最新人教版八年级下册英语期末测试试题以及答案.doc

1、八年级下册英语期末测试试题一、单项选择。 ( )1.He _ when the UFO arrived. A. was sleeping B. were sleeping C. has slept D. is asleep ( )2.I have been skating _ nine oclock. A. for B. since C. at D. from ( )3.Would you mind _ those old jeans? A. dont wear B. not to wear C. arent wearing D. not wearing ( )4.-Hes never bee

2、n to an aquarium. -_. A. Neither have I B. Neither do I C. I never too D. I dont too ( )5.Its really cold today, _ ? A. does it B. doesnt it C. isnt it D. is it( ) 6._ have you been swimming? For five years. A. How many times B. How long C. How often D. How much ( ) 7.-Could you please _ in the room

3、? -Oh, Im sorry. A. not smoking B. not smoke C. not to smoke D. dont smoke( ) 8.-Could we buy a piano, Jack? -Im afraid there _ enough room for one in the house. A. arent B. are C. isnt D. is ( )9.I got home _ they were having dinner. A. as soon as B. while C. because D. after ( )10. We got mad _ th

4、e team for losing the match. A. at B. in C. on D. about ( )11.She _ a lot of money on clothes. A. takes B. costs C. spends D. buys( )12.I will stay at home and read books if it _ tomorrow. A. is raining B. rains C. rain D. will rain ( )13.The teacher encourages her students _ English as much as poss

5、ible. A. to speak B. speaking C. speak D. spoke ( )14.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( )15.The teacher said that they _ hard-working students. A. is B. are C. were D. was 二、完形填空。From Monday to Friday, most people

6、are busy working or studying. But in the evenings and weekends, they are _1_ and enjoy themselves. Some watch television or go to the cinema, others _2_ sports. This is decided by their own interests. There are many different ways to spend our free time. Almost everyone has some kind of hobby: it ma

7、y be something from_3_ stamps to making model planes. Some hobbies are very expensive, but others dont cost anything _4_. Some collections are worth a lot of money, others are valuable（有价值的）only to their owners. I know a man who has a _5_ collection worth several thousand dollars. A short time ago,

8、he bought an unusual fifty-cent piece which _6_ him $250! He was very happy about it and thought the price was all right. On the other hand, my youngest brother collects _7_ . He has almost 600 of them, but I wonder if they are worth any money. _8_, to my brother, they are quite valuable. _9_ makes

9、him happier than to find a new match box for his collection. Thats what a hobby means, I think. It is something we _10_ to do in our free time. The value in dollars is not important, but the pleasure it gives us is. 1. A. lucky B. clever C. funny D. free 2. A. think about B. join C. take part in D.

10、take care of 3. A. collecting B. getting C. printing D. making 4. A. first of all B. at all C. of all kinds D. in all 5. A. book B. cloth C. stamp D. coin 6. A. spend B. took C. cost D. waste 7. A. stamps B. match boxes C. pens D. model planes 8. A. So B. However C. Because D. But 9. A. Nothing B. E

11、verything C. Anything D. Something 10. A. have B. need C. enjoy D. like （二）Do you know One Belt One Road(一带一路)？We also call it the Modern Silk Road.And Zhang Qian was an early traveler of the Ancient Silk Road.He was probably the first 1 to bring back good information about the central Asian lands t

12、o China. In 138 BC，Han Wudi sent Zhang Qian to the Yuechi people to ask for their _2_ against the Xiongnu who often infringed(侵犯) them._3_，on the way to the Western Regions，he was caught by the Xiongnu people.Zhang had to stay with them _4_ about 10 years before he got away.When Zhang finally _5_ th

13、e Yuechi in the North India，he was _6_ to find that they didnt want to fight against the Xiongnu people. On _7_ return journey，Zhang Qian and his men were caught again.It was not _8_ 125 BC that they returned to China._9_ Zhang didnt finish his job，he learned a lot about the places，people，customs an

14、d cultures of the 36 kingdoms(王国) in the Western Regions. Later Han Wudi sent Zhang to the West again.Zhangs journey to the West helped _10_ international trade，especially in silk，between China and the West.Thats the Ancient Silk Road. ( )1.A.men Bmans Cman Dmens ( )2.A.question Bhelp Cknowledge Dan

15、swer ( )3.A.Happily BExcitedly CLuckily DUnluckily( )4.A.for Bsince Cat Din ( )5.A.arrived Breached Cgot Dreached in ( )6.A.comfortable Bdisappointed Cexcited DEnjoyable( )7.A.him Bhe Chis Dhimself ( )8.A.until Bunless Cafter Dbefore ( )9.A.But BAs CBecause DAlthough( )10.A.use Bget Cdevelop Dsee三、阅

16、读理解。AFor many people the subject of hiccups (嗝) is a joke, but for Harry Mendes, a fifteen-year-old schoolboy 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 hospita

17、l, but it took another week for the doctors to cure his attack. Harry, who is now back at school, described what 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 b

18、reath and drank cold drinks. My father even tried to give me a shock but that didnt work either.” After a week 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 ano

19、ther week before the medicine worked completely and my hiccups stopped.” Harry was very lucky. The world record 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 day

20、s C. twenty-eight days D. one month （ ）2.His hiccups started after he _. A.drank a glass of water B. went to hospital 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. c

21、ouldnt stop hiccupping （ ）4.His hiccups completely stopped one week after the doctor _. A. gave him some medicine 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BDreams may be more important than sleep.

22、 Some people dont need much sleep. But we all need to dream, scientists say. Dreams take up about one quarter of our sleeping time. People have several dreams each night. Dreams are like short films. They are usually in color. Some dreams are like old films. They come to us over and over again. That

23、 may be because the dreamer is worrying about something. Dreaming may be a way of trying to find an answer. Some people get new ideas about their work from dreams. They could have been thinking about their work all day. These thoughts can carry over into dreams. Sometimes we wake up with a good feel

24、ing from a dream. But often we cant remember the dream. Dreams can disappear quickly from memory. Too much dreaming can be harmful. The more we sleep, the longer we dream. The mind is hard at working when we dream. That is why we may have a long sleep and still wake up tired. 1.It may be less import

25、ant to sleep than to _. A. think B. dream C. work D. study 2.Dreams and films are usually _. A. very long B. in color C. about work D. very sad 3.The people often dream about their work because _. A. they are tired in the daytime B. they are not interested in their work C. they may be thinking about

26、 their work at all D. they have too much work to do 4.The main idea of the story is that _. A. people need to dream B. people like to sleep C. dreams are like films D. we always remember dreams 5. The title for the story could be _. A. Terrible dreams B. The longest sleep C. Memory D. DreamsC The be

27、st way of learninga language is using it. The best way of learning English is talking in English as much as possible. Sometimes youll get your words mixed up(混合) and people wont understand you. Sometimes people will say things too quickly and you couldnt understand them. But if you sense of humor (幽

28、默感), you can always have a good laugh at the mistakes. Its better for people to laugh at your mistakes than to be angry with you, because they dont understand what you are saying. The most important thing for learning English s :” Dont be afraid of making mistakes because everyone makes mistakes.”(

29、)1. The writer thinks that the best way for you to learn a language is _ A.writing it B. using it C. listening D. learning grammar ( )2. What should you do in learning English? A. Be careful not to make any mistakes B. Write as quickly as you can C. Speak English as much as you can D. Laugh more oft

30、en( )3. When people laugh at your mistakes, you should _ A. not care B. be happy C. feel worried D. be unhappy ( )4. When you make s mistake, you should _ A. keep quiet B. get angry C. be kind D. keep your sense of humor( )5. The story tells us :“_”. A. Only foolish(愚蠢) people make mistakes B. Few people make mistakes C. People never make mistakes D. There is no one who doesnt make mistakes