新目标人教版八年级英语下册期末考试试题及答案.doc

1、八年级英语下册期末测试模拟卷总分 120 时间 80 分钟姓名 得分二.单项选择（共计 17 题，计 17 分）( )21.He _ when the UFO arrived.A. was sleeping B. were sleeping C. has slept D. is asleep( )22.I have been skating _ nine oclock.A. for B. since C. at D. from( )23.Would you mind _ those old jeans?A. dont wear B. not to wear C. arent wearing D

2、. not wearing( )24.-Hes never been to an aquarium. -_.A. Neither have I B. Neither do I C. I never too D. I dont too( )25.Its really cold today, _ ?A. does it B. doesnt it C. isnt it D. is it( )26._ have you been swimming? For five years.A. How many times B. How long C. How often D. How much( )27.-C

3、ould you please _ in the room?-Oh, Im sorry. A. not smoking B. not smoke C. not to smoke D. dont smoke( )28.-Could we buy a piano, Jack?-Im afraid there _ enough room for one in the house.A. arent B. are C. isnt D. is ( )29.I got home _ they were having dinner.A. as soon as B. while C. because D. af

4、ter( )30. We got mad _ the team for losing the match.A. at B. in C. on D. about( )31.She _ a lot of money on clothes.A. takes B. costs C. spends D. buys( )32.I will stay at home and read books if it _ tomorrow.A. is raining B. rains C. rain D. will rain( )33.The teacher encourages her students _ Eng

5、lish as much as possible.A. to speak B. speaking C. speak D. spoke( )34.His father _ to Nanjing. He _ back next week.A. has been, is B has been, will be C. has gone, is D. has gone, will be( )35.The teacher said that they _ hard-working students.A. is B. are C. were D. was ( )36. You had better _you

6、r clothe.The weather is very cold outside.A. not take off B not to take off C take off D to take off ( )37 Tom is the _one in the class.A . taller B. tallest C. tall 二、完形填空（共 10 题，15 分）One night a young American doctor was sleeping at home when his doorbell began to ring. When he opened the door he

7、saw a man 1 outside.“Excuse me, Doctor,”said the man. “Can you come at once to a place out of town. Its quite far but you have a car and I can 2 you the way”“Certainly,” said the doctor, “Im ready. Ill come soon.” 3 a few minutes, the car came. The man got into the car and they 4 off.They drove for

8、a 5 time, and then the man said, “Here we are. This is my home. Now I can pay you and you can go 6 to town.”“But I must 7 the patient,” the doctor said. “Wheres the patient?” “Theres 8 patient,”answered the man. “Nobody is ill. I live here, you see, and I must 9 home from the town. There are no taxi

9、s at this time of the night. Heres the money for you. Thank you, doctor. Good 10 !( )1. A. listening B. standing C. sitting D. watching( )2. A. take B. pass C. see D. show ( )3. A. After B. For C. In D. With( )4. A. drove B. left C. got D. went( )5. A. short B. long C. hard D. late( )6. A. away B. q

10、uickly C. back D. slowly( )7. A. watch B. look for C. see D. know( )8. A. my B. no C. a D. your( )9. A. go B. lose C. find D. ask( )10.A. evening B. night C. idea D. for you三、阅读理解（共 20 小题，计 40 分）AFor many people the subject of hiccups (嗝) is a joke, but for Harry Mendes, a fifteen-year-old schoolboy

11、 from Birmingham, it was something quite different.His hiccups began one Sunday lunch time and continued day and night for two weeks. After the first week, Harrys parents took him to hospital, but it took another week for the doctors to cure his attack.Harry, who is now back at school, described wha

12、t happened to him. “When I began to hiccup, I drank a glass of water but that didnt do any good. That evening I had hiccups every four seconds. We tried everything to stop them. I held my breath and drank cold drinks. My father even tried to give me a shock but that didnt work either.” After a week

13、of sleepless nights, he went to hospital. The doctors took an X-ray of his chest but they couldnt find anything wrong.“They gave me some medicine and my hiccups slowed down, but it was another week before the medicine worked completely and my hiccups stopped.” Harry was very lucky. The world record

14、holder is the American farmer Charles Osborne, who hiccupped for sixty-eight years. He stopped in 1990 at last, but nobody knows why.（ ）1.Harrys hiccups lasted _. A. a week B. fourteen days C. twenty-eight days D. one month （ ）2.His hiccups started after he _. A. drank a glass of water B. went to ho

15、spital C. ate an Indian meal D. finished his homework （ ）3.His parents decided to take him to hospital when he _.A. hiccupped for four seconds B. held his breath C. hiccupped at night D. couldnt stop hiccupping （ ）4.His hiccups completely stopped one week after the doctor _. A. gave him some medicin

16、e B. took an X-ray of his chest C.gave him a shock D. let him drink cold drinks （ ）5.What does “shock” in this passage mean？ A.震惊 B. 休克 C. 喷嚏 D. 哈欠 BCome and see the Indian elephants and the new tigers from America. The bears are waiting to meet you, and the monkeys from China are waiting to throw t

17、hings at you. The lovely dogs from Australia are waiting to laugh at you, and the giraffes from Zambia are waiting to look down on you.TicketsGrown-ups：2.00 Children：Over 12 1.00 Under 12 Free Opening time 9:00 a.m. 4:00 p.m. Except Friday 10:00 a.m. 3 :00 p.m. Keep the zoo clean！ Do not touch，give

18、food or go near the animals.（ ）1.How many kinds of animals are talked about in the passage？ A. Four B. Five. C. Six. D. Seven. （ ）2.Now Mr. Smith is in the zoo with his two sons, one aged 14 and the other 10, how much are the tickets together？ A. $4.00 B. $2.00 C. $3.00 D. $1.00 （ ）3.Which of the fo

19、llowing is the visiting time？ A. 8:30 a.m. Monday B. 9:30 a.m. Friday C.3:00 p.m. Sunday D. 5:00 p.m. Tuesday （ ）4.From the passage we can guess the animal “giraffe” must be very _.A. fat B. long C. strong D. tall （ ）5.Which of the following can we do in the zoo？ A. To give some food to the dogs. B.

20、 To touch the monkey on the head.C. To throw things everywhere. D. To take a few nice photos.CYang Liwei circled the earth 14 times in 21 hours on October 15 and 16, 2003, landing on the grasslands of Inner Mongolia. Looking a little tired, Yang stepped out of Shenzhou V, smiling and waving at the w

21、aiting people. “I feel very good.” Yang said to Premier Wen Jiabao on the phone. Yang said to a newspaper, “For our motherland and me, this is a great moment.”Chinas launch of Shenzhou V shows a higher starting point. It has two special systems（系统） to protect the spaceman, but neither Russian rocket

22、s（火箭）nor American ones have.Yang didnt know that he was chosen as Chinas first spaceman until just before the launch. Although Yang was excited at the news, he still slept at 8p.m. as usual and was woken up at 8p.m. the next morning. Before the launch, Yang ate Chinese traditional food-dumplings. We

23、 all know that travelers usually eat them before going on a journey for good luck.A stamp Success of China First Manned Space Flight was issued（发行）on October 16, 2003, making China the third country to send a spaceman into outer space.( )1. It took Yang Liwei_ to travel around the earth every circle

24、.A. 6 hours B. 90 minutes C. 2 days D. 21 hours( )2. How did Yang Liwei feel after he came back to the earth?A. Quite tired. B. A little scared.C. Tired but excited. D. A little nervous( )3. Which of the following statement is right?A. There is no difference between Chinas spaceship and other countr

25、ies.B. Yang Liwei knew he would be Chinas first spaceman long before.C. From the news, Yang Liwei was too excited to fall asleep.D. Yang was proud of the flight.( )4. What does the underlined word “launch” mean?A. 发射 B. 出发 C. 制造 D. 设计( )5. China issued the stamps to _.A. leave them in spaceB. give t

26、hem to Yang Liwei as a rewardC. celebrate the successD. give them to Russian and American spacemen.DExperts(专家) say that students usually need eight to ten hours sleep at night, but most Chinese students do not get enough sleep. Some Chinese parents are usually glad to see their children studying la

27、te. They will think their children work very hard, but not all parents are happy about this. Once a mother told us that every morning her 10-year-old boy put up one finger (手指) with his eyes still closed, begging(请求) for one more minute to sleep. Like thousands of students “ early birds” in China, h

28、e has to get up before six every morning.A report shows that without a good nights sleep, students seem to be weaker (虚弱) than they should be. Many students have fallen asleep during class at one time or another. Too much homework is not the only reason why students stay up late. Some watch TV or pl

29、ay the computer games late into the night.Experts have ever said that the students should develop good study habits. So some clever students never study late, they are able to work well in class.( ) 1. The 10-year-old boy begged for more minute to sleep because_.A. he didnt have enough sleep B. it w

30、asnt time for him to get upC. he didnt want to go to school D. he wanted his mother to wake him up( )2. In this passage we know if students dont get enough sleep, they may_.A. become too weak to sleep B. not work well in classC. go to bed early D. be weak in English ( )3. In this passage “early bird

31、s” means “persons who _”A. get up early B. get up late C. sleep less D. dont want to sleep( )4. “Stay up late” here means “_”A. study late B. watch TV late C. not go to bed until late D. stay outside( )5. According to the passage, which of the following is right?_A. If you want to study better, you

32、must work hard at night.B. Sleeping less means working hard.C. Some clever students are able to work well in class because they have good study habits.D. Students dont have enough sleep because they have lots of homework to do.四、动词短文填空（共 10 小题，计 10 分）（1）Mr Beckman 1 (work)in a company for nearly twe

33、nty years. His job is 2 (copy)all the documents the manger writes. His office is on the first floor and the light in it is always poor unless its fine. So his sight 3 (become)shorter several years ago. He has to wear a pair of glasses when hes working. Of course, it brought him a lot of trouble. He

34、cant see anything clearly without glasses. Sometimes he cant recognize his wife when they 4 (meet)with each other in the street.The man looked tired this evening. After supper he 5 (go)to bed while his family 6 (watch) TV. Mrs. Beckman didnt turn off the television until the interesting TV play was

35、over. She came into their bedroom in the dark at half past ten. As soon as she 7_ (lie)down, there was a great noise under the bed. She understood a mouse came in again. She jumped off and had to turn on the light and tried to beat it with a stick. She made some noise and it made her husband 8 (wake

36、)up.“You have never worn glasses when you were sleeping before,” the woman said in surprise. “But why you _9_ (wear)them this time?”“Well, dear.” said the man. “I had a lot of dreams last night. I saw my late parents, but I couldnt see them clearly. So I have 10 (do)so!” 1._2._ 3._ 4._ 5._6._ 7._ 8.

37、 _ 9. _ 10._五.任务型阅读（共 5 小题，计 10 分）Fred,a young man of twenty-five, was an able worker. He worked in this factory since he finished middle school six years ago. (3)At first he spent much time in studying all machines in his workplace and learned to repair them. His boss Mr dick liked the clever young

38、 man and paid him more than any other worker.Four years later the young man got into the habit of (养成习惯)drinking and was often drink. He couldnt go to work on time and didnt work so hard as before. Sometimes he slept when he was on duty. It made Mr Dick angry and told him not to drink. He agreed but

39、 soon forgot it. His friend Henry often helped him and tried to stop him drinking, but he failed. And one afternoon something was wrong with an expensive machine. The workplace had to stop working. Fred was found in a bar(酒吧)but he was drunk. He broke the machine when repairing it. Henry had to take

40、 him home. The next morning, as soon as he got up, the telephone rang and Henry said,“Two pieces of news for you, Fred. One piece is good and the other is bad.” “Tell me the good one first, please,”said Fred.“(4)Youll be given double pay next month.”“Oh, wonderful!” called out Fred. “Mr Dick told me

41、 to take your place.”任务一：根据短文内容回答下面的问题。1.Why did Mr Dick pay Fred more than any other worker?_2.Why was Mr Dick angry with Fred later?_任务二：将文中的划线句子翻译成汉语3._ 4._任务三：Whats the main idea of this passage?_六、词型转换（共 10 题，计 10 分）A. 用所给词的正确形式填空。 （5 分）1. Today is my _(twelve) birthday.2. There _(be) a class m

42、eeting next Monday.3. Would you mind not _(talk) in class？4. Several _(mouse) are running around my bedroom.5. The more sports you do, the _(health) you are.B.首字母填空（5 分）6.I want to travel, e_to English-speaking countries.7.Keeping p_, such as dogs and cats is more and more popular among young and ol

43、d.8.Have you ever h_ of the interesting story?9.Would you m_ turning down the music?10.He has been c_ stamps for five years.书面表达（18 分）根据英文提示，以“怎样学好英语”为题写一段小文章。要求不少于 50 词，内容必须包括英文提示中的要点。Be interested in English; listen to the teacher carefully; practice speaking English both in class and after class; keep diaries in English; learn some English songs by heart_