牛津英语8B期末试题.doc

牛津英语8B期末试题一、单项填空（10 分） l. -Will you show me the photo of your family? -OK. Ill _it here next week. A. take B. catch C. carry D. bring 2. They didnt start the work _their teacher came back. A. until B. while C. as soon as D. if 3. -Is the film _over? -I think so. A lot of people are beginning to leave. A. just B. already C. almost D. mostly 4. -Would you like to come to our party tonight? -Id love to, _ Ill have to do my homework at home. A. so B. but C. because D. and 5. We have never seen _ film before. Its very interesting. A. so good B. such good C. such a good D. a so good 6. Most business letters around the world _in English. A. writes B. is written C. wrote D. are written 7. -Did your teacher tell you _ this afternoon? -Yes. Well go to visit the Science Museum . A. how to do B. what to do C. to go where D. where go to 8. The old man went to a _house _. A. lonely; lonely B. lonely; alone C. alone; alone D. alone ;lonely 9. -Has your team _beaten theirs? _. A. ever; Not yet B. already; Yes, already C. yet; Not ever D. already; Not yet 10. _the old woman was a little worried ,but then she felt quiet all right. A. From time to time B. In the end C. In the beginning D. At the same time 11. He_ his homework and now is listening to music. A. finished B. finishes C. has finished D. was finishing 12. Li Lei hasnt come yet. I dont know what _to him. A. is happened B. has been taken place C. has taken place D. has happened 13. Mr Smith _in America this time last year. A. travelled B. would travel C. has travelled D. was travelling 14. Meimei is good at English. I think its easy _her _English well. A. for; to learn B. of; to learn C. for ;learning D. of; learning 15. -What would you like to do, singing or dancing? -I choose _you a song. A. sang B. singing C. to sing D. sing 16. Dont go out. I dont want you to _ A. get lose B. get missed C. get miss D. get lost 17. -I _you good luck in the coming new year. -Thanks. A. want B. wish C. hope D. like 18. What he said about the life in that country is_. A. surprise B. surprised C. surprising D. to be surprised 19. How_ it is to see you again! A. happy B. please C. glad D. pleasant 20. _is true that he will travel to England. A. It B. This C. That D. Its 二、单词拼写 根据句意及首字母提示，在每句的空格内写上所缺单词的正确形式。 21. Great changes have t_ place in our country during the past ten years. 22. A j_ high school is for students between 13 and 15 years old. 23. He is a manager of three different b_. 24. He is a careless boy and he pays little a_ to his handwriting. 25.-Would you m_ waiting a minute? -Not at all. 26. He d_ a lot of money to the poor though he was not rich. 27. Air, food and drink are necessary to s_ life. 28. let me i_ myself. Im a student of No. 1 Middle School. 29. The news appeared in the l_ newspapers. 30. When he was young, he received a good e_ at a very fine school. 三、翻译，按照中文意思，在下列各句的每个空格中填上一个合适的词（10 分） 31. 我非常感谢你邀请我参加你的生日聚会。 Thank you_ _me to your birthday party. 32. 对于外国人来说，这样讲汉语是很奇怪的事。 _ is very strange_ a foreigner _ speak Chinese like this. 33. 明天我将去公园而不去参观博物馆。 Ill go to the park the _ _Science Museum. 34. 我们认为他不可能解决这个问题。 We _ _ _ _solve the problem. 35. 去年夏天，我们经常一起去河里游泳。 Last summer we used _ _ _in the river. 36. 中国绝大部分城市都广泛使用因特网和移动电话。 The Internet and mobile phones _widely_ in _ cities in China. 四、完形填空（20 分） （ A ） 在下列短文的每个空格中填上一个合适的词，使文章的意思完整（单词的首字母已给出）。 Mrs Jones was a teacher, her house was not far f 37 her school, and she always walked t 38 . All the pupils in this school w 39 very young. Once Mrs Jones walked to school o 40 a very cold and windy moming in November and the cold w 41 went into her eyes, and big tears( 眼泪 ) began running out of t 42 . She r 43 the school, opened the door and went into the classroom. It was nice and warm there and Mrs Jones was happy. But then a small boy looked at her f 44 a few minutes, put his arm r 45 her and said k 46 ,Dont cry. This school isnt very. bad, is it? （ B ） 阅读下面短文，从四个选项中选择一个正确答案。 Life in the 22nd century will be different from life in the 20th century, because many changes will take place in the new century, but what will the changes be? The population is 47 fast. There will be more and more people in the world and most of them will live 48 than before. 49 will be much smaller and more useful, and there will be at least one in every home. And computer studies will be one of the important subjects at 50 . People will work fewer hours than they did in tile 20th century, and they will have more free time for sports, 51 TV and travelling. Travelling will be 52 . And many more people will go to other countries for holidays. There will be changes in our fixed, too. More land will be used for building new towns and houses. Then there will be less room for cows and sheep, so 53 will be more expensive. Maybe no one will eat it every day, 54 they eat more vegetables and fruit. Maybe people will be healthier. Work in the future will be 55 , too. Dangerous and hard work will be done by robots ( 机器人). 56 this, many people will not have enough work to do. This will be a problem. 47. A. making B. growing C. running D. doing 48. A. longer B. shorter C. faster D. taller 49. A. Trains B. Cars C. Computer D. Houses 50. A. factory B. hospital C. farm D. school 51. A. watching B. seeing C. looking D. buying 52. A. less interesting B. much easier C. more expensive D. more difficult 53. A. fruit B. milk C. meat D. bread 54. A. instead B. sometimes C. still D. however 55. A. dangerous B. difficult C. heavy D. different 56. A. Thanks for B. Many thanks C. Because of D. Because 五、阅读理解（15 分） （A）The Giraffe The giraffe is the tallest modem land animal. It can be over 5.5 metres tall. Its neck bone may be 1.9 metres long. Yet the giraffe has only seven bones( 骨 ) in its neck, the same number as in the human( 人类 ). Even a small bird has many more bones in its neck than in a tall giraffe. Each bone in a giraffes neck is very long, while the bones in a human neck are small. That makes the difference. A female ( 雌的 ) giraffe gives birth to one baby at a time. The baby, called a calf, is about 1.9 metres tall at birth. By the age of eight it is full-grown. The giraffe eats mostly leaves. Because it has a long neck, it can reach the leaves high up on the trees. 57. In this passage the underlined word giraffe means 。 A. 鲸鱼 B. 长颈鹿 C. 大象 D. 恐龙 58. The number of the bones in a birds neck is A. as big as in a humans neck B. not so big as in a giraffes neck C. much more than in a humans neck D. much smaller in a giraffes neck 59. Which of the following is true according to this passage? A. A giraffe has only seven bones. B. Tile giraffe is the largest animal on land. C. It takes eight years for a giraffe to grow up. D. All the leaves on the trees will be eaten by giraffes if they live in that region. 60. The baby giraffe is about _ at birth. A. 5.5 metres long B. 5.5 metres tall C. 1.9 metres long D. 1.9 metres tall 61. When a giraffe sees a tiger we can guess _ 。 A. it will run away as fast as possible B. it will run to eat the tiger C. it will make the tiger bring it something to eat D. it will bring some small animals for the tiger to eat B） A Trip to the Forest One day Bob took two of his friends into the mountains. They put up theirtents( 帐篷 ) and then rode off to a forest to see how the trees were growing. In the afternoon when they were about ten kilometres from their camp ( 营地） , it started to snow. More and more snow fell. Soon, Bob could hardly see his hands before his face. He could not find the road, Bob knew there were two roads. One road went to the camp, and the other went to his house. But all was white snow. Everything was the same. How could he take his friends back to the camp? Bob had an idea. The horses! Let the horses take them back! But what would happen if the horses took the road to his house? That would be a trip of thirty-five kilometres in such cold weather! It was getting late. They rode on and on. At last the horses stopped. Where were they? None of them could tell. John looked around. What was that under the tree? It was one of their tents! 62. John and his two friends went to the forest to _ 。 A. build their camp B. find their way home C. enjoy the mountains in the snow D. watch the trees in the forest 63. They could not find their way back because _ 。 A. there was only one road to their camp B. they couldnt decide which of the two roads led to their tents C, there were no roads in the mountains at all D. everything was covered by the white snow 64. It is clear that they wanted the horses to take them to _ 。 A. Johns house B. the camp C. the forest D. the mountains 65. The horses stopped because _ _ 。 A. it was getting late B. they were tired after running for a long way C. they knew that they had got to the camp D. they had seen Johns house 66. The story happened _ 。 A. on a cold winter day B. on a dark snowy evening C. in a cold camp far from villages D. at night when nothing could be seen 六、书面表达 （10 分） How to protect water resources 写一篇 6080 词的小短文。文章的开头已给出。参考答案一、1-5 DACBC 6-10 DBBAC 11-5 CDDAC 16-20 DBCDA 二、21. taken 22. junior 23. businesses 24. attention 25. mind 26. donated 27. support 28. introduce 29. local 30. education 三、31. for asking/inviting 32. It, for, to 33. instead of visiting 34. dont think he can 35. to go swimming 36. are, used, most 四、(A)37. from 38. there 39. were 40. on 41. wind 42. them 43. reached 44. for 45. round 46. kindly (B)47-51 BACDA 52-56 BCADC 五、57-61 BCCDA 62-66 DDBCA 六、One possible version: From the pictures we know that much water has been polluted. Some factories are pouring waste water into rivers and lakes. The water becomes dirty and lots of fish have died. Many people often waste water. For example, they often forget to turn off the taps. If we dont have enough water,land will be dry and crops will die. We cant live without water. So we should try our best and encourage everyone to protect water resources. We must save water and stop polluting it. If we do that, things will be much better.13 / 13