2008--2009学年度(上)界首市期末教学质量检测试卷八年级英语(满分120分)
一、词汇(15分)
    (一)用所给词的适当形式填空。
  1．They _____(1eave)for England tomorrow morning．
  2．She______( see) him off at the train station last night．
  3．____( eat) too many candies is not good for your teeth
  4 1 went to school ___(with)breakfast this morning，so I feel a little hungry
now
  5 Which do you like _____(well) ,Japanese or English?
  6．Do you enjoy ____(read)Chinese or English newspapers in the morning?
  7 There  is something ____(drink)in the fridge(冰箱)．
  8 We won’t go to the park if it ___(rain)tomorrow．
  9  Everyone in our school ___(wear穿)a school uniform(校服)
  10．Winter is the____ (cold) of the four seasons．
  (二)根据汉语或首字母提示完成句子
  1 l_ We should ___(保护) wild animals
  12 In ____(事实)，the moon is smaller than the earth．
  13 Today people are becoming richer and richer．We must thank our ___(政府)。
  14We don’t have to be a ___of catching SARS
  15 Would you mind o____ the window? It is very hot in the room．．
二、单项填空(每小题1分，共15分)
    从A、B、c、D四个选项中选出可以填人空白处的最佳答案。
(　) 16．There＿＿a wonderful football match in our city-next month
    A is going to have    B．will have    C．are going to be D．will be
（ ）17――Would you mind_____ me with this math problem?--
    　　――Not at a11．but I think you’d better____ it over at first．
    A help；think    B．to help；to think
    C．helping；think D．helping；not think
(　)18一一Must I finish the work now?一一No, you can finish it later．
    A can’t  B needn’t    C mustn’t  D．must
(　)19._____is bad for your health．I think you should give up_____
    A Smoke；smoke    B．To smoke；smoke
    C．Smoking；to smoke D．Smoking；smoking
(  )20．The boy______ swimming，but now he prefers_______ basketball.
A. used to go, playing    B. used to go, play  C. use to go, playing  D. use to go, play
(  )21.____interesting story！I really want to read it again.
A. What an . B. What a   C. How a  D. How
(  )22.---Were your parents at home last night?
      ---Yeah. While my father_____ a magazine, my mother _____TV.
A. read, watched   B. was reading, was watching
C. was watching, watched  D. read, was watching     

                            
( ) 23 Of all the flowers．I think roses are ________
    A beautiful    B more beautiful
    C the most beautiful D beautifulest
( )24 Our city is ______beautiful than yours．
    A．much more    B more much    C many more  D. much too
( )25．Torn never read English at home in the morning，_______?
    A did he  B doesn’t he  C does he D didn’t he
(  )26．The students were having an English class ____.．
    A now    B. next week
    C．at this time yesterday  D the day after tomorrow
( )27．It ___him nearly two hours ___his homework yesterday
    A．spent；to do    B．used；did  C paid；to do D．took；to do
(  )28．______animals and plants live in the rainforests
    A．Five thousand of    B Thousands of
    C Thousands  D Five thousands
(　)29．I am not sure_____ he will come next Monday or not
    A whether  B．when    C if   D．where
(  ) 30 The old teacher was ____angry ____say a word
    A enough；to  B．so：that  C as；as D too；to
三完形填空：(每小题1分，共25分)
    先阅读短文，掌握其大意，然后选择最佳答案填空。
    (A)
  What does a hobby mean?
  From Monday to Friday most people are busy working or studying，but in the evenings
and weekends they are free and31 themselves. Some watch TV or go to the movies，
others32sports．This is decided(被决定)  by their own 33．There are many different -
ways to spend our 34time．
  Almost everyone has some 35  ：it may be something from collecting stamps to 36
model planes．Some hobbies are very 37，but others don’t cost anything at a11．Some
collections are worth 38 of money．others are valuable(有价值的)only to their owners
(主人)．
  I know a man who has a coin(硬币)  which is worth(值钱)  several  39 dollars.
A short time ago he bought a rare(罕见的)fifty—cent piece(50美分的硬币)which
40 him $250 ! He was very happy about this collection and thought the price was all
right．On the other hand．my youngest brother collects match(火柴)boxes He has almost
600 of them, but I wonder 41 they are worth any money. However, 42 my brother they are quite valuable. 43 makes him happier than to find a new match box for his collection.
  That’s what a hobby means, I think. It is something we 44 to do in our free time just for the 45
of it. The value in dollars is not important, but the pleasure it gives us is.
( )31 A .love    B. work    C．enjoy  D. play ,
()32•A. look like  B．take care of  C think about  D．take part in
( )33•A._lives    B. jobs    C．interests D. things。
( )34•A. working    B．free    C．own  D whole
( )35•A．hobbies    B．things    C jobs D．ways
( )36 A make    B．making    C．makes D．made
( )37•A. interesting  B．exciting    C．cheap  D. expensive
( )38•A•a little    B．a few    C．a lot  D．a number of
( )39 A•thousand  B．thousands    C．thousandth D thousand of
( )40•A .paid    B．cost    C．took  D．spent
( )41.A. that    B if    C．what  D why
( )42 A．to    B on    C with D．in
( ) 43 A．Everything  B．Anything    C．Nothing D．Something
( )44•A. have    B．need    C．refuse D．1ike
( )45•A．money    B work    C. fun  D．time
(B)
In the doctor’s waiting room，sick men and women were sitting on the chair. Bob, a school boy,
was among them. They all looked very sad 46 Bob．He lost himself  in(沉浸于) an 47 story in a
magazine. Just then the doctor  came in and said he was ready 48 the next person(人)．Bob jumped and 49 the doctor’s room . “What’s wrong with you?” asked the doctor．Before Bob could say a word, the doctor made him 50 on the bed. “Now I’ll listen to your heart beat(跳).”Bob tried to speak，but the doctor told him not to 51 anything.
“I’ll 52 your temperature.” Bob tried 53，but the doctor stopped him. After a moment, the doctor said, “Well, boy，don’t  54.There is 55 with  you.” I  just come to fetch(取) some medicine for my father.”
( )46 A except    B．and    C．or  D. so
(  )47•A•excited    B  interest    C．interesting    D．interested
( )48．A•for     B with    C．at  D．in
()49  A. into    B run in    C walk into  D entered  into
( )50 A. lie down    B to lay    C lied  D．1ying
( )5l•A. say    B said    C．talking D speaking
(  )52 A•make    B．let    C. bring    D．take  。
( )53•A。 sit up    B. to sit up    C．and sit up D .to sit down'
( )54•A．afraid    B worry    C happy  D laugh
( )55. A. wrong  nothing  B. wrong anything  C. nothing wrong  D．anything wrong
四、阅读理解：  (每小题2分，共40分)    
 阅读下列短文，根据短文内容从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳答案。
   (A)
  Plants are very-important．This is because plants  can make food from air．water and
sunlight Animals and man can’t make food from air，water and sunlight．Animals can get
their food by eating plants and other animals．Man gets his food by eating plants and animal,
too. So animals and man need plants in order to(为了)live．This is why there are
so many plants around us．
  There are two kinds of plants,flowering plants and non—flowering plants Almost all
the trees around us are flowering plants You can know some trees from their flowers and
fruits．Non-flowering plants do not grow flowers You can’t see many non—flowering plants
around you．
  If you look carefully at the plants around you，you will find that there are many
kinds of plants Some plants are large and some are small. Most of them are green．
Thanks to the plants around us．we can live on the earth.
(  )56．Why are plants very important?
    A．Because we can get food from plants
    B．Because they can give us shade(阴凉)
    C．Because plants can make food from air, water and sunlight.
    D Because they are flowers
(  )57．We need many plants around us because_______
    A．plants can grow easily  B plants are green
    C we can get what we need from plants   D. we like all kinds of plants
(  )58 What are the two kinds of plants?
 A Flowering plants and fruits  B．Non-flowering plants and fruits
C．Trees and vegetables  D．Flowering plaits and non—flowering plants
 (  )59.There are ____non—flowering plants than flowering plants around us．
A．much fewer B much more C much larger D much better
 (  )60.The best title(标题)for this passage is ____
A Food from plants    B．Plants Make Food
C Man and Animals D Plants around us
    (B)
    If someone asks me ,” Do you like music?”I'm sure 1 will answer him or her,” Of
course．I do．“Because I think music is an important part of our lives
    Different people have different ideas about music．For file．I like rock music because
it’s so exciting And my favorite rock band．the”Foxy Ladies”Is cue of the most favorite
rock bands in the world．I also like pop music My classmate Li Lan loves dance music
because she enjoys dancing My best friend Jane likes jazz music．She thinks jazz is really
coo1．”I like dance music and rock music very much，”says my brother，”because they are
amazing”But my mother thinks rock is boring”I like some relaxing music．”She says
That’s why she likes country music．I think．
(  )61 The writer likes music because he thinks it’s an_____ part of  our lives
    A．exciting  B amazing C important D．interesting
(   ) 62 The writer likes___
A. rock and pop music    B. rock and dance music
C .Jazz and country music  D rock and jazz music
(   )63 _____likes dancing．
    A The writer B．Jane  C．The writer’s brother  D．Li Lan
(  )64 The writer’s mother thinks that country music is ______   ．
    A. amazing  B boring    C exciting D．relaxing
(  )65 ____people’s ideas about music are talked about in the passage
    A Four    B．Five    C Six D．Seven
    (C)
    We live in the”computer age”  Scientists，teachers，writers and students use computer  to do all kinds of work    ‘
  But more than 30 years ago．computers couldn’t do much. They were very big and
expensive. Very few people were interested in them and knew how to use them
   Now  computers are smaller and cheaper . Many people like to use them even at home
Computers  are  very important because they call work faster than man.  Computers can help
 people do a lot of  work …Writers use computers to write．Teachers use them to help teaching
and students also use them for homework．Computers can also remember what you put into them. Computers are very helpful．They are our friends．
( )66 Computers couldn’t do much work——
    A•these days B．over 30 years ago C in the future  D 13 years ago
(  )67．Many people like to use computers even at home because the computers
are———一
    A bigger and cheaper    B．smaller and cheaper
     C. bigger and more expensive D．smaller and more expensive
(    )68．Computers are becoming more and more important because____
  A．they are smaller and smaller   . B they are cheaper
C. they haven’t learned much English D they can help people do much work
(   )69．Computers can  remember________。
A、．everything you do B．what you think C．what you put into them D．what you have     (  )70. The write thinks the computers are_____
 A. helpful  B. hard to learn  C very expensive D bad for students
(D)
  If someone asks you ,”What color is the sky(天空)?”I am sure that you will answer, ”Blue.” I want to tell you that you are wrong. The sky has no color. It looks blue because we are looking at blue sunlight. The sunlight is shining(照耀) on dust(灰尘)in the air(空气)
 Is the sky full of air? I think you may ask this question, too. We know that there is air around the world, but we can’t fly very high because as(当…的时候) we go higher, the air gets thinner(更加稀薄的). If we go farther and farther from the earth，there is no air at all
Now we can answer these questions .What is the sky? Where is it? It is all around the world.
The sky is space(宇宙). In space there is the sun, the moon and many stars (恒星)
The sun is one of the stars. It is the nearest one to the earth．．We can see the sun in the day and see the moon and stars at night.
( )71. Why do peop1e think the sky is blue? Because _______。．
  A. the air is blue  B．the dust is blue C. the sunlight is blue  D .the sunlight shining on the dust gets blue
    ．
( )72The sky is____
    A full of dust    B．empty
    C the  world    D．space with the sun, the moon and many stars
(  )73Why can’t we fly very high in the sky? Because_______
    A．1t is too dangerous    B there is hardly(几乎没有)any air high up in the sky   C．it is very near the sun  D．it is very near the moon
(  )74．What can’t we see in the sky at night?
、    A．The stars B．The moon  C．The earth  DThe sun
(  )75．The________ is nearest star to the earth.
    A．moon    B．sun    C．sky    D。space
五、口语交际(5分)
    从方框中选择适当的选项补全对话
    Kate：________76____
    Sandy：I was flying a kite
    Kate： ______77______
    Sandy：By the river. A lot of children were flying kite there．
    Kate：___78__    ．                                                    一    Sandy: Yes. but the wind wasn’t strong .It was good for flying a kite.
    Kate：___79_______________．   
    Sandy：Tina and Hellen They brought two kites and get there earlier than I did.
    Kate：____80____
Sandy：Yes. We played there for about three hours
A．Who helped you get the kites back?
B  What were you doing yesterday afternoon?
C Whom did you fly kites with?
D．Were you very busy yesterday?
E It was windy yesterday．Wasn’t it?
F Where did you fly the kite?
G．Did you have a good time yesterday?
 六．书面表达（20分）
                 Robots in Our Life
    随着科技的进步，机器人在人们的工作和生活中发挥着越来越重要的作用。请你以Robots in our life为题写篇短文
提示：1、科学家于1921年发明了第一台机器人。
    2、现在机器人在生活中越来越普遍。
    3、机器人能够替代人做许许多多的工作 。（试举不同的例子）
    4、人类发明了机器人并使它性能更优越，但机器人无法取代人类。 
要求：按提示来完成这篇英语短文，字数要求在80个单词左右。

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