鲁教版八年级初二英语下册-期末试卷

1、八年级英语下册 期末试卷 鲁教版【本讲教育信息】一. 教学内容：期末试卷【模拟试题】（答题时间：90分钟）一、单项选择（共15小题，每小题1分，计15分1. _ kind girl Nancy is!Yes, she is always ready to help others. A. What B. What a C. How D. How a 2. What would you do if it_ tomorrow?We have to carry it on, since weve got everything ready.A. rain B. rains C. will rain D.

2、 is raining*3. Are you on business here, Kate? No, _. Its my holiday today.A. with pleasure B. my pleasure C. for pleasure D. much pleasure4. Look! What a nice garden! Yes. It_every day.A. is cleaned B. has been cleanedC. is being cleaned D. was cleaned5. After the education reform ( 改革) in Shandong

3、 Province, the pupils have _time to relax and _homework to do.A. less; more B. more; less C. fewer; more D. much; many6. _do you prefer to study?I prefer to study in a group.A. How B. Why C. When D. Where*7. Since the villagers houses have been damaged in the earthquake, the soldiers are helping the

4、m _tents (帐篷).A. put on B. put off C. put up D. put down8. This wine tastes a little bit strange.Yes. Its made _apples.A. of B. from C. by D. in9. More and more kids become unhappy _they have too many activities to do.A. but B. or C. because D. so*10. How much time do you _surfing the Internet every

5、 week? Less than an hour.A. cost B. pay C. take D. spend11. Many young people prefer the songs _have great lyrics.A. which B. who C. where D. whom12. Would you please help me with the questions?Sorry. You_ go and ask Mary. She _know the answer.A. must; can B. can; may C. need; can D. must; may13. Lo

6、ud noise may cause hearing _for a short time or even for ever.A. results B. questions C. accidents D. problems14. Look, its raining_.Thats great. Its too hot these days.A. greatly B. heavily C. quickly D. hardly15. How was your weekend, Mary? I had a busy_. I did a lot of things.A. it B. this C. one

7、 D. that二、完形填空（共10小题，每小题1分，计10分）Once there was a king who told some of his people to dig a pond (池子).The king then told his people that one person 16 each family had to bring a glass of milk during the night and put it into the pond. So, by the morning, the pond should be 17 of milk.After 18 the ord

8、er, everyone went home. As one man prepared his milk, he thought that since everyone was bringing milk, he would just 19 a glass of water and put that into the pond instead. 20 it was dark at night, no one would notice it, so he quickly went and put the water into the pond and 21 home.In the morning

9、, the king went to visit the pond. To his 22 , the pond was only filled with water! What happened Yes! Everyone had the same idea 23 that man. They all thought, “I dont have to waste my milk. Someone else will do it.”Dear friends, when you plan to help poor people or people in trouble, do not think

10、that 24 will take care of it. Instead, it starts with you. If you dont do it, no one else will, so change yourself and make a 25 .16. A. at B. fromC. on D. with17. A. filledB. emptyC. crowdedD. full18. A. givingB. refusingC. receivingD. offering19. A. hideB. steal C. wasteD. drink20. A. IfB. Since C

11、. While D. After21. A. left B. came C. returned D. arrived 22. A. surpriseB. satisfactionC. joyD. taste23. A. withB. to C. as D. of24. A. others B. the othersC. none D. neither25. A. face B. mistakeC. living D. difference三、阅读理解（共20小题，每小题1.5分，计30分）APopular music in America is what every student likes

12、. Students carry small radios with earphones and listen to music before class，after class，and at lunch. Students with cars buy large speakers and play the music loudly as they drive on the street.Adult(成年的) drivers listen to music on the car radio as they drive to work. They also listen to the news

13、about sports，the weather，and the life of American people. Most of the radio programmers are music.Pop or popular music singers make much money. They make a CD or tape which radio stations use in many places. Once the popular singer is heard all over the country，young people buy his or her tape. Some

14、 of the money from these tapes goes to the singer. Wherever the singer goes，all the young people want to meet him or her. Now the singer has become a national star.There are other kinds of music that are important to Americans. One is called folk(民间) music. It tells stories about the common life of

15、Americans. Another is called western or country music. This was started by cowboys(牛仔) who would sing at night to the cows they were watching. Today，any music about country life and the love between a country boy and his girl is called western or country music.26. _ kinds of music are mentioned(提到)

16、in this passage.A. TwoB. ThreeC. FourD. Five27. When pop singers _，they will become national stars.A. make much money B. make a CD or tapeC. are loved by all the young peopleD. are wanted to sing on the radio28. From the passage we know that country music is about the _.A. common life of AmericansB.

17、 country life and love storiesC. life of cowboysD. school life in America29. Which of the following is true according to this passage?A. Most students in America like popular musicB. Students with cars in America like to listen to music while driving.C. Adult drivers in America listen to music all t

18、he time while driving.D. Everyone in America wants to meet pop singers wherever they go.30. What would be the best title(标题) for the passage?A. American musicB. Popular MusicC. History of MusicD. Western MusicBAll over the world people enjoy sports. Sports help people to keep healthy，happy and help

19、them to live longer.Sports change with reason. People play different games in winter and summer. Games and sports often grow out of peoples work and everyday activities. The Arabs use horses or camels in much of their everyday life; they use them in their sports，too.Some sports are so interesting th

20、at people everywhere go in for them. Football for example，has spread around the world. Swimming is popular in all countries near the sea or in those with many rivers.Some sports or games go back thousands of years，like running or jumping. Chinese boxing， for example，has a very long history. But bask

21、etball and volleyball are rather new. Neither one is a hundred years yet. People are inviting new sports or games all the time.People from different countries may not understand each other，but after a game they often become good friends. Sports help to train a persons character. One learns to fight

22、hard but fight fair，to win without pride and to lose with grace(文雅)。31.According to this passage we know that _.A. people began to play about one hundred years agoB. About one hundred years ago people ran or jumped when they playedC. Basketball has a longer history than volleyballD. Not all the game

23、s have long history32. According to the passage，which of the following isnt trueA. Sports help to train a persons characters.B. People swim only because there are lots of rivers in their country.C. People from different countries may not be able to understand each other before a game.D. Sports and g

24、ames can develop the friendship between peoples all over the world.33. The writer didnt tell us in this passage that _.A. basketball was invented in AmericaB. sports change with the seasonsC. games and sports often grow out of peoples work and everyday activitiesD. football is played all over the wo

25、rld34. A lot of people have more free time from their work to enjoy sports because _.A. they like sports very muchB. they want to live longerC. they want to make a lot more friends D. they dont have to go to work on Saturday or Sunday as before35. From this passage we can see that _.A. sports and ga

26、mes are unimportant things that people doB. sports and games should be treated only as amusementC. sports and games are only useful to the oldD. none of the above is trueCThere are 365 days in a year. We sleep 8 hours a day, so we have 122 days for sleeping. Then our work time has 243 days left. But

27、 there are 52 weekends in a year. Each weekend is two days. We lose another 104 days a year for work. It takes us about one hour to have breakfast and supper. This comes to 15 days over a year. But we cant work all that time-we need a holiday. Lets say we have three weeks holiday. We dont work all d

28、ay. Four free hours each evening takes up 61 days. We have to remember that we get 2 days holiday at Easter, 3 at Christmas and 1 at the New Year. There are also 4 Bank holidays. Take those 10 days away and we have 32 days for work. But then we have one and a half hours lunch every day, and half an

29、hours coffee break. That comes to 30 days a year. This means that we have only a few days left for work every year!注释：243 days left：剩下243天Easter：n.复活节one and a half：一个半half an hour：半小时36. How many days do we sleep in a year _ days.A. 365B. 122C. 8D. 5237. We spend 15 days on _.A. restB. coffee break

30、C. lunchD. breakfast and supper38. Which of the following is true _A. Each weekend is one day.B. We have 61 days for free time.C. We get 3 days holiday at Easter.D. Coffee break takes us one hour.39. According to the passage, we know that we dont have _ time to work every year.A. much tooB. so manyC

31、. too muchD. too many40. The writer means _.A. we should know the numbersB. time is important and wed better not waste itC. we need more holidaysD. a few days for work is enoughDParents should stop blaming themselves because theres not a lot they can do about it. I mean the teenager problem. Whateve

32、r you do or however you choose to deal with it, at certain times a wonderful, reasonable and helpful child will turn into a terrible animal.Ive seen my friends deal with it in all kinds of different ways. One strict mother insisted that her son, right from a child, should stand up whenever anyone en

33、tered the room, open door and shake hands like a gentleman. I saw him last week when I called round. Sprawling himself on the sofa in full length, he made no attempt to turn off the loud TV he was watching as I walked in, and his greeting was no more than a quick glance at me. His mother was ashamed

34、, “I dont know what to do with him these days,” she said, “Hes forgotten all the manners we taught him”. He hasnt forgotten them. Hes just decided that hes not going to use them. She confessed that she would like to come up behind him and throw him down from the sofa onto the floor.Another good frie

35、nd of mine let her two daughters climb all over the furniture, reach across the table, stare at me and say, “I dont like your dress, its ugly.” One of the daughters has recently been driven out school. The other has left home.“Where did we go wrong” Her parents are now very sad. Probably nowhere muc

36、h. At least, no more than the unfortunate parents.41. This text is most probably written by _.A. a specialist in teenager studiesB. a headmaster of middle schoolC. a parent with teenage childrenD. a doctor for mental health problems42.The underlined word “it” in the second paragraph refers to _.A. t

37、he change from good to bad thats seen in a childB. the way that parents often blame themselvesC. the opinion that a child has of his parentsD. the advice that parents want their children to follow43. The boy on the sofa would most probably he described as _A. lazy B. quiet C. unusual D. rude44. From

38、 the second example we can infer that the parents of the two daughters _.A. pay no attention to themB. are too busy to look after themC. have come to hate themD. feel helpless to do much about them45. What is the authors opinion about the sudden change in teenage children?A. Parents have no choice b

39、ut to try to accept it.B. Parents should pay still more attention to the change.C. Parents should work more closely with school teachers.D. Parents are at fault for the change in their children.四、词汇运用（共20小题，每小题1分，计20分）（一）根据句意，完成已给出首字母的单词。（10分）46. People think we look the same, but I can see that we

40、have a few small d_.47. In order to a_ your dream, you must work hard.48. I dont like young people who wears strange c_ with colorful hair. 49. J_ is the first month of the year.*50. She has made a d_ to improve her English.51.The flowers need to be w_ every two days, or they will die.*52.There are

41、many supermarkets here. Its very c_ for us to do shopping. 53.Jane White is an h_ girl. She never tells a lie.*54. We all know the i_ of learning English at present.55.The scientists were tired and hungry, so they l_ a fire for breakfast. *（二）根据短文意思，用方框中所给词语的适当形式填空，使文章通顺、完整(其中有两个多余选项)。(10分)at, hard,

42、 change, up, before, win, happen, down, choose, practise, come, partLife is not easy, so Id like to say “When anything (56), believe in yourself!” When I was a young boy, I was too shy to speak to anyone. My classmates often laughed (57) me. I was sad but could do nothing. Later, something happened,

43、 and it (58) my life. It was an English speech contest(比赛). My mother asked me to take (59) in it. What a terrible idea! It meant I had to speak (60) all the teachers and students of my school!“Come on, boy. Believe in yourself! You are sure to (61).” Then mother and I talked about many different to

44、pics. At last I (62) the topic “Believe in yourself”. I tried my best to remember all the speech and (63) it over 100 times. With my mothers great love, I did well in the contest. I could (64)_ believe my ears when the news came that I had won the first place. I heard the cheers from the teachers an

45、d students. Those classmates who once looked (65) on me, now all said congratulations to me.五、任务型阅读（共5小题，每小题2分，计10分）When we think of harvests (收获), we usually think of plants. But can you also harvest a liquid Sure. Just think of rainwater. Best of all, it is free, except for the cost of a way to co

46、llect it.One way to harvest rainwater is with some technology developed by International Development Enterprises. It is in the American state of Colorado. It created the technology as a way for people in developing countries to avoid having to drink polluted (污染) ground water.The rainwater harvestin

47、g system (系统) created by International Development Enterprises uses pipes (管子) to collect water from the tops of buildings. There are pipes between the buildings and two-meter tall storage tank (存储容器), which prevents dirt and leaves in the water from falling inside the tank.A cover sits over the tan

48、k. It protects the water inside the tank from evaporating (蒸发). The cover also prevents insects (昆虫) from flying into the water and laying eggs.Inside the tank is a low-cost plastic bag that collects the water. The bag sits inside another plastic bag. The two bags are supported (支撑) inside the metal

49、 tank. In all, the tank can collect to 3,500L of water.International Development Enterprises says the bags inside the tank may need to be replaced every two to three years. However, if the bags are not damaged (损坏) by sunlight, they could last even longer.The developers say one tank can provide a family of five with enough rainwater to