2011-2012 八年级英语上期期末试卷
一、单项选择。
1. My little brother works very hard and hopes to go to ____ university in the
USA.
A. a
B. an
C. the
D. /
2. Mum, it’s so hot and I’m so thirsty. Go and get some ______ in the fridge.
A. biscuits
B. chips
C. ice cream
D. cakes
3. Take some tomato sauce and add _______ to the bread , please.
A. it
B. them
C. they
D. one
4. The old sick lady is weak and eats __________ than before.
A. better
B. more
C. fewer
D. less
5. I _________ watch football matches because I’m not interested in them at
all .
A. always
B. usually
C. often
D. hardly ever
6. I didn’t know Lisa came from Australia until she began to ________.
A. say
B. tell
C. speak
D. talk
7. The sweater is not comfortable. Please give me __________ one.
A. the other
B. another
C. both
D. every
8. Why not _________ to my house if you are free this Sunday?
A. come in
B. come over
C. come down
D. come back
9. In my class, most students go to school ______ bike and few students go to
school _______ foot.
A. with,on
B. on, by
C. on, with
D. by, on
10. The movie about Mr Bean made all of us ________.
A. laugh
B. to laugh
C. laughed
D. laughing
11. Li lin ________ some foreigners to her 14th birthday party last night.
A. invite
B. invites
C. invited
D. is inviting
12. _______ are you doing for vacation? I’m visiting my uncle.
A. When
B. What
C. Where
D. Which
13. ______ help me post the letter ? I’d love to, but I’m too busy.
A. Must
B. Could
C. Should
D. Need
14. I’m going _________ with my parents. Where shall we go?
Maybe Hangzhou.
A. somewhere beautiful
B. beautiful somewhere
C. anywhere beautiful
D. beautiful anywhere
15. We went to Hong Kong for shopping last month.
A. That sounds wonderful
B. You’re welcome
C. I’m sorry to hear that.
D. It doesn’t matter.
二、完形填空。
Dear editor,
Both parents and children have busy days. The parents’ job is to go to 1 to make money. The children’s job is to go to school. After a day’s work, both parents and children get 2 . We have to cook the meals and wash the dishes. We 3 clothes every day and they get dirty easily. We have to wash them
and put them away. We have to take 4 the trash. Parents work from 8:00 am to 6:00 pm. Children work from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm. After four o’clock in the afternoon, children have homework. 5 after 6 pm, parents have “homework”, too. Parents have to do the shopping, go to the bank, pay the bill, and help children 6 their homework.
I think it’s 7 for teenagers to do chores 8 . They might not like it, but it teaches them how to 9 themselves. This is really useful when 10 leave home go to college or to live on their own.
Yours.
Overworked
1. A. work B. play C. run D. shop
2. A. angry B. fun C. happy D. hungry
3. A. buy B. wear C. make D. sell
4. A. in B. off C. out D. up
5. A. So B. Because C. Or D. And
6. A. with B. on C. in D. for
7. A. bad B. good C. boring D. interesting
8. A. at school B. at home C. at work D. at the theater
9. A. look after B. loo at C. look for D. look up
10. A. he B. she C. you D. they
三、阅读理解。
A
Parents often worry that their kids spend too much time online. But these children might be learning a lot about friendship, self- respect and family.
In the Chinese movie Internet Teenagers, kids use the Internet to make some amazing things happen.
Suo Lala is very good at computer science. After she leaves college, she becomes a junior middle school teacher. At school, she is asked to teach a group of “problem teenagers” in her class.
The five children are clever. They spend too much time online each day. This makes their parents and teachers upset. They hope Suo can change the kids.
Suo has her own way to help the kids. She is not hard on them, but makes friends with them. She’s amazed at what the kids can do online. She is sure that this will be a way for the kids to please their parents.
The kids surprise everyone with how good they are. They learn to get on better with their parents through making videos on the computer. They also find a way online to treat( 治疗) a poor mother. One child even helps the police to find a bad man through the Internet.
1. What do you think the passage is about ?
A. A book
B. A story
C. A cinema
D. A movie
2. What is Suo’s own way to help the kids?
A. She watches movie with them.
B. She makes friends with them.
