河北省秦皇岛市抚宁区2016-2017学年八年级下期末考试英语试卷含答案

2016—2017学年度第二学期期末质量检测八年级英语试卷说明：选择题答案写在第6页答题处。

一、选择能填入空白处的最佳答案。

（20分）1. —Jane, your bedroom is so dirty.—Sorry, I’ll .A. clean up themB. clean them upC. clean up itD. clean it up2.— I don’t like smoking.—__________________.A. Neither he isB. Neither is heC. Neither he doesD. Neither does he3. Mary’s uncle made ______ possible for her ________around the worldA. this ,travellingB. this , to travelC. it , travellingD. it , to travel4.I wonder they are getting on.A. whatB. whenC. thatD. how5. —Hi, Li Ming. Why are you in such a hurry ?—________________ the 7:30 train.A. CatchB. To catchC. CatchingD. Caught6. They tried _________the mountain away in their life.A. to finish movingB. to finish takingC. finishing to moveD. finishing to take7. Listen! Can you hear a man’s ________?A. voiceB. noiseC. soundD. noises8. The Monkey King keeps fighting to help _________weak.A. aB. anC. theD./9. He didn’t go to bed ______ eleven o’clock last night.A. afterB. inC. sinceD. until10. --I didn’t watch the soccer game. How about you? ---Me .A. soB. insteadC. neitherD. too11. Yao Ming is one of ________ most popular ________ in China.A. a , playersB. the, playersC. an, runnersD. much, runners12. —Did you know China is one of the oldest countries in the world?—Yes, I did. It’s than the US.A. much olderB. more olderC. much elderD. more elder13. I began watching here an hour ago, but now nothing ______ yet.A. happensB. will happenC. happenedD. has happened14. —Hello, may I speak to Mr. Smith?—Sorry, he isn’t in. He _______ the office.A. has been toB. has gone toC. has been awayD. has left15. It’s sometimes hard to tell one twin from ______.A. anotherB. some otherC. otherD. the other16. Her son _____ coke, but now he ______ milk.A. used to drink; is used to drinkingB. used to drinking; drinksC. is used to drinking; used to drinkD. is used to drink; is drinking17. His grade in the exam put him _________ the top students in his class.A. betweenB. overC. amongD. above18. Can you imagine how long the man ________ the photo album?A has hadB has boughtC will keepD bought19. We are having a yard _______, but it’s hard _____ it.A sell, sellB sale, sellC sale, to sellD sell, sale20. Now many people in the countryside leave their hometown to ___ work in big cities.A findB searchC search forD find out二、完形填空（20分）阅读短文，从各题所给的ABCD四个选项中，选出一个可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

Mr. White is seventy years old. He has stayed at home 21 he retired（退休）. Last year his wife went. He was very sad. He has four children, but they all have their own families. Now he lives in an old house 22. Sometimes he feels lonely. One day, one of his children bought a parrot for him. It could 23 and he usually gave it nice food. But one afternoon, a cat ate the parrot. He was very sad and 24 to buy another one. He also bought a strong and beautiful cage for it and began to 25 it to speak. Every morning, as soon as he got up, he said“Good morning” to the bird. The bird had a look at him but said 26 . He kept on teaching it but the parrot didn’t learn anything. He felt sorry for it and lost his patience(耐心).One evening his son called and told him that his granddaughter was 27 in hospital. He went to see her at once. When he got there, she was being operated(手术) on and he didn’t see her. The doctors asked him to go home. He was so worried about her that he couldn’t 28 the whole night. The next morning, when he was passing by the parrot, he forgot to say “Good morning” to the bird.Suddenly(突然地) he 29 someone saying,“What happened to you this morning?” He looked around. There was 30 except himself in the room. It was the bird.21．A. for B. since C. after D. when22．A. happily B. alone C. angrily D. carefully23．A. say B. shout C. tell D. speak24．A. asked B. liked C. hoped D. decided25．A. want B. teach C. have D. count26．A. anything B. everything C. nothing D. something27．A. ill B. serious C. bad D. worried28．A. wake up B. stay up C. sleep late D. fall asleep29．A. thought B. knew C. heard D. found30．A. nobody B. somebody C. nothing D. something三、阅读理解（30分）AI’m taking my family to other countries to have a trip. My wife and I and our two children are all going along. My elder brother will go with us, too. He has never been overseas and he is even more excited than the childr en. My father is so old that he’d like to stay at home and take care of the house.We’re going by train to New York, and the n take a ship to Europe . When we arrive in Europe, we’re going to some countries for sightseeing (观光). We’ll go to places either by train or by bus. We’re going to fly home.It took us a long time to decide where to go, but I think we’ll have a very interesting trip. We’ll go to England, France and Italy. We also talked about how we would go to Europe. At first we wanted to fly because it would be faster and would save more time. But my brother likes to take a boat trip and the children like that, too.31. How many people will go to have a trip?A. ThreeB. FourC. FiveD. Six32. My father will not go on the trip because .A . he doesn’t like travels B. he wants to stay at homeC. he is too busy to travelD. nobody wants to take him along33 . We’re coming back home by.A. seaB. airC. busD. train34. In Europe we will .A. go sight-seeing at the seasideB. go to different countries by shipC. buy a lot of presentsD. go from place to place by train or by bus35. My brother and my children would like to .A. do some shopping in EuropeB. study the Italian language in ItalyC. enjoy a trip by shipD. learn French in FranceBDear editor,My English teacher is very strict (严厉)with us. Several days ago, when we were having class, Tom asked me a question. But she thought we were speaking in class. She asked us to stand at the back of the classroom for a few minutes. This made me uncomfortable. After that, I feel nervous in her class, so I don’t like her class.However, I really want to learn English well. What should I do?Yours,MikeDear Mike,I am sorry you are having difficulty with your English class. Every teacher wants his or her students to study hard especially in class. So I think you should have a talk with your English teacher and tell her what you were doing with Tom that day. If she knows your worries, maybe she will help you with your English. And she will be pleased to hear you want to learn English well. I believe when students are not trying as hard as they can, a teacher is forced（被迫）to take actions.Yours,Editor36. What’s wrong with Mike?A. He meets trouble with his parents.B. He doesn’t know how to get on well with his classmates.C. He has a hard time with his English class.D. He is always speaking in class.37. What happened in that English class?A. Mike couldn’t answer the question. So the teacher asked him to stand.B. Mike had an argument with Tom about the question.C. Tom asked Mike a question, and the teacher thought they were speaking.D. Mike felt uncomfortable because he was ill.38．In the editor’s opinion, why did the English teacher punish(惩罚) Mike?A. Because the English teacher didn’t think Mike was studying hard in class.B. Because Mike answered the question wrong.C. Because Mike was bad at English.D. Because Mike had a fight with other students.39．What does the underlined phrase“ take actions” mean in Chinese?A.采取行动B.参加活动C. 帮助D. 表演40．What can we learn from the letters?A. Mike wants to have a talk with his English teacher.B. Mike wants the editor to say something to his English teacher.C. The editor gave Mike some advice, but it didn’t work.D. Mike dislikes English classes now, but he wants to learn English well.CA blind boy sat on the steps of a building with a hat by his feet. He held up a sign which said, “I am blind, please help.” There were only a few coins in the hat.A man was walking by. He took a few coins from his pocket and dropped them into the hat. He then took the sign, turned it around, and wrote some words. He put the sign back so that everyone who walked by would see the new words.Soon the hat began to fill up. A lot more people were giving money to the blind boy. That afternoon the man who had changed the sign came to see how things were. The boy recognized(听出)his footsteps and asked, “Were you the one who changed my sign this morning? What did you write?”The man said, “I only wrote the truth. I said what you said but in a different way.”What he had written was, “Today is a beautiful day; I can not see it.”Of course both signs told people the boy was blind. But the first sign simply showed the boy was blind. The second sign told people they were so lucky that they were not blind. Should we be surprised that the second sign was more effective (有效的)？41. The boy in the passage can not .A. seeB. walkC. hearD. speak42. How did the man help the boy?A. He gave the boy a lot of money.B. He brought the boy back to his home.C. He wrote some new words on the sign.D. He sent the boy to a special school.43. The underlined words “held up” in the first paragraph mean .A. 阻碍B. 举着C. 承受D. 坚持44．What happened after the man changed the sign?A. The boy still got a few coins in the hat.B. The boy got much more money.C. No one gave the boy coins any more.D. No one gave the boy coins any more.45．What can we learn from the story?A. Time is important.B. You should be brave even though you’re blind.C. Treating a thing differently brings a different result. (结果)D. If we want to be rich, we should be honest.选择题答题处：一、1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1011 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20二、21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30三、31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 4041 42 43 44 45四、任务型阅读。