2008学年下学期天河区期末考试卷
八年级英语
注意事项：
1．满分120分，全部为笔试试题，100分钟内完成。
2．答题前，请用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔在答题卡的左上方填写姓名；再用2B铅笔在答题卡的右上方填写你的考号，并涂黑每个数字下方对应的小方框。
3．每小题选出答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需要改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案，不能答在试题卷上。
4．非选择题必须用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔作答，答案必须写在答题卡各题指定区域的相应位置；如需要改动，先划掉原来的答案，然后再写上新的答案，改动的答案也不能超出指定的区域；不能使用铅笔、圆珠笔和涂改液。
一、听力测试
第一节：对话理解 （共15小题，每小题1分）
听对话并请根据各段播放内容，从所给的A、B、C项中，选出最佳选项并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
听下面一段对话，回答第1~3小题。
How many people are talked about in the photo?
A. One B. Two C. Three.
2．Which is the boy’s grandmother?
A. The one with open mouth and a big smile on her face.
B. The one with her left eye closed.
C. The one with big eyes and small mouth.
3．How old is the boy’s grandmother now?
A. 55. B. 60. C. 62.
听下面一段对话，回答第4~6小题。
4．Why is the woman calling?
A. She wants to talk to the man.
B. She wants to ask the man for his e-mail address.
C. She wants to ask the man’s QQ number.
5．How will they talk with each other later?
A. On TV. B. On QQ. C. On the phone.
6．What’s the important thing?
A. Writing down the wrong QQ number. B. Talking on QQ.
C. The exchange program.
听下面一段对话，回答第7~9小题。
7．What is the woman doing?
A. Cooking. B. Teaching. C. Eating.
8．Which aren't they using?
A. A pan (锅). B. A knife. C. A plate.
9．Why does the woman ask the boy to use less salt?
A. Because eating too much salt is not good for people.
B. Because they don’t have enough salt in the kitchen.
C. Because too much salt doesn’t taste good.
听下面一段对话，回答第10~12小题。
10．How many cups of coffee has the man had so far today?
A. Three. B. Four. C. Five.
11．What does the woman think of coffee?
A. It’s not good for health. B. It tastes nice. C. The green tea is good.
12．What can we learn from the dialogue?
A. The man doesn’t know coffee is bad for him.
B. The man doesn’t believe what the woman said.
C. The man doesn’t want to give up coffee.
听下面一段独白，回答第13~15小题。
13．Where is John now？
A. In Beijing. B. In Guangzhou. C. In London.
14．Can he do the cooking well now?
A. Yes. He can. B. No. He can’t. C. We don’t know.
15．Which of the following is wrong?
A. They must tell the teacher what they are reading.
B. They can have a reading week every year.
C. Their reading week is too long.
第二节：听取信息 （共5小题，每小题1分）
听下面一段独白，请根据所听到的内容填写下列表格并在答题卡相应的地方填写答案。
Jobs during summer holidays
二、语言知识与运用（共20小题，25分）
第一节：单项选择（共10小题，15分，每小题1.5分）
从所给的四个选项中，选择最佳答案并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
16．The telephone rang when we _______ dinner.
A. had B. have C. are having D. were having
17．Everybody in the village knows this kind of fruit smells______ but tastes ______.
A. terribly; good B. badly; good C. terrible; good D. bad; well
18．---Is ____ easy for you to draw cartoon pictures？
--- No, I don’t think so.
A. it B. that C. this D. what
19．--- Where does he come from?
--- Pardon?
--- I asked where ______.
A. did he come from B. he came from C. he comes from D. does he come from
20．He didn’t know ______he should go or not because we hasn’t got the answer yet.
A. if B. weather C. that D. whether
21．Sally told her brother _________play in the street.
A. don’t B. doesn’t C. not D. not to
22．---Can films help us _________ the culture of our society?
---Yes, of course.
A. learn B. learning C. learned D. learns
23．I don’t know if it________ tomorrow. If it ________, I will not go fishing.
A. rains, rains B. rains, will rain C. will rain, rains D. will rain , will rain
24．Though the new place was far from here, the boy insisted ________ there alone.
A. to go B. on go C. to going D. on going
25．Sally said that she was going to visit a new friend _______.
A. the next day B. the day before C. tomorrow D. this weekend
第二节：语法填空（共10题，10分；每小题1分）
My favourite great book is The Adventure of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain．Tom is a lively and clever young boy，and he finds himself in many exciting adventures. He runs away with his two friends，Huck Finn and Joe，to an island in the middle of the Mississippi River for several days．With Huck he goes looking 26 treasure, with Becky he gets lost in a cave, and finally，they find a box of gold．
My favourite scene in the book is when everyone thinks Tom is 27 ．He decides to go to his own funeral（葬礼）．He hides and watches for a time and then suddenly he appears. Everyone is 28 to see him but they’re also 29 to see him alive．
Tom is the hero of the story，but there are 30 important characters (人物)．Huck is an outsider and everyone is afraid of him．Becky is pretty 31 fair hair，Joe is Tom’s best friend, and Injun Joe is the bad man of the story.
The theme of the story is about children 32 up．It describes how strangers are seen in small towns of America.
Mark Twain wrote the story in 1876，but it's still read and 33 by people all over the world today. Twain wrote it in the everyday English of the southern states of America in the 34 century，so it sounds very real. Today it’s thought to be one of the American history. Go on--- read it! I know you’ll enjoy it，too.
26．A. at B. for C. after D. on
27．A. die B. dies C. dead D. death
28．A. surprised B. surprise C. surprises D. surprising
29．A. please B. pleasing C. pleasure D. pleased
30．A. other B. another C. the other D. others
31．A. in B. with C. on D. of
32．A. grow B. grows C. grown D. growing
33．A. alive B. love C. loved D. loving
34．A. nineteen B. nineteenth C. ninetieth D．ninth
35．A. great books B. greatest book C. greatest books D. great books
三、阅读与理解（共40分）
第一节：完形填空（共10个空格，10分；每个空格1分）
One of Charlie Chaplin’s most famous films was “The Gold Rush”. The film was set in California in the middle of the 19th century. At that time, gold was discovered in California and thousands of people (36) there for gold, so it became (37) as “the gold rush”. People said gold could (38) be picked up by washing sand from the river in a pan of water. This was known as “panning for (39) ”.
In the film, Chaplin and his friend are in California. They have been (40) in their search for gold and have no money at all. They (41) in a snow storm in a small wooden house. They have (42) . They are so hungry that they (43) a pair of shoes, by boiling them in a pan of water. Chaplin sits down at the table and eats the (44) . He makes it seem as if this is one of the (45) meals that he has ever enjoyed.
36．A．went B．left C．climb D．found
37．A．seen B．known C．wonderful D．great
38．A．hard B．easily C．difficulty D．slowly
39．A．pan B．gold C．sand D．money
40．A．unlucky B．unsuccessfully C．unhappy D．unluckily
41．A．have got B．are meet C．are caught D．are living
42．A．a little food B．some water C．nothing to wear D．nothing to eat
43．A．wear B．make C．cook D．mend
44．A．rich B．pan C．meat D．shoe
45．A．biggest B．dearest C．cheapest D．most delicious
第二节：阅读与理解（共15题，共30分，每题2分）
阅读下面短文，掌握大意，从各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
Guess who is the most successful young writer in China. It is 24-year-old Guo Jingming, who earned $1.4 million last year, according to the New York Times.
Guo started his writing in high school when he won first prize in a national writing contest in 2001. His first book, City of Fantasy, came out soon after the contest and went on to sell more than 1.5 million copies.
Almost all Guo’s novels include a shy hero who gets good grades. He mostly writes about the sad feelings of his young characters. These teenagers deal with loneliness by sitting alone for long hours under trees and on rooftops. “Xiaosi (Guo’s nickname). I will always be with you! ” A reader wrote in Guo’s blog. “My main goal is to tell the story well and have everyone like it,” Guo said.
In fact, Guo is seen more as an idol (偶像) than as a writer. His handsome outlook, cross-dressing and strange actions make newspapers pay more attention to himself than his books. Many fans are eager to get his autograph whenever they have chance to meet him.
But today he faces what may be more dangerous threat(威胁), even younger writers. The past few years have seen the rise of a group of teenage writers, sometimes called the “Post-90s” generation. However, Guo seems to have plans to meet them. Next year, he will hold a national competition for these rivals (对手) .
46．Why is Guo Jingming the most successful young writer in China? .
A. Because he is the youngest writer. B. Because he lives in New York.
C. Because he got the greatest achievement. D. Because he likes writing novels.
47．When did he win his first prize?
A. In primary school. B. In high school. C. In college. D. After leaving school.
48．What does the word “autograph ”in the sentence underlined probably mean in Chinese?
A.同伴. B. 读者. C. 榜样. D. 签名.
49．What can we know from the last paragraph?
A. Guo is glad to hold a national competition.
B. Teenage writers are all called the “Post-90s”.
C. Guo is going to face the new rivals.
D. A group of teenage writers have been born.
50．Which is wrong according to the passage?
A. There’s a shy hero who gets good grades in most of his novels.
B. His first book sells well.
C. Guo wants to make every reader like his story.
D. He wants to earn money through the competition.
B
Table 1:
Table 2:
Table 3:
51．How many subjects (主题) can we get from the three tables?
A. One. B. Two. C. Three. D. Four.
52．What is the name of the school?
A. Summer school B. Junior English Summer
C. Adult English Courses D. Concorde International
53．What is Table 2 mainly about?
A. English course for adult. B. Teachers in the school.
C. Teaching in the school. D. The place of the school.
54．What can we get learn from Table 3?
A. There are only students in the English class.
B. The students in the class are from different countries.
C. Students can get a report at the beginning of the course.
D. The classes are all in the large rooms.
55．Which of the following one is not true according to the tables?
A. There is 15 hours classroom work in a week.
B. The number of students of each class is less than 15.
C. The summer courses for juniors have been on for more than 35 years.
D. Adult course mainly improve the oral English.
C
If you do not use your arms or your legs for some time, they will become weak, and when you start using them again, they slowly become strong again. Everybody knows that. Yet many people do not seem to know that memory works in the same way.
When someone says that he has a good memory, he really means that he keeps his memory in practice by using it. When someone else says that his memory is poor, he really means that he does not give it enough chance to become strong.
If a friend says that his arms and legs are weak, we know that it is his own fault. But if he tells us that he has a poor memory, many of us think that his parents may be blamed（被责备）, and few of us know that it is just his own fault. Have you ever found that some people can't read or write but usually they have better memories? This is because they cannot read or write and when they have to remember things, they cannot write them down in a small notebook. As a result, they have to remember days, names, songs and stories, so their memory is being exercised the whole time.
So if you want to have a good memory, learn from the people: practice remembering things in a way as other people do.
56．Someone can't have a good memory if ________.
A. he can't read or write
B. his parents haven't a good memory
C. he doesn't make good use of his memory
D. he doesn't use his arms or legs for some time
57．If you do not use your arms or legs for some time, ________.
A. they will become thin B. they will become weak
C. they begin to ache all over D. you can't use them any more
58．Which of the following statements is true?
A. Your memory needs chance for practice.
B. A good memory is inherited (遗传) from parents.
C. Your memory works in the different ways as your arms or legs.
D. Don't learn to read and write if you want to have a good memory.
59．What does the word “fault” in the third paragraph probably mean?
A. Reason. B. Background. C. Mistake. D. Right.
60．The writer wants to tell us _________.
A. how to read and write well
B. how to have a good memory
C. how to use our arms or legs better
D. how to learn from the people who can't read or write
四、写作部分（共35分）
第一节 完成句子 根据句子意思, 用所给词的首字母填空，使句子完整、正确。
（共5小题，5分；每小题1分）
61．In many cities, people are not a___________ to smoke in certain areas.
62．The police promised to catch the thief w___________ a month.
63．The ending of the story made a deep i___________ on people.
64．The new teacher introduced himself first, and then he called out our names in o__________.
65．Nowadays, we usually keep in touch with friends by c__________ online or sending e-mails.
第二节 句子翻译 根据所给的汉语，用英语完成下列句子。（共5小题，10分；每空1分）
66．他三十几岁就成为很有名的医生。
He became a famous doctor in ________ ________.
67．我觉得累了, 所以停下休息一会儿。
I felt___________, so I stopped and ________ a rest.
68．学生们习惯早起.
Students are ________ to _________up early.
69．游客们在城市里四处逛，看到了许多名胜古迹。
Visitors ____________ around the city and saw a lot of places of ________.
70．女孩想家了，毕竟，她还只是个孩子。
The girl got homesick, _________ ________, she’s still a child.
第三节 句型转换 根据第一句的句意, 完成第二句。（共5小题，共10分；每题2分）
71．My uncle was a chef in a big restaurant when he was young.
My uncle ______ in a big restaurant _______ a chef when he was young.
72．Mum said to me, “Don’t go to bed too late.”
Mum ________ me ______ to go to bed too late.
73．I don’t know how I can focus my attention on English.
I don't know _________ __________ focus my attention on English.
74．I saw the actress just now. She was playing a trick on her friend.
I ________ the actress __________ a trick on her friend just now.
75．Americans don’t use chopsticks. They usually use knives and forks.
Americans use knives and forks ________ __________ of chopsticks.
第四节 书面表达（共1题，10分）
越来越多的青少年热衷于电影，以下三位同学也很喜欢看电影，请根据图中所提供的信息完成一篇report（需要补充他们的观点），并谈谈你是否喜欢电影？你喜欢的电影类型及原因。（字数80词左右，开头已给出，不计入字数）。
Films are everywhere. Many teenagers like to go to the cinema. So do some students. Crystal thinks ___________________________________________________________________________
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