八年级期末英语试卷二.pdf

八年级期末英语试卷二

一、语法选择

1．Canton Porcelain（广彩）has a history of more than300years，dating back to the Qing Dynasty（1636﹣1911）．Canton Porcelain became popular around the world（1）its beautiful colors．

Xu Enfu is known as a Canton Porcelain master．Xu Junru，his daughter，showed（2）great love for it when she was a little girl．She enjoyed staying with her father while he（3）the porcelain painting．They think it's necessary（4）them to add modern patterns into their pieces．They mix modern techniques（5）a traditional feel．Cartoon patterns，such as Hello Kitty and Doraemon（6）on the plates．This idea wins children's hearts.Their works are so wonderful（7）they attract many foreigners．They decide（8）this traditional skill to people around the world．

A group of foreigners（9）to join this Canton Porcelain workshop held by GD Today．They were（10）to experience how to make Canton Porcelain．Mansha said，"It is my first time to paint on a plate or porcelain．It's difficult for me to do the black line．"Foreigners had about just one hour to finish（11）patterns and colors for their own plates．Oxana challenged herself to paint the Canton Tower on（12）own to remember her time in Guangzhou．Simon painted a Chinese character（13）on the plate．It was a good idea that he made this plate for his grandma in U．K．．（14）you are interested in it，you can attend the training class on making Canton Porcelain．It is really good for you（15）it to your family and friends as a gift!

（1）A．because of B．because C．so D．as

（2）A．the B．an C．/D．a

（3）A．makes B．making C．made D．was making （4）A．with B．of C．for D．on

（5）A．into B．with C．up D．in

（6）A．can be painted B．can paint C．was painted D．painted

（7）A．as B．until C．till D．that

（8）A．introduced B．introducing C．to introduce D．introduce （9）A．invited B．were invited C．are invited D．invite

（10）A．luckily enough B．luck enough C．lucky enough D．enough luck （11）A．design B．designing C．to design D．designed （12）A．she B．he C．his D．her

（13）A．success B．successful C．successfully D．succeed

（14）A．If B．As C．Unless D．While

（15）A．to send B．send C．sending D．sent

二、完形填空

2．In many space films，whenever the Earth faces danger，humans always leave the planet in spaceships．But the latest Chinese science fiction movie，The Wandering Earth，offers a （1）idea．

The film is based on a short story by a Chinese science fiction writer，Liu Ci xin．In this film，the Earth is in（2）of being damaged by the dying sun．In response，humans around the world work together to build a giant engine system（发动机系统）that will push the Earth（3）the Sun．Instead of giving up the Earth，this time we wil（4）it with us．

For thousands of years，"homeland"has played an important role in the hearts and minds of Chinese people．One old idiom is"luoyeguigen"，which means（5）one's homeland in old age，like fallen leaves coming back to the roots of their tree．It shows that Chinese people have their closer ties with their（6）．

The special cultural background of Chinese is probably what sets The Wandering Earth different from Hollywood﹣style space films．

"What is Chinese science fiction？"Guo Fan，the film's director，said in an interview．"There is no more about superheroes to save humans alone．In Chinese culture，we（7）try our best to bring everyone together．This is what we saw in the movie．So the way that can really express our culture and spirit can be called a（8）science