八下(1-8)英语试题

2010—2011学年度八年级第一学期期末考试卷英语试题一、听力二．单选。

15分26. Everything is _____if you put your heart into it .A. ableB. probablyC. possible D .difficult27. Remember this , children . _____ careful you are , ______ mistakes you will make .A. The more , the more B, The fewer, the moreC. The more, the fewerD.The less , the less28.There .a football game in a week .A. is going to haveB. will beC. hasD. will have29. Dave had a difficult time____the picture.A. drawB. to drawC. drawingD. drew30.What happened to Tom?He was corssing the street______a car hit（撞）him from behind .A. whileB. whenC. untilD. because31.I‟m sorry, I______my homework at home .That‟s all right . Don‟t forget ______it to school .A. forget , to takeB. forget , to bringC. left , to takeD. left , to bring32. When _____you _____to play sports ?When I was eleven years old .A. have , startedB. did , startedC. did , startD. have , been starding33. He has been learning English _______ two years ago.A, for B. since C. / D. after34. What are you gong to do with your pocket money?________give it to the children from AIDS(艾滋病) families ?A, What about B What for C.Why don‟t D.Why not35. I have to _____ the music a little because my brother is answering the telephone .A. turn onB.turn offC. turn up D, turn down36. Would you mind not_____ your old shoes? They …re out of style .Ok , I‟ll ____ my new shoes .A, wear, put on B. wear, wear C. wearing, put on D. putting on, wear37, ______ the Great Wall , there‟re many other places of intere in Beijing , such as the Summer Palace and the Palace Museum .A, Beside B. Except C, But D.Besides38. Did you sleep well last night ?No, one of my neighbors _____music very loud .A, play B, is playing C, was playing D, would play39. If you don‟t go to the meeti ng tomorrow , ________.A. he will,tooB. he won‟t , eitherC. he does, tooD. he doesn‟t , either40. How much did you ______the house?A. spend B . pay C. pay for D. take三．完形填空（10分）Once there was a rich man in a village. He never gave anything to help others The__41_ didn‟t like him. One day he said to them. “I know you don‟t like me. I will give everything I have to you __42___ I die. Then everyone will be happy.”But nobody believed him. The rich man couldn‟t __43_ why they didn‟t believe him. One day he went for a__44__ by the lake. Under a tree he happened to hear a pig and a cow___45__The pig said to the cow,“Why everybody likes you and nobody likes me？After I die，I ___46_people with pork, ham, etc. I give three or four things to them. But you give only one thing--___47_.Why do people like you all the time and not me？”The cow said，“Look，I give them milk while I‟m __48_.They see that I am generous（慷慨的）with what I ___49__.But you don‟t give them anything before you die. You give them ham，pork and so on only after you‟re dead. People don‟t believe in the future; they believe in the ___50__. If you give while you are living，people will like you. It is qu ite simple.”Form that moment on，the rich man did all his best to help the poor.41. A. strangers B. villagers C. officers D. workers42. A. when B. because C. since D. until43. A. ask B. remember C. discover D. understand44. A. walk B. meal C. visit D. help45. A. fighting B. shouting C. talking D. joking46. A. feed B. provide（提供）C. bring D. help47. A. milk B. ham C. pork D. beef48. A. happy B. afraid C. alive( 活着) D. lonely49. A. eat B. drink C. like D. have50. A. past B. present C. rich D. poor四. 阅读理解（每小题 1.5分共30分）AThere was once a man who kept ten monkeys as pets as he was very fond of them．Every morning the monkeys would climb up and down the trees or swing from one branch（树枝）to another in his backyard．After that，he would feed（喂）them bananas．One morning the man said to the monkeys，“We have very few bananas left today．For breakfast I shall give each of you two bananas and four for dinner．” When the monkeys heard this，they looked very unhappy．They refused（拒绝）to take the bananas that the man was handing out to them．“Very well，then．You shall have four bananas in the morning and two for dinner，”the man said．The monkeys looked at one another．Then they jumped up and down happily，nodding their heads．They took the big，yellow bananas from the man and started eating．Choose the best answer．51．The man kept the monkeys because he _________ ．A．liked them B．sold monkeys as petsC．wanted them to work for him D．had many banana trees in his backyard 52．The man fed the monkeys _________ ．A．twice a day B．in the afternoonC．only when they were hungry D．before they climbed up and down the trees 53．At first the man wanted to give the monkeys _________ bananas for dinner A．one B．two C．three D．four54．The monkeys were unhappy and they _________ ．A．ran away B．nodded their headsC．didn't take the bananas from the man D. jumped up and down 55．Finally，the monkeys ate _________ bananas for the whole day．A．less B．more C．five D．the same number ofBMr. Smith usually got up late in the morning, so Mrs. Smith always called him up to make him not to be late for work. One day, they had a loud and long quarelling, so they were not speaking to each other. In the evening Mr. Smith handed his wife a piece of paper. He had written" call me at 7 in the morning" on it. Then without a word, he went to sleep.Next morning, when Mr. Smith woke up, it was already 9:30.He got up and put on his clothes quickly. As he went out, he found another piece of paper on the table." It's seven o'clock. Get up!"根据短文内容，对下面一个句子做出判断，如句子与短文内容相符，在题前括号内写（T），如不符则写（F）。