八年级（上）期末英语试卷
一、单选题（本大题共10小题，共5.5分）
1. in our class playing basketball，so we are all good at it．（）
A. Nobody； like
B. Everybody； like
C. Nobody； likes
D. Everybody； likes
2.With the help of miss Li，I speak English in my class．（）
A. better
B. the best
C. well
D. much better
3.-Do you know her well？
-Sure．We friends since ten years old．（）
A. are
B. were
C. have been
D. will be
4.Tom me for help he has become popular．（）
A. will ask，if
B. will ask，then
C. asks，while
D. asks，since
5.Atthe start of century，cars became popular．（）
A. twenty
B. twenties
C. twentieth
D. thetwentieth
6.The expert will give us some advice how to improve our memory．（）
A. on
B. with
C. in
D. to
7.We cannot change the past．You it again．（）
A. had not better say
B. had better not say
C. had better not to say
D. had better say not
8.After doing some exercise，our bodies became ．（）
A. relaxing； relaxing
B. relaxed；relaxed
C. relaxing，relaxed
D. relaxed，relaxing
9.Internet allows people the information they need anytime，anywhere．（）
A. get
B. got
C. getting
D. to get
10.It's sunny today It isn't it was yesterday．（）
A. as cold as
B. as colder as
C. as coldest as
D. as the cold as
二、完形填空（本大题共20小题，共20.0分）
Paul Lucas can often be soon walking around the city of San Francisco．(11)people are surprised to see him walking(12)my shoes or socks，(13)Lucas doesn't mind at all．He likes to walk barefoot（赤脚），and so do 640other member of Dirty Sole
Society，the club that Lucas(14)years ago．Lucas's idea for this is to encourage other to
live(15)free of shoes．
According to Lucas，the barefoot life has many advantage，(16)most important is simply that it feels good．He also says that waling barefoot allow you to experience the world directly
by(17)it with your feet．In addition，the feet do not smell so much(18)they stay dry，making it hard for bacteria(19)．And，of course，walking barefoot keeps your feet in good shape，so it's actually(20)than wearing shoes．
11. A. Some time B. Some times C. Sometime D. Sometimes
12. A. with B. without C. on D. in
13. A. and B. or C. also D. but
14. A. starts B. start C. started D. has started
15. A. free B. freely C. freer D. less freely
16. A. A B. An C. The D. 不填
17. A. touch B. touching C. touched D. to touch
18. A. where B. since C. while D. become
19. A. grow B. grown C. growing D. to grow
20. A. health B. healthy C. healthier D. healthiest．
Do you write you own blog（博客）？Do you often(21)others'blogs on the internet？
All over the world，not only famous persons but also many students use blogs as diaries and places to share the experience and(22)advice or help
"I write my activities every day．(23)funny things or worries in my life．"says Lali，a
16-years-old high school student at Cambridge High school in Washington．"I like putting pictures on my blog because it can make my blog more(24)and more people will like it．It's a good way to(25)my life to the world"She has had her blog for eight months．
Students like writing blogs．(26)they can write anything they want to，but don't need to(27)any money．
Once you start to write your blog，you will(28)that you open up a new world．But what you write down(29)trouble you sometimes．So，use the blog carefully(30)you can keep yourself away from some troubles．The blog makes everybody's life colorful．
21. A. read B. write C. forget D. miss
22. A. learn from B. deal with C. ask for D. depend on
23. A. without B. between C. including D. besides
24. A. common B. modern C. famous D. interesting
25. A. show B. send C. bring D. report
26. A. Unless B. While C. Unti l D. Because
27. A. save B. spend C. take D. cool
28. A. dream B. think C. find D. hope
29. A. may B. should C. must D. can
30. A. only when B. even though C. so that D. ever since．
三、阅读理解（本大题共15小题，共30.0分）
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For ten weeks，in a great house on the island of St．Thomas，Dr．John C Lily tried to teach a six-year-old dolphin to speak English．Margaret，an experiment（实验）helper，
would likeday and night with Peter，a dolphin．And they would eat，bathe，sleep and play together from Sunday to Friday，with only Saturday off for Margaret．She lived her life with swimming clothes-with a coat on colder evenings，and cut her hair short so that she could get on with peter easily．
After a few days，Peter was becoming more and more interested in winning her attentions．He drew a ball against her shower towel to get her to play．As a time went by，he only wanted to play ball with her and not on his own．
The problem was that，just at the time peter and Margaret began to get on well just as two best friends，the experiment ended and the lab was closed．After a fewweeks，Margaret received the sad news that peter had killed himself by refusing to breathe，and sinking to the bottom of his pool．
Dolphins may not speak English，but，just like humans，they know all about broken hearts．
31.peter is the name of ______ ．
A. doctor
B. a dolphin
C. a scientist
D. an experiment helper
