2018-2019学年北京海淀区八年级(上)期末英语试卷

2018-2019学年北京海淀区八年级（上）期末英语试卷

学校:___________姓名：___________班级：___________考号：___________

题号 一 二 三 四 五 六 七 八 总分

得分

注意：本试卷包含Ⅰ、Ⅱ两卷。第Ⅰ卷为选择题，所有答案必须用2B铅笔涂在答题卡中相应的位置。第Ⅱ卷为非选择题，所有答案必须填在答题卷的相应位置。答案写在试卷上均无效，不予记分。

一、单选题

1、Nowadays， students often have problems with____________schoolwork and friends．（ ）

A. they B. them C. their D. themselves

2、The Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge opened to traffic _______October， 2018．（ ）

A. on B. in C. at D. to

3、We think Town Cinema is the best _______it has the biggest screens．（ ）

A. because B. so C. although D. but

4、- _______sugar do we need to make popcorn？

-one teaspoon．（ ）

A. How many B. How old C. How long D. How much

5、-Can you come to my party on Saturday afternoon？

-Sorry， I _______． I have to prepare for an exam．（ ）

A. may B. can C. can't D. mustn't

6、-How often does your mother exercise？

-She _______almost every day．（ ）

A. exercises B. is exercising C. exercised D. will exercise

7、Tony is much _______than any other boy in our class．（ ）

A. tall B. taller C. tallest D. the tallest

8、-What did you do when you were in London？

-I _______Buckingham Palace．（ ）

A. visited B. am visiting C. visit D. will visit

9、If you go to the party， you _______a great time．（ ）

A. are having B. have C. had D. will have

10、Our English teachers plan _______a New Year party for us．（ ）

A. hold B. holding C. to hold D. held

二、完形填空

1、Thanksgiving in the United States

In most countries， people usually eat traditional food on special holidays．

A special day in the United States is Thanksgiving． It is always on the fourth

Thursday in November， and is a time to give thanks for (1) in the autumn． At

this time， people also remember the first travelers from England who came to live in America about 400 years ago． These travelers had a long， (2) winter，

and many of them died． In the next autumn， they gave thanks for life and food

in their new home． These days， most Americans still celebrate this idea of giving thanks by having a big meal at home with their (3) ． The main dish of this meal is almost always turkey， a large bird．

Making a turkey dinner．

Here is one way to make turkey for a Thanksgiving dinner．

• First， mix together some bread pieces， onions， salt and pepper．

• Next， fill the turkey with this bread mix．

• Then， put the turkey in a hot oven and cook it for a few hours．

• When it is (4) ， place the turkey on a large plate and cover it with gravy．

• Finally， cut the turkey into thin pieces and eat the meat with vegetables like carrots and potatoes．

(1) A. food B. clothes C. houses D. weather

(2) A. dry B. hard C. busy D. boring

(3) A. group B. neighbors C. friends D. family

(4) A. hot B. good C. ready D. fresh

2、Mike was the despair（绝望） of his parents． In many ways，

he was a model child． He was well-behaved and polite． He did well in math and science． However， the reason for his parents' despair was that Mike would not

(1) ， not even a magazine． His parents had asked his teacher for advice on how to make Mike read． They had taken him to the local library and shown him all

the different types of books． For his birthday， they bought him books with bright covers． He took no (2) of them． His favorite aunt presented him with an

exciting video as his birthday present． The video was based on a well- known (3) ． Mike would watch the video and talk about it for days． But when his aunt suggested that he might like to read the book， Mike would lose all his (4) ． Whenever Mike got facts wrong， the rest of the family laughed at him， "Oh， Mike! You know nothing! All because you won't read books．"

But there came one momentous（重要的） day when Mike returned home with a book．

He (5)

it under his shirt trying to take it into the house secretly． His keen-eyed sister noticed it． It was she who discovered how Mike had come to take an interest in reading． Unknown to the family， Mike had often made (6) trips to the library． There， he had taken part in some activities． At one meeting， Mike listened to a speaker talk about the excitement of reading science fiction． The

talk (7) Mike's life． From that moment on， his head was always buried in a book． When books were opened， Mike discovered that he had wings． Science fiction at first， but， as his (8) broadened， he read widely． His parents were amazed at the change in Mike and wondered what had persuaded him to read．

(1) A. listen B. speak C. write D. read

(2) A. photos B. notice C. chance D. notes