A. is still the same as he isB. is still the same as he was
C. is still same asD. was still the same as he is
15.Jim always helps his mum ___________.
A. sets the table at homeB. with the lay of the table
24. A. fewB. a fewC. littleD. a little
25. A. enclosingB. puttingC. enclosedD. putted
26. A. someB. manyC. moreD. two
27 A. developingB. runningC. becomingD. coming
A.look after.B.takes care ofC.watch.D.sees
2.Rickbecame a member ofthe Irish rock band when he was 15.
A. got involved in.B. took part in.C. went to.D. joined.
--You are right!She looks ______she were only 18 years old.
A. as,likeB. like,as ifC. as if ,likeD. like,as
14.After years of social life,a lot of my classmates in college have changed a lot,but my best friend Allen _______ten years ago.
4.Although she is quite young, shecansolve the problem in her own way.
A. is able to.B. able to.C. has the ability.D. have the ability to.
5.Sammy went to study abroadbetween the years of 1940 and 1949.
人 教 版 英 语 八年 级下学 期
期末测 试 卷
学校________班级________姓名________成绩________
第二部分基础知识运用
一、请从下面各题A、B、C.D三个选须中选择正确答案。
1.The old man stillkeeps an aye onthe whole company.
A. was seatedB. was sat.C. seated.D. sit.
9.Please stop ________,It's time to enjoy the wonderful movie.
A. to talk.B. talk.C. talking.D. talks.
10.Nowadays we have many different ways of paying As well as paying ______cash,and ______ credit card,we can also use all-pay and we-chat to pay in our everyday life.
C. with the setting of the tableD. to laying the table at home
三．完形填空。
Hi,Hongbo,
I'm so glad to read about the changes taking place in your city . It's really good news that you can travel by subway in Xi'an,___16___there's only one line there,Here in London we have 12 lines.____17____the way, we don't use the word “subway” here, It's_____18_____English. We call it “underground”,instead.
12.A Chinese,as well as three Americans _______in this terrible accident.
A. were died.B. was died.C. dead.D. died.
13.--Our new English teacher is always energetic and happy,She looks ____a young girl.
A. Open,closesB. to open,closedC. opened,closes.D. open,is closed.
7.What ______interesting news he told us this morning!
A. aB. /C. anD. the
8.When I arrived at the conference center,everyone else ________.
28 A. May toB. PerhapsC. ButD. Because
29. A. linesB. undergroundC. changesD. trains
30. A. sureB. knowingC. seeingD. wondering
第三部分阅读理解
四、阅读下面短文，根据短文内容选择正确内容
But the organizers of a new study say there's no scientific evidence that early musical training affects(影响) the intelligence of young people.
Samuel Morgan is a graduate student at Harvard's School of Education. He says it is wrong to think that learning to play a musical instrument improves a child's intellectual development. He says the evidence comes from studies that measured the mental ability of two groups of 4-year-olds.One group altitude music classes, the other went to a class that focuses on physical exercise(体育锻炼).
A. by,byB. in,inC. by,in.D. in,by.
11.Sometimes the questions asked by little children can be _____difficult ______people can answer them.
A. so,that few.B. so,that many.C. too,that few.D. too,that little.
A. in the 1940'sB. in her 40sC. in the 1940sD. in her 40's
二．单项选择。请从下面各题A、B、CБайду номын сангаасD三个选须中选择正确答案。
6.The small shop stays ____ for 12 hours every day,and it ____ at 10:00 in the evening.
In your letter, you also said that workers were building______26______lines,I'm sure your city is______27______fast.______28______you can send me some photos of city today.I really want to see the______29______taking place there.I'm______30______what an ancient(古老的) city will be like with such a new look!
A
About 80 percent of American adults think music lessons improve children's learning ability or their school performance. They say that the satisfaction for learning to play a new song helps a child express creativity.
So much for now.
Best wishes.
Tony.
16. A. butB. thoughC. andD. so
17. A. OnB. InC. ByD. At
18. A. notB. ChineseC. BritishD. American
19. A. reasonsB. waysC. answersD. excuses
3.Billie Schachtreturnedto Millville and started teaching in the same school that she had gone to school in.