八年级上册英语期末测试卷
（时间：80分钟满分90）姓名____________ 学校____________ 成绩____________
一．完型填空（15分）
In a small town in England,a girl ,like a lot of tennagers,got tired of home.She couldn't stand her family's 1 lifestyle and said,"I am leaving!"
She left home. 2 a few days, she was sad and unable to find a job,so sha began to do everything she could do to 3 . Many years passed by.Her father died,her mother grew older.For many years the mother didn't get any 4 about her daughter.
Then one day the mother heard of her daughter's news and went to the poor part of the city to find her daughter.She stopped at each of the rescue station and asked the workeds to put up a 5 on the wall.It was a picture of the smiling,grey-haired mother 6 some words on the top:"I love you e home!"
One day the daughter came into a rescue station for a hot meal.Then sha saw the picture and thought,"Could that be my mother?"As she looked at it carefully,she found that it was her mother.She cried and 7 go back home
It was late late night, 8 she missed her mother so much that she started walking home.When she 9 ,it was 10 .As she knocked,the door opened by itself.She thought someone must have broken into the house. 11 about her mother,the young woman 12 the bedroom and shook her mother awake and said,"It's me! It's me!I'm home!"
The mother couldn't believe her eyes.They fell into each other;s 13 .The daughter said,"I was so worried and 14 someone had broken in ."The mother replied gently,"No,dear. 15 the day you left,that door has never been locked."
1.A.interesting B.happy C.strict D.relaxing
2.A.before B.after C.in D.for
3.A.make money B. help others C.be popular D.hang out
4.A.notes B.diaries C.events D.news
5.A.newspaper B.picture C.note D.paper
6.A.of B.in C.with D.about
7.A.seemed to B. decied to C.tried to D.had to
8.A.so B.but C.because D.or
9.A.reached B.arrived C.got D.went
10.A.early in the morning B.at noon
C.in the afrenoon
D.in the evening
11.A.serious B.worried C.sure D.sad
12.A.looked at B.got to C.ran into D.walked into
13.A. heads B.hands C.arms D.faces
14.A.found B.thought Csaw D.heard
15.A.on B.as C.until D.from
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二．阅读理解（20分）
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Miss Green came into the classroom with a piece of paper. There is a big black dot (点) in the middle of the white paper. Miss Green put up this piece of paper and asked, “What can you see, children?” All the children looked at the black dot. “A black dot”. They answered quickly. “But can’t you see this piece of paper? The black dot is like the unlucky things in our life. If we only see the black dot, how can we be happy?” Miss Green said.
The classroom was very quiet. Miss Green took out another piece of paper. It was a piece of black paper with white dot in the middle.
“What can you see now, children?” she asked the children, “A white dot.” The children answered loudly. Miss Green smiled. “My children, although we may be unhappy or worried in our life, it is just like the clouds in the sky. The clouds can leave quickly and the sun can come out soon. You can be a positive child with the sun in your eyes and feel happy all the time.”
1. What is the relationship between Miss Green and the children?
A. Mother and children
B. Teacher and students
C. Doctor and patients
D. Boss and workers
2. What does the “black dot ” stand for (代表)?
A. The lucky things in our life
B. The sunshine in our life
C. The unlucky things in our life
D. The clouds in our life
3. What does the underlined word “positive” mean in Chinese in the last paragraph?
A. 善良的
B.积极的，乐观的
C.美好的
D.聪明的
4. Which of the following is TRUE according to the article?
A. Miss Green likes white.
B. If we can only see the black dot, we can be happy.
C. No one likes clouds in the sky.
D. Miss Green wants the kids to be positive in their life.
5. What does this article want to tell us?
A. We should see the white dot on the black paper.
B. Everyone is unlucky sometimes.
C. You should find the hope of life when you are in trouble.
D. We should not like clouds.
B
One day in 1999，a Chinese man was having lunch in a US restaurant. Suddenly，the word“Alibaba” came into his mind. He asked a waitress，“What do you know about Alibaba？”The woman answered，“Alibaba and the 40 thieves.”“Yes，this is the name！”the man replied.
The man was Jack Ma (Ma Yun) who used to be an English teacher. Later that year，he founded Alibaba，an e-commerce (电子商业) company.
Few Chinese people saw the commercial potential (潜力) of the Internet when Ma started
