江苏省苏州市八年级(上)期末英语试卷(含答案)

八年级（上）期末英语试卷

一、单选题（本大题共15小题，共15.0分）

1.---I think English is ______ unimportant subject．

---I don't think so．It is _______useful tool when we talk with foreigners．（）

A. a，an

B. an，a

C. a，a

D. an，an

2.When I arrived there，I found the girl looking at the snake．（）

A. in danger

B. in trouble

C. in need

D. in fear

3.There are some in Suzhou Library．For example，you can't eat or drink inside．（）

A. jobs

B. reports

C. rules

D. paintings

4.-I'm really before the competition．

-Take it easy．Sure you are the best．（）

A. patient

B. nervous

C. cool

D. serious

5.We lost the match because they had players．They had eleven and we had only nine

．（）

A. stronger

B. younger

C. fewer

D. more

6.I fell off the bike on my way to school ，I wasn't hurt．（）

A. Luckily

B. Unluckily

C. Sadly

D. Unhappily

7.In fact，

most children like to look the pictures before they begin reading the book．（）

A. up

B. out

C. after

D. through

8.When you are free at home，you can wash a few dishes or the room．（）

A. tidy up

B. put up

C. set up

D. pick up

9.-Do you have any plans for this Sunday？

--I'm not sure．I ______ go to the countryside to see my grandmother．（）

A. can

B. must

C. may

D. need

10.When you leave，please turn off the lights energy．（）

A. save

B. to save

C. saving

D. saved

11.I the toy car for my brother when the telephone （）

A. repaired； was ringing

B. repaired； rings

C. was repairing； rang

D. was repairing； is ringing

12.I saw some pancakes in the plate，but now there is left in it．（）

A. none

B. something

C. nothing

D. no one

13.─I'd like to buy Guo Jingming's Tiny Times．

─You had better his books．The stories he tells are far from real life．（）

A. read

B. not read

C. count

D. not count

14.Weshould have our students ________ hard instead of ________ too much time playing

games．（）

A. work；spend

B. to work； spend

C. work； spending

D. to work； spending

15.-I missed the beginning of The Voice of China yesterday evening．

- !But you can watch the re-play tonight．（）

A. Hurry up

B. What a pity

C. Try your best

D. I don't think so

二、完形填空（本大题共10小题，共10.0分）

One day，a baby snail（蜗牛）asked his mother，"Why was I born with a shell （壳）？It is so（31）

{C}______ {C}and heavy．"His mother said，"Because we do not have(16)to support us．We can only crawl（爬）and move slowly，so we get a shell to(17) us．"Her baby asked again，"The

caterpillar（毛毛虫）has no bones either，and she can't move quickly．Why can she go (18) a shell"The mother snail answered，"That's because a caterpillar will become a butterfly．She can fly (19)to the sky．The sky can protect her．"Her baby had(20)question，"But the earthworm （蚯蚓）crawls like us．He has no bones．And he can't turn into a butterfly，why (21)he carry a shell"His mother said，"He can drill （钻）a hole into the ground to protect (22)．" The baby snail cried，"Oh，we have no protection either from the sky or the ground．"His mother said，"That's(23)we have a shell．We don't need to depend （依靠）on the sky(24)the ground for protection．We depend on ourselves．"

16. A. soft B. hard C. light D. thick

17. A. arms B. legs C. bones D. feet

18. A. practice B. provide C. prevent D. protect

19. A. by B. with C. without D. in

20. A. deep B. high C. late D. last

21. A. others' B. others C. other D. another

22. A. doesn't B. don't C. isn't D. aren't

23. A. myself B. yourself C. herself D. himself

24. A. why B. how C. when D. what

25. A. but B. and C. or D. for．

三、阅读理解（本大题共10小题，共20.0分）

A

A dog can't speak any words，but it can"talk"．It has feelings just as you do．Sometimes it may feel angry or afraid．Watch a dog closely，and you can find out how it feels．You can see what it is trying to tell you．When you are afraid，you may look down．When a dog is afraid，it may run away．When you are angry with other people，you stare at（凝视）them．An angry dog also stares．Sometimes the hair along its back stands up．

Do you feel guilty when you do something you shouldn't do Dogs can feel guilty，too．Sometimes when I come home，my dog gives me a guilty look．Then I know he did something wrong．

Dogs need love and care．Some dogs are very unhappy when they are alone for a long time．Some dogs even snap（撕咬）if they don't get enough care．

You may have a dog or you may know a dog．Take good care of it if you want to have fun with it．Take it on walks．Don't make it do too many things．Try not to punish（惩罚）it again and again for doing the same thing．Always remember，a dog has needs and feelings just as you do．Talk to a dog，and it will talk to you．

26.The underlined word guilty in the second paragraph（段落）means ______ ．

A. excited

B. sorry

C. calm

D. cheerful

27.If a dog snaps at things，it may ______ ．

A. feel lonely

B. feel good

C. feel surprised

D. feel happy

28.Which of the following would the writer like you to do towards your dog'？______