期末测试卷（一） 外研版英语八年级下册

期末测试卷

八年级英语·下（WY版）

时间：45分钟　满分：100分

一、单项选择。(共10小题, 每小题2分, 共20分)

1. The restaurant provides people ____ free fruit, so many people come here to have meals.

A. to    B. for    C. with   D. at

2. Bill, stop smoking, ____ you'll get better soon.

A. but   B. after   C. or   D. and

3. You can go to ask the teacher ____ in his office if you need his help.

A. in person    B. in silence 

C. on time    D. on air

4. —What's the ____ of the meeting?

—To talk about the travel plan.

A. time    B. result 

C. purpose   D. way

5. The Yangtze River is one of ____ rivers in the world.

A. long      B. longer   

C. longest     D. the longest

6. He thanked me for ____ the mistakes in his homework.

A. going out     B. pointing out  

C. turning on    D. putting on

7. — Look! Jenny is over there, and she looks  ____ .

— Yes. She always stays ____.

A. alone; alone    B. alone; lonely 

C. lonely; lonely    D. lonely; alone

8. My sister prefers ____ to drawing and she wants to be a singer.

A. sing     B. to sing  

C. singing    D. sang

9. The new year is coming. Our teachers encourage us ____ new hobbies.

A. develop       B. developing  

C. to develop       D. developed

10. —What did the teacher say just now?

—He asked me ____.

A. how could I work it out 

B. when did I go to the library

C. why I looked unhappy then 

D. who I am waiting for

二、完形填空。(共10小题, 每小题2分, 共20分)

One evening last summer, when I asked my 14­year­old son, Ray, for help with dinner, his response(回答)shocked me. “What's a colander(漏勺)？” he asked. I could only blame __11__ . In the family, nobody else went into the kitchen except me. But that night, as I __12__  to him that a colander is the thing with holes, I wondered what else I hadn't __13__ Ray for.

As parents, while  we focus on our sons' confidence and character, we perhaps don't always consider that we are __14__ raising someone's future roommates, boyfriends, husbands, or fathers. __15__ I came up with a plan: I would offer Ray a private home­economics course. I was __16__ to find that he didn't say no. For two hours, three days a week, Ray was all mine.

I knew that he would rather have been playing basketball with friends than  __17__ to mend socks with his mother, but in fact he was learning, and more than just housekeeping. “I appreciate(感激)what you do __18__ a mum, ” he told me one day. Ray now realizes there's __19__ masculine(男子气概的)about being helpless.

Now, not only can he make his own dinner, but he can also make a big meal for his family. That's __20__ I call a man. I'm glad that I prepared so great a present for my future daughter­in­law.

11. A. themselves   B. ourselves   C. myself   D. himself

12. A. explained   B. continued   C. thought   D. advised

13. A. planned   B. prepared   C. produced   D. punished

14. A. even   B. also   C. still   D. either

15. A. But   B. Or   C. Because   D. So

16. A. cheerful   B. nervous   C. patient   D. serious

17. A. learning   B. checking   C. asking   D. affording

18. A. by   B. for   C. as   D. with

19. A. something   B. anything   C. everything   D. nothing

20. A. what   B. how   C. why   D. who

三、阅读理解。(共10小题, 每小题2分, 共20分)

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21. According to the information above, we know ____ can speak French.

A. Tracy   B. Li Fang    C. Branka    D. Simon

22. ____ are looking for pen friends for their students.

A. Tracy and Simon    B. Simon and Branka

C. Tracy and Branka    D. Li Fang and Simon

23. If you are an American and you need a Chinese pen friend, you can contact ____.

A. Tracy   B. Simon   C. Li Fang   D. Branka

24. We know from the passage that ____.

A. Tracy is planning to go for studies in the USA

B. Li Fang is going to Australia to be a teacher

C. Branka wants to find some adult pen friends

D. Simon has two classes with 52 students in total

25. You may see the information above ____.

 A. in a film     B. on a website  

C. in a play    D. on a map

B

Summer Fun at Happy Kids' Learning Centre

Are you looking for something that can add(添加) colour to your summer holiday? If yes, here are the summer courses that you cannot miss!

Children Can Cook

The course is to improve children's knowledge(知识)in the kitchen. They will learn basic cooking skills, kitchen safety, and how to buy proper ingredients(原料) and follow steps in recipes(食谱). Children can sit comfortably and eat what they have cooked at the end of each lesson.

Little Writers

The course is divided(分开) into two parts. In the first part, children are introduced(介绍)to famous stories and their writers. In the second part, they are taught to write their own stories. Children also get the chance to write other text types, such as poems and plays.

Acting for Fun

This is a course that lets children enjoy the fun of acting. Through acting and speaking in front of people, children will be more confident. Parents are welcome to watch the performance(演出)given by the children at the end of the course.

Watercolour Painting

This course teaches children the basic skills of painting people and animals. We encourage children to watch, imagine and create their own works.

26. What can children do in the cooking course?

A. They can sell the food.

B. They can buy the bowls.

C. They can learn how to cook.

D. They can eat what teachers have cooked.

27. How many parts are there in the writing course?

A. One part.  B. Two parts.

C. Three parts.  D. Four parts.

28. Which course should children join in if they want to be more confident?

A. Acting for Fun.

B. Watercolour Painting.

C. Little Writers.

D. Children Can Cook.

29. What does the painting course teach?

A. The importance of acting.

B. How to buy proper ingredients.

C. Famous stories and their writers.

D. The basic skills of painting people and animals.

30. The purpose of this passage is to encourage children to ____.

A. cook a meal for their parents

B. act with their parents in public

C. join in the summer courses at the learning centre

D. read more books during the holiday

四、任务型阅读。(共5小题, 每小题2分, 共10分)

Do you know how people send messages to each other? Scientists say only 35%  of our communication is done through spoken language. 31. ________ It is natural for us to use our bodies to share our thoughts and feelings.

32. ________ For example, smiling may be the easiest body language. People understand its meaning without thinking. 33. ________ But the meaning of some body language changes from one culture to another. Most people move their heads up and down to mean “yes” and side to side to mean “no”. You may think that these have the same meanings everywhere. 34. ________ In a country, people move their heads side to side to mean “yes”, and up and down to mean “no”.

As we have looked at some examples, there are many kinds of body language and their meanings may change from one culture to another. 35. ________ If we don't understand them, we may make a mistake and send a wrong signal(信号). The best advice is to watch what other people do in their cultures and follow them.

五、单词拼写。(共5小题, 每小题3分, 共15分)

36. His school is a public school, not a ________ (私人的)one.

37. The plane tickets are too expensive. I can't ________ (买得起)to buy one.

38. We should try our best to protect the ________ (环境).

39. Don't be afraid of failure (失败)! Because it's the mother of s ________.

40. Last week I had a chance to ________(采访)my favourite writer and it made me very excited.

六、根据汉语意思完成句子。(共5小题, 每小题3分, 共15分)

41. 昨天晚上有声响吵醒了我们所有人。

Last night, a noise ________ all of us ________.

42. 红灯亮的时候就意味着我们的广播节目正在播出。

When the red light is on, it means we're ________ ________.

43. 能否实现梦想取决于你的努力程度。

Whether your dream can come true or not ________ ________ how hard you work.

44. 当我朋友来的时候, 我带领他们参观了我的学校。

I ________ my friends ________ my school when they came.

45. 不要忘记和你的老朋友保持联系。

Don't forget to ________ ________ ________ ________ your old friends.

参考答案

一、1. C　

2. D　点拨：句意：比尔，停止吸烟，你将很快好起来。stop smoking为祈使句，“祈使句＋and＋句子”或“祈使句＋or＋句子”。本句话中表示顺承，用and，故选D。

3. A　4. C　5. D　6. B　7. D　

8. C　点拨：句意：比起画画，我妹妹更喜欢唱歌，她想成为一名歌手。prefer doing sth. to doing sth.意为“比起做某事，更喜欢做……”，故选C。

9. C　10. C

二、11～15: CABBD　16～20: AACDA

三、A) 21～25: ABCDB　B)26～30: CBADC

四、31. E　32. A　33. D　

34. G　点拨：细节理解题。上文“Most people move their heads up and down to mean ‘yes’ and side to side to mean ‘no’．You may think that these have the same meanings everywhere.”意为“大多数人点头表示肯定，摇头表示否定。你可能以为它们在所有地方意思都一样。”而下文“In a country, people move their heads side to side to mean ‘yes’， and up and down to mean ‘no’．”意为“在一个国家，人们摇头表示肯定，点头表示否定。”综合上下文可知，此处是表示转折，选项G“然而，它们可能有相反的意思。”符合语境，故选G。

35. C　点拨：细节理解题。根据下文“ If we don't understand them, we may make a mistake…”(如果我们不理解它们，我们可能会犯错误……)可知，理解肢体语言及其含义是有必要的，选项C“我们有必要了解它们。”符合语境，故选C。

五、36. private　37. afford　38. environment　

39. success　40. interview

六、41. woke; up　42. on air　43. depends on　

44. showed/took; around　45. stay in touch with