2013-2014八年级上学期期末考试英语试卷、单项选择（每小题 1分，共15分） ()26.--Peter, don 'play that kind of jokes any more?--Sorry, I _______ do it aga in. A. won 'B.can'tC. mustn 'D. wouldn '( )27. There are about two ________ s tude nts in the n ew-built school.A. thousandB. thousandsC. thousands ofD. thousand of()28. Mrs Smith eats_______ meat, so he is _______ fat now. A. too much, too much B.much too, too muchC. too much, much tooD. much too, much too ()29. He looks upset. He doesn 'know ________A. what to do itB. how to do itC. how to do()30. --How about your En glish?--I found ________ h ard to lear n it well. A. thatB. itC. thisD. one ( )31. The accide nt ________ a windy ni ght last year.()32. --What were you doing at 9 o 'lock last Sun day morning?--IA. did my homeworkB. am doing my homeworkC. do my homeworkD. was doing my homework( )33. You must be very tired. Why n ot _______ a rest?A. to stop to haveB. to stop havi ngC. stop to haveD. stop havi ng ()34. Tom asked my friend _________ .A. where was he fromB. that the earth is bigger tha n the moonC. whe n did he came backD. not to be so angry( )35. There is n obody in the room, _______ ?A. isn 'itB. isn 'thereC. is thereD. is it()36. --Where is your father?--He ________ S hanghai. He 'be back next week. A. has gone to B. has bee n toC. have gone toD. have bee n to( )37. Tom will stay here ________ .A. two days and a halfB.two and a half daysC. two and a half dayD. A and B( )38. --Would you mind pass ing me the book?-- _______ . Here you are. A. Yes, I would. B. Sure.C. Not at all.( )39. We have bee n skati ng _______ two yeas ago.A. si neeB.forC. i n()40. This film isn ' ________ so that nobody is ________ in it.三、完型填空(每小题1分，共15分)D. do whatA. took place inB. took place onC. happened inD. happened onD. No, that ' a problem. D. beforeA. in terest ing; in terestedB. in terested; in teresti ngC. in teresti ng; in teresti ngD. i nterested; in terestedDear Connie,Thanks for your last letter. Everything is OK here now. I am __41__ to know that everything is going well with you. 42 also for the photos. Linda looks healthier and __43 tha n before.It is very hot here now, but it sometimes _44_ . We love the rains very much. We are45 our stay here. I am now study ing in a 46 school. There are more 47 and stude nts in this school than in my school in England. My teachers and classmates are all very __48 ______ to me.Time goes so quickly. I am having new experienee all the time. It is difficult to _49_ Chin ese. But I am making progress 50 the help of my teachers and classmates.The summer holiday is 51_ . Here in Jinan the summer holiday usually __52 ___ about two mon ths. So ril be free for over sixty days. I hope you and Linda could 53 to Jinan for a54 . Then I can show you 55 the famous “ Spring City ” in China.Love to you and Lin da.Yours,Mike( )41. A. glad B. angry C. surprised D. sad( )42. A. Thanks B. Ask C. Hope D. Wish( )43. A. slower B. taller C. shorter D. smaller( )44. A. floods B. winds C.snows D. rai ns( )45. A. fond B. disliki ng C. enjoying D. hat ing( )46. A. shorter B. taller C. smaller D. bigger( )47. A. libraries B. teachers C. buildi ngs D. classrooms( )48. A. rough B. frie ndly C. unfrien dly D. rude( )49. A. know B. find C. lear n D. see( )50. A. as B.under C. by D. with( )51. A. fini shed B. coming C. goi ng D. over( )52. A. takes B.spends C. lasts D. costs( )53. A. run B. walk C. go D. come( )54. A. sight B. visit C. job D. work( )55. A. around B. to C. for D. visit四、阅读理解（每小题2分，共30分）AA man was selling medicine at a fair( 集市).At first he sold bottles of a cure( 药齐U) for colds for just a dollar a bottle.Many people wan ted to buy it and the man's young assista nt moved quickly through the crowd collect ing money and handing out bottles of the cure.Then, whe n he had a bid crowd, the man stood up, held up a very small bottle and said, And now, ladies and gentleman, I am not going to charge you a hundred dollars a bottle for this wonderful medicine. I am not going to charge you fifty dollars a bottle. I am not going to charge you twenty-five dollars a bottle. Now, ladies and gentleman. I am not going to charge you tendollars, and you can live forever.Most of the people in the crowd did not believe this. One pers on shouted, "If you can make you live forever, why don 'you drink it? "The n the other man cried, "Yes, you look as if you are at least sixty years."Thank you, sir, thank you, " the man answered, " am so glad you said that. My real age is three hundred and twenty-nine. ” The crowd laughed at this but there were still some people who wan ted to believe the man. One of them spoke to the man ' assista nt as he passed by, "s that true?" he asked. "s he three hundred and twenty-nine?'Don 'task me, " the assistant said, "I have only worked for him for a hundred and fifty years. ( )56. What did the man sell at first? He sold ________ .A. a cure for coldsB. bottlesC. a cure for old ageD. a medic ine that made people live forever ( )57. The people didn 'believe that the man 'medicine could cure old age because ________ .A. the medicine was too cheapB. the medicine was too expensiveC. he looked quite old himselfD. he didn'look honest( )58. What does the word c harge" mean in this passage?A.变化B.付钱C.给……钱D.向……要价( )59. How much did the man charge for the cure for old age?A. one dollar a bottleB. twen ty-five dollars a bottleC. ten dollars a bottleD. fifty dollars a bottle( )60. What does this passage really mean?A. The cure for old age is very useful and not so expe nsive.B. The man is not hon est, and n either is his assista nt.C. The cheaper the medicine is, the more people will buy.D. The two men are very honest, and they ' like to help people live forever.B( )61. There will be ________ in Grand Movie Theater this week.A. one Chin ese filmB. two Chin ese filmsC. three America n filmsD. a lot of foreign films( )62. If a man with his child goes to Grand Movie Theater on Sun day, theywill pay ________ for the film.A . $12 B. $9 C. $6 D. $5( )63. If you are free on Friday morning, you can see the film _______ .A. Kungfu HustleB. A World Without ThievesC. TroyD. Harry Potter 川( )64. You can see three films either on ________ or on ________ .A. Wedn esday, FridayB. Tuesday, Wedn esdayC. Thursday, FridayD. Saturday, Sun day( )65. From the poster, we know ________ i s a director and actor in the film.A. Alfo nso Caro nB. Feng Xiaoga ngC. Wolfga ng Peters onD. Zhou Xin gchiCTed, my little brother, is in Grade One. Last Friday he came back from school with a letter.The letter was from his teacher. “got a red flower today. Could you please sign this note? ” he said to mum. The note showed that he had bee n talk ing in class.Ted hardly gets top scores in his school work. The best he gets is OK ”，but he ofte n getsYou can do better than this. ” Mum knows what it means. She tells me You can do better than this” means Extremely bad " in China.In the USA, teachers n ever say anything too bad about their stude nts, even if the stude nts are making trouble in class or not work ing hard eno ugh. The worst they might say is Please be n icer tomorrow ”.Many parents are satisfied with a B-grade for each subject.But things in Chinese schools are quite different. Parents have high expectations for their childre n. I sometimes felt that my sec on d-grade cous in spe nd more time on homework tha n I did whe n I was 6 th grade in the US! Yet his parents and teachers did n 'th ink he worked hard eno ugh.Is it too strict in China? Or is it not strict eno ugh in the USA? Maybe both are true. ( )66.Why did Ted come home with a letter last Friday?A. Because the teacher wan ted to visit his mother.B. Because he did someth ing wrong.C. Because the teacher was happy with his progress.D. Because the teacher thought he was too lazy.( )67.If a stude nt in the USA gets OK "in his schoolwork, it means __________ .A. he gets top scoresB. he gets medium scoresC. he gets extremely bad scoresD. he gets the worst scores( )68. America n pare nts will be ________ w he n their childre n get a B-grade in their school.A. excitedB. sadC. angryD. happy( )69. The underlined words high expectations ”n this passage means “__________ ”A.很高的待遇B.很多的自由C.很高的期望D.很多的关爱( )70. The writer mainly wants to tell us _________ .A. the differe nces betwee n Chin ese educati on and America n educati onB. Chin ese stude nts are better tha n America n stude ntsC. America n pare nts are not strict eno ugh with their childre nD. what 'the best way to educate childAccord ing to the data from the sixth cen sus( 人口普查).(Ch ina ' p s pulati on has in creased to 1.37 billion, including 30. 3 million in Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan.With over 1.3 billion people, China has the largest population in the world. It is about 20%of the world's populati on, so one in every five people on the pla net is a Chin ese reside nt.In 1950, China 's population was only 563 million. he population grew quickly through the following decade(十年)to one billion in the early 1980s. To solve the population problems , he family planning policy was introduced in 1979 Thanks to the policy, China's population growth has bee n slowed.But China s population is expected to grow over the next few decades. By the late 2010s, China's population is expected to reach 1.4 billion. Around 2030, it may peak( 达至U最高峰)and then slowly start dropp ing.In the next few decades, India, the world's second most populous country is expected to surpass 超过)China in population. By 2040, India's population is expected to be 1. 52 billion; that same year, Chin a's will be 1.45 billio n and In dia will become the world's most populous coun try.( )1.We can work out that the population of the Chinese mainland( 大陆)is about ___________ now.A. 1.37 billio nB. 30. 3 millio nC.1. 34 billio nD. 1.36 billio n( )2.The un derl ined word "reside nt" means ______ in Chin ese.A.居民B.游客C:.华侨D.同胞( )3. What was Chi na's population in the early 1980s?A. About 1 billion.B. Only 563milloin.C. Over 1.37 billion.D. About 1.4 billion. ( )4. We can infer(推断)that from 2030 to 2040 _______________________ .A. China's population will be 25% of the world 's populationB. the family pla nning policy will be stopped in China.C. In dia will have a larger populati on tha n ChinaD. India ' population will grow五、选词填空(没小题2分，共10分)。