八年级英语下册期末考试试题31.docx

1、八年级英语下册期末考试试题31南京六中2009-2010学年第二学期期末试卷初二英语第I卷（55分）一、听力 （15分）A. 根据对话内容和问题选择正确图片。每段对话读一遍。B. 听下面一段长对话，根据对话内容选择正确答案。对话读两遍。6. What is Jackie going to do?A. Watch a match. B. Eat out. C. See a doctor.7. Whats Marks advice for Jackie?A. Take some medicine. B. Have a good rest. C. Walk a lot.8. Where has Ja

2、ckie been?A. New York. B. Tokyo. C. London. 9. How did Jackie travel on the trip?A. By air. B. By train. C. By taxi. 10. Whats the relationship between the two speakers?A. Strangers. B. Friends. C. Relatives.C. 听短文，选择正确答案。短文读两遍。11. Laba, is a traditional festival handed down from anciet times in _.A

3、. Asia B. Europe C. China 12. This year, Laba Festival falls on _.A. January 22 B. June 23 C. July 24 13. Laba Festival is a time to _.A. keep warm and strong B. prepare for the coming yearC. take a good rest 14. How many things are there in the traditional Laba Porridge?A. Three. B. Five. C. Eight.

4、 15. How long does it take to cook Laba Porridge? A. Only thirty minutes. B. One hour. C. Several hours.二、单项填空（每小题1分，满分15分）16. It is _ hard work, but I am very happy to get a chance to do it.A. a B. the C. an D. /17. It is _ that we can go out to play in the park.A. such a fine day B. such fine a da

5、y C. a such fine day D. a day such fine18. Edison is famous _ an inventor _ his great inventions. A. for, as B. as, for C. for, for D. as, as19. The donations can provide poor children _ food and a chance _ go back to school. A. with, with B. with, to C. to, with D. to, to20. The patients are quite

6、_ to the nurses for their special care.A. enjoyable B. helpful C. confident D. grateful 21. -Are you going to go shopping this afternoon? -No, Im _ tired _ go.A. so, to B. enough, to C. too, to D.，to22. During the charity walk, people have to walk two days and nights _ 48 hours _ sleep. A. without;

7、within B. within; without C. in; out D. over; with23. They lost their houses and farmland _ the terrible flood. A. since B. because C. because of D. as24. - He has never been to Shanghai, _? - _. He has been there twice. A. has he; No, he hasnt B. hasnt he; No, he hasnt C. has he; Yes, he has D. has

8、nt he; Yes, he has 25. I _ to be quite afraid to live in the city, but now I have _ to the life there.A. used, been used B. used, used C. was used, got used D. got used, been used26. Its necessary _ a support team during a charity walk.A. for we to have B. for us to have C. of us to have D. of we ha

9、ving27. I hope _ take part in this activity.A. you to B. you will C. you could D. you can be able to28. My grandfather _ for a long time.A. has died B. was dead C. has been dead D. was dying29. I dont know _ a show. Can you tell me?A. how organize B. what organize C. what to organize D. how to organ

10、ize30. What can we do to help the homeless people?A. Help them cross the road. B. Send them to the refugee.C. Give them some food and clothes. D. Try to understand them.三、完形填空（每小题1分，满分10分）Napoga Gurigo，a 12-year-old girl，lives in a village in Ghana. It is 31 for her family to get clean drinking wate

11、r. The nearest place to get water is a muddy （混浊的） water hole half a kilometer away from her 32 . Animals and villagers use it alike. Each morning, Napoga leaves home at half past five to collect water for her family. Sometimes it 33 a few hours to get enough water. Napoga has no time to go to schoo

12、l for learning. In the neighboring areas, many boys and girls 34 Napoga. They cant keep strong and 35 just because they have not enough drinking water. In fact, 70 % of Earths surface is water. But most of 36 is sea water. We cant use salty water in our daily life. Fresh water is what we use to drin

13、k, take showers and cook food. And fresh water 37 only 1 percent of Earths surface. In some areas people try to make deep wells （水井） to get water from 38 . But there still 39 enough for farming. Scientists say that 40 30 years, more people in the world will face all kinds of water problems than now.

14、 So we must do something to take care of our water resources （资源）。31. A. easy B. hard C. fun D. impossible 32. A. school B. city C. country D. home33. A. spends B. costs C. pays D. takes34. A. look like B. are like C. feel like D. sound like35. A. healthy B. strong C. heavy D. clean36. A. them B. th

15、ose C. that D. these37. A. takes B. runs C. flows D. covers38. A. underground B. subway C. rivers D. the sea39. A. havent B. isnt C. arent D. hasnt40. A. in B. after C. before D. for四、阅读理解（每小题1分，满分15分）AAccident Report FormAccident:A car crashed into a tree.Some people were trapped in the car.Weather

16、 conditions:There was a heavy rain.Date of call:June 3, 2009Time of call :9:30 p.m.Name of caller:Mrs GreenPlace:Zhongshan Road, NanjingConditions of victims:Mr Green hurt his head.Mrs Green hurt her left leg.Their daughter felt frightened.Action:Policemen arrived at 9:40 p.m. and sent the victims t

17、o Gulou Hospital at 9:45 p.m.41. What time did Mrs Green call the police?A. At 9:30 a.m. B. At 9:30 p.m. C. At 9:40 p.m. D. At 9:45 p.m.42. How many people were trapped in the car?A. One B. Two C. Three D. Four43. Whose left leg was hurt?A. Mrs. Greens B. Their daughters C. Mr Greens D. Their friend

18、s44. What was the weather like that day?A. It was sunny. B. It was snowy. C. It was cloudy. D. It was rainy.45. Which of the following is TRUE?A. A car crashed into a wall.B. Their daughter hurt her leg and was sent to the hospital.C. The car accident happened on Zhongshan Road in Nanjing.D. The pol

19、icemen arrived half an hour later and sent the victims to the hospital.B Louis Braille was a blind man. And his work changed the world of reading and writing, forever.Louis Braille was born near Paris, France. He was a very smart child. He liked to play with his fathers work tools. One day, when he

20、was four, a sharp tool went into his left eye. An infection （感染）started and went to both eyes. A few weeks later, young Louis was not able to see anything with his own eyes. At the age of ten, Louis went to a school for blind children in Paris. One day, a French soldier, Charles Barbier, visited the

21、 school. Barbier invented a form of night-reading. This system used dots for letters of the alphabet. Soldiers used this system in time of war. Barbier thought this system could help blind people to read. Barbiers system was difficult, but it gave Louis an idea. He made Barbiers system easier. By ag

22、e fifteen, his new system was ready! It was a form of writing language for blind people, with raised parts that they can read by touching the paper with their fingers. Now he wanted blind schools to use his system. He was unlucky again. The schools didnt want his system. Louis died in 1852 at the ag

23、e of forty-three. Two years after he died, the blind schools began to use his system. Today we call this system Braille after Louis Braille. His system is used for all languages, and for math, science, writing music, and computers for the blind.46. Louis was a _ boy.A. lazy B. foolish C. clever D. h

24、andsome47. When Louis was four years old, he _.A. was stupid B. had sharp tools C. went to school D. became blind 48. Charles Barbier _.A. had an infection B. invented a system of night-readingC. visited soldiers D. helped Louis directly49. By the age of fifteen, Louis _.A. died B. made a new system

25、 of readingC. was difficult D.had his system accepted by soldiers immediately50. Which of the following sentence is RIGHT?A. Soldiers used Barbiers system in time of night.B. When Louis was four, a sharp tool went into his eyes.C. Barbier thought his system could help blind people to play.D. Louis d

26、ied at the age of thirty-four.CDifficult times often bring out the best in people. Many well known people come to help those who are in trouble. And this was the case for basketball player Yao Ming. He hosted a television show in Shanghai and raised US $ 300,000 to help researchers find a medical cu

27、re. Fund-raising, or charity, is an act of goodwill towards others. Charities in the West have more ways. Look at a typical day for Ruth, a wealthy woman in the UK, for example. Ruth wakes up in the morning and collects her post. Theres a letter addressed to her with a picture of a half-dead, beaten

28、 horse. Its from a charity asking Ruth to donate money to save the animals. She turns on the television, and sees a picture of a wideeyed child dying of hunger in Africa with a request (请求) for money to help the child. The tickets for the charity shows often cost her a lot of money, but she doesnt m

29、ind becasue most of the money is going to a charity that fights AIDS. She feels good about going beacuse shes helping the sick. Edna, a little old lady, looks after a second-hand shopa charity shop. Any profit (收益) it has made goes to a cancer charity. Now that she doesnt have to work, she has lots

30、of time to offer her services for free.For people like Yao Ming, Ruth and Edna, charity is a virtue (美德) that holds the same importance in life as faith and hope. “As you look back on your life, the moments that stand out are the moments when you have done things for others,” said Scottish writer He

31、nry Drummond.51. Yao Ming hosted a television show to _.A. make more money B. raise money for his basket teamC. make himself more famous D. raise money for researchers to find a cure for SARS52. We can infer (推断)from the passage that _.A. Yao Ming wants to be a television hostB. Ruth is angry becasue she has been asked to donate too much moneyC. Ruth leads a busy life and she feels very tiredD. Edna may