2009-2010学年度第二学期期末考试
八年级英语试题
B. 情景应答。（听问题，从A ，B
，
C
三个选项中，找出能回答所提问题的正确答案。句子
听两遍。）5. A. for three years B. about twice a mon th C. I don ' t ofte n write to him.
6. A. Please look at the socks B. Could I have a look at that skirt? C. I wish I had money.
（本试卷满分150分，考试时间100分钟）
第I卷选择题（共85分）
-、听力。（1-10每小题1分，11-20每小题2分，共30分）
A.情景识图。（听句子，从A,B,C三个选项中找出意思相吻合的图片,
What happened to Susan?
What1II the weather be like tomorrow?
How does AArs Wang go to work?
7. A. Chi nese
8. A. Yes, you n eed.
9. A. He's tall and fat.
10. A .I like it very much
B. En glish
B. Yes, you can.
B. He likes all of us .
B. That's kind of you
C. Japanese
C. Yes, you must.
C. He teaches very well.
C. I find it..
每小题听一遍。）
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C. 对话理解。听下面 5段对话，从A 、B 、C 三个选项中选出最佳选项。 （对话听两遍）
11. A. 24 years old B. 28 years old C. 26 years old
12. A. She wants the man to see a film with her.
B. She wants the man to visit a museum.
C. She wants the man to play basketball.
13. A. He ' d like ano ther moon cake with meat in it.
B. He ' d like ano ther moon cake with nuts in it.
C. He ' d like ano ther moon cake with fruit in it.
14. A. They hurried off to catch a trai n.
B. They got up late this morning.
C. They hurried off to catch a pla ne.
15.
A. in a hospital
B. in a shop
C. in an office
D. 短文理解。（听短文，根据短文内容，从
A 、
B 、
C 三个选项中找出正确答案。短文听
两遍） 16. What is Mrs. Smith ' s telephone number ?
A. 54688
B. 51688
C. 5688
17. What trouble does Mrs. Smith have?
A. There was someth ing wrong with her telepho ne
B. She ofte n got a wrong call
C. She had to go to the cin ema with her husba nd at ni ght
18. Who called Mrs. Smith one evening?
A. A young girl
B. A tired woma n
C. a tired man
19. How did Mrs. Smith feel whe n she heard the stra nge call ?
A. She was an gry.
B. She was stra nge.
C. She was worried
20. What would possible happe n to the man after the call ?
A. He felt surprised.
B. He had a good rest.
C. He went to the cinema with his wife at once.
二、单项选择。（共15小题，每小题1分，共15分）
21. Guo Jingming 'snew book ____________ last mon th.
A. comes out
B. comes up
C. came out 22. .Ca n it be used _________ in formati on ?
A.
save B. to save C. to savi ng for 23. A boy ____ Tom _________ by a car yesterday.
A. called; was hit B called; is hit
C. was called; was hit D was called; hit
24. They __________ whe n the En glish teacher came in .
A. are talk ing
B.were talki ng
C. talk
D. are talked
25. I am grateful ______ y ou ________ y our kindn ess. A. to; to B. to ;for C. for ; for D.to; to
26. ______ Vegetables ________ g ood for our health. A. Eat; is B Eati ng; is C.Eat; are
D Eati ng; are D. was come up D. saves for
27. His father ____ to work by car , but now he __________ to work by bike.
A. used to go; uses to going
B. was used to go; is used to going
C. uses to go; uses to going
D. used to go; is used to going
28. The 29th Olympic Games is ______ that it will n ever be forgotte n.
A.so a big success
B. so big success
C. such a big success
D. such big success
29. It 'hard work ________ t he heavy things to the 15 th floor
A. to take
B. tak ing
C. to taki ng
D. takes 30. ______ , one of the oganization in UN helps make the world a better place for children. A. UNCIF
C. WWF B. World Visio n
D. ORBIS 31. She enjoys a cup of coffee sometimes , but _______ she drinks tea. A. most
B. almost
C. mostly
D. most of 32. Mr Huang _________ t o Shanghai . He 'come back in two weeks. A. goes B. went
C.has gone 33. You _____ to the meeting . Why didn 'you go ? A.be in vited B. will be in vited
C.were in vited 34. The sick man kept ________ there all day . A. to lie B. lie C. lyi ng
三、完形填空。（共10小题，每小题1分，共10 分） A bli nd boy sat on the steps of a buildi ng with a hat by his feet
said : "I am blind , please help.” There were only a few coins
（硬币）in the hat .
A man was walking by . He took a few coins from his pocket and dropped them into the hat . He then 37 the sign , turned it around and wrote some words . He put back the sign_38 every one who walked by would see the new words . Soon the hat bega n to fill up . A lot more people were giving money to the blind boy .
That after noon the man came to see 39 things were . The boy asked him, “ Were you the one who changed my sign this morning? What did you write? ”
The man said, " I only wrote the truth . I said what you said in a —40—way, . though . ” What he had written was : “ Today is a beautiful day and I cannot see it . ”
Do you think the first sig n and the sec ond sig n were say ing the same thing?
Of course both sig ns told people . the boy was blind . But the first sig n 41 said the boy was blind . The second sign told people they were so 42 that they were not blind .
Should we be surprised that the second sign was more effoetive （有效的）?
Be thankful for what you have . 43 life gives you 100 reasons to cry,show life that you have 1000 reasons to _44 ___ Face your past without regret . Deal with your present with
D.go D. are in vited D.liei ng
35. Our classroom must ___________ ________ us every day. A. clea n; by B. be clea ned;by C.clea ning; on D.to clea n; with
He 36 a sign （牌子）which
con fide nee .Prepare for the 45 without fear .
36. A . held up
B . looked at
C . turned on
D . put dow n 37. A . changed
B . took
C . checked
D . reached 38. A . while
B . although
C . after
D . so that 39. A . what
B . why
C . how
D . where 40. A . differe nt
B . similar
C . simple
D . straight 41. A . clearly
B . nearly
C . properly
D . simply 42. A . hap py
B . healthy
C . lucky
D . pretty 43. A . Un til
B . When
C . While
D . Because 44. A . smile
B . exist
C . survive
D . prove 45. A . today
B . aim
C . future
D . Past
四、 阅读理解。（共 15小题，每小题 2分，共30分）
（A ） 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 importand things to do. What are these importa nt thin gs? Exam in ati ons! Stude nts have to spe nd much time on all kinds of exam in ati ons at school. So many of them almost become bookworms （ 书呆子）.Books stop them from doing sports. Because of the pressure from their pare nts and teachers, the stude nts have to work harder and spend most of their time on books. As for （ 就 ............. 而言）the students, they want to get good results so that they can improve their studies. So it is n ecessary for them to give all of their free time to their studies and stop their school sports.
In fact, education can ' go without physical （身体的）exercises, because a quick mind hardly goes along with a weak body. If you don
a strctrlhavedy, you can n ever get anythin g, let alone （更不用说）a great success in your life.
46.. __________ are the greatest problems, so the school students don ' pay much attention to B. Exercises D. Exam in atio ns a ?? pressure mea ns B. good care D. deep love you can n ever get anything. B. weak body D .good father
49. ___________________ T he writer thi nks the stude nts should A. work hard all day and all ni ghi
B. do not have sports
C. have all kinds of sports after study ing
D. spe nd the free time on the studies and give up the sports.
sports now.
A. No in terest
C. Educati on
47. . The un derl ined word
A. happy feeli ng
C. n ervous feeli ng
48. If you don ' t have a
A. good face C. strong body
50. which sentence is true?
A. If sude nts want to get better results in studies, they must not do sports.
B. If stude nts spe nd all their time on sports, they will improve studies.
C If you have a weak body, you will have a clever mind.
D. If you want to be successful in your life, you must have a strong body.
但）
Mobile phone has become a problem for middle schools. Some middle schools in Australia have banned（禁止）students from carrying mobile phones during school hours.
Mobile phone use among children has become a problem for the school this year. Several children have got mobile phones as Christmas gifts, teachers said mobile phone use is a distraction（娱乐）to students during school hours and it also gives teachers so much trouble in their classrooms. Teachers were also say ing that sometimes stude nts might use phone messages to cheat duri ng exams.
She said some schools had tried to ban mobile pho nes. Some pare nts felt un happy because they couldn ' t get in touch wit与…联系）their children.
Many teachers said stude nts should not have mobile phones at school, but if there was a good reas on, they could leave their phones at school office. They also said there were many reas ons why the students should not have mobile phones at school: they were easy to lose and were a distractio n from studies.
Many people say that they un dersta nd why pare nts would want their childre n to have phon es, but they thi nk schools should let the stude nts know whe n they can use their mobile phon es.
51. Some middle schools in Australia have banned students from carrying mobile
phones _____ .
A. because they are stude nts
B. whe n they are free
C. whe n they are at school
D. because they are childre n
52. We know from the passage that some childre n get mobile phones from ___ .
A. the makers and sellers
B. the passers-by and stra ngers
C. their pare nts and friends
D. some mobile phones users
53. What does the un derl ined word cheat mean in the passage? ___ .
A..聊天
B.核对
C. 查询
D.作弊
54. Some parents felt unhappy because they couldn ' t during school hours.
A. use their mobile phones
B. leave their mobile phones at school office
C. help the teachers with their work
D. get i n touch with their childre n
55. The passage tells us that _________
A. students shouldn ' t have mobile phones at school except for some special reasons.
B. it is impossible to ban stude nts from using mobile phones at school
C. some parents felt unhappy because they couldn ' t use their phones at school
D. pare nts should teach their childre n how to use mobile phones duri ng school hours.
（C）
The Giraffe
The giraffe is the tallest modem land animal. It can be over 5.5 metres tall. Its neck bone may be 1.9 metres long. Yet the giraffe has only seven bones（骨）in its neck, the same number as in the human（人类）.Even a small bird has many more bones in its neck than in a tall giraffe. Each bone in a giraffe's neck is very long, while the bones in a human neck are small. That makes the differenee. A female （雌的）giraffe gives birth to one baby at a time. The baby, called a calf, is about 1.9 metres tall at birth. By the age of eight it is full-grown. The giraffe eats mostly leaves. Because it has a long n eck, it can reach the leaves high up on the trees.
56. In this passage the un derl ined word "giraffe" means _______ 。
A.鲸鱼
B.长颈鹿
C.大象
D.恐龙
57. The nu mber of the bones in a bird's n eck is ___________
A. as big as in a huma n's n eck
B. not so big as in a giraffe's n eck
C. much more tha n in a huma n's n eck
D. much smaller in a giraffe's n eck
58. Which of the following is true according to this passage?
A. A giraffe has only seve n bon es.
B. Tile giraffe is the largest animal on land.
C. It takes eight years for a giraffe to grow up.
D. All the leaves on the trees will be eaten by giraffes if they live in that region.
59. The baby giraffe is about _________ at birth.
A. 5.5 metres long
B. 5.5 metres taH
C. 1.9 metres long
D.〔.9 metres taH
60. When a giraffe sees a tiger we can guess 一 _________ 。
A. it will run away as fast as possible
B. it will run to eat the tiger
C. it will make the tiger bring it something to eat.
D. it will bring some small animals for the tiger to eat
第II卷非选择题（共65分）
五、词汇。（共10小题，每小题1分，共10分）根据句意，汉语提示和首字母完成单词。
61. What can you see on the ____________ （屏幕）
62. Let me ______________ （介绍）myself first.
63. She can't _________ （买得起）a car now.
64. Many people do not have the money for medical __________ （治疗）
65. Now ,computers are used __________________ （广泛地）
A:What do you usually use your computer f _____ 66_ _
B:I uaually use it to s ___ 67_ for in formati on.
A: Why ?