1、八年級英語上學(xué)期期末試卷及答案第一卷 （選擇題，共70分）一、聽力測試（本大題共20分，每小題1分）第一部分 聽對話回答問題本部分共有10道小題，每小題你將聽到一段對話，每段對話聽兩遍。在聽每段對話前，你將有5秒鐘的時間閱讀題目；聽完后，你還有5秒鐘的時間選擇你認(rèn)為最合適的備選答案。1. Who could probably be Mr Gao?2. Where did the conversation probably happen?3. What is the film about?4. Who are they talking about?5. Why cant the girl sle

2、ep well at night?A. She didnt pass her test. B. She has no dreams at all.C. Shes worried about her test.6. Why wouldnt Mary go to see the doctor?A. Because she didnt feel ill. B. Because she had to get ready for a test.C. Because she had taken some medicine.7. Whats the womans address?A. 59 Green Fi

3、eld. B. 59 Road of Greenfield. C. 59 Greyfield Road8. How did John feel about his holiday?A. Interesting. B. Not very good. C. Very lucky.9. What are they talking about?A. The weekend. B. The homework. C. The sports.10. What does “sorry” mean in the conversation?A. She doesnt want to lend the eraser

4、. B. She hasnt got the eraser.C. She doesnt hear him clearly.第二部分 聽對話和短文答題你將聽到一段對話和兩篇短文，各聽兩遍。聽每段對話或短文前，你將有時間閱讀相關(guān)小題，每小題5秒鐘；聽完后，每小題你仍有5秒鐘的時間選擇你認(rèn)為最合適的備選答案。聽一段對話，回答第11至12小題。11. Which shirt did the man like?A. The blue one. B. The black one. C. Neither.12. How much did the man pay for the shirt?A. 26.9 p

5、ounds. B. 27.9 pounds. C. 29.9 pounds.聽第一篇短文，回答第13至15小題。請根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，選擇準(zhǔn)確答案，完成信息記錄表。Personal Information FormName： Morskova Sex： F Date of birth： 13Nationality： Russia Profession (職業(yè))： 14Now live in： Spain Achievement (成就)： 1513. A. 7th Jan. 1966 B. 17th Jan. 1976 C. 17th Jan. 196614. A .Football player

6、B. Basketball player C. Handball player15. A. Win the first place in Olympic games. B. Be the best player in the world.C. Has nine daughters.聽第二篇短文，回答第16至20小題。16. Where does Mike work?A. He works in a shop near his home. B. He works in an office in town.C. He works in an office near his home.17. How

7、 does he go to work and back home every day?A. On foot. B. On his bike. C. By bus.18. How did he feel when he came back home late one day?A. He didnt feel happy with the price of the bus ticket.B. He felt very hungry and wanted to have supper at once.C. He felt happy because he met an old friend on

8、his way home.19. In the past Mike could save _ a day.A. one dollar B. two dollars C. five dollars20. Which of the following sentences is true?A. Mike likes walking more than taking a bus.B. Mikes wife is unhappy to hear the ticket news.C. Mike thinks he will save less money from now on.二、單項填空 在四個選項中

9、，選出能夠填入空白處的選項。（本大題共14分，每小題1分）21. My son seldom has _ breakfast.It is _ unhealthy lifestyle. You must ask him to change it.A. /; an B. the; an C. the; a, D. /; a22. There are _ visitors to the wetland park, and the number is becoming _ now.A. thousand of; larger and larger B. thousands of; more and m

10、oreC. thousands of; larger and larger D. thousand of; more and more23. My scarf made of silk feels _ and _. Ms. Cao also wants to buy one like mine.A. softly; comfortable B. soft; comfortable C. soft; comfortably D. softly; comfortably24. We should do everything we can _ the birds _ danger.A. to pro

11、tect; away B. to protect; in C. protecting; in D. protected; from25. We should do exercise as _ as possible to keep _.A. more; healthy B. much; health C. more; health D. much; healthy26. Lets ask him to _ us in a game.Ok. Pass the coin from one of the students to _.A. join; another B. join; the othe

12、r C. join in; another D. join in; the other27. When winter comes, it is _ snow everywhere and even the big tree is _ deep white snow.A. full with; covered with B. fill with; covered inC. full of; covered in D. fill to; covered with28. My house is _ as yours. But it looks even _.A. the same big; tidi

13、er B. the same size; tidierC. the same size; tidy D. the different from; tidier29. If I _ next week, I _ the film with you. Actually, I cant wait for that.A. have free; will see B. will be free; will see C. have free time; see D. am free; will see30. I went to the classroom to close the door yesterd

14、ay. But as soon as I was _ to the classroom, Ifound it already _.A. close; closed B. closely; closed C. closed; closely D. close; close31. Last year, the government _ lots of food _ that African country again to help the poorpeople there.A. gave; for B. gave; with C. provided; for D. provided; with3

15、2. I saw him crossing the street. The sentence structure is _.A. S+V+DO B. S+V C. S+V+P D. S+V+DO+OC33. Would you go to the museum with me this Sunday?Sorry, _. My aunt is coming to visit the family. We plan to have a welcome party then.A. I dont B. I cant C.I neednt D. I mustnt34. _Hes friendly and

16、 helpful.A. Whats he like B. Hows he C. Whats he D. What does he like三、完形填空 先通讀下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后從下面四個選項中選擇能夠填入相對應(yīng)空白處的答案。（本大題共10分，每小題1分）I stood there listening to my father shout at top of his voice. The look on his face said that one of us did something 35 .“Which one of you did this”We all looked down

17、 at the step. There was childs handwriting in chalk there. I had a lot of36 . I hoped no one could see it. Would he guess it was me I was so worried. When he asked me, I lied, “Not me, Dad.” The others denied（否認(rèn)）it as well. Of course, we all knew that one of 37 must have done it. But as the youngest

18、 and smallest of the three, I just couldnt find the courage to tell the truth.To 38 who had written on the step, Father gave us each a piece of paper and a pencil. “I want each of you to 39 exactly what you see on the step.”I tried my best to write the words 40 . I didnt want Dad to be able to tell

19、it was me.He 41 our pieces of paper and looked at them. “Since none of you will admit (承認(rèn)) to have done it, then I will punish (懲罰) you 42 and said nothing. The last thing I wanted was for Dad to 43 me.“I did it.” My sister said she did something that she didnt. Father grounded her for a month.We di

20、dnt talk about that day for many years. Not until we were all older and I knew it was 44 to finally tell my dad it was really me. I always felt sorry for it. That was the last time I let anyone take the blame (責(zé)備) for me.35. A. hard B. wrong C. special D. true36. A. surprise B. happiness C. fear D.

21、joy37. A. them B. me C. you D. us38. A. find out B. talk about C. think about D. look for39. A. write B. read C. recite D. draw40. A. clearly B. slowly C. differently D. carefully41. A. opened B. colored C. showed D. collected42. A. only B. all C. both D. one43. A. beat B. teach C. punish D. underst

22、and44. A. lucky B. silly C. easy D. safe四、閱讀理解 閱讀下面的短文，然后根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容選擇答案。（本大題共26分，每小題2分）Landing cardWelcome to the United States of America1. First (Given) name： William2. Date of birth (dd/mm/yy)： 12/08/983. Flight no. AA37514. Number of family members traveling with you： None5. Country of citizenship：

23、Spain6. Purpose of visit： To see family7. Are you carrying any of these things：Food, animal, plants, guns or cash over 10,000 Some chocolate8. Have you had any illnesses in the last 3 months No9. How long will you be staying in the USA Two weeks10. Is this your first visit to the USA No11. In which

24、city will you spend the most time during your stay New York12. What is your next destination Madrid, Spain45. When is Williams birthday?A. August 8 B. December 8 C. August 12 D. December 1246. How long will William stay in the USA?A. Two weeks. B. Two months. C. One week. D. One month.47. Where can

25、you find the card?A. At the school. B. In the airplane. C. At the bus stop. D. In the hospital.A man came home from work late, tired, to find his 5-year-old son waiting for him at the door.“Daddy, how much money do you make each hour”“If you must know, I make $20 each hour.”“Oh,” the little boy answ

26、ered, with his head down. He thought for a moment, looked up and said, “Daddy, could you lend me $10”The father was furious, “If you asked for the money to buy a toy or some other rubbish, then go straight to your room and think about why you are so selfish!”The little boy went to his room with no w

27、ords and shut the door. After a short while, the father calmed down, and started to think, “Maybe he really needs to buy something and he didnt really ask for money very often.” So he went to the little boys room.“Sorry！Maybe I was too hard on you just now.” said the man, “Heres $10.”“Oh, thank you

28、Daddy!” he said happily. Then the boy took out some coins. When the father found that the boy already had money, he got angry again.“Why do you want more money since you already have some” the father shouted angrily.“Because I didnt have enough, but now I do.” the little boy replied, “Daddy, I have

29、$20 now. Can I buy one hour of your time Please come home early tomorrow. I would like to have dinner with you.”48. In this passage, the underlined word “furious” in Paragraph 5 means _.A. very angry B. quite happy C. too excited D. a little nervous49. At first, the father didnt lend the money becau

30、se _.A. he thought the boy wanted to keep the money for himself.B. he did not have enough money at that momentC. he thought the boy would buy something uselessD. the boy always borrowed money from him50. The boy wanted to buy _ with twenty dollars.A. a new novel for himself B. a nice present for his

31、 fatherC. a toy for his own birthday D. one hour of his fathers timeLike many lovers of books, Mary and her husband, Richard Goldman, seldom walked past a bookstore without stopping to look inside. They often talked of opening their own store one day.When Mary was in hospital with heart trouble in 1

32、989, they decided it was time to get serious. Richard, who worked for a business company, wanted to work for himself, and Mary needed to slow down from her job.They started by talking to bookstore owners and researching(調(diào)查) the industry. “We knew it had to be a specialty store because we couldnt mat

33、ch the big chains dollar for dollar,” says Mary. One figure caught her attention： Shed read somewhere that roughly 20 percent of books sold were mysteries(推理小說), and many buyers spent more than $300 a year on books. She and Richard were themselves mystery readers.On Halloween 1992, they opened the M

34、ystery Lovers Bookshop and Café near their home. With three children in college, the couple could not spend all the familys money to start a shop. To cover the whole $ 100, 000 cost, they drew some of their savings, borrowed from relatives and from a bank.The store broke even in its first year,

35、 with only $ 120,000 in sales. But Mary was always coming up with new ways to attract customers. The shop had a coffee bar and it offered gifts to mystery lovers and served dinners for book clubs that met in the store. She also invited dozens of writers to discuss their stories.Today Mystery Lovers

36、makes sales of about $ 420,000 a year. After paying taxes, business costs and the six part-time sales clerks, Richard and Mary together earn about $ 34,000.“The job you love may not go hand in hand with a million-dollar income,” says Richard. “This has always been about an enjoyable life for ourselv

37、es, not about making a lot of money.”51. After Mary got well from her illness they began _.A. to study industrial management (工業(yè)管理) B. to buy and read more mystery booksC. to do market research on book business D. to work harder to save money for the bookstore52. How did their bookstore do in the fi

38、rst year?A. They had to borrow money to keep it going. B. They made just enough to cover all the costs.C. They succeeded in earning a lot of money. D. They failed though they worked hard.53. According to Richard, the main purpose(目的) of running the bookstore is _.A. to pay for childrens education B.

39、 to get to know more writersC. to set up more bookstores D. to do what they like to doOn June 26, 2000, two scientists, called Francis Collins and Craig Venter, told the world that they could now read the whole “map” of the human body： DNA. DNA is something that everybody has, and it tells the body

40、what to do. DNA is the reason that we look like our mother and father, because we get some of their DNA to make our own.People have been trying to understand the human body for a long time. In 1860, Gregor Mendel discovered a special reason why we look the same as other people in our family. It is b

41、ecause of small things named “genes” in our body. In 1953, James Watson and Francis Crick made another discovery and found out that those small parts are real messages written in the DNA with a special language.In 1961, Marshall Nirenberg and Johann Matthaei found a message in DNA showing how DNA te

42、lls the cell (細(xì)胞) to build its parts. Scientists have now found all the words in the DNA map, but we still do not understand what they all do. By understanding what just one “word” means, we can help save more people from several illnesses.Most people hope that this will help make better medicine an

43、d help sick people. Other people worry that when people begin to know more words and find out lots of other information, we might use it in a wrong way, just to make people more attractive, or stop sick people from getting jobs. Man would have to meet a lot of trouble if DNA technology (技術(shù)) wasnt li

44、mited (限制) in use.54. When did we first know why we look like other people in our family?A. In 1860. B. In 1953. C. In 1961. D. In 2000.55. What did the two scientists first discover in 1961?A. The “map” of DNA. B. A new illness.C. The language of DNA. D. A message of DNA.56. What can we do if we un

45、derstand some “words” of the language inside the body?A. Make people get new jobs. B. Make medicine for illnesses.C. Make maps of human. D. Make people less attractive.57. What do people think about this work?A. It can cause good or bad results. B. It can cause only good results.C. It can cause good

46、 results but wont work. D. It can cause only bad results. 第二卷（非選擇題，共40分）五、單詞拼寫（本大題共8分，每小題1分）(A) 根據(jù)句意和漢語注釋，寫出單詞的準(zhǔn)確形式。1. When you are in danger, it is important to make yourself not _ (緊張) and calm down.2. We had a hard time driving to work today. Just hope tomorrow will be less _ (有雪的).3. His body _

47、(溫度) keeps rising. We need to send for a doctor right away.4. Seeing the air crash, she could feel her own heart _ (作節(jié)奏運(yùn)動) quickly.(B) 根據(jù)句意，用括號內(nèi)所給單詞的適當(dāng)形式填空。5. The _ (excite) people all stood up and cheered for the winners. What a scene!6. Our football team played the _ (bad) of all. We were very sad

48、 about that!7. He looked _ (sad) at all of us but did not say anything.8. _ (tour) to Taiwan may have a good trip around the island on a wonderful ship.六、動詞填空 用括號內(nèi)所給動詞的適當(dāng)形式填空。（本大題共8分，每小題1分）1. Its raining cats and dogs. Youd better _ (wear) a raincoat to prevent getting all wet.2. Luke spent as littl

49、e time as he could _ (play) computer games.3. I hope you _ (not make) the same mistake again after this serious one.4. Not only the twins but also Tom often _ (mix) salt with sugar by mistake in the kitchen.5. I was playing computer games while my father_ (read) newspapers last Saturday afternoon.6.

50、 Those engineers _ (build) a model of the future building and left for the USA for more ideas.7. Can I borrow your eraser Sorry, I _ (use) it at the moment.8. Do you know which factory he went to _ (buy) more bricks for his new house?七、句子翻譯 按所給的漢語，用英語完成下列句子。（本大題共9分，每小題1.5分）1. 大家都知道，食用過多的糖會引起各種不同的疾病。As we all know, eating too much sugar can _.2. 去年發(fā)生了洪災(zāi)。所以，漁民們捕到的魚少于去年。There was a flood last year. _, _ than last year.3. 你覺得狼會同情那些以食竹葉為生的胖胖的大熊貓嗎？Do you think wolves will _ living on bamboo leaves.4. 當(dāng)他們正要在森林里找到出路的時候，他們的卡車拋錨了。When they were going to _, their truck _.5. 因?yàn)榭膳?/p>