八年级英语期末英语及答案

八年级期末英语试卷2016.8第一部分选择题(共65分)二、单项选择从下列每题所给的选项中，选择一个最佳答案。

(20分)( )21. If all of us give ________helping hand, we can make the world ________ better place.A. a; theB. the; aC. the; theD. a; a ( ) 22. —Do you need an apple or a pear? — ________ , I really don't mind．A. BothB. NoneC. EitherD. Neither ( ) 23. “Wechat”(微信) reall y makes a great ________ to people‟s life. It‟s easy for us to keep in touch with others.A. habitB. surpriseC. prizeD. difference ( ) 24. —It‟s said that a robot called AlphaGo won the competition over a Korean player in March.— ________ amazing news! I can‟t believe!A. WhatB. What aC. HowD. How a ( ) 25. People are starting to use energy from the sun, wind and water because they cost very ________ and will never ________ .A. few; run outB. low; be run outC. much; be run outD. little; run out( ) 26. The charity show was very successful with the help of all the classmates. Just as the old saying goes, “_______.”A. The early bird catches the wormB. Practice makes perfectC. Many hands make light workD. You cannot burn the candle at both ends ( ) 27. — Do you think it is fantastic ________ you to work with these disabled people?—Yes, and I think it is brave ________ them to take part in the competition.A.for; ofB. of; ofC. for; forD. of; for ( ) 28. — Mum, do you mind my listening to music for a while?— ________. But please listen to it with your earphone.A. Yes, pleaseB. No, thank youC. Not at allD. Yes, I do ( ) 29. —Don‟t forget to bring your homework with __________.— __________.A. you; No, I won‟t.B. yourself; Yes, I willC. yourself; No, I won‟tD. you; Yes, I will.( ) 30. —There's a sign "Be quiet" on the wall of the reading room.—Yes. People ________ talk loudly in public.A. may notB. mustn'tC. couldn'tD. needn't ( ) 31. They have ________ since the factory opened.A. left the schoolB. joined the teamC. become workersD. worked here ( ) 32. He likes playing tricks on others, but_________, he is a good boy. He is willing to help others.A. in this wayB. in some waysC. in his wayD. on his way ( )33. My dream is to go into the west and _________an early childhood school(幼儿园)there.A. pick upB. set upC. look upD. give up ( ) 34. The chief engineer of the high-speed railway ________ Shanghai to Beijing always devotes most of his time ________ his work.A.connecting; toB. connects; toC. connected; onD. connect;on( ) 35. Take care when you are driving , ________ in a summer storm like this.A. recentlyB. especiallyC. carelesslyD. closely ( ) 36.Many people do not realize the importance of health ________ they have fallen.A. afterB. whileC. whenD. until ( ) 37. Jim‟s father ________ to London last month. He ________ there three times.A. went; has goneB. has gone; has beenC. went; has beenD. has been; has gone( ) 38. A lot of things ________ in Oxfam shops, _________ books.A.sell; includingB. are sold; includingC. sell; includeD. are sold;include( ) 39. Bob used to ______ a difficult person to get along with. But recently he has got used to _______ with others in a friendly way.A. be, workB. be , workingC. being ,workD. being, working ( ) 40. —Let‟s go and listen to Mr. Black‟s speech on Western culture, shall we?—________ . It‟s getting to the end.A. Why not?B. That‟s all rightC. I‟m afraid not.D. Never mind.三、完形填空阅读短文，从每题所给选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

(15分)time learning when to keep my mouth closed.My mom has told me again and again, "Robert, your constant bad words are hurting me. If you 42 to be this rude, you will get into big trouble."It's been a problem at school several times too when teachers have told me something I didn't want to hear. I used to feel it was my duty(职责) to 43 myself.One day in English class I began working on my homework until I heard a classmate 44 behind me. It was Nathaniel, who liked doing that as usual.At first, I said very 45 , "Nathaniel, would you please be quiet?"However, Nathaniel continued talking to himself. I quickly 46 "Nathaniel, shut up(闭嘴)!"For the next five minutes, we threw hurtful(伤感情的) words back and forth at each other."At least I don't have an ugly lazy eye like you!" I shouted.shouted, "That's it! That's it!"49 at his reaction(反应), I sat back in my seat. I had never seen Nathaniel act like this before.When I went back to my room, I spent some time praying(祈祷). I began to 54 how often whatI said hurt others. But I believe that as I keep praying and asking God to help me, he'll tell me when to keep my 55 closed.( ) 41. A. busy B. hard C. happy D. fantastic( ) 42.A. decide B. like C. continue D. try( ) 43.A. support B. separate C. smell D. spend( ) 44.A. singing B. reading C. beating D. talking( ) 45.A. clearly B. nicely C. carelessly D. angrily( ) 46.A. repeated B. expressed C. replied D. shouted( ) 47.A. nervous B. afraid C. sad D. bored( ) 48.A. fall B. look C. hand D. reach( ) 49.A. Angry B. Surprised C. Nervous D. Happy( ) 50.A. discuss B. solve C. explain D. report( ) 51.A. while B. after C. when D. where( ) 52.A. words B. action C. ideas D. experience( ) 53.A. goodbye B. thanks C. sorry D. okay( ) 54.A. talk about B. hear about C. complain about D. think about( ) 55.A. eyes B. mouth C. windows D. door四、阅读理解阅读下列短文，根据短文内容选择最佳答案 (30分)AHow do you win a Nobel Prize for writing? Here‟s the secret from a previous winner: make it short, keep it real, and work hard.Canadian author Alice Munro, 82, was awarded the 2013 Nobel Prize in literature. She is known for her short stories about personal relationships of ordinary people, usually women.Munro was born into a farming family in Ontario. The family was very poor. Munro did a lot of physical work as a young girl. She decided to be a writer at the age of 12. Now Munro turns her hard childhood into great writing ideas. The story Dear Life, for example, opens with a description of the neighborhood in which Munro grew up. Also, she talks about her poor relationship with her mother in many of her stories, such as Lives of Girls and Women and Friend of My Youth.Since she published her first book in 1968, Munro has won many awards, with the Nobel Prize as her biggest honor. But Munro doesn‟t see herself as a talented(有天赋的) writer.“I‟m the opposite of a writer with a quick gift. I don‟t grasp it very easily at all, the …it‟ being whatever I‟m trying to do,” she said.Do you dream of becoming an author while sadly admitting you are not that talented? Munro has a tip for you: use notebooks and write a lot.“I have lots of notebooks that contain(包含) this writing,” she said. But it helps her sort out (整理) her mind. “Stories would just be working in my head for so long that when I started to write I was deep into them.”( ) 56. As a Nobel prize winner, Alice Munro is famous for _________.A. having a rich childhoodB. writing short storiesC. having good relationship with her familyD. only writing about women in her stories( ) 57. In the story Dear Life, Alice Munro _________.A. described her poor relationship with her momB. wrote about her poor familyC. described the neighborhood where she grew upD. talked about physical work she did in her childhood( ) 58. Alice Munro published her first book when she was_________.A. 37B. 12C. 30D. 82( ) 59. From the passage we can learn that Alice Munro is _________.A. talentedB. easy-going(随和的)C. confidentD. hard-working ( ) 60. According to Alice Munro, those who want to be a writer should _____.A. have talent in writingB. write stories as long as possibleC. make up the story with imaginationD. write as much as possibleBWhen I was a little girl, my father loved to play catch (抛接球游戏) with me. I wasn‟t very good, but he would encourage me. He was always telling me “keep your eye on the ball” as I would not be able to catch even the easiest of throws.As I got older, we didn‟t play catch as much. If I had a problem, I would go to my father to ask for his advice. He would try to joke with me and say “keep your eye on the ball”. We would both laugh because usually that advice did not apply to(适用于) the problem, but he would try to make me smile.My father became ill in 1995 when I was 23. As he suffered from a stroke (中风), he could not speak. There weren‟t any more conversations. He could only mouth words, which were sometimes hard to understand. After a while, I seemed to be pretty good at reading his lips (嘴唇), even better than the nurses who were caring for him.During our last conversation, I was telling him about a problem I was having with my then boyfriend. Once again, I could read his lips: “Keep your eye on the ball.” We b oth smiled.That was the last time I saw my father before he passed away.Since then, when I get into a stressful situation I tell myself “keep your eye on the ball”. ( ) 61. At first, by saying “keep your eye on the ball”, the writer‟s father _____.A. tells her to be careful while playing catchB. wants to teach her a life lessonC. wants her to work harder in every wayD. laughs at her when she misses the ball( ) 62. When the writer asked for advice from her father, he usually _____.A. tried to solve the problem for herB. didn‟t care about her problemC. joked with her and made her smileD. told her to solve the problem alone ( ) 63. When in trouble, the writer tells herself “keep your eye on the ball” to _____.A. encourage herself to face the difficultyB. remember the old days with her fatherC. help herself forget her troublesD. remember how to play catch( ) 64. The underlined word “pretty” means _________.A. beautifulB. quiteC. carefullyD. always( ) 65. Which of the following can describe the writer‟s father?A. Serious.B. Cheerful(令人愉快的).C. Honest.D. Careless.CFlying is a fast way to travel. But it is a big headache for some people. They can‟t helpworrying about thin gs like, “Is turbulence (颠簸) a bad thing?” or, “Is it dangerous if we don‟t change our mobile phones to flight mode (飞行模式)?” British newspaper Daily Mail spoke to some experts to answer these questions. They also tell us other interesting things about flying.Is turbulence dangerous?It‟s scary and uncomfortable. But it is not something you really need to worry about.Turbulence is caused when two groups of air hit one another at different speeds. Wind, thunderstorms (暴风雨) and being close to mountains can be reasons for this.You may feel like turbulence is dangerous, but it won‟t crash (坠毁) your plane. “Even in extremely rough air (扰动气流), the wings (机翼) are not going to break off,” explained Patrick Smith, an airline pilot, who is also an air travel blogger and author of .Why are plane windows round?Round windows are for passenger safety.As the airplane flies higher and higher, the outside atmospheric pressure (气压) gets lower and lower. During the flight, the pressure inside the plane becomes greater than the pressure outside.When this happens, square windows can break. That‟s because having different pressures inside and outside puts pressure on the corners of square windows. But rounded corners can spread the pressure through the window.What happens when a phone isn‟t on flight mode?Some passengers believe mobile phones and tablets need to be turned off because they could bring the plane down. However, this is not true.If you don‟t change your phone to flight mode, pilots and air traffi c controllers may hear unpleasant sounds in their headphones. It also influences radio communications. So it‟s still best to put it on flight mode.( ) 66. According to Paragraph 1, we learn that the story is going to _____.A. show what worries people may have about flyingB. interview some experts about flyingC. give people tips about how to travel by planeD. explain some interesting facts about flying( ) 67. What will happen when there is turbulence?A. People may feel uncomfortable.B. Two planes may hit each other easily.C. It will make the plane drop suddenly.D. It can break off the plane wings.( ) 68. Planes use round windows rather than square ones, because ____.A. round windows can spread the pressureB. round windows can add outside pressureC. square windows can lower(降低)the pressure on the windowsD. the corners of square windows are difficult to make( ) 69. What happens if a phone isn‟t on flight mode?A. The plane will crash.B. Air traffic controllers can‟t get any information.C. It may influence radio communications.D. It may be noisy in the plane.( ) 70. The passage may be taken from _______.A. A story bookB. A science magazineC. A guide travelD. A novel第二部分非选择题 (共55分)五、阅读表达阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题(10分)Primary and junior high school students will get new versions (版本) of textbooks this fall term.The biggest changes will take place in Chinese textbooks. The primary goal is to include more traditional(传统的) Chinese culture. For example, ideas on the hundred schools of thought (诸子百家) will be introduced to students. There will also be more classical Chinese poems and essays (文章). The percentage(百分率) of traditional culture in the new textbooks will be raised to 30 percent for primary school students and 40 percent for junior high school students. Meanwhile, about 15 percent of the content (内容) will be taken out in order to make students have less work.The Language and Culture Press will publish the new Chinese textbooks. It makes one of the main versions of the present textbooks in China. First, the new books will be given to more than 4 million students in the first and seventh grades across the country starting this fall, and then they will be given to other grades.Also, politics (政治) textbooks will get new names. Primary school politics textbooks were called “morality and life (品德与生活)”, and those for junior high schools were called “ideology and morality (思想品德)”. This year, the names of all politics textbooks for the first and seve nth grades will change to “morality and law (道德与法治)”.It‟s the first time the word “law” will be included in the names of textbooks since 1949. “We need to let kids know that laws protect them as well as how they do that,” said Li Xiaodong, sociology (社会学) professor at Beijing Normal University.No more than six words71. When will the students get the new textbooks?____________________________________________________________________________ 72. What percentage of traditional culture will be raised to for junior high school students?_____________________________________________________________________________ 73. Why will 15 percent of the content be taken out ?_____________________________________________________________________________ 74. How many students in the first and seventh grades will get the new books first?_____________________________________________________________________________ 75. What will the politics textbooks be called this year?_____________________________________________________________________________ 六、任务型阅读阅读短文，根据短文内容完成表格内所缺信息，每空一词(10分) When did you last say “I love you” to your father? If you can‟t remember, then you can get the chance this Father‟s Day on June 19.Generally compared to(与---相比) a mother‟s gentle love, a father represents qualities such asindependence(独立), confidence, courage and adventure(冒险).Also, caring fathers help their children get along with others. Fathers can lead their children into their social circle(社交圈). They can also teach them how to behave and control their feelings. For example, Microsoft founder Bill Gates was quiet and didn‟t like to talk with others when he was a little kid. So his father often held family parties and let Bill play games with family members. “my ability of leading and cooperating(合作) became better through games.” Gates once said in an interview with US Fortune magazine.US actor Will Smith said that his father taught him important lessons through small things. His father once planned to tear(拆) down a wall of their shop and rebuild it. But little Will thought it was impossible. After a year and a half, they did it. “You didn‟t try to build a wall. You are going to lay a brick every day. And soon you have a wall,” he s aid on TV show.“One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters”, British poet George Herbert once said. Do you agree?__________81. ___________ 82. ___________ 83. ___________ 84. ____________ 85.__________七、词汇运用(15分)(A) 根据句意和汉语提示, 在空白处填入一个适当的单词。