2009-2010学年度辽宁营口大石桥一中第一学期八年级期末测试

英语试卷

（满分 ：120分  时间：90分钟）

I． 单项选择：（共20分）

（    ）1．Jane’s mother was ill yesterday, so she had to look ____ her．

A． at                    B． for                  C． after                         D． out of

（    ）2． ---______will it take us to get there by bus?  ---About two hours．

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

（    ）3．It’s _______book, and ______is on the desk．

A． mine; his                    B． my; his                 C． mine; he               D． my ;he 

（    ）4．---How about going out for a walk?   ---________

A． Good idea                                                B． The same with you

C． Wait a minute                                           D． Not at all

（    ）5． ---_______ do you have an English party?  ---Once a month．

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

（    ）6．The meat is too big, let’s ______．

A． cut them up       B． cut it up                   C． cut up them         D． cut up it

（    ）7．---Were there any seals in the aquarium?   ---________．

A． Yes, there was                                         B． No, there wasn’t

C． No, there were                                        D． Yes, there were．

（    ）8． _______ the day , all the actors visited the Hope Project School．

A． In the end           B． In the end of      C． At the end of      D． By the end of

（   ）9．It _______ me two hours to finish my homework yesterday．

A．took                 B． takes             C．spent               D． taked

（    ）10．Arther is a _________ grandfather．

A． love                B． lovely          C． loving             D．loves

（    ）11． She majored ________science in Peking University．

A． at                        B． on                C． in                D． with

（    ）12． The students stop ______when the teacher came in ． 

A． talk               B． talking            C． talked             D． to talk

（    ）13．They get up early ___ Friday morning．

A． in                 B． on               C． at                D． /

（    ）14．How about ______ TV at home?  

A． watch             B． watching          C． to watch          D． watched

（    ）15．How ______ your brother ______his weekend?

A． does, spended      B． did, spent           C． did spend            D． did spended

（    ）16．There ______ a large number of students in our school, and the number of them ______600．

A．is, is                    B．are, are              C．is, are                        D．are, is

（    ）17．______ it is raining, ______ they are still working in the field．

A．Although,/            B．Although, but       C．/,/                      D．If, but

（     ）18．I thought about _______ to Canada．

A．moving                B．moves                C．move                  D．moved

（    ）19．---What can I do ____ my English?

      ---You should practice reading it every morning．

A．improve              B． to improve        C． improving          D．improved

（    ）20． ---Could I please use your computer?   ---              ．

A． Yes, I can．          B． Yes, you can’t     C． Sorry, you can’t    D． No, I can’t．

II．补全对话（共15分） A．根据表格内的选项完成下列对话：（ 5分）

A: Do you like ball games?   B：  21  ．

A: Which ball game do you like best, football, basketball, or Ping-Pong?    B： 22  ．

A:I think I like football best．B：  23   But I like basketball better than football．

A:  24  ．              B：Yes, most of the boys in my class are good at it．

A:  25  ．                  B：Sorry, I'm afraid not． We'll have a class meeting this afternoon．

A．Football is very popular in our school．

B．Shall we have a basketball game after school?

C．It's hard to say． What about you?

D．Very much．

E．Are you good at basketball?

B． 根据对话内容，在空白处填写适当的话语（话语可能是一个句子，也可能是一个短语或一个词），使对话完整。（10分,每小题2分）

A: Hi, Tina．（26）________________________ your school trip?

B: It was great．

A: Did you go to the zoo?

 B: （27）______________．I went to the aquarium．

 A: Were there any sharks?

 B: （28）______________．But there were some really clever seals．

 A: （29）_________________________．What else did you do?

 B: I met Jake Dean, the famous actor．

 A: Really? Did you get his autograph?

 B: No, I didn’t．（30）_____________________．Here it is．

 A: Wow． He looks very cool．

III． 完形填空（共20分）

（A）

It was the last lesson before   31   holidays．The students   32   very happy．Their English teacher was very happy,  33  ．The teacher   34   played nice games with them． He sang some nice songs, and then he went to the blackboard and wrote “SMILES”  35  it．“This is one of the   36   words in English”, he said to the class．The   37  class laughed, and then one girl   38  and said,“Why is it one of the longest words in English?”The teacher said   39  for a while．Then he smiled and said,“ Because there is a mile between the   40   letter and the last．”

（    ）31． A． a                B． an           C． the                   D． much

（    ）32． A．is                 B． are           C． was                    D． were

（    ）33． A．too               B． eight         C． neither                D． also

（    ）34． A． a little        B． little         C． any                      D． also

（    ）35． A．before           B． on           C． in                        D． in front of

（    ）36． A．long             B． longer        C． longest                 D． short

（    ）37． A．whole           B． each           C． all                       D． both

（    ）38． A． stand up      B． sit down       C． stood up              D． lay down

（    ）39． A． something   B． anything       C． nothing               D． everything

（    ）40． A．one               B． first           C． two                      D． second

（B）

阅读短文，然后根据内容从方框中选中10个单词，并用其适当形式填空。

fly, find, put, throw, wing, beat, reach, come, learn, close, watch

White Tom and Mary were on holiday at the seaside, they enjoyed   41   the seagulls（海鸥）． They 42  a lot about these birds． They will often come  43    to on the beach when you are eating anything． If you   44   a piece of bread to them ,they soon snatched （抓住） it up．

Seagulls swim well, but they do not often dive（潜水） for fish． They are also good at   45  with their large wings． When a seagull is flying, he   46    his legs under his body．

Tom often watched them   47   closer to the ground because he liked the way they   48   the air with their wings and brought down their feet before they   49   the ground．

Mary liked to see them gliding （滑翔） over the sea as they often do, without their   50  moving, but she said she didn’t like the noise they make．

IV． 根据汉语意思与英语提示完成句子（共15分，每空1分）

51． 昨天我们在公园照了相。

We__________ __________in the park yesterday．

52． 请把牛奶倒进杯里。

Please __________ the milk __________ the cup．

53． 他出生在一个大城市里。

He __________ __________ in a big city．

54． 谢谢你照看我的狗。

 Thanks __________ __________ __________ __________ my dog．

55． 我想找一份兼职工作干一两年，攒些钱。

 I’m going to find a ________ ________ for a year or two and_______ ________ ________．

V．阅读理解（共30分，A--D每小题1分; E每小题2分）

A

Name

Personal Information

Ludwing Von

Beethoven

born in 1770 in Germany

a musician

died in 1827

Florence Nightingale

born in Italy on May 12^th,1820

an English nurse

died in 1910

Bill Gates

born in 1955 in the USA

wrote Business @ the speed of Thought

owns Microsoft

Thomas

Edison

born in 1847 in the USA

made over 1,000 inventions

died in 1931

Yao Ming

born on September 12^th,1980 in Shanghai, China

a basketball player

playing in the Houston Rockets, USA

根据上面表格提供的信息，选择正确的答案。

（    ）56．Thomas Edison is From________．

       A．Canada             B．Italy                 C．the USA           D．China

（    ）57．The________was born in 1770．

A．musician           B．nurse                 C．businessman        D．scientist

（    ）58．Business @ the Speed of Thought is the name of a________．

A．country              B．book                C．school             D．film

（    ）59．Florence Nightingale died in________．

A．1931               B．1827                C．1847              D．1910

（    ）60．Which of the following is TRUE?

A．Yao Ming is playing basketball in America．

B．Beethoven made over 1,000 inventions．

C．Edison was born in 1820．

D．Bill Gates worked in Microsoft in 1955．

B

It was two weeks before Christmas, and Mrs Smith was very busy． She bought a lot of Christmas cards to send to her and her husband’s friends, and she put them on her table in the living-room． Then, when her husband came home from work she said to him, “Here are the Christmas cards for friends, and here are some stamps, a pen and our book of address（地址）． Will you please write the cards while I’m cooking the dinner?”

Mr． Smith did not say anything, but walked out of the living-room and went to his study（书房）． Mrs Smith was very angry with him, but she didn’t say anything． In a minute Mr． Smith came back with a box full of Christmas cards． All of them had addresses and stamps on them． Mrs Smith was surprised．

“These are for last year,” he said to her． “I forgot to post them all．”

（    ）61． This story happened on__________．

A． December 25                                 B． November 25

C． January 15                                   D． December 11

（    ）62． Mrs Smith was_________write the cards．

A． too free to                                   B． so busy that she had no time to

C． not busy enough to                            D． so free that she couldn’t

（    ）63． Mrs Smith was very angry with Mr． Smith because__________．

A． he worked there 

B． he said nothing

C． he didn’t want to write the Christmas cards

D． he forgot to post the old cards

（    ）64． There was a box filled with Christmas cards__________．

A． in his study                                 B． in the living-room

C． out of his study                              D． out of the living-room

（    ）65． Which of the following is wrong?

A． Mr Smith was perhaps（也许） working while his wife bought the cards．

B． The cards would only be sent to Mr Smith’s friends．

C． The cards would be sent to Mr and Mrs Smith’s friends．

D． Mr Smith didn’t remember to send the cards last year．

C

Tom and Simon were Americans． Once they visited Spain． One day they came into a little restaurant for lunch． They did not know Spanish（西班牙语）, and the waiter did not know their American English, either． They wanted the waiter to understand that they needed some milk and eggs． At first Tom read the word “milk”many times． Then Simon spelled it on the table． But the waiter could not understand them at all． At last Tom took out of a piece（张） paper and began to draw a cow． The waiter looked at it and ran out of （跑出去） the restaurant．

“How clever you are!” Simon said to Tom, “He understood us at last!” After some time, the waiter came back, he brought no milk with him, but two tickets for a bull-fight（斗牛） down on their table!

（    ） 66． Where did Tom and Simon visit?

A． America           B． Spain                     C． England           D．China

（    ）67． Tom and Simon went into a restaurant __________．

A． to buy a cow                                     B． to have lunch

C． to have dinner                                    D． to draw a picture of cow．

（    ）68． The waiter did not understand Tom and Simon ______________．

A． because he ran out of the restaurant

B． because they wanted some milk and eggs

C． because they wanted some milk

D． because he didn’t know American English and they didn’t know Spanish

（    ）69． Why did the waiter give them two tickets for a bull-fight?

A． Because Tom drew a cow not a bull（公牛）．

B． Because the waiter was foolish．

C． Because the cow looked liked a bull．

D． Because Tom was foolish

（    ）70． How many people are there in the story?

A． Three．           B． Two．             C．One                 D． Many．

D

One day，Mr Smith is going to take a train to his hometown．When the train starts，one of his shoes falls to the ground．The train is running faster and faster and he can't pick it up．Then he quickly takes off the other one and throw it on the ground near the fallen shoe．A little boy on the train asks him，“Why do you do that？”“I've already（已经）lost one shoe．”Mr Smith answers，“If a man picks them up，he may get a pair of shoes．”

（    ）71．Mr Smith is going to his hometown____________．

A．by bus                    B．by train               C．by bike               D．on foot

（    ）72．What happens to the man when the train starts？He loses___________．

A．his shoes                 B．his watch              C．one of his shoes     D．nothing

（    ）73．Mr Smith can't pick up the fallen shoe because____________．

A．he don't want to take it                            B．the little boy has picked it up

C．he thinks it is too old                              D．the train has already started

（    ）74．__________throws the other shoe on the ground．

A．Mr Smith                                              B．The little boy

C．Nobody                                                 D．The man and the boy

（    ）75．Which of the following is true？

A．The boy wants the shoes．

B．Mr Smith doesn't want the shoes．

C．Mr Smith throws his fallen shoe on the ground．

D．Mr Smith thinks a man may get a pair of shoes to wear if he throws the other near the fallen shoe．

E

　　Hello, everyone．Here is something important for everyone going to London next month． As you know, you are going to stay with a family for two weeks．Now, the most important thing is money． You should take about $530 with you．I think it will be enough for everyone．Then, when you arrive, your new family will meet you．You must remember to wear a red shirt, so the family will find you easily．They’ve been told you all wear red shirts．You’ll also need to take with you 4 photos of yourself and, of course, it’s very important that you take the school letter．While you’re there, if you have any problems, you can call Leech School Office．I’ll give you the office phone number now: it’s 580-4436 and the person to ask for is Mrs Belcher…She’s in the office from nine o’clock in the morning until five in the afternoon every day．OK．That’s everything．Have a good journey!（旅行）

阅读回答问题

76． Where are they going to ?

    ___________________________________________________________________

77． How long are they going to stay there for ？

____________________________________________________________________

78． Why must they wear red shirts?

    ____________________________________________________________________

79． What’s the school office telephone number?

    ____________________________________________________________________

80． What could Mrs Belcher’s job be according to the reading?

 ____________________________________________________________________

VI．句型转换（10分）

81． This pen is cheaper than the other two．（同义句转换）

This pen is ____________ ____________ of the three．

82． Jane came back home from school．（改为否定句）

Jane ____________ ____________ back home from school．

83． It’s 3 kilometers from my home to school． （提问）

    ____________ ____________ is it from your home to school?

84． We need one teaspoon of yogurt． （就划线部分提问）

 ____________ ____________ teaspoons of yogurt do you need?

85． I was in Beijing last week． （改为一般疑问句）

 ____________ ____________ in Beijing last week?

VII． 书面表达：（10分）

以Zhang Huan’ s Birthday Party 为题写一篇短文，不少于60个词。

提示词：12th birthday  celebrate（庆祝） card  dance  sing  cake  friend  happy

Zhang Huan’s Birthday Party

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