2018-2019學(xué)年西南模八上英語期中復(fù)習(xí)卷

1、第 1 頁 / 共 4 頁part 1vocabulary and grammar. choose the best answer.1. the editor wrote _ 800-word article. _ article has been published on the newspaper.a. a;anb. an;anc. a; thed. an; the2. the shirt is _ small for me. i cant wear it.a. too muchb. much tooc. too manyd. many too3. hes a basketball fan

2、 and he wants to see yaoming _ one day.a. himselfb. himc. hisd. he4. can i come this evening or tomorrow evening?_ is ok. im free today and tomorrow.a. bothb. neitherc. alld. either5. the boy asked,“can you see _ stars on a fine summer night?”a. thousand ofb. thousands ofc. thousandd. thousands6. th

3、ey knew that the rescue team _ to accident scene tomorrow through the current report.a. is comingb. will comec. was comingd. came7. he _ an engineer since he _ from the university.a. is; graduatesb. will be; graduatesc. has been; has graduatedd. has been; graduated8. _ these children are playing ove

4、r there!a. how happyb. how happilyc. what happyd. what happily9. _ great help they have given us!a. what ab. whatc. howd. how a10. your picture is quite _ the other girls.a. familiar tob. familiar withc. similar tod. similar with11. _ like hawaii, lenovo used to do _ with foreigners.a. business; bus

5、inessb. businesses; businessesc. businesses; businessd. business; businesses12. the woman in red would be _ the management of the department.a. in the charge ofb. responsible toc. take charge ofd. responsible for13. the little boy was so tired that he fell _ as soon as he lay on the bed.a. sleepb. s

6、leepyc. asleepd. sleepless14. the girl is very clever. im sure that she _ the winner of the game.a. may beb. must bec. cant bed. mustnt be15. sharon, would you do me a favor to move the bags?_.a. ok. i wouldb. yes, pleasec. its a pleasured. with pleasure. fill in the blanks with the words in the box

7、 in their proper forms.1. the manager takes full _ for the restaurant.（responsible）2. the result of the competition is beyond our _.（expect）3.alarge number of students _ in passing the final exam and had a pleasant holiday.（success）4. _, the boy was saved by doctors after the accident.（luck）5. _ man

8、agers are looking at the report about this quarter.（sell）6. the _ of the magazines surprised us a a lot.（popular）7. how _ they are to attend the lecture!（bore）第 2 頁 / 共 4 頁8. he made great _ in his study and won a lot of prizes.（achieve）. complete the following passage with the words or expressions

9、in the box.a. nearestb. ask forc. are soldd. throughoute. are shownf. followvisitor informationhow to make the most of your visitplease allow at least 1 hour and 30 minutes to enjoy the whole experience. and remember, though the entranceis at the north tower, your visit does not end at the south tow

10、er. _1_ the line to the engine room, hands-ongallery and gift shop. books and other gifts of your visit _2_ in the gift shop.visitors are welcome to take photographs that _3_ in the gift shop.ask a guide for the next time when the bridge will be lifted.visitors with weak hearing should _4_ an audio

11、guide at the collection point at the entrance.if you need first aid, a member of staff is ready to help you on each floor.in the unlikely event of an emergency, security staff and guides will show you the _5_ emergency exists.（the exits are located on al floors.）thank you for visiting the tower brid

12、ge experience. rewrite the sentences as required.1. jack used to have a cup of tea after supper.（否定句）jack _ _ to have a cup of tea after supper.2. will mum go shopping with us or not? please tell me.（合并一句）please tell me _ mum _ go shopping with us or not.3. the box on the shelf is so heavy that the

13、boy cant carry it.（保持句意基本不變）the box on the shelf isnt _ _ for the boy to carry.4. the doctor asks the patient to take the medicine twice a day.（對劃線部分提問）_ _ does the doctor ask the patient to take the medicine?5. speaking, be, places, dont, in, afraid, public, of（連詞成句）_part 2reading comprehensiona. c

14、hoose the best answer and complete the passage.men sometimes say,“we are better and cleverer than women. women _1_ invent things, we do. it is truethat men have invented a lot of useful things: machines, radios, and guns, too. but scientists and archaeologists（考古學(xué)家）now agree that women invented one

15、very important thing. it has changed _2_. they inventedagriculture. before the invention of agriculture men were _3_. they went out every day. sometimes theykilled animals and sometimes animals killed them. life was difficult and dangerous. women had to go out everyday, too. they collected roots, fr

16、uit and grass. then, one day more than 10,000 years ago, a woman dropped somegrass seeds near her home in the middle east. they grew, and the first wheat was _4_. the idea grew, too.women planted roots and fruit trees. then they could stay at home and look after the children and the animals.women li

17、ke baby animals. archaeologists think that women _5_ the first domestic animals: dogs, cows sheepand goats. that idea grew, too. then their husbands did not have to go hunting for meat. they stayed at home.they built villages and _6_. civilization began. men began civilization after women invented a

18、griculture.1.a. everb. neverc. sometimesd. often2.a. historyb. ideac. opiniond. society第 3 頁 / 共 4 頁3.a. farmersb. workersc. huntersd. inventors4.a. appearedb. bornc. soldd. bought5.a. likedb. boughtc. keptd. brought6.a. countriesb. nationsc. statesd. citiesb. read the passage and fill in the blanks

19、 with the proper words whose initials are given.exercise is good for you, but most people really know very little about how to exercise p_1_. what do youknow about exercise?some people think that in case you want to reduce the waistline, the best way is to do waist exercises. in fact,exercise burns

20、fat from all over the body and not from one p_2_ of body. when you reduce the fat t_3_your body, you will certainly reduce your waistline, too! exercise only twice a week is not enough, becauseunexercised muscles lose their strength very quickly. after 48 to 72 hours, you must use the muscles again

21、to keepgood physical fitness. so if you have enough time, exercise every day is best.some people think that in order to lose weight you should always “work up a good sweat” when exercising. thatis a w_4_ idea. sweating only lowers body temperature so that you wont overheat; it does not help youreduc

22、e your weight. after exercise, you may weigh less, but this is b_5_ of water loss. once you replace thewater, you replace the weight.exercise is very important for everyone. it keeps us healthy. one of the best exercises is walking. walkinghelps circulation of blood throughout the body, and it has a

23、 direct e_6_ on your feeling of health. and if yourbreathing does not return to normal in minutes after you finish exercising, that means you have exercised toom_7_. youd better spend 20 minutes a day exercising, and that will keep you feeling good.1. p_2. p_3. t_4. w_5. b_6. e_7. m_c. answer the qu

24、estions.for millions of people, the american dream of owning a home seemed to be slipping out of reach.“maybe young couples can no longer afford to buy a ready-made house as their parents did,says 40-year-oldbuilding instructor pat hennin. “but they can still have a home. like their pioneer ancestor

25、s, they can build itthemselves, and at less than half the cost of a ready-made house.”the owner-builders came from every occupational group, although surprisingly few are professional buildingworkers. many take the plunge with little or no experience. “i learned how to build my house from reading bo

26、oks,”says john brown, who built a six-room home for $25,000 in high falls, new jersey. “if you have patience and thecarpentry（木工）skill to make a bookcase, you can build a house.”an astonishing 50 percent of these owner builders hammer every nail, 1ay every pipe, and wire every switchwith their own h

27、ands. the rest contract（承包）for some parts of the task. but even those who just act ascontractors and finish the insides of their homes can save from 30 percent to 45 percent of what a ready-madehome would cost.one survey revealed that 60 percent of owner-builders also design their homes. many others buy commer