1、2013-2014 八年级上学期期末考试英语试卷2、单项选择（每小题 1 分，共 15 分）( ) 26.-Peter, dont play that kind of jokes any more?-Sorry, I _ do it again.A. wont B.cant C. mustnt D. wouldnt( ) 27. There are about two _ students in the new-built school.A. thousand B. thousands C. thousands of D. thousand of( ) 28. Mrs Smith eats _
2、 meat, so he is _ fat now.A. too much, too much B.much too, too muchC. too much, much too D. much too, much too( ) 29. He looks upset. He doesnt know _.A. what to do it B. how to do it C. how to do D. do what( ) 30. -How about your English?-I found _ hard to learn it well.A. that B. it C. this D. on
3、e( ) 31. The accident _ a windy night last year.A. took place in B. took place on C. happened in D. happened on( ) 32. -What were you doing at 9 oclock last Sunday morning?-I _. A. did my homework B. am doing my homeworkC. do my homework D. was doing my homework( ) 33. You must be very tired. Why no
4、t _ a rest?A. to stop to have B. to stop having C. stop to have D. stop having( ) 34. Tom asked my friend _.A. where was he from B. that the earth is bigger than the moon C. when did he came back D. not to be so angry( ) 35. There is nobody in the room,_?A. isnt it B. isnt there C. is there D. is it
5、( ) 36. -Where is your father?-He _ Shanghai. Hell be back next week.A. has gone to B. has been to C. have gone to D. have been to( ) 37. Tom will stay here _.A. two days and a half B.two and a half daysC. two and a half day D. A and B( ) 38. -Would you mind passing me the book?-_. Here you are.A. Y
6、es, I would. B. Sure. C. Not at all. D. No, thats a problem.( ) 39. We have been skating _ two yeas ago.A. since B.for C. in D. before( ) 40. This film isnt _ so that nobody is _ in it. A. interesting; interested B. interested; interesting C. interesting; interesting D. interested; interested三、完型填空（
7、每小题 1 分，共 15 分）Dear Connie，Thanks for your last letter. Everything is OK here now. I am _41_ to know that everything is going well with you. _42_also for the photos. Linda looks healthier and _43_ than before.It is very hot here now, but it sometimes _44_. We love the rains very much. We are _45_ ou
8、r stay here. I am now studying in a _46_ school. There are more _47_ and students in this school than in my school in England. My teachers and classmates are all very _48_ to me.Time goes so quickly. I am having new experience all the time. It is difficult to _49_ Chinese. But I am making progress _
9、50_ the help of my teachers and classmates.The summer holiday is _51_. Here in Jinan the summer holiday usually _52_ about two months. So III be free for over sixty days. I hope you and Linda could _53_ to Jinan for a _54_. Then I can show you _55_ the famous “Spring City” in China.Love to you and L
10、inda.Yours,Mike ( ) 41. A. glad B. angry C. surprised D. sad ( ) 42. A. Thanks B. Ask C. Hope D. Wish ( ) 43. A. slower B. taller C. shorter D. smaller ( ) 44. A. floods B. winds C. snows D. rains ( ) 45. A. fond B. disliking C. enjoying D. hating ( ) 46. A. shorter B. taller C. smaller D. bigger (
11、) 47. A. libraries B. teachers C. buildings D. classrooms ( ) 48. A. rough B. friendly C. unfriendly D. rude ( ) 49. A. know B. find C. learn D. see ( ) 50. A. as B. under C. by D. with ( ) 51. A. finished B. coming C. going D. over ( ) 52. A. takes B. spends C. lasts D. costs ( ) 53. A. run B. walk
12、 C. go D. come ( ) 54. A. sight B. visit C. job D. work ( ) 55. A. around B. to C. for D. visit 四、阅读理解（每小题 2 分，共 30 分）AA man was selling medicine at a fair(集市). At first he sold bottles of a cure(药剂) for colds for just a dollar a bottle.Many people wanted to buy it and the mans young assistant moved
13、 quickly through the crowd collecting money and handing out bottles of the cure.Then, when he had a bid crowd, the man stood up, held up a very small bottle and said, “And now, ladies and gentleman, I am not going to charge you a hundred dollars a bottle for this wonderful medicine. I am not going t
14、o charge you fifty dollars a bottle. I am not going to charge you twenty-five dollars a bottle. Now, ladies and gentleman. I am not going to charge you ten dollars, and you can live forever.Most of the people in the crowd did not believe this. One person shouted, “ If you can make you live forever,
15、why dont you drink it?” Then the other man cried, “ Yes, you look as if you are at least sixty years.” “ Thank you, sir, thank you,” the man answered, “ I am so glad you said that. My real age is three hundred and twenty-nine.” The crowd laughed at this but there were still some people who wanted to
16、 believe the man. One of them spoke to the mans assistant as he passed by, “ Is that true?” he asked. “ Is he three hundred and twenty-nine?“ Dont ask me, ” the assistant said, “ I have only worked for him for a hundred and fifty years.”( ) 56. What did the man sell at first? He sold _.A. a cure for
17、 colds B. bottlesC. a cure for old age D. a medicine that made people live forever( ) 57. The people didnt believe that the mans medicine could cure old age because _.A. the medicine was too cheapB. the medicine was too expensiveC. he looked quite old himselfD. he didnt look honest( ) 58. What does
18、the word “charge” mean in this passage?A. 变化 B. 付钱 C. 给钱 D. 向要价( ) 59. How much did the man charge for the cure for old age?A. one dollar a bottle B. twenty-five dollars a bottleC. ten dollars a bottle D. fifty dollars a bottle( ) 60. What does this passage really mean?A. The cure for old age is ver
19、y useful and not so expensive.B. The man is not honest, and neither is his assistant.C. The cheaper the medicine is, the more people will buy.D. The two men are very honest, and theyd like to help people live forever.BFilms in Grand Movie Theater this weekHarry Potter American filmDirector (导演): Alf
20、onso CaronStars: Daniel Redcliffe, Rupert Grint, Amma Waston.Time: From Monday to Wednesday, at 6:00 pm.Ticket price: $4.5Kungfu HustleChinese Hong Kong filmDirector: Zhou XingchiStars: Zhou Xingchi, Yuan Hua, Liang Xiaolong.Time: From Wednesday to Friday, at 9:00 pm.Ticket price: $5A World Without
21、ThievesChinese filmDirector: Feng XiaogangStars: Liu Dehua, Liu Ruoying, Ge You, Li BingbingTroyAmerican filmDirector: Wolfgang PetersonStars: Julian Glover, Brian Cox, Nathan JaneTime: From Tuesday to Saturday, at 9:30 am Time: From Friday to Sunday, at 6:30 pmTicket price: $6 (Half on Sunday for c
22、hildren)Ticket price: $5.5( ) 61. There will be _ in Grand Movie Theater this week.A. one Chinese film B. two Chinese filmsC. three American films D. a lot of foreign films( ) 62. If a man with his child goes to Grand Movie Theater on Sunday, they will pay _ for the film.A$12 B. $9 C. $6 D. $5( ) 63
23、. If you are free on Friday morning, you can see the film _.A. Kungfu Hustle B. A World Without ThievesC. Troy D. Harry Potter ( ) 64. You can see three films either on _ or on _.A. Wednesday, Friday B. Tuesday, WednesdayC. Thursday, Friday D. Saturday, Sunday( ) 65. From the poster, we know _ is a
24、director and actor in the film.A. Alfonso Caron B. Feng XiaogangC. Wolfgang Peterson D. Zhou XingchiCTed, my little brother, is in Grade One. Last Friday he came back from school with a letter. The letter was from his teacher. “I got a red flower today. Could you please sign this note?” he said to m
25、um. The note showed that he had been talking in class.Ted hardly gets top scores in his school work. The best he gets is “OK”, but he often gets “You can do better than this.” Mum knows what it means. She tells me “You can do better than this” means “Extremely bad” in China.In the USA, teachers neve
26、r say anything too bad about their students, even if the students are making trouble in class or not working hard enough. The worst they might say is “Please be nicer tomorrow”. Many parents are satisfied with a B-grade for each subject.But things in Chinese schools are quite different. Parents have
27、 high expectations for their children. I sometimes felt that my second-grade cousin spend more time on homework than I did when I was 6th grade in the US! Yet his parents and teachers didnt think he worked hard enough.Is it too strict in China? Or is it not strict enough in the USA? Maybe both are t
28、rue.( ) 66.Why did Ted come home with a letter last Friday? A. Because the teacher wanted to visit his mother.B. Because he did something wrong. C. Because the teacher was happy with his progress.D. Because the teacher thought he was too lazy.( ) 67.If a student in the USA gets “OK” in his schoolwor
29、k, it means _.A. he gets top scores B. he gets medium scoresC. he gets extremely bad scores D. he gets the worst scores( ) 68. American parents will be _ when their children get a B-grade in their school.A. excited B. sad C. angry D. happy( ) 69. The underlined words “high expectations” in this pass
30、age means “_”.A. 很高的待遇 B. 很多的自由 C. 很高的期望 D. 很多的关爱( ) 70. The writer mainly wants to tell us _.A. the differences between Chinese education and American educationB. Chinese students are better than American studentsC. American parents are not strict enough with their childrenD. whats the best way to
31、educate child5、选词填空（没小题 2 分，共 10 分） 。in the front of; rather than; turn off; neither; enough; turn down71. Sometimes we make mistakes since we are not careful _.72. Mr. Wang is standing _ the meeting room and giving a talk.73. -I have never been to Disneyland before.- Me _.74. I am gonging to be an
32、artist _ a bank clerk. 75. Grandpa is sleeping. Could you please _ the TV a bit. 六、阅读理解填词（每小题 1 分，共 10 分）Each country has many kind people who help to take care of o_66_. For example, some high school and college students in the United States often spend many h_67_ as volunteers in hospitals, orphan
33、ages (孤儿院 ) or homes for the old. They read books to the people in these places, or they just visit them and play games with them or l_68_ to their problems.Other young people volunteers go and work in the homes of people who are sick or old. They paint, clean up, or repair their houses, do their sh
34、opping or mow their lawns. For boys who no longer have fathers there is an organization c_69_ Big Brothers. College students and other men take these boys to baseball games or on fishing trips and help them to get to know things that boys usually learn from their f_70_.Each city has a n_71_ of clubs
35、 where boys and girls can go to play games or learn crafts. Some of these clubs show movies or organize short trips to the mountains, the beaches, museums or other places of i_72_. Most of these clubs use a lot of high school and college students as volunteers b_73_ they are young enough to remember
36、 the problems of younger boys and girlsVolunteers believe that some of the h_74_ people in the world are those who help to b_75_ happiness to others.66. o_ 67. h_ 67. l_ 69. c_ 70. f_71. n_ 72. i_ 73. b_ 74. h_ 75. b_七、书面表达（20 分） 。根据汉语提示，写一篇短文，字数不得少于 80 字。1. Bill 来自于澳大利亚， 13 岁。现在是武汉中学的一名学生。2. 他在中国已经
37、呆了一年，喜欢中国美食。他喜欢收集邮票和打网球。3. 他认为汉语不好学，很难于同学相处，很孤独。4. 请你给他提一到两条建议。_参考答案：1-5 BCBBB 6-10 BAAAC 11-15 ACBAC 16-20 BAABC 21-25 BBABC26-30 AACBB 31-35 DDCDB 36-40 ADCAA41-45 AABDC 46-50 DBBCD 51-55BCDBA 56-60 ACDCB 61-65 BBCAD 66-70 BBDCA71. enough 72.in the front of 73. neither 74. rather than 75. turn dow
38、n 76. others 77. hours 78. listen 79. called 80. fathers 81. number 82. interest 83. because 84. happiest 85. bring答题卡一、听力部分1-5 _ 6-10 _ 11-15 _ 16-20 _二、单项选择21-25 _ 26-30 _ 31-35 _ 36-40 _3、完形填空41-45 _ 46-50 _ 51-55 _4、阅读理解56-60 _ 61-65 _5、阅读理解填词66.o_ 67.e_ 68.c_ 69.w_ 70.b_71.s_ 72.p_ 73.s_ 74.a_ 75.a_六、书面表达_
