2015八年级下学期人教版初中英语期末考试

单项填空；在A、B、C、D四个选项中, 选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

       Is India __________ European country?

   A. the                    B. an                            C. a                             D. 不填

— We must act now because time is __________.

— Yes. Let’s start.

A. cutting down     B. running out               C. pushing in                D. handing out

       Robin broke his left leg in the basketball match last week, since then he __________ in bed.

     A. lay                    B. has lain                     C. laid                          D. has laid

Many people do not realize the importance of health __________ they have fallen ill.

     A. since                 B. until                         C. while                       D. after

    It’s kind __________ Yao Beina to donate her corneas (眼角膜) _________ three people in need.

A. of; to                B. for; to                      C. of; for                      D. for; for

       Checking your answers before handing in your paper can help you __________ mistakes.

A. make                B. provide                     C. avoid                       D. advise

       — Why do English people talk so often about the weather when they start a conversation?

— Because the weather is a __________ subject.

     A. serious              B. good                     C. close                        D. safe

       The librarian told us that we could borrow at most three books __________.

A. at a time            B. all the time                C. from time to time      D. on time

       — Mmm, the meat __________ well and __________ good!

— Of course! You know my father is a good cook.

A. cooks; smells    B. is cooked; is smelt   C. is cooked; smells       D. cooks; is smelt

       The door is __________ narrow for the elephant __________.

     A. too; to go       B. enough; to go      C. so; to go to    D. too; to go through

     A lot of money __________ at the charity show, but the cost of living __________ a lot, so we      still need to do much work to help the disabled people.

     A. was raised; has risen           B. was raised; were raised    

     C. rose; has risen                    D. rose; were raised

Not only the twins but also their cousin __________ Japan for half a year, but __________ of  them can speak Japanese.

     A. has gone to; either                                 B. has been to; either

     C. has been in; none                                  D. have been in; none

       — The secretary’s already on the way to the company, __________ she?

     — __________. She was badly hurt in the accident and sent to the hospital.

A. hasn’t; Yes        B. hasn’t; No                C. isn’t; Yes                  D. isn’t; No

— Mrs. Liu, can I pass the final exam if I start working hard from now on?

     — Of course. __________.

     A. Better late than never                  B. Practice makes perfect

     C. Actions speak louder than words  D. Many hands make light work

— Bill, can I get you anything to drink?

     — __________.

    A. You are welcome                     B. No problem

    C. It doesn’t matter                     D. I wouldn’t mind a cup of coffee

完形填空      先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后在每小题所给的四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

Robby was 11 years old when his mother sent him to have his first piano lesson. I always think that a good learner should begin at his    1     age, but Robby said that it had always been his mother’s dream to hear him play the piano. So I    2   him as a student.

Robby didn’t have a basic    3   of music, but he tried very hard. However, he continued and at the end of each weekly lesson he’d always say, “My mom is going to hear me play some day.”But it seemed    4   . He didn’t have a natural ability for music.

One day Robby stopped coming to our lessons. He told me that his mom had been sick and unable to take him to piano lessons, but he was still    5   .

He asked if he could take part in my concert (音乐会) and I    6   .

The night of the concert came. The concert hall was    7    with parents, friends and relatives. The concert was going well. Then, Robby came on stage (舞台). Loudly and clearly he said that he had chosen Mozart’s Concerto No 21 in C Major. I was not prepared for what I heard next.  His    8    danced on the keys.

He played so well that everyone was on his feet, clapping (鼓掌) excitedly. In tears (眼泪), I ran up on stage, “Oh, Robby! How could you do it?”

“Well, Miss Hondorf, remember I told you my mom was sick? Well, the fact is that she had a serious blood disease and passed away this morning. And well… she was born    9   , so tonight was the first time she ever heard me play. I wanted to make   10    special and show her I could do it! My mother’s dream came true at last.”

1.    A. bigger               B. larger                       C. later                         D. earlier

2.    A. received           B. protected                  C. knew                       D. accepted

3.    A. education          B. sense                       C. information               D. knowledge

4.    A. harmless           B. helpless                    C. hopeless                   D. meaningless

5.    A. writing              B. practising                 C. singing                      D. talking

6.    A. agreed              B. disliked                     C. expected                  D. decided

7.    A. covered            B. bored                       C. filled                        D. enjoyed

8.    A. fingers                B. feet                          C. voice                       D. legs

9.    A. blind                   B. deaf                         C. strong                      D. tiny

10. A. her                       B. me                           C. it                             D. us

阅读理解      阅读下面的短文，然后根据短文内容，在每小题所给的四个选项中选出最佳选项.

A reader wrote to say that she was feeling left out at break because her best friend wasn’t around. Here’s our advice to her—and to all kids who feel lonely sometimes. 

    It’s hard when a best friend isn’t around—maybe because she moved to a different school or a different class. You may feel lonely at break or lunchtime. You want to have new friends, but how do you make them? Maybe it seems that everybody else already has their friends. But remember, there’s always room for more friends.

    Start by looking around your classroom—think about which kids you’d like to play with at break. Look for chances to say hi to them, smile, and be friendly. Offer to share something or express your appreciation(欣赏)to them. Invite someone to play with you or say “Do you want to sit here?” in the lunchroom. When you’re at break, walk over to kids you want to play with and say “Hi, can I play, too?” or just join in.

If you find it difficult to do this or if you’re feeling shy, ask your teacher to help you make new friends. Teachers are usually pretty good at matching up friends. The best way to make friends is to be a friend. Be kind, be friendly, share, say nice things, offer to help—and pretty soon, you’ll have one, or two, or even more new friends.

    You might still miss that special best friend. But when you see each other, you can share something you didn’t have before she left: You can introduce her to your new friends!

1.    This text is written for ____________.

A. teachers        B. parents         C. students           D. visitors

2.    The expression “feeling left out” means “ ____________” in Chinese.

A. 受冷落       B. 被调侃          C. 挨批评           D. 遭攻击

3.    Some kids need help from teachers to make friends because ____________.

A. they miss their old friends a lot              B. they have no time to stay with others

C. teachers know who wants a new friend D. they are shy or not good at making friends

Weekday mornings are very busy for US middle school students. When your school doesn’t have a bus, and you live too far away to walk, you need a carpool (拼车). A carpool is a group of people sharing the responsibility (责任) of driving to school in the morning. There are usually four or five kids in a carpool and their parents take turns to drive the kids in their cars.

Someone’s car smells like wet dogs. Some kids get to eat desserts (甜点) for breakfast and some parents shout so much that all you try to do is to stay quiet and go unnoticed. When your mom or dad drives the carpool, your classmates get a close-up look at how strange your parents can be. It might be your first sociological (社会学) study and your first time to work with others.

Teamwork is really important in the carpool because nobody wants to make everyone else late. It’s a great lesson in responsibility. Imagine (想象) sitting in the car outside of a classmate’s house, watching the clock and counting the seconds. Then you start to understand how your carpool friends might feel when you are still inside the house at 7:48. You really begin to learn all your real life lessons just moments before the start of school—in the carpool.

1.    What is a carpool?

A. Parents take turns to drive their kids to school.

B. Parents drive kids to schools on their way to work.

C. Kids go to school in their parents’ cars.

D. Kids drive their own cars to school.

2.    What can students learn from a carpool?

     A. How to drive a car.                     B. How to get along with others.

     C. What to do with parents.             D. Real teamwork.

3.    Which of the following is TRUE?

      A. If kids live far away from school, they are always late for school.

     B. US children enjoy carpooling better than taking a school bus.

     C. Kids can learn real life lessons in a carpool.

     D. Kids often have enough time to study in a carpool.

I hid the long black bag in the garage (车库) two days ago. Tonight, in the dark, I would finally take it away. If everything went OK, it would be done by morning. But I had to be sure no one, not even my wife, saw me.

It was more difficult to get away from the party than I expected. I said that the children were tired and needed to get to bed. It was partly true. But the main reason for leaving was that I wanted to complete my plan.

First I had to get the kids to sleep. That was never easy at any time and tonight it was even more difficult. The eldest one wanted to know why we left the party early. I told him 10:30 pm was not early. As usual, I read them a bed time story, but I had to stop myself reading too quickly or they would learn my secret.

Silence finally came, and feeling like a thief (小偷) in the night, I went out of the house and into the garage. Taking one end, I pulled the bag out from its hiding place and took it into the garden. I was worried that my neighbours might see me and call the police.

It was already eleven o’clock. By the light of the moon I started working, trying to make as little noise as possible. And that was not easy with a saw (锯子) and a hammer (锤子).

After much hard work, I finally completed my work. I looked down at my watch. It was exactly 4:00 am. Then I went inside to have a shower and get a few hours of sleep. It wouldn’t be long now before the kids would rush into my room and wake me up to tell me about the new tree-house Father Christmas brought them this year.

1.    Why did the man feel nervous?

      A. He left the party too late.

      B. He was afraid of the darkness.

      C. He didn’t know where the black bag was.      

      D. He worried that others would know his secret.

2.    The underlined word “they” in Paragraph 3 refers to_______.

      A. thieves         B. parents          C. children            D. neighbours

3.    In what order did the man do the following?

a. Read the kids a story.    b. Had a shower.   c. Worked in the moonlight.  

d. Pulled the bag from the garage.     e. Went to a party.

      A. e-d-a-b-c      B. e-a-d-c-b      C. a-b-e-d-c   D. a-e-d-c-b

4.    How would the children feel when they saw the man’s work?

      A. Interested.         B. Excited.                    C. Tired.                      D. Angry.

任务型阅读  阅读下面的短文，根据短文内容完成表格中所缺信息，每空限填一个单词。

Every day, it is easy to see advertisements in English all around us. Look at your own bags and clothes, and at the bags and clothes of your classmates. How many different advertisements can you see which use English words?

Often bags and clothes show the name of the company that made them. This is a popular form. Sometimes designers use a special picture or symbol called a logo. Logos appear(出现) on many different products(产品). They are popular because when you see a logo, it is hard to forget that product or company.

It is common to see advertisements on TV and hear them on the radio. Most advertisements are very short. Sometimes the advertisers use a short sentence which is easy for people to remember. Nike, for example, has a simple English sentence all around the world: “Just do it.” Advertisements often use funny situations as well. It is simple to remember it.

All advertisements are designed to make people buy a product. An advertisement for a soft drink, for example, might show a group of young people who are having fun. The young people are al1 drinking the soft drink. Advertisers are saying to you, “Why don’t you buy this drink and be like these people? You can be young and modern.”

You might think that advertisements are not after you, but the next time you buy a soft drink, ask yourself this question: Why am I buying this special product?

Title: Advertisements

词汇运用 ；根据句意和汉语注释，写出单词的正确形式。

1. Shenzhen used to be a little fish village __________ (在…对面) Hong Kong, but now it has   turned into a modern city.

2. Jimmy felt __________ (自豪) than anyone else because he was recommended as “the Most       Helpful Student” in our school.

3. I know I can __________ (获得) success if I keep on trying.

4. The mistake is __________ (同样的) to the one that you made in yesterday’s homework.

根据句意，写出括号内所给单词的适当形式。

1.After reading the touching story, I know I should spend my money __________ (wise).

2.The result of the writing competition is still under __________ (discuss).

3. A Chinese __________ (medicine) team was sent to Nepal soon after the terrible earthquake

     happened.

4. All the children are often __________ (warn) not to swim alone in the river.

动词填空  用括号内所给动词的适当形式填空。

1. Many children in Britain __________ (allow) to have their own bank cards these days.

2. Dr. Ma __________ (teach) hundreds of local nurses new skills about eye operations so far.

3. The little boy __________ (punish) sooner or later if he doesn’t behave politely.

4. No doctors gave up __________ (operate) on the old man.

5. Mr. Wu, together with his wife ________(prepare) for their son’s birthday party from 2 to 4

      yesterday afternoon.

6. They are talking about how __________ (translate) the sentence into English.

7. My classmate tells me the book on the desk __________ (cover) the culture of France.

8. We were happy because our dream __________ (come) true at last.

完成句子。按所给的汉语，用英语完成下列句子。

1. 这款手机对我来说不够便宜，我买不起。

This kind of mobile phone isn’t    ⑴       ⑵    for me to    ⑶   .

2. 你在巴黎期间有机会去参观卢浮宫吗?

Did you    ⑷       ⑸    visit the Louvre    ⑹    your stay in Paris?

3. 需要更多的钱来继续开展我们的工作。

 More money                               our work.

4. 这个工程还未对环境起很大作用，但我坚信它必定会。

The project                               the environment but I believe it will.

5. 游泳教练们对运动员解释这事有麻烦吗？

Do the swimming                               the athletes?

6. 电视机已开了几个小时了，你介意关掉吗？

The TV set                              . Do you mind turning it off?

书面表达

 “五一”小长假，你们全家去锡惠公园游玩。请你根据以下要点提示，用英语写一篇短文参加以“How to Behave Politely”为主题的征文比赛，并适当加以评论。要点提示：

注意：1. 征文须包括所给内容要点，要求语句通顺、意思连贯；

      2. 第5点须用2～3句话展开合理想象，做适当发挥；

      3. 词数80个左右，短文标题和开头已在答题卷上给出，不计入总词数。