1、 2016-2017 祥云剑桥外语学校八 年 级 英 语 ( 下 ) 期 末 考 试 题(卷 面 分 3 分 , 总 分 100 分 , 考 试 时 间 为 45 分 钟 )题 号 一 二 三 四 五 六得 分笔试部分二.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 oclock.A. for B. since C. at D. from( )23.Would you mind
2、 _ those old jeans?A. dont wear B. not to wear C. arent wearing D. not wearing( )24.-Hes never been to an aquarium. -_.A. Neither have I B. Neither do I C. I never too D. I dont too( )25.Its really cold today, _ ?A. does it B. doesnt it C. isnt it D. is it( )26._ have you been swimming? For five yea
3、rs.A. How many times B. How long C. How often D. How much( )27.-Could you please _ in the room?-Oh, Im sorry. A. not smoking B. not smoke C. not to smoke D. dont smoke( )28.-Could we buy a piano, Jack?-Im afraid there _ enough room for one in the house.A. arent B. are C. isnt D. is ( )29.I got home
4、_ they were having dinner.学校: 班级: 姓名: 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
5、 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.A. has been, is B has been, will be C. has gone, is D. has gone, will be( )35.The teacher said that they _
6、 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 opened 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. Its quite f
7、ar but you have a car and I can 37 you the way”“Certainly,” said the doctor, “Im ready. Ill come soon.” 38 a few minutes, the car came. The man got into the car and they 39 off.They drove for a 40 time, and then the man said, “Here we are. This is my home. Now I can pay you and you can go 41 to town
8、.”“But I must 42 the patient,” the doctor said. “Wheres the patient?” “Theres 43 patient,” answered the man. “Nobody is ill. I live here, you see, and I must 44home from the town. There are no taxis at this time of the night. Heres the money for you. Thank you, doctor. Good 45 !( )36. A. listening B
9、. 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( )41. A. away B. quickly C. back D. slowly( )42. A. watch B. look for C. see D. know( )43. A. my B. no C. a D. your
10、( )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)AFor 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
11、 continued day and night for two weeks. After the first week, Harrys 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. “When I began to hiccup, I drank a glass of water but that didnt do any goo
12、d. 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 didnt work either.” After a week of sleepless nights, he went to hospital. The doctors took an X-ray of his chest but they coul
13、dnt find anything wrong.“They gave me some medicine 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
14、 in 1990 at last, but nobody knows why.( )46.Harrys 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 ( )48.His parents decided to take him
15、to hospital when he _.A. hiccupped for four seconds B. held his breath C. hiccupped at night D. couldnt 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
16、 does “shock” in this passage mean? 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 giraffe
17、s from Zambia are waiting to look down on you.TicketsGrown-ups:2.00 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 passa
18、ge? 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. Sund
19、ay 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? 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 nic
20、e photos.CYang 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. Yan
21、g said to a newspaper, “For our motherland and me, this is a great moment.”Chinas 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 didnt know that he was chosen as Chinas first space
22、man 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.A
23、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
24、 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 Chinas spaceship and other countries.B. Yang Liwei knew he would be Chinas first spaceman long before.C. From the
25、news, Yang Liwei was too excited to fall asleep.D. Yang was proud of the flight.( )59. What does the underlined word “launch” mean?A. 发射 B. 出发 C. 制造 D. 设计( )60. China issued the stamps to _.A. leave them in spaceB. give them to Yang Liwei as a rewardC. celebrate the successD. give them to Russian an
26、d American spacemen.DExperts(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 happ
27、y 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 nig
28、hts 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 late. Some watch TV or play the computer games late into the night.Experts have ever said that the stude
29、nts 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 didnt have enough sleep B. it wasnt time for him to get upC. he didnt want to go to school D. he wanted his m
30、other to wake him up( )62. In this passage we know if students dont get enough sleep, they may_.A. become too weak to sleep B. not work well in classC. 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. dont
31、 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( )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
32、 students are able to work well in class because they have good study habits.D. Students dont 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 po
33、pular 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.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 、doMr Beckman 71 in a company for nearly twenty years. His job is 72 all t
34、he documents the manger writes. His office is on the first floor and the light in it is always poor unless its fine. So his sight 73 shorter several years ago. He has to wear a pair of glasses when hes working. Of course, it brought him a lot of trouble. He cant see anything clearly without glasses.
35、 Sometimes he cant 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. Mrs. Beckman didnt turn off the television until the interesting TV play was over. She came into their bedroom in the dark at half pas
36、t 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.“You have never worn glasses when you were sleeping before,” t
37、he 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 couldnt 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, wa
38、s 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 you
39、ng man got into the habit of (养成习惯)drinking and was often drink. He couldnt go to work on time and didnt 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
40、him drinking, but he failed. And 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
41、 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)Youll 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 mor
42、e 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:Whats the main idea of this passage?_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. Chinas Opening-up Policy(开放政策)encourages more people to learn English.2. Chinas entry into WTO en
43、courages more people to learn English.3. Beijings successful bid for the 2008 Olympic Games encourages more people to learn English._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 CC
44、BAB四、阅读理解(每小题 2 分,共 40 分)46-50 BCDAA 51-55 CCCDD56-60 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 77.lay 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 versi