广州新版英语八年级下期末检测.doc

时间：60分钟 总分：60分
一、单项选择（10分）
1. The workers want us ______ together with them.
A. work B. working C. to work D. worked
2.The teacher told them ____make so much noise.
A. don’t B. not C. will not D. not to
3.I saw him _______ out of the room.
A. go B. had gone C. has gone D. goes
4.Please stop _______. You must pay attention to _______ the teacher.
A. to talk, listen to B. to talk, listening C. talking, listening to D. talking, listen to
5.–Mr. Wang, I have trouble _______ the text.
-Remember _______ it three times at least.
A. to understand, reading B. understanding, reading
C. understanding, to read D. to understand, to read
6. Flowers _______ along the road last year.
A. plant B. planted C. are planted D. were planted
7.These papers___yet.
A. have not written　B. have not been written
C. has not written　　D. has not been written
8.Where’s your ticket? Show _______ , please. 
 A.me it    B.it me    C.me to it   D.it to me  
9. --Tom, ___ read books while you are walking in the street. It’s very dangerous. 
 --OK, thank you. 
 A.don’t   B.doesn’t   C.won’t  D.can’t 
10.The horse is getting old and cannot run ____ it did.
A. as faster as B. so fast than C. so faster as D. as fast as
11.We decided not to climb the mountains because it was raining ____.
A. badly B. hardly C. strongly D. heavily
12.— can you finish this English examination?
—In about one and a half hours.
A. How far B. How often C. How soon D. How long
13.Mr Wang is strongly keeping animals in the zoo, because he thinks animals should also enjoy freedom.
A. up B. for C. against D. down
14. ______ everyone is here ,let’s begin our meeting.
A. Because of B. Since C. So
15.While she ______ TV, she ______ a sound outside the room.
a. was watching, was hearing b. watched, was hearing
c. watched, heard d. was watching, heard
二、 语法选择（10分）
The world is divided into two parts. One half of the world is rich and 1 is poor __2 the poor part, people never get enough to eat. When they are ill, none of the hospitals can receive them because they 3 no money. In the rich part，a lot of people eat too much. For example，a dog or cat in North America eats 4 than a child in poorer countries.
Poor countries have some 5 problems. Sometimes the land is too poor. People there have no rich land 6 enough water. The people must be taught and water must be found.
But rich countries have problems, 7 . There are not always good places to live in. Sometimes the air is not clean and the rivers are too dirty. The roads and streets have 8 people and buses. Cars and buses have to move slowly. Noise is heard everywhere. Some people don’t have houses. Something must 9 about these problems. The air and the rivers must be cleaned. More houses have to be built. But these things 10 be done easily .
1. A. others B. another C. the others D. the other
2. A. In B. Onto C. Into D. By
3. A. have B. has C. had D. are having
4. A. good B. best C. better D. the better
5. A. difficulty B. difficulties C. difficultly D. difficult
6. A. and B. or C. but D. so
7. A. either B. too C. as well as D. also
8. A. too much B. much too C. too many D. too little
9. A. do B. be done C. be doing D. is done
10. A. mustn’t B. needn’t C. shouldn’t D. can’t
三、完形填空 （10分）
Although it was only autumn，everything outside was covered in white．Unexpectedly,we were hit with a big 1 storm and no one was prepared．
We have two apple trees in our backyard．Prana，our dog，loves 2．When she goes outside，she usually grabs a dirty apple from the ground to eat later on．Prana knows that when she brings her treasure into the house，I am not always 3，so she tries to hide it from me．It is our little game．
On the day that it snowed too 4 in the season，Prana went outside and I 5 her from the window．I noticed that she was 6 lots of holes and bringing out the apples buried beneath the snow．She seemed to be 7 to dig up as many apples as she could．
But when she came back inside，she brought back only one．About five minutes later,I looked outside．The yard was completely 8 with birds．Prana had dug up all those apples for her bird friends to eat．She knew that they hadn’t prepared 9 food for the early winter.
This beautiful act of unconditional love from a(an) 10 taught me what real kindness was．
1．A．sand B．snow C．thunder D．rain
2．A．apples B．winter C．games D．bones
3．A．clear B．correct C．happy D．surprised
4．A．1ate B．beautifully C．1ightly D．early
5．A．met B．watched C．called D．heard
6．A．hiding B．finding C．cutting D．digging
7．A．determined B．suitable C．nervous D．encouraged
8．A．hit B．marked C．covered D．taken
9．A．delicious B．enough C．1ess D．extra
10．A．teacher B．friend C．animal D．bird
四、 阅读理解 （20分）
A
Paul and Jason were brothers who lived and worked on neighbouring farms．For 35 years they farmed side by side，sharing machinery and goods as needed，without a single problem．
However，one autumn，things changed．It began with a tiny disagreement about a horse，which grew into a major difference．The difference led to angry words，followed by weeks of silence between the two brothers．
One morning there was a knock on Paul’s door．He opened it and saw a builder holding his toolbox．“I’m looking for a few days’ work，”the builder said．“Are there any jobs here I could help with?”
“Yes，”answered Paul，extremely pleased to see the builder．“I do have a job for you．Look at that farm across the creek(小溪)．That’s my brother’s farm. That creek used to be a grass field，but last week my brother dug a path from the fiver and made the creek．But I’ll go him one better．See that pile of wood?1 want you to build me a fence，two meters tall，so 1 won’t need to see him anymore．”
The builder said thoughtfully．“I think I understand the situation and I'll be able to do a job that pleases you．”
Paul had business in town that day and left the builder to his work．When he returned，the builder had just finished his job．Paul was shocked．Instead of a fence there was a bridge，stretching from one side of the creek to the other．
As Paul stood on the bridge，staring in amazement，his younger brother Jason，came across，and took Paul’s hand．“You are a good man to have built this bridge after a11 I've done，”said Jason．
Then，Paul，with tears in his eyes，said to the builder who was packing his bag to go，“Thank you so much。Please stay．I have much more for you to do．”
“I’d love to．”the builder said quietly，“but，I have many more bridges to build.”
1．What was the cause of the disagreement between the two brothers?
A．The digging of the creek． B．A problem about a farm animal．
C．Who owned the field between the farms．
D．Who would pay for building the fence．
2．The underlined expression“go him one better” in paragraph 4 means ·
A．do something even worse B. improve the situation
C．point out his mistake D．help him out
3．What do we know about the brothers?
A．They had been fighting for many years．
B．Their farms were not very successful．
C．They finally realized their mistakes．
D．They liked building bridges．
4．Why did the builder build the bridge?
A．He needed a way to get across the river．
B．There was not enough wood for the fence．
C．He misunderstood Paul’s instructions．
D．He wanted to bring the brothers together．
5．In what order did the following take place in the story?
a．The brothers stood on the bridge． b．Jason dug the creek．
c．The brothers became angry with each other,
d．The builder asked for work． e．Paul went into town．
A．b，c，e，d，a B．c，b，d，e，a
C．b，e，c，a，d D．c，d，b，a，e
B
Most people around the world are right-handed. This also seems to be true in history. In 1799, scientists studied works of art made at different times from 1,500 B.C. to the 1950s. Most of the people shown in these works are right-handed, so the scientists guessed that right-handedness has always been common through history. Today, only about 10% to 15% of the world’s population is left-handed.
Why are there more right-handed people than left-handed ones? Scientists now know that a person’s two hands each have their own jobs. For most people, the left hand is used to find things or hold things. The right hand is used to work with things. This is because of the different work of the two sides of the brain. The right side of the brain, which makes a person’s hands and eyes work together, controls the left hand. The left side of the brain, which controls the right hand, is the centre for thinking and doing problems. These findings show that more artists should be left-handed, and studies have found that left-handedness is twice as common among artists as among people in other jobs.
No one really knows what makes a person become right-handed instead of left-handed. Scientists have found that almost 40% of the people become left-handed because their main brain is damaged when they are born. However, this doesn’t happen to everyone, so scientists guess there must be another reason why people become left-handed. One idea is that people usually get right-handed from their parents. If a person does not receive the gene(基因) for right-handedness, he / she may become either right-handed or left-handed according to the chance and the people they work or live with.
Though right-handedness is more common than left-handedness, people no longer think left-handed people are strange or unusual. A long time ago, left-handed children were made to use their right hands like other children, but today they don’t have to.
1. What did the scientists find after studying works of art made at different times in history?
A. The art began from 1,500 B.C. B. The works of art ended in the 1950s.
C. Most people shown in the works of art are right-handed.
D. Most people shown in the works of art are left-handed.
2. How many people in the world are left-handed now?
A. About 10%-15%. B. About 50%. C. About 40%. D. The passage doesn’t tell us.
3. What is the left hand for most people used to do?
A. It’s used to work with things. B. It’s used to find or hold things.
C. It’s used to make a person’s eyes work together.
D. It’s the centre for thinking and doing problems.
4. According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?
A. Left-handedness is cleverer than right-handedness.
B. Today children are not made to use their right hands only.
C. No one really knows what makes a person become right-handed.
D. Scientists think there must be some reason why people become left-handed.
5. The best title for this passage is _______.
A. Scientists’ New Inventions B. Left-handed People
C. How Brains Control Hands D. Which Hand
五、根据句意及首字母提示完成单词(5分)
1.Tom often takes exercises, so he is very f_________.
2.You need a pair of s_____________ to make paper cutting.
3.What can we do to keep_________(health)?
4.Could you tell me what your__________(weigh)is?
5.I bought many things, __________(include)some fruit.
六、完成句子（5分）
1.许多国家已经建立了保护地来保护濒危动物。
Many countries have set up reservation areas to protect .
2.取笑残疾人是残忍的。
It’s disabled people.
3.该是我们拯救那些处于危险中的动物的时候了。
It is time for us to save the animals .
4.人们拒绝相信他，因为他不诚实。
People _____ ______ _____ him because he is dishonest.
5.今天上午，他收到了美国笔友的来信。
He ______ _____ ______ ______ his penfriend in the USA this morning.