八年级英语

（命题人：周培新   审核人：徐沙  考试范围：8下 Unit1—Unit4 Reading）

                  第一部分   选择题  （共45分）

一、单项选择(20分)

(    )1. England is __________ European country. It is also _________ island country.

A.     a; an   B an; an   C an; a   D the; an

(    )2.----_______ are stamps used _______?  ----To send letters.

      A. Why, for                B. What, for           C. What, /        D. How, for

(    )3..—Do you mind my sitting here?

—___________.The woman sitting here has just left.

A. You’d better not.     B. Of course not      C. Yes, please   D. No, you can’t

(    )4.Tom _________ Mary in 1998. That is to say, they _________ for 12 years.

A. got married with , have got married          B. married , have married

C. married, have been married                 D. married with, have been married

(    )5. Though it was hard work, they managed _________ it on time.

A. finishing   B. finish   C. to finish  D. finished

(    )6. My mother always gives me some  __________ on books.

A. pieces of advices  B. advices  C. piece of advices   D. advice.

(    )7. Mr. Lu isn’t at home. He has _____ to Peking. He has ______ there twice.

A. gone, gone          B. been, been     C. gone, been  D. been, gone

(    )8.---Do you have enough students to carry the boxes?

          ---No, I think we need _________ students.

A.     another    B. more some   C. some others     D. some more

(    )9. His grandparents live in a small house _______, but they don’t feel ________.

         A. lonely , alone     B. alone ,lonely   C. lonely ,lonely   D. alone ,alone

(    )10. Tony , don’t drive at such high _______. It’s dangerous .

         A. seat             B. ride         C. magic         D. speed

(    )11. The music was so wonderful that I couldn’t ________ .

         A. to stop dancing              B. to stop to dance

         C. stop dancing                D. stop to dance

(    )12. Last Thursday, when I got to the station ,I ________ I had left my ticket at home.

         A. understood         B. realized      C. believed      D. seemed

(    )13. A: What can you see in Denmark?

          B:I can see ___________ .

          A. the Sydney Opera House             B. Tower Bridge

          C. the Little Mermaid                  D. the Leaning Tower of  Pisa

(    )14. A:__________ ,how will you spend your summer holiday ?

          B: I don’t know .I  haven’t planned yet.

A.     On  the way    B. By the way    C. in a way  D. In some ways

(    )15. My uncle will _________ home from the USA tomorrow .

         A .return back  B. return to  C. return back to  D. return

(    )16.When I walked past the park yesterday morning , I saw Millie _______ a kite there.

         A. fly         B. flew      C. flying        D. to fly

(    )17.A:_________have you learned English so far ?

         B: Since I was nine years old.

         A. How often   B. How soon   C. How far     D. How long

(    )18. The window of the classroom _________for about three hours .Please go and close it.

         A. has opened    B. has been open   C. has been opened   D. opened

(    )19. Is your father in? No， he __________ since 7 a.m.

         A. has gone out      B. went out  C. has been out   D. was out

(    )20.. –How is your grandma?

        --She’s fine. She used to_______ TV at home after supper.

But now she is used to_____ out for a walk.  

         A. watch, go     B. watching, go      C. watching, going     D. watch, going

二、完型填空（10分）

Going to School with Father on Back, a colored movie shown across the country, was well received by young people.

The ___21___ is based on the true story of a student named Li Yong from a poor village. He and his paralyzed（瘫痪）father rely on（依靠）each other for___22___. The movie tells the ___23___the boy has had and his strong thirst for knowledge.

Over1,000 teachers and students ___24___the movie’s premiere（首映式）in Beijing on March 1st. ___25___them was Li Yong himself, now a student of  Qingyang Normal School, Gansu Province. Many of them were moved to tears, as it was the first time for them to__26__how hard it was for a village student to ___27___.

“Li Yong is a good model for us ___28___children. He has set an ___29___of aiming high, working hard and trying his best to ___30___himself,” said some students after watching the movie.

（     ）21. A. school        B. book                 C. movie               D. village

（     ）22. A. class          B. life                   C. medicine           D. films

（     ）23. A. difficulties        B. good marks              C. classmates      D. pleasure

（     ）24. A. took part in       B. became             C. finished             D. played

（     ）25. A. To             B. Like                  C. Among              D. As

（     ）26. A. join           B. belong                     C. change                     D. know

（　　 ）27. A. study         B. teach                 C. understand         D. begin

（　　 ）28. A. poor          B. village                     C. city                   D. clever

（　　 ）29. A. example     B. question            C. idea                  D. fact

（　　 ）30. A. enjoy         B. improve            C. help                  D. work

三、阅读理解（15分）           ( A)

    Do you always understand the instructions on a bottle of medicine? Here’s one for John . John is twelve years old. He had a bad cold and coughed day and night. He went to see a doctor and was given some cough medicine. Please read the following instructions and see if you can understand them.

Cough Medicine: The medicine is for a person with a cough. Shake it well before use. Take it three times each day before meals or before sleep. Dose (药量): Age: over 14     2 teaspoonfuls 8~13      1 teaspoonful 4~7       1/2 teaspoonful Not fit for children below the age of three or old persons with heart trouble. Put it in a cold place. Use it before December 1st, 2004.

 

(     )31. John should take ____________ a day.

A. 2 teaspoonfuls   B. 3 teaspoonfuls　C. 4 teaspoonfuls　D. 1 teaspoonful

(     )32. John should ___________ before he takes it.

A. shake the medicine well           B. eat nothing 

C. do some exercises                D. drink a cup of tea

(     )33. When people are ____________ years old, they cannot take this medicine.

A. eighty　　　B. thirty　　C. two　　　D. twelve

                             ( B)

Once upon a time, there lived a rich man. He had a servant . He and the servant loved wine and good food very much. Each time the rich man left his home, the servant would drink the wine and eat up all the nice food in the house. The rich man knew what his servant did, but he had never caught his servant doing that.
      One morning, when he left home, he said to the servant, “Here are two bottles of poison  and some nice food in the house. You must take good care of them.” With these words, he went out.

But the servant knew that the rich man had said was untrue. After the rich man was away from his home, he enjoyed a nice meal. Because he drank too much, he was drunk and fell to the ground. When the rich man came back, he couldn’t find his food and his wine. He became very angry. He woke the servant up. But the servant told his story very well. He said a cat had eaten up everything. He was afraid to be punished(惩罚), so he drank the poison to kill himself.

(     )34. In the story, _____ liked wine and good food very much. 
A. the rich man            B. the servant          C. both A and B         D. neither A or B

(     ) 35.The rich told the servant that there was poison in the two bottles, because ________.

           A. there was in fact poison in the bottles

B. he did not want the servant to drink his wine

           C. he wanted to kill the cat             

D. he wanted to kill the servant

(     ) 36.In fact, _______ ate all the nice food and drank the wine.

           A. the servant 　　     B. cat 　　    C. the rich man 　　  D. nobody

 

                          (C )

Today it is found that school students hardly pay much attention to sports. Is it because they aren’t interested in sports? No. They often say they have other more important things to do.

What are these important things? Examinations! Students have to spend much time on all kinds of examinations at school. So many of them almost become bookworms (书呆子). Books stop them from doing sports. Because of the pressure from their parents and teachers, the students have to work harder and spend most of their time on books. As for the students, they want to get good results so that they can improve their studies. So it is necessary for them to give all of their free time to their studies and stop their school sports. In fact, education can’t go without physical  exercises, because a quick mind hardly goes along with a weak body. If you don’t have a strong body, you can never get anything, let alone a great success in your life.

(     )37.        are the greatest problems, so the school students don’t pay much attention to sports now.   

A. No interest         B. Exercises       C. Education        D. Examinations

(     )38. The underlined word “pressure” means “         ”.

A. happy feeling       B. good care       C. nervous feeling    D. deep love

(     )39. The writer thinks the students should          .

A. work hard all day and all night   B have different kinds of sports after studying

C. do not have sports     D. spend the free time on the studies and give up the sports

(     )40. Which sentence is true?  

A. If you have a weak body, you will have a hard mind.

B. If students want to get better results in studies, they must not do sports.

C. If students spend all their time on sports, they will improve studies.

D. If you want to be successful in your life, you must have a strong body.

 

                               ( D)

Animals, including insects, don’t have a ‘language’ like human beings. They do not ‘talk’ to each other in words and sentences. But if we watch them, we can see that they do have their ways of communicating with each other.

Can you see the rabbit’s tail? When rabbits see this white tail moving up and down, they run away. They know that they are in danger. The rabbit has told them something without making a sound. It has given them a signal.

Many other animals use this kind of ‘language’. When a cobra is angry, it raises its head and makes itself look powerful. This warns other animals. When a bee has found food, it goes back to its home. It cannot ‘tell’ the other bees where the food is by speaking to them, but it does a little dance. This tells the bees where the food is.

Some animals ‘say’ things by making sounds. A dog barks, for example, when a stranger comes near. A cat purrs when it is pleased. Some birds make several different sounds, each with its own meaning. Sometimes we human beings speak in the same way. We make sounds like “Oh” or “Ah” when we are frightened or pleased or when we drop something on our toes.

(      )41. Which one is TRUE according to the passage?

A. Animals do have languages like human beings.

B. Bees communicate with each other by dancing.

C. Animals can use words.

D. Animals are brave.

(      )42. A rabbit uses its tail to ___________.

A. warn other rabbits when they are in danger

B. tell other rabbits where food is

C. make itself look powerful

D. help it to run fast

(      )43. When a cobra is angry, it __________.

A. makes a loud noise                                B. raises its head

C. moves up and down                               D. does a little dance

(      )44. Several different sounds can be made by a __________.

A. rabbit                      B. bee                   C. bird                  D. fish

(      )45. From the passage, we know that ________ use words and sentences to express ideas and thoughts.

A. all living things            B. all animals        C. some birds         D. human beings

第二部分   非选择题（共55分）

四、词汇运用（20分）

A．根据首字母、音标及中英文提示写出单词。

46.We should always remember: Protecting the ____________（环境）is just protecting ourselves .

47. English is an ______________(two or more countries taking part) language .We should try our best to learn it well .

48.Young people often go out to climb the ____________ (a very high hill)during holidays ..

49. We go to school every day e__________ Saturdays and Sundays.

50.After a short break, we ________________(go on ) having the competition.

51.It’s traditional for us Chinese to visit friends and _______________ during the Spring Festival.

52. Many students want to go ______________ [ə’brɔ:d] for further study .     

B．根据句意用方框内所给单词的适当形式填空。

53. Water ________________ is a big problem in this city now.

54. It’s so ______________ to see the tallest cartoon characters in the world .

55. We all agree that the Internet makes _________________ much easier.

56.The famous square here is at the _____________ end of the old town .

57.It’s ______________for me to finish so much work in such a short time .

58. There are many places of ______________in the USA.

C．根据句意用方框内所给动词的适当形式填空。

59．I can’t go to the cinema because I _______________ my ticket.

60. Hurry up, or you _________the last bus .

61.A: ________ you ever ________the film ?

   B: Yes. It is a very exciting one .

62. –Your car looks so cool. -- When ________ you ________ it? 

63. Simon _____________a computer game when his mother came into his room.

64. I really enjoy the food you cook. It_____________ delicious .

65. Look! Some students ______________ trees over there.

五、句型转换（10分）

66. Millie has already finished her homework .（改成否定句）

Millie ________finished her homework ________ .

67.Simon left his hometown three years ago .（同义句转换）

Simon has  ________  ________  from his hometown for three years .

68.He knew everything after his mother told him.

   He  _________ know anything  _________ his mother told him.

69.We spent about four hours riding around the city. （同义句转换）

 It _______   us about four hours to  _________ around the city.

70.I bought this computer about ten months ago.（同义句转换）

  I have _________ this computer __________about ten months ago

六、短文填空（10分）

Some years ago, I went to Australia for a meeting with my friend, Chris. We d _71__to drive across the country to Brisbane after the meeting ended. The drive was going to take four days and most of it was across the desert, so we had to take food, water, and extra gas(汽油) w   72   us.

The first day was a lot of fun as we were excited and laughing at each other’s jokes. By the third day of driving in the seemingly endless desert, we began to feel b  73__ . We had been quiet for a few hours when Chris found some kangaroos in the distance. We were both excited and tried to get a closer look. Chris speeded up to catch up with the kangaroos. We got closer and closer, and Chris was doing 110 kilometers per hour. We were very close to the kangaroos—too close—when we h   74__a loud BANG!

Chris s __75  the car and we got out. Behind the car was a larger kangaroo lying completely quiet on the ground. Chris went over to the kangaroo and put his baseball cap on its h _76 _. He took off his sunglasses and put them on the kangaroo and did the same with his jacket. Then he put his arm a  77   the kangaroo and told me to a photo of them together. I was still surprised, but I took out my c__78___. While I was ready to take photos, I saw the kangaroo move. It suddenly woke up, looked at Chris, and jumped f  __79 _ away before we could do anything.

I started laughing but Chris looked very serious. He said his wallet and passport were in the jacket. I started laughing even harder. I stopped laughing, however, when he said that our car keys were a __80 __ in the jacket!

71.d_____________72.w___________73.b___________74.h__________75.s_________ 

76.h_____________77.a____________78.c___________79.f__________80.a__________

七、阅读短文，回答问题（5分）

Jack and his brother lived in a small village. They were very poor. To help his family, Jack often collected wood from the forest. he also cut down small trees. One morning, a bird flew down from the tree and asked him not to cut down the tree. The bird said that its home was in the tree.

Jack left the tree alone. The bird was happy and it asked Jack to bring an empty bag the next morning. Early the next day he went to the tree and waited for the bird.

The bird soon came and asked Jack to follow him. They went to a hill. Jack saw gold all over the ground. He picked up pieces of gold and put them into his bag. The bird told Jack that he must leave before the sun came up. Jack quickly filled his bag and left the hill to go home.

He now had a lot of money for himself and his brother. Jack told his best friend about the tree, the bird and the gold. His friend wanted some gold, too. He went to the same tree and pretended (假装) he was going to cut it down.

The bird asked him not to do so. The next morning Jack’s friend followed the bird to the hill of gold, when the sun was going to appear in the east, the bird told him to leave. The boy didn’t want to leave. The sun came up and he was changed into a bird.

81. Where did Jack and his brother live? ___________________________________________

82. 将文中画线部分翻译成中文：________________________________________________

_________________________________________________

83. Who told Jack not to cut down the tree?__________________________________________

84. What did Jack tell his best friend?_______________________________________________

________________________________________________________

85. Why did Jack’s friend change into a bird at last?____________________________________

___________________________________________________________

八、书面表达（ 10分）

根据以下提示，以“Travelling”为题，用英语写一篇80词左右的短文。

1.  旅游是一种非常好的活动。

2.   是一种放松的好方式。

3.   可以欣赏到自然美景。空气新鲜，这有益于身体健康。

4.  旅途过程中也可以享受到各种美食。

5. 结交不同的朋友……

6．旅游前应做好准备……