外研版八年级英语上册期末测试题

外研版八年级英语上册期末测试题
一．单项选择
1.Vienna is _old city_the river Danube.A.the;in B.an; on C.a; at D.an; of
2.I found ____ difficult to talk with a foreigner in English. A、them B、it C、me D、that
3.---Where is John?
---Look! He __ in the garden. A. plays B. played C. will play D. is playing
4.There are about ____ people in the hall.
A. two hundreds of
B.two hundreds
C. hundreds of
D. two hundred
5.Mike likes mountains and lakes. He hopes to __nature when he is free . A. be far from B.be interested in C. be close to D.be crowded with
6.We are all here ____ Lily. Where is she?
A. except
B.besides
C. beside
D. as well as
7. We agreed ______to see a film this Saturday evening. A. go B. going
C.went
D. to go
8. The number of pandas is getting _________ because their living areas are becoming farmland.. A. less and less B. larger and larger C. smaller a nd smaller D. fewer and fewer
9. It is a story about a young boy ______Harry Porter. A. call B. calling C . calls D. called
10. It took her much time __English out of class. A. practice speaking B. to practice to; speak C. to practice speaking D. practice to speaking
11. He offered __________me around the city.
A. show
B. to show
C. showing
D. be showed
12.Everyone _____ the Spring Festival especially the kids, because they c an get money in red packets.A enjoy B enjoys C is enjoyingD are enjoying 13.---Do you know Lin Shuhao?
---Yes, he is famous__ playing basketball __a basketball star. A. for; as B . as; for C. to; at D. at; to
14.---You shouldn’t forget what he says at the meeting.
---I’ll__his words. A.write down B.take away C.hear fromD.learn about
15.It’s______cheaper and___enjoyable to travel by train than by plane.
A.much;more
B.very;very much
C.more;more
D.more;much
16.---Would you like______to drink? ---Yes,I’d like a cup of coffee A.something else B.else something C.anything else D.else anything
17.My little sister stopped___and played the toy dog. A.to cry B.cries
C.cried
D.crying
18.---Who is the man over there?Is it Mr.Li?
---No,it______be him.Mr.Li is much taller. A.mustn’t B.may not C.can’t
D.needn’t
19.---Mr. Lee __ to a student when I entered the classroom this morning ----He is very patient _____ he is young.
A talking; but
B talks; though
C was talking; though
D talked; however
20.---Oh, we missed the last bus to the museum.
--- ____. We can go there by taxi and it’s faster.
A. Never mind.
B.I’m not sure about it.
C. Bad luck!
D. That’s too bad! 二．完形填空
Jane is a nice girl and likes small animals. On her way back from school 1 afternoon, she always stops 2 the animals in the petshop. She like s to see the dogs. One of them is a little white dog, and Jane likes it 3 . She 4 the dog 5 in the pet shop. She often forgets the time. So she comes home very 6 . One day her parents asked 7 she was late. Jan e told them about the dog in the pet shop.
The next day Jane stopped to look 8 the window of the pet shop, but she could not 9 the dog. She was very sad and went home early. When she 10 home, her mother showed her a big cake and her father gave her the little white dog from the pet shop. It was her birthday. Jane was very glad. From that day, she did not come home late. She ran home early to play with the little white dog every day.
1. A. each one B. every C. this D. ×
2. A. looking at B. looks at C. to look at D. looked at
3. A. very many B. very much C. very D. little
4. A. watches B. watch C. see D. saw
5. A. to play B. play C. played D. plays
6. A. late B. early C. fast D. first
7. A. what B. why C. when D. where
8. A. at B. to C. into D. onto
9. A. looked B. looked at C. saw D. see
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10. A. got B. got to C. arrived in D. arrived at
三．阅读理解(A)
“Cool”is a word with many meanings．Its old meaning is used to expre ss （表达）a temperature that is a little bit cold.
As the world has changed,the word has had many different meaning．“Cool”can be used to express feelings of interest in almost anything．When you see a famous car in the street，maybe you will say，“It’s cool．”You may think，“He’s so cool，”when you see your favourite footballer．
We all maximize（扩大） the meaning of“cool”．
You can use it instead of many words such as “new” or “surprising”Here’s an interesting story we can use to show the way the word is used.
A teacher asked her students to write about the waterfall（瀑布）they had visited．
On one student’s paper was just the one sentence,
“It's so cool．Maybe he thought it was the best way to show what he s aw and felt．
But the story also shows a scarcity（缺乏）of words．Without “cool”，some people have no words to show the same meaning．So it is quite i mportant to keep some credibility(可信性)．
Can you think of many other words that make your life as colourful as th e word “cool”？ I can．And I think they are also very cool．
1．We know that the word“cool has had ________.
A．only one meaning B．no meanings C．many different meanings D．the same meaning
2.In the passage，the word“express”means “________”. A．see B．show C．know D．feel
3.If you are _______ something,you may say, “It’s cool．”A．interested in B．angry about C．afraid of D．unhappy with 4．The writer takes an example to show he is ___the way the word is us ed． A．pleased with B．strange to C．worried about D．careful with 5．In the passage，the writer suggests（暗示）that the word “cool”________． A．can be used instead of many words B．usually means s omething interesting C．can make your life colourful D．may not（可能不） be as cool as it seems
(B) Pollution（污染）
The world itself is becoming much smaller by using modem traffic and modern communication means (通讯设备).
Life today is much easier than it was hundreds of years ago, but it has br ought new problems. One of the biggest is pollution. To pollute means to make things dirty. Pollution comes in many ways. We see it, smell it, drink it and even hear it.
Man has been polluting the earth. The more people, the more polluti on. Many years ago, the problem was not so serious because there were not so many people. When the land was used up or the river was dirty in one place, Man moved to another place. But this is no longer true. M an is now slowly polluting the whole world.
Air pollution is still the most serious. It's bad for all living things in the world, but it is not the only one kind of pollution. Water pollution kills our fish and pollutes our drinking water. Noise pollution makes us angry more easily.
Many countries are making rules to fight pollution. They stop people fro m burning coal (煤) in houses and factories in the city, and from putting dirty smoke into the air.
Pollution by SO2 is now the most dangerous kind of air pollution. It is ca used by heavy traffic. It is sure that if there are fewer people driving, th ere will be less air pollution. The earth is our home. We must take care of it. That means keeping the land, water and air clean. And we must tak
e care o
f the rise in population at the same time.
6. Our world is becoming much smaller ___.
A. because the earth is being polluted day and night.
B. thanks to scienc e development
C. because of the rise in population
D. because the eart
h is blown away by the wind every year
7. Thousands of years ago, life was ____ it is today.
A. much easier than
B. as easy as
C. as hard as
D. much harder than
8. Pollution comes in many ways. We can even hear it. Here "it" means _ ___. A. water pollution B. air pollution C. noise pollution D. rubbish 9. Air pollution is the most serious kind of pollution because ____.
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A. it's bad for all living things in the world
B. it makes much noise
C. it makes our rivers and lakes dirty
D. it makes us angry more easily
10. Which of the following is NOT true?
A. Many countries are making rules to fight pollution.
B. The pollution of the earth grows as fast as the world's population does.
C. If people coul d go to work by bus or bike instead of car or motorbike it would be helpf ul in fighting against the problem of SO2.
D. The problem of pollution is not so serious because there are not so m any people living on the earth.
(C )
Long, long ago there were only a few thousand people in the world. These people move form place to place over the land, hunting animals for food.
No one knows how or when these people learned about growing food . But when they did, their lives changed. They did not have to look for fo od any more. They could stay in one place and grow it.
People began to live near one another. And so the first village grew. Many people came to work in the villages. These villages grew very big. When machines appeared, life in the villages changed again. Factories w ere built. More and more people lived near the factories.The cities grew very big. Today some people are moving back to small towns. Can you te ll why?
11.The best title(题目)of the text should be ___.
A. Cities or Villages
B. Back to Towns
C. How Cities Grew
D. People a nd Animals
12. The underlined word "they" in the second paragraph refers to(指的是) ___. A. villages B. animals C. cities D. people
13. When factories were built, ___.
A. more people live near the factories
B. people began to live in the fact ories
C. many people began to work in villages
D. many machines appear ed in big factories
14. We can learn from the text that ___. A. people like to work only in bi
g cities B. some people don't like to live in big cities C. there will be no s mall towns in the futureD. it is better to live in cities than in villages 15. In what order did people do the following things?
A. Worked in villages
B. Lived near the factories.
C. Learned to grow f ood.
D. Built factories.
E. Began to live near each other.
A. d, b, a, e, c
B. e, a, c, d, b,
C. c, e, a, d, b
D. a. c. d. e. b
(D)
Do you know Venus (金星)?
Of the eight planets Venus is the nearest one to us. Venus was the Roma n goddess of love and beauty. In Greek her name was Aphrodite. Venus and the Earth are almost the same size, and you would weigh almost the same on both planets. If you were 70 pounds on Earth you would be 63 pounds on Venus. Venus is an “unfriendly” planet. Because of its thick cloud, you can’tsee the surface.
In many ways Venus is like the Earth. It has active volcanoes (火山), mountains and valleys, too. But Venus is too hot for life. It has the hottest temperature of the planets in our solar system, about 480℃. Bes ides, the Earth lets heat out through volcanoes, hot springs, but Venus le ts heat out in a different way. Venus has no moons. Scientists call Venus the Earth’s sister planet because Venus and the Earth are almost the sa me size. For a long time most scientists thought that Venus probably had plants, animals, and possibly even human beings. However, because Ve nus is so hot, it is impossible for anything to live there.
( 16. Aphrodite is the goddess of ____ in Greek. A. danger and thought B. love and beauty C. beauty and danger D. love and thought
( )17. If you are 60kg on Earth, you will be about ___ on Venus. A. 20kg B. 54kg C. 63kg D. 70kg
( )18. Why is Venus an “unfriendly” planet? A. It’s the nearest planet to us. B. It’s almost the same size as the Earth. C. People can’t see it clearly from the outside. D. Anything can’t live there.
( )19. Which one is NOT right according to the passage? A.The Earth an d Venus are similar in size. B. Both the Earth and Venus have active volca noes. C. The surface of Venus is much hotter than that of the Earth. D. Venus has the same way to let heat out as the Earth.
( )20. Which is the best title for the passage? A. Planets Around Us B. Lif e on Other Planets C. The Story of Venus D. The Introduction to Venus
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(E)
The British climate is pleasant. Summers are usually not too hot with the highest temperature less than 30℃ and rarely rising over 32℃. Win ters are usually warm because of the warm air that comes from the Atla ntic Ocean. The cold weather is common , but the temperature rarely fal ls under -10℃. The difference between summer and winter temperatur es in most parts of Britain (including both day and night temperatures) is only about 12℃. In some parts of Russia, such as Siberia, this differen ce can be as much as 40℃.
Different parts of the British Isles receive different rainfall. More rain falls in the west and north, such as in Scotland, the Lake District and Wal es, because there are many hills and mountains. In some parts of Scotlan d it can rain or snow as many as 300 days in a year. But in East Anglia, rainfall is much less, and dry summers can receive very little rainfall. The air from the Atlantic Ocean brings wind and rain, but usually warm air. For this reason, the climate of the British Isles can change from one day t o the next.
( )21. The word “rarely” means ____. A. 通常 B. 很少 C. 平均 D. 多数( )22. The difference between summer and winter temperatures in Russ ia is _______. A. 10℃ B. 12℃ C. 32℃ D. 40℃
( )23. It rains or snows in most of the year in parts of _____. A. Scotland B. Wales C. Russia D. Siberia
( )24. The air from the Atlantic Ocean ______. A. makes the summer co ol in Britain B. makes the winter warm in Britain C. makes the summer c ool in Siberia D. makes the winter warm in Siberia
( )25. We can infer from the passage _______.
A. it is not too hot in summer nor too cold in winter in Britain
B. the low est temperature in Britain is 10℃
C. Britain has less rainfall in a year
D. the weather in Britain is the same as that in East Anglia
(F)
American people like to say "Thank you" when others help them or say s omething kind to them．People of many countries do so, too．It is a ve ry good habit．
You should say "Thank you" when someone passes you the salt on the ta ble, when someone walking ahead of you keeps the door open for you, when someone says you have done your work well, or you have bought a nice thing, or your city is very beautiful． "Thank you" is used not only between friends, but also between parents and children, brothers and s isters．
"Excuse me" is another short sentence they use．When you hear some one say so behind you, you know that somebody wants to walk past you without touching you．It's not polite to break others when they are talk ing．If you want to speak to one of them, say "Excuse me" first, and the n begin talking．You should also do so when you begin to cough or mak e any noise before others．
Let's learn to say "Thank you" and "Excuse me"．
26．You should say "Thank you" when _______．
A．you say something kind to others B．you help others C．someone helps you D．you need others to help you
27．From the passage we know "Thank you" is _______．
A．widely used in the world B．used more often than "Excuse me" C．used only by Americans D．used only between friends 28．You should say "Excuse me " if you want to _______．
A．cough B．make some noise C．go first D．all of the above 29．When you are going to ask someone to tell you the way, you should say _______．
A．Thank you B．That's very kind of you C．Excuse me D．I'm sorry 30．This passage mainly tells us the way _______．
A．to be happy B．to be polite C．to help others D．to learn from
Americans
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