江苏省苏州市八年级(上)期末英语试卷(含答案)

八年级（上）期末英语试卷

一、单选题（本大题共15小题，共15.0分）

1.---I think English is ______ unimportant subject．

---I don't think so．It is _______useful tool when we talk with foreigners．（）

A. a，an

B. an，a

C. a，a

D. an，an

2.When I arrived there，I found the girl looking at the snake．（）

A. in danger

B. in trouble

C. in need

D. in fear

3.There are some in Suzhou Library．For example，you can't eat or drink inside．（）

A. jobs

B. reports

C. rules

D. paintings

4.-I'm really before the competition．

-Take it easy．Sure you are the best．（）

A. patient

B. nervous

C. cool

D. serious

5.We lost the match because they had players．They had eleven and we had only nine

．（）

A. stronger

B. younger

C. fewer

D. more

6.I fell off the bike on my way to school ，I wasn't hurt．（）

A. Luckily

B. Unluckily

C. Sadly

D. Unhappily

7.In fact，

most children like to look the pictures before they begin reading the book．（）

A. up

B. out

C. after

D. through

8.When you are free at home，you can wash a few dishes or the room．（）

A. tidy up

B. put up

C. set up

D. pick up

9.-Do you have any plans for this Sunday？

--I'm not sure．I ______ go to the countryside to see my grandmother．（）

A. can

B. must

C. may

D. need

10.When you leave，please turn off the lights energy．（）

A. save

B. to save

C. saving

D. saved

11.I the toy car for my brother when the telephone （）

A. repaired； was ringing

B. repaired； rings

C. was repairing； rang

D. was repairing； is ringing

12.I saw some pancakes in the plate，but now there is left in it．（）

A. none

B. something

C. nothing

D. no one

13.─I'd like to buy Guo Jingming's Tiny Times．

─You had better his books．The stories he tells are far from real life．（）

A. read

B. not read

C. count

D. not count

14.Weshould have our students ________ hard instead of ________ too much time playing

games．（）

A. work；spend

B. to work； spend

C. work； spending

D. to work； spending

15.-I missed the beginning of The Voice of China yesterday evening．

- !But you can watch the re-play tonight．（）

A. Hurry up

B. What a pity

C. Try your best

D. I don't think so

二、完形填空（本大题共10小题，共10.0分）

One day，a baby snail（蜗牛）asked his mother，"Why was I born with a shell （壳）？It is so（31）

{C}______ {C}and heavy．"His mother said，"Because we do not have(16)to support us．We can only crawl（爬）and move slowly，so we get a shell to(17) us．"Her baby asked again，"The

caterpillar（毛毛虫）has no bones either，and she can't move quickly．Why can she go (18) a shell？"The mother snail answered，"That's because a caterpillar will become a butterfly．She can fly (19)to the sky．The sky can protect her．"Her baby had(20)question，"But the earthworm （蚯蚓）crawls like us．He has no bones．And he can't turn into a butterfly，why (21)he carry a shell？"His mother said，"He can drill （钻）a hole into the ground to protect (22)．" The baby snail cried，"Oh，we have no protection either from the sky or the ground．"His mother said，"That's(23)we have a shell．We don't need to depend （依靠）on the sky(24)the ground for protection．We depend on ourselves．"

16. A. soft B. hard C. light D. thick

17. A. arms B. legs C. bones D. feet

18. A. practice B. provide C. prevent D. protect

19. A. by B. with C. without D. in

20. A. deep B. high C. late D. last

21. A. others' B. others C. other D. another

22. A. doesn't B. don't C. isn't D. aren't

23. A. myself B. yourself C. herself D. himself

24. A. why B. how C. when D. what

25. A. but B. and C. or D. for．

三、阅读理解（本大题共10小题，共20.0分）

A

A dog can't speak any words，but it can"talk"．It has feelings just as you do．Sometimes it may feel angry or afraid．Watch a dog closely，and you can find out how it feels．You can see what it is trying to tell you．When you are afraid，you may look down．When a dog is afraid，it may run away．When you are angry with other people，you stare at（凝视）them．An angry dog also stares．Sometimes the hair along its back stands up．

Do you feel guilty when you do something you shouldn't do？Dogs can feel guilty，too．Sometimes when I come home，my dog gives me a guilty look．Then I know he did something wrong．

Dogs need love and care．Some dogs are very unhappy when they are alone for a long time．Some dogs even snap（撕咬）if they don't get enough care．

You may have a dog or you may know a dog．Take good care of it if you want to have fun with it．Take it on walks．Don't make it do too many things．Try not to punish（惩罚）it again and again for doing the same thing．Always remember，a dog has needs and feelings just as you do．Talk to a dog，and it will talk to you．

26.The underlined word guilty in the second paragraph（段落）means ______ ．

A. excited

B. sorry

C. calm

D. cheerful

27.If a dog snaps at things，it may ______ ．

A. feel lonely

B. feel good

C. feel surprised

D. feel happy

28.Which of the following would the writer like you to do towards your dog'？______

A. Never leave your dog alone．

B. Never punish your dog．

C. Try to be kind to dogs．

D. Try to make dogs work．

B

"A wise（聪明的）old owl sat on an oak．The more he saw，the less he spoke，the more he heard．Why aren't we like that wise old bird？"-Edward H．Richards．

We all need to learn to listen well．Listening is a learned skill，the same as speaking in public．It just takes much longer to learn!Listening is a skill we should be practicing every day．Listening shows others that they are important．It's a sign of respect（尊重）．If someone listens to you carefully when you are talking，it shows that they are really interested in what you are saying．

How do you practice listening？Here are some tips：

Put down whatever is in your hands．Are you in the middle of writing something？Put down the pen and start to listen．Are you reading something？Close it so that it will be impossible for you to look down and start reading again．Then put it down．

Face the person you are speaking with．Facing the person you are speaking with will help you listen more carefully．It will also make the person feel that you find what he is saying important．Mind your body language．Standing towards the speaker will show interest．Looking around the room shows you have no interest．Looking that speaker in the eye tells him that he is important．

Listen completely．Do not start making comments（评论）after the first few words．Do not start thinking about your reply in your mind．Listen to the speaker carefully and try to understand what he is telling you．

29.The writer begins the article with Edward's words in order to ______ ．

A. help show his ideas

B. help show his interest

C. make readers speak

D. make readers listen

30.The third paragraph is mainly about ______ ．

A. the way of listening to people

B. the way of showing respect to others

C. the importance of showing interest

D. the importance of listening

31.Which of the following is NOT the tips of listening？______

A. We should put down what we are doing．

B. We should look the speaker in the eye．

C. We shouldn't mind our body language．

D. We shouldn't make comments at once（立刻）．

C

Teenager Jake Denham was skiing with his family in the USA when he fell over and lost one of his skis．His family didn't know that he had a problem．They kept on skiing．When they got to the top of the mountain，there was no sign of Jake．

Jake couldn't find his ski anywhere．In the end，he decided to take off his other ski and walk down the mountain．But he couldn't work out the right way to go．

It was now getting dark and it was a long way from any place of safety（安全）．He knew that he might die that night in the cold．But Jake kept calm．At home，Jake watched a lot of programs about living in difficult situations（情况）．He remembered the advice from these programs and knew that he should build a hole in the snow．He made a hole and made it up the hill so the wind couldn't blow into it．Outside the hole，it was-15°C that night，but inside it Jake

was safe from the cold．

But he had to get down the mountain．The TV programs always said，"If you are lost，you should find someone else's tracks（足迹）through the snow and follow them．""I wanted to live my life，"remembers Jake．"So I got up and I found some ski tracks and I followed them．"He walked and walked and finally he saw lights．Nine hours after he lost his ski，he found a team of workers who came to save him．He was safe!

His mum was very happy when she heard the news．Jake didn't even have to go to hospital．He got through the terrible experience（经历）without being hurt．

So，the next time someone says that watching TV is a waste（浪费）of time，think of Jake．Sometimes TV can save your life!

32.Which of the following actions is important to Jake's safety？______

A. To go skiing with his family in the USA．

B. To build a hole in the snow to keep himself warm．

C. To search for the ski that he lost in the snow．

D. To take off his other ski and walk down the mountain．

33.How did Jake get down the mountain the next morning？______

A. He followed his parents．

B. He followed the workers．

C. He followed some ski tracks．

D. He followed some lights．

34.Which was the correct order of the following things Jake did？______

a．Jake made a hole in the snow．

b．Jake lost one of his skis．

c．Jake finally saw lights．

d．Jake skied with his family．

A. a-b-c-d

B. d-b-a-c

C. b-a-d-c

D. c-b-a-d

35.Facing difficult situations，Jake Denham was ______

A. polite and hard-working

B. warm and kind

C. patient and helpful

D. calm and clever．

四、单词拼写-单句（本大题共15小题，共15.0分）

36.They______（扔）snowballs at each other when it snowed heavily．

37.The more careful you are，the fewer______（错误）you'll make．

38.I've looked______（到处）but I can't find the scissors．

39.Some kinds of food make us______（口渴）easily．

40.The______（结果）of all these changes is a big surprise．

41.Tom always______（混合）blue and yellow paint to make green．

42.I have the______（少）free time among us．

43.Please______（摇动）the bottle before you open it．

44.The chairperson arrived at______（确切地）seven o'clock last night．

45.Remember to tell me all the______（渔民）names，please!

46.important，stands，very，for，VIP，person．______．

47.I，good，direction，of，have，sense，a．______．

48.finish，by，a，making，he，snowman，himself，did （？）______．

49.should，study，we，the，understand，of，importance．______．

50.is，own，Andrew，crazy，his，decorating，about，room．______．

五、句子翻译（本大题共5小题，共10.0分）

51.为了逗她笑，我不停地给她讲笑话．______．

52.冬天，孩子们用围巾捂住了他们的脸．______．

53.尽可能清楚地写下你的答案．______．

54.昨天晚上爸爸在看杂志的时候，妈妈在看电视．______．

55.下午由于高温，人们感到很困．______．

六、书面表达（本大题共1小题，共15.0分）

56.假设联合国教科文组织正在举行"拯救地球"征文活动，请根据提示，以"Save the

Earth!"为题，用英语写一篇短文．

现状：1．地球变脏变暖 2．自然灾害频发

原因：1人口急剧增长 2．大量砍伐森林 3．滥杀野生动物

建议：1．人人呢保护地球 2．禁止砍伐森林 3．考生自拟（至少一点）

要求：

1．所写内容必须包括表格中所有的信息，并作适当的发挥；

2．词数80左右．开头已给出，不计入总词数；

3．文中不得出现真实的人名、校名、地名等相关信息．

提示：砍伐cut down

Save the Earth!

Our earth was beautiful in the past．However，

答案和解析

1.【答案】B

【解析】

答案B

一门科目，一种工具都是表示泛指，根据a与an的区别，a用在辅音音素前，an用在元音音素前，第一空unimportant的发音为[??n?m?p?：tnt]，元音音素开头，排除AC，第二空useful的发音为[?ju：sfl]，辅音音素开头，排除A，故选B -我认为英语是一门不重要的科目．

-我不那样认为，当我们同外国人谈话时它是一种有用的工具．

认真审题，找出考点，根据a与an的区别，利用排除法，推出答案

2.【答案】D

【解析】

答案：D．

结合设空处前面的名词the snake可以推断这句话表达的意思是"当我到那里的时候，我发现那个女孩害怕的看着那条蛇．"，所以设空处的介词短语表达的意思是"害怕"，应该用in fear，A：在危险中，B：处于困境中；C：需要；都不符合语境，故选D

当我到那里的时候，我发现那个女孩害怕的看着那条蛇．

英语介词的一个特点是一词多义，并且介词间语义交叉现象很多，习惯用法也很多，有时很难从词义上区分开来．故学习中要注意不断总结，熟记一些

介词和动词的固定搭配用法及习惯用法，是完成此类问题的捷径．

3.【答案】C

【解析】

答案：C

job工作；report报告；rule规定；painting图画；根据you can't eat or drink inside 可知这是一种规定，故选C．

苏州图书馆有一些规定，例如，你不能在里面吃东西或喝饮料．

本题考查名词词义辨析，先弄清所给词的词义，再根据情景选择正确答案．

4.【答案】B

【解析】

答案：B；patient有耐性的；nervous紧张的；cool凉爽的；serious严肃的；根据答语Take it easy．推测上句中我"很紧张"；故选D．

-我在比赛前真的很紧张．

-放轻松，相信你是最棒的．

了解每个选项的含义是做好此类题型的关键，还要从句意着手，根据句意作

出解答；所以，平时的学习中要多进行积累词汇，才能很好的完成．

5.【答案】D

【解析】

答案：D 根据They had eleven and we had only nine可知，这是"他们"和"我们"两者之间的比较，表示"多"，应该用比较级形式；此处应该是形容词many的

比较级more，故选D．

我们输了比赛，因为他们有更多的选手．他们有十一个，我们只有九个．

判断形容词或副词的比较级和最高级，主要是看几者之间的比较．两者之间

用比较级，三者或三者以上比较用最高级形式．本题是二者之间的比较．

6.【答案】A

【解析】

答案：A

luckily幸运的是；unluckily不幸的是；sadly难过地；unhappily不高兴地；根据

I wasn't hurt．可知很幸运，故选A．

我在上学的路上从自行车上摔下来，幸运的是，我没有受伤．

本题考查副词词义辨析，先弄清所给词的词义，再根据情境选择正确答案．

7.【答案】D

【解析】

答案：D．

结合before they begin reading the book可以推断这句话表达的意思是"事实上，大多数孩子在开始读书前喜欢浏览图片．"，所以设空处的介词短语表达的意思是"浏览"，应该用look through，故选D