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人教版八年级下英语期末考试题

Ⅰ.听句子,选择与句子内容相符的图片。每个句子读两遍。(每小题1分,共5分)

A B C D E

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

Ⅱ.听句子,选择最佳答语。每个句子读两遍。(每小题1分,共5分)

6.A.Sure.

B.You are welcome.

C.No,but I don’t like it.

7.A.That’s great.

B.No,thanks.

C.I have a headache.

8.A.Yes,I did.

B.No,I haven’t.

C.No,I am not.

9.A.Because I’ve bought a new one.

B.You can have it for 500 yuan.

C.I bought it last year.

10.A.I am watching TV.

B.I was doing my homework.

C.She was sleeping.

Ⅲ.听对话,选择最佳选项。每个对话读两遍。(每小题1分,共5分)

11.Why does Jack look nervous?

A.Because his bike is broken.

B.Because he can’t find his bike.

C.Because he has lost the key to his bike.

12.What will Henry do after school?

A.Play tennis.

B.Take piano lessons.

C.Play computer games.

13.Who are the two speakers?

A.Mother and son.

B.Teacher and student.

C.Doctor and patient.

14.How much is the smart phone today?

A.200 yuan.

B.400 yuan.

C.800 yuan.

15.Where is the amusement park?

A.On Bridge Road.

B.On Xinhua Square.

C.On Beijing Road.

Ⅳ.听短文,选出最佳选项。短文读两遍。(每小题1分,共5分)

16.The orange tree was the poor man’s house.

A.in front of

B.behind

C.across from

17.In ,there were many fine oranges on the tree.

A.spring

B.summer

C.autumn

18.The poor man took the big orange to .

A.the king

B.the rich man

C.his friend

19.The rich man had and he wanted to give it to the king.

A.an orange

B.a football

C.a gold cup

20.In the end,the king gave to the rich man.

A.a lot of money

B.the great orange

C.an orange tree

Ⅴ.单项填空(每小题1分,共15分)

21.Jane is 16-year-old high school student in United States.

A.a,the B.the,a

C.a,/ D.an,the

22.—I think dragons are the of China.Do you think so?

—I agree with you.

A.situation B.symbol

C.promise D.shape

23.—Are all the students from in your class?

—No,there are only 3 in our class.The others are from other countries.

A.Germany,Germen

B.Germany,Germans

C.German,Germans

D.German,Germany

24.My time in the middle school was one of periods of my life.

A.exciting B.more exciting

C.the more exciting D.the most exciting

25.Bob is always polite to everyone,and he is lovely all of us like him very much.

A.too,to B.neither,nor

C.so,that D.such,that

26.—What would you like,tea or coffee?

— ,thanks.I just prefer a glass of water.

A.Both B.Neither

C.Either D.So

27.Come on,baby.We have already done of the work.

A.two three B.two third

C.two thirds D.second three

28.—My cousin has a sore throat.

—She’d better .

A.drink water with honey

B.see a dentist

C.take a shower

D.get an X-ray

29.—Come here,I’ll tell you about your study.

—OK,we’re coming.

A.anything important

B.something important

C.important anything

D.important something

30.The less junk food you eat, you will be.

A.the healthier B.healthier

C.more healthy D.less healthy

31.Mr.Brown his hometown since he the army.

A.has left,joined

B.has been away from,has joined

C.has been away from,joined

D.left,joined

32.Qomolangma is about 8,844 meters high.It is mountain in the world.

A.highest B.the highest

C.higher D.the higher

33.— my surprise,Jin Ming was chosen into our school football team.

—Congratulations.He did well playing football when he was very young.I hope he’ll be the best player in our school.

A.To,of B.At,at

C.To,in D.In,about

34.—Mom,can I do much work in a short time?

—Dear,I think you can.

A.so,so B.such,so

C.so,such D.such,such

35.—At what age did you leave home?

—I left home at 18,Neil.I your city for five years.

A.have been in B.have been to

C.have gone to D.have come to

Ⅵ.完形填空(每小题1分,共10分)

Sally is eighty-six years old.She has no sons 36 daughters.Her husband died ten years ago.But she didn’t move into a nursing home.She would like to 37 herself every day.

Every night she spends two hours 38 kids with math.All kids living on her street can get her help without payment(报酬).She was a famous math 39 before she retired(退休) from a middle school.

She gets up early in the morning,then does sports,goes shopping or helps cleaners 40 the street.And she does these happily.

When the kids come for help,she is always 41 and tries her best.People asked her 42 .She said,“I love it.It makes me happy to help them.”

She is always happy every day and always says hello to people around her 43 a smile.

“ I 44 to love everything around me.So I’m happy to do something.I’m thankful for those kids who come to me for help.Each kid is my 45 .I love each day to help them,” she said.

36.A.and B.or

C.but D.so

37.A.look like B.look at

C.look after D.look for

38.A.helping B.working

C.studying D.teaching

39.A.teacher B.nurse

C.worker D.cleaner

40.A.do B.run

C.sweep D.play

41.A.awful B.happy

C.tired D.boring

42.A.why B.where

C.when D.how

43.A.for B.on

C.in D.with

44.A.have decided B.decides

C.haven’t decided D.hate

45.A.example B.gift

C.teacher D.helper

Ⅶ.阅读理解(每小题2分,共30分)

A

Mary is an African elephant.Now she is 16 years old.She lives in the zoo.Mary has produced more than 50 drawings since last year.She has made over $2,500 for the zoo.Zoo leaders said Mary first showed the art ability (能力) about 4 years ago.Zoo workers watched her make the marks (痕迹) in the sand with her trunk (象鼻).She rubbed out (抹去) the marks,then made the new ones.The zoo workers gave her brushes and paints.Soon Mary was drawing pictures.Newspaper reporters wrote about Mary,and then people went to buy her pictures.And in this way she made a lot of money for the zoo by drawing.

This is how Mary does the drawing.A zoo worker holds different color paints and Mary touches the colors she wants.Then the worker gives her chosen color to the brushes in her trunk and Mary begins to paint.

46.Mary is .

A.a girl

B.a zoo worker

C.a zoo leader

D.an elephant from Africa

47.She has made over for the zoo.

A.$50 B.$2,500

C.$16 D.$4

48.Mary first learned to draw pictures .

A.when she was 4 years old

B.to make money

C.in the sand with her trunk

D.when she was 16 years old

49. wrote about Mary,and then people went to buy her pictures.

A.Newspaper reporters

B.A magazine

C.A history textbook

D.An advertisement

50.Mary rubbed out the marks she had made in order to .

A.please the visitors

B.make other ones

C.ask for more brushes and paints

D.clean her trunk

B

Sixteen years ago a boy gave me an important gift.It was a smile.

It was the early autumn of my first year at a middle school,and my old school was far away.As a result,no one knew who I was.I was very lonely,and afraid to speak to anyone.

Every time I heard the other students talking and laughing,I felt my heart break.I couldn’t talk with anyone about my problems.

Then one day,when my classmates were talking happily with their friends,I was sitting at my desk unhappily as usual.At that moment,a boy entered the classroom.I didn’t know who he was.He passed by me and then turned back.He looked at me,with a smile.

Suddenly,I felt the touch of something bright and friendly.It made me feel happy and warm.That smile changed my life.I started to talk with other students and make friends.Day by day,I became closer to everyone in my class.The boy with the lucky smile has become my best friend.

One day I asked him why he had smiled,but he couldn’t remember doing so!

It doesn’t matter because all the dark days have gone.I believe that the world is what you think it is.If you think it is lonely,you might always be alone.So smile at the world and it will smile back.

51.When did the writer get the gift?

A.At the age of 16.

B.After making friends with the boy.

C.In the first year at a middle school.

D.After becoming closer to everyone in the class.

52.Why was the smile an important gift?

A.Because the writer’s old school was far away.

B.Because the writer didn’t know who the boy was.

C.Because the smile didn’t mean anything to the boy.

D.Because the writer felt lonely and had no friends and it made her feel happy and warm.

53.Why didn’t the writer talk to anyone in her new school about her problems?

A.Because she was always unhappy.

B.Because she didn’t know anyone at that time.

C.Because she was in the first year at the junior high school.

D.Because she didn’t want her parents to worry about her.

54.How did the smile change her life?

A.She started to make friends.

B.She became the best friend of the boy.

C.Her parents didn’t worry about her any more.

D.She realized that she was lonely.

55.Where does she now think her feeling of unhappiness came from?

A.From her old school.

B.From her parents.

C.From herself.

D.From her classmates at the new school.

C

When he was small,Hill was a famous bad boy.

At the age of 9,his father married his stepmother.At that time they were poor in the countryside while his stepmother was from a wealthy family.

His father introduced Hill to his stepmother as he said,“Dear,I hope you notice in the entire shire this is the worst boy,who has made me have no other way.Maybe before tomorrow morning he will throw a stone at you,or do a bad thing you will never imagine.”

To Hill’s surprise,his stepmother went up to him with a smile,held up his head and looked at him carefully.She then turned around to tell her husband,“You’re wrong.He is not the worst boy in the entire shire,but the cleverest and creative boy.Only he doesn’t find a place to show himself.”

His stepmother’s words warmed his heart,his eyes full of tears.With this,he started building friendship with his stepmother.And this became the drive of his life,making him create 28 successful golden rules,which helped tens of thousands of ordinary people walk on the road to success.

Before his stepmother came,no one praised (赞扬) him,and his father and neighbors considered him as a bad boy.However,his stepmother’s words changed his life.

When Hill was 14 years old,his stepmother bought him a used typewriter(打字机) and said to him,“I believe you will become a writer.” Hill accepted his stepmother’s gift and expectation(期待),and started writing things to a local newspaper.He understood his stepmother’s strong feeling of interest in his family while he saw with his own eyes she had changed his family.Therefore,he would do as well as she expected him to.

The strength from his stepmother made him a rich man and famous writer in the United States and one of the most important persons in the 20th century.

Praise will never be unnecessary,especially for children.A sincere (真诚的) praise may be better than 10,000 bad words.

56.What did people think of Hill before the age of nine?

A.Clever. B.Creative.

C.Unfriendly. D.Foolish.

57.Hill started making friends with his stepmother after she .

A.smiled at him

B.looked at him carefully

C.said good words about him

D.said bad words about him

58.Which of the following is wrong about Hill?

A.He accepted his stepmother’s typewriter.

B.He failed to do as he was expected.

C.He started writing to a local newspaper.

D.He understood his stepmother.

59.The writer is most probably an expert of .

A.house building B.diet

C.news writing D.education

60.The passage was written mainly to tell us that .

A.children should be praised

B.Hill’s father married again

C.Hill’s stepmother was kind to him

D.Hill’s father was cruel to him

Ⅷ.根据短文内容回答问题(每小题2分,共10分)

It was a dark and cold night.The taxi driver didn’t have even one passenger all day.When he went by the railway station,he saw a young man coming out with two bags in his hands.So he quickly opened the door of the car and asked,“Where do you want to go,sir?” “To Star Hotel,”the young man answered.When the taxi driver heard this,he didn’t feel happy any more.He knew the young man could give him only three dollars because the hotel was not far from the railway station.But suddenly,he had an idea.He took the passenger through many streets of the big city.

After a long time,the car arrived at the hotel at last.“You should pay me fifteen dollars,”the driver said to the young man.“What? Fifteen dollars! Do you think I’m a fool? Only last week,I took a taxi from the railway station to this same hotel and I only gave the driver thirteen dollars.I know how much I have to pay for the trip.I won’t pay you one dollar more than I paid to the other taxi driver last week.”

61.How did the taxi driver feel when he knew where the young man wanted to go?

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62.Did the first taxi driver cheat the young man?

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63.How much did the young man want to pay?

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64.What do you think of the two taxi drivers?

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65.将文中的画线部分翻译成汉语。

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Ⅸ.补全对话(每小题2分,共10分)

Emma:What are you doing,Li Lin?

Li Lin: 66

Emma:I have read it before.What do you think of the story?

Li Lin: 67 Yu Gong found a good way to deal with his problem.

Emma:Really? 68 It seems impossible to move a mountain.

Li Lin:But the story is trying to show us that anything is possible if you work hard.Yu Gong kept trying and didn’t give up.

Emma: 69 I think we should try to find other ways to deal with a problem.

Li Lin:But what could Yu Gong do except moving the mountains?

Emma:He could build a road. 70

Li Lin:We have different opinions about the story.There’re many sides to a story and many ways to understand it.

Emma:Yes,that’s right.

A.Don’t you think it’s a little silly?

B.I’m reading a book called Yu Gong Moves a Mountain.

C.That’s better and faster than moving a mountain.

D.In my opinion,it’s really interesting.

E.Do you prefer to read stories?

F.I still don’t agree with you.

G.How about you?

Ⅹ.根据首字母或汉语提示完成句子(每小题1分,共5分)

71.The old man died of i .

72.The girl comes from France,so she can speak F .

73.I bought a c last week.I have taken a lot of photos.

74.We must (保护) animals;they are our friends.

75.He was one of the greatest Chinese writers of the 20th (世纪).

Ⅺ.根据汉语意思完成句子(每小题2分,共10分)

76.为什么你不给她买一件连衣裙呢?

Why you a dress?

77.英国的天气全年都很温暖。

The weather in Britain is warm .

78.你把这个故事介绍给你的朋友了吗?

Have you the story your friends?

79.我从来没有去过水上公园。

I’ve a water park.

80.在这个学校里他是最受欢迎的老师之一。

He is one of teachers in the school.

Ⅻ.书面表达(共10分)

假设你是张杰,Jack是你远在美国的网友,请给他写一封e-mail谈谈近况。词数60~80,开头和结尾已经给出。要点如下:

1.最近已经读完了《汤姆•索亚历险记》,很有趣;

2.和父母关系紧张,很难沟通;

3.想了解美国的神话故事;

4.有什么建议可以帮助你;

5.请补充一点相关内容。

参考词汇:communicate 交流;The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (《汤姆•索亚历险记》); fairy story 神话故事

Dear Jack,

How is it going? Good to hear from you.

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Write back soon.

Yours,

Zhang Jie

人教版八年级下英语期末考试试题参考答案

Ⅰ.1.B 2.A 3.E 4.C 5.D

Ⅱ.6.A 7.C 8.B 9.A 10.B

Ⅲ.11.C 12.B 13.A 14.B 15.C

Ⅳ.16.A 17.C 18.A 19.C 20.B

Ⅴ.21.A 22.B 23.B 24.D 25.C 26.B 27.C 28.A 29.B 30.A 31.C 32.B 33.C 34.C 35.A

Ⅵ.36.B 37.C 38.A 39.A 40.C 41.B 42.A 43.D 44.A 45.B

Ⅶ.46.D 47.B 48.C 49.A 50.B 51.C 52.D 53.B 54.A 55.C 56.C 57.C 58.B 59.D 60.A

Ⅷ.61.Unhappy. 62.Yes,he did. 63.Thirteen dollars. 64.Dishonest./They are not honest. 65.他看见一个年轻人拎着两个袋子走出来。

Ⅸ.66.B 67.D 68.A 69.F 70.C

Ⅹ.71.illness 72.French 73.camera 74.protect 75.century

Ⅺ. 76.don’t,buy her 77.all year round 78.introduced,to 79.never been to 80.the most popular

Ⅻ.Dear Jack,

How is it going? Good to hear from you.

I have finished reading a famous novel The Adventures of Tom Sawyer these days.The characters are so funny.I’m very interested in fairy stories of America.Could you please help me buy some books? And I’m having another problem.I find it’s more and more difficult to communicate with my parents.Do you have the similar problems? Could you please help me with that? I’m looking forward to hearing from you.

Write back soon.

Yours,

Zhang Jie

附:听力材料

Ⅰ.1.My favorite animals are pandas.

2.I have read a famous story called Journey to the West.

3.This is my pet dog.

4.I have been to the Great Wall.

5.The Yangtze River is the longest river in China.

Ⅱ.6.Could you please sweep the floor?

7.What’s the matter with you?

8.Have you read Robinson Crusoe?

9.Why are you selling this computer?

10.What were you doing when I called you last night?

Ⅲ.11.W:You look so nervous,Jack.What’s wrong?

M:I can’t find the key to my bike.

12.W:How about playing tennis after school,Henry?

M:I’d love to,but I have to take piano lessons.

13.W:Get up,or you will be late for school.

M:But today is Saturday,Mom.

14.W:Excuse me,how much is the smart phone?

M:It is usually 800 yuan.But today it’s at half price.

15.W:Have you ever been to the new amusement park,John?

M:No.Where is it?

W:It’s on Beijing Road.You know,it’s near the bridge.

Ⅳ. Long long ago,there was a poor man living in the mountains.He planted an orange tree in front of his house.He took good care of it.In autumn there were many fine oranges on the tree.One of them was very very big——as big as a football.The poor man was very happy.He took it to the king.The king was so happy that he gave the poor man a lot of money for it.When a rich man heard of it,he said to himself,“It’s only an orange.Why did the king give the poor man so much money? I’ll take my gold cup to the king.I’m sure he’ll give me more money.”

The next day when the king got the gold cup,he said to the rich man,“What a beautiful cup! I’ll give you something wonderful.Please take this great orange away.”