八年级英语期末试卷

二.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. does n’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.

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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.

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A. to speak

B. speaking

C.

speak D. spoke

( )34.His father _____ to Nanjing. He _____ back next week.

A. 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

三、完形填空（共10小题，计10分）

One night a young American doctor was sleeping at home when his doorbell began to ring. When he o pened the door he saw a man 36 outside. “Excuse me, Doctor,”said the man. “Can you come

at once to a place out of town. It’s quite fa r but you have a car and I can 37 you the wa y”

“Certainly,” said the doctor, “I’m ready. I’ll come soon.” 38 a few minutes, the car came. The man got into the car and they 39 off.

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They drove for a 40 time, and then the man sai d, “Here we are. This is my home. Now I can pa y you and you can go 41 to town.”

“But I must 42 the patient,”

the doctor said. “Where’s the patient?”

“There’s 43 patient,”

answered the man. “Nobody is ill. I live here, y ou see, and I must 44home from the town. There are no taxis at this time of the night. Here’s the money for you. Thank you, doctor. Good 45

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( )36. A. listening B. standing C. sitting D. watching

( )37. A. take B. pass C. see

D. show

( )38. A. After B. For C. In

D. With

( )39. A. drove B. left C. got

D. went

( )40. A. short B. long C. hard

D. late

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( )41. A. away B. quickly C. back

D. slowly

( )42. A. watcB. look for C. see

D. know

( )43. A. my B. no C. a D . your

( )44. A. go B. lose C. find

D. ask

( )45.A. evening B. night C. idea

D. for you

四、阅读理解（共20小题，计30分）

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For many people the subject of hiccups (嗝) is a joke, but for Harry Mendes, a fifteen-year-old schoolboy from Birmingham, it was something quite different.

His hiccups began one Sunday lunch time and continued day and night for two weeks. After the first week, Harry's parents took him to hospital, but it took another week for the doctors to cure his attack.

Harry, who is now back at school, described what happened to him.

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“When I began to hiccup, I drank a glass of water but that didn't do any good. That evening I had hiccups every four seconds. We tried everything to stop them. I held my breath and drank cold drinks. My father even tried to give me a shock but that didn't work either.”

After a week of sleepless nights, he went to hospital. The doctors took an X-ray of his chest but they couldn't find anything wrong.

“They gave me some medicin e and my hiccups slowed down, but it was another week before the medicine worked completely and my hiccups stopped.”

Harry was very lucky. The world record holder is the American farmer Charles Osborne, who hiccupped for sixty-eight years. He stopped in 1990 at last, but nobody knows why.

（）46.Harry's hiccups lasted ____.

A. a week

B. fourteen days

C. twenty-eight days

D. one month （）47.His hiccups started after he ____.

A. drank a glass of water

B. went to hospital

C. ate an Indian meal

D. finished his homework

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（）48.His parents decided to take him to hospital when he ____.

A. hiccupped for four seconds

B. held his breath

C. hiccupped at night

D. couldn't stop hiccupping

（）49.His hiccups completely stopped one week after the doctor ____.

A. gave him some medicine

B. took an X-ray of his chest

C.gave him a shock

D. let him drink cold drinks

（）50.What does “shock” in this passage me an？

A.震惊

B. 休克

C. 喷嚏

D. 哈欠

BCome and see the Indian elephants and the new tigers from America. The bears are waiting to meet you, and the monkeys from China are waiting to throw things at you. The lovely dogs from Australia are waiting to laugh at you, and the giraffes from Zambia are waiting to look down on you.

Tickets

Grown-ups：＄2.00

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Children：Over 12 ＄ 1.00 Under 12 Free

Opening time 9:00 a.m.— 4:00 p.m.

Except Friday 10:00 a.m. — 3 :00 p.m.

Keep the zoo clean！

Do not touch，give food or go near the animals.

（）51.How many kinds of animals are talked about in the passage？

A. Four

B. Five

C. Six.

D. Seven. （）52.Now Mr. Smith is in the zoo with his two sons, one aged 14 and the other 10, how much are the tickets together？

A. $4.00

B. $2.00

C. $3.00

D. $1.00

（）53.Which of the following is the visiting time？

A. 8:30 a.m. Monday

B. 9:30 a.m. Friday

C.3:00 p.m. Sunday

D. 5:00 p.m. Tuesday

（）54.From the passage we can guess the animal “giraffe” must be very _______.

A. fat

B. long

C. strong

D. tall （）55.Which of the following can we do in the zoo？

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A. To give some food to the dogs.

B. To touch the monkey on the head.

C. To throw things

everywhere.

D. To take a few nice photos.

C

Yang Liwei circled the earth 14 times in 21 hours on October 15 and 16, 2003, landing on the grasslands of Inner Mongolia. Looking a little tired, Yang stepped out of Shenzhou V, smiling and waving at the waiting people. “I feel very good.” Yang said to Premier Wen Jiabao on the phone. Yang said to a newspaper, “For our motherland and me, this is a great moment.”

China’s launch of Shenzhou V shows a higher starting point. It has two special systems（系统） to protect the spaceman, but neither Russian rockets（火箭）nor American ones have. Yang didn’t know that he was chosen as China’s first spaceman until just before the launch. Although Yang was excited at the news, he still slept at 8p.m. as usual and was woken up at 8p.m. the next morning. Before the launch, Yang ate Chinese traditional food-dumplings. We all know that travelers usually eat them before going on a journey for good luck.

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A stamp Success of China First Manned Space Flight was issued （发行）on October 16, 2003, making China the third country to send a spaceman into outer space.

( )56. It took Yang Liwei_____ to travel around the earth every circle.

A. 6 hours

B. 90 minutes

C. 2 days

D.

21 hours

( )57. How did Yang Liwei feel after he came back to the earth?

A. Quite tired.

B. A little scared.

C. Tired but excited.

D. A little nervous

( )58. Which of the following statement is right?

A. There is no difference between China’s spaceship and other countries.

B. Yang Liwei knew he would be China’s first spaceman long before.

C. From the news, Yang Liwei was too excited to fall asleep.

D. Yang was proud of the flight.

( )59. What does the underlined word “launch” mean?

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A. 发射

B. 出发

C. 制

造 D. 设计

( )60. China issued the stamps to _________.

A. leave them in space

B. give them to Yang Liwei as a reward

C. celebrate the success

D. give them to Russian and American spacemen.

D

Experts(专家) say that students usually need eight to ten hours’ sleep at night, but most Chinese students do not get enough sleep. Some Chinese parents are usually glad to see their children studying late. They will think their children work very hard, but not all parents are happy about this. Once a mother told us that every morning her 10-year-old boy put up one finger (手指) with his eyes still closed, begging(请求) for one more minute to sleep. Like thousands of students “ early birds” in China, he has to get up before six every morning.

A report shows that without a good night’s sleep, students seem to be weaker (虚弱) than they should be. Many students have fallen asleep during class at one time or another. Too much homework is not the only reason why students stay up

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late. Some watch TV or play the computer games late into the night.

Experts have ever said that the students should develop good study habits. So some clever students never study late, they are able to work well in class.

( ) 61. The 10-year-old boy begged for more minute to sleep because__________.

A. he didn’t have enough sleep

B. it wasn’t time fo r him to get up

C. he didn’t want to go to school

D. he wanted his mother to wake him up

( )62. In this passage we know if students don’t get enough sleep, they may________.

A. become too weak to sleep

B. not work well in class

C. go to bed early

D. be weak in English

( )63. In this passage “early birds” means “persons who ______________”

A. get up early

B. get up late

C. sleep less

D. don’t want to sleep

( )64. “Stay up late” here means “_____________”

A.study late

B. watch TV late

C. not go to bed until late

D. stay outside

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( )65. According to the passage, which of the following is right?_________

A. If you want to study better, you must work hard at night.

B. Sleeping less means working hard.

C. Some clever students are able to work well in class because they have good study habits.

D. Students don’t have enough sleep because they have lots of homework to do.

第二卷笔试部分（共35分）

五、首字母填空（共5小题，计5分）

66.I want to travel, e______________to English-speaking countries.

67.Keeping p__________, such as dogs and cats is more and more popular among young and old.

68.Have you ever h_______________ of the interesting story?

69.Would you m_______________ turning down the music?

70.He has been c________________ stamps for five years.

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六、短文选词填空（共10小题，计10分）

But、become、 go、 and、wok 、meet、 wake、watch 、copy、wear 、lie、do

Mr Beckman 71 in a company for nearly twenty years. His job is 72 all the documents the manger writes. His office is on the first floor and the light in it is always poor unless it’s fine. So his sight 73 shorter several years ago. He has to wear a pair of glasses when he’s working. Of course, it brought him a lot of trouble. He can’t see anything clearly without glasses. Sometimes he can’t recognize his wife when they 74 with each other in the street.

The man looked tired this evening. After supper he 75 to bed while his family 76 TV. Mr s. Beckman didn’t turn off the television until the interesting TV play was over. She came into their bedroom in the dark at half past ten. As soon as she 77__ down, there was a great noise under the bed. She understood a mouse came in again. She jumped off and had to turn on the light and tried to beat it with a stick. She made some noise and it made her husband 78 up.

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“You have never worn glasses when you were sleeping before,” the woman said in surprise. “But why___you ____79_ them this time?”

“Well,dear,” said the man. “I had a lot of dreams last night. I saw my late parents, but I couldn’t see them clearly. So I have 80 so!”

71.__________ 72.___________ 73.____________ 74.____ ________ 75.___________

76.____________ 77.____________ 78. ____________ 79.

______________ 80.___________

七.任务型阅读（共5小题，5分）

Fred,a young man of twenty-five, was an able worker. He worked in this factory since he finished middle school six years ago.

(3)At first he spent much time in studying all machines in his workplace and learned to repair them. His boss Mr dick liked the clever young man and paid him more than any other worker. Four years later the young man got into the habit of (养成……习惯)drinking and was often drink. He couldn’t go to work on time and didn’t work so hard as before. Sometimes he slept when he was on duty. It made Mr Dick angry and told him not to drink. He agreed but soon forgot it. His friend Henry often helped him and tried to stop him drinking, but he failed. And

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one afternoon something was wrong with an expensive machine. The workplace had to stop working. Fred was found in a bar(酒吧)but he was drunk. He broke the machine when repairing it. Henry had to take him home. The next morning, as soon as he got up, the telephone rang and Henry said,“Two pieces of news for you, Fred. One piece is good and the other is bad.” “Tell me the good one first, please,”said Fred.

“(4)You’ll be given double pay next month.”

“Oh, wonderful!” called out Fred.

“Mr Dick told me to take your place.”

任务一：根据短文内容回答下面的问题。

1.Why did Mr Dick pay Fred more than any other worker?

__________________________________________________________ _________________

2.Why was Mr Dick angry with Fred later?

__________________________________________________________ __________________

任务二：将文中的划线句子翻译成汉语

3.________________________________________________________ _____________________

4.___________________________________ __________________________________________

任务三：What’s the main idea of this passage?

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__________________________________________________________ _____________________

八.书面表达（15分）

你打算参加中学生英语演讲比赛，你打算谈谈“为什么得学英语？” 用下面所提示的观点写一篇字数为60-80的发言稿

1. China’s Opening-up Policy(开放政策)encourages more people to learn English.

2. China’s entry into WTO encourages more people to learn English.

3. Beijing’s successful bid for the 2008 Olympic Games encourages more people to learn English.

__________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________

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__________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ ____________________________________

八年级英语检测题参考答案及听力材料

期末测试

一、听力部分（每小题1分，共20分）

1-5 BBAAC 6-10 ABCAB 11-15 CCCCB 16-20 BAACB

二、单选. 21-25ABDAC 26-30BBCBA 31-35CBADC

三、完型填空（每小题1分，共10分）

36-40 BDCDB 41-45 CCBAB

四、阅读理解（每小题2分，共40分）

46-50 BCDAA 51-55 CCCDD

56-60 BCDAC 61-65 ABACC

五、首字母填空66.especially 67.pets 68.heard 69.mind

70.collecting

六、短文选词填空71.has worked 72.to

copy 73.became 74.meet 75.went 76.were

watching y 78. wake 79.are wearing 80.to do

七、对话填空81D 82G 83A 84F 85B

八、书面表达（10分）One possible version:

English is one of the most important languages in the world. It’s used as an international language, and used widely as

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a foreign language in many other countries of the world. China’s Opening-up Policy, China’s entry into WTO and Beijing’s successful bid for the 2008 Olympic Games encourage more people to learn English. Now millions of Chinese are busy learning English. As a student, I’ll do my best to learn English well. I have to do more listening, speaking, reading and writing. I am going to work hard at it and help with Beijing Olympic Games.

附：听力材料

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