1、浙江省绍兴市上虞区2021-2022学年八年级上学期期末检测英语试题学校:_姓名:_班级:_考号:_一、完形填空A boy was at a market with his sister. The sister was standing _1_ a toy shop. She was looking at something inside the shops window.The boy asked, “What are you looking at?”The sister _2_ the doll (玩偶). The boy told her that he would buy the do
2、ll for her. The _3_ was very happy.Then the boy went into the shop and asked the shopkeeper, “_4_ is this doll?” The shopkeeper looked at the boy and said, “Well, what can you _5_?” The boy took out all the seashells (贝壳). “Is it _6_?”The shopkeeper kept four of the seashells. Then he turned to the
3、boy, “In fact, its more than enough.”The boy _7_ put the shells back in his pocket (口袋) and left with his sister and her new doll. The shopkeepers helper was surprised. He asked the shopkeeper, “Why did _8_ do that? That doll was a lot of money. And it is certainly more than four seashells.”The shop
4、keeper replied, “To us, these are just seashells. But to that boy, theyre very precious (珍贵的). When he grows up, hell _9_ that he once bought a doll for his sister with seashells. It might remind (提醒) him that the world has _10_ people in it. And perhaps, he, too, will be friendly to others.”1Anext
5、toBin front ofCat the back ofDacross from2Apointed atBlooked afterClaughed atDpicked up3AsisterBshopkeeperCboyDhelper4AHow longBHow bigCHow oldDHow much5AsellBchooseCpayDcatch6AbeautifulBenoughCcheapDcommon7AseriouslyBquietlyCgladlyDcarelessly8AtheyBheCsheDyou9AagreeBrememberChopeDpromise10Atraditio
6、nalBrichCkindDcreative二、阅读单选Dear Rebecca,Thank you for inviting me to your 18th birthday party in the coming week. Next Thursday, I will sing one song for you with all my heart: Happy Birthday!Although I really want to be part of the event, please accept my apologies. I will go to China for a meetin
7、g on that day. I am so sorry, so I send you this gift and will visit you when Im back in New York.Happy 18th birthday!Yours,Ms. MillerDear Peter, Thank you for the invitation to your daughters graduation(毕业) party. _ But Ive already booked a ticket to fly to New York on June 7th to visit my sister K
8、ate. She has been ill for days. Please congratulate(祝贺) Anna for me. AndrewDear Mr. Williams,I am writing this letter to thank you for the invitation on June 30th, but Im sorry I cant go to your 25th wedding anniversary(结婚纪念) party. My Russian exams have been changed(改变) to that day, so I have to sp
9、end the whole day on them. Id like to show my best wishes to you and Mrs. Williams, and to the success of the event. Thanks again for inviting me and also for understanding me. Best wishes,JeffDear George,Congratulations on your new job! I wish I could go to the party and celebrate with you, but I m
10、ust be out of town this weekend. Maybe we can get together next Monday, and you can tell me all about your new job as a reporter. I wish you the very best!Always,Jenny11The writers write the messages mainly to _.Amake an invitationBaccept an invitationCturn down an invitationDshow their thanks12Ms.
11、Miller cant go to the party because she will _.Ahave a meetingBvisit her sisterCfly to New YorkDtake exams13Which of the following can be put in the blank?AIm sorry, but I cant come.BIm not happy these days.CI will visit you next month.DI know how happy you are.14Jeff might be _.Aa studentBa doctorC
12、a singerDa reporter15We can learn from the passage that _.ARebecca will have a graduation partyBPeter has a daughter named AnnaCMr. Williamss party is on June 25thDJenny wants to have a new jobEdith liked inventing (发明) things. She wanted to win in the coming competition. Every day after school, she
13、 went home quickly to work on her invention. At last, she finished it just on the day of the competition.The invention was a big music box with beautiful lights. Edith turned the handle (手柄) to light it up. Nothing happened. She turned it faster. Still no light!That night, Edith went to the town hal
14、l with a heavy heart. Jenny Rocket, the judge of the competition, came into the hall on her bike. She put the bike against (倚,靠) the wall and started to see the inventions.Ediths hands got wet as she came over. “Could you please show me how your machine works?” Edith turned the handle very fast. Slo
15、w music came from the machine and the lights went on and off. Jenny said, “It needs more power. Im sure youll find a way to make it work better.”The judging was almost done when all the lights went out. Everyone was worried. At that time, Edith saw Jennys bike. “I know!” She connected (联结) her machi
16、ne to the bike and started pedaling (蹬车). The light from the machine lighted up the hall.Jenny finished her judging. “The best inventions solve problems,” she said. “Tonight, we had a problem and one person saved the day. The winner is. Edith!”16Every day Edith went home quickly _.Ato play slow musi
17、cBto make a music boxCto do her homeworkDto practice riding bikes17When Edith went to the town hall that night, she was kind of _.AsurprisedBexcitedCupsetDbored18The underlined phrase “went out” may mean _ in Chinese.A熄灭B淘汰C丢失D分散19Edith made the machine work better by _.Amaking it smallerBdriving it
18、 with a bikeCadding more lightsDstarting it once again20You can probably find this passage at _.Awww.inventions-BCDStephen Hawkins, one of the worlds most famous scientists, believed that humans will one day have to move into space.Today, the United States, Russia, China, and Japan are all trying to
19、 send astronauts to the earths closest neighbor: the moon. Some of these countries want to create space stations there next 10 years. These stations would get ready for humans to visit and later live on Mars or other earth-like planets.Robert Zubrin, a rocket scientist, thinks humans could colonize
20、(开拓殖民地) space. He wants to start with Mars. Why? He thinks sending people to Mars will help us to learn a lot of thingsfor example, the ability (能力) of humans to live in a very different environment. Finally, we could create new human societies (社会) on other planets.Space X is a company (公司) that bu
21、ilds rockets. Its CEO, Elon Musk, also believes we should colonize Mars. He hopes to put one million people on the planet if something bad happens to us here on the earth.Not everyone thinks sending humans into space is a smart idea. Many say its too expensive. Also, most space trips are not short.
22、A one-way trip to Mars, for example, would take at least six months. Also, these first people would find life very difficult in space. On the moon, for example, the suns rays (射线) are very dangerous. People would have to stay indoors most of the time.Although there are still these worries, sending p
23、eople into space seems certain. In the future, we might see cities or even new human cultures on the moon or other planets. First stop: the moon.21The writer uses _ to lead in the topic.Aa science reportBa mans ideaCa famous sayingDa study result22We can know from the passage that _.ASpace X is a ne
24、w kind of rocketBthere are some space stations on the moonCMars has the same environment as the earthDRobert Zubrin and Elon Musk are interested in Mars23In Paragraph 5, how many reasons can we find for NOT going into space?AOne.BTwo.CThree.DFour.24The writer mainly shows his _ in the last paragraph
25、.AdecisionsBpredictionsCworriesDdisagreements25Whats the best title for the passage?ALiving in SpaceBGoing to the Moon CVisiting a ScientistDBuilding a Rocket三、多句选词填空用方框中所给单词或短语的适当形式填空。每个单词或短语限用一次。educational, hundreds of, someone, salt, until26Did you meet _ interesting at the party?Yes, I met some
26、 very interesting people.27Before speaking, you should wait _ they finish the job.28People in that small town need to plant _ trees to make the road greener.29Sally thinks games shows are more _ than sitcoms.30Dont forget to add some _ before the soup is ready.四、短文汉语提示填空根据短文内容和所给汉语提示,写出空白处各单词的正确形式。每
27、空限填1词。It was Sunday. The Smiths _31_ (计划) to have a picnic in the park. Mr. Smith was getting the car ready. Nancy and Joseph were discussing _32_ (哪一个) ball to take. Suzie was the _33_ (最年幼的) in the family. She was sitting in her high _34_ (椅子) and asking, “Where is Mom?”“She is _35_ (准备) lunch in
28、the kitchen,” Nancy answered.Suddenly, the phone rang. Mrs. Smith went to the living room to answer it. That was when Nancy came into the kitchen. She took a sandwich from the table and _36_ (给) a small piece to Suzie. Then, Joseph came into the kitchen. He opened a bottle of juice and poured some i
29、nto Suzies small _37_ (杯子). Next, Mr. Smith came into the kitchen. He took a piece of pie and broke off a bit (一小块) for Suzie.After a few _38_ (分钟), Mrs. Smith went back to the kitchen. “Oh, no! What happened? I just answered a phone call,” Mrs. Smith said _39_ (生气地). “Who did this? Who ate the food
30、 for our picnic?”“I just ate a sandwich,” said Nancy.“I just drank a bottle of juice,” said Joseph.“And I just had some pie,” said Mr. Smith.Suzie said, “Mom, with their help, I _40_ (尝试) a little bit of everything. Look! The food is too far for me to reach.”五、语法填空阅读下面的短文,在空白处填入一个适当的词,或填入括号中所给单词的正确形
31、式。Did you ever live in a house built in a tree? Many children dreamed of having a tree house, _41_ few made it themselves. However, Eli Sylvester was not one of them. _42_ 9-year-old boy designed(设计) and built a tree house by himself.When Eli was six years old, _43_ (him) wanted to build a tree hous
32、e in the backyard of his home in the US. His mom, Rachel Sylvester, _44_ (think) it was a good idea and encouraged Eli to do his best.Eli saved money from his 7th and 8th _45_ (birthday). “I dont want toys. All I need is something that I can use to build my dream tree house,” he wrote on his birthda
33、y wish lists.Now the tree house, _46_ a living room and a bathroom, is ready for use. There is one full bed and two twin beds. And next year there _47_ (be) a bookshelf across from the beds.“The _48_ (wonderful) part of the house is a zip line. Boys always like it,” Eli said.Eli decides _49_ (invite
34、) some friends to the tree house. He is saving money so that he can buy some gifts for his friends. “This is _50_ (true) a great tree house,” Rachael says.“Im very proud of him. I will help him with the party.”六、阅读还原5选5阅读下面的短文,从所给的AE选项中选择正确的选项。Once a fisherman was lying (躺) on a beautiful beach and
35、enjoying the warmth of the afternoon sun. About that time, a rich trader walked by. He saw the fisherman and wanted to find out why he was lying instead of working.“Why are you lying on the beach? You should be working!” said the trader.“_51_” said the fisherman.Hearing this, the trader got unhappy
36、and said, “_52_”The fisherman asked, “What would I do by catching more fishes?”“You could sell them and get more money and buy a bigger boat,” said the trader. The fisherman asked, “What would I do then?”“_53_” said the trader.The fisherman asked, “What would I do then?” “You could buy many boats an
37、d hire (雇佣) many people to work for you and get even more. money. “_54_” said the trader.The fisherman asked, “What would I do then?”“You could then enjoy your life peacefully,” said the trader.“_55_” asked the fisherman.AWhy dont you catch more fishes?BIsnt that what I am doing now?CAnd you could b
38、ecome a rich trader like me,DBut I have caught enough fishes for the day,EYou could catch even more fishes and get even more money,七、材料作文56你校英语社团正在进行主题为“Do you have healthy living habits?”的调查。假设你是社团成员林涛,请你根据以下自评问卷用英语写一篇短文进行交流,并说说你对自己的生活习惯的看法。 Do you have healthy living habits?(1) Do you have breakfast every morning?(2) How often do you eat fruit and vegetables?(3) How often do you exercise?(4) How much time do you spend on TV?(5) 要求:(1)短文必须包含以上所有信息,可适当发挥。(2)文中不得出现真实的人名和校名。(3)7090词,开头部分已给出,不计入总词数。Hello, everyone! I am Lin Tao. Let me tell you something about my living habits. _试卷第7页,共8页