江苏省南京市江宁分校2018-2019学年八年级下学期期末英语试卷

We mustn't drop litter everywhere, Look at Sign 　　　　　　 !

A. B. C. D.

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—Daisy, go and see what is happening to the windows.

—Nothing serious. The heavy rain is beating 　　　　 them.

A.against B.off C.to D.with

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—I think 　　　　 is necessary to help the people in need.

—Yes, I agree with you.

A.it B.this C.that D.what

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It's the museum! So you 　　　 know shouting is not allowed here.

A.can B.could C.must D.may

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Smartphones really make a great 　　　　 to people's life.

A.interview B.program C.treatment D.difference

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I can't hear the teacher 　　　　 with so much noise outside.

A.loudly B.politely C.quietly D.clearly

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— Mr Li, you know Starlight Town very well. 　　　　 have you lived here?

— Since fifeen years ago.

A.How long B.How soon C.How much D.How far

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It's important to protect nature because we 　　　 its rich resources to live.

A.give up B.leave for C.depend on D.lead to

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—Leo is very weak. We shouldn't ask him to move the heavy desk.

—Yes. He is not 　　　　 to move it, .Let’s ask someone else.

A.weak enough B.too weak C.strong enough D.too strong

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Which of the following words is pronounced /kəust/?

A.coat B.cost C.coast D.count

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We'd better leave a note on the table. 　　　　 , Mum has no idea where we are going.

A.However B.Anyway C.Instead D.Otherwise

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You can only borrow two books ____________ if you don’t have a library card.

A.on time B.in time

C.from time to time D.at a time

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—Jack got up late this morning. And his bike was broken on the way to school.

—　　　　 . What a bad day for him!

A.No pain, no gain B.It never rains but pours

C.Practice makes perfect D.Burn the candle at both ends

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How should you add the correct punctuation marks to the following sentence?

A.Simon said “If it snows we'll make a snowman.” B.Simon said “if it snows, we'll make a snowman.”

C.Simon said, if it snows, we'll make a snowman. D.Simon said, “If it snows, we'll make a snowman.”

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—Would you like me to help you with the homework?

—　　　　　 . But I can manage it myself.

A.It doesn’t matter B.The same to you

C.It's very kind of you. D.Never mind

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One cold afternoon,my son Adam and I were taking a walk after dinner.Suddenly,my son asked me,"Are all the people the same even if they are different______color,mom? "I was surprised that my son asked such a question _______ he was only 7 years old. I thought for a minute, and then I said, Well, my dear. This is a great question. Shall we go to buy some fruit near our home? I have something ______to show you""Sure, mom. Let's go, "said my son. He couldn't wait to know the answer.

We ran to the________shop and bought some apples in different colors-red, green, and yellow.

" What are you going to do with the apples?"my son asked.

I will ________you later, Adam, I answered.

After we got home, I put one apple of each color on the table and looked at my little son who stood near me. There was a curious（好奇的） look on his face.

"People are like apples. They have different colors, shapes and　 ______On the outside,some of the apples may not look as delicious as the others. "As I was talking, my son was listening___________

Then I took each of the apples away, peeled( 去皮)them and got them back on the table, but in a different place. okay, Adam, tell me which is which" He said,"I　 _____ tell. They all　 look the same now. Can you give me some advice? ""Take a bite of each one. See if that helps you know which is which.”

He took a big bite of each apple, and then smiled. " You're_____ mom, "he said excitedly.

"People are just like apples! They are all different, but once you take off the　 ______they are pretty much the same inside.

1.A.in B.from C.with D.at

2.A.until B.so C.because D.if

3.A.bad B.terrible C.boring D.interesting

4.A.fruit B.meat C.ice cream D.clothes

5.A.see B.ask C.show D.leave

6.A.prices B.periods C.materials D.sizes

7.A.loudly B.quickly C.carefully D.heavily

8.A.mustn’t B.can't C.shouldn’t D.needn’t

9.A.lazy B.right C.wrong D.kind

10.A.outside B.inside C.front D.back

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We offer you:

★Special clothes to protect you from the strong wind.

★A radio to communicate with the tour leader.

★Snacks （for lunch and dinner tour only）

★Price are in Australian dollars

★Children must be with an adult. At most 2children per adult.

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1.This is most probably a（n）___.

A.invitation B.timetable C.notice D.advertisement

2.Mr.Black will take his 11-year-old son to climb the bridge this Sunday morning(June 30).

They will pay　　　　　 .

A.$240. B.$280. C.$320 D.$400

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Nothing could stop this man after his leg were badly burnt at the age eight .Cunningham was given up by doctors who believed he would be a hopeless disabled man to spend the rest of his life in a wheelchair. "He will never be able to walk again "they said, "no chance.

The doctors checked his legs, but they had no way of looking into Glenns heart. He didn’t listen to the doctors and expected to walk again. Lying in bed, his thin, red legs covered with scar tissue, Glenn promised, "I’m going to get out of bed next week. I'm going to walk. "And he did just that.

His mother told how she used to look out of the windows to watch Glenn reach up and take old of an old plow(犁)in the yard, With a hand on each handle(把手). he began to make his hurt legs move. And with every step of pain, he came closer to walking. Soon he began to run slower before long he was running. When he started to run he became even more determined( 坚决的 ).

I always believed that I could walk, and I did. Now I,m going to run faster than ever. "And so he did. He became a great runner who set the world record of 406"in one-mile race in 1934. He was honored as the excellent athlete of the century at Madison Square Garden.

1.What happened to Glenn when he was eight?

A.He had bad heart disease. B.A car accident happened to him

C.His legs were badly burnt. D.He met a serious medical accident.

2.What made Glenn walk again?

A.Good medicine B.His hard work.

C.Doctors ' treatment. D.His mother's trust

3.Paragraph 3 mainly tells us　　 .

A.How Glenn made his legs move B.how Glenn played with the plow

C.how Glenn ran faster than ever D.how Glenn made himself walk again

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Country music is one of the most popular kinds of music in the United States today because it is about simple but strong human feelings and events—love, sadness, good times, and bad times. It tells reallife stories and sounds the way people really talk, as life becomes more complicated(复杂的)it is good to hear music about ordinary people.

Country music, sometimes called country western, comes from two lands of music. One is the traditional music of the people in the Appalachian Mountains in the eastern United States. The other is traditional cowboy music from the West. The singers usually play guitars, and in the 1920s they started using electric guitars.

At first city people said country music was low class. It was popular mostly in the South. But during World War II, thousands of Southerners went to the Northeast and Midwest to work in the factories. They took their music with them. Soldiers from the rest of the country went to army camps in the South. They learned country music. Slowly it became popular all over the country.

Today country music is also popular everywhere in the United States and Canada—in small towns and in New York City, among black and white, and among educated and uneducated people. About 1,200 radio stations broadcast country music twenty four hours a day. English stars sing it in British and people in other countries sing it in their own languages. The music that started with cowboys and poor Southerners is now popular all over the world.

1.From the passage, we know that country music comes from________.

A.the Northeast and Midwest B.real-life stories in small towns

C.factories and army camps in the South. D.the Appalachian Mountains and the West

2.Before World War II, country music was popular mainly in________.

A.the South B.the North C.the Midwest D.the Northeast

3.During World War II, many Southerners went to the Northeast and the Midwest to ________.

A.study country music there B.work in the factory there

C.make country music popular D.teach local people country music

4.Country music is very popular in the USA today because________.

A.city people said it was low class B.it started with cowboys and poor Southerners

C.people could sing it in different languages D.it is about human feelings and loved by different people

5.The passage mainly introduce the ____of country music?

A.rhyme B.histroy C.beauty D.style

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按要求改写句子,将答案填写在相应位置上,每空限填一词。

1.Lucy has already taken first prize twice in our class. ( 改为一般疑问句）

________ Lucy taken first prize twice in our class ________?

2.He didn’t know where he could buy the ropes. (改为同义句）

He didn’t know ______ ________ buy the ropes.

3.We can reduce air pollution by planting more trees. (对划线部分提问）

________ ________ we reduce air pollution?

4.They sold out the light green dresses yesterday. （改为被动语态）

The light green dresses ________ ________ out yesterday.

5.The task is so difficult that I can’t complete it in an hour. (改为同义句）

The task is _______ ________ for me to complete in an hour.

6.The 32th Olympic Games will be held in Tokyo , Japan in 2020. (改为同义句）

The 32th Olympic Games will _________ __________ in Tokyo, Japan in 2020.

7.They are brave to help the firemen put our the fire. (改为同义句）

It is brave ________ _________ to help the firemen put out the fire.

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根据所给汉语提示完成句子,并将答案填写在相应位置上,每空限填一词。

1.在英国,请避免像年龄、体重或者金钱之类的话题。

Please ________ _________ like age, weight or money in the UK.

2.新能源不仅成本低廉,而且用之不尽。

New energy costs little and will never _______ _______.

3.以前许多贫困的孩子没钱去上学。

Many poor children could not ________ _________ go to school before.

4.我们班由22个男生和23个女生组成。

Our class is ________ ________ of 22 boys and 23 girls.

5.需要更多的钱来继续开展我们的工作。

More money is needed to ________ ___________ with our work.

6.当我们离开房间时应该把灯关掉。

We should _______ ________ the lights when we leave a room.

7.我和吉姆初次见面不久后就成为了好朋友。

Jim and I became good friends　 _______ _______ we first met.

8.我已经把所有的糖果分给了我的学生。

I have _________ _________ all the sweets to my students.

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阅读短文,根据所读内容,在文章后小题的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词　 并将答案填写在相应位置上注意:每个空格只填1个单词

David Ho is one of the most famous scientists in the world because of his research on fighting AIDS.

He was born in 1952 in Taiwan, China. He was given the name He Dayi. Dayi means “Great One” in Chinese. His family moved to the United States when he was 12 years old.

David was a smart student and he first studied Physics. He quickly realized that he was interested in life science,so he went to Harward Medical School. It was there that he saw people who had AIDS. In the early 1980s, AIDS was almost unknown and Ho made up his mind to study this mysterious (难解的) killer disease.

Ho discovered that the HIV virus（病毒） could live in a healthy person’s body for years. He realized that the earlier a person with HIV is treated, the longer he will live.

His work is very important. With the help of his research, combinations of drugs (合成药) have been developed and the lives of thousands of people have been saved. The whole world was grateful to him. Because of his work, he was named Time magazine’s Man of the Year in 1996.

At 37, he was appointed (任命) Director of the Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Centre in New York. In recent years,he has been doing research on making a vaccine (疫苗) against AIDS. If Ho finds a vaccine for AIDS, he will become an international hero.

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根据短文内容及首字母提示,填写所缺单词,并将答案填写在相应位置上。

If you have a brother or sister, you already know you are different from each other. You live together in the same house and the same parents, b1. you have different personalities.Why is this? One possible r2. is the way your parents treat you.

First –born children receive all the attention(关注) from their p3.. Most families have twice as many photos of a first-born than any other one. Parents usually g4.first-borns more responsibility(责任) and depend on them to look after younger brothers and sisters. As a r5., first - borns are often responsible, hard-working and serious. They often want to do well at school and work. There are m6. first-born American presidents than second or last-born children, for example, George W. Bush, George Washington, and Lyndon Baines Johnson.

When a second child a7., parents are not so excited. The second child has to compete with the first-born for the parents’ attention and l8.. These children often choose different sports and h9. in order to get their family’s attention. They are often friendly and cool. Many famous talk-show hosts(主持人) were born last. The famous American host Ellen DeGeneres is a good e10.. She is the second child of her family.

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为响应“创建文明城市”号召 你打算写一封“争当南京好市民(citizen)”的英语倡议书,1向校刊《英语园地》投稿。要点如下:

注意:

1.必须包括所有要点,不要逐词翻译,可以适当发挥,短文语言通顺,意思连贯;

2.词数80左右,文章开头和结尾已经给出,不计入总词数;

3.文中不得出现你的真实姓名和学校名称。

I am glad that Nanjing has become one of the national civilized cities.

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