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常州市2014-2015八年级英语上册期末试卷（牛津版附答案）　2015.2‎ 二、单项选择（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）‎ A)从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出一个与划线部分语法功能相同的选项。‎ ‎21、It is winter again.‎ China‎ is becoming stronger and stonger now.‎ ‎ A B C D ‎22、We found the dog clever.‎ My parents often tell me to work hard..‎ ‎ A B C D B)从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出一个符合句意的最佳选项。‎ ‎23、——Sixty percent of the animals ill because of the dirty water and air.‎ ‎——That’s true.So we must take action to people making the earth dirty.‎ A.get’s ; protect B.get; protect C.get; prevent D.gets; prevent ‎ ‎24、The Spriing Festival is coming. The teachers all of us to keep healthy and happy.‎ ‎ A.hope B.let C.wish D.make ‎25. ——What is the man doing in his crashed car now？‎ ‎——He be calling for help .I’m not sure.‎ A．must B.may C.would D.should ‎26.Some people were making a snowman others were skiing.‎ ‎ A.when B.while C.as D.since ‎27.We should do something than giving money. Otherwise, there will be giant Pandas in the word.‎ A. more meaningful;no B.more meaning;none ‎ C.less meaningful; no D.less meaningful;none ‎28.——Why did you have such a long ?‎ ‎ —— a better way to move away all the snow in the street.‎ ‎ A.metting; Find B.celebration; Find ‎ ‎ C.discussion; To find D.instruction; To find ‎29.The word “away” rhymes witch “ ”.‎ ‎ A.instead B.play C.trouble D.written ‎30．——.I missed the football match last night.‎ ‎—— !It was so wonderful.‎ A.What a pity B.Come on C.Take care D.No problem 三、完形填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）‎ Chen Jianxing has turned his childhood dream into a full-time job.‎ ‎ When Chen Jianxing stops his car,about five metres away form the lion that he calls her Lisa,she comes 31 .Chen’s car has no roof(顶). For Lisa, it’s really easy to jump onto the car and attack(袭击) the driver . 32 Chen knows Lisa never will.‎ ‎ “Lions seldom attack humans .They don’t eat humans ,”says Chen, who has excitedly followed a group of lions that Lisa is in for 33 year(s).Form the end of 2010 to 2014,Chen closely followed the Manze Pride（曼泽狮群）.‎ ‎ Chen loves lions .It’s 34 for him to spend several days and ninghts watching the Manze Pride. He watched ‎35 a lion form another Pride defeated(战胜)the lion king in the Manze Pride to become the new king and how Lisa 36 the Manze Pride to kill their prey(猎物)。‎ ‎ “I feel quite comfoetable being with the Pride ,” says the 37-year-old man .‎ ‎ “Usually,lions sleep more than 20 hours a day .Only in the mornings and evenings do they ‎37 in his open car several metres away.‎ ‎ Chen has lived in Tanzania for seven years.He now works for Tanzania National Parks.The job makes him able to watch lions 38 .‎ ‎ Watching lions in Tanzania was Chen’s 39 at the early age. When he was in primary school, he loved TV programmers about nature and wildlife and fell in love with the lions form Tanzania, although(尽管)all he learned was form magazines and TV programmers.‎ ‎ It’s 40 of Chen to work and enjoy his interest at the same time.‎ ‎31. A close B.down C.away D.back ‎32. A.So B.Or C.But D.And ‎33. A.six B four C two D.one ‎34. A.interesting B.difficult C.boring D.dangerous ‎35. A.what B.how C.why D.when ‎36. A.led B.kept C.faced D.saved ‎37. A.catches B.hunts C.sleeps D.watches ‎38. A.wuickly B.suddenly C.finally D.freely ‎39. A.secret B.idea C.advice D.dream ‎40.A.luckly B.helpful C.lind D.sad ‎ ‎ 四、阅读理解(每小题1分，共15分)‎ A Something caught my eyes when I was walking down the street. Two silver coins were shining in a melting(溶化) snow bank, so I dug(挖dig的过去式) through the snow looking for more. Of course, I just ended up with really cold hands. I slipped the two coins into my pocket and went home, colder but richer. I began to think about how to spend the money...‎ Two days later, Mary and her little sister were searching the snow banks. "Finders are keepers" was my first thought. I didn't want to hand them out even though Suzy was already crying. " I dropped them right here," she said with tears. Her hands were cold and red for digging in the snow. Maybe they went down the street with the melting snow. Let's dig over here." Mary's voice sounded confident.‎ ‎"They'll never know" was my second thought, and I walked past them. " Phil, have you seen two sliver coins?" asked Mary. Susy looked up from digging. Her eyes were hopeful.‎ ‎"Tell a lie" was my third thought. "As a matter of fact," I hesitated(犹豫)，“I dug two coins out of that snow bank just a few days ago. I wondered who might have lost them." Suzy hugged me with a big smile, "Oh, thank you, thank you."‎ ‎41. How did Phil feel when he was going home?‎ A. Unhappy. B. Excited. C. Nervous. D.Helpless.‎ ‎42. What does the underlined sentence “Finders are keepers”mean?‎ A. Finders should keep honest.‎ B. Finders should keep fit.‎ C. Finders should keep things.‎ D. Finders should keep secrets.‎ ‎43. Which of the following is the right order of the things that happened?‎ a. Phil found two silver coins in the snow. b. Susy dropped two silver coins.‎ c. Phil dug through the snow. d. Suzy kept digging in the snow for her lost coins.‎ A. a-b-c-d B. a-c-d-b C. b-a-c-d D. b-c-d-a ‎44. What would Phil do with the two coins in the end?‎ A. He would give them back to Suzy. B. He would spend the money himself.‎ C. He might drop them into the snow. D. He would tell a lie to Suzy.‎ ‎45. Which of the following words is the best to describe Phil’s personality?‎ A. Impatient. B. Careless. C.Unfriendly. D. Honest.‎ B.‎ Repoters from Reader’s Digest《读者文摘》dropped wallets in parks,on sidewalks and near shopping malls in big cities all over the world from New York to Mumbai and waited to see what people would do with them.There was 50美元，a mobile phone number,businesscards,coupons（打折券）and a family photo in each wallet.‎ Nearly half(百分之47)of the wallets were returned.‎ ‎“If you find money,you can’t tell if it is a rich man’s,”said Ursula Smist,who returned one of the five wallets in London .“It might be the last bit of money a mother has to feed her family,”said Smist.The other seven wallets dropped in London were still missing.‎ In Zurich,one of the 12 wallets was taken by an old male（男性的）driver.In Warsaw,five out of 12 wallets were returned,while the seven were kept by women.The magazine reported that gender(性别)and age are unpredictable when it comes to honesty Nobody can tell if a man or a woman will return the wallet,or how old he or she is.‎ ‎“The most surprising result for the team at Reader’s Digest is that it has nothing to do with honesty,”said Raimo Moysa,editor-in-chief（主编）of Reader’s Digest.“For all the people who returned wallets,it was the only way to act in such a situation(情况)。”‎ ‎“It is something you do naturally,”said 30-year-old doctor’s helper in Prague when the reporter asked why she returned the wallet.A 73- year-old grandmother in Rio de Janeiro showed the same idea by saying,“Because it is not mine.”‎ Check out the most and the least honest cities.‎ In Helsinki‎,‎Finland,11 out of 12 wallets were returned,putting the city at the top of the honesty group.“Finns are naturally honest,”one of the good Samaritans who returned a wallet told Reader’s Digest.‎ Just one of the 12 wallets was returned in Lisbon,the capital of Portugal.‎ ‎46.Why did some of the people return the wallet according to the passage(根据文章)？‎ A.Because they didn’t need the money.‎ B.Because they were afraid to keep the the money.‎ C.Because they thought it was what they should do.‎ D.Because they thought it unlucky to keep the wallet.‎ ‎47.What does the underlined word “unpredictable”mean?‎ A.不能相信的 B.不能预测的 C.不能混淆的 D.不能忽略的 ‎48.What can we know from the passage?‎ A.Honesty has something to do with money.‎ B.A Zurich driver returned one of the 12 wallets.‎ C.People in Finland are the most honest.‎ D.11 of the 12 wallets were returned in Portugal.‎ ‎49. Why did the reporters from Reader’s Digest drop the wallet?‎ A.To see who needs money most to feed their families.‎ B.To find out what the most popular thing in the wallet is.‎ C.To know in which country people are the most honest.‎ D.To tell people what they should do with the dropped wallets.‎ ‎50.Where can you most probably read the article?‎ A.In a newspaper .‎ B. In a story book.‎ C. In a advertisement.‎ D. In a comic book.‎ 五、阅读表达，每空一词（每小题1分，共5分）‎ Johnny Reed was a little boy who never had seen a snowstorm till he was six years old. Before this, he had lived in a warm country, where the sun shines down on beautiful orange groves, and fields always sweet with flowers. ‎ But now he had come to visit his grandmother, who lived where the snow falls in winter. Johnny was standing at the window when the snow came down. ‎ ‎"O mamma!" he cried, joyfully, "do come quick, and see these little white birds flying down from heaven." ‎ ‎"They are not birds, Johnny," said mamma, smiling. ‎ ‎"Then maybe the little angels are losing their feathers! Oh! Do tell me what it is; is it sugar? Let me taste it," said Johnny. But when he tasted it, he gave a little jump — it was so cold. ‎ ‎"That is only snow, Johnny," said his mother. ‎ ‎ "What is snow, mother?" ‎ ‎"The snowflakes, Johnny, are little drops of water that fall from the clouds. But the air through which they pass is so cold it freezes them, and they come down turned into snow."‎ As she said this, she brought out an old black hat from the closet. "See, Johnny! I have caught a snowflake on this hat. Look quick through this glass, and you will see how beautiful it is." ‎ Johnny looked through the glass. There lay the pure, feathery snowflake like a lovely little star. ‎ ‎"Twinkle, twinkle, little star!" he cried in delight. "Oh! please show me more snow-flakes, mother." ‎ So his mother caught several more, and they were all beautiful. ‎ The next day Johnny had a fine play in the snow, and when he came in, he said, "I love snow; and I think snowballs are a great deal prettier than oranges."‎ Johnny Loved Snow Backgroundinformation ‎ ‎●Johnny was a little boy who lived in a warm country .‎ about Johnny ‎ ‎●He saw the snow for the _51___time at the age of 6 .‎ Johnny’s _52__to his grandmother’s home ‎ ‎●When Johnny saw little white birds flying down , he cried with ___53_, “Mum , do come quick and see !”‎ ‎●He thought the snow was _54___and tasted it .‎ ‎●He thought the snow was like a twinkle little star .‎ Johnny’s feeling after playing with snow ‎●He thought snowballs were much more _55___ than organs . ‎ 第二卷（40分）‎ ‎ ‎ 六、写出下列句子的同义词（共5小题；每空0.5分，满分5分）‎ ‎56．He no more drank his mother’s milk.‎ He didn’t drink his mother’s milk______ ______.‎ ‎57.I can’t decide which meeting I should attend.‎ ‎ I can’t decide which meeting______ ______.‎ ‎58.Mary shouted at her top voice because she felt very afraid.‎ ‎ Mary screamed______ ______.‎ ‎59.Try to save these children as quickly as you can.‎ ‎ Try to save these children as quickly______ ______.‎ ‎60.There were more than 1,000 red-crowned cranes in China last year.‎ ‎ The______of the red-crowned cranes______over 1,000 last year.‎ 七、单词拼写（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）‎ ‎ A)根据句意，用所给单词的适当形式填空，每空一词。‎ ‎61. You’d better keep the secrets to______(you),children.‎ ‎62. As she works ten hours every day, my mother often feels______(sleep)at night.‎ ‎63. You can take a look at that list as it includes all the______(speak)names ‎64. How______(clear)Mr Li is introducing the new school!‎ ‎65. There will be even______ (little)space for wild animals if we cut down more trees.‎ ‎ B）根据所给的中文和句意，用单词的正确形式填空，每空一词。‎ ‎66.Among us five, I’m wearing the______(厚)clothes.‎ ‎67.The man______(震动)the bottle before he drank the juice.‎ ‎68.The rivers are frozen,so the______（渔民）have nothing to do at this time of the year.‎ ‎69.I’m amazed that my English teacher speaks______(完美的)English.‎ ‎70.The police saved these children out of______(危险)at last.‎ 八、用所给动词的正确形式填空（共6小题；每小题1分，满分6分）‎ ‎71. It’s not polite at all______ (shout) at your parents like that.‎ ‎72. Close the window please, or the strong wind______ (blow) the paper away.‎ ‎73. Not only I but also my cousin______ (lie) on the grass when it began to rain.‎ ‎74. My father often goes jogging in the park and hear birds______(sing)in the tree.‎ ‎75. We all know that the sun______(rise)in the east.‎ ‎76. Was your mother busy______(mop)the floor at that time?‎ 九、 根据所给中文完成句子翻译（共6小题； 每小题1.5分，满分9 分）‎ ‎77. 为了赶上首班公交车，他早早地出发了。‎ He ___________________________________________________________________.‎ ‎78. 他叫孩子们镇定下来，不要跑。‎ He asked the children __________________and _________________________________,‎ ‎79.当我到达操场时，孩子们正在打雪仗。‎ The children _____________________________________________________the playground .‎ ‎80. 我们应该记录鸟儿数量上的变化。‎ ‎__________________________________ birds’ numbers.‎ ‎81. 那场洪水冲走了成千上万的房子了吗？‎ Did ________________________________________________?‎ ‎82．大自然为人类提供了充足的食物和水 。‎ The __________________________________________________humans。‎ 十、书面表达（共1小题，满分10分）‎ 寒假就要开始了， 你打算过一个有意义的假期 ， 根据下表内容写一篇短文描述你的计划。‎ 活动 亲近自然： 去盐城自然保护区…..（至少写出在保护区的两项活动）‎ 动手实践： 自己亲自制作新年礼物，感恩亲友 。‎ 开心阅读：多读有关自然历史方面的书籍， 了解世界。‎ 体育锻炼：…..‎ 期望收获 享受假期， 丰富知识 要求：1）要点完整， 可适当发挥，句子通顺、连贯。‎ ‎ 2）正确使用时态，语法正确 ，书写整洁。‎ ‎ 3）不少于80 词， 开头结尾给出，不计入总词数。‎ My Winter Holliday Plan The winter holiday is coming. I want to spend a meaningful holiday. 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