八年级英语期末考试试卷及答案

八年级英语试卷

一、单项选择。（ 15 分）

从 A 、 B、 C、 D 四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案。

11. ______ it ______ when school was over yesterday?

A. Did, rain

B. Was, raining

C. Is, raining

D. Does, rain

12. We must try our best to do the work better with ______ money and ______ people.

A. little, fewer

B. fewer, less

C. less, fewer

D. less, few

13.--I really hope I can go to Beijing next year.

--So ______.

A. did I

B. do I

C. am I

D. was I

14.--Excuse me, how ______ I get to the cafe?

--Ask Mr Pride. He ______ know.

A. may, must

B. can, may

C. must, can

D. may, can

15.--Where ’s Jack today?

--Oh, I ’m sorry to say that he had ______ accident yesterday. And now he is in ______ hospital.

A. a, the

B. the, a

C. /, the

D. an, /

16.She’ll go with you if it ______ tomorrow.

A. doesn’train

B. won ’train

C. isn ’train

D. will rain

17.Sam is only two years old. He ’s too young ______.

A. to dress himself

B. get dressed

C. to put on

D. wear clothes

18.The boy made faces ______ other classmates ______.

A. make, laugh

B. to make, laugh

C. make, to laugh

D. to make, to laugh

19.They ______ in the beautiful music.

A. forgot themselves

B. remembered himself

C. lost themselves

D. enjoyed herself

20.Please don’tkeep me ______ a long time.

A. wait

B. to waiting

C. waits

D. waiting

21.Lesson One is ______ than Lesson Two.

A. interesting

B. much interesting

C. more much interesting

D. much more interesting

22. ______ the book ______ her arm, Miss Gao came into the classroom______ usual.

A. With, under, like

B. With, under, as

C. Carrying, in, with

D. Has, in, as

23.We find ______ very important ______ English well.

A. /, learning

B. it, to learn

C. it, learning

D. /, to learn

24.I couldn ’tafford ______ the suit at that moment.

A. buy

B. buying

C. bought

D. to buy

25.Study hard Ken, ______ you ’ll fall behind.

A. so

B. and

C. or

D. but

二、完形填空（15 分）通读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后在各题所给的四个选项中选出一

个最佳答案。Martin is an American boy. He ’s eight26old. One evening, Jimmy, one of his classmates, came to his home with an expensive book in his hand.

“Could you help me27this maths problem? Jimmy said as soon as he came into the room. “It ’s too hard for28. ”

“Let me29,”Martin said. “I hope it isn ’thard for me. ”

Martin tried his best but he couldn ’twork it out, either. “30we had a small computer, all the problems would be easy enough for us to do, ”Jimmy said.

“A small computer ?”Martin thought for a minute, and then he said,“I’ve got a(n)31 . We can buy one in a shop!”

“A computer is very32, and we don’thave enough money.”

“That’s OK, ”said Martin. “We can ask the new president(总统 ) for some money. He said he would help anyone in trouble. I33he will help us. He is very34, you know. ”

So they35to write a letter to the new president. Soon they finished the letter and hurried to the36office.

In front of the office stood a small box. They37the letter into the box38

and went home happily.

The next morning, they passed the post office on their way to school.They found, to their 39, the box was not a post-box,40 a trash can(垃圾箱 ).

26.A. years B. days C. months D. weeks

27.A. out B. to C. with D. by

28.A. you B. her C. me D. them

29.A. have B. try C. do D. make

30.A. If B. When C. Why D. Since

31.A. money B. one C. shop D. idea

32.A. expensive B. cheap C. big D. useful

33.A. know B. understand C. think D. want

34.A. short B. fat C. poor D. kind

35.A. had B. took C. learned D. decided

36.A. post B. police C. bank D. teacher’s

37.A. brought B. dropped C. took D. moved

38.A. well B. beautifully C. carefully D. slowly

39.A. happy B. surprise C. sorry D. joy

40.A. and B. or C. for D. but

三、阅读理解。（ 30 分）

A

Newspapers are very important in our daily life. Many people begin their day by reading the paper.

In this way they learn what is going on in the world. Sometimes, however, they didn’thave the time to read the news carefully and must be pleased with a quick look at the front page. At other times they may be in such a hurry that they have time only to have a quick look at the headlines.

There are newspapers to please every reader. In big cities there are many types with several

different editions（版） every day. In some towns there are fewer newspapers and perhaps only one edition each day. In some places the paper is printed （印刷） weekly.

Most papers have several editions, especially on Sundays when the edition is larger than usual. There are besides the front page with the most important news, the sports news, the amusement page, a business page and so on.

41. People read newspapers to ______.

A. learn about the less important news

B. be pleased

C. learn about whatever they want

D. get some information

A. what the passages are about

B. what they are going to do

C. about the most important news

D. about sports

43.In big cities newspapers are usually printed ______.

A. daily

B. weekly

C. monthly

D. yearly

44.Most papers have ______ on Sundays than usual.

A. more types

B. more pages

C. fewer types

D. fewer pages

45.If you want to see a film, you ’d better read ______ in a newspaper.

A. the business page

B. the front page

C. the sports page

D. the amusement page

B

The aim( 目的 ) of students who came to school is to study. But to study requires( 需要 ) a right way, or you waste either the time or the money. The following are the ways of studying.

The best time for reading is morning, because in the morning, the air is fresh and the mind is clear. For that reason, we can get good result.

In studying we must have patience( 耐心 ). If we have not known a text well, we must read it again. We should not read the next one till we have learned the first one.

When we are studying, we must put our hearts into the book, or we can get nothing from

the book while we are reading.

We must always ask “whys”. If it is not well understood, write it down and ask our teachers or our parents, or friends. In any possible way, we must know it completely and what we’ve learned can be used well and made better.

Though there are many ways for studying, yet the above mentioned( 提到的 ) will be quite enough if we can keep them in heart and do so.

46. The passage tells us ______.

A. the importance of reading

B. to read in the morning

C. to pay attention to the ways of studying

D. to have patience in studying

47. The passage has taught us ______ ways for studying.

A. three

B. four

C. five

D. many

48. We’d better read in the morning because ______.

A. it ’s hard to remember what we have learned

B. the air is fresh and the mind is clear

C. it ’s difficult to get good results

D. we have more time

49. If we can ’tput our hearts into the book when we read, it is ______.

A. easy to understand it well

B. better to get something from it

C. impossible for us to get much from it

D. possible to learn much from it

50. In studying we must always ask in order“whysto ”.

A. understand the book well

B. write down the questions

C. remember the new words

D. get some questions to ask our teachers

C

It was a beautiful sunny day. Miguel decided to go to the beach. He called his friends, but Mario was at work, and Rosa was at her grandmother ’s home. So he had to go to the beach alone. He took his bathing suit, towel, beach umbrella and his new boombox.

When he arrived at the beach, there weren’tmany people. There was a family with two

little children. There were some American tourists at the shop. Miguel put up his beach umbrella

and lay down. He turned on his radio and began to enjoy the beautiful music.

A. what the passages are about

B. what they are going to do

C. about the most important news

D. about sports

43.In big cities newspapers are usually printed ______.

A. daily

B. weekly

C. monthly

D. yearly

44.Most papers have ______ on Sundays than usual.

A. more types

B. more pages

C. fewer types

D. fewer pages

45.If you want to see a film, you ’d better read ______ in a newspaper.

A. the business page

B. the front page

C. the sports page

D. the amusement page

B

The aim( 目的 ) of students who came to school is to study. But to study requires( 需要 ) a right way, or you waste either the time or the money. The following are the ways of studying.

The best time for reading is morning, because in the morning, the air is fresh and the mind is clear. For that reason, we can get good result.

In studying we must have patience( 耐心 ). If we have not known a text well, we must read it again. We should not read the next one till we have learned the first one.

When we are studying, we must put our hearts into the book, or we can get nothing from

the book while we are reading.

We must always ask “whys”. If it is not well understood, write it down and ask our teachers or our parents, or friends. In any possible way, we must know it completely and what we’ve learned can be used well and made better.

Though there are many ways for studying, yet the above mentioned( 提到的 ) will be quite enough if we can keep them in heart and do so.

46. The passage tells us ______.

A. the importance of reading

B. to read in the morning

C. to pay attention to the ways of studying

D. to have patience in studying

47. The passage has taught us ______ ways for studying.

A. three

B. four

C. five

D. many

48. We’d better read in the morning because ______.

A. it ’s hard to remember what we have learned

B. the air is fresh and the mind is clear

C. it ’s difficult to get good results

D. we have more time

49. If we can ’tput our hearts into the book when we read, it is ______.

A. easy to understand it well

B. better to get something from it

C. impossible for us to get much from it

D. possible to learn much from it

50. In studying we must always ask in order“whysto ”.

A. understand the book well

B. write down the questions

C. remember the new words

D. get some questions to ask our teachers

C

It was a beautiful sunny day. Miguel decided to go to the beach. He called his friends, but Mario was at work, and Rosa was at her grandmother ’s home. So he had to go to the beach alone. He took his bathing suit, towel, beach umbrella and his new boombox.

When he arrived at the beach, there weren’tmany people. There was a family with two

little children. There were some American tourists at the shop. Miguel put up his beach umbrella and lay down. He turned on his radio and began to enjoy the beautiful music.

A. what the passages are about

B. what they are going to do

C. about the most important news

D. about sports

43.In big cities newspapers are usually printed ______.

A. daily

B. weekly

C. monthly

D. yearly

44.Most papers have ______ on Sundays than usual.

A. more types

B. more pages

C. fewer types

D. fewer pages

45.If you want to see a film, you ’d better read ______ in a newspaper.

A. the business page

B. the front page

C. the sports page

D. the amusement page

B

The aim( 目的 ) of students who came to school is to study. But to study requires( 需要 ) a right way, or you waste either the time or the money. The following are the ways of studying.

The best time for reading is morning, because in the morning, the air is fresh and the mind is clear. For that reason, we can get good result.

In studying we must have patience( 耐心 ). If we have not known a text well, we must read it again. We should not read the next one till we have learned the first one.

When we are studying, we must put our hearts into the book, or we can get nothing from

the book while we are reading.

We must always ask “whys”. If it is not well understood, write it down and ask our teachers or our parents, or friends. In any possible way, we must know it completely and what we’ve learned can be used well and made better.

Though there are many ways for studying, yet the above mentioned( 提到的 ) will be quite enough if we can keep them in heart and do so.

46. The passage tells us ______.

A. the importance of reading

B. to read in the morning

C. to pay attention to the ways of studying

D. to have patience in studying

47. The passage has taught us ______ ways for studying.

A. three

B. four

C. five

D. many

48. We’d better read in the morning because ______.

A. it ’s hard to remember what we have learned

B. the air is fresh and the mind is clear

C. it ’s difficult to get good results

D. we have more time

49. If we can ’tput our hearts into the book when we read, it is ______.

A. easy to understand it well

B. better to get something from it

C. impossible for us to get much from it

D. possible to learn much from it

50. In studying we must always ask in order“whysto ”.

A. understand the book well

B. write down the questions

C. remember the new words

D. get some questions to ask our teachers

C

It was a beautiful sunny day. Miguel decided to go to the beach. He called his friends, but Mario was at work, and Rosa was at her grandmother ’s home. So he had to go to the beach alone. He took his bathing suit, towel, beach umbrella and his new boombox.

When he arrived at the beach, there weren’tmany people. There was a family with two

little children. There were some American tourists at the shop. Miguel put up his beach umbrella and lay down. He turned on his radio and began to enjoy the beautiful music.

A. what the passages are about

B. what they are going to do

C. about the most important news

D. about sports

43.In big cities newspapers are usually printed ______.

A. daily

B. weekly

C. monthly

D. yearly

44.Most papers have ______ on Sundays than usual.

A. more types

B. more pages

C. fewer types

D. fewer pages

45.If you want to see a film, you ’d better read ______ in a newspaper.

A. the business page

B. the front page

C. the sports page

D. the amusement page

B

The aim( 目的 ) of students who came to school is to study. But to study requires( 需要 ) a right way, or you waste either the time or the money. The following are the ways of studying.

The best time for reading is morning, because in the morning, the air is fresh and the mind is clear. For that reason, we can get good result.

In studying we must have patience( 耐心 ). If we have not known a text well, we must read it again. We should not read the next one till we have learned the first one.

When we are studying, we must put our hearts into the book, or we can get nothing from

the book while we are reading.

We must always ask “whys”. If it is not well understood, write it down and ask our teachers or our parents, or friends. In any possible way, we must know it completely and what we’ve learned can be used well and made better.

Though there are many ways for studying, yet the above mentioned( 提到的 ) will be quite enough if we can keep them in heart and do so.

46. The passage tells us ______.

A. the importance of reading

B. to read in the morning

C. to pay attention to the ways of studying

D. to have patience in studying

47. The passage has taught us ______ ways for studying.

A. three

B. four

C. five

D. many

48. We’d better read in the morning because ______.

A. it ’s hard to remember what we have learned

B. the air is fresh and the mind is clear

C. it ’s difficult to get good results

D. we have more time

49. If we can ’tput our hearts into the book when we read, it is ______.

A. easy to understand it well

B. better to get something from it

C. impossible for us to get much from it

D. possible to learn much from it

50. In studying we must always ask in order“whysto ”.

A. understand the book well

B. write down the questions

C. remember the new words

D. get some questions to ask our teachers

C

It was a beautiful sunny day. Miguel decided to go to the beach. He called his friends, but Mario was at work, and Rosa was at her grandmother ’s home. So he had to go to the beach alone. He took his bathing suit, towel, beach umbrella and his new boombox.

When he arrived at the beach, there weren’tmany people. There was a family with two

little children. There were some American tourists at the shop. Miguel put up his beach umbrella

and lay down. He turned on his radio and began to enjoy the beautiful music.