2017—2018学年度第二学期期末质量检测
八年级英语试卷
题号 得分 一 二 三 四 五 六 七 八 总分 说明：选择题答案写在第6页答题处。
一、 选择能填入空白处的最佳答案。（20分） 1. —Jane, your bedroom is so dirty. —Sorry, I’ll . A. clean up them B. clean them up C. clean up it D. clean it up 2.— I don’t like smoking. —__________________.
A. Neither he is B. Neither is he C. Neither he does D. Neither does he
3. Mary’s uncle made ______ possible for her ________around the world A. this ,travelling B. this , to travel C. it , travelling D. it , to travel 4.I wonder they are getting on.
A. what B. when C. that D. how 5. —Hi, Li Ming. Why are you in such a hurry ? —________________ the 7:30 train.
A. Catch B. To catch C. Catching D. Caught 6. They tried _________the mountain away in their life. A. to finish moving B. to finish taking C. finishing to move D. finishing to take 7. Listen! Can you hear a man’s ________?
A. voice B. noise C. sound D. noises 8. The Monkey King keeps fighting to help _________weak.
A. a B. an C. the D./ 9. He didn’t go to bed ______ eleven o’clock last night.
A. after B. in C. since D. until 10. --I didn’t watch the soccer game. How about you? ---Me . A. so B. instead C. neither D. too 11. Yao Ming is one of ________ most popular ________ in China.
A. a , players B. the, players C. an, runners D. much, runners 12. —Did you know China is one of the oldest countries in the world? —Yes, I did. It’s than the US.
A. much older B. more older C. much elder D. more elder 13. I began watching here an hour ago, but now nothing ______ yet. A. happens B. will happen C. happened D. has happened 14. —Hello, may I speak to Mr. Smith? —Sorry, he isn’t in. He _______ the office.
A. has been to B. has gone to C. has been away D. has left 15. It’s sometimes hard to tell one twin from ______.
A. another B. some other C. other D. the other 16. Her son _____ coke, but now he ______ milk.
A. used to drink; is used to drinking B. used to drinking; drinks C. is used to drinking; used to drink D. is used to drink; is drinking 17. His grade in the exam put him _________ the top students in his class. A. between B. over C. among D. above 18. Can you imagine how long the man ________ the photo album? A has had B has bought C will keep D bought 19. We are having a yard _______, but it’s hard _____ it.
A sell, sell B sale, sell C sale, to sell D sell, sale
20. Now many people in the countryside leave their hometown to ___ work in big cities.
A find B search C search for D find out
二、 完形填空（20分）阅读短文，从各题所给的ABCD四个选项中，选出一个可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Mr. White is seventy years old. He has stayed at home 21 he retired（退休）. Last year his wife went. He was very sad. He has four children, but they all have their own families. Now he lives in an old house 22. Sometimes he feels lonely. One day, one of his children bought a parrot for him. It could 23 and he usually gave it nice food. But one afternoon, a cat ate the parrot. He was very sad and 24 to buy another one. He also bought a strong and beautiful cage for it and began to 25 it to speak. Every morning, as soon as he got up, he said“Good morning” to the bird. The bird had a look at him but said 26 . He kept on teaching it but the parrot didn’t learn anything. He felt sorry for it and lost his patience(耐心).
One evening his son called and told him that his granddaughter was 27 in hospital. He went to see her at once. When he got there, she was being operated(手术) on and he didn’t see her. The doctors asked him to go home. He was so worried about her that he couldn’t 28 the whole night. The next morning, when he was passing by the parrot, he forgot to say “Good morning” to the bird.
Suddenly(突然地) he 29 someone saying,“What happened to you this morning?” He looked around. There was 30 except himself in the room. It was the bird.
21．A. for B. since C. after D. when 22．A. happily B. alone C. angrily D. carefully 23．A. say B. shout C. tell D. speak 24．A. asked B. liked C. hoped D. decided 25．A. want B. teach C. have D. count 26．A. anything B. everything C. nothing D. something 27．A. ill B. serious C. bad D. worried 28．A. wake up B. stay up C. sleep late D. fall asleep 29．A. thought B. knew C. heard D. found 30．A. nobody B. somebody C. nothing D. something 三、 阅读理解（30分）
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