初 中 英 语 学校 班 级 姓 名 八年级英语上册期末测试题 题号 一 二 三 四 五 六 总分 得分 (时间 100 分钟 满分：100 分） 一、单项选择填空（20 分） 1. The hotel is the best here. It hasrooms. A. the worse B. most comfortable C. best D. the most comfortable 2. — Where is Jack? — He basketball on the playground A. plays B.is playing C. is going to play D.play 3. He likes singing songs, but I sing than he does. A. more good B. best C. more worse D. better 4. — Could you please help me do the laundry thisafternoon? — I will be free after 2:30 in the afternoon. A. Sorry, I can’t B. No, youcan’t C. Sure I’d love to D.Of course not 5. — did he play soccer? —About 3hours. A. How many B.How much C. How often D.How long 6. Let’s buy a big house the money. A. for B. with C. use D. spend 7. The art exhibition will me rich and famous A. do B. have C. help D. make 8. —When did she the USA ? —Three years ago A. tour B. travel C. go D. watch 9. Her younger brother is young to go to school A. so B. very C. too D. really 10. —who’s , Tom or Tim? —Tom is A. quieter B. more healthy C. worst D. best 11. —Do you look the same? —No, I am taller than her A. Little B. few C. a little D. many 12. —Who the souvenir? —Maria did A. is going to bay B. bought C. buys D. wantsto bay 13. —Arthur is a loving grandmother —Yeah, she all her free time with her grandchildren. A. pays B. takes C. uses D. spends 14. I’m going to write articles and them to magazines and newspapers. A. send B. take C. bring D. give 15. —When did he go to Beijing? —He went there May 12th. A. in B. at C.on D. by 16. Timmy goes to school ____ every day. It's 5minutes' walk from his home to school. A. in a bus B. by plane C.on foot D.by boat 17. It is _________ today than yesterday. Shall we goswimming this afternoon? A. the hottest B. hot C.hottest D. hotter 18. There’s _______________ with your watch. Time isnot right. A. wrong something B. somethingwrong C.wrong nothing D. nothing wrong 19. — I hear you talk about your friend, John so much._____________? — Well, he's a bit tall. He is always well dressed. A. Is he tall B. What does he look like C. Howis he D.How is he doing 20. — Why not go and play football outside? —______________. A. Yes, I think so. B. It's agood game. C. That's a good idea. D. Ofcourse we do. 二、完形填空（10 分） The Sea What do you knowabout the sea? Some people often see it, 1 the others don't. The sea looks 2 on a fine sunny day. Millions of people hope to take their 3 by the sea. Theycan swim in it, or lie on the beaches in the sun. They 4 themselves there.But it can be very rough (粗鲁) when there is astrong wind. What other things do we know about it? Of course, the sea is very large. Looking at a 5 of the world, youcan see it is much bigger than land. There are a lot of 6 in the sea. Some of them arebig and the others are 7 . Did you swim in thesea? If you answer “Yes", you may know that the water is salty（盐）. Rivers carry 8 from the land to the sea. Some places of the sea are moresalty（咸的） than other places. Do you know theDead Sea? Fish 9 live in it. And people can easily swim in it. Nobody isafraid to 10 in the water. 1. A.and B. so C.but D. or 2. A. useful B.beautiful C. terrible D.weak 3. A.classes B.sports C. meetings D.holidays 4. A. enjoy B.like C. stop D.begin 5. A.book B. map C. newspaper D. picture 6. A.roads B. shops C.houses D. islands 7. A.small B. young C.little D. good 8. A.sugar B. butte rC.salt D. oil 9. A.can B. must C.can't D. mustn't 10. A.lift B. sink C.wal D. sleep 三、阅读理解（30 分） A、B 两篇阅读短文并根据短文内选择正确答案。 (A) We each have amemory. That’s why we can still remember things after a long time. Some peoplehave very good memories and they can easily learn many things by heart, butsome people can only remember things when they say or do the again and again.Many of the great men of the world have got surprising memories. A good memory isa great help in learning languages. Everybody learns his mother language whenhe is a small child. He hears the sounds, remembers them and then he learns tospeak. Some children are living with their parents in foreign countries. Theycan learn two languages as easily as one because they hear， remember and speak two languages every day. In school it isnot so easy to learn a foreign language because the pupils have so little timefor it, and they are busy with other subjects, too.But your memorywill become better and better when you do more and more exercises. 1. Some people can easily learn many things by heartbeca