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八年级下学期英语期末检测(一)
Ⅰ. 单项选择。（15分）
( )1. The T-shirt is ____ bright ____ most of the boys like it.
A. too; to
B. such; that
C. so; that
D. very; that ( )2. Beijing Opera sounds ____. Many old people like it.
A. beautifully
B. beautiful
C. well
D. badly
( )3. —I can’t get a ticket to Titanic.
—____
A. Good luck!
B. Well done!
C. Congratulations!
D. What a great pity!
( )4. —Does Ted tell you ____ he will come next week?
—No, he doesn’t. But ____ he comes, I’ll give you a ring.
A. if; whether
B. whether; whether
C. if; if
D. if; until
( )5. —How careful Jim is!
—He writes ____ in our class.
A. more careful
B. most carefully
C. most careful
D. more carefully ( )6. —Is there ____ in today’s newspaper?
—Yes. Lina won a gold medal.
A. new something
B. something new
C. anything new
D. new anything ( )7. Thank you for ____ us to your art festival.
A. inviting
B. to invite
C. invite
D. invited
( )8. —By the way, Robert sends his best wishes to you.
—____
A. It’s nice of him.
B. All right.
C. Thank you.
D. It’s great. ( )9. In summer, we often have fun ____ in the river.
A. to swim
B. swims
C. swam
D. swimming ( )10. Taiwan is a beautiful place. It is ____ the southeast of China.
A. in
B. on
C. to
D. off
( )11. —Hello! I’d like to speak to Jim.
—____
A. Here is Jim.
B. That’s Jim.
C. This is Jim speaking.
D. He is Jim. ( )12. It ____ each student 2 dollars to buy a ticket to the movie.
A. takes
B. costs
C. spends
D. pays
( )13. —It’s necessary ____ our enviro nment.
—I agree with you.
A. protect
B. protecting
C. to protect
D. protects
( )14. There ____ a food festival next Wednesday.
A. has
B. have
C. is going to have
D. is going to be ( )15. Lily moved to the city 3 days ago. Now she still can’t get used to ____ there.
A. lives
B. living
C. to live
D. live
Ⅱ. 完形填空。(20分)
Reading newspapers has become an important part of our daily life. Some people read newspapers 26 the first thing to do in the morning. Others read newspapers as soon as they
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have free time during the day 27 they can learn what 28 in the world.
People just choose their favorite newspapers. Some like the world news, and 29 prefer short stories. Sometimes we don’t have enough time 30 all the news carefully, so we just 31
a quick look at the front page. At other time, we 32 be in such a hurry that we only have a few minutes to look at the titles(标题) of the passages.
Today, newspapers in English have 33 of readers in the world. The English language is so popular 34 many Chinese students are reading English newspapers, such as China Daily, 21st Century and so on. They bring 35 informati on together with the Internet. We can’t live without newspapers.
( )16. A. for B. to C. like D. as
( )17. A. because of B. so that C. though D. such that
( )18. A. happens B. happened C. is happening D. will happen ( )19. A. some B. others C. the others D. else
( )20. A. to read B. read C. reads D. reading
( )21. A. get B. take C. bring D. give
( )22. A. must B. need C. should D. may
( )23. A. the large number B. the larger number
C. the largest number
D. the most large number
( )24. A. if B. that C. because D. though
( )25. A. many and many B. many and more C. more and more D. most and m
Ⅲ. 阅读理解。(20分)
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Everyone has his own birthday. People in different countries celebrate their birthdays in different ways. Now here are four people from different countries. They will tell us how they celebrate their birthdays in their countries.
Sandy comes from Madrid(马德里) . She says happily, “My 21st birthday is on Saturday, and I’m going to go out with some friends. To wish me a happy birthday, they are going to pull on my ear 21 times, once for each year. It’s an old custom. Some people pull on the ear just once, but my friends are very traditional.”
Mr. and Mrs. Sato are from Tokyo. Mr. Sato is going to be 60 tomorrow. In Japan, the sixtieth birthday is called Kanreki(花甲)—it’s the beginning of a new life. The color red is for a new life, so we always give something red for a sixtieth birthday.
Liu Mei from Beijing feels very excited and tells us, “Tomorrow is my 16th birthday. It’s a special birthday, so we’re going to have a family party. Maybe I will get some lucky money from my relatives(亲戚). My mother is going to cook noodles for a long life.”
Phillip, from Paris, smiles to us, “I’m going to be thirty next week, so I’m going to invite three very good friends out for dinner. In France, when you have a birthday, you often invite people out.”
How do you usually celebrate your birthday?
( )26. Sandy’s friends will pull on her ear ____ on her birthday.
A. once
B. twice
C. 21 times
D. we don’t know ( )27. Kanreki is on everyone’s ____ in Japan.
A. 16th birthday
B. 14th birthday
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