1、20102011 学年江苏省江都市八年级下学期期末考试英语卷 其他 Fred,a young man of twenty-five, was an able worker. He worked in this factory since he finished middle school six years ago. (3)At first he spent much time in studying all machines in his workplace and learned to repair them. His boss Mr dick liked the clever young
2、 man and paid him more than any other worker. Four years later the young man got into the habit of (养成 习惯 )drinking and was often drink. He couldnt go to work on time and didnt work so hard as before. Sometimes he slept when he was on duty. It made Mr Dick angry and told him not to drink. He agreed
3、but soon forgot it. His friend Henry often helped him and tried to stop him drinking, but he failed. And one afternoon something was wrong with an expensive machine. The workplace had to stop working. Fred was found in a bar(酒吧 )but he was drunk. He broke the machine when repairing it. Henry had to
4、take him home. The next morning, as soon as he got up, the telephone rang and Henry said,“Two pieces of news for you, Fred. One piece is good and the other is bad.” “Tell me the good one first, please,”said Fred. “(4)Youll be given double pay next month.” “Oh, wonderful!” called out Fred. “Mr Dick t
5、old me to take your place.” 任务一：根据短文内 容回答下面的问题。 【小题 1】 Why did Mr Dick pay Fred more than any other worker _ 【小题 2】 Why was Mr Dick angry with Fred later _ 任务二：将文中的划线句子翻译成汉语 【小题 3】_ 【小题 4】_ 任务三： Whats the main idea of this passage _ 答案：略 单项选择 * I got home _ they were having dinner. A as soon as B wh
6、ile C because D after 答案： B _she was having supper , her telephone rang. A While B As soon as C After D Before 答案： A _, whats your telephone number A On the way B In the way C To the way D By the way. 答案： D I am doing my homework . Will you please _ your radio It s too noisy. Sure, I will. A turn of
7、f B go off C turn on D go on 答案： A Tom enjoys _ stamps in his free time. A collect B collecting C collects D to collect 答案： B We _ like to thank the honest boy. A had B was C could D would 答案： D If the weather _ fine , she _ to the countryside with her parents. A is; will go B is ; goes C will be; g
8、oes D will be ; will go 答案： A Alice _ her umbrella to me .As a result , she was all wet. A kept B lent C bought D borrowed 答案： B Dont play in the street. Its not _ . A enough safe B enough dangerous C dangerous enough D safe enough 答案： D Are you interested in _ the piano, Alice A playing B to play C
9、 played D play 答案： A The teacher said that they _ hard-working students. A is B are C were D was 答案： C We got mad _ the team for losing the match. A at B in C on D about 答案： A She _ a lot of money on clothes. A takes B costs C spends D buys 答案： C I will stay at home and read books if it _ tomorrow.
10、A is raining B rains C rain D will rain 答案： B The teacher encourages her students _ English as much as possible. A to speak B speaking C speak D spoke 答案： A His father _ to Nanjing. He _ back next week. A. has been, is B has been, will be C. has gone, is D. has gone, will be 答案： D 完型填空 One night a y
11、oung American doctor was sleeping at home when his doorbell began to ring. When he opened the door he saw a man 36 outside. “Excuse me, Doctor,”said the man. “Can you come at once to a place out of town. Its quite far but you have a car and I can 37 you the way” “Certainly,” said the doctor, “Im rea
12、dy. Ill come soon.” 38 afew minutes, the car came. The man got into the car and they 39 off. They drove for a 40 time, and then the man said, “Here we are. This is my home. Now I can pay you and you can go 41 to town.” “But I must 42the patient,” the doctor said. “Wheres the patient ”“Theres 43 pati
13、ent,” answered the man. “Nobody is ill. I live here, you see, and I must 44home from the town. There are no taxis at this time of the night. Heres the money for you. Thank you, doctor. Good 45 ! 【小题1】 A listening B standing C sitting D watching A take B pass C see D show A After B For C In D With A
14、drove B left C got D went A short B long C hard D late A away B quickly C back D slowly A watch B look for C see D know A my B no C a D your A go B lose C find D ask A evening B night C idea D for you 答案： 【小题 1】 B 【小题 1】 D 【小题 1】 C 【小题 1】 D 【小题 1】 B 【小题 1】 C 【小题 1】 C 【小题 1】 B 【小题 1】 A 【小题 1】 B 【小题 1
15、】 B 当他打开门时，他看见一个男人站在外面。只有 B可以解释的通。 【小题 1】 D show ones way指的是给某人指路。 【小题 1】 C in a few minutes几分钟之内。几分钟之内，车就来了。 【小题 1】 D go off离开。男人钻进小汽车，然后离开了。 【小题 1】 B本题从第二段的 far可以得出答案：。 【小题 1】 C go back to 回 (某地 ) 【小题 1】 C watch常用于观看的意思， look for是寻找的意思， know是知道的意思，只有 see看见是 符合意思的。 【小题 1】 B从下文 nobody is ill可以推出本空的答
16、案：。 【小题 1】 A go home回家。我必须从小镇回家。 【小题 1】 B good night与 good evening的区别， night 应该是在非常晚的时候说的，比如说快到睡觉时。 Good evening是指一般的晚上，比如说从晚上六点到睡觉前。本题发生的时间已经很晚了，应该用 good night更合适。 阅读理解 Experts(专家 ) say that students usually need eight to ten hours sleep at night, but most Chinese students do not get enough sleep.
17、Some Chinese parents are usually glad to see their children studying late. They will think their children work very hard, but not all parents are happy about this. Once a mother told us that every morning her 10-year-old boy put up one finger (手指 ) with his eyes still closed, begging(请求 ) for one mo
18、re minute to sleep. Like thousands of students “ early birds” in China, he has to get up before six every morning. A report shows that without a good nights sleep, students seem to be weaker (虚弱 ) than they should be. Many students have fallen asleep during class at one time or another. Too much hom
19、ework is not the only reason why students stay up late. Some watch TV or play the computer games late into the night. Experts have ever said that the students should develop good study habits. So some clever students never study late, they are able to work well in class. 【小题 1】 The 10-year-old boy b
20、egged for more minute to sleep because_. A he didnt have enough sleep B it wasnt time for him to get up C he didnt want to go to school D he wanted his mother to wake him up 【小题 2】 In this passage we know if students dont get enough sleep, they may_. A become too weak to sleep B not work well in cla
21、ss C go to bed early D be weak in English 【小题 3】 In this passage “early birds” means “persons who _” A get up early B get up late C sleep less D dont want to sleep 【小题 4】 “Stay up late” here means “_” A study late B watch TV late C not go to bed until late D stay outside 【小题 5】 According to the pass
22、age, which of the following is right _ A If you want to study better, you must work hard at night. B Sleeping less means working hard. C Some clever students are able to work well in class because they have good study habits. D Students dont have enough sleep because they have lots of homework to do
23、. 答案： 【小题 1】 A 【小题 2】 B 【小题 3】 A 【小题 4】 C 【小题 5】 C For many people the subject of hiccups (嗝 ) is a joke, but for Harry Mendes, a fifteen-year-old schoolboy from Birmingham, it was something quite different. His hiccups began one Sunday lunch time and continued day and night for two weeks. After the
24、 first week, Harrys parents took him to hospital, but it took another week for the doctors to cure his attack. Harry, who is now back at school, described what happened to him. “When I began to hiccup, I drank a glass of water but that didnt do any good. That evening I had hiccups every four seconds
25、. We tried everything to stop them. I held my breath and drank cold drinks. My father even tried to give me a shock but that didnt work either.” After a week of sleepless nights, he went to hospital. The doctors took an X-ray of his chest but they couldnt find anything wrong. “They gave me some medi
26、cine and my hiccups slowed down, but it was another week before the medicine worked completely and my hiccups stopped.” Harry was very lucky. The world record holder is the American farmer Charles Osborne, who hiccupped for sixty-eight years. He stopped in 1990 at last, but nobody knows why. 【小题 1】
27、Harrys hiccups lasted _. A a week B fourteen days C twenty-eight days D one month 【小题 2】 His hiccups started after he _. A drank a glass of water B went to hospital C ate an Indian meal D finished his homework 【小题 3】 His parents decided to take him to hospital when he _. A hiccupped for four seconds
28、 B held his breath C hiccupped at night D couldnt stop hiccupping 【小题 4】 His hiccups completely stopped one week after the doctor _. A gave him some medicine B took an X-ray of his chest C gave him a shock D let him drink cold drinks 【小题 5】 What does “shock” in this passage mean？ A震惊 B休克 C喷嚏 D哈欠 答案：
29、 【小题 1】 B 【小题 1】 C 【小题 1】 D 【小题 1】 A 【小题 1】 A 【小题 1】根据 His hiccups began one Sunday lunch time and continued day and night for two weeks.可知他的打嗝持续了十四天 ,故选 B 【小题 1】根据 His hiccups began one Sunday lunch time 描述 ,可知他的打嗝开始于一顿饭 ,故选 C 【小题 1】根据短文描述 ,可知他的父母在尝试各种方法无效后 ,决定带他去医院 ,故选 D 【小题 1】根据 “They gave me som
30、e medicine and my hiccups slowed down, but it was another week before the medicine worked completely and my hiccups stopped.” 描述 ,可知选 A 【小题 1】根据 My father even tried to give me a shock but that didnt work either.”结合常识可知打嗝的人在猛地受惊后往往会止住 ,故选 A Come and see the Indian elephants and the new tigers from A
31、merica. The bears are waiting to meet you, and the monkeys from China are waiting to throw things at you. The lovely dogs from Australia are waiting to laugh at you, and the giraffes from Zambia are waiting to look down on you. Tickets Grown-ups： 2.00 Children： Over 12 1.00 Under 12 Free Opening tim
32、e 9:00 a.m. 4:00 p.m. Except Friday 10:00 a.m. 3 :00 p.m. Keep the zoo clean！ Do not touch， give food or go near the animals. 【小题 1】 How many kinds of animals are talked about in the passage？ A Four B Five. C Six. D Seven. 【小题 2】 Now Mr. Smith is in the zoo with his two sons, one aged 14 and the oth
33、er 10, how much are the tickets together？ A $4.00 B $2.00 C $3.00 D $1.00 【小题 3】 Which of the following is the visiting time？ A 8:30 a.m. Monday B 9:30 a.m. Friday C 3:00 p.m. Sunday D 5:00 p.m. Tuesday 【小题 4】 From the passage we can guess the animal “giraffe” must be very _. A fat B long C strong D
34、 tall 【小题 5】 Which of the following can we do in the zoo？ A To give some food to the dogs. B To touch the monkey on the head. C To throw things everywhere. D To take a few nice photos. 答案： 【小题 1】 C 【小题 1】 C 【小题 1】 C 【小题 1】 D 【小题 1】 D 【小题 1】根据第一段描述 ,可知提到了六种动物 ,大象 ,老虎 ,树袋熊 ,猴子 ,狗和长颈鹿 .故选 C 【小题 2】根据 Gr
35、own-up:（成人） $2.00 Children :over 12 $1.00描述可知 2+1=3,选 C 【小题 3】根据 9:00a.m4:00p.m 描述 ,可知选 C 【小题 4】根据 giraffes from Zambia are waiting to look down(向下看 ( on you.可知长颈鹿很高 ,故选 D 【小题 5】根据 Keep the zoo clean!可知选 D Yang Liwei circled the earth 14 times in 21 hours on October 15 and 16, 2003, landing on the g
36、rasslands of Inner Mongolia. Looking a little tired, Yang stepped out of Shenzhou V, smiling and waving at the waiting people. “I feel very good.” Yang said to Premier Wen Jiabao on the phone. Yang said to a newspaper, “For our motherland and me, this is a great moment.” Chinas launch of Shenzhou V
37、shows a higher starting point. It has two special systems（系统） to protect the spaceman, but neither Russian rockets（火箭） nor American ones have. Yang didnt know that he was chosen as Chinas first spaceman until just before the launch. Although Yang was excited at the news, he still slept at 8p.m. as u
38、sual and was woken up at 8p.m. the next morning. Before the launch, Yang ate Chinese traditional food-dumplings. We all know that travelers usually eat them before going on a journey for good luck. A stamp Success of China First Manned Space Flight was issued（发行） on October 16, 2003, making China th
39、e third country to send a spaceman into outer space. 【小题 1】 It took Yang Liwei_ to travel around the earth every circle. A 6 hours B 90 minutes C 2 days D 21 hours 【小题 2】 How did Yang Liwei feel after he came back to the earth A Quite tired. B A little scared. C Tired but excited. D A little nervous
40、 【小题 3】 Which of the following statement is right A There is no difference between Chinas spaceship and other countries. B Yang Liwei knew he would be Chinas first spaceman long before. C From the news, Yang Liwei was too excited to fall asleep. D Yang was proud of the flight. 【小题 4】 What does the u
41、nderlined word “launch” mean A发射 B出发 C制造 D设计 【小题 5】 China issued the stamps to _. A leave them in space B give them to Yang Liwei as a reward C celebrate the success D give them to Russian and American spacemen. 答案： 【小题 1】 B 【小题 2】 C 【小题 3】 D 【小题 4】 A 【小题 5】 C 单词拼写 【小题 1】 I want to travel, e_to Engl
42、ish-speaking countries. 【小题 2】 Keeping p_, such as dogs and cats is more and more popular among young and old. 【小题 3】 Have you ever h_ of the interesting story 【小题 4】 Would you m_ turning down the music 【小题 5】 He has been c_ stamps for five years. 答案： 【小题 1】 especially 【小题 2】 pets 【小题 3】 heard 【小题 4
43、】 mind 【小题 5】 collecting 书面表达 答案： 选词填空 But、 become、 go、 and、 wok、 meet、 wake、 watch、 copy、 wear、 lie、 do Mr Beckman 【小题 1】 ina company for nearly twenty years. His job is【小题 2】 all the documents the manger writes. His office is on the first floor and the light in it is always poor unless its fine. S
44、o his sight 【小题 3】 shorter several years ago. He has to wear a pair of glasses when hes working. Of course, it brought him a lot of trouble. He cant see anything clearly without glasses. Sometimes he cant recognize his wife when they 【小题 4】 with each other in the street. The man looked tired this ev
45、ening. After supper he 【小题 5】 to bed while his family 【小题 6】 TV. Mrs. Beckman didnt turn off the television until the interesting TV play was over. She came into their bedroom in the dark at half past ten. As soon as she【小题 7】 _ down, there was a great noise under the bed. She understood a mouse cam
46、e in again. She jumped off and had to turn on the light and tried to beat it with a stick. She made some noise and it made her husband 【小题 8】up. “You have never worn glasses when you were sleeping before,” the woman said in surprise. “But why_you _【小题 9】 _ them this time ” “Well,dear,” said the man. “I had a lot of dreams last night. I saw my late parents, but I couldnt see them clearly. So I have 【小题 10】 so!” 答案： 【小题 1】 has worked 【小题 2】 to copy 【小题 3】 became 【小题 4】 meet 【小题 5】 went 【小题 6】 were watching 【小题 7】 lay 【小题 8】 wake 【小题 9】 are wearing
