2012学年第二学期八年级英语期末测试卷 (3)

2012学年第二学期八年级英语期末测试卷第二部分：笔试部分二、单项填空(本题有15小题，每小题1分，共15分)请从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

16. The radio is too loud. Will you please _______ ?A. turn it downB. turn it onC. turn off itD. turn down it17. ---Lucy is doing her homework. ---Let‘s ask Lily _______.A. butB. exceptC. insteadD. instead of18. If you work hard at your English, I‘m sure you will ____ speak English very well next year.A. canB. able toC. be able toD. be able19. ---Why don‘t you like winter? ---Because it‘s _______ cold.A. notB. quietC. much tooD. too much20. ---I called you yesterday afternoon, but there was no reply.---I ______ a dolphin show the zoo with my cousins.A. watchedB. will watchC. am watchingD. was watching21. When they went into the park, they saw someone ______ Chinese Kongfu.A. playsB. playedC. to playD. playing22. -–Sorry, I can‘t go with you. I have to ______my little cousinA. take careB. look atC. babysitD. babysitter23.How about _______ a scarf ?A. buyB. boughtC. buyingD. to buy24.The girl _________ a tour guide since she left the school .A. have beenB. wasC. has beenD. is25.My friends have never heard of their names, ______ have I .A. soB. eitherC. neitherD. no26.I have been ______ English _______ ten years.A. study; forB. studying; sinceC. studying ; forD. to study; since27.—Would you please wash the dishes? —__________.A. Yes, I wouldB. Yes, I‘d like toC. Yes ,I ‗d like.D. Do please.28. May is a new student , ______________?A. don‘t sheB. doesn‘t sheC. is sheD. isn‘t she29. Have you ____ heard of Disneyland ?A. alwaysB. everC. neverD. often30.In which of the following places can you often see this sign?A. In a park.B. In a school.C. In a science museum.D. In a street.三、完形填空(本题有15小题，每小题l分，共15分)阅读下面短文，掌握大意，然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳选项。

34 She said that the whole world is getting dirtier and that many animals and plants are dying （死）. She wants us to think of something we can do to help. I thought all the way home, but there is 35 I can do to make a difference. ""Let me tell you 36 ," the mother said after thinking for a while. "One morning a man was walking down a beach, there he saw thousands of dying starfish * covering the beach, they were pushed up by the 37 , and it was too far up for them to make their way back by 38 The man shook his head as he walked along, ' What a pity! So many starfish will die * on the beach. ' The man felt very sorry 39 those starfish. He went on walking and just at that time he was 40 to find a boy in front who was throwing the starfish back into the sea as 41 as he could. ' How silly you are! My 42 , ' the man said, 'There are so many starfish, can you throw all of them back?' The boy didn't stop but kept throwing. ' 43 I can't help them all, I can make a difference to this one, and this one, and this one. ' said the boy. ""Thinking for a moment, the man 44 to help return the starfish to their home. He smiled and said to himself, ' Sometimes the biggest lesson in life comes from the 45 person. ' "31. A. drinking B. making C. selling D. washing32. A. turned around B. turned down C. turned on D. turned off33. A. what B. when C. where D. why34. A. air B. land C. water D. environment35. A. something B. anything C. everything D. nothing36. A. a lieB. a jokeC. a storyD. a truth37. A. wind B. rain C. waves D. sands38. A. himself B. itself C. ourselves D. themselves39. A. of B. for C. from D. forward40. A. afraid B. surprised C. sad D. angry41. A. slow B. fast C. soon D. high42. A. father B. mother C. son D. daughter43. A. Or B. So C. Because D. Though44. A. began B. continued C. forgot D. waited45. A. shortest B. tallest C. smallest D. biggest四、阅读理解(本题有20小题，46-60每小题2分，61-65每小题1分，共35分)阅读下面短文，从每小题所给的A 、B 、C 、D 四个选项中选出一个最佳选项。

(A)46. What do people want to do at Nancy‘s Gym?A. To enjoy swimming.B. To learn skating.C. To become thinner.47. Lucy likes skating. Which ad is she probably interested in?A. Ice World.B. Water World.C. Nancy‘s Gym.48. You can call at when you want to swim.A. 45562233B. 88682526C. 2151829649. You can go to swim in Water World at .A. 8:00 amB. 9:30 amC. 10:00 pm50. Which costs the most for an adult?A. Keeping fit at Nancy‘s Gym.B. Skating in Ice World.C. Swimming in Water World.(B)One Sunday morning John was crossing a bridge. He saw a fisherman on the bank of a river under him. He stopped to watch him quietly.After a few minutes, the fisherman pulled his line out. There was a big, fat fish at the end of it. The fisherman took it off the hook and threw it back into the water. Then he put his hook and line into the water again. After a few more minutes he caught another big fish. Again he threw it back into the river. Then, the third time, he caught a small fish, He put it into his basket and started to get ready to go. John was so surprised that he went down to the river bank and asked the fisherman, "Why did you throw those beautiful, big fishes back into the river, and keep only the small one?"The fisherman smiled and answered, "Oh, my frying pan is small."51. Where was the fisherman?A. In the river.B. By the river.C. On the river.D. Near the river.52. The fisherman put_____into his basket and started to go home.A. a small fishB. a big fishC. a small frying panD. Both A and B53. How many times did the fisherman pull his line out?A. Once.B. Twice.C. Three times.D. Four times.54. The fisherman only kept the small fish because______.A. he didn't like big fishesB. the small fish was lovelyC. his frying pan was not big enough to cook a big fishD. small fish was usually more delicious55. We can infer（推断）from the passage that______.A. the fisherman enjoyed a relaxing lifeB. the fisherman was poorC. the fisherman loved small fishesD. the fisherman was foolish（C)Happiness is for everyone. You don't need to care about the rich. Though they have beautiful houses with large gardens and swimming pools, they may often feel lonely.In fact, happiness is always around you if you put your heart into it. When you are in trouble at school, your teachers will help you; when you do something wrong, people around you feel unhappy; when you succeed in something, your friends will say congratulations to you. All these are your happiness. If you notice a bit of them, you can see that happiness is always around you.Happiness is not the same as money. It is a feeling of your heart. Although you are poor, you can also say you are very happy. Money is not everything. You have something else that money can't buy. When you meet with difficulties, you can loudly say you are very happy because you have more chances to challenge yourself. So you can not always say you are poor and you have bad luck. If you take every chance you get, you can be a happy and lucky person.56.______may often feel lonely even though they have beautiful houses with large gardens.A. TeachersB. ParentsC. Old peopleD. Rich people57. What will your friends say to you when you make great progress?A. Congratulations.B. That's all right.C. It's very nice of you.D. Not at all.58. When you have more chances to challenge yourself, you may feel_______.A. proudB. lonelyC. happyD. excited59. You can make yourself happy by______.A. making much moneyB. taking every chance you haveC. owning beautiful big housesD. having nice cars60. We can learn from the passage that_______.A. poor people are always unhappy because they don't have money to buy big housesB. we can find happiness around us even if we don't have much moneyC. no one will help you if you are poorD. rich people are very proud because they have big houses and nice cars配对阅读：请阅读左栏有关人员的相关信息，然后在右栏中找出与他们匹配的广告，并将答案的字母编号填入答题卡标号为61-65的空格中。