牛津英语8B八年级下学期期末试卷注意事项：1、本试题分为第I卷和第II卷两部分。

第I卷为选择题，65分；第II卷为非选择题，35分；共100分。

2、请把第I卷选择题部分的答案填入第9页答案卷的表格中，将非选择题答案直接写在第II卷上。

第I卷(选择题)一、听力选择(共1 5小题，计1 5分)(一)听下面五个句子。

从每小题所给的A、B、C三个选项中，选出能应答每个句子的最佳答案。

(每个句子读两遍)1．A．I am relaxed． B．I was doing my homework． C．I was at home．2．A．Yes，we are． B．Yes，we will． C．Yes，we have．3．A．I keep a eat at home．B．Cats are the most popular pets．C．Dogs are too hard to look after．4．A．No，that’s not interesting enough．B．A watch is too personal．C．A sweater is too expensive．5．A．For two hours． B．With my mother． C．In the library．(二)听下面五组短对话。

从每小题所给的A、B、C三个选项中，选出与对话内容相符的图片。

(每组对话读两遍)6．What does the girl like doing7．What does Alice’s sister like collecting8．What was Eve doing when the lights went out last night9．What present will Nick buy for his mother’s birthday10．Where is Jay going tomorrow(三)听录音中两段较长的对话，从每小题所给的A、B、C三个选项中，选择能回答下面问题的正确答案。

(每段对话读两遍)听第一段对话，完成11、12小题。

11．Where does the dialogue happenA．In a bookshop． B．In a library． C．In a classroom12．How many books can he borrow at a timeA．Only one book． B．Two books． C．Many books．听第二段对话，回答第13～15小题。

13．What season is it when they’re talkingA．It’s autumn． B．It’s summer． C．It's winter14．Where does Judy come fromA．Australia． B．England． C．America．15．When are they talkingA．At Christmas． B．On May Day． C．On New Year’s Day．注意：请同学们翻到第9页，找到第II卷第四大题，继续做听力填词题。

二、语言知识运用第一节：单项填空(共10小题，计10分)从每小题A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出一个能填入句中空白处的最佳答案。

16．He __________ when the UFO arrived．A．was sleeping B．were sleeping C．has slept D．is asleep 17．I have been skating __________ nine o’clock．A．for B．since C．at D．from 18．Would you mind ___________ those old jeansA．don’t wear B．not to wear C．aren’t wearing D．not wearing 19．一He’s never been to an aquarium．—___________．A．Neither have I B．Neither do I C．I never too D．I don't too20．—__________ have you been swimming一For five years．A．How many times B．How long C．How often D．How much 21．The old man had to do all the farm work himself, ___________A．did he B．had he C．didn’t he D．hadn’t he 22．一Could we buy a piano, Jack一I’m afraid there __________ enough room for one in the house．A．aren’t B．are C．isn’t D．is 23．We will stay at home and read books if it tomorrow．A．is raining B．rains C．rain D．will rain24．一Do you know ___________ in our school一 Since he was 20 years old．A．how long has Mr Li workedB．how long Mr Li has workedC．how long has Mr Li comeD．how long Mr Li has come25．AVATAR(阿凡达)is an __________ film，and most people are ___________ in it． A．interesting；interested B．interesring；interestingC．interested；interested D．interested；interesting第二节：完形填空(共1 0小题，计10分)阅读下面每文，从每小题A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出一个能填入文中相应空白处的最佳答案。

Several days ago，some students from the US visited our school．When we talked，I discovered __26__ differences in school life between the US and China．For example，each class __27__ fifty minutes in the US．It is a little __28__ than that in China．We usually have forty or forty。

five minutes in each class．Another difference is that they have less break time between __29__．Besides，although most schools in both countries finish their __30__ classes at 12 o'clock，the students in the US only have an hour-long break，so they __31__ eat lunch quickly．Their afternoon classes begin at 1：00 pm and school is over __32__ 3：00 pm．Then they take part in club activities or play sports．Many Chinese students don’t work during their high school years，while the US students like to find a part-time job in __33__ free time．They don’t have a dream job in mind．They think __34__ is no difference between jobs．Working is a useful experience for them and they can make money at the same time．Some of them even take one-year-full-time jobs __35__ they leave high school and then go to college．26．A．no B．few C．little D．some27．A．lasts B．finishes C．starts D．stays 28．A．shorter B．longer C．earlier D．later 29．A．schools B．classes C．meals D．students 30．A．day B．night C．morning D．afternoon 31．A．can’t B．mustn’t C．need to D．are able to 32．A．in B．for C．during D．around 33．A．my B．his C．their D．your34．A．it B．there C．that D．this 35．A．after B．with C．while D．during三、阅读理解(共20小题，计30分)阅读下面短文，从每小题A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出能回答所提问题或完成所给句子的最佳答案。

(A)Come and see the Indian elephants and the new tigers from America．The bears are waiting to meet you，and the monkeys from China are waiting to throw things at you．The lovely dogs from Australia are waiting to laugh at you，and the giraffes from Zambia are waiting to look down on you．Tickets：Grown—ups： $2．00Children： Over 12$1．00 Under 12 FreeOpening time 9：00 a．m．—4：00 P．m．Except Friday 10：00 a．m．—3：00 P．m．Keep the zoo clean!Do not touch，give food or go near the animals．36．How many kinds of animals are talked about in the passageA．Four B．Five． C．Six． D．Seven．37．Now Mr．Smith is in the zoo with his two sons，one aged 14 and the other 10，how much are the tickets togetherA．$4．00 B．$2．00 C．$3．00 D．$1．0038．Which of the following is the visiting timeA．8：30 a．m．Monday B．9：30 a．m．FridayC．3：00 P．m．Sunday D．5：00 P．m．Tuesday39．From the passage we can guess the animal“giraffe”must b e very ___________．A．fat B．long C．strong D．tall40．Which of the following can we do in the zooA．Give some food to the dogs． B．Touch the monkey on the head．C．Throw things everywhere． D．Take a few nice photos．(B)For many people the subject of hiccups(嗝)is a joke，but for Harry Mendes，a fifteen-year-old schoolboy from Birmingham，it was something quite different． His hiccups began one Sunday lunch time and continued(继续)day and night for two weeks．Harry, who is now back at school，described what happened to him．“When I began to hiccup，I drank a glass of water but that didn’t do any good．That evening I had hiccups every four seconds．We tried everything to stop them．I held my breath and drank cold drinks．My father even tried to give me a shock but that didn’t work, either．”After a week of sleepless nights，he went to hospital．The doctors couldn't find anything wrong．“They gave me some medicine and my hiccups slowed down，but it was another week before the medicine worked completely and my hiccups stopped．”Harry was very lucky．The world record holder(保持者)is the American farmer Charles Osborne，who hiccupped for sixty—eight years．He stopped in 1990 at last，but nobody knows why．41．Harry’s hiccups lasted _________．A．a week B．fourteen days C．twenty-eight days D．one month 42．His hiccups started after he ________．A．drank a glass of water B．went to hospitalC．ate a meal D．finished his homework43．His parents decided to take him to hospital when he __________．A．hiccupped for four seconds B．held his breathC．hiccupped at night D．couldn’t stop hiccupping44．His hiccups completely stopped one week after the doctor _________．A．gave him some medicine B．found something wrong with himC．gave him a shock D．let him drink cold drinks45．What does “shock” in this passage meanA．震惊 B．休克 C．喷嚏 D．哈欠(C)Dick lived in England．One day in January he said to his wife．“I’m going to fly to New York next week because I've got some work there．”“Where fire you going to stay there”his wife asked．“I don’t know yet．”Dick answered．“Please send me your address from there in a telegram(电报)，”his wi fe said．“All right，”Dick answered．He flew to New York on January 31st and found a nice hotel in the center of the city．He put his things in his room and then he sent his wife a telegram．He put the address of his hotel in it．In the evening he didn’t have any work，so he went to a cinema．He came out at nine o’clock and said，“Now I'm going back to my hotel and have a nice dinner．”He found a taxi and the driver said．“Where do you want to go”But Dick didn’t remember the name and address of his hotel．“Which hotel are my things in”he said，“And what am I going to do tonight”But the driver of the taxi did not know．So Dick got out and went into a post office．There he sent his wife another telegram，and in it he wrote，“Please send me my address at this post office．”46．Dick flew to New York because ___________．A．he went there for a holidayB．he had some work thereC．he went there for sightseeingD．his home was there47．Why did his wife want him to send a telegram to herA．Because she wanted to know his address in New York．B．Because she wanted to go to New York, too．C．Because she wanted to go there．D．Because she couldn’t leave her husband by himself in New York．48．Where did Dick stay in New YorkA．In the park． B．In a hotel．C．In a restaurant． D．At his friend’s house．49．Who would send him the name and address of his hotelA．The manager(经理)of his hotel． B．The police office．C．The taxi driver． D．His wife．50．Which of the following is not trueA．Dick stayed at a nice hotel in the center of the city．B．Dick didn’t work on the first night of his arrival．C．Dick forgot to send his wife a telegram．D．Dick wanted to go back to his hotel in a taxi．(D)The animal world is full of secrets and wonders．A rabbit can be as big as a dog．Can sharks walk Do these stories sound unbelievable Scientists have found they are true．Here are some strange animal stories．A strange dolphinIf you have seen dolphins at the zoo，you’ll know that they usually have two fins (鳍)．Their fins look like other mammals' (哺乳动物)arms or front legs．Recently people found an unusual dolphin in Japan．It has an extra(额外的)pair of fins near its tail，about the size of human hands．Japanese fishermen caught one of these dolphins．Scientists say its extra fins are a sign(标记、迹象)that long ago dolphins lived on land and had more than two fins．A walking sharkCan sharks walk Some in Indonesia can．Scientists found two new kinds off the coast of Indonesia．They are able to”walk”with their fins along coral reefs(珊瑚礁)．These sharks are more than a metre long．They feed on shrimps(虾)，crabs(蟹)and small fish．If they get scared，they can swim away．A monster rabbitHow big is your pet rabbit A monster rabbit can be a lot bigger than your pet．A monster rabbit may weigh more than 15kg and may be over a metre long．Recently a monster rabbit was found in England．People say that its footprints are larger than a deer’s．Farmers try to catch it because it has destroyed their plants．Some think that the monster rabbit is a home rabbit．It ran away from its owner later．51．Japanese fishermen caught a dolphin ___________．A．with two fins B．with a pair of finsC．with four fins D．with four pairs of fins52．From the passage we know the dolphins ___________．A．lived on land long time ago B．had many finsC．lived in water long ago D．had human hands53．Two new kinds of sharks off the coast of Indonesia will __________ when they are frightened．A．walk away B．swim away C．die D．eat small fish 54．Some people think the monster rabbit is _________．A．a deer B．a monster C．a dog D\a home rabbit 55．From this passage we can find that the animal world is __________．A．full of interesting things B．too strange to live inC．full of danger D．harmful(有害的)to people2009—2010学年度第二学期期末考试八年级英语试题第I卷(选择题)第II卷(非选择题)四、听力填空(共5小题，计5分)请根据所听内容，完成记录中的所缺信息。