八上英语期末考试试卷及答案

2013-2014八年级上学期期末考试英语试卷二、单项选择（每小题1分，共15分）( ) 26.--Peter, don’t play that kind of jokes any more?--Sorry, I ________ do it again.A. won’tB.can’tC. mustn’tD. wouldn’t( ) 27. There are about two ________ students in the new-built school.A.thousandB. thousandsC. thousands ofD. thousand of( ) 28. Mrs Smith eats _______ meat, so he is ________ fat now.A.too much, too muchB.much too, too muchC. too much, much tooD. much too, much too( ) 29. He looks upset. He doesn’t know ________.A.what to do itB. how to do itC. how to doD. do what ( ) 30. --How about your English?--I found ________ hard to learn it well.A. thatB. itC. thisD. one( ) 31. The accident ________ a windy night last year.A. took place inB. took place onC. happened inD. happened on( ) 32. --What were you doing at 9 o’clock last Sunday morning?--I ________.A. did my homeworkB. am doing my homeworkC. do my homeworkD. was doing my homework( ) 33. You must be very tired. Why not ________ a rest?A. to stop to haveB. to stop havingC. stop to haveD. stop having ( ) 34. Tom asked my friend ________.A. where was he fromB. that the earth is bigger than the moonC. when did he came backD. not to be so angry( ) 35. There is nobody in the room,________?A. isn’t itB. isn’t thereC. is thereD. is it( ) 36. --Where is your father?--He ________ Shanghai. He’ll be back next week.A. has gone toB. has been toC. have gone toD. have been to ( ) 37. Tom will stay here ________.A. two days and a halfB.two and a half daysC. two and a half dayD. A and B( ) 38. --Would you mind passing me the book?--________. Here you are.A. Yes, I would.B. Sure.C. Not at all.D. No, that’s a problem. ( ) 39. We have been skating ________ two yeas ago.A. sinceB.forC. inD. before( ) 40. This film isn’t _______ so that nobody is ________ in it.A. interesting; interestedB. interested; interestingC. interesting; interestingD. interested; interested三、完型填空（每小题1分，共15分）Dear Connie，Thanks for your last letter. Everything is OK here now. I am __41__ to know that everything is going well with you. __42__also for the photos. Linda looks healthier and __43__ than before.It is very hot here now, but it sometimes __44__. We love the rains very much. We are __45__ our stay here. I am now studying in a __46__ school. There are more __47__ and students in this school than in my school in England. My teachers and classmates are all very __48__ to me.Time goes so quickly. I am having new experience all the time. It is difficult to __49__ Chinese. But I am making progress __50__ the help of my teachers and classmates.The summer holiday is __51__. Here in Jinan the summer holiday usually __52__ about two months. So I'II be free for over sixty days. I hope you and Linda could __53__ to Jinan for a __54__. Then I can show you __55__ the famous “Spring City” in China.Love to you and Linda.Yours,Mike( ) 41. A. glad B. angry C. surprised D. sad( ) 42. A. Thanks B. Ask C. Hope D. Wish( ) 43. A. slower B. taller C. shorter D. smaller( ) 44. A. floods B. winds C. snows D. rains( ) 45. A. fond B. disliking C. enjoying D. hating( ) 46. A. shorter B. taller C. smaller D. bigger( ) 47. A. libraries B. teachers C. buildings D. classrooms ( ) 48. A. rough B. friendly C. unfriendly D. rude( ) 49. A. know B. find C. learn D. see( ) 50. A. as B. under C. by D. with( ) 51. A. finished B. coming C. going D. over( ) 52. A. takes B. spends C. lasts D. costs( ) 53. A. run B. walk C. go D. come( ) 54. A. sight B. visit C. job D. work( ) 55. A. around B. to C. for D. visit四、阅读理解（每小题2分，共30分）AA man was selling medicine at a fair(集市). At first he sold bottles of a cure(药剂) for colds for just a dollar a bottle.Many people wanted to buy it and the man’s young assistant moved quickly through the crowd collecting money and handing out bottles of the cure.Then, when he had a bid crowd, the man stood up, held up a very small bottle and said, “And now, ladies and gentleman, I am not going to charge you a hundred dollars a bottle forthis wonderful medicine. I am not going to charge you fifty dollars a bottle. I am not going to charge you twenty-five dollars a bottle. Now, ladies and gentleman. I am not going to charge you ten dollars, and you can live forever.Most of the people in the crowd did not believe this. One person shouted, “ If you can make you live forever, why don’t you drink it?” Then the other man cried, “ Yes, you look as if you are at least sixty years.”“ Thank you, sir, thank you,” the man answered, “ I am so glad you said that. My real age is three hundred and twenty-nine.” The crowd laughed at this but there were still some people who wanted to believe the man. One of them spoke to the man’s assistant as he passed by, “ Is that true?” he asked. “ Is he three hundred and twenty-nine?“ Don’t ask me, ” the assistant said, “ I have only worked for him for a hundred and fifty years.”( ) 56. What did the man sell at first? He sold ________.A. a cure for coldsB. bottlesC. a cure for old ageD. a medicine that made people live forever ( ) 57. The people didn’t believe that the man’s medicine could cure old age because _______.A.the medicine was too cheapB.the medicine was too expensiveC.he looked quite old himselfD.he didn’t look honest( ) 58. What does the word “charge” mean in this passage?A. 变化B. 付钱C. 给……钱D. 向……要价( ) 59. How much did the man charge for the cure for old age?A. one dollar a bottleB. twenty-five dollars a bottleC. ten dollars a bottleD. fifty dollars a bottle( ) 60. What does this passage really mean?A.The cure for old age is very useful and not so expensive.B.The man is not honest, and neither is his assistant.C.The cheaper the medicine is, the more people will buy.D.The two men are very honest, and they’d like to help people live forever.BA. one Chinese filmB. two Chinese filmsC. three American filmsD. a lot of foreign films( ) 62. If a man with his child goes to Grand Movie Theater on Sunday, theywill pay ________ for the film.A．$12 B. $9 C. $6 D. $5( ) 63. If you are free on Friday morning, you can see the film ________.A. Kungfu HustleB. A World Without ThievesC. TroyD. Harry Potter Ⅲ( ) 64. You can see three films either on ________ or on ________.A. Wednesday, FridayB. Tuesday, WednesdayC. Thursday, FridayD. Saturday, Sunday( ) 65. From the poster, we know ________ is a director and actor in the film.A. Alfonso CaronB. Feng XiaogangC. Wolfgang PetersonD. Zhou XingchiCTed, my little brother, is in Grade One. Last Friday he came back from school with a letter. The letter was from his teacher. “I got a red flower today. Could you please sign this note?” he said to mum. The note showed that he had been talking in class.Ted hardly gets top scores in his school work. The best he gets is “OK”, but he often gets “You can do better than this.” Mum knows what it means. She tells me “You can do better than this” means “Extremely bad” in China.In the USA, teachers never say anything too bad about their students, even if the students are making trouble in class or not working hard enough. The worst they might say is “Please be nicer tomorrow”. Many parents are satisfied with a B-grade for each subject.But things in Chinese schools are quite different. Parents have high expectations for their children. I sometimes felt that my second-grade cousin spend more time on homework than I did when I was 6th grade in the US! Yet his parents and teachers didn’t think he worked hard enough.Is it too strict in China? Or is it not strict enough in the USA? Maybe both are true. ( ) 66.Why did Ted come home with a letter last Friday?A. Because the teacher wanted to visit his mother.B. Because he did something wrong.C. Because the teacher was happy with his progress.D. Because the teacher thought he was too lazy.( ) 67.If a student in the USA gets “OK” in his schoolwork, it means ________.A. he gets top scoresB. he gets medium scoresC. he gets extremely bad scoresD. he gets the worst scores( ) 68. American parents will be ________ when their children get a B-grade in their school.A. excitedB. sadC. angryD. happy( ) 69. The underlined words “high expectations” in this passage means “________”.A. 很高的待遇B. 很多的自由C. 很高的期望D. 很多的关爱( ) 70. The writer mainly wants to tell us ________.A. the differences between Chinese education and American educationB. Chinese students are better than American studentsC. American parents are not strict enough with their childrenD. what’s the best way to educate childAccording to the data from the sixth census(人口普查).(China’s population has increased to 1. 37 billion, including 30. 3 million in Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan.With over 1. 3 billion people, China has the largest population in the world. It is about 20%of the world's population, so one in every five people on the planet is a Chinese resident.In 1950, China’s population was only 563 million. he population grew quickly through the following decade(十年) to one billion in the early 1980s. To solve the population problems，he family planning policy was introduced in 1979 Thanks to the policy, China's population growth has been slowed.But China’s population is expected to grow over the next few decades. By the late 2010s, China's population is expected to reach 1. 4 billion. Around 2030, it may peak(达到最高峰)and then slowly start dropping.In the next few decades，India, the world's second most populous country is expected to surpass(超过) China in population. By 2040, India's population is expected to be 1. 52 billion; that same year, China's will be 1.45 billion and India will become the world's most populous country.( )1.We can work out that the population of the Chinese mainland(大陆) is about __________ now.A. 1. 37 billionB. 30. 3 millionC.1. 34 billionD. 1.36 billion( ) 2.The underlined word "resident" means________ in Chinese.A.居民B.游客C:.华侨D.同胞( )3. What was China's population in the early 1980s?A. About 1 billion.B. Only 563milloin.C. Over 1. 37 billion.D. About 1. 4 billion. ( )4. We can infer(推断) that from 2030 to 2040 _________.A. China's population will be 25% of the world’s populationB. the family planning policy will be stopped in China.C. India will have a larger population than ChinaD. India’s population will grow72.Mr. Wang is standing ________ the meeting room and giving a talk.73.--I have never been to Disneyland before.-- Me ________.74.I am gonging to be an artist ________ a bank clerk.75.Grandpa is sleeping. Could you please ________ the TV a bit.六、阅读理解填词（每小题1分，共10分）Each country has many kind people who help to take care of o__66___. For example, some high school and college students in the United States often spend many h__67___ as volunteers in hospitals, orphanages (孤儿院) or homes for the old. They read books to the people in these places, or they just visit them and play games with them or l__68___ to their problems.Other young people volunteers go and work in the homes of people who are sick or old. They paint, clean up, or repair their houses, do their shopping or mow their lawns. For boys who no longer have fathers there is an organization c__69___ Big Brothers. College students and other men take these boys to baseball games or on fishing trips and help them to get to know things that boys usually learn from their f__70___.Each city has a n__71___ of clubs where boys and girls can go to play games or learn crafts. Some of these clubs show movies or organize short trips to the mountains, the beaches, museums or other places of i__72___. Most of these clubs use a lot of high school and college students as volunteers b__73___ they are young enough to remember the problems of younger boys and girlsVolunteers believe that some of the h__74___ people in the world are those who help to b__75___ happiness to others.66. o________ 67. h________ 67. l________ 69. c________ 70. f________71. n________ 72. i________ 73. b________ 74. h________ 75. b________七、书面表达（20分）。