外研版2014—2015上学期八年级英语
期末试题
注意：请将所有答案写在答题纸上。
二.单项选择 (每小题1分，共10分)
从下列各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 26.People __________ wait until the traffic light becomes green. That’s the traffic rules.
A. must B. can C. need D. may 27. ---- what can I do for you?
---- I hope I have a nice house _________ a big garden behind it. A. of B. with C. by D. to
28. It’s too cold outside today. You’d better _________ your jacket. A. put on B. put up C. take off D. take after 29. Let's _______ A. find out
B. find
C. look for
D. look at
30. Lucy can’t go to the party. Because she has a lot of things _______ for the exam. A. does
B. doing
C. to do
D. not to do
31. —Must I give the dictionary back to the library now? —No, you _______. You can _______ it for another two weeks. A. needn’t; borrow C. mustn’t; lend
B. needn’t; keep D. mustn’t; keep
32. The food on the plate smells _______. You can’t eat it. A. delicious
B. badly
C. well
D. bad
33. — How about _______ this weekend? — Sorry. I’ll have to look after my grandparents. A. going swimming
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B. go swimming
C. go to swim D. to go swimming
34. He _______ a letter when I came in. A. is writing
B. was writing
C. wrote
D. writes
35. The father often tells his son _______ too much time _______ TV. A. not to spend; watch
B. to not spend; watching D. don’t spend; watch
C. not to spend; watching
三、完型填空(本大题共10小题，每小题1分，共10分)
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从各题所给的A、B、C和D 四个选项中选出最佳选项。
All parents love their children. Many parents want their kids to（36）well-known people when they（37）.Most of them want their kids to live better than others. Many of them (38) their kids will be singers or actors. Actors and singers can (39) money easily in our country. When they appear in the advertisement（广告）, they will get (40) money which a farmer or a worker can't make all his life. Some of the parents want their kids to be businessmen（商人） (41) doctors. If they work hard, they will have cars and big houses in several (42) . Some parents want their kids to work in cities and towns. They don't (43) them to work in the countryside. People who work in the cities and towns can get money (44) after they retire(退休).If you are a famous man, especially an actor, you'll get much but pay a little. A farmer is (45) ---he gets little but pays much.
(36) A. do B. become C. like D. work (37) A. grow up B. get up C. stand up D. set up (38) A. make B. like C. love D. hope (39) A. lose B. make C. remember D. take (40) A. many B. a little C. much D. a few (41) A. or B. and C. but D. else
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(42) A. days B. weeks C. years D. months (43) A. play B. need C. enjoy D. want (44) A. for B. after C. because D. before (45)A. happy B. different C. rich D. lucky 三.阅读理解 ((每小题2分，共30分)
阅读下面短文，从所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
(A)
QQ is one of the most popular chat tools（聊天工具） among teenagers. We regard it as an important chat tool in our dailylife because it has some advantages.
First, we can make lots of e-friends on QQ. It is easy to find the person who has the same interest as us, and we can talk with him or her happily. Second, we can also join a QQ group to find the information we need. For example, if we want to learn English well, we can choose a group with many English lovers in it. Third, we can also play games with our friends on QQ and always have fun.
QQ brings us a lot of benefits(益处), but it can also cause some problems. It’s dangerous to tell strangers on QQ our real personal information like telephone number, address and ID number. If we spend too much time chatting online, it won’t be good for our study and health. 46. QQ is a kind of __________.
A. game B. chat tool C. book D. TV programmer 47. Which of the following is NOT TRUE according to the passage
A. We can get lots of information on QQ. B. We can make friends on QQ C. We can get everything on QQ. D. We can play games with friends on QQ. 48. Sometimes QQ may bring us some ________ if we don’t use it well. A. problems B. benefits C. interests D. fun 49. QQ will be good for us if _______.
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A. we spend too much time chatting online. B. we get some useful information we need.
C. we tell some strangers about our real telephone number. D. we tell some strangers about our real address and ID number 50. If we want to learn English well, we can ________.
A. do shopping on QQ. B. always chat in Chinese on QQ. C. play games with our friends on QQ. D. join a QQ group with many English lovers in it.
(B)
This is a song millions of Americans will hear this New Year’s Eve. It is
called Auld Lang Syne (《友谊地久天长》). It is the traditional music played during the New Year’s celebration. Auld Lang Syne is an old Scottish poem. It tells about the need to remember old friends.
The words “Auld Lang Syne” mean “old long since”. No one knows who wrote the poem first. However, a version by Scottish poet Robert Bums was published (出版) in 1796. The words and music we know today first appeared in a songbook three years later.
The song is played in the United States mainly on New Year’s Eve. The version (译文) you are hearing today is by the Washington Saxophone Quartet. As we end our program with Auld Lang Syne. I would like to wish all of our radio friends a very Happy New Year! This is Buddy Thomas.
根据以上短文内容，然后从每题所给的四个选项中选择最佳选项。 51. Where is this passage from?
A. A newspaper. B. A magazine. C. A TV program. D. A radio program. 52. Who is introducing Auld Lang Syne to us?
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A. Robert Bums. B. The Washington Saxophone Quartet. C. Buddy Thomas. D. The passage doesn’t tell us.
53. When is Auld Lang Syne mainly played in the USA according to the passage? A. On New Year’s Eve. B. On Christmas Eve. C. On weekends. D. On holidays.
54. When did the words and music of Auld Lang Syne we know today first appear? A. In 1790. B. In 1793. C. In 1796. D. In 1799. 55. What’s Auld Lang Syne about? A. It’s about the history of Scotland. B. It’s about an old Scottish poet.
C. It’s about the need to remember old friends. D. It’s about the wishes to the radio friends.
(C)
If a snake bites you, take a photo with your mobile phone! It save your life. This is the surprising advice of a British cook. One day Henry Jackson was working in a restaurant kitchen. He picked up a dish from a table, and suddenly a snake appeared and bit him on the hand. A few days earlier, the snake came to the restaurant from Asia in a box of bananas. It climbed out of the box and hid under the dish. “I tried to pick it up and it bit me. I threw it away, but it landed in the fridge. So I closed the door.” Jackson said. Anyway, Jackson was cool and he took a photo of the snake with his mobile phone. Soon his hand began to ache and he went to hospital. Then his chest began to hurt. Doctors couldn't say what was wrong because they didn't know what kind of snake it was.
Then Jackson remembered his mobile phone photo. The doctors sent it to London Zoo. When they knew the kind of snake, they could give Jackson the right medicine,
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外研版2014—2015上学期八年级英语期末试题（带答案）
