2019-2020学年安徽省安庆市八年级(上)期末英语试卷

2019-2020学年安徽省安庆市八年级（上）期末英语试卷

一、阅读理解（本大题共17小题，共34.0分）

A

All through the winter， the Esquimaux（爱斯基摩人） live in houses made of snow． These small houses are very clean and white when they are new． They can soon turn dirty， but pieces of fresh snow make them new again．

Sometimes the Esquimaux build their small houses with the wood that they find along the seaside．However， they aren't always so lucky． When they can't get wood， they use the snow． It is so cold that the snow becomes very hard， so the small houses are strong enough in the whole winter．The windows of these houses are not made of glass， but of ice． When the warm weather comes，the houses become water slowly．The Esquimaux get wet as they lie in bed， and often catch a cold． They are glad to get away from the small snow houses and live in their tents during the summer．

1. The Esquimaux live in houses made of ______ all through the winter．

A. glass B. snow C. paper D. grass

2. What is the house which is made of snow like？ ______

A. clean and white B. dirty and white C. small and dirty D. big and clean

3. Sometimes the Esquimaux build their small houses with the wood that they find ______ ．

A. in the river

C. along the seaside A. the snow houses are dirty C. they get some wood

B. in the snow

D. in the mountains B. it is summer D. it is spring

4. The Esquimaux live in their tents when ______ ．

B

Every year there is a Spring Festival in China． Usually it is in January or February．It is the most important festival in China． So before it comes， everyone has to prepare things．They buy pork，beef，chicken，fruits and many other things． And they often make a special kind of food-\． It means \． On the day before the festival， parents buy new clothes for their children．

Children also buy presents for their parents． On the Spring Festival Eveall the family （除夕），

members come back to their hometown． This is a happy moment． Some sing and dance，some play cards and others get the dinner ready． When they enjoy the meal， they give each other the best wishes for the coming year． They all have a good time． 5. Which is the most important festival in China？ ______

A. The Mid-Autumn Festival． B. The Spring Festival． C. Children's Day． D. The Dragon Boat Festival 6. When is the Chinese Spring Festival usually celebrated？ ______

A. In March or April B. In May or June C. In January or February D. In February or March

7. On the Spring Festival Eve， people do the following things EXCEPT ______ ．

A. sing and dance C. get dinner ready B. buy new clothes D. play cards

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8. What's the meaning of the food \？

______

A. pull together B. go together C. get together D. work together

C

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D. Toronto

A. French Restaurant

C. Boiling and Chess Service B. Clothing Store

D. Art and Fashion Show

11. In both of the hotels you can ______ ．

A. play ping-pong B. go swimming C. buy clothes D. borrow magazines 12. If you have only 700 yuan， you have to choose the date of ______ ．

A. Jan 28th B. Feb 8th C. Feb 15th D. Mar 10th

D

When you are learning English， you find it not clever to put an English sentence， word for word， into your own language． Take the sentence \？\． If you look up each word in the dictionary， one at a time， what is your translation？ It must be a wrong sentence in your own language． Languages do not just have different sounds， they are different in many ways． It's important to learn the rules for word order in the study of English， too． If the speakers put words in a wrong order，the listener can't understand the speaker's

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sentence easily． Sometimes when the order of words in an English sentence is changed， the meaning of the sentence changes．But sometimes the order is changed， the meaning of the sentence doesn't change．Let's see the difference between the two pairs of sentences．\likes apples．\．\ \．\．\， you must do your best to get the spirit of the language and use it as the English speakers （精髓）do．

13. From the passage we know that ______ when we are learning English．

A. we shouldn't put every word into our own language B. we should look up every word in the dictionary C. we need to put every word into our own language D. we must read word by word

14. The writer thinks it is ______ in learning English．

A. difficult to understand different sounds B. possible to remember the word order

C. important to learn the rules in different ways D. easy to learn the rules for word order

15. We can learn from the passage that ______ ．

A. the meaning of an English sentence always changes with the sounds of the words． B. the order of words can never change the meaning of an English sentence C. sometimes different order of words has a different meaning

D. if the order of the words is different， the meaning of a sentence must be different 16. \．

A. is the same as \B. is different from \C. means \D. means \

17. Which is the best title for this passage？ ______

A. Different Orders， Different Meanings B. Ways to Speak English

C. How to Put English into Our Own Language D. How to Learn English

二、完形填空（本大题共20小题，共20.0分）

Do you like going to the movies？Most of the(18)in high schools like movies very much．Last Sunday I went to a school and asked some students(19)their favorite movies．(20) of their answers were really interesting． Here are their likes and(21)．

Jim，a(22)boy，likes watching thrillers（恐怖片） because they are scary(23)exciting．His classmate，Kate can't stand documentaries She told me they were(24)parents．But （纪录片）．

she really likes comedies because they are funny． Jack is a big boy． He said he didn't mind documentaries．But he doesn't like comedies(25)they are boring! And the(26)movies are action movies．Everyone(27)them very much! 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24.

A. teachers A. about A. Any

A. disagreements A. 13-year-old A. or A. for B. students B. of B. Some B. dislikes B. 13 years old B. so B. with C. parents C. at C. Lot C. hobbies C. 13- year old C. but C. to D. people D. from D. Much

D. enjoyments D. 13-year-olds D. and D. of

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25. A. so B. after C. because D. before 26. A. coolest B. cooler C. colder D. coldest 27. A. hates B. enjoys C. minds D. watches

Mulin is a small boy from Hubei．He is a（n）(28)boy．His parents divorced（离婚）when he was two years old．He lived with his(29)and grandmother．At the age of 5，his father died of heart disease．He had to live with his grandmother．Unfortunately，there was(30)wrong with his grandmother's head．He looked after his grandmother well．At the same time，he got good grades at school．When he was ten，he took his grandmother to see a(31)in Wuhan with some people's help．They lived in Wuhan for a month．He had(32)time to go out because he had to look after his grandmother．

He called(33)a \．He(34)happy every day．But when the reporter asked him if he was really so happy， he said he wasn't． He didn't want to show his unhappiness to his grandmother．He told the reporter that when he was unhappy，he wrote the unhappy things on the paper with which he foldeda model(35)． When the plane flew away，he felt relaxed． （折叠）

When the reporter asked him if he felt sorry to(36)so many lessons because of going to Wuhan，he said the lessons he missed could be learned later，but if his grandmother missed the best time to cure（治疗），there would be nothing to get the chance(37)． What a good boy! We should learn from him．

28. A. lucky B. unlucky C. polite D. impolite 29. A. mother B. father C. sister D. brother 30. A. something B. anything C. nothing D. everything 31. A. film B. program C. doctor D. friend 32. A. few B. much C. many D. little 33. A. him B. himself C. her D. herself 34. A. smelt B. tasted C. looked D. sounded 35. A. bike B. train C. plane D. ship 36. A. get B. catch C. miss D. forget 37. A. back B. up C. off D. down 三、单选题（本大题共15小题，共15.0分）

38. I_____the bus to school every day when I was in Grade 7．（ ）

A. take B. am taking C. took D. will take 39. The number of the students in our class ______fifty．______ of them ______boys． （ ）

A. is； 60 percents； are B. is； 60 percent； are C. are； 60 percent； is D. are； 60 percents； are

40. When you take an exam， the_______ careful you are， the _______mistakes you'll

make．（ ） A. less；fewer B. more； more C. more； less D. more； fewer 41. ---Listen! Who is singing in the next room？

---It must be Tina． I often hear her ______there．（ ）

A. sing B. singing C. sings D. to sing

42. ______some reasons， we have to change our plans at once．（ ）

A. About B. For C. With D. From 43. ---Look at the dark clouds in the sky， it _______．

---There is so much rain in Anqing．（ ）

A. was snowy

C. is going to snow B. was rainy

D. is going to rain

44. Everyone should _______ protecting the environment．（ ）

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