中山市2017-2018學(xué)年八下期末考試題

精選優(yōu)質(zhì)文檔-----傾情為你奉上精選優(yōu)質(zhì)文檔-----傾情為你奉上專心---專注---專業(yè)專心---專注---專業(yè)精選優(yōu)質(zhì)文檔-----傾情為你奉上專心---專注---專業(yè)中山市2017-2018學(xué)年第二學(xué)期期末水平測試試卷八年級英語（筆試部分）單項(xiàng)填空()1.--StephenHawking,_____writerofthebookABriefHistoryofTime,passedawayyesterday.--Whatapity!Hewas_____greatscientistintheworld.a;aB.a;theC.the;aD.the;the()2.Bobhasmaderapid_____inmaththisterm.Hewasabitlazyandgotpoormarkslastterm.influenceB.progressD.programD.face()3.--HaveyouheardofthecampaignHoldMom’sHand?--Ofcourse.It’soneofthemostpopulartopicsthisyear,_____duringtheSpringFestival.reallyB.finallyC.successfullyD.especially()4.Becarefulwiththestones,boys.Youmayhurt_____.YouB.yourselvesC.yourD.yourself()5.--IsChinathebiggestcountryintheworld?--Notreally,butithas_____population.largeB.thelargestC.largestD.larger()6.--Iwenttoyourhouseateightyesterdayevening.Youwerenotathome.--Oh,I_____outsideatthattime.exerciseB.exercisedC.amexercisingD.wasexercising()7.Mr.Liuandhissevenstudentshadarunningraceyesterday.Heranbehindallthestudentsandwas_____intherace.sevenB.theseventhC.theeighthD.eight()8.Youhaveaverysorethroatnow.You_____drinksomehotteawithhoney.wouldB.shouldC.wouldn’tD.shouldn’t()9.I_____moneytobuybooksandhadtolendsomefrommyfriendJack.ranoutofB.gaveoutC.gotoutofD.handedout()10.Imusthavelunch_____Ifinishthework,ormystomachwillache.IfB.untilC.assoonasD.unless()11.--Mom,_____Iwalkthedogafterdinner?--_____.Youshouldprepareforthemathtesttomorrow.Could;SureB.Can;OfcourseC.Could;No,youcan’tD.Can;Havefun()12.--ThemovieOperationRedSeaissoexciting.Didyouseeit?--Yes.I_____ittwice.SeeB.sawC.haveseenD.wasseeing()13.--Abusrolloverkilled19peopleonFebruary10thinHongKong.--_____news!WhatterribleB.HowterribleC.WhatexcitingD.Howexciting()14.LiFangwenttoBeihaiand_____thereonceaweek_____thechildrenlearntoread.Volunteers;tohelpB.volunteered;tohelpC.volunteered;helpD.volunteers;help()15.--Wouldyouliketojoinusforthepartytomorrow?--_____,butIneedtodrivemywifetotheairportthen.You’rewelcomeB.Don’tworryC.I’dliketoD.I’mbusy完形填空Somepeoplesaythatmenarebetteratmathandsciencethanwomen.Takingalookatthe__16__oftheexamsfromcollegedepartments,itseems__17__.AtOxfordUniversity,bothmathandcomputerscience__18__biggaps(差距)ingradesbetweenmenandwomenandjust21.2%ofwomengotfirst-classdegreesinthemathexamin2016,__19__45.5%ofmen.To__20__problem,theuniversitygavegirlstudents15minutes__21__boystudentstofinishtheirmathandcomputerscienceexamsin2017.Notlongafterthat,theuniversity’shistorydepartmentallowed__22__studentstotakeexamsathometoclosethegapbetweenmenandwomeninthesubject’s__23__results.Thesechangeswerewelcomedbysomepeople.__24__,othersdidn’tsupportitbecausethechangesseemedtoshowthatgirlstudentswere__25__thanboystudents.Infact,thisisnottrue.A__26__fromtheUSDepartmentofEudcationshowedthatgirlswereasgoodasboys.Nowgirlstudentsarestoppedfromthebias(偏見)thattheyaren’tbadatthose__27__.However,somegirls__28__thinkthey’rebadatthesesubjects.Theysaythattheycouldnot__29__thesameresultsasboyseveniftheymakeeffortsthanboys.Whatdoyou__30__it?()16.A.newsB.resultsC.messageD.book()17.A.rightB.wrongC.funnyD.impossible()18.A.makeB.haveC.takeD.put()19.A.cometoB.joinedtoC.connectedtoD.comparedto()20.A.answerB.makeC.solveD.ask()21.A.morethanB.lessthanC.toomuchD.nomore()22.A.middleB.topC.boyD.girl()23.A.studyB.examC.problemD.match()24.A.ButB.BecauseC.HoweverD.Although()25.A.smarterB.betterC.strongerD.weaker()26.A.lectureB.reportC.dialogueD.discussions()27.A.questionB.speechesC.subjectsD.decisions()28.A.neverB.stillC.seldomD.hardly()29.A.achieveB.noticeC.checkD.beat()30.A.becomeofB.hearofC.makeofD.thinkof三、閱讀理解AWhat’soninBeijing(July31-August6)TheWorldTourExhibitionTheBeatlesNearly100treasuredimages,personalitemsoftheBeatlessingersaswellasmorethan250newspaperandmagazinearticlesaboutthemhavetraveledallthewayfromLiverpooltoBeijing,takingvisitorsonajourneybacktothe1960s,themusicalheydayofthelegendaryband.10a.m.-6p.m,closedonMondays,throughAugust6.TodayArtMuseum,32BaiziwanRoad,Chaoyangdistrict.010-5876-0600.Ticket:80yuan($12)ArtRenaissanceItalyAnexhibitionofmorethan100worksofartfromItaly’sRenaissanceperiodisunderwayattheCapitalMuseum.Afineselectionofpaintingsfrom17Italianmuseums,includingworksbyfamousartistsTitianandBotticelli.9a.m.-5p.m,closedonMondays,throughAugust5.16FuxingmenwaiStreet,XichengDistrict.010-6339-3339.Ororderreservationatthemuseum’swebsite.Ticket:FreeChristopherChaplin’sDebutShowinBeijingChristopherChaplin,theyoungestsonofcomicactorCharlieChaplin,ismakinghisfirstmusictourinChina.InhisBeijingshownextTuesday,hewilljoinhandswithViennesevisualartistLumaLaunischtoofferamusicalfeastcalledParadiseLost.9p.m,August3.BeijingYueSpace,No.5BanqiaoNanxiang,DongchengDistrict.Ticket:100yuan.ArtFromNewYorkNewYorkByNight,anongoinggroupexhibitionofworksbyUSartistSpencerSweeneyand16otherartistsbasedinNewYorkisongoingattheHDMGallery.Theshowpresentstheartists’tiestothecity.10a.m.-6p.m,throughAugust6.No4,JiuxiangqiaoRoad,ChaoyangDistrict,Beijing.010-5978-9320.Ticket:20yuan(halfpriceforstudentsandchildren)_____newspaperandmagazinearticlesabouttheBeatleshavetraveledfromLiverpooltoBeijing.Nearly100B.Lessthan250C.Morethan250D.Morethan350IfyouwanttoknowmoreaboutArtRenaissanceItaly,youcancall_____.010-5876-0600B.010-6339-3339C.010-5978-9320D.010-6330-3309WhichofthefollowingisNOTTRUEaboutChristopherChaplin?HeistheyoungestsonofCharlieChaplin.B.HeismakinghisfirstmusictourinChinaC.HisshowwillbeputonNextTuesdayD.HewillperformParadiseLostaloneNewYorkByNightisonshowat_____.HDMGalleryB.BeijingYueSpaceC.TodayArtMuseumD.CapitalMuseumJohnisastudentandhasonly15yuan,hecangoto_____.TheWorldTourExhibitionTheBeatlesandArtRenaissanceItalyTheWorldTourExhibitionTheBeatlesandArtfromNewYorkArtRenaissanceItalyandArtFromNewYorkArtFromNewYorkandChristopherChaplin’sDebutShowBWhenthe4-year-oldBritishroyalfamilymemberPrinceGeorgestartedhisfirstschooldayinSeptember,Chineselanguagewasonhisschooltimetable.Andhewasnotalone.AreportfromtheBritishCouncilshowsthatabout51%ofUKparentswanttheirchildrentolearnChinese,asChineseisbelievedtobeoneofthemostusefullanguagestoknow.Infact,thepopularityofChinesedrovetheUKgovernmenttolaunchtheMandarinExcellencePrograminSeptemberlastyear.Itsaimistomakeatleast5,000BritishstatesecondaryschoolstudentsfluentinChineseby2020.Yet,UKisn’ttheonlycountryshowinggrowinginterestinChinese.ChinesehasbecomethesecondmostlyspokenforeignlanguageintheUSthisyear,afteronlySpanish,withover2.1millionspeakers,accordingtoasurveybyWallStreet,aUSfinancialnewswebsite.ManyUSfamouspeoplelikeFacebookfounderMarkZuckerbergandMaliaObama,daughterofformerUSpresidentBarackObama,studyChineseasasecondlanguage.Sofar,67countriesandregionshaveincludedChineseintheirnationalschooltimetable.SowhyaresomanycountriesinterestedinlearningChinese?OnereasoncouldbethatasChinakeepsdevelopingrapidly,Chineseisbecomingausefultoolforpeople’sworkandlife.ManyUKparentswanttheirchildrentolearnChinesebecause_____.theywanttheirchildrentoworkinChinainthefuturetheythinkChineseisoneofthemostusefullanguagestoknowtheythinkChineseiseasytolearnfortheirchildrentheywanttheirchildrentostudyfurtherinChineseuniversities_____isthefirstmostlyspokenforeignlanguageintheUSthisyear.EnglishB.ChineseC.JapaneseD.SpanishFromthepassage,wecanknowthat_____.UKistheonlycountryshowinggrowinginterestinChineseManyUSfamouspeoplestudyChineseasafirstlanguageMorethan2.1millionpeoplespeakChineseintheUSAllthecountriesintheworldhaveincludedChineseintheirschooltimetableTheunderlinedwordlaunchprobablymeans_____inthepassage.阻止B.啟動(dòng)C.停止D.繼續(xù)What’sthebesttitleforthepassage？China’sgreatinfluenceintheworldB.ThefriendshipbetweenChinaandforeigncountriesC.ThepopularityofChineseinforeigncountriesD.thegreatpowerofforeignlanguagesC配對閱讀左欄是五個(gè)人的需求與喜好，右欄是七則書本介紹。請為每個(gè)人選擇其感興趣的書。Jennyislookingforinterestingshortstorybooksforherfive-year-oldgirl’sbedtimestories.MaryisastudentfromUKwhowantstolearnChinese.Sheneedsabooktohelpherlearnmoreaboutit.Lindalikesstoriesaboutadventures,butshedoesn’tlikestoriesofchildren’satall.Charlesisafanofsciencefiction.Helovesstoriesabouttimebest.Royisahighschoolstudent.HewantstobeaTVannouncerafterleavingschool.Hewantstolearnfromfamoushostesses,hostsofTVannouncers.DreamoftheRedChamberIt’soneofthegreatestbooksinChinesehistory.Ittellsstoriesaboutfourbigrichfamilies,fromwhichyoucanlearnmuchabouttheoldChineseculture.ChineseIdiomStoriesInthisbook,youcanlearnalotofidiomsbyreadingstories.ItwillhelpyoulearnChineselanguagemoreeasily.IAsk,soIAmItiswrittenbyYangLan,afamousTVannouncerinChina.ItrecordshersuccessfulTVtalkswithfamousandcommonpeople.TheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinnItisaclassicwrittenbyMarkTwain.Itisaboutanunbelievableexperienceofaclever,kindandbraveboywholooksforfreelife.TheAdventuresofRobinsonCrusoeWhatislifelikeifyouhavetospendnearly30yearsaloneonanisland?Can’tbelieveit?JustlookatRobinson.Hespent28yearsonanislandalone.AConnecticutYankeeinKingArthur’sCourtItisoneoftheworld’sfirststoriesabouttimetravel.HankMorgangothitontheheadinafight.Whenhewokeup,hefoundhimselfbacktothetimeofKingArthur.Grimm’sFairyTalesTherearemanyeasyandinterestingstoriesforkids.SomeofthemareveryfamousintheworldsuchasSnowWhite,SleepingBeauty,FrogPrinceandsoon.四、短文填空SamandTomweretwins.Theylookedthesamebuttheywerevery46.________fromeachother.SamhadnofriendswhileTomwasagreatfriendshipmaker.Astheygrewup,theirfatherwantedtodivide47.________fortuneequallybetweenthem.However,Tomdidnotagreeandhearguedthattheonewhoisstrongerand48.________intelligentshouldgetabiggershareofthewealth.Samagreed.Theirfatherdecidetoorganize49.________competitionbetweenthetwo.Heaskedthetwosonsto50.________aslongastheycouldandreturnhomebeforesunset.Thewealthwouldbedividedinproportion(比例)tothedistancecovered.Thefollowingday,SamandTomsetouttowalk.Samwalked51.________.However,Tomwalkedfastashewantedtowinthe52.________andgetagreaterportionofhisfather’swealth.Samknewthatheshouldwalkasfaraspossibletillnoonandstartforhomeatnoonasitwould53.________thesameamountoftimetowalkbackhome.54.________Samdecidedtoturnbackforhomeatnoonsoastoreachhomeontime.However,Tomdidn’treturnhomeuntilnoon.HewalkedtwiceaslongasSamandthoughthewouldstillbeabletoreturnhome55.________sunset.Hehurriedbackwhenhesawthesunturnorange.Unfortunately,hecouldnotevenmakeithalfwayhomeasthesunstartedtoset.五、讀寫綜合Doyoufinditdifficulttolearnmathandhistory?ArecentstudycarriedoutbyscientistsfromUniversityofLondonmayhelpyouout.Theyfoundthatteenagerscouldgethighermarksinmathiftheystudiedinthemorningandbettergradesinhistoryiftheyhadhistorylessonintheafternoon.TheresearchersdidtheirstudyatasecondaryschoolinBulgariaovernineyears.Theresultsshowthatwhenteenagershadmathclassesearlierintheday,theyscoredonaverage7%higherinteststhanwhentaughtintheafternoon.Lower-abilitystudentsdidworstwhentheywerestudyingmathintheafternoon.Asforhistory,studentstaughtintheafternoonscoredonaverage6%higherthanwhentheyweretaughtinthemorning.VelichkaDimitrova,theleaderofthestudy,saidthefindingsshowthatwedobetteratdifferenttimesoftheday.“Inthemorning,ourbrainsarebetterandfresher,sowearebetteratdoingsomethingthatrepeatsalotlikeproblemsolving,w