8下期末测试题

人教版八年级下英语期末考试试题

、单项选择:

( )1. Mo Yan is one of _________ most popular writers in the world. He was ______ honest boy

when he was child. A. a; a

B. a; an

C. the; a

D. the; an ( ) 2.1 ' m a teenager and I play with soft toys _____________ .

A. no Ion ger; /

B. no; Ion ger

C. / ; no Ion ger

D. no; any Ion ger

( ) 3. ---How long _______ your uncle __________ t his personal computer ?

---Since ten years ago. He wants to buy a new one. A. have; had B. has; bought C. have ; bought D. has; had

( ) 4. Hurry up! The pia no con cert ______________ for five minu tes.

A. had beg un

B. has bee n on

C. has begu n

D. bega n

( ) 5. --- Long time no see your father! Where has he _______________ ?

---He has ___________ Beiji ng for a mon th. He ' ll be back n ext week.

A. bee n; bee n in

B. gone; bee n

C. bee n; bee n to

D. gone; gone to

( ) 6. My mother used to ______ he song “ Where ' s time going? ”

. Now stbe is used. A. hati ng; liste n B. hated; liste ned to C. hate; liste ning to D. hat ing; liste ning

( ) 7. The cleaner in Zhengzhou said, ________ “ things we do, _____________ environment

we ' ll have ” B. The more; the better C. Fewer ; The less D. The fewer; better

't need to move the mountains. He could think of ways to solve his

A. other

B. ano ther

C. others

D. else

't here, He with his family

home in England .

B. has bee n

C.has gone back

D.have gone 10. Kate was ill last week . But she is _________ to go to school today. A. good eno ugh B.e no ugh well C.well eno ugh D.eno ugh good

( ) 11. I have never read ________________ book that I can ' t put it down .

A. such an excelle nt

B. a such excelle nt

C. such excelle nt a

D. so an excelle nt

( ) 12. My headteacher saw her _____ up some rubbish while he _______ by .

A.pick;was pass ing

B.pick ing; was pass ing

C.was pick in g;was pass ing

D.pick ing; passed ( ) 13. “ How

long will you this book? ” said the librarian.

A. borrow

B. buy

C. keep

D. have

( ) 14. --- Could you please help me ____________ t he exercise books to the class?

---No problem.

A. take out

B. give out

C.work out

D. put out

( )15. I'm new here. Could you please tell me ________ ?

A. what is the buildi ng used for

B. whe n does the first class begi n

C. where is the dining hall

D. how many classes our school has

二、完形填空(15分)

Long long ago, there was a swan (天鹅)with golden feathers (金羽毛) .She lived in a lake. A woma n lived in a small house n ear the lake 1 _____ her two daughters. They were very poor. They worked hard all year round, but still, they lived a 2 ___ life and sometim es they even didn ' t

have eno ugh money to buy food.

The swan was sad to see that. She said to 3 ____ ,

"I ' II give one of my feathers to them each day,

A. More; better 8. Yu Go ng

didn problem .

9. Mr Green isn

A. have bee n

then they can live a happy life with the money selling my feathers. ” tShtafeevening, she flew poor woman ' s house and _____ a golden feather on the table without saying anything .From

then on, the swam came every day and gave them a feather. The woma n was very happy

5 _____ their life was much better tha n before.

But day after day, the woman became greedy (贪婪).She said to her 6 ____ ."The swan may fly

away one day. If so, we will be poor aga in. We should take all her feathers whe n she comes next time."

“Oh, no, Mom! ” cried the daughters, “This7will the swan. She helps us a lot ! ” But the

moth er wouldn lis t n. When the swan came as 8 _______ , the mother caught her and took all her

feathers. But suddenly, the golden feathers 9 ______ chicken feathers.

The n ,the Golde n Swan said, “ Poor Mother, I came to help you, but you wan ted to kill me.

Now, I am leaving and will never come back . Never be greedy! ” With these _______ , the swan

flew away.

( )1. A. for B. with C.without D. on

( )2. A. hard B.good C.happy D. easy

( )3. A. her B. herself C. them D. myself

( )4. A. gave B. brought C. returned D. left

( )5. A. because B. while C. after D. uni ess

( )6. A. sons B. husband C. daughters D. sister

( )7. A. hurt B. save C. protect D. refuse

( )8. A. gen eral B. usual C. no rmal D. com mon

( )9. A. heard of

B. looked for

C.cha nged into

D. came from

( )10. A. letters B. words C. thoughts D. Sentences

、阅读理解（40分）

A

If you have no special pla ns for your holidays, why not spe nd your time help ing others?

Don' t liste n to people who say the young people today ofte n think only of themselves. It not true at all. More and more people in the USA volunteer to spend their school holidays working for others. And they don ' t do it for money. Here are some of thei r stories.

Alice Hamilto n, 17

I ' m going to help the Forest Centre build new hiking paths in the mountains. It ' s goin terrific ——I ' ll spend the whole summer living in the tent and breathing the clean mountain air. I going to sleep under the stars. It ' ll be a nice sport, and I ' ll be able to do something good at th same time.

Jason Moore,18

This summer, I ' m going to volunteer with Special House Program. They build good, low-cost houses and sell them to families that are not very rich. They ' ll teach me what to do, so I

people and also have a cha nee to lear n how to build houses.

Trish An derso n, 16

I ' m going to teach kids who have trouble reading. I ' ll work for a program called Reading For Life. Every d ay, I ' moing to help kids choose and read books that they like. I want to be a teacher and I love childre n and readi ng, so this is going to be a great experie nee for me.

( )1. Young people in the USA volun teer to spe nd __ help ing others.

A. school holidays

B. Weekdays

C. every morni ng

D. every after noon

( )2. What does Alice volun teer to do in summer?

A. To breathe the clean mountain air

B. To spend the whole summer living in the tent

C. To sleep un der the stars

D. To help build new hik ing paths in the mountain

( )3. From the passage, we know that Special House Program helps .

A. childre n in poor families

B. workers who build houses

C. poor families can ' t afford houses

D. build hiking paths

( )4. _____ wants to be a teacher.

A. Alice Hamilt on

B. Jas on Moore

C. Trish An ders on

D. none of them

( )5. Which is the most possible title for this passage?

A. Readi ng for life

B. A Special House Program

C. The Forest Cen tre

D. Young America n V olun teers

B

James Miche ner, a famous America n writer don ated at least 90 per cent of what he made from his 43 no vels. He seemed to don ate more tha n this. At his death, in October 1997, he had gave away US $ 117 million.

Miche ner made a good example, not just in how much he gave, but in his style of givi ng. The writer worked hard at doing good (行善).He usually follows up his donations to see how the money was used and he had a lot of fun in doing so.

Michener was 90 when he died. He was the only writer on the list of American ' s top 25 philanthropists (慈善家).He gave his donations to the college he went to. Michener gave to his college- - US $ 72million to Swarthmore. He said, "I am from a family without any money, the college made me from darkness into light. ''

Michener was married three times, but he had no children. For his last 15 years, he lived quietly in Austin, Texas. He moved there to write the 1,000-page novel. The film called South Pacific was in spired (改编))by his first book , Tales of the South Pacific, writte n whe n he was 40.

( )6. Miche ner died in _________ .

A.1991

B.1994

C. 1997

D.2000

( )7. Miche ner cared about _________ after he don ated.

A. how much money he gave away

B. how the money was used

C. whe n the money was give n back

D. how much fun he had

( )8. Miche ner came from a ________ family.

A. rich

B. poor

C. big

D. small

( )9. What ' s the name of the college which Michener went to?

A. Austin

B. Texas

C. Oxford

D. Swarthmore

( )10. He wrote his first book __________ .

A. whe n he moved to Austi n.

B. in his last 15 years.

C. when he was married for the third time.

D. at the age of 40.

四、词汇运用(10分)

with Ian guage un dersta nd use if make kind help ano ther in they uni ess

There are a lot of 1 ___ in the world. But the most widely spoken Ianguage is English. Many

people u ___ 2__ and use it all over the world. In deed, En glish is a very importa nt and3

Ian guage. 4 ____ w e know En glish, we can hardly travel any where and we will have difficulty

5 __ ourselves understood. English is greatly used in study of all

6 ________ of subjects. Several

books are written 6 _____ E nglish every day to teach people many useful things. Therefore, the

English Ianguage has 8 ____ o spread(传播)knowledge to all parts of the world.

En glish has also served to bring together the differe nt peoples of the world by help ing

9 __ to talk with one 10 _____ .

1. __________

2. _________

3. ___________

4. _____________

5. __________

6. __________

7. _________

8. ___________

9. ____________ 10. ________

五、根据上下文从方框中选出合适的句子完成对话。其中有两句是多余的。

A: Good morning, Miss Smith.

B: Hi, Sa ndy. Where have you bee n?

A: (1) ______

B: Really? That ' s great! Did you talk with Mark and Judy?

A: Yes, but only a few words. And I ' m not sure if they could understand me.

B: No problem. (2) ______

A: But I ' m afraid of making mistakes when I speak.

B: (3) _______ You should believe yourself.

A: But do you think they like to talk with us begi nn ers?

B: Yes, uni ess they ' re busy.

A: Well, I ' m still not so con fide nt. You know my pronun ciati on is poor.

B: (4) _________ T ry to talk with them as much as you can.

A: All right. (5) _______

A. Tha nks a lot, Miss Gree n.

B. I ' ve just been to the English corner.

C. That ' s a bad excuse.

D. You have made a good start.

E. No, I ' m not.

F. We all learn from mistakes, don ' t we?

G. Can I help you?

六.作文。(10分)

根据英文提示，以“怎样学好英语”为题写一段小文章。要求不少于50词，内容必须包括

英文提示中的要点。

be interested in English; listen to the teacher carefully; practice speaking English both in class and after class; keep diaries in English; learn some English songs by heart

人教版八年级下英语期末考试试题

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