2013-2014学年下学期期末八年级英语测试题一. 单项选择题（15分）( )1.He _____ when the UFO arrived.A. was sleepingB. were sleepingC. has sleptD. is asleep( )2.I have been skating _______ nine o’clock. A. for B. since C. at D. from ( )3.Would you mind ______ those old jeans?A. don’t wearB. not to wearC. aren’t wearingD. not wearing( )4.---He’s never been to an aquarium. ---_______.A. Neither have IB. Neither do IC. I never tooD. I don’t too( )5.It’s really cold today, ______ ?A. does itB. doesn’t itC. isn’t itD. is it( )6._____ have you been swimming? For five years.A. How many timesB. How longC. How oftenD. How much( )7.--Could you please _____ in the room? --Oh, I’m sorry.A. not smokingB. not smokeC. not to smokeD. don’t smoke( )8.---Could we buy a piano, Jack?--I’m afraid there ______ enough room for one in the house.A. aren’tB. areC. isn’tD. is( )9.I got home _____ they were having dinner.A. as soon asB. whileC. becauseD. after( )10. We got mad ______ the team for losing the match.A. atB. inC. onD. about( )11.She _______ a lot of money on clothes.A. takesB. costsC. spendsD. buys( )12.I will stay at home and read books if it _______ tomorrow.A. is rainingB. rainsC. rainD. will rain( )13.The teacher encourages her students _____ English as much as possible.A. to speakB. speakingC. speakD. spoke( )14.His father _____ to Nanjing. He _____ back next week.A．has been, is B has been, will be C. has gone, is D. has gone, will be( )15.The teacher said that they ______ hard-working students.A. isB. areC. wereD. was二、完形填空(本题有10小题，每小题l分，共10分)Coke(可乐)is one of 16 __ drinks in the world. A lot of people enjoy 17 it. But now people begin to believe that it’s not a good drink for health. There is lots of _18 __ in the coke. Having much sugar is 19 _ for people. And it also has some caffeine(咖啡因)in it. The caffeine can get people into the habit(习惯)of drinking more coke when they feel 20 . If they don’t drink coke they 21 bad. And ___22 thing is some people can’t work or study __23 drinking several cups of coke every day. More and more people want to cut down the coke they drink and ask __24 help from the doctors. If you like drinking coke very much, I think youmust have the Coke Habit. In fact drinking more fruit and vegetable juice is 25 __ for you. ( )16.A. more popular B. most popular C. popular D. the most popular( )17.A. drink B. drinking C. to drink D. drinks( )18.A. salt B. pepper C. sugar D. juice( )19.A. good B. well C. tired D. bad( )20.A. hungry B. fine C. thirsty D. excited( )21.A. will feel B. are feeling C. felt D. feel( )22.A. bad B. worse C. the worst D. the worse( )23.A. not B. without C. with D. after( )24.A. to B. for C. on D. at( )25.A. good B. well C. best D. better三．阅读理解（40分）㈠根据短文内容选择最佳答案。

AMost of the flowers in nature are red, orange and yellow. If we have seen a black flower, it’s chance in million.People have made a survey of colors of more than four thousand kinds of flowers and found that only eight of them are black.As we know, sunlight is formed (形成) by seven different colored lights. The wave length (波长) of each light is different, so the quantity (量) of heat in each light is also different. Flowers especially their petal (花瓣), are easy to be harmed (伤害) by high temperature.Black flowers can take in all the light waves which cause the flowers to dry up in a high temperature. So black flowers can rarely (很少) survive (挺过) sunlight. But red flowers, orange flowers and yellow flowers can protect (保护) themselves from sunlight by reflecting (反射) the red light, orange light and yellow light, each of which has a large quantity of heat.( )26.People can_______ see black flowers.A. oftenB. neverC. hardly everD. always( )27.The u nderlined word “ them” in the second paragraph refers to (指) ______.A. a thousandB. colorsC. flowersD. kinds( )28.The passage mainly tells us that _______.A. black flowers are too weak and it is difficult for them to grow upB. there are only eight black flowers in natureC. sunlight has seven different colored lights and the wave length of each is differentD. why it’s difficult for black flowers to grow( )29.How do red flowers, orange flowers or yellow flowers protect themselves from sunlight?A. By taking in the light.B. By reflecting the light.C. By hiding themselves.D. By sleeping.( )30.Which of the following ideas is NOT right?A. The black flowers cannot protect themselves from the sunlight.B. Red, orange and yellow flowers can also take in the light of all wave lengths.C. People have found that only a few kinds of flowers are black.D. Flowers are easy to be harmed by very high temperature.BHappiness is for everyone. You don't need to care about the rich. Though they have beautiful houses with large gardens and swimming pools, they may often feel lonely.In fact, happiness is always around you if you put your heart into it. When you are in trouble at school, your teachers will help you; when you do something wrong, people around you feel unhappy; when you succeed in something, your friends will say congratulations to you. All these are your happiness. If you notice a bit of them, you can see that happiness is always around you.Happiness is not the same as money. It is a feeling of your heart. Although you are poor, you can also say you are very happy. Money is not everything. You have something else that money can't buy. When you meet with difficulties, you can loudly say you are very happy because you have more chances to challenge yourself. So you can not always say you are poor and you have bad luck. If you take every chance you get, you can be a happy and lucky person.31.______may often feel lonely even though they have beautiful houses with large gardens.A. TeachersB. ParentsC. Old peopleD. Rich people32. What will your friends say to you when you make great progress?A. Congratulations.B. That's all right.C. It's very nice of you.D. Not at all.33. When you have more chances to challenge yourself, you may feel_______.A. proudB. lonelyC. happyD. excited34. You can make yourself happy by______.A. making much moneyB. taking every chance you haveC. owning beautiful big housesD. having nice cars35. We can learn from the passage that_______.A. poor people are always unhappy because they don't have money to buy big housesB. we can find happiness around us even if we don't have much moneyC. no one will help you if you are poorD. rich people are very proud because they have big houses and nice carsCOne Sunday morning John was crossing a bridge. He saw a fisherman on the bank of a river under him. He stopped to watch him quietly.After a few minutes, the fisherman pulled his line out. There was a big, fat fish at the end of it. The fisherman took it off the hook and threw it back into the water. Then he put his hook and line into the water again. After a few more minutes he caught another big fish. Again he threw it back into the river. Then, the third time, he caught a small fish, He put it into his basket and started to get ready to go. John was so surprised that he went down to the river bank and asked the fisherman, "Why did you throw those beautiful, big fishes back into the river, and keep only the small one?"The fisherman smiled and answered, "Oh, my frying pan is small."36. Where was the fisherman?A. In the river.B. By the river.C. On the river.D. Near the river. 37. The fisherman put _____ into his basket and started to go home.A. a small fishB. a big fishC. a small frying panD. Both A and B 38. How many times did the fisherman pull his line out? A. Once. B. Twice. C. Three times. D. Four times. 39. The fisherman only kept the small fish because______. A. he didn't like big fishes B. the small fish was lovely C. his frying pan was not big enough to cook a big fish D. small fish was usually more delicious40. We can infer （推断）from the passage that______.A. the fisherman enjoyed a relaxing lifeB. the fisherman was poorC. the fisherman loved small fishesD. the fisherman was foolishD（ ）41. What do people want to do at Nancy’s Gym?A. To enjoy swimmingB. To learn skating.C. To become thinner.D. To havefun.（ ）42. Lucy likes skating. Which ad is she probably interested in?A. Ice World.B. Water World.C. Nancy’s Gym.D. We don’tknow.（）43. You can call at when you want to swim.A. 45562233B. 88682526C. 21518296D. Any of the above. （）44. You can go to swim in Water World at .A. 8:00 amB. 9:30 amC. 10:00 pmD. 10:30（）45. Which costs the most for an adult?A. Keeping fit at Nancy’s Gym.B. Skating in Ice World.C. Swimming in Water World.D. We don’t know.(二)阅读短文，判断下列句子是否符合短文内容。