江苏省淮安市开明分校2017-2018学年八年级上学期期末英语试卷

What ________ awful day! It’s ________ worst day in my life.

A.a; a B.an; the C.an; / D.the; /

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I advised her ________ so much time ________ what to wear every morning.

A.to not spend; to choose B.not to spend; choosing

C.not spend; choosing D.didn’t spend; to choose

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________ the snow more easily, the workers poured some salt over the road.

A.Clearing B.Clear C.To clear D.Cleared

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Tom is already ________ his father.

A.as taller than B.taller as C.as tall as D.as same height as

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—Is Wendy in the classroom now?　　

—I’m not sure. She ________ be there. I saw her in the library ten minutes ago.

A.may not B.must not C.shall not D.would not

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The Grade 8 students in our school ________ here for one and a half years already.

A.study B.studied C.are studying D.have studied

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I thought Linda was an honest girl but ________ she often tells lies.

A.for example B.in fact C.as a result D.at least

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Which of the underlined letter groups has a different sound?

A.loud B.cloud C.around D.countryside

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He wants to know ________ it will snow tomorrow.

A.as B.or C.while D.if

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The sentence structure of “________” is “S+V”.

A.The next bus will arrive. B.Some volunteers reached the village.

C.The movie made the boy excited. D.Her voice is beautiful.

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He told me the address but I didn’t ________.

A.write down it B.write it down C.write down them D.write them down

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Among the six students, May has ________ money, but she buys ________ books.

A.the most; the least B.more; less

C.the least; the most D.fewer; more

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—Have a nice trip, Jenny. ________!　　

— Thanks. Bye, Lily.

A.No way B.What a shame C.Take care D.You’re welcome

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—Mum, can you cook beef ________ chicken for lunch today?

—Sorry, I’m too busy to cook today. Your father will cook for you ________.

A.instead of; instead B.instead; instead of

C.instead; instead D.instead of; instead of

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—How many eggs are there in the fridge?　　

—________. We should go to the supermarket to buy some.

A.Nothing B.None C.No D.Nobody

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Long ago, the birds and the land animals had a big fight. A bat ______ in a cave (洞穴) to see which side was going to win.

After many hours, the land animals won. The bat flew ______ his cave to follow them. A bear looked at him and said, “Here is a bird. Let’s ______ it.” The bat cried, “Oh, please don’t! I can fly ______ a bird, but I’m not a bird. I have ______ in my mouth. Birds do not.”

The land animals talked it over and finally allowed (允许) the bat to join them. All was well ______ one day, the birds came back to fight again. Once again, the bat hid in a cave. This time, the ______ won the fight. The bat joined them. One old bird said to the bat, “______ are not one of us.” But the bat cried, “I am a bird. I have ______.” Finally, the birds allowed the bat to stay. The land animals and birds ______ fighting for many years. Each time, the bat hid and waited to see which side would win. Finally, everyone was tired of fighting and they decided to make peace (讲和). ______, they didn’t know what to do with the bat.

One of them said, “You have wings, but you are not a bird. You have teeth, but you are not a land animal. From now on, you will fly only at night when we are ______.” Maybe that is why bats only come out at night.

1.A.brought B.hid C.searched D.fought

2.A.down into B.all over C.up to D.out of

3.A.help B.accept C.kill D.become

4.A.as B.through C.like D.in

5.A.teeth B.food C.cave D.wings

6.A.from B.till C.on D.to

7.A.birds B.bat C.land animals D.bear

8.A.We B.You C.They D.He and I

9.A.wings B.teeth C.land D.mouths

10.A.finished B.failed C.kept D.began

11.A.So B.But C.However D.Otherwise

12.A.afraid B.alone C.around D.asleep

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Jeanne Johnson lives near the ocean (海洋) in the USA. She is worried about the danger of tsunamis (海啸), so she bought a tsunami escape pod (逃生舱).

The pod is a bright orange ball. It is not very big, just 1.37 metres across. Two people can fit inside. It has a watertight (不漏水的) door and some windows. The pod can even provide air for the people inside and show where they are.

Julian Sharpe made the pod. He got the idea after a tsunami in 2004 in the Indian Ocean. It killed more than 226,000 people. He was on vacation near the ocean with his family. His kids were very young. Sharpe wondered how he could keep them safe if a tsunami happened. Then in 2011, a tsunami killed about 16,000 people in Japan. This was when Sharpe really started designing and making an escape pod strong enough to protect people from a tsunami.

Jeanne spent $13,500 on the pod. She has put some water, food, warm clothes and a radio in it. And she is practising getting into it quickly.

“The pod is really not comfortable,” said Jeanne. “But it’s better than nothing. I don’t think too much about tsunamis now. I can sleep well at night.”

1.The tsunami escape pod ________.

A.is a bright orange B.is less than 1.3 metres across

C.has no doors or windows D.cost Jeanne more than $13,000

2.After buying the pod, Jeanne ________.

A.thought much about tsunamis B.put food, clothes and a radio in it

C.didn’t practise getting into it D.worried a lot and couldn’t sleep well

3.In 2004, Julian Sharpe ________.

A.made a tsunami escape pod B.was on vacation near the ocean

C.sold the pod to Jeanne D.had no children

4.A tsunami in ________ killed over 226,000 people.

A.2004 B.2005 C.2011 D.2017

5.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A.Jeanne lives in the UK.

B.Only one person can fit inside the pod.

C.Jeanne Johnson likes the pod because it is comfortable.

D.Sharpe hopes his pod can protect people from a tsunami.

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Does winter mean a boring time at home? Winter can be interesting too! Let’s enjoy some winter fun across China together.

1.You can ________ in the hot springs in Yunnan.

A.have a bath B.see plateau cranes C.see ice D.cut holes and fish

2.If you want to see black-necked cranes, you can go to ________.

A.Tengchong hot springs B.Chagan Lake

C.Caohai Lake D.Dagunguo

3.Chagan Lake is in ________.

A.Tengchong B.Yunnan Province C.Jilin Province D.Guizhou Province

4.There are ________ kinds of rare birds in Caohai Lake.

A.100,000 B.230 C.97 D.70

5.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A.In winter, Chagan Lake is hot and you can cook eggs in it.

B.Black-necked cranes may fly to Caohai Lake in August.

C.October and November are the Chagan Lake winter fishing seasons.

D.Caohai Lake is over 30 square kilometers in size.

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Chantek was a special orangutan (红毛大猩猩). In 1979, when Chantek was 9 months old, a scientist (科学家) called Lyn Miles took him to the University of Tennessee (田纳西大学) in the USA. She wanted to teach Chantek like teaching a human child. She and some other scientists taught him sign language (手语). Chantek learned at least 150 words in American sign language. They also taught him other human skills like using a bathroom and cleaning his room.

Chantek stayed at the university for 8 years. He sometimes even walked to classes with students. But in 1986, Chantek ran away from his place and scared a student. The student cried in fear and said that Chantek wanted to hurt her. So people had to send him to an animal center. He spent 11 years there, living in a cage and becoming fat and unhappy.

In 1997, Chantek moved into Zoo Atlanta. There, he could finally go outside and jump from tree to tree. The zoo said Chantek often used sign language to “talk” with his caretakers (看护员). But he was too shy to do it with visitors.

Lyn Miles often visited Chantek in the zoo. She said that Chantek still saw himself as half human, and he called the other orangutans in the zoo “orange dogs”.

On August 7, 2017, Chantek died in the zoo at the age of 39.

1.Chantek is ________.

A.a scientist B.an orange dog C.a special orangutan D.a human child

2.The underlined word “scared” in Paragraph 2 means ________.

A.left...alone B.kept...safe C.called...back D.made ... afraid

3.Chantek lived in Zoo Atlanta for ________ years.

A.8 B.11 C.20 D.39

4.Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A.Chantek is still alive now.

B.Chantek was fat and unhappy in the animal center.

C.Chantek learned sign language and human skills from scientists.

D.Chantek couldn’t use sign language to “talk” with visitors because he was too shy.

5.The passage is mainly about ________.

A.how to teach orangutans B.a scientist called Lyn Miles

C.the story of Chantek D.different places in the USA

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A) 写出与句意相同或相近的句子，每空一词。

1.In the beginning, I saw leaves fly in all directions in the wind.

______　 _______, I saw leaves fly _______ in the wind.

2.Babies’ eyes are usually not open at birth.

When babies _______　 _______, their eyes are usually _______.

3.Simon didn’t go to work yesterday because he was ill.

Simon didn’t go to work yesterday _______　 _______ his _______.

4.The heavy rain caused a flood. We must take action to help the people there.

The heavy rain _______　 _______ a flood. We must _______ to help the people there.

5.Helen’s car went wrong. She is fixing it alone.

Helen’s car _______　 _______. She is fixing it _______　 _______.

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根据所给汉语完成下列句子。

1.通常每天晚上十点前我一点也不感到困或累。

Usually I _______________ or tired _______________ before 10:00 p.m. every day.

2.你最好不要痴迷于网购。

You _______________ not _______________ shopping on the Internet.

3.决赛将在下周一举行, 我迫不及待地想要把这个消息告诉同学们。

The final ______________ next Monday. I ______________ to tell the news to my classmates.

4.昨天，一场洪水冲走了很多房子和数以千计的动物。

Yesterday, a flood _______________ many houses and _______________ animals.

5.她同情这里的老人们并且经常为他们把房间收拾好。

She _______________ the old people here and often _______________ rooms for them.

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Do you know what shouzhang is? It is a diary with decorations (装饰品) like tapes, stickers (贴纸), drawings and other things. It started in Japan. And now it becomes popular in China.

Twin (双胞胎的) sisters Lin Ting and Mao Yue from Zhejiang become “stars” on the Internet because they make interesting shouzhang. These two 15-year-old girls are from Grade 8, Wenhui Middle School in Hangzhou. They record things about food, travel, pets, school life and other interesting things in their lives in their shouzhang.

The twins started to make their shouzhang about three years ago. “Nothing will be greater than to look back on these beautiful memories when we get old,” Lin said.

They write funny stories about their two pet dogs Dabao and Gege in their shouzhang. When Lin has too much homework to do, she writes about how she feels. “It makes me feel better,” Lin said. They also write about their favourite food and stars. Mao collected pictures of ice cream, coffee and her hero Zhang Yixing, and stuck them in their shouzhang. They always bring their shouzhang with them when travelling.

Both of them love and do well in drawing. They also have a big box of tapes and stickers. So they think it is easy and interesting for them to make their shouzhang beautiful.

根据文章内容，回答下列问题。(每小题答案不超过六个单词）

1.Did shouzhang start in China?

____________________________________________________________________

2.Why do Lin Ting and Mao Yue become “stars” on the Internet?

_____________________________________________________________________

3.How old are Lin Ting and Mao Yue?

_____________________________________________________________________

4.When did Lin Ting and Mao Yue start to make their shouzhang?

______________________________________________________________________

5.What do they think of making their shouzhang beautiful?

___________________________________________________________________

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Winter is cold and it can be difficult for animals to find food during winter. They get through winter in many ways.

Would you like to go to a warm place for the winter? That’s what migratory (迁徙的) animals do. When the weather starts to get cold, migratory animals like some birds and butterflies fly to a warmer place, and then they come back in spring.

Another good way to get through winter is to sleep through it. Many animals hide and sleep during the winter. Their body temperature drops and hearts beat more slowly. This helps them to save their energy. They do not eat. They live off their fat. They wake up when the weather gets warmer. We call this hibernation (冬眠). Snakes, frogs and bears hibernate in winter.

Many animals stay active in winter and adapt to (适应) the cold weather. Some animals save food in summer and autumn and eat it in winter. This is what squirrels do. Other animals make changes in their bodies or behavior (行为). To keep warm, some animals grow thicker coats in winter. Some animals eat different kinds of food as the seasons change. The red fox eats fruit and insects in the other three seasons, but eats small rodents (啮齿类动物) in winter. Other animals change colour. The arctic (北极的) fox is brown in summer. Its coat turns white in winter.

How do you live through the winter? Do you wear a thick coat? Do you stay inside? Or do you live in a warm place?

根据上面短文的内容完成下列各句。

1.____________ animals like some birds and butterflies go to warmer places when the weather starts to get cold, and they come back ____________.

2.Some animals sleep through the winter without eating because they can live off their ____________. Their body temperature drops and this helps them to ____________.

3.Some animals grow thicker coats in winter in order to ____________. Squirrels save food in ____________ and eat it in winter.

4.The arctic fox is ____________ in summer and white in winter. The red fox eats small rodents　　 in winter and it eats ____________ in spring, summer and autumn.

5.The article tells us ____________ ways for animals to ____________.

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假设你是Jane，今年暑假去四川旅游。请以“My trip to Sichuan”为题，用英语写一篇80词左右的短文。包括以下要点：

1. 去了很多景点，看到了大熊猫...... ;　

2. 九寨沟(Jiuzhaigou)发生地震，人和动物失去家园, 政府......（写出至少两种救助行动）;

3. 你的感受。

My trip to Sichuan

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