch with him?
B: You may 50.________________.
A: What’s his telephone number?
B: It’s 00334760488532.
Ⅵ.句子翻译。（10分）
51.他们举办这场音乐会是为了给慈善事业筹集钱款。
They held the concert to __________________the charity.
52.他的父母非常高兴他们的儿子在学习上取得了很大的进步。
His parents are very happy that their son ____________________ in his study.
53.消防队员很快把火扑灭了。
The firefighters ______________ the fire soon.
54.你什么时候开始对集邮感兴趣了？
When did you begin to __________________collecting stamps?
55.如果你插队的话，其他人会不高兴的。
Other people won’t be happy ________________________.
56.我们班级三分之二的学生来自于南方。
_____________________________________________.
57.你们不应该违反学校规定。
__________________________________________.
58.他们俩当时都没有在家。
_____________________________________________.
59.你听说过这样一个人吗？
_______________________________________________？
60.你介意把电视声音调低吗？
_______________________________________?
Ⅶ.完形填空（10分）
Coke(可乐)is one of 61 drinks in the world. A lot of people enjoy 62__ it. But now people begin to believe that it’s not a good drink for health. There is lots of 63 in the coke. Having much sugar is 64 for people. And it also has some caffeine(咖啡因)in it. The caffeine can get people into the habit(习惯)of drinking more coke when they feel 65 . If they don’t drink coke they 66 bad. And 67 thing is some people can’t work or study 68 drinking several cups of coke every day. More and more people want to cut down the coke they drink and ask 69 help from the doctors. If you like drinking coke very much, I think you must have the Coke Habit. In fact drinking more fruit and vegetable juice is 70_ for you.
( )61.A. more popular B. most popular C. popular D. the most popular
( )62.A. drink B. drinking C. to drink D. drinks
( )63.A. salt B. pepper C. sugar D. juice
( )64.A. good B. well C. tired D. bad
( )65.A. hungry B. fine C. thirsty D. excited
( )66.A. will feel B. are feeling C. felt D. feel
( )67.A. bad B. worse C. the worst D. the worse
( )68.A. not B. without C. with D. after
( )69.A. to B. for C. on D. at
( )70.A. good B. well C. best D. better
Ⅷ.阅读理解（20分）
(A)阅读短文, 然后根据短文内容选择正确答案。
Passage 1
Birds live in trees. Squirrels（松鼠）live in trees. But did you know that some frogs（蛙）live in trees, too?
The tree frog is hard to find. It can change colors. On green leaves, it stays green. On a brown branch（树枝）, it turns brown. Some tree frogs can change from green to gold or blue.
Tree frogs have legs and wide feet. They have sticky pads（粘性的肉趾）at the ends of their toes. These sticky toe pads keep the tree frogs from falling. Tree frogs have different colors and markings（斑点）on their skins. Their eyes are different, too. Some have green eyes, and others have bright red ones.
The sound they make are different, too. One frog makes a sound like a dog barking. Another frog makes a loud noise like a snore（打鼾）. There is even a frog that whistles（吹口哨）!
( )71.These frogs are hard to find because ______.
A. they stay in trees B. they can change their colors
C. they have sticky pads D. they make surprising sounds
( )72.If the season is spring, the colors of tree frogs is _______.
A. gold B. brown C. green D. blue
( )73.The tree frogs can stay on trees because ______.
A. they have sticky pads B. they can change their colors
C. they are strong D. they are small
( )74.Which of the following sentences is right?
A. The tree frogs have different colors and feathers（羽毛）on their skins.
B. The tree frogs can’t make a loud noise like a snore.
C. We can easily tell tree leaves from tree frogs.
D. We may find tree frogs if we hear a sound like a snore in the forest.
( )75.The passage is mainly about ______.
A. the colors of a special frog B. the sound of a special frog
C. the eyes of a special frog D. a frog that is special
Passage 2
Most of the flowers in nature are red, orange and yellow. If we have seen a black flower, it’s chance in million.
People have made a survey of colors of more than four thousand kinds of flowers and found that only eight of them are black.
As we know, sunlight is formed (形成) by seven different colored lights. The wave length (波长) of each light is different, so the quantity (量) of heat in each light is also different. Flowers especially their petal (花瓣), are easy to be harmed (伤害) by high temperature.
Black flowers can take in all the light waves which cause the flowers to dry up in a high temperature. So black flowers can rarely (很少) survive (挺过) sunlight. But red flowers, orange flowers and yellow flowers can protect (保护) themselves from sunlight by reflecting (反射) the red light, orange light and yellow light, each of which has a large quantity of heat.
( )76.People can_______ see black flowers.
A. often B. never C. hardly ever D. always
( )77.The underlined word “ them” in the second paragraph refers to (指) ______.
A. a thousand B. colors C. flowers D. kinds
( )78.The passage mainly tells us that _______.
A. black flowers are too weak and it is difficult for them to grow up
B. there are only eight black flowers in nature
C. sunlight has seven different colored lights and the wave length of each is different
D. why it’s difficult for black flowers to grow
( )79.How do red flowers, orange flowers or yellow flowers protect themselves from sunlight?
A. By taking in the light. B. By reflecting the light.
C. By hiding themselves. D. By sleeping.
( )80.Which of the following ideas is NOT right?
A. The black flowers cannot protect themselves from the sunlight.
B. Red, orange and yellow flowers can also take in the light of all wave lengths.
C. People have found that only a few kinds of flowers are black.
D. Flowers are easy to be harmed by very high temperature.
(B) 阅读短文，然后根据短文内容填写表格或回答问题。
Passage 3
People live around the world. They like to have celebrations (庆祝活动). In China, people celebrate New Year. New Year is in January or February. They wear red clothes because red is the color that will bring joy. Chinese children get money in red envelopes for the new year. In Gambia (冈比亚), people celebrate Independence Day (独立日). It is in February. They wear bright clothes and play music at the celebration. In England, people celebrate May Day. May Day is in May. They wear pretty clothes to celebrate the coming spring. The children like to dance on this day. In America, people celebrate Thanksgiving Day (感恩节). It’s in November. They have a very big dinner with their families or friends. They eat turkeys and a lot of other delicious food. They have a long talk after dinner.
Celebrations Around the World
61._________ Celebrations Months Clothes
China New Year January or February 62._________
Gambia 63.__________ February bright clothes
64._________ May Day May pretty clothes
America Thanksgiving Day 65.________
Passage 4
Are you interested in Helmut Newton and John Pilger? Do you want to learn more about their painting? Come to Barbican Gallery (画廊)!
Barbican Gallery
Open Mon, Thu- Sat 10am- 6 pm (Helmut Newton );
Tue, Wed, Sun 10am- 9pm ( John Pilger )
Tickets Alts ( 成人 )￥7 Students, young people 12-17, over 60s ￥5
Disabled people with companion ￥ 3.5 Under 12 free
Barbican Card discount (折扣) 20% off full price tickets
Group Bookings Can be made through the Groups line 7382 7211
Alt groups of 10 or more ￥6 each
School and full time student groups of 10 or more ￥2 each.
86.When may you go to Barbican Gallery to see the paintings on Tuesday?
_____________________________________.
87.Does a child under twelve need to pay any money to see the paintings?
________________________.
88.Whose paintings can you see if you go to the gallery on Saturday?
______________________.
89.What telephone number can you call if you want to book tickets?
____________________________________________.
90.How much should you pay if you want to buy tickets for group of ten students??
___________________________.

Ⅸ.书面表达（10分）
有些同学不喜欢英语，觉得学习英语不重要。你不这样认为，你认为学习英语很重要。英语是世界上使用最广泛的(is the most widely used），世界上四分之三的书籍和报纸是用英语写的，互联网上的信息(information)比四分之三还多的是用英语。并谈一谈你是怎样学习英语的。