八年级上学期英语期末试卷及答案

八年级上学期英语期末试卷及答案

I. 听录音上的各组对话,回答下列各问题。(15分)

1. From the conversation how do you think of the woman?

2. What subject can the woman help the man?

3. Why do you think May can be the woman's best friend?

4. How does the man like diving?

5. Which country are they visiting?

II. 补全对话。根据上下文补全所缺单词。(10分)

Mike： What subjects are you studying?

Mary： Maths, Chinese, (1) ______ , Computer, History, Geography, Science and so on.

Mike： Which (2) ______ do you like best?

Mary： English. The others are interesting, too. But my Science is poor.

Mike： What's the reason?

Mary： I think I haven't been working enough.

Mike： I (3) ______ you began to learn Japanese, didn't you?

Mary： Yes, I took a Japanese course by (4) ______ to the radio.

Mike： How (5) ______ Japanese words have you learnt?

Mary： I've learnt about 300 words.

Mike： Can you sing a song in Japanese?

Mary： No, I (6) ______ .

Mike： Can you talk with foreign guests in Japanese?

Mary： Only a (7) ______ .

Mike： I'm also (8) ______ in Japanese.Would you (9)

______ me to learn Japanese?

Mary： I'll be glad to. Let's learn it together (10)

______ next Monday.

III. 读下面短文,根据所给首字母,填写准确的单词。(20分)

A big quarrel broke out in San Francisco in the 1920's. The boats that c ______ (1) people north from the city a

______ (2) San Francisco Bay were too crowded. Many people had an i ______ (3).

They said that a b ______ (4) should be built. S ______ (5) people called it "The Bridge That Couldn't Be Built".

Joseph B. Strauss, a world-famous bridge builder, said he t ______ (6) it could be built. Finally, work was started. One worker said, "I f ______ (7) the earth shaking when I was up on top. We didn't think it would ever make it. We thought the bridge would f ______ (8) into the water."

It d ______ (9) fall. The bridge was put up and it has become the best k ______ (10) bridge in America-the Golden Gate Bridge.

IV. 选词填空。(20分)

but, for, well, with, give up, harder, important, a lot, think of, good at

My close friend is my deskmate. She is (1) ______ English,(2) ______ I am poor in it. Once I failed in a test.

I felt very sad and I almost wanted to (3) ______ this subject. Then my deskmate told me that English was a very (4) ______ subject and we must study it (5) . I was moved. From then on, I studied English (6) than before. When I had difficulties, I would go to her (7) ______ help.

(8) ______ her help, my English had improved (9) ______ by the end of the term. Although we are now in different schools, I often (10) ______ her and her help.

V. 用所给形容词、副词的适当形式填空。(20分)

Have you noticed any differences between Tom and Mike?

Tom is twenty years old. Mike is twenty-one. So Mike is one year(1) ______ (old) than Tom. Tom is five feet ten and a half inches(2) ______ (tall). Mike is five feet eleven inches tall. So Mike is half an inch(3) ______ (tall) than Tom.

Mike's and Tom's apartments look very(4) ______ (different). Mike's is one of the (5) ______ (expensive) in our town. Tom's apartment is much(6) ______ (small) than

Mike's, but his is(7) ______ (attractive) than Mike's in many ways. Mike is getting(8) ______ (busy and busy) these days. He can't find(9) (many) time to clean his apartment or keep

it in order. He is also(10) ______ (lazy) than Tom about housework. He doesn't care if his place is a little(11)

______ (dirty) or messy. Tom is a very(12) ______ (neat)