八年级上英语期末综合练习Part Two Vocabulary and Grammar（第二部分词汇和语法）I. Choose the best answer．（选择最恰当的答案）22.The man with golden hair is from Greece, _________European country.A) a B) an C) the D) /23.The architect was born_______the morning of May 2nd , 1978.A) in B) on C) at D) of24. Will you please do _________ a favour to pass the homework to the teacher?A) he B) his C) himself D) him25.Tom is strong enough to climb the high mountain _______ he is an elderly man.A) but B) so C) although D) however26. --- What do you think of the biscuit?--- I like it very much. It tastes ______.A) good B) terrible C) well D) terribly27. Having sports every day ________us to keep healthy.A) makes B) lets C) enables D) keeps28. Would you mind _________forward a bit ? It is too crowded here.A) close B) to close C) closed D) closing29. The foreigners _____________Shanghai for two weeks and they visited the bund lastSaturday.A) have been to B) have come to C) have arrived in D) have been in30. Almost everyone agrees that driving a private car is ________than taking theunderground.A) much expensive B) much more expensive C) expensive D) far expensive31.No. MU5111 flight is put off (推迟)because of the heavy fog and haze(雾霾). We have towait for __________ two hours.A) the other B) other C) another D) others32. ________ good time the children are having in the Century Park!A) How B) What C) What an D) What a33. During the lessons we saw Jim was_______ learner among the children.A) quick B) the quickest C）quicker D) the most quickly34. ----Sorry, I don’t know the way, either. I’m new here.----_____.A) Not at all B) Thank you all the sameC) That’s all right D) Yes, please.35. --- Jane, would you like to join the reading club?--- _________________________A) Yes, please. B) I don’t know.C) OK. That’s very kind of you. D) Yes, I’d love to.II. Complete the following passage with the words or phrases in the box. Each word canAfel was only a small boy when he first saw snow in a picture book. In the pictures he saw a lot of children playing in the snow.Afel didn't understand what snow was. But he dreamed about snow _____36_____. He dreamed of being able to fly across the snow.One day when he was twelve, Afel was watching TV at his uncle's house. The_____37_____ was full of snow. Not only snow —there were people flying across the snow."Look! They are flying!" he shouted _____38_____.The snow, and the people… It was just like one of his dreams."They're _____39_____. It needs snow," said his uncle, "it's the Winter Olympics. It takes place every four years."Afel found out that the next Winter Olympics would be in Sochi, Russia in 2014."Perfect," he thought. "Enough time for me to become a good skier. I am going to the Winter Olympics, and _____40_____ the gold medal for skiing.""But there's no snow here!" people told him. "Where are you going to ski?"Afel made _____41_____ a pair of skis and skied across the sand. At first he couldn't move, but he practised and practised _____42_____ he could move quite quickly."How will you go to the Winter Olympics?" people asked him. "Our country hasn't had a team _____43_____. Why not do athletics (田径) instead? We have lots of good runners. And we have won lots of medals at the Olympics."Now Afel is practising skiing down sand dunes (沙丘). He dreams that the yellow sand and brown earth of the desert (沙漠) is the white snow.III. Complete the sentences with the given words in their suitable forms: (用括号所给的单词的适当形式填空)44.How nice it is to study in our new school buildings. There are nine ___________altogether. (storey)45.Some snakes are _____________, but people are still afraid of them. (harm)46.Finally, Grace made up her mind to live abroad in her________. (forty)47.The Spring Festival is really important to our Chinese people because it is the___________ of a lunar new year. (begin)48. The film “Lost in Thailand” _________ in attracting a lot of people last year. (success)IV. Rewrite the following sentences as required: (根据所给要求，改写下列句子。

每空格限填一词)49.Cathy had a great time with her friends at the birthday party. (改为否定句)Cathy _________ __________ a great time with her friends at the birthday party.50.My father plays badminton twice a week. (就划线部分提问)____________ __________ times a week does your father play badminton?51.He ran to the school as quickly as he could. (保持原句意思)He ran to the school as quickly ____________ __________.52. David has never read the book .（改为反意疑问句）David has never read the book, ______ ______?53.Chinese, know , much , do , how , you, about , history_____________________________________________________________________Part Three Reading and Writing(第三部分阅读和写作)Ⅰ. Reading comprehension(阅读理解)A. Choose the best answer (根据短文内容，选择最恰当的答案)Miss Green was going to give a lecture on Monday afternoon. But on Sunday night she was told that she had to go to an important meeting the next day at the same time.“No one can be in two places at the same time. What shall I do?” she thought. But soon, she had an idea.At five to three on Monday afternoon Miss Green went to the lecture room. There were about twenty students waiting there for her. “I’m sorry,” she told them, “I won’t be able to give my lecture today.” The students looked surprised. Miss Green explained that she had an important meeting. “However,” she went on, “though I can’t be with you myself, my voice can.” Then she put a small tape recorder on the desk. “You see, I’ve recorded mylecture and you can listen to it without me.” Miss Green turned on the recorder and left.The meeting finished a little early. Miss Green decided to go back to her students.She stood for a moment outside the lecture room, listening to her own voice. Then very quickly, she opened the door. To her surprise, the room was empty. As she looked around, she saw a number of small recorders--all “listening” to her lecture!“Well,” she thought, “if I can be in two places at the same time, why can’t they?”54 .After thinking ______________, she found a way out.A. hardB. for a short timeC. for a dayD. for a long time55. The students were surprised to know Miss Green _____________.A. had an important meeting to attendB. had brought a tape recorderC. had recorded her voiceD. couldn’t give them the lecture56. Miss Green stood for a moment outside the lecture room because _____________.A. she wanted to listen to her own voiceB. she wanted to give her students a surpriseC. she wanted to find out how the students was listening to her lectureD. she wanted to catch the naughty students57. When she returned from the meeting, Miss Green found _____________.A. the classroom was full of studentsB. some students were recording her lectureC. her students had left some recorders to record her lectureD. all her students were listening to her lecture58. Miss Green thought it was _____________.A. all right for her students to do the same as she didB. wrong for her students to be absent from the lectureC. clever of her students to record her lectureD. kind of her students to leave so many recorders59. What do you think of Miss Green?A. She is thoughtful and understandingB. She is not responsibleC. She is kind but lazyD. She is forgetfulB. Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage(选择最恰当的单词或词语完成短文)HONG KONG IS AGINGby reporter, Amanda Su18th March 2013A report from the Statistics Department (统计局) shows that the population of Hong Kong will 60 from 7 million to 8.89 million in 30 years’ time. The pollution over 65 years old will reach 28% compared with the present rate of 13%.Hong Kong people prefer not to have children nowadays and they live much longer than before. These 61 have destroyed the population structure(人口结构) and 62a worrying situation. Hong Kong has become the city with the lowest birth rate around the world for years. Hong Kong people live even longer than the__63______. Hong Kong males and females can live to 83.1 and 90.1 years respectively (各自) on average.Under these circumstances (情形), the working population is getting smaller and the amount of medical spending in the future is getting 64 . The Hong Kong government has encouraged people to give birth and worked on the medical plan for the future. 65 , over 80% of Hong Kong people think that the government has not done enough. They said that the government should think of a complete population plan.60 A. reach B. run C. climb D. raise61 A. reasons B. ideas C. suggestions D. hopes62 A. found out B. led to C. taken place D. broken out63 A.animals B.Chinese C.Japanese D. foreigners64 A. lower B. higher C. smaller D. larger65 A. In fact B. However C. Therefore D. ThenC. Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words(在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺，每空格限填一词，首字母已给)Tokyo wins Olympic bid(申办).Who was the happiest cartoon character last week? It was Doraemon, a robotic cat ! The character Doraemon came out in 1969. He has starred in many TV series and movies since then. Doraemon is so p___66______ that in 2008 he became Japan’s “cartoon ambassador(大使)”. If you know Doraemon well, you will find that the qualities such as honesty, courage and respect are what Doraemon really wants to teach us.On September 7, International Olympic Committee members chose Tokyo, capital of Japan, to host the 2020 Summer Olympics. People believe that Doraemon plays some role here, as he is a special ambassador for Tokyo’s bid.Through Doraemon, Tokyo is emphasizing the Olympic values of respect and f____67____Tokyo also hosted the 1964 Games. It will be the first Asian city to host the Olympics t__68____.Japanese pop culture is known widely in the world. Japanese officials said that it s___69____ the nation’s ability to draw young people into the Olympic excitement.But still, many people are w____70_____ about the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant(福岛核电站). In March 2011, the power plant（发电厂）was hit by an earthquake and leaked (泄露) radioactive (有辐射的) water into the Pacific Ocean. The power plant is only 250km away from Tokyo.Japanese officials said there’s “n___71______ to worry about”. They said “Tokyo is safe and the radiation levels in Tokyo are still the same as in London, New York and Paris.”D. Read the passage and answer the questions（根据短文内容回答下列问题)Here are some stories and facts about nicknames that you might find cool.Why are they called “nicknames”?Hundreds of years ago, many people believed that names were a person’s private property(财产) and that they shouldn’t be spoken too often. Because of this, people started using other names to call each other, and in old England, these were called “eke names”, which means “added names”. Over the years, people began pronouncing the word “eke”wrong, and it changed to “nickname” at last.Unknown actorsIn the early days of Hollywood, many actors and actresses thought that starring in movies would hurt their stage acting careers, so they kept their names out of the credits (演员表). Movie fans, not knowing the real names of their favorite stars, began calling them by nicknames, like “the Cowboy”. Even after the actors learned that movies fans would not hurt them, the people in charge of the studios refused to say their real names out because they were afraid that fame(声誉,名望)would lead to big salaries. They were right about that one!Policemen and robbersThe FBI (联邦调查局) has a habit of giving wanted bank robbers unforgettable nicknames so that the police can be on the lookout(警戒;监视)for them. One New York robber got the nickname “the Bad Breath Robber” because his breath was so stinky ( 恶臭的).A famous robber called “Pretty Boy” because of his good looks and a more recent robber was nicknamed “the Ugly Robber”. He probably wasn’t as handsome as “Pretty Boy”72.Why shouldn’t a person’s name be spoken too often hundreds of years ago?Because_______________________________________________.73. What did “eke name” mean in old England?It meant ______________________________________________.74. Movie fans didn’t know their favorite stars’real names in the early days of Hollywood, did they?_________, _____________________.75. How does the FBI try to make sure that the police will be on the lookout for wanted bank robbers?______________________________________________________.76. What do you think of people’s nicknames?______________________________________________________.II. Writing (作文)Write at least 60 words about the topic: “An Unforgettable Experience”(以“一次难忘的经历”为题，写一篇不少于60个词的短文，标点符号不占格。