浙江省宁波市海曙区2014-2015学年八年级上学期期末考试英语试题.doc

2014学年第一学期八年级英语期末考试卷
卷 I
I. 听力（本题有15小题，第一、第二节每小题1分，第三节每小题2分；共计20分）
第一节：听小对话，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。
1. What does the girl want to be when she grows up?
A. B. C.
2. What kind of movies do they like?
A. B. C.
3. What did the woman see on her vacation?
A. B. C.
4. What does Laura buy for the boy?
A. B. C.
5. Where will the concert be？
A. B. C.

第二节：听较长对话，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。
听下面一段较长的对话，回答第6~7两个小题。
6. What’s Xiaogang doing?
A. Singing. B. Having an English exam. C. Listening to music.
7. What will Xiaogang do next?
A. Go to school B. Sing English songs. C. Study for the English exam.

听下面一段较长的对话，回答第8~10三个小题。
8. What are they doing?
A. Working at the coffee bar. B. Buying coffee. C. Drinking coffee.
9. Which bar has the most comfortable seats?
A. Red Coffee Bar. B. Black Coffee Bar. C. Green Coffee Bar.
10. What CAN’T people do in Black Coffee Bar?
A. Read books and magazines.
B. Watch TV.
C. Listen to someone playing the piano.

第三节：听独白，请根据提问从A、B、C三个选项中选择正确的选项，完成信息记录表。
Homework: A composition
The title of the composition: 11
What to write about: 12
How many words: at least 13
When to e-mail: 14
E-mail address: 15 [来源:学科网ZXXK]
11. A. My Teacher B. My Mother C. My Father
12. A. wishes & love B. hobbies & love C. hobbies & wishes
13. A. 60 B. 80 C. 100
14. A. before Wednesday B. before Thursday C. before Friday
15. A. woody@ B. wilson@ C. jackson@
II. 完形填空（本题有10小题，每小题1分；共计10分）
阅读下面短文，掌握大意，然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
I often asked my mother for help when I had something difficult to do. But she always said, “Do it 16 , dear.” I was not happy about this at all. I thought she was the 17 mother in the world!
For example, one day, I decided to invite some friends of 18 to my home. My bedroom was in a mess. Books were 19 , and I didn’t make the bed. I asked my mother to help me clean it, 20 she still said, “Do it yourself.”
Because of my “lazy mother”, I 21 to wash my clothes and clean my room. I had to help my parents do 22 . I even had to go to the dentist by 23 . It was really hard for me to do everything well, but I have learned a lot. As time 24 , I understand my mother. She 25
me clever and diligent(勤奋的). She is a great mother.
( )16. A. himself B. myself C. yourself D. ourselves
( )17. A. nicest B. best C. tallest D. laziest
( )18. A. I B. mine C. me D. my
( )19. A. here B. there C. everywhere D. nowhere
( )20. A. but B. or C. though D. so
( )21. A.volunteered B. wanted C. offered D. had
( )22. A. sports B. chores C. decisions D. mistakes
( )23. A. myself B. herself C. ourselves D. himself
( )24. A. goes back B. goes over C. goes by D. goes up
( )25. A. helped B. made C. taught D. thought
III. 阅读理解（本题有15小题，每小题2分；共计30分）
阅读下面材料，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
A

Thanks to those who loved me,
You made my heart go fonder.
Thanks to those who hated me,
You made me _______.
Thanks to those who entered into my life,
You made me who I am today.
Thanks to those who left,
You showed me that nothing lasts forever.
Thanks to those who stayed,
You showed me true friendship.
Thanks to those who listened,
You made me feel happy.

26. How many kinds of people does the writer of the poem want to thank?
A. Three. B. Four. C. Five. D. Six.
27. Which word can be filled in the blank(空白)?
A. healthier B. stronger C. richer D. closer
28. When can you use this poem?
A. On Children’s Day. B. On Christmas Day.
C. On Mother’s Day. D. On Thanksgiving Day.

B
Why do we like drinking water from plastic（塑料) bottles? Some people think it is healthy and clean. Others drink bottled water because it’s easy—you can carry it around with you. In hot countries, like Greece, we often buy bottles of cold water in the summer.
However, making lots of plastic is not a good idea for many reasons. First of all, we need a lot of oil for plastic products. We usually use oil as a source of energy（能源）. If we reduced（减少） the number of bottles we made, we wouldn’t need so much oil. Plastic bottles also pollute the environment. If we recycled（循环利用）all our plastic bottles, we wouldn’t need so much space for rubbish dumps. But in Greece, we don’t recycle much of the plastic we use. In 2006, Greeks recycled only about 10% of plastic waste. The rest became rubbish on land and in rivers and seas.
So next time you want to throw away a plastic bottle in the litter bin, stop and think. If you recycled it, you would help the environment. But what can you do when there isn’t a recycling bin near you? Well, there are lots of useful ways that you can use your bottles again. For example, an empty bottle makes a great piggy bank for your pocket money, and if you cut a bottle in half,
you will have a plant pot. Go green! You can make a difference.
29. Plastic products are made from _______.
A. energy B. oil C. rubbish D. plants
30._______ of plastic waste became rubbish in Greece in 2006.
A. 10% B. 50% C. 80% D. 90%
31.Which is the best way to deal with used plastic bottles?
A. To recycle them. B. To make a piggy bank.
C. To make a plant pot. D. To drop them into the river.
32.The underlined part in this passage tell us “_________”.
A. To make a different life, you’d better go outside.
B. To look different, you’d better wear green clothes.
C. To protect the environment, you can do something.
D. To go green, you should use plastic products.

C
Qi Haoran, a Junior 1 student at high school, was quite busy over the past winter vacation and not just with homework. Qi, together with 10 other classmates made a volunteer group to call on people to join the Clean Your Plate Campaign(光盘行动).
The 11 students went to many restaurants and told people the importance of saving food. “Excuse me, do you know that 950 million people around the world still haven’t got enough to eat? Please don’t waste food.” They would say this kind of thing hundreds of times every day.
The Clean Your Plate Campaign began on the Internet in January. It calls on people to reduce food waste.
China in recent years has experienced serious problems with wasted food. CCTV reported in January that the food Chinese people waste every year is enough to feed 200 million people for a year.
Chinese people are well known for being hospitable(好客的) and generous. Many even feel that they lose face if their guests have enten all the food.
Luckily, the campaign has got the support of many. In a restaurant in Xinjiang, the owner give the guests who have eaten all that they ordered a sticker(贴花). People can enjoy a free meal when they have 10 stickers. More than 750 restaurants in Beijing have begun to offer smaller dishes and encourage their guests to take leftovers(残羹剩饭) home.
To reduce food waste is a big task, and it needs time. It’s important that eneryone does their little, just like Qi. Did you finish your meals today?
33.What was Qi busy doing over the past winter holiday?
A. Answering a call to join the Clean Your Plate Campaign.
B. Doing homework and asking people to join the Clean Your Plate Campaign.[来源:学。科。网]
C. Calling on classmates to make a volunteer group to help clean plates.
D. Doing a part-time job as a waiter in the restaurant.
34.What do we learn from Paragraph 2?
A. Most people reazlize it’s important to save food.
B. Only 950 million people have got enough food to eat.
C. Qi and his group members work very hard every day.
D. A lot of people in the restaurant don’t waste fod.
35.What does the Clean Your Plate Campaign call on people to do?
A. Do volunteer work.
B. Work part time in restaurants.
C. Cut down on food waste.
D. Wash their plates after dinner.
36. What is the author’s purpose(意图) of writing the passage?
A. To call on everyone to reduce food waste.
B. To tell readers about the serious problems with wasted food in China.
C. To speak highly of (表扬)Qi and his classmates.
D. To introduce the Clean Your Plate Campaign.

D
John went to see God after he died. God looked at him, feeling very unhappy, “You’ve lived in this world for 60 years. Why didn’t you get any result at all?”
John argued(争论), “My God, I couldn’t become a successful person just because you didn’t give me any chance(机会). If you let that magic apple hit on my head, the man who found the law of gravity（万有引力）should be me.”
God said, “OK, let’s try again.”
God waved(挥动) his hands and the time turned back to a few hundred years ago.
God shook(摇) the apple tree for the first time, when a red apple fell and happened to drop on John’s head. John picked up the apple, wiped it and ate it up quickly. God dropped another bigger apple on John’s head and John ate it up once again. God shook the apple tree for the third time, when a much bigger apple fell on John’s head. John got angry, picked up the apple, threw it out heavily. Then he shouted angrily: “The apple annoyed(打搅) my sweet dream! What a bad luck!”
The apple flew out and happened to fall on Newton’s head. Newton awoke and picked up the apple. After a long time of thinking, he discovered the law of gravity at last.
The time returned once again now.
God said to John, “John, do you understand it now?” John asked, “My God, please give me another chance…I will …” God shook his head and said, “No. The chance that the apple drops on the head of everyone is the same, but each person’s ability(能力) to catch the chance is different.”
37. How many times was John hit by apples?
A. Once.            B. Twice.            C. Three times.       D. Four times.
38. What did John do after he was hit by the apple for the second time?
A. He ate the apple at once.               B. He got angry and shouted.
C. He threw the apple out.         D. He thought something over.
39. From the passage, John couldn’t become successful because ________.
A. he didn’t have a good luck
B. God didn’t give him any chance
C. he didn’t catch the chance
D. the apple annoyed his sweet dream
40. Which is the best title of the passage?
A. God’s Words         B. Annoying Apples C. John’s Life                      D. Lost Chances

卷 II
IV. 词汇运用（本题有15小题，每小题1分；共计15分）
A. 根据短文内容和括号内所给汉语意思，写出空白处各单词的正确形式（每空一词）。
With the development of science and technology, there will be great changes in robots. The new robots will have different 41 (形状) and be used in different ways. Domestic (家用的) robots will 42 (出现) in our daily life in the 43 (未来). For example, robots can cook in regular time, and they can help people do boring 44 (家务). As for the old who are lonely, they can make the robots chat, play chess with them. They will also be able to deal with accidents (意外) when the old people 45 (跌倒) to the ground. All in all, I think robots will change our life a lot, and make it more colorful than before.

Zongzi is a kind of 46 (传统的) food in China, which is eaten at the Dragon Boat Festival to remember Qu Yuan, a 47 (著名的) poet in ancient China. Qu Yuan threw 48 (自己) into the Miluo River on may 15th according to the Chinese calendar. It is said that people jumped from boats into the river and tried to save him. But it was too late. They were very 49 (伤心的)and then dropped Zongzi into the river to keep the fish away from Qu Yuan’s body. From then on, people eat Zongzi 50 (一次)a year at the Dragon Boat Festival.

B. 用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空，使对话通顺、正确。每词仅用一次（每空一词）。
each, up , invite, still, loud
Tom is a very clever boy. One day, on his way home, he met Mary and they were very happy to see each other, so Tom 51 Mary to his house. They talked very happily and forgot about the time. It was very late. But 52 of them didn’t have a watch. Quickly Tom had a good way. He began to stamp(踩) his feet on the floor. The sound woke his grandma 53 . The old woman shouted downstairs 54 , “Tom, why are you 55 jumping upstairs? It is twelve o’clock now.”

V. 语法填空（本题有10小题，每小题1分；共计10分）
阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。
Once there was a farmer. He had three 56 (son). They were all lazy boys. One day he felt that he was going to die. He called them together and told them that there was a treasure(宝藏) hidden in the fields.
“If you turn the earth over for it,” said he , “ you 57 (find) it .”
After their father died, the lazy boys began to turn the earth in the fields. They 58 (dig) for many days, 59 they couldn’t find any treasure. They used a plough(犁). Though they ploughed as deep 60 they could, still they didn’t find the treasure. Then spring came, and it was time 61 sowing (种).[来源:Zxxk.Com]
“Let’s sow rice in these fields.” one of them said, “Since the earth is already turned.”
“That’s fine,” the others replied, and they began to sow.
When 62 arrived, they were surprised 63 (see) the golden rice in the fields. Their harvest(收成) was 64 (good) than that in any of their neighbors’ fields. Then the boys understand what their 65 said. The fields give treasure to those who work hard.
VI. 任务型阅读（本题有5小题，每小题1分；共计5分）阅读短文，从所给的ABCD中找出与66-69小题相对应的选项，然后完成第70小题。
Once the colors of the world argued. All thought that they were the best and most important.
Green said, “Clearly I am the most important. I am the sign of life and hope. I’m the color of grass, trees and leaves. Without me, all animals would die.”
Yellow laughed, “ You are all so serious. I bring happiness and warmth into the world. Every time people look at a yellow sunflower, they start to smile. Without me there would be no fun.”
Orange shouted, “I am the color of health and strength. I have the most important vitamins. Think of carrots, vegetables and oranges. When I appear in the sky, everyone is shocked at my beauty and nobody gives another thought to any of you.”
Red couldn’t stand it any longer, “I am the color of danger and bravery. I bring fire into the blood.”
Their voices became louder and louder. The thunder got angry and the rain started to pou