外研版英语八年级上册期末试卷

外研版八年级上英语期末试题

I.单项填空

1. Dalian is _______ beautiful city. It's in the north of China.

A. a

B. an

C. the

D. /

2. What's the matter __________ you, Tony? You look pale.

A. in

B. for

C. against

D.with

3. Teahouse _______ the changes in Chinese society over fifty years.

A. causes

B. describes

C. produces

D. improves

4. My teacher had a long __________ with me yesterday and she gave me some useful advice.

A. experience

B. situation

C. conversation

D. pronunciation

5. Betty was late for school this morning __________the traffic was too heavy.

A. because

B. if

C. though

D.while

6. ---How much is your new English dictionary? ---It __________ me 200 yuan, more or less.

A. took

B. cost

C. spent

D. paid

7. The river is too deep. You __________ be careful.

A. can

B. may

C. might

D. must

8. I'm in a hurry. What is __________way to get there?

A. fast

B. faster

C. fastest

D. the fastest

9. ---What's your plan for the winter holidays?

---I've no idea, but I have decided __________at home and have a good rest first.

A. stay

B. to stay

C. stayed

D. staying

10. They arrived while we __________ the class meeting.

A. have

B. are having

C. were having

D. had

11. Look at the dark clouds! It's __________ snowy tomorrow.

A. probably

B. carefully

C. really

D. especially

12. The small local school __________, so Jo now has to go to a school far away.

A. lifted up

B. closed down

C. looked up

D. took away

13. ---_________ is the temperature in Canada in winter? ---No idea.

A. How

B. What

C. How many

D. How much

14. China's Chang'e-3 and the lunar rover (月球车) Yutu __________ on the moon successfully on December 14th.How proud we are!

A. landed

B. trained

C. cheered

D. grew

15. If we don't hurry up, we won't be __________ to catch the coach.

1 / 10

A. from time to time

B. all the time

C. in the end

D. in time

16. ---Why don't we try to find some English pen friends? We can write to them.

---__________

A. Thanks a lot.

B. Ready?

C. Don't worry.

D. That's a good idea.

II.完形填空

There was once a farmer who lost his watch in his barn (谷仓). The watch was not expensive but was very __17__ to him because it was a __18__ from his father.

After __19__ the barn for a long time, he gave up and asked for __20__ from a group of children playing nearby.