2010-2011年度甘肃省兰州市西北师大二附中八年级期末英语考试卷

2010-2011年度甘肃省兰州市西北师大二附中八年级期末英语考试卷
二、单项选择题(共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分)
阅读下列各题，从题后所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选择一个最佳答案。

21. Jenny______ an old friend of _______when she was walking along the bank of the river.
A. meet, hers
B. met, her
C. met, his
D. met, hers
22. –They haven’t paid for their tickets, have they?
--______.They didn’t pay any money.
A. Yes, they have.
B. No, they haven’t
C. Yes, they haven’t
D. No, they have
23. About _____ of the students in our class were born in the _____.
A. two-thirds, 1990’s
B. two-thirds, 1990s
C. two-third, 1990
D.two-third, 1970s
24. –Does your grandpa lives__________? –Yes, but he never feels__________
A. alone, alone
B. lonely, lonely
C. lonely, alone
D. alone, lonely
25. When you don’t know the meaning of the word, you’d better _________in a dictionary.
A. look up it
B. look for it
C. look it up
D. look it for
26. Why not order some flowers online __________for the shop everywhere?
A .instead of looking B. instead looking C. instead of look D. instead look
27. My parents don’t like Mike, and they are_______ my making friends _________him.
A. for, with
B. against, with
C. disagree, with
D. on, to
28.--- Have you ever done anything for charity?
---Yes. I raise money for the students in the ______area of China every year.
A.poor
B. rich
C. modern
D. developed
29. If children can make good use of the Internet, it will have a good _____on them.
A. result
B. advice
C. message
D. influence
30. This pair of skates _______ expensive.
A. are much too
B. are too much
C. is much too
D. is too much
31. The little girl is very __________and she always talks to others __________.
A. polite, polite
B. polite, politely
C. politely, polite
D. politely, politely
32. Would you mind____ your dictionary?
A.I use
B. use
C. my using
D. to use
33. The students are making a ______________in the classroom.
A. sound
B. noise
C. voice
D. shout
34. Smoking is bad for your health. You must give it up , then you will be healthier
A. go on doing it
B. stop to do it
C. stop doing it
D. keep doing it
35. When you see some litter on the ground, please ______it __________.
A. take, away
B. pick, up
C. put, on
D. put, up
36. Every day the same thing happens________ me in the school library.
A. on
B. with
C. in
D. to
37. Your uncle is asleep. Could you please _________up the TV?
A. not turning
B. not turn
C. not to turn
D. don’t turn
38. He wanted to read more, so he asked the librarian if there was _____ to read.
A. easy enough something
B. something enough easy
C. enough easy something
D. something easy enough
39. The man prefers ___money to Peter ___sorry to him.
A. giving; to say
B. giving; to saying
C. give; to say
D. to give; to saying
40. Dogs are too difficult _____________.
A. to be taken care of
B. to take care of
C. to take care
D. take care of
三、完形填空(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)
阅读下面的短文，从文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳答案。

Billy is a boy of fifteen. His parents died three years ago. One day when he was walking in the street, he
(41)______ a wallet. He returned it to the owner, Mr. Baker. He gave his (42)_____ to the boy. As the boy had no job, Mr. Baker made him work for him in his (43)______. Billy worked so hard that Mr. and Mrs. Baker were (44)______ with him.
Mr. Baker loved planting (45)______. The week before last, he brought a few trees home, planted them in the (46)______ himself and watered them every day. Several days (47)______, he had to leave for another city. Before he started, he said to Billy, “Ta ke good care of the trees. Some boys near our house always want to steal them.”
“Don't (48)_______ about them.” answered Billy. Six days passed and Mr. Baker came back. He asked,”
(49)_______ anyone ever come to steal the trees?” “No, sir,” said Billy, “To stop someone from (50)______ the trees, I pulled them up six days ago. I have hidden them for almost a week!”
( )41. A. found B. bought C. carried D. wanted
( )42. A. walked B. pity C. thanks D. excuses
( )43. A. factory B. office C. town D. home
( )44. A. pleased B. angry C. strict D. popular
( )45. A. flowers B. grass C. vegetables D. trees
( )46. A. garden B. office C. city D. room
( )47. A. ago B. later C. before D. after
( )48. A. think B. talk C. learn D. worry
( )49. A. Did B. Does C. Has D. Will
( )50.A. stealing B. stole C. steal D. to steal
四、阅读理解(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)
阅读下面A、B、C三篇短文，根据短文内容和问题，从题后A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。

A
This story came to me from a friend in America. A little girl was traveling with her family on one of those long sleeper trains. When night came she was put in the upper bed and told that God would look after her. As everyone began to sleep, the little girl got a bit frightened（害怕）, and called out, "Mummy, are you there?"
"Yes, dear, "answered Mother. A little later she called, "Dad, are you there?" "Yes, dear, " came the father's voice.
This was done several times. Until at last another passenger got unhappy and said, "We are all here! Your father, your mother, your brother and sister. NOW GO TO SLEEP!"
It was quiet for several minutes, and then the child was heard to whisper(低声说), "Mother was God?"
51.-Why did the little girl call out "Daddy, are you there?" --Because she was ____
A. looking for her father
B. a little afraid
C. talking with her father
D. frightening her father
52. The passenger said "We are all here." Because _______.
A. He wanted to frighten the girl.
B. He wanted to act the God.
C. He wanted to let the girl keep quiet.
D. He liked the girl very much.
53. The last sentence "Mother was God?" can tell us the girl was _____.
A. thinking of if it was God's voice
B. afraid of God's voice
C. frightened by the passenger
D. frightened by God
54. The writer wrote this story_______.
A. in America
B. on the sleeper train
C. somewhere outside America
D. somewhere in China
55. From the story we know that little girl was afraid of_______.
A. God
B. dark
C. sleeper train
D. other passengers
B
Mary did not understand such sentences as “She is in blue today.” “You are yellow.” “ He has a green thumb.（大拇指）” “He has told a white lie.” and so on. . And she went to her teacher for help.
Mary: Mrs Smith, there is a color in each of these sentences. What do they mean?
Mrs Smith: In everyday English, Mary , blue sometimes means sad. Yellow …afraid. A person with a green thumb grows plants well. And a white lie is not a bad one.
Mary: Would you give me an example for a white lie?
Mrs Smith: Certainly. Now I give you some cake. In fact you don’t like it, but you won’t say it. Instead, you say, “No, thanks, I’m hungry.” That’s a white lie.
Mary: Oh, I see. Thank you very much..
56. Blue sometimes means sad in ___________English.
A. good
B. spoken
C. usual
D. poor
57. I don’t have a green thumb, so all my plants____________.
A. die off
B. grow well
C. look nice D are good
58.Tom is __________to climb the tree. He’s yellow..
A. happy
B. clever
C. glad
D. afraid
59. He didn’t like me to know __________of the accident. He told me a white lie.
A. the reason
B. the true story
C. the meaning
D. the answer
60. He is __________today. He is told his father is ill.
A. blue
B. yellow
C. green
D. white
C
Skin-diving is a new sport today. This sport takes you into a wonderful new world. It’s like a visit to the moon! When you are under water, it’s easy for you to climb big rocks, because you are no longer heavy.
Here, under water, everything is blue and green. During the daytime, there is enough light. When fish swim nearby, you can catch them with your hands.
When you have tanks(箱) of air on your bank, you can stay in deep water for a long time. But you must be careful when you dive in deep water.
To catch fish is one of the most interesting parts of this sport. Besides(而且), there are more uses for
skin-diving. You can clean ships without taking them out of water. You can get many things from the deep sea.
Now you see the skin-diving is both useful and interesting.
注：skin-diving指不穿潜水衣“潜泳”。

61. Skin-diving will take you to __________.
A. the moon
B. be in danger
C. mountains
D. the deep sea
62. In deep water __________.
A.there is plenty of light.
B. there is no light at all.
B.you can find a lot of blue fish. D. everything looks blue and green.
63. You can climb big rocks under water easily because ___________.
A.you are very heavy
B. you are as heavy as on the land.
C. you are not as heavy as on the land.
D. you have no weight at all.
64. With tanks of air on your back , you can ___________.
A.catch fish very easily.
B. stay under water for a long time.
C. climb big rocks.
D. have more fun
65. Which of the following is NOT true?
A. Skin-diving is a new sport.
B. Skin-diving is like visiting the moon
C. The purpose（目的）of skin-diving is to have more fun.
D. Skin-diving is not only interesting but useful.
第Ⅱ卷（非选择题共70分）
五、任务型完形填空(共10空；每空1分，满分10分)
用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空，每个单词限用一次，使短文通顺正确连贯，将答案填写在题后的横线上。

I don’t think you understand my life. You think I should be studying ___66_______ .I know you want me to find a good job when I ___67______,but I would like to have a wonderful time ,too. You never think about fun things for me ____68_______ , like music, sports. Two days ago, when I _____69____a football game on TV, you asked me ____70_____and do my homework. Aft er finishing my homework, still I wasn’t ______71_____ to read my football magazines. You said I had to go to bed early. That was bad enough, but yesterday was the worst day. I bought ___72_________computer games, and put them in my bag so that you wouldn’t see them. I told you I
______73_____do my homework____74____.I know it was wrong to lie to you, but you told me that dad would talk to later. Mum, I didn’t quite like ___75____you did to me! I really love you, Mum, but I wish you could try not to be so hard on me.
Lots of love,
Zhang Wei
六、任务型阅读理解(共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分)
仔细阅读下面的短文并按要求完成后面的小题。

Baseball is one of the most popular sports in the U.S. Children play baseball in sports field or in parks.
At summer picnics, there is often an informal baseball game. Boys and girls, young and old take turns to bat. Each team has nine players. The baseball season goes from April to September. During this time, baseball matches are shown on TV and members of the important baseball teams become American’s heroes. At the end of the season the two top teams play against each other. Many baseball fans go along to watch the game. Millions of others listen to the radio or watch TV. People seem to talk only about the results and the players.
American football is the most popular sport in the U.S. The football season begins when the baseball season ends. More people will be interested in football than baseball. When there is an important game, thousands of people will sit beside the radio or in front of the TV set.
QUESTIONS:
76. Where do children play baseball?_________________________________________________.
77. How many players does each baseball team have?____________________________________
78. 用it改写黑体字句子: It seems that ______________________________________________.
79. 将文中划线部分翻译成中文___________________________________________________.
80. What sport is the most popular in the U.S ?_________________________________________.
七、口语交际(共5空；每空1分，满分5分)
根据对话情景，填入恰当的单词。

A: Are you online?
B: Yes, I am reading a letter.
A: How often do you use the Internet?
B: I use it almost every day, but I only use it to check my email to see if there are letters from my pen pal.
You use the Internet a lot, (81) _________you?
A: Yes, I use it to do some (82) ______. I buy a lot of things at the lowest prices.
B: It sounds (83) ________. So, you’re online many hours a day?
A: Yes. I like to do that. It makes me feel good.
B: Do you think the Internet is very（84）________ in our daily lives?
A: Yes, I think so. It seems that we can’t live wi thout it. But there are some (85) _________ , too.
B: For example?
A: A lot of the information you find online is not true. So you must be very careful.
B: I see. Thanks for your advice.
八、词汇考查(分A、B、C三节，共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)
A) 读句子，根据首字母或汉语提示补全单词。

86. T__________ it was raining heavily, the football match still went on.
87. I want to travel , e__________ to an English-speaking country.
88. Fujian Province lies in the s_________ of China.
89. Home _______________(环境) usually has a great influence on our lives.
90. Do you know who __________________(发现)America？
B) 根据句意，用括号内所给词的适当形式填空。

91. More and more ________________(foreign) are going to work in China.
92. You’d better be_________________(care) when you go across the road.
93. I feel___________(successful) when I can’t think of questions to ask the other person in a conversation.
94. Would you please give me some _________ (suggest) on how to learn history well?
95. Everyone in our class is interested in ____________(Europe) culture.
C) 用括号内所给动词的适当形式填空。

96. He ___________ (keep) these magazines borrowed from the library since last month.
97. Parents always make their kids __________(learn) something they are not really interested in.
98. She _________________(receive) a lot of beautiful gifts on her ninth birthday.
99. If it _______(not rain) next Sunday, we will go to the beach.
100. While the Greens ________ (have) dinner, the telephone rang.
九、按要求完成句子(分A、B两节，共10小题；每题1.5分，满分15分)
A) 句型转换
101. Mother said to the little boy, “Don’t play with the knife.” (改为间接引语)
Mother ______ the little boy _________ with the knife.
102. There are few people living in the small mountain village, ________ ________?
(反义疑问句）
103. The American boy came to China three years ago. （改为同义句）
He has ________ _______ China for three years.
104. I haven’t cleaned the window. He hasn’t either.（改为同义句）
I haven’t clean ed the window._________ _________ he.
105. The farmer was very tired. He fell asleep very soon.（合并为一句）
The farmer was ________ tired____________ he fell asleep very soon.
B) 根据所给汉语提示翻译句子。

106. 你曾经去过航天博物馆吗？
Have you ever _______to a space _________?
107. 中国的人口比加拿大的多。

The ________of China is much ________ than that of Canada.
108. 他们费了很大的力气才穿过森林。

They had a hard time ________ _________the forest.
109. 也许毕业时，我会考虑当一名警察而不是导游。

Maybe when I graduate, I’ll think about becoming a policeman _______ _______a tour guide.
110. 你学习越努力，你的进步就越大。

The _______ you work, the ___________ progress you will make.
十、书面表达(15分)
你憧憬过未来的生活吗？你心中的未来生活是什么样子呢？请以My life in the future为题写一篇80词左右的文章。

注意：
1、文章需涉及读书,学习，工作，家人，朋友，慈善，爱好等内容。

2、要点完整，层次清晰，语法正确，上下文连贯。

3、文中不得提及所在学校和本人姓名。