八年级下册英语期末测试卷
知识比钱更挑剔，知识的流动比钱更偶然更深层，有质量的知识都是整体流动的。下面给大家分享一些关于八年级下册英语期末测试卷，希望对大家有所帮助。
Ⅴ. 单项填空(每小题1分, 共15分)
21. Jane is 16-year-old high school student in United States.
A. a, the B. the, a C. a, / D. an, the
22. —I think dragons are the of China. Do you think so?
—I agree withyou.
A. situation B. symbol C. promise D. shape
23. —Are all the students from in your class?
—No, there areonly 3 in our class. The others are from other countries.
A. Germany, Germen B. Germany, Germans
C. German, Germans D. German, Germany
24. My time in the middle school was one of periods of my life.
A. exciting B. more exciting
C. the moreexciting D. the most exciting
25. Bob isalways polite to everyone, and he is lovely all of us like him very much.
A. too, to B. neither, nor C. so,that D. such, that
26. —What would you like, tea or coffee?
—, thanks. I just prefer a glass of water.
A. Both B. Neither C. Either D. So
27. Come on, baby. We have already done of the work.
A. two three B. two third C. twothirds D. second three
28. —My cousin has a sore throat.
—She’d better.
A. drink waterwith honey B. seea dentist
C. take ashower D. get an X-ray
29. —Come here, I’ll tell you about your study.
—OK, we’recoming.
A. anythingimportant B. something important
C. importantanything D.important something
30. The less junk food you eat, you will be.
A. thehealthier B. healthier C. more healthy D. less healthy
31. Mr. Brown his hometown since he the army.
A. has left, joined B. has beenaway from, has joined
C. has beenaway from, joined D. left,joined
32. Qomolangma is about 8, 844 meters high. It is mountain in the world.
A. highest B. the highest C. higher D.the higher
33. — my surprise, Jin Ming was chosen into our school footballteam.
—Congratulations. He did well playing football when he was very young. I hope he’ll be the bestplayer in our school.
A. To, of B. At, at C. To, in D. In, about
34. —Mom, can I do much work in a short time?
—Dear, I thinkyou can.
A. so, so B. such, soC. so, such D. such, such
35. —At what age did you leave home?
—I left home at18, Neil. I your city for five years.
A. have been in B. have been to
C. have gone to D. have come to
Ⅵ. 完形填空(每小题1分, 共10分)
Sally iseighty-six years old. She has no sons36daughters. Her husband died ten years ago. But shedidn’t move into a nursing home. She would like to 37herself every day.
Every night she spends two hours38kids with math. All kids living on her street canget her help without payment(报酬). She was a famous math 39before she retired(退休) from a middle school.
She gets upearly in the morning, then does sports, goes shopping or helps cleaners40__the street. And she does these happily.
When the kidscome for help, she is always41and tries her best. People asked her__42. She said, “I love it. It makes me happy to helpthem. ”
She is alwayshappy every day and always says hello to people around her43a smile.
“ I 44to love everything around me. So I’m happy to dosomething. I’m thankful for those kids who come to me for help. Each kid is my 45. I love each day to help them, ” she said.
36. A. and B. or C. but D. so
37. A. look like B. look at C. look after D. look for
38. A. helping B.working C. studying D.teaching
39. A. teacher B.nurse C. worker D. cleaner
40. A. do B.run C. sweep D. play
41. A. awful B.happy C. tired D. boring
42. A. why B. where C. when D. how
43. A. for B. on C. in D. with
44. A. have decided B.decides C. haven’t decided D. hate
45. A. example B. gift C. teacher D. helper
Ⅶ. 阅读理解(每小题2分, 共30分)
A
Mary is anAfrican elephant. Now she is 16 years old. She lives in the zoo. Mary hasproduced more than 50 drawings since last year. She has made over $2, 500 forthe zoo. Zoo leaders said Mary first showed the art ability (能力) about 4 years ago. Zoo workers watched her makethe marks (痕迹) in the sand with her trunk (象鼻). She rubbed out (抹去) the marks, then made the new ones. The zooworkers gave her brushes and paints. Soon Mary was drawing pictures. Newspaperreporters wrote about Mary, and then people went to buy her pictures. And inthis way she made a lot of money for the zoo by drawing.
This is howMary does the drawing. A zoo worker holds different color paints and Marytouches the colors she wants. Then the worker gives her chosen color to thebrushes in her trunk and Mary begins to paint.
46. Mary is .
A. a girl B. azoo worker C. a zoo leader D. anelephant from Africa
47. She has made over for the zoo.
A. $50 B.$2, 500 C. $16 D. $4
48. Mary first learned to draw pictures .
A. when she was4 years old B. to make money
C. in the sandwith her trunk D. when she was 16 years old
49. wrote about Mary, and then people went to buy herpictures.
A. Newspaperreporters B. A magazine
C. A historytextbook D. An advertisement
50. Mary rubbed out the marks she had made in order to .
A. please thevisitors B. make other ones
C. ask for morebrushes and paints D. clean her trunk
B
Sixteen yearsago a boy gave me an important gift. It was a smile.
It was theearly autumn of my first year at a middle school, and my old school was faraway. As a result, no one knew who I was. I was very lonely, and afraid tospeak to anyone.
Every time Iheard the other students talking and laughing, I felt my heart break. Icouldn’t talk with anyone about my problems.
Then one day, whenmy classmates were talking happily with their friends, I was sitting at my deskunhappily as usual. At that moment, a boy entered the classroom. I didn’t knowwho he was. He passed by me and then turned back. He looked at me, with a smile.
Suddenly, Ifelt the touch of something bright and friendly. It made me feel happy and warm.That smile changed my life. I started to talk with other students and makefriends. Day by day, I became closer to everyone in my class. The boy with thelucky smile has become my best friend.
One day I askedhim why he had smiled, but he couldn’t remember doing so!
It doesn’t matter because all the dark days have gone. I believe that theworld is what you think it is. If you think it is lonely, you might always bealone. So smile at the world and it will smile back.
51. When did the writer get the gift?
A. At the ageof 16.
B. After makingfriends with the boy.
C. In the firstyear at a middle school.
D. Afterbecoming closer to everyone in the class.
52. Why was the smile an important gift?
A. Because thewriter’s old school was far away.
B. Because thewriter didn’t know who the boy was.
C. Because thesmile didn’t mean anything to the boy.
D. Because thewriter felt lonely and had no friends and it made her feel happy and warm.
53. Why didn’t the writer talk to anyone in her new school about herproblems?
A. Because shewas always unhappy.
B. Because shedidn’t know anyone at that time.
C. Because shewas in the first year at the junior high school.
D. Because shedidn’t want her parents to worry about her.
54. How did the smile change her life?
A. She startedto make friends.
B. She becamethe best friend of the boy.
C. Her parentsdidn’t worry about her any more.
D. She realizedthat she was lonely.
55. Where does she now think her feeling of unhappiness came from?
A. From her oldschool. B. From her parents.
C. From herself. D. From herclassmates at the new school.
C
When he wassmall, Hill was a famous bad boy.
At the age of 9,his father married his stepmother. At that time they were poor in thecountryside while his stepmother was from a wealthy family.
His fatherintroduced Hill to his stepmother as he said, “Dear, I hope you notice in theentire shire this is the worst boy, who has made me have no other way. Maybebefore tomorrow morning he will throw a stone at you, or do a bad thing youwill never imagine. ”
To Hill’ssurprise, his stepmother went up to him with a smile, held up his head andlooked at him carefully. She then turned around to tell her husband, “You’rewrong. He is not the worst boy in the entire shire, but the cleverest andcreative boy. Only he doesn’t find a place to show himself. ”
Hisstepmother’s words warmed his heart, his eyes full of tears. With this, hestarted building friendship with his stepmother. And this became the drive ofhis life, making him create 28 successful golden rules, which helped tens ofthousands of ordinary people walk on the road to success.
Before hisstepmother came, no one praised (赞扬) him, and his father and neighbors considered himas a bad boy. However, his stepmother’s words changed his life.
When Hill was14 years old, his stepmother bought him a used typewriter(打字机) and said to him, “I believe you will become awriter. ” Hill accepted his stepmother’s gift and expectation(期待), and started writing things to a local newspaper.He understood his stepmother’s strong feeling of interest in his family whilehe saw with his own eyes she had changed his family. Therefore, he would do aswell as she expected him to.
The strengthfrom his stepmother made him a rich man and famous writer in the United Statesand one of the most important persons in the 20th century.
Praise willnever be unnecessary, especially for children. A sincere (真诚的) praise may be better than 10, 000 bad words.
56. What did people think of Hill before the age of nine?
A. Clever. B. Creative. C. Unfriendly. D. Foolish.
57. Hill started making friends with his stepmother after she .
A. smiled athim B. looked at him carefully
C. said goodwords about him D. saidbad words about him
58. Which of the following is wrong about Hill?
A. He acceptedhis stepmother’s typewriter.
B. He failed todo as he was expected.
C. He startedwriting to a local newspaper.
D. Heunderstood his stepmother.
59. The writer is most probably an expert of.
A. housebuilding B. diet C. news writing D. education
60. The passage was written mainly to tell us that .
A. childrenshould be praised B. Hill’s father married again
C. Hill’sstepmother was kind to him D. Hill’sfather was cruel to him
Ⅷ. 根据短文内容回答问题(每小题2分, 共10分)
It was a darkand cold night. The taxi driver didn’t have even one passenger all day. When hewent by the railway station, he saw a young mancoming out with two bags in his hands. So he quickly opened the door of thecar and asked, “Where do you want to go, sir?” “To Star hotel, ”the young mananswered. When the taxi driver heard this, he didn’t feel happy any more. Heknew the young man could give him only three dollars because the hotel was notfar from the railway station. But suddenly, he had an idea. He took thepassenger through many streets of the big city.
After a longtime, the car arrived at the hotel at last. “You should pay me fifteen dollars,”the driver said to the young man. “What? Fifteen dollars! Do you think I’m afool? Only last week, I took a taxi from the railway station to this same hoteland I only gave the driver thirteen dollars. I know how much I have to pay forthe trip. I won’t pay you one dollar more than I paid to the other taxi driverlast week. ”
61. How did the taxi driver feel when he knew where the young man wanted togo?
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62. Did the first taxi driver cheat the young man?
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63. How much did the young man want to pay?
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64. What do you think of the two taxi drivers?
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65. 将文中的画线部分翻译成汉语。
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Ⅸ. 补全对话(每小题2分, 共10分)
Emma: What are you doing, Li Lin?
Li Lin: 66
Emma: I have read it before. What do you think of the story?
Li Lin: 67Yu Gong found a good way to deal with his problem.
Emma: Really?68It seems impossible to move a mountain.
Li Lin: But the story is trying to show us that anything is possible if youwork hard. Yu Gong kept trying and didn’t give up.
Emma: 69I think we should try to find other ways to deal with a problem.
Li Lin: But what could Yu Gong do except moving the mountains?
Emma: He could build a road. 70
Li Lin: We have different opinions about the story. There’re many sides toa story and many ways to understand it.
Emma: Yes, that’s right.
A. Don’t you think it’s a little silly?
B. I’m reading a book called Yu Gong Movesa Mountain.
C. That’s better and faster than moving a mountain.
D. In my opinion, it’s really interesting.
E. Do you prefer to read stories?
F. I still don’t agree with you.
G. How about you?
Ⅹ. 根据首字母或汉语提示完成句子(每小题1分, 共5分)
71. The old man died of i.
72. The girl comes from France, so she can speak F.
73. I bought a c last week. I have taken a lot of photos.
74. We must (保护) animals; they are our friends.
75. He was one of the greatest Chinese writers of the 20th (世纪).
Ⅺ. 根据汉语意思完成句子(每小题2分, 共10分)
76. 为什么你不给她买一件连衣裙呢?
Why you a dress?
77. 英国的天气全年都很温暖。
The weather inBritain is warm.
78. 你把这个故事介绍给你的朋友了吗?
Have you the storyyour friends?
79. 我从来没有去过水上公园。
I’ve a water park.
80. 在这个学校里他是最受欢迎的老师之一。
He is one of teachers in the school.
Ⅻ. 书面表达(共10分)
假设你是张杰, Jack是你远在美国的网友, 请给他写一封e-mail谈谈近况。词数60~80, 开头和结尾已经给出。要点如下:
1. 最近已经读完了《汤姆·索亚历险记》, 很有趣;
2. 和父母关系紧张, 很难沟通;
3. 想了解美国的神话故事;
4. 有什么建议可以帮助你;
5. 请补充一点相关内容。
参考词汇:communicate 交流;The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (《汤姆·索亚历险记》); fairy story 神话故事
Dear Jack,
How is it going? Good to hear from you.
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________
Write back soon.
Yours,
Zhang Jie
答案：
Ⅴ. 21. A22. B23. B24. D25. C26. B27. C28. A29. B30. A31. C32. B33. C34. C35. A
Ⅵ. 36. B37. C38. A39. A40. C41. B42. A43. D44. A45. B
Ⅶ. 46. D47. B48. C49. A50. B51. C52. D53. B54. A55. C56. C57. C58. B 59. D60. A
Ⅷ. 61. Unhappy. 62. Yes, he did. 63. Thirteen dollars. 64. Dishonest. /They are not honest. 65. 他看见一个年轻人拎着两个袋子走出来。
Ⅸ. 66. B67. D68. A69. F70. C
Ⅹ. 71. illness72. French73. camera74. protect 75. century
Ⅺ. 76. don’t,buy her77. all year round78. introduced, to79. never been to80. the most popular
Ⅻ. Dear Jack,
How is it going? Good to hear from you.
I have finished reading a famous novel TheAdventures of Tom Sawyer these days. The characters are sofunny. I’m very interested in fairy stories of America. Could you please helpme buy some books? And I’m having another problem. I find it’s more and moredifficult to communicate with my parents. Do you have the similar problems?Could you please help me with that? I’m looking forward to hearing from you.
Write back soon.
Yours,
Zhang Jie
附:听力材料
Ⅰ. 1. My favorite animals are pandas.
2. I have read a famous story called Journeyto the West.
3. This is my pet dog.
4. I have been to the Great Wall.
5. The Yangtze River is the longest river in China.
Ⅱ. 6. Could you please sweep the floor?
7. What’s the matter with you?
8. Have you read Robinson Crusoe?
9. Why are you selling this computer?
10. What were you doing when I called you last night?
Ⅲ. 11. W:You look so nervous, Jack. What’s wrong?
M:I can’t find the key to my bike.
12. W:How about playing tennis after school, Henry?
M:I’d love to, but I have to take piano lessons.
13. W:Get up, or you will be late for school.
M:But today is Saturday, Mom.
14. W:Excuse me, how much is the smart phone?
M:It is usually 800 yuan. But today it’s at half price.
15. W:Have you ever been to the new amusement park, John?
M:No. Where is it?
W:It’s on Beijing Road. You know, it’s near the bridge.
Ⅳ. Long longago, there was a poor man living in the mountains. He planted an orange tree infront of his house. He took good care of it. In autumn there were many fineoranges on the tree. One of them was very very big——as big as a football. Thepoor man was very happy. He took it to the king. The king was so happy that hegave the poor man a lot of money for it. When a rich man heard of it, he saidto himself, “It’s only an orange. Why did the king give the poor man so muchmoney? I’ll take my gold cup to the king. I’m sure he’ll give me more money. ”
The next day when the king got the gold cup, he said to the rich man, “Whata beautiful cup! I’ll give you something wonderful. Please take this greatorange away. ”
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