外研版八年级英语下册期末测试卷

期末测试(限时：90分钟满分：100分)听力部分(25分)一、听力。

(本题有15小题, 第一、二节每小题1分, 第三节每小题2分; 共25分)第一节: 听小对话, 从A、B、C三个选项中选出正确的选项。

每段对话读一遍。

1. Which is Mary's favorite sport?A. V olleyball.B. Baseball.C. Basketball.2. What animal does the boy want to keep?A. A panda.B. A cat.C. A dog.3. Where are they?A. In the classroom.B. In a shop.C. In a library.4. What does the man want to be?A. A doctor.B. A cook.C. A pianist.5. How's the weather today?A. Sunny.B. Snowy.C. Rainy.第二节: 听长对话,从A、B、C三个选项中选出正确的选项。

每段对话读两遍。

听下面一段较长对话, 回答6－7小题。

6. How far is it from the earth to the moon?A. 38, 000 km.B. 380, 000 km.C. 3, 800, 000 km.7. What can live on the moon?A. Plants.B. Animals.C. Nothing.听下面一段较长对话, 回答8－10小题。

8. Who made John's computer?A. John.B. His father.C. A famous computer company.9. When was John's computer made?A. Last year.B. This July.C. Last week.10. What does the girl want to do someday?A. She wants to buy a computer.B. She wants to make her own computer.C. She wants to be a computer engineer.第三节: 听短文, 从A、B、C三个选项中选出正确的选项。

短文读两遍。

11. When will the visitors go to Hangzhou?A. Today.B. Tomorrow.C. The day after tomorrow.12. How will the visitors go to Hangzhou?A. By bus.B. By bike.C. By train.13. What is the lake like?A. Small.B. Deep.C. Beautiful.14. What are the visitors going to do in the afternoon?A. Go swimming.B. Go boating.C. Climb a mountain.15. Which one is the guide's telephone number?A. 88345758.B. 88435758.C. 88345857.笔试部分(75分)二、完形填空。

(共15小题, 每小题1分, 满分15分)My son Joey was born with club feet. The doctors told us that with treatment he would be able to ________16 normally, but would never run very well. By the time he was eight, you wouldn't know he had a ________17 when you saw him walk.The children in our neighborhood ran around ________18 most children did during play, and Joey would join ________19, run and play, too. We never told him that he probably wouldn't be able to run as ________20 as the other children. So he didn't know.In seventh grade he ________21 to go out for the cross-country team. Every day he trained with the team. He worked harder than any of the others—perhaps he knew that the ________22 that seemed to come naturally to so many others did not come tohim. ________23 every member of the team ran, only the top seven runners could win ________24 for the school. We didn't tell him he probably would never make the team, so he didn't know.He ________25 to run four miles a day, every day—even the day he had a high fever. I was ________26, so I went to see him after school. I found him running alone.I asked him how he felt. “Okay,” he said. He had two more miles to go. He looked ________27. Yet he kept running. We never told him he couldn't run miles ________28 a high fever. So he didn't know.Two weeks later, the final name list of team members ________29. Joey was Number Six on the list. Joey had made the team! We never told him he shouldn't ________30 to make the team. We never told him he couldn't do it… so he didn't know. He just did it.16. A. walk B. jump C. run D. swim17. A. secret B. pain C. problem D. question18. A. while B. as C. until D. because19. A. it B. him C. her D. them20. A. simply B. quickly C. quietly D. carefully21. A. agreed B. preferred C. decided D. refused22. A. ability B. energy C. pleasure D. difficulty23. A. If B. Since C. Unless D. Although24. A. jobs B. scores C. flowers D. dreams25. A. continued B. stopped C. hoped D. offered26. A. serious B. worried C. angry D. sad27. A. relaxed B. tired C. excited D. surprised28. A. for B. by C. with D. about29. A. came true B. took place C. made sure D. came out30. A. suppose B. fail C. expect D. remember三、阅读理解。

(共10小题, 每小题2分, 满分20分)ANowadays, computers and Internet are playing an important part in our life. Somepeople even say they can't live without them. We usually need to set passwords when we use computers and Internet. But not all the passwords are safe. In order to keep our accounts and personal information safe, we must learn how to make safe passwords.How can you make your computer and Internet passwords safe? Experts have some tips for you. You'd better remember the tips and they are useful. Here are the tips.First, make your password out of capital letters. If your password is made of capital letters, it will be difficult for others to get into your account. It only takes a hacker 10 minutes to work out a sixletter password made of small letters. But it takes a hacker 10 hours to work out the same password in capital letters.Second, add numbers or symbols to your password. It may be much safer. Sometimes such a password is not easy to remember, but it is really safe.Third, never use personal information for passwords and use different passwords for different accounts. Experts say that a user should change his or her passwords every 90 days. In this way, hackers won't guess your passwords.31. You should change your password________.A. Every 10 daysB. Every monthC. Every two monthsD. Every three months32. According to the passage, which of the following is NOT a safe password?A. 901112B. Liz287C. LUCKY3D. 432Ac%33. Where can this passage come from?A. A dictionary.B. A traveling guidebook.C. A magazine.D. A science textbook.BI teach economics in a university three times a week. Last Monday, at the beginning of class, I asked my students how their weekend had been. One young man said that his weekend had not been so good. He had his wisdom teeth removed. Then he went on to ask me why I always seemed to be so cheerful.His question reminded me of something I'd read somewhere before: every morning when you get up, you have a choice about how you want to live that day. I said, “I choose to be cheerful.”“Let me give you an example,” I continued. “Besides teaching here, I also teach at a college in Henderson, 17 miles down the freeway from where I live. One day a few weeks ago, I exited(离去) the freeway and turned onto College Drive. I only had to drive another quarter mile down the road to the college. But just then my car died. I tried to start it again, but the engine wouldn't work. So I put my flashes on, took my books, and walked down the road to the college. As soon as I got there, I called AAA (美国汽车协会) and asked for a tow truck to meet me at my car after class. The secretary there asked me what had happened. ‘__△__,’ I replied, smiling.‘Your car breaks down and today is your lucky day? What do you mean?’‘My car could have broken down anywhere along the freeway. It didn't,’ I replied. ‘Instead, it broke down at the perfect place: off the freeway, within walking distance of here. I'm still able to teach my class, and I've been able to ask for the tow truck to meet me after class! If my car was meant to break down today, it couldn't have been arranged in a more convenient way.’”I ended my story. In spite of the early hour, no one in my class seemed to be asleep. Somehow, my story had touched them.34. The writer ________ when his car broke down that day.A. complained for a long timeB. called AAA for help at onceC. waited there for someone's helpD. walked to his workplace35. Which of the following can be put in__△__？A. This is my lucky dayB. There is something wrong with my carC. I'm just a little bit late for workD. It is terrible that my car breaks down36. We can learn from the story that ________.A. we should learn to be positive in times of troubleB. it's important to keep your car in good conditionC. teachers need special skills to give good lessonsD. personal experiences can touch a person's heartCIndian scientists have designed a new device that they hope will solve one of the biggest problems with the use of solar energy. They call the device a solar tree. Solar trees have metal “branches” which are just from a tall pole at different levels. Each branch holds a solar panel. These panels have large metal boards that collect energy from the sun and turn it into electricity.Daljit Singh Bedi is the main scientist at the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research in India. Bedi says the shape of the solar trees makes it possible to fit more solar panels in a space than traditional systems do. ________. “It takes about four square meters of space to produce energy which may need 400 square meters of space,” he says.Scientists believe the energy a solar tree collects will be enough to power five homes. The solar tree will make it easier to provide solar energy for homes in cities. The trees will also take less space from farmers in rural areas. Bedi says solar trees will collect more energy than normal solar panels on the tops of buildings. “This design makes the solar panels exposed more towards the sun,” he says. “And that way people are able to use 10 to 15 percent more energy.”India has promised to reduce its greenhouse gas production. The country's promise depends heavily on increasing solar energy. The cost of solar panels has gone down in recent years. This has increased the possibility of applying solar trees inIndia.Amit Kumar is the senior director of the Energy and Resources Institute in New Delhi. He says gaining access to land takes time and increases costs. He adds that it is still not clear how useful these new developments in solar power technology are. “Only when we put those trees on a large scale will we be able to get that answer,” he says.37. We may probably read this passage in________.A. Culture ViewsB. Nature and ScienceC. storybooksD. the travelling guide book38. Which of the following sentences can be put in the blank?A. We can see many “branches” in new solar treesB. This means less land would be needed to produce solar energyC. It's reducing India's greenhouse gas production nowD. Fewer and fewer people will use it than traditional ones39. What does the underlined word “This” in the fourth paragraph refer to (指代)?A. The greenhouse gas production.B. The solar panels' cost going down.C. The new solar tree.D. The country's promise.40. In the last paragraph, what do you think of what Amit Kumar said?A. It is clear how useful these new developments in solar power technology are.B. When we see those trees, we will be able to get that answer.C. Lising the trees on a large scale, people will get the answer.D. Gaining access to land takes time and reduces costs.四、词汇运用。