八年级英语期末考试试卷及答案

八年级英语试卷 一、单项选择。（15分） 从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案。 11. ______ it ______ when school was over yesterday? A. Did, rain B. Was, raining C. Is, raining D. Does, rain 12. We must try our best to do the work better with ______ money and ______ people. A. little, fewer B. fewer, less C. less, fewer D. less, few 13.--I really hope I can go to Beijing next year. --So ______. A. did I B. do I C. am I D. was I 14.--Excuse me, how ______ I get to the cafe? --Ask Mr Pride. He ______ know. A. may, must B. can, may C. must, can D. may, can 15.--Where’s Jack today? --Oh, I’m sorry to say that he had ______ accident yesterday. And now he is in ______ hospital. A. a, the B. the, a C. /, the D. an, / 16. She’ll go with you if it ______ tomorrow. A. doesn’t rain B. won’t rain C. isn’t rain D. will rain 17. Sam is only two years old. He’s too young ______. A. to dress himself B. get dressed C. to put on D. wear clothes 18. The boy made faces ______ other classmates ______. A. make, laugh B. to make, laugh C. make, to laugh D. to make, to laugh 19. They ______ in the beautiful music. A. forgot themselves B. remembered himself C. lost themselves D. enjoyed herself 20. Please don’t keep me ______ a long time. A. wait B. to waiting C. waits D. waiting 21. Lesson One is ______ than Lesson Two. A. interesting B. much interesting C. more much interesting D. much more interesting 22. ______ the book ______ her arm, Miss Gao came into the classroom ______ usual. A. With, under, like B. With, under, as C. Carrying, in, with D. Has, in, as 23. We find ______ very important ______ English well. A. /, learning B. it, to learn C. it, learning D. /, to learn 24. I couldn’t afford ______ the suit at that moment. A. buy B. buying C. bought D. to buy 25. Study hard Ken, ______ you’ll fall behind. A. so B. and C. or D. but 二、完形填空（15分）通读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后在各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。 Martin is an American boy. He’s eight 26 old. One evening, Jimmy, one of his classmates, came to his home with an expensive book in his hand. “Could you help me 27 this maths problem? Jimmy said as soon as he came into the room. “It’s too hard for 28 .” “Let me 29 ,” Martin said. “I hope it isn’t hard for me.” Martin tried his best but he couldn’t work it out, either. “ 30 we had a small computer, all the problems would be easy enough for us to do,” Jimmy said. “A small computer…” Martin thought for a minute, and then he said, “I’ve got a(n) 31 . We can buy one in a shop!” “A computer is very 32 , and we don’t have enough money.” “That’s OK,” said Martin. “We can ask the new president(总统) for some money. He said he would help anyone in trouble. I 33 he will help us. He is very 34 , you know.” So they 35 to write a letter to the new president. Soon they finished the letter and hurried to the 36 office. In front of the office stood a small box. They 37 the letter into the box 38 and went home happily. The next morning, they passed the post office on their way to school. They found, to their 39 , the box was not a post-box, 40 a trash can(垃圾箱). 26. A. years B. days C. months D. weeks 27. A. out B. to C. with D. by 28. A. you B. her C. me D. them 29. A. have B. try C. do D. make 30. A. If B. When C. Why D. Since 31. A. money B. one C. shop D. idea 32. A. expensive B. cheap C. big D. useful 33. A. know B. understand C. think D. want 34. A. short B. fat C. poor D. kind 35. A. had B. took C. learned D. decided 36. A. post B. police C. bank D. teacher’s 37. A. brought B. dropped C. took D. moved 38. A. well B. beautifully C. carefully D. slowly 39. A. happy B. surprise C. sorry D. joy 40. A. and B. or C. for D. but 三、阅读理解。（30分） A Newspapers are very important in our daily life. Many people begin their day by reading the paper. In this way they learn what is going on in the world. Sometimes, however, they didn’t have the time to read the news carefully and must be pleased with a quick look at the front page. At other times they may be in such a hurry that they have time only to have a quick look at the headlines. There are newspapers to please every reader. In big cities there are many types with several different editions（版） every day. In some towns there are fewer newspapers and perhaps only one edition each day. In some places the paper is printed（印刷）weekly. Most papers have several editions, especially on Sundays when the edition is larger than usual. There are besides the front page with the most important news, the sports news, the amusement page, a business page and so on. 41. People read newspapers to ______. A. learn about the less important news B. be pleased C. learn about whatever they want D. get some information