2022-2023学年上海市青浦区东方中学八年级上学期期末英语试题

2022-2023学年上海市青浦区东方中学八年级上学期期末英语试题

1. Which of the following underlined parts is different in pronunciation?

A．Tom help ed his mother with the housework.

B．Once there live d an old man in the forest.

C．The man press ed the switch to start the machine.

D．He look ed to the left and right of the road.

2. The old temple has ________ long history, and it has attracted many visitors.

A．a B．an C．the D．/

3. Shopping online is so convenient that it is popular ________ young people.

A．beside B．among C．except D．between

4. I will call you _______ 3:00 _______ next Monday.

A．at, on B．in, on C．at, / D．in, /

5. The pyramids in Egypt are huge buildings built _______ years ago.

A．four thousands B．thousand of C．four thousand of D．thousands of

6. Zhang Guimei is one of ________ headmistresses who tries her best to teach students in some poor areas in China.

A．great B．greater C．greatest D．the greatest

7. Can you see the ________ in the computer labs? The first one means: No eating or drinking.

A．news B．advice C．note D．signs

8. The teacher opened the door and told the students to leave the classroom one after ________.

A．other B．the other C．others D．another

9. The farmers raised many dogs in the garden. Some of them were as ________ as wolves.

A．fierce B．fiercer C．fiercest D．more fierce 10. Being tired after the training, the player ________ down on the bed and fell asleep.

A．lie B．lay C．will lie D．is lying

11. The scientists ________ a new satellite to collect more information form the space in two years.

A．will send B．would send C．is sending D．has send

12. Lined with trees and flowers, the streets ________ our city more attractive than before.

A．would make B．was making C．make D．made

13. The story tells us that we ________ keep calm when something unexpected happens.

A．may B．can C．must D．need

14. ________ wonderful idea Captain King got to save the trapped crew!

A．What B．What a C．What an D．How

15. You may dial this number ________ you run out of food and drink during your stay.

A．if B．until C．although D．because

16. Follow the instructions in the handbook, ________ you will not make it.

A．but B．or C．and D．for

17. —It is reported that more than ten lives were taken in the traffic accident last Monday.

—________

A．Don’t hurry.B．I don’t agree with you.

C．Poor passengers. D．I am sorry to hear that.

18. —You’d better take the raincoat with you. The weather forecast says it will rain.

—________

A．Not at all. B．OK. I will. C．Yes, please. D．With pleasure.

A. million

B. nature

C. temperature

D. repair

E. strange

F. seriously

Some popular places to visit are built by people. Other famous places are created by 19 . For example, in the northeast of the United States, there was a famous rock on a high mountain that looked just like an old man. He had lots of hair, a big nose, and a beard. People called him “The Old Man of the Mountain” and every year more than a 20 people came to look at him. Scientists think that the stone face had been there for about 17,000 years.

In May 2003, there was very bad weather near the Old Man of the Mountain. There were very high winds and the 21 was very cold. The sky was so cloudy that people couldn’t see the stone face for many days. As soon as the storm was over, people looked for the Old Man and they couldn’t see him. They discovered that he was 22 damaged. The stones that made his face sank down the mountain. A number of scientists climbed up to see if they could 23 the stone face, but they had to give up. They figures out that the damage from the weather was just too bad.

A. harder

B. healthy

C. sports

D. subjects

E. with

F. for