八年级英语上学期期末考试模拟试题
二.单项填空：从每小题四个选项中，选出一个填入空白处的最佳答案，并将其字母编号填写在答卷相应的位置上。（本题共15小题，每小题1分，共15分） 21. —What’s your favorite TV _______ ? —The game show. It's very exciting.
A. joke B. program C. article D. sport
22. I want to be doctor and I plan to study medicine at ________ university . A. a; a
B. a ; an C. the; a
D. the; an
23. —How about these two books?
—I like them . ________of them are interesting . A. All
B. Any
C. Both
D. Each
24. —When you have a problem , you can't keep it to . —Thanks , Mr. Lee．
A. you
B. your C. yourself
D. yours
25. —Who jumped______ in the long jump, Joe, David or Bill? —Bill. He won the first place. A. long B. longer
C. the longer D. the longest
26. People think my sister is the same ____me , but I think she is quite different ____ me . A. to; from B. as; from
C. to ; to D. as; to
27. I’m sorry. I can’t go shopping with you tonight. I have ______ homework to do today. A. much too B. many too C. too many D. too much
28. Yesterday was our school day . _________ parents came to enjoy it with students . A. Hundred B. Hundreds 29. —Where is your brother?
—________he is drinking milk shake in his room. I'm not sure. A. Maybe B. May
C. Should
D. Must
C. Hundred of D. Hundreds of
30. —My computer works too slowly.
—You can try to ________something useless(无用的) . A. delete B. print
C. save
D. improve
31. — The color of your house looks so beautiful ! —Thanks. I it with my parents last weekend.
A. paint B. painted C. am painting D. will paint 32. There a great concert in the theater next Saturday evening. A. have B. has C. will have
D. is going to be
33. Your father wants to watch the news . Will you please the TV? A. turn on
B. turn down C. turn up D. turn to
34. If Tom ________ hard, he will be good at his schoolwork. A. work B. works C. will work
D. worked
35. — I am going to study computer science in a college in two years . —
A. Sounds good! C. OK, thanks .
B. What about you?
D. Sure. I’d love to.
三. 完形填空：通读短文后，从各小题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案，并将其字母编号填写在答卷相应的位置上。（本题共10小题，每小题1分，共10分）
As we all know , all of us need friends . In fact, we need true friends . Do you have any true friends ? I think a true friend is always helpful. I don’t believe it 36 one thing happened to me when I was in Grade Eight .
Tom was one of my classmates and he sat next to me in the classroom. He always listened to his mother ,but I didn’t like listening to my mother. I didn’t think it was 37 for her to teach me everything. Tom knew all about that but he said 38 to me.
One Saturday afternoon , Tom 39 me to see a film. I liked 40 very much, so I went to the cinema with him happily. The movie 41 the love between a mother and a son. After watching it, I began to know the mother's great love. I felt sorry that I didn’t listen to my mother 42 . I decided to think more about my mother 43 about myself. After I told that to him, Tom smiled and said, “It’s really good for you to see such a movie. That was really an 44 way for both you and me.”
Just at that time, I knew Tom was my true friend and he really wanted to help me. I knew why he invited me to see the movie 45 . 36. A. when
B. after C. until D. if
37. A. necessary B. possible C. simple D. glad 38. A. something B. nothing C. anything 39. A. invited
B. discussed C. helped
D. everything
D. answered
40. A. movies B. Tom C. them D. my mother
41. A. looked for B. talked about C. found out D. talked to 42. A. again B. after
C. before
D. while
43. A. and B. than C. or D. with
44. A. exciting B. impossible C. educational D. unlucky 45. A. in all
B. in danger C. in the future D. in the end
四. 阅读理解（本题共10小题，每小题1.5分，共15分）
阅读下列表格或短文内容，从每小题所给的四个选项中，选出能回答所提问题或完成所给句子的最佳答案，并将其字母编号填写在答卷相应的位置上。
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Do you enjoy drawing ? Here you'll have fun drawing . I think you’ll love “Sam's Happy Drawing”. It is a great show and Sam is really helpful. He can teach kids some happy ways on how to draw different things . Sam often tells kids the history about the things they draw. Kids can also learn something about what they are drawing. “Fun Animals” is about birds and dogs. Sam shows how to draw them and how to look after them, too. In “Happy Dinosaurs（恐龙）”, you can see many drawings about dinosaurs . Sam visited the History Museum of Boston （波士顿）and learnt how they lived, what they ate and how long they lived. In “Beautiful Stars”, you'll find lots of stars in the sky .Sam drew them after he visited the Science Museum of Boston. It's about the stars. It tells us how far we are from the stars. They are really far away from us! Come and enjoy yourself, kids. You can draw in the happy ways Sam gives you. They will help you to become an artist .
46. “ Sam's Happy Drawing” is a _______________ .
A. movie B. show
C. book D. magazine
47. “Fun Animals” tells something about ________________ .
A. dinosaurs B. stars and the moon C. birds and dogs D. Sam 48. Sam learnt something about the dinosaurs in _____________ . A. the art show B. the History Museum of Boston C. the school D. the Science Museum of Boston 49. The show will help kids to ____________ .
A. like museums B. like animals C. be a teacher D. be an artist 50. We know ___________________ from the ad.（广告）. A. kids can’t learn anything from the drawings B. the stars were not very far from us
C. “Sam's Happy Drawing” can show kids the happy ways to draw D. Sam can’t draw any kinds of animals B
When you are in the USA, you'll often hear some invitations . Americans often invite their friends for a meal, a party (such as dancing party, birthday party, New Year’s party and so on )or just coffee. They can invite friends by phone calls, sometimes they send messages or e-mails.
If people want to invite others, they often say like this, “Would you like to come to my home for dinner this Saturday evening ?” “This Sunday we want to have a birthday party , can you come and enjoy it ?”
And people often say “Sure, I’d love to. Thank you” to accept the invitation, or “Sorry” and give a reason to turn it down. They must always reply to an invitation in a polite way.
Sometimes people will hear something ,but not a real invitation. For example, “Please come for coffee next time.” “Let’s get together soon.” They are not real invitations because they don’t tell the real time. They just want to keep the friendship between them. When people hear them, they usually answer “Sure, that would be good.” or “OK, thank you.”
When you hear somebody invite you, think carefully before you answer it . 51. The writer doesn't mention (提及) ________________ in the article .
A. housewarming party B. birthday party C. dancing party D. New Year's party 52. You should say \ A. Why do you ask me? B. I won’t come.
C. Sorry .I have to prepare for an exam. D. No, I can’t come to your party. 53. The underlined （划线的）word \ A. 有礼貌的 B. 随便的 C. 灵活的 D. 唯一的
54. If someone says “Please come over my home for tea soon.”, and you should reply \ A. I’m sorry I can't come. B. That’s a great idea. When? C.OK. Thanks for asking. D. Sorry to hear that . 55. Which of the following is NOT RIGHT?
A. When people turn down an invitation, they often find a good reason.
B. People don’t need to answer the invitation when it is not real. C. People should reply to an invitation in a right way .
D. People usually tell the place and the time in a real invitation.
五.单词拼写：根据句子意思并结合中文或音标提示，在横线上填上一个形式正确的单词。请将答案填写在答卷相应的位置上。（本题共5小题，每小题1分，共5分）
56. Don't ________________( 失去 ) heart .Keep trying and you'll win . 57. All the kites in the sky are in different _______________( 形状 ) . 58. He got up early and ______________ ( 赶上) the bus to work yesterday .
59. I think you'll be in danger if you go ___________ / θr U : / the forest by yourself . 60. If we are careless, we'll make a ____________/ m?'st e?k / .
六. 完成句子：请根据句子意思和中文提示，用英语把下列句子补充完整。请将答案填写在答卷相应的位置上。（本题共5小题，每小题2分， 共10分）
61. In the future , people will have fewer jobs _______________ （因为）robots.
62. These days _________________ ( 越来越多的 ) Chinese people travel around the world .
63. If you have any problem , ______________（把它写下来）and show it to me . 64. Please help me . I look forward to ___________________ ( 接到......的信) you . 65. —Before the baby could walk , he ______________________（ 摔倒） many times. —Yes, he was too young to walk .
七.短文填空: ( 本大题有10小题，每小题1分，共10分)
请认真阅读短文，并借助上下文，在空格里填上一个形式正确、意义相符的单词，使之合理通顺，请将答案填写在答卷相应的位置上。
Ben, Robert and David were brothers. They lived far from their mother . Every year they bought something expensive to send to their 66 on her birthday . They tried their 67 to make their mother happy and show how rich they were.
The eldest brother, Ben , had a lot of money and he was 68 richest of the three brothers .He hoped his mother to own the most expensive gifts around the world , 69 he didn’t know what to buy. So he put an ad.（广告）in the newspaper. “Wanted－the greatest gift for my mother.”
A man came to Ben's office three days before his mother’s birthday. It was a big beautiful bird. The man said, “This bird can speak six 70 and sing some pop songs.” “Really? I’d like to listen to it,” Ben said.
Then the bird opened its mouth and talk 71 the man in French（法语）and told a joke in Chinese. Then the bird sang a beautiful English 72 . Ben was 73 happy that he paid nine hundred dollars for the bird. The next day Ben sent the bird to his mother with a birthday card.
The next day , Ben 74 his mother. “Well, Mother” he asked her , “What do you 75 of the bird? ” “It's really delicious, dear.” his mother answered . 八.读写综合：（本大题分为A、B两部分，共15分） A）信息归纳（共5小题，每小题1分，共5分）
下面是一篇介绍Resolution的文章，请认真阅读后按信息表的项目要求填写信息。请将答案填写在答卷相应的位置上。
As we all know , a resolution is a kind of promise. People usually make resolutions at the beginning of the year. Last month , we did a survey about people's resolutions in the magazine, Readers . We got over 1000 letters and e-mails from people all over China . About 75% of them are students and they are going to work harder in school this year . About 45% of the people want to play more sports and eat more vegetables . A few of them are going to learn English . Some girls plan to keep fit . Some parents expect to study the subjects , such as math, science and geography to help their children .One teacher wants to find a job as a music teacher in a small village .
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The time that people make resolutions 76．