外研版英语八年级上册期末试卷

外研版八年级上英语期末试题

I. 单项填空

1. Dalian is ______ beautiful city. It

A. a

B. an

C. the

D. /

2. What 's the matter ____________ you, Tony? You look pale.

A. in

B. for

C. against

D.with

3. Teahouse _____ the changes in Chinese society over fifty years.

A. causes

B. describes

C. produces

D. improves

4. My teacher had a long _________ with me yesterday and she gave me some useful advice.

A. experience

B. situation

C. conversation

D. pronunciation

5. Betty was late for school this morning _________ the traffic was too heavy.

A. because

B. if

C. though

D.while

6. ---How much is your new English dictionary? ---It _________ me 200 yuan, more or less.

A. took

B. cost

C. spent

D. paid

7. The river is too deep. You _________ be careful.

A. can

B. may

C. might

D. must

8. I ' m in a hurry. What is __________ way to get teh?er

A. fast

B. faster

C. fastest

D. the fastest

9. ---What ' s your plan for the winter holidays?

---I ' ve no idea, but I have decided _________ at home and have a good rest first.

A. stay

B. to stay

C. stayed

D. staying

10. They arrived while we ________ the class meeting.

12. The small local school _________ , so Jo now has to go to a school far away.

A. lifted up

B. closed down

C. looked up

D. took away

13. --- _______ is the temperature in Canada in winter? ---No idea.

A. How

B. What

C. How many

D. How much

14. China ' s Chang ' e-3 and the lunar rover （ 月球车 ） Yutu _____________ on the moon

successfully on December 14th.How proud we are!

A. landed

B. trained

C. cheered

D. grew

15. If we don 't hurry up, we won 't be ___________________ to catch the coach.

s in the north of China. A. have B. are having 11. Look at the dark clouds! It C. were having D. had

' s ___ s_n_o_w_y_ tomorrow. A. probably B. carefully C. really D. especially

A. from time to time

B. all the time

C. in the end

D. in time

16. ---Why don' t we try to find some English pen friends? We can write to them.

A. Thanks a lot.

B. Ready?

C. Don ' t worry.

D. That 's a good idea.

II. 完形填空

There was once a farmer who lost his watch in his barn （谷仓）. The watch was not expensive but was very

__17__ to him because it was a __18__ from his father.

After __19__ the barn for a long time, he gave up and asked for __20__ from a group of children playing nearby.

He told them that he would reward（奖赏） anyone who found the watch.

Hearing this, the children hurried inside the barn __21__. They searched everywhere but still could not find the watch. Just __22__ the farmer was going to give up （放弃）, a little boy went up to him and asked him for another

__23__.

The farmer looked at him and thought, “Why not? After all（毕竟）,this boy looks __24__ enough.”

So the farmer sent the little boy back into the barn. After a while the little boy came out __25__the watch in his hand! The farmer was both happy and surprised, so he asked the boy how he made it.

The boy replied, “I did nothing but sat quietly and __26__ for the sound of the watch.

This shows us that sometimes a peaceful mind can think better than an excited one.

17. A. important B. expensive C. useful D. interesting

18. A. chess B. gift C. joke D. dictionary

19. A. finding B. searching C. studying D. watching

20. A. money B. danger C. work D. help

21. A. loudly B. slowly C. immediately D. suddenly

22. A. after B. when C. if D. because

23. A. way B. chance C. lesson D. smile

24. A. serious B. magic C. natural D. pleased

25. A. with B. without C. for D. against

26. A. looked B. listened C. tasted D. prepared

III. 阅读理解:A ．阅读下列短文，从各题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

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