外研版英语八上 期末检测卷（四）（含听力+答案）

期末检测卷（四）

一、听力理解（25分）

第一节：听小对话，回答问题。（共5小题，每小题1分，共5分）

（    ）1. Why can’t Rose go to the Science Museum?

     A. No money.  B. Some classes that day.

     C. Look after her grandpa.

（    ）2. Who taught Kate to play the violin?

     A. Her teacher.     B. Her uncle.     C. She herself.

（    ）3. How does the woman like the monkey show?

     A. Lovely.     B. Smart.       C. Beautiful.

（    ）4. How many red pens can you see?

     A. One.         B. Three.         C. Four.

（    ）5. How much does the man have to get?

     A. 50 yuan.     B. 65 yuan.           C. 15 yuan.

第二节：听长对话，回答问题。（共5小题，每小题2分，共10分）

听下面一段长对话，回答6—7两小题。

（    ）6. How many instruments（乐器） can people learn in the Music Lessons Club?

     A. 3.             B. 4.                   C. 5.

（    ）7. How much does the woman have to pay for her music lessons?

     A. 460 yuan.     B. 260 yuan.           C. 360 yuan.

听下面一段长对话，回答8—10三小题。

（    ）8. Whose grandparents live in the countryside?

     A. Lisa’s.         B. Tom’s.               C. Bob’s.

（    ）9. Does Lisa like the countryside?

     A. Yes, she does. B. We don’t know.       C. No, she doesn’t.

（    ）10. What can they do during the holidays?

     A. They can swim. B. They can go skating.   C. They can catch fish.

第三节：听下面一段独白，请根据独白内容，从A、B、C三个选项中选择正确的选项，完成信息记录表。（共5小题，每小题2分，共10分）

（    ）11. A. nine B. ten     C. eleven

（    ）12. A. 12     B. 20     C. 40

（    ）13. A. blue B. white     C. blue and white

（    ）14. A. football B. basketball C. volleyball

（    ）15. A. park B. garden     C. zoo

二、完形填空（共15小题，每小题1分，共15分）

One day God（上帝） called the bat（蝙蝠） to him and gave him a basket to carry to the   16  . The basket was full of   17   but God didn’t tell him what it was. But he said, “Take this to the moon. I’ll tell you everything when you return.” So the bat set off for the moon with the basket on his back. He   18   to the sky, but the moon saw him and   19   behind a cloud. The bat got   20   and stopped for a rest.

He put down the basket and went to find   21   to eat. While he was gone, other   22  came. These animals thought there   23   be food in the basket and opened the cover, but inside there was only darkness, they had never seen it before. The dogs and wolves tried to pull（拉；拽） it   24   and play with it, but it ran away between their teeth. Just then the bat   25  . He opened the basket and found it   26  . The other animals suddenly went into the night.

The bat flew off to try to catch the darkness back. He could see it   27   but he couldn’t put it back inside his basket, no matter（无论）  28   he tried. And that is   29   the bat   30   all day and flies all night. He is still trying to catch the darkness.

（    ）16. A. house     B. hill     C. town     D. moon

（    ）17. A. darkness B. food     C. brightness D. fruit

（    ）18. A. flew     B. ran     C. walk     D. jumped

（    ）19. A. hided     B. hides     C. hid     D. hiding

（    ）20. A. happy     B. tired     C. tiring     D. excited

（    ）21. A. anything B. nothing C. something D. everything

（    ）22. A. people     B. animals C. bats     D. dogs

（    ）23. A. will     B. maybe     C. probably D. might

（    ）24. A. out         B. in         C. off     D. inside

（    ）25. A. came for B. went out C. came back D. came to

（    ）26. A. empty     B. full     C. old     D. new

（    ）27. A. anywhere B. everywhere C. somewhere D. nowhere

（    ）28. A. what     B. why     C. how     D. which

（    ）29. A. why     B. because C. what     D. how

（    ）30. A. sleep     B. sleeps     C. slept     D. sleeping

三、阅读理解（共15小题，每小题2分，共30分）

A

Tom was born in a rich family. His parents sent him to the best school in the city and they hoped he could learn a lot of knowledge there. But the boy wouldn’t use his head. He made some mistakes and it made others angry.

Now the young man was twenty-four. Though his family had much money, no girl liked a man like him. His parents were worried about it.

“Go to see a doctor,” his mother said one day. “Perhaps they can help you.”

The young man had to go to a hospital. As soon as he saw a doctor, he said, “Give me some medicine for curing a fool（治傻瓜的药）, doctor. I’m sure I’ll soon get clever.”

The doctor asked him a few questions and gave some medicine to him. “Take them tree times a day and come here after a week,” said the doctor.

Seven days later the doctor gave him the same medicine and told him to go to him again. In the third week the doctor repeated the same words. Looking at the medicine carefully, the young man thought hard. Then he asked, “Why do you make me take the same medicine without any examination（检查）? They aren’t useful at all, I think.      They must be all false（假的）!”

“Don’t you know you’re becoming a bit cleverer, young man?” asked the doctor.

（    ）31. How was Tom’s family?

     A. Rich.           B. Bad.     C. Good.      D. Poor.

（    ）32. Why did Tom’s parents send him to the best school?

     A. Because they had much money.

     B. Because they want him to learn much knowledge.

     C. Because there was much money in the school.

     D. Because other schools were too bad.

（    ）33. Were there any girls liking Tom?

     A. Yes, there was one.     B. Yes, there were many.

     C. No, there weren’t any. D. We don’t know.

（    ）34. How many weeks’ medicine did the doctor give Tom?

     A. Two weeks’.      B. Three weeks’.

     C. Four weeks’.         D. A month’s.

（    ）35. What do you think of Tom?

     A. Lazy.     B. Kind.     C. Brave.     D. Clever.

B

Today Newtown is a very clean place. But many years ago, there were millons of rats in Newtown. They attacked（攻击） the dogs and cats. Sometimes a lot of them knocked down a man or woman walking home at night. The rats were very big in size and they hurt many people.

The government ordered（命令） everyone to kill rats. Most people were lazy, so they did not kill many. Then the government decided to give some money for each dead rat. That made the people very happy. They killed thousands of rats every day. A government officer put all the dead rats in a big pile（堆）. Sometimes a man brought hundreds in one day.

After two weeks there were not many rats in the city, but people still brought many rats to the government officer. The government officer thought that people got dead rats back from the pile. He ordered his men to dig a deep hole and put the dead rats in it. Soon there were no more rats, and the government did not pay any more money.

（    ）36. The rats in Newtown were           .

     A. as big as cats       B. as tall as dogs

     C. larger and many       D. very small

（    ）37. The people killed rats           .

     A. to get some money

     B. because the rats attacked them at night

     C. to help the government make the city clean

     D. to pay the government as a tax（税）

（    ）38. A deep hole was dug（挖） so that（以便）           .

     A. the rats could not come out to attack people at night

     B. people could take as many rats from the hole as they wish

     C. the rats could not run away easily

     D. nobody could take any rats from the pile

（    ）39. From the passage we can see that the government officer         .

     A. was a very rich man B. was clever

     C. was afraid of rats D. liked to live in a clean house

（    ）40. Which of the following is the best title for this passage?

     A. How to Kill Rats

     B. Newtown—City of Rats

     C. How Newtown People Became Rich

     D. How Newtown Became a Very Clean Place

C

Stormy weather may come when the sky suddenly turns dark on a sunny day.

Thunderstorms（雷暴雨） bring heavy rain, lightning and thunder. They happen almost everywhere on the earth, but tropical（热带的） places stay very warm all year long. They have the most thunderstorms. Only the very coldest parts of the world, near the North and South Poles（极）, do not have thunderstorms. Lightning can be very dangerous. It kills or badly hurts hundreds of people every year.

Hurricanes（飓风） are huge, full of strong winds and heavy rains. They usually starts over tropical oceans（海洋） in late summer. For days, they grow and grow until they hit the land and bring wild weather. They may destroy（毁坏） homes and cars, knock down trees, and kill many people or make some people nowhere to live.

Blizzards are winter storms. They usually last at least three hours and bring heavy snow and strong wind. Blizzards are not like hurricanes. But they make people’s lives a little harder. Driving and flying are not so easy. Schools and businesses close.

（    ）41. How many types of storms are there in the passage?

     A. One.     B. Two.   C. Three.     D. Four.

（    ）42. Which parts of the world do not have thunderstorms?

     A. Tropical places.

     B. Everywhere on the earth.

     C. The places which stay very warm all year long.

     D. The very coldest parts of the world.

（    ）43. Which type of storm can kill people?

     A. Thunderstorms and blizzards.

     B. Thunderstorms and hurricanes.

     C. Blizzards.

     D. Hurricanes and Blizzards.

（    ）44. Which type of storm will bring snow?

     A. Blizzards.              B. Thunderstorms.

     C. Blizzards and thunderstorms. D. Hurricanes and blizzards.

（    ）45.            will bring heavy rain, lightning and thunder.

     A. Storms                   B. Blizzards

     C. Hurricanes              D. Thunderstorms

四、词汇运用（共15小题，每小题1分，共15分）

A）用方框中所给单词或词组的适当形式填空，每词限用一次。

raise  wide  especial  time  run past

46. Please take this medicine three            a day, and you will become better.

47. The streets in our town are            than they were ten years ago.

48. Let’s            some money for the homeless people.

49. When I was sitting on the grass, a nice small dog           .

50. I like sweet food,            the chocolate and ice cream.

B）阅读下面全文，请根据所给中文正确拼写单词，使短文意思完整，每空限填一词。

Long long ago, a hippo（河马） lived in a river next to a big tree. Without other friends around 51          （他）, the life of the hippo was quiet and 52          （无聊的）.

One day, a beautiful bird suddenly 53          （出现） and made a nest（巢） in the tree. Then every day the bird sang so well that the hippo always wanted to be a bird. However, the bird 54          （告诉） him many times that he was so lucky to be big and good at 55          （游泳）.

Finally the hippo decided to get out of the river, 56          （爬） and started to sing too. But it is 57          （困难的） for him to do that without wings. After he knew he would never do that, he was so angry that he hit the tree 58          （猛烈地） until it began to fall down. Then he stepped onto the 59          （叶子） of the tree, and began to sing. But the hippo sang 60          （糟） than the bird. All that from his mouth were all terrible noises.

五、语法填空（共10小题，每小题1分，共10分）

阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空（每空不多于2个单词）。

In America, people often invite friends over for a meal, a party 61           just for coffee. People often send their invitation by saying, “Would you come over 62           dinner on Saturday night?” “Hey, I’m learning 63          （make） pizza. Would you like to come and 64          （taste） the pizza?”

Sometimes, people use some other expressions. They sound like invitations, but they are not real 65          （one）. For 66          , “Please come over to have a dinner sometime.”

In fact, these are not real invitations 67           they don’t have a specific time or date. They just show that the person is trying to be 68          （礼貌的）, and he/she is trying to make a good impression by 69          （end） the conversation in a 70          （friend） way. People will of course feel very comfortable at the pretty words.

六、任务型阅读（共5小题，每小题1分，共5分）

许多英文谚语都成为西方人士日常生活谈话中常用的口头语，学习英语应该懂得一些英文谚语。请仔细阅读方框中的谚语，然后将它们与71—75小题中的话语配对。

71. To learn English well, you should listen to it and write it again and again.           .

72. Don’t worry!You can always find other ways to solve the problem.           .

73. Believe yourself, Mike. You can do it!          .

74. Sam, it’s not good for you to study all day.           .

75. I can’t tell if you are right only by what you say.           .

七、书面表达（共1小题，共20分）

76. 假如你是东阳的陈浩，以下是你来自纽约的女生好朋友Daniel发给你的邮件。请根据邮件内容写一封回信。

要求：80—100词。开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

期末检测卷（四）

参考答案

听力材料

第一节：听小对话，回答问题。

1. M: Rose, tomorrow is Sunday. Let’s go to visit the Science Museum.

W: I’d love to. But I have to stay with my grandpa and look after him.

2. M: Kate, you are very good at playing the violin. Did you teach yourself?

W: No, my uncle taught me. He is a music teacher.

3. M: Do you like monkey show?

W: Yes, and the monkeys are very lovely.

M: They are smart and beautiful, too.

4. M: Look!There are four pens on the desk.

W: Well. One is red, and the others are blue.

5. M: How much is the dress?

W: It’s 65 yuan.

M: That’s too expensive. I only have 50 yuan.

第二节 听长对话，回答问题。

听下面一段长对话，回答6—7两小题。

M: Hello, Music Lessons Club.

W: Can you tell me about your music lessons?

M: Of course. We have guitar, violin and piano lessons for 200 yuan each. You can also learn to sing or dance for 160 yuan each lesson.

W: Well, I’d like to learn to play the piano and dance.

M: OK, please fill in this form.

W: No problem. Goodbye.

M: Goodbye.

听下面一段长对话，回答8—10三小题。

W：Hello, Bob!

M: Hello, Lisa!

W: Where are you going to spend your winter holidays?

M: I will go to the countryside with my family. My grand?鄄parents live there.

W: Really? I like the countryside very much. Can I go there with you?

M: Sure. My parents will be glad to see you.

W: Thank you!What can we do there?

M: Well, there is a river near our house, and the ice is very thick, so we can go skating there.

W: It sounds great. I can’t wait.

第三节：听下面一段独白，请根据独白内容，从A、B、C三个选项中选择正确的选项，完成信息记录表。

When Bob turned ten, his mother and father had a birthday party for him. Twenty of his good friends joined in the party. Everyone wore birthday hats and had birthday cake. The birthday cake was blue and white. They are Bob’s favourite colours.

Later, the children played football in the garden, and Bob’s father played with them together. They had a very great time. At the end of the party, Bob asked his parents if he could have next year’s birthday at the zoo. His parents agreed and everyone was very happy.

一、1—5. CBAAC     6—10. ACCAB  11—15. BBBAC

二、16—20. DAACB  21—25. CBDAC  26—30. ABCAB

三、31—35. ABCBA  36—40. CADBD  41—45. CDBAD

四、46. times      47. wider        48. raise       49. ran past      50. especially 

51. him       52. boring       53. Appeared    54. told         55. swimming 

56. climbed   57. hard/difficult  58. hard         59. leaves      60. worse

五、61. or        62. for          63. to make      64. taste        65. ones

66. example  67. because      68. polite         69. Ending     70. friendly

六、71—75. CBDEA

七、76. One possible version:

Dear Daniel,

I am very glad to hear from you. The weather in Dongyang is different in different seasons. It is usually warm in spring and sometimes it rains. In summer, it is usually very hot with high temperature. My father and I often go to the river nearby to have a swim. We usually have a beautiful autumn, we can get beautiful views with green and yellow tree leaves and fruits. You can have a trip in the mountains and enjoy eating different kinds of fruits. It’s usually very cold in winter. It sometimes snows. It’s the best time for us to play with snow. It’s very interesting.

Yours,

Chen Hao