八年级英语第一学期期末复习测试卷

八年级英语第一学期期末复习测试卷

（时间：90分钟，总分：100分）

一、单项选择

( )1. A number of students in our class _____ League Members, and the number ______ 39. A. is; is B. are; are C. are; is D. is; are ( )2. Would you like to sleep with the windows _______ or _______? A. open; close B. opened; closed C. open; closed D. opening; closing

( )3. Be careful! The knife is very sharp(锋利的). You _______ cut your finger. A. need B. must C. should D. may ( )4. -Is this maths problem _______? -Yes. I can work it out _______. A. easy; easy B. easily; easily C. easily; easy D. easy; easily ( )5. -What did Mr Zhou say?

-He invited me _______ the party and told me _______ late. A. for; to be B. for; not to be C. to; not to be D. to; to not be ( )6. Spring is coming, and it is getting _______.

A. warm and warm B. warmer and warmer C. cold and cold D. colder and colder

( )7. Mr Green plans _______ Beijing with his daughter. A. visit B. to visit C. visited D. visits ( )8. We need _______ change our clothes _______ we got all wet. A. /; until B. to; since C. to; and D. /; so

( )9. Choose the correct structure(结构) of this sentence \"He lent me a book.\" A. S+V+O B. S+V+IO+DO C. S+V+P D. S+V+DO+OC ( )10. Two students are absent _______. A. because of their ill B. because their illness C. because of their illness D. because they are illness 二、完形填空

There was once a lonely girl who wanted love very much. One day while she was walking in the forest, she found two birds. She took them home and put them in a small 1 . She was happy to have two \"friends\". She 2 them with love and the birds grew strong. One day the girl forgot to close the door of the cage. The 3 of the two flew out of the cage. The girl was afraid that it would fly away. She caught it quickly. She felt glad that she caught the bird

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before it could fly away. Suddenly she couldn't 4 a sound from the bird. When she opened her hand, the bird was already dead. Her 5 killed the bird! Then she saw 6 bird jumping up and down 7 the cage. She could feel its great need for freedom(自由). It wanted to fly into the blue sky. So she let it fly away 8 . The bird circled(转圈) once, twice, and three times. The girl 9 as the bird flew. She didn't care about losing the bird any more. She wanted it to be happy. Suddenly the bird flew closer and landed softly on her shoulder. It sang the 10 song she had ever heard. The fastest way to lose love is to hold it too tightly, and the best way to keep love is to give it wings.

( )1. A. box B. basket C. cage D. bag

( )2. A. looked for B. looked at C. looked after D. looked over ( )3. A. stronger B. lazier C. weakest D. smallest ( )4. A. listen B. make C. describe D. hear ( )5. A. love B. joke C. luck D. wish ( )6. A. one B. the other C. another D. other ( )7. A. outside B. inside C. beside D. behind ( )8. A. sadly B. .happily C. loudly D. highly ( )9. A, watched B. saw C. looked D. heard ( )10. A. worst B. oldest C. newest D. sweetest 三、阅读理解

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On April 14th at 7:49 am, the town of Jyekundo in Kham, was struck (打击) by a 6.9 magnitude earthquake. My family and I were in our 3rd floor apartment building when the earthquake hit. There was a smaller earthquake (around 4.7) that happened around 4 am and neither my wife nor I could get back to sleep. When the big earthquake hit, my wife was

using her computer while our younger son Norbu (18 months old) was playing in the living room. Tsering, our older son who is 3 years old, was still asleep in the back bedroom of the 3 bedroom apartment we were living in.

Norbu flew across the room when the earthquake hit. My wife was also thrown to the ground. Everything in our apartment began to be tossed (摇动) around, breaking when it hit the walls or floor. I ran to the back bedroom and grabbed (抓住) Tsering as my wife grabbed Norbu off the floor. Together, we ran to the door. I stopped long enough to grab my shoes, coat and a bit of money. I opened the door and one of our neighbors helped us carry Tsering down to the ground floor. I was the only one of my family who managed to get shoes.

After the earthquake, we were able to see that this was a major earthquake. We began to hear people crying for help, badly injured people crawling (爬) to the road and people weeping (哭泣) for loved ones who had died.

( )11. What was Tsering doing when the big earthquake hit? A. He was using the computer.

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B. He was playing in the living room. C. He was sleeping in the back bedroom. D. He was crying for help.

( )12. What didn't the writer do in the earthquake? A. He ran to the back bedroom and grabbed Tsering. B. He grabbed Norbu off the floor.

C. He stopped to grab his shoes, coat and a little money. D. He went down to the ground floor.

( )13. When did the smaller earthquake happen? A. At 7:49 am. B. At 6:09 am. C. At 3:00 am. D. At 4:00 am. ( )14. What did NOT people do after the earthquake? A. People were able to have a rest. B. People cried for help.

C. Injured people were crawling to the road. D. People were weeping for dead loved ones. ( )15. Which is the best title for this article? A. My Family B. A Major Earthquake C. What to Do in an Earthquake D. My Good Neighbors 四、词汇

A．根据句意和提示写出单词。

1. Many people_______（死亡）in the traffic accident last year. 2. She is the same_______（高）as I am. 3．Lions have many_______（特性）．

4. There are many problems we must face in the modern_______ (社会）. 5. Can you_______ (描述) what the boy is like? 6. Everyone wants to have a_______ (完美的) life. 7.He had quite an_______ (糟糕的) day yesterday.

8. I don't know_______ (是否) he will come to my birthday party tomorrow. 9. The sums _______ (照耀) brightly today.

10. This year many_______ (地震) happened in our country. 11. Many wild animals are in _______ (dangerous).

12. Animals don't like_______ (hunt) because they often hunt them. 13. The people found two_______ (wolf) in their village.

14. At last we understood the_______ (important) of protecting wildlife. 15. Many_______ (nature) disasters happen in a year. 16. I felt a slight _______ (shake) through my body.

17. The surface of the sea looks_______ (shine) in the sun. 18. It's_______ (excite) to see so many animals in the zoo.

19. Only 32 people stayed_______ (live) after the burning of the BRT on the highway in

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Guangdong.

20. The students were fast_______ (sleep) after they returned from the school trip. C. 用所给动词的适当形式填空 。

21. He said the sun_______ (rise) in the east.

22. We must take action_______ (prevent) the same thing_______ (happen) again.

23. Bill_______ (come) into the room while I _______ (play) the computer games last night. 24. I spoke loudly_______ (make) me heard.

25. I want to know if Jim_______ (come) to the party this evening. If he_______ (come), please ring me up. 五、翻译句子

1．这些动物以草和昆虫为生。

____________________________________________________________________ 2．许多动物由于生存空间越来越少而面临许多危险。

____________________________________________________________________ 3．一个好主意闪过我的脑海。

____________________________________________________________________ 4．数以千计的人在地震中死亡。

____________________________________________________________________ 5．一开始，中国政府就制定了许多法律来保护野生动物。

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