1、八年级下学期期末测试题（总分120分）一、阅读理解，四大题，20小题，每题2.5分, 共计50分AGoing to a friends house is very exciting. You may spend time with a friend and get to see where he lives. So remember to be polite.When to arriveThe first thing to remember is that when a friend invites you to his/her house, you need to arrive on tim
2、e. If your friend tells you to come “around 3:00”, that means you can arrive a few minutes after 3:00, but it is also a good idea to arrive at the right time.What to bringOften it is also nice to bring something to your friends house. This could be a box of chocolates for you two to share, or may be
3、 a movie that you can watch together. You can also bring some flowers. A little gift is a nice way to show your friend that you are excited to be at his house.How to greetWhen you visit your friends house, you may also meet his parents. You should tell them who you are and they may tell you their na
4、mes. When I was a child, I went to visit my friend Paul. I called his parents by their first names John and Mary. But now I know it is more polite to call them Mr or Mrs Smith. This will show them morerespect. It is a cool thing to visit a friends house. Be polite to your friends parents, and you wi
5、ll be invited again.1. The passage may be from.A. a poster on a wallB. a letter to a friend C. an article is a magazineD. a piece of news in a newspaper2. If you friend asks you to get to your friends house around 5:00 pm , it is polite to arrive at?A. 5:30 pmB. 5:02 pmC. 4:50pmD. 4:30 pm3. Its not
6、good to bring your friendwhen you go to his/her house?A. a box of chocolates B. some flowersC. a movie D. some money4. The underlined word “respect” in Paragraph 4 means “”.A. 重复B. 尊重C.报道D. 机会5. The passage mainly tells usA. how to be a good visitorB. how to greet peopleC. what to bring to your frie
7、ndD. when to arrive at your friends houseBModern life is impossible without travelling. The fastest way to travel is by air. With a modern plane you can travel in one day to places which took a month or more one hundred years ago.Travelling by train is slower than by air, but it has its advantages.
8、You can see the country you are travelling in. Modern trains have comfortable seats and dining cars. They make even the longest journey enjoyable.Some people prefer to travel by sea when it is possible. There are large liners and river boats. You can visit many other countries and different places.
9、Travelling by sea is a very pleasant way to spend a holiday.Many people like to travel by car. You can make your own timetable. You can travel three or four hundred miles or only fifty miles a day, just as you like. You can stop wherever you wish: where there is something interesting to see, at a go
10、od restaurant where you can enjoy a good meal, or a hotel to spend the night. That is why travelling by car is popular for pleasant trips, while people usually take a train or a plane when they are travelling on business.6.From the passage we know that the fastest way to travel is _A. by carB. by tr
11、ain C by plane D. by boat7.If we travel by car, we can_ .A. only stop at the destinationB. make our own timetable C.travel to a very far place in several minutes D.travel one thousand miles a day.8.The underlined word They in the passage refers to_.A .modern trains in the country B. the travelers on
12、 modern trainsC. comfortable seats and dining cars D. the slower ways to travel9.How many ways to travel are mentioned in the passage?A. Five B. SixC. ThreeD. Four10.The best title of this passage is_.A. ways to travel B. travels C. transportation D. modern lifeCWe use our smart phones to carry out
13、many tasks every day. Many of us have become so reliant on them. However, it is bad for our eyes and health to use too much phone. A study shows that smart phone owners usually start to use their phones early in the morning. They check persona1 emails and Wechat. And before they get out of bed, many
14、 people often check the weather, read the news, and send a message or two to friends. After getting up, they often take photos of food, themselves, and even whatever they can see with their phones. They share their photos with their friends. The research finds that users pick up their phones more th
15、an l,500 times to do different tasks in an average(通常的) week. And the smart phone users are on their phone for three hours and sixteen minutes a day. That is to say, people use their phones for almost one full day each week. Using phones will take much time and its also bad for our health. Many peop
16、le stay up late to play phones. And mobile phones will influence our sleep. Without using the phones, many people will feel sad. Many owners also find they use their phones without realizing theyre doing so. Do you think people use their phones too much?11. The underlined word reliant means _” in Ch
17、inese.A依赖的B讨厌的C喜欢的 D感兴趣的12. Before getting up, many people use their phones to do tasks, not including _.A. checking weather B. sending messagesC. reading news D. taking photos13. How long do people use their phones a week?A. Almost three hours and sixteen minutes.B. Almost six hours and thirty-two
18、minutes.C. Almost twenty-four hours.D. Almost thirty-six hours.14. Many people_ without using their phones.A. will stay up B. will feel sadC. cant do work D. cant live15. Where can we probably read this text?A. In a newspaper B. In a travel magazine.C. In a story book. D. In a history book.DIn the m
19、orning, Mr. Smith comes into the garden at the back of his houseHe sees so much snow in the gardenMr. Smith wants to take his car out，so he asks a man to clean the road from his garage(车库)to the gateHe says to the man，Dont throw any snow on that sideIt will damage(损坏)the flowers in my garden，and don
20、t throw any on the other side for it will damage the wallAnd dont throw any into the street，or the policeman will come. Then he goes out When he comes back，the path is cleanthere is no snow on the flowers, on the wall or in the streetBut when he opens the garage to get his car out，he sees，the garage
21、 is full of snowthe snow from the path，and his car is under the snow!16In the morning Mr Smith finds _is full of snowAhis garden Bhis garage Chis house Dhis car17.He wants a man to clean the roadHe _A. doesnt like snow at all B. likes the clean road C. wants to take his car out of the garage D. ofte
22、n asks the man to do something18Where does Mr Smith tell the man to throw the snow in the garden? AOn the flowers BInto the street COn the wall DWe dont know19He opens the garage_.Aand takes his car outBand finds its full of snowCand finds there is no air in Dand takes snow out20. Where is Mr. Smith
23、s car?AUnder the snow Bin the streetCNear the road Din front of his house二、短文填词，二大题，每题1.5分，共30分(其中有一个词为干扰选项)luck，interest，allow，experience，get，improve，valuable，believe, think，own，classHave you heard of homestay？Its a kind of holiday.It 21_the visitor to stay with a local family. It also helps to 22_
24、the visitors language skills.If you want to get 23_ in foreign countries，you should join this kind of holiday.I am sure youll get a lot, said a teacher at a meeting.After the meeting，I always 24_ about this kind of holiday.Then I had such a chance with my classmates last month.We went to our favouri
25、te placeLondon.After 25_there，we stayed with different families.I was 26_ because my host family was friendly.And they had a daughter about my age.They were 27_ in me and I learned a lot from them.The holiday was filled with activities every day.After breakfast，a local teacher came to take us in his
26、 car.Then we had 28_or took trips to different places such as Big Ben and Buckingham Palace.We went back to our 29_ homes after the activities.The holiday was a very 30_ experience for me.I enjoyed it.Time flew fast.Three weeks later，we had to leave “home”home message drive easyfull enoughvery shoul
27、dalthoughearly happenBeing safe in your everyday life needs knowledge. Your life will be much safer if you remember the following 31 .Always notice the environment around you. You shouldnt walk alone outside. Make sure where the public phones are. If anything dangerous 32 , you can find them 33 .You
28、r bag 34 be carried to the front of your body instead of（而不是） putting it on your back. When a bus is 35 of people, it is easy 36_for a thief to take the things out of the bag on your back.If you are followed by someone you dont know, cross the street and go to the other way, let the person understan
29、d you know he or she is after you. Next, dont go 37_ at once.38 your home is a good place to stay, you are safer in the street than you are alone in your home or in a lift.If you have to take a bus to a place far away, try to get to the stop a few minutes 39_ before the bus leaves. On the bus, dont
30、sit alone. Sit behind the 40_ or with other people. Dont sleep.三、短文还原，5小题，每题2分，共10分 41. _ . It has around 3 billion fans nearly half the worlds population! And about 300 million people play this game. Thats 4 percent of the worlds population!42_ Many people in old days played early forms of this mod
31、ern game. Cu ju（蹴鞠）, a ball-kicking game in China, was reported as early as 2500 B.C . Around the same time in Greece, people were also playing a similar ball game without using their hands.But modern soccerdidnt become official（官方的 until 1863. An Englishman called Cobb Morley introduced the idea of
32、 a soccer association（联盟）. 43_ .From then on, other association in the countries were set up. They came together to make up the FIFA, which organizesthe World Cup.Its not easy to tell what makes soccer so popular. 44_ Soccer needs only two feet and a ball.This makes it a sport that developing countr
33、ies can easily play. Some of the sports best players come from these poor nations.45_. the sports no-hands rule makes beautiful dancelike movements (运动)on the field. Whats more, this sport excites the heart. Teams might score only a few times each match, so matches can turn around suddenly.No one kn
34、ows who will win at the next world Cup. But one thing is certain, The world will be watching.A. He also wrote the sports official rules.B.Soccer is the worlds favourite sport.C.Playing soccer is good for your health.D.But one reason is how simple the sport is.E.People love soccer as well as their co
35、untries.F.Its hard to say where soccers birthplace is.G.Soccer performances are pleasing to the eyes.四、阅读表达，5小题，每题2分，共10分Man has made many interesting inventions since the beginning of time. Some of these inventions like numbers, words and radios have certainly changed history.One of the most import
36、ant inventions is the computer. It has changed all our lives.People built the first computer at Harvard University in 1944. It was as large as a room and quite difficult and slow to operate(操作). But since the invention of the silicon chip(硅片), computers have become smaller, easier to use, and faster
37、 to operate. Some computers are as small as TV sets. People can make computers smaller than books. And computers are getting smaller and smaller all the time.The computer can do a lot of work. It is very useful to us. Firstly, it can keep a lot of news and messages. Secondly, the computer can operat
38、e very fastthousands of times faster than a man, and it wont be tired. Thirdly, people can build computers into other kinds of machines, like radios, cars and planes. Now, almost everyone uses some kinds of computers. This invention has brought great changes to all of our lives. 46. Have inventions
39、changed peoples lives?_47. When and where did people build the first computer?_48. What was the first computer like? _49. Why is the computer useful to people? _50. What do you think your life will be like without the computer? Why? _五、书面表达（20分）假如你是李明，你的笔友Allen来信询问你的爱好。请你根据下面问题提示，给她写一封回信介绍你的爱好。要求：1.
40、 回信除须包含提示内容外，可适当发挥；2. 80词左右，开头与结尾已给出，不计入总词数。提示：1. What is your hobby? 2. When did you start it? 3. Why do you like it? 4. What have you learned from your hobby?Dear Allen,Im glad to hear from you. You asked me about my hobby. _Yours,Li Ming八年级下学期期末测试题答案一、阅读理解1-5 CBDBA 6-10 CBCDA 11-15 ADCBA 16-20 AB
41、DBA二、选词填空21.allows 22. improve 23. experiences24. thought 25. getting26. lucky 27. interested 28. classes29.own 30. valuable31. information 32. happens 33. easily 34. should 35. full36. enough 37. home 38.Although 39. earlier 40.driver三、短文还原41-45 BFADG四、阅读表达46. Yes, they have. 47. At Harvard Univers
42、ity in 1944.48. As large as a room and quite difficult and slow to operate.49. It can do a lot of work.50. My life will be less interesting without the computer, because I usually use my computer to keep the diary and play games./My life will be simple and more interesting. I have more time to read books and chat with my family members.五、作文答案略
