新目标八年级下册英语试卷
一、 单项选择（15小题，每小题1分，共15分）?
从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳答案，将其标号填入题前括号内。 ( )21.Those terrible things happened _______ me again. A.to B.in C.on D.with
( )22.John was sad because he _______his English exam.
A.finished B.dropped C.failed D.had ( )23.How ________the result is! We can’t believe it. A.amazing B.interested C.difficult D.annoyed
( )24.________ of them is good at English,but they both do well in Chinese. A.Both B.Neither C.Each D.All
( )25.We must work harder next semester. There will be ________ subjects, so we
will_______ time for each subject.
A.less;more B.less;less C.more;less D.more;fewer
( )26.Those boys broke Mr Read’s window.When they saw Mr Read get out of his house,
they ________at once.
A.climbed up B.took away C. ran away D.called back ( )27.There is ________meat in the fridge，is there? Let’s go to buy some. A.a little B.a few C.little D.few ( )28.—Can I go to the party with you?
—Of course you can.________you go,I am sure you will make some new friends. A.Though B.If C.Since D.Because
( )29.Mr Johnson was reading a magazine ________his wife was cooking dinner yesterday. A.before B.after C.while D.until ( )30.—________ have you been learning to play the piano?
—Since Iwas seven years old.
A.How big B.How often C.How old D.How long ( )31. The children had to repeat that story twice,________they? A.didn’t B.hadn’t C.did D.had ( )32.Sometimes people can be too tired to ________
A.fall asleep B.go to sleep C.fall sleepy D.go to sleepy ( )33.They are singing to ________ money for the poor children in rural areas. A.have B.take C.make D.raise
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( )34.Would you mind not ________ the window? It’s too cold. A.open B.opening C.opens D.opened ( )35.The milk tastes bad. You’d better________.
A.threw it away B.throw it away C.throw away it D.to throw away it ( )36.The cake tastes delicious. I want __________ one. A. other B. the other C. another D. others ( )37. –Would you mind _________ your voice __________? --No, not at all.
A. keeping; down B. turning; down C. keeping; up D. putting; out ( )38. My grandpa lives in a small village _____ ,but he doesn’t feel____ . A. alone , lonely B. lonely, alone C. alone, alone
三、完形填空（10小题，每小题1分，共10分）?
Yesterday I was very tired when I 36 home frome work . I 37 while my one-year-old son 38 his toy .After a while, a loud lock at the door 39 . Ah,my little son 40 open the door. 41 the window he saw a kite flying in the air .Oh, it’s 42 kite! I got up and looked out of the window .Two boys 43 the kite.I took my son to the yard. ― 44 ‖ I asked one boy. ―Would you please tell me where you bought the kite ?My son likes it very much. ‖ ―We made it ourselves. 45 he likes,he can take it.‖ he said.
( )36.A.came ( )37.A.fall asleep ( )38.A.played
B.was playing
C.was playing with
( )39.A.woke me up ( )40.A.try to ( )41.A.In ( )42.A. a quite
( )43.A. was flying B.flying ( )44.A.I’m glad to see you. ( )45.Whether
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B.come B.get to sleep
C.was coming C.fell asleep
D.will come D.was asleep
D.played with
B.woke up me C.woked me up D. woked up me
B.tried to B.From B. very a nice
C.was trying to C.On C. quite a nice
D.try D.Near D. quite nice
C.flied D.were flying C. I’m sorry.
D.How are you?
C.Weather
D.If
B. I’m sorry to trouble you. B.Which
It was a cold Christmas Eve. A girl was 21_______ matches in the street. She came to a beautiful house and 22______ at the door. A man came out. The girl asked him to buy some 23_______. But he said he didn’t want any. The girl left the house, sat down at the corner of the house, 24_______ cold, tired and hungry. Suddenly she felt she was becoming 25 .And slowly she began to 26_____ into the sky. She flew higher and higher, at last she found herself above the clouds. Many people came to 27____ her. At the head of them was her granny. The girl told her that she had to get money 28_____ her parents were badly ill. Granny told the girl not to worry and gave her many beautiful clothes and delicious food. The girl smiled happily. It was snowing 29_____ . The next morning someone found the girl sitting there with a smile on her 30____. But she couldn’t stand any more. 21. A. selling B. making C. watching D. buying 22. A. opened B. closed C. knocked D. laughed 23. A. apples B. flowers C. clothes D. matches 24. A. looked B. felt C. had D. cried 25. A. heavy B. short C. light D. small 26. A. fly B. run C. walk D. look 27. A. teach B. ask C. tell D. meet 28. A. if B. because C. before D. until 29. A. hardly B. beautifully C. heavily D. happily 30. A. face B. nose C. head D. eyes
四、阅读理解（20小题，每小题2分，共40分）
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People are so busy these days that many people have no time to cook. This becomes a problem, because most families love home cooking. The food tastes good and warm, and a family meal brings everyone together. In some families, meals are often the only times everyone sees one another at the same time.
Another reason people enjoy home cooking is that it is often a way of showing love. A parent who makes some cookies is not just satisfying a child’s sweet tooth. She or he is sending a message. The messages says, ―I care about you enough to spend an hour making cookies that you will eat up in 15 minutes if I let you.‖
There is also something about the smell of home cooking. The smell of home cooking please people of all ages. It makes most of us feel good and loved------even if we are the ones doing the cooking. ―Next time you smell a cake making, stop for a moment and pay attention to your mood(心情)。‖
（ ）46. Why do fewer people cook now? ___________.
A. They like to eat in restaurants B. Many people are too busy C. Many people don’t like cooking D. They don’t like family meals ( ) 47. A parent spends an hour making cookies___________. A.just to satisfy her or his child’s sweet tooth B.only to send a message
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C.to let a child eat up in 15 minutes D.often to show her or his love
( ) 48. The writer thinks the smell of home cooking___________.
A. makes us be interested in cooking B. makes us happy
C. makes us pay attention to our mood D. makes us love others ( ) 49. What does the underlined word ―satisfying‖ mean here?
A. 令人生气 B. 使人满意 C. 填满 D. 修补 ( ) 50. What’s the main idea of the passage?
A. Homemade cookies taste better B. How to make cookies
C. Family meals are important D. People are too busy to work
B
(ENGLISH COACHING PAPER, March 3, 1996) The biggest shopping center will open on March 6. Everybody with today’s ENGLISH COACHING PAPER will get a small a small present that day. You are welcome. Telephone: 3899068; No 6 Tonghua Road (ENGLISH NEWS PAPER, March 19) English news Paper needs a foreign editor(编辑). He or she must have worked in China for more than 2 years. British nationality is necessary. The wage(工资) are ＄100,000 a year. The term is 3 years. In ten days, this piece of ad will be useless. Telephone: 3890666; Address: No.6 Xinling Road CHINA FOOTBALL, February 3, 1996. Shanghai Shenhua Team VS Beijing Guo’an team. TIME: February 8, Sunday (3:00) PLACE: Hongkou Stadium NAME: China Cup Football Match COACHES: Xu genbao, Jin Zhiyang TICKETS: Adults 25 child 10 ( )51. If the reader have an English Coaching Paper of March 3,1996, he will get a small
present ____________.
A. every day B. from English Coaching Paper C. on March 6,1996 D. on February 3,1996
( )52. If a British editor has worked in China for three years comes to English News
Paper office to ask for the job on time, he will probably _________.
A. get the job B. not get the job C. be a good editor D. be useless ( )53. Where and when will the football match be?
A. In Guo’an on February 8 B. In Hongkou Stadium on February 3 C. In Hongkou Stadium on Sunday D. In Shenhua Stadium on February 8 ( )54. If three adults and six students want to watch the football match, the tickets will
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cost RMB ___________ yuan.
A. 195 B. 135 C. 225 D. 165 ( )55. Which of the following is wrong?
A.In ten days, the second piece of ad will be useless.
B.The telephone number of English News Paper is 3890666 C.The match is between Beijing Team and Guo’an Team. D.Xu Genbao is a coach.
C
阅读下列短文，根据短文内容，判断短文后所给句子的正误，在正确的题前括号里填写T,在错误的题前括号里填写F。
Two friends were walking through the desert. They had an argument, the first friend slapped (一记耳光) the other in the face. The other friend was hurt, but only wrote in the sand: ―Today my best friend slapped me in the face.‖
They kept walking, until found a lake. They decided to cool off and swim. The other friend started going down in the lake, but his friend saved him. After he came back to life, he wrote on a stone: ―Today my best friend saved me.‖ The friend, who slapped and saved his friend, asked him: ―After I hurt you, you wrote in the sand, and now, you wrote on the stone. Why?‖ The other friend answered: ―When someone hurts us, we should write down in sand, when the winds of time and forgiveness(宽恕) can blow it. But when someone does something good for us, we must write it on the stone. No wind can blow it away.‖ ( )56. The two friends were walking in the desert. ( )57. They were going to cool and swim in the lake. ( )58. The other friend wrote sentences on the stone. ( )59. The wind can blow the words in the sand. ( )60. In fact, they were real friends.
D
Dear Dr Jackson, My parents are never pleased with me. They are always criticizing (批评)my clothes, my hair and the music I listen to. They hate my friends' looks and they keep complaining when I go with them. I'm noSt allowed to stay out as late as my friends do, so I can't have any fun. My parents only seem to care about my school marks. Although I love them, sometimes I feel we live in different worlds. If they love me, why don't they understand me? Angel Angel Dear Angel, Your problem is common to both teenagers and parents. Don't worry, because all this is natural. You see, your parents have grown up at a different time and they have different experiences. So, they think some things are strange, but you find the same things ordinary. For example, the music you like may sound like noise to them. Your parents love you, so they feel they must protect you from whatever they find strange. On the other hand, you don't
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