新目标八年级下期末测试（一）

杨　科

Ⅰ.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。

1. ____ it ____ when school was over yesterday?

A. Did, rain B. Was, raining C. Is, raining D. Does, rain

2. 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

3. ——I really hope I can go to Beijing next year.

——So ____.

A. did I B. do I C. am I D. was I

4. ——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

5. ——Wheres Jack today?

——Oh, Im sorry to say that he had ____ accident yesterday. And

now he is in ____ hospital.

A. a, the B. the, a C. /, the D. an, /

6. Shell go with you if it ____ tomorrow.

A. doesnt rain B. wont rain C. isnt rain D. will rain

7. Sam is only two years old. Hes too young ____.

A. to dress himself B. get dressed

C. to put on D. wear clothes

8. The boy made faces ____ other classmates ____.

A. make, laugh B. to make, laugh

C. make, to laugh D. to make, to laugh

9. They ____ in the beautiful music.

A. forgot themselves B. remembered himself

C. lost themselves D. enjoyed herself

10. Please dont keep me ____ a long time.

A. wait B. to waiting C. waits D. waiting

11. Lesson One is ____ than Lesson Two.

A. interesting B. much interesting

C. more much interesting D. much more interesting

12. ____ 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

13. We find ____ very important ____ English well.

A. /, learning B. it, to learn C. it, learning D. /, to learn

14. I couldnt afford ____ the suit at that moment.

A. buy B. buying C. bought D. to buy

15. Study hard Ken, ____ youll fall behind.

A. so B. and C. or D. but

Ⅱ.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. Hes eight __1__ old. One evening, Jimmy, one of his classmates, came to his home with an expensive book in his hand.

“Could you help me __2__ this maths problem?” Jimmy said as soon as he came into the room. “Its too hard for __3__.”

“Let me __4__,” Martin said. “I hope it isnt hard for me.”

Martin tried his best but he couldnt work it out, either. “__5__ we 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, “Ive got a（n） __6__. We can buy one in a shop!”

“A computer is very __7__, and we dont have enough money.”

“Thats OK,” said Martin. “We can ask the new president（总统） for some money. He said he would help anyone in trouble. I __8__ he will help us. He is very __9__, you know.”

So they __10__ to write a letter to the new president. Soon they finished the letter and hurried to the __11__ office.

In front of the office stood a small box. They __12__ the letter into the box __13__ and went home happily.

The next morning, they passed the post office on their way to school.They found, to their __14__, the box was not a post-box, __15__ a trash can（垃圾箱）.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

11. A. post B. police C. bank D. teachers

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

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

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

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

Ⅲ.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 didnt have 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.

1. People read newspapers to ____.

A. learn about the less important news

B. be pleased

C. learn about whatever they want

D. get some information

2. Reading the headlines, people can know ____.

A. what the passages are about B. what they are going to do

C. about the most important news D. about sports

3. In big cities newspapers are usually printed ____.

A. daily B. weekly C. monthly D. yearly

4. Most papers have ____ on Sundays than usual.

A. more types B. more pages C. fewer types D. fewer pages

5. If you want to see a film, youd 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 weve 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.

6. 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

7. The passage has taught us ____ ways for studying.

A. three B. four C. five D. many

8. Wed better read in the morning because ____.

A. its hard to remember what we have learned

B. the air is fresh and the mind is clear

C. its difficult to get good results

D. we have more time

9. If we cant put 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

10. In studying we must always ask “whys” in order to ____.

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 grandmothers 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 werent many 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.

Soon Miguel went to sleep. While he was asleep, a man came and sat near him. He had a small radio and it played the same music as Miguels. After a few minutes, the man picked up Miguels boombox and walked away. When Miguel woke up, his radio was gone, and the thiefs little old radio was in its place.

11. What is a boombox according to the passage? ____.

A. A TV set B. A radio C. An umbrella D. A bed

12. Who went to the beach with Miguel? ____.

A. Mario B. Rosa C. His grandma D. Nobody

13. Put the following in the right order（次序）that happened. ____.

①Miguel fell asleep ②Miguel lay down on the beach

③Miguel called his friends ④Miguel got to the beach

A. ①②③④ B. ③④②① C. ②③①④ D. ②③④①

14. Miguel was a ____ boy.

A. good B. rich C. careless D. poor

15. What can we learn from the passage? ____.

A. We should look after our things well when we are out

B. We should not take our radios out

C. We should not sleep on the beach

D. We should not sleep alone

Ⅳ.用所给词的正确形式填空。（10分）

1. September is the ____（nine） month of the year.

2. The boy from Class Two was the first past the ____（finish） line.

3. Last year, we planted ____（hundred） of trees in our village.

4. His father taught ____（he） French when he was seven years old.

5. The girl is writing a diary ____（careful） now.

6. I ____（work） all night writing an important report for the next meeting.

7. Everyone makes ____（mistake） in his life.

8. Thank you for ____（help） us so much.

9. This music is so ____（difficulty） to play.

10. To ____（he） surprise, his dog was saved in the end.

Ⅴ.根据上下文，补全对话中所缺的单词，每空一词。（10分）

(A)

A: Hi, Mike. Lets go to school. Oh, whats __1__ with your right

arm?

B: I had bad __2__ yesterday evening. A small boy ran out while I

was riding on my bike. I tried not to knock him, but I fell and

hurt __3__.

A: What a pity!Is it serious?

B: Not very. But I cant write now. The __4__ asked me to stay at

home for a few days. Could you get my sick-leave note to Miss Li?

A: Sure. I hope youll be all __5__ soon.

B: Thanks, Linda. Here is the note.

(B)

A: Can I help you?

B: Yes, please. Today is Mothers Day. I want to buy a present for

my __6__. But I dont know what to buy.

A: Maybe you can buy her some __7__.

B: Great!But what flowers should I buy?

A: I think carnations are better. They show happiness and love. They

are for mothers.

B: How __8__ are they?

A: Twenty yuan a bunch（束）.

B: OK. Ill buy carnations. Here is the __9__.

A: Thank you and best __10__ to your mother.

Ⅵ.词语填空：选择所给单词完成短文。（10分）

answer, most, kinds, into, times, drinking, do, much, give, our

Which animal do we need __1__, dogs, horses, pigs? No!The __2__to the question is cows. Why cows? Cows give us milk. And milk is one of __3__ most important __4__ of food.

Suppose（假设） that all the milk cows make in one year were put __5__ bottles. And suppose these bottles were put side by side. The line of bottles would go all around the world 400 __6__. That is a lot of milk, less than half of which is used for __7__ and cooking. Most of it is used to make butter, cheese, ice cream and many other things. It takes many cows to give us that __8__ milk. But not as many as it used to, a cow used to give only about 1500 quarts（夸脱） of milk a year. Now a fine cow may __9__ more than 3000 quarts in a year.

Why __10__ cows give more today? Now farmers have better cows. The cows get better care and better food.

Ⅶ.书面表达（10分）

请你参考图文提示，写一篇60~80词的短文。

注意：

1. 语言规范，语意完整，内容丰富。

2. 表达符合图意，书写规范。

3. 给出自己的观点。

4. 文章的开头已给出。

参考词：pollute, turn off the tap(水龙头)， dry, save(节约 vt.), water resources(水资源)

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