14-15学年牛津八年级上学期期末试题

Class: 　　 Name: 　　 Marks：　　 （满分100分）

一. 单项选择（每小题1分，共15分）

( )1. — We will have 　　　 warmer day tomorrow.

— So we will. What 　　　 nice weather we have these days!

A. a; a B. a; /

C. /; / D. /; a

( )2. — What animal mainly feeds on plants?

— A 　　　 does. But sadly, it doesn’t have enough food to eat.

A B C D

( )3. — Will it be a 　　　 day tomorrow?

— Yeah. Look at the sign on TV.

A. cloudy B. rainy

C. snowy D. windy

( )4. I didn’t feel 　　　 at all in the singing competition, because I practiced a lot for it.

A. excited B. nervous

C. comfortable D. tired

( )5. — Can you and Andy solve the problem by 　　　?

— OK, let us have a try.

A. yourself B. yourselves

C. themselves D. himself

( )6. We all like to be with Linda. Her smile makes her look so 　　　.

A. friendly B. gently C. happily D. politely

( )7. Every year driving after drinking 　　　 a lot of traffic accidents.

A. happens B. provides

C. causes D. prevents

( )8. — You look quite tired. Why not 　　　 a rest?

— Well, I have to fight the clock.

A. stop to have B. stop having C. to stop to have D. to stop having

( )9. — A report says that the number of wild lions 　　　 no more than 15,000 in the year 2010.

— They are really in danger of dying out.

A. was B. were

C. is D. are

( )10. Thousands of college graduates (毕业生) are working in the countryside in China. And

　　　 are planning to.

A. much more B. many more C. more many D. too much

( )11. Mr Lee 　　　 his car at the school gate when I got to school.

A. cleaned B. cleans C. was cleaning D. is cleaning

( )12. I was walking along the river 　　　 I suddenly stepped on a banana skin and fell over.

A. when B. while

C. after D. since

( )13. — If you lose your way in a new city and have no money, do you know 　　　 to make things better?

— Yes. I would ask a policeman for help.

A. how to do B. what to do

C. what to do it D. what can you do

( )14. — The bird in that cage must be feeling very unhappy.

— 　　　. I think all birds hope to fly in the sky.

A. I don’t agree B. I am afraid you are wrong

C. Maybe you are wrong D. I couldn’t agree more

( )15. — Thanks for inviting us, Ann! The party was great.

— You’re welcome. 　　　.

A. Don’t say that B. I am glad you enjoyed yourself

C. Never mind D. All right

二. 完形填空 （每小题1分，共10分）

A man was driving his car on a country road. Suddenly two three-legged 16 ran across the road.

“Wow! How 17 those chickens run!” said the man. He was really interested in these chickens, 18 he followed the road where the chickens had just come from. 19 , he came to a farm. There were many three-legged chickens running
around. A farmer came out to 20 him. “Welcome to my farm, sir,” the farmer said.

“Thank you! Actually how is it 21 to have these chickens?” asked the man.

The farmer explained, “Our family all 22

eating chicken legs. We tried many times until we created the three-legged chickens. We thought
we could eat even 23 chicken legs every day!”

“Interesting! How do the chicken legs 24 ?”
asked the man.

“Well, there is a 25 . We haven’t been able to catch one yet!” answered the farmer.

( )16. A. chickens B. pigs C. dogs D. cats

( )17. A. slowly B. quiet C. fresh D. fast

( )18. A. but B. though C. so D. if

( )19. A. Pretty B. Finally C. Next D. First

( )20. A. greet B. catch C. decide D. read

( )21. A. available B. creative C. possible D. careful

( )22. A. watch B. stop C. finish D. love

( )23. A. worse B. fewer C. more D. less

( )24. A. run B. taste C. grow D. come

( )25. A. problem B. article C. chance D. story

三. 阅读理解 （每小题2分，共20分）

A

James A. Michener was a famous American writer. He donated (捐) at least 90 per cent of what he made from his 43 novels (小说). He seemed to donate more than this. At his death (去世), in October 1997, he had given away $117 million.

Michener made a good example, not just in how much he gave, but in his style of giving. He usually followed up his donations to see how people used the money and he had a lot of fun in doing so.

Michener was 90 when he died. He was the only writer on the list of American’s top 25 philanthropists (慈善家). Michener gave $72 million to his college—Swarthmore. He said, “I am from a family without any money; the college made me from darkness into light.’’

Michener married (结婚) three times, but he had no children. For his last 15 years, he lived quietly in Austin, Texas. He moved there to write the 1,000-page novel. The film called South
Pacific was adapted (改编) from his first book, Tales of the South Pacific, written when he was 40.

( )26. Michener died in 　　　.

A. 1991 B. 1994 C. 1997 D. 2000

( )27. Michener cared about 　　　 after he donated.

A. how much money he gave away

B. what people did with the money

C. when people would give back the money

D. how much fun he had

( )28. Michener came from a 　　　 family.

A. rich B. poor C. big D. small

( )29. Michener wrote his first book 　　　.

A. when he moved to Austin

B. in his last 15 years

C. when he was married for the third time

D. at the age of 40

( )30. Which is NOT TRUE about James Michener?

A. He was famous as both a writer and a philanthropist.

B. He spent his last 15 years quietly.

C. He lived a life without any sons or daughters.

D. He once studied in Swarthmore as a high school student.

B

Brody Roybal is a hero. He was born without legs. But that didn’t stop him from trying any
kind of sports at an early age.

As soon as he tried sled hockey (雪橇曲棍球), at age 7, he found his passion. “That was it,” said Roybal. “It’s all I wanted to do.” He’s now 15 and a student in high school in Chicago.

Roybal joined a youth sled hockey team in Chicago. The members of the team can’t use traditional skates because of different disabilities (残疾). They sit in sleds and use two shorter sticks to play the game.

By age 12, Roybal was so good that he started playing with an adult team. This was not easy, because the adult game is much more difficult and needs stronger players. But J.J. O’Connor, manager of the team, said his coaches (教练) saw Roybal’s abilities early on. “I’m telling you right now,” one coach told O’Connor, “this kid can be the best player.”

Now Roybal is the youngest U.S. Paralympics athlete (残奥运动员). He was a member of the national sled hockey team in Sochi, Russia, in March 2014.

O’Connor himself couldn’t use his arms or legs after a hockey accident when he was young. He says what Brody Roybal is doing just gives people with disabilities hope.

( )31. Brody Roybal is a hero because 　　　.

A. he tried sled hockey at a young age

B. he is a good student without arms

C. he is good at sled hockey though he doesn’t like it

D. his disability doesn’t stop him loving sports

( )32. The underlined word “passion” means 　　　.

A. a strong feeling toward something

B. good grades in something

C. great skills in doing something

D. easy parts of something

( )33. All the members in Roybal’s team in Chicago 　　　.

A. are strong enough

B. have disabilities

C. played in Sochi, Russia D. come from Roybal’s school

( )34. J.J. O’Connor 　　　.

A. saw Roybal’s abilities early on

B. was once a coach

C. played in the Paralympics in Sochi

D. can’t use his arms or legs

( )35. The best title of the report can be 　　　.

A. Teen Plays Sled Hockey with No Legs B. Teen Plays for the Country

C. Teen Loves Sled Hockey D. Coach Finds Good Player

四. 填空（每小题1分，共15分）

A. 根据所给汉语意思，用合适的单词填空。

36. The firemen rushed into the burning house to save the old people without 　　　　(恐惧).

37. My grandparents grew rice for a 　　　　 (生活) in the past.

38. A baby tiger looks like a lovely cat at 　　　　 (出生).

39. The boy 　　　　 (扔) a paper ball out of the window and this made his teacher angry.

40. 　　　　 (物理) is an interesting subject and I am good at it.

B. 用所给单词的适当形式填空。

41. Many people in the USA like baseball. But in China, it is 　　　　(popular).

42. Of the three phones, this Huawei costs the 　　　　 (little) money. But it is as smart as the other two.

43. Our work is almost 　　　　 (finish). We can have a rest soon.

44. We got wet in the rain. 　　　　 (luck), nobody caught a cold.

45. My mum 　　　　 (count) eggs when I went into the kitchen.

C. 从方框里选择合适的词(组)，并用其正确形式填空完成短文。

We took a trip to Shanghai Wildlife Zoo last weekend. It was a (46)　　　　　 day and the trip was wonderful. The best part was a bus trip through the safari section (车行区).

We waited for a long time before we (47)　　　　　 the bus. I bought a living chicken.
When the bus entered the tigers area, several tigers were (48)　　　　　 walking on the grass.
One tiger was following our bus. When the bus stopped, I (49)　　　　　 to throw the chicken out. The tiger caught it at once. I couldn’t stop taking photos of the (50)　　　　　 sight!

One day was not enough to visit the zoo. I hope to visit it again.

五. 根据所给汉语意思填空，完成下面的句子。 (每小题2分，共10分)

51. 因为发高烧，我没能参加他们的旅行。

I didn’t join their trip 　　　　　　　　　.

52. 他太累了，再也走不远了。

He was too tired to 　　　　　　　　　.

53. 这个小熊失去了父母，我们都很同情他。

The young bear lost his parents. We all 　　　　　　　　　.

54. 我当时一点都不感到紧张。我相信自己的能力。

I 　　　　　　　　　 at that time. I was sure of my ability.

55. 老师叫我们写下所有重要的句子。

The teacher asked us 　　　　　　　　　 all the important sentences.

六. 任务型阅读 （每小题1分，共15分）

A. 阅读下面的材料，根据其内容填空，完成后面的表格。

To make more people know it is important to save the Earth and make more people
take action, people celebrate Earth Day. The first Earth Day was in 1970. And now, 192 countries celebrate Earth Day. Earth Day is on April 22nd. But saving the Earth is not just for grown-ups. Kids are also taking an active part in it.

The American writer and filmmaker Lynne made a film called Young Voices for the Planet. It lists a lot of stories about different children who help to save the Earth.

Team Marine, US: A group of students at Santa Monica High School started an organization called Team Marine. They tell people why plastic (塑料) bags are bad for sea animals and environment. In 2011, they made lawmakers (立法者) in their city stop people using plastic bags.

Alec, US: When he was 12, Alec started Kids VS Global Warming (全球变暖). It teaches
people about weather change. He shares ways to stop the world getting warmer and warmer. Alec travells to encourage people to help stop global warming. He has given more than 70 talks across the country.

Olivia, US: When Olivia was 11, she heard about the 2010 oil spill (漏油) in gulf of Mexico (墨西哥湾). She painted 500 pictures of birds to raise money for the clean-up. She raised more than $200,000 to protect birds and other wildlife.

B. 阅读下面的短文，根据所给首字母提示，用合适的单词填空。

It was a winter morning on a beach in Florida. (61) B　　　　 it was one of the coldest days, people liked to stay at home. Only a (62) f　　　　 people were out. They saw a strange sight. Huge black whales (鲸) were (63) l　　　　 on the sand, in need of help. The whales almost covered the beach.　　

Many of the whales were still living. A rescue (营救) (64) t　　　　 came with boats and long ropes. They tied the ropes around the (65) t　　　　 of some whales. They used the boats to (66) p　　　　 the whales into deep water. Some of the whales turned around as soon as they were free. They began to swim back to the sea. About 50 whales were saved, but the (67)

o　　　　 died on the beach.　　

Why did the whales swim onto the beach? Scientists are working hard to find the answers.
One possible reason was that the whales were following a leader. And the leader (68) l　　　　
the way. Whales swim in a (69) g　　　　. Sometimes they could be sick. A sick whale swims
onto a beach. If the sick whale is a leader, the (70) r　　　　 of the group swim onto the beach, too.

七. 书面表达（共15分）

右边的漫画显示的是“中国式过马路”(Chinese style of crossing roads)，请根据下面的信息，结合图画内容和你自己的感想，写一篇70词左右的短文。

参考词语： 缺乏交通安全意识 lack traffic safety awareness

Chinese style of crossing roads is a hot topic now.

参考答案：

1-5 BBDBB 6-10 ACAAB 11-15 CABDB

16-20 ADCBA 21-25 CDCBA 26-30 CBBDD

31-35 DABDA

36. fear 37. living 38. birth 39. threw 40. Physics

41. unpopular 42. least 43. finished 44. Luckily 45. was counting

46. sunny 47. got on 48. enjoying themselves

49. couldn’t wait 50. exciting

51. because of a high fever

52. walk farther

53. have great pity on him

54. wasn’t (feeling) nervous at all

55. to write down

56. importance 57. group 58. stop 59. travells 60. painted

61. Because 62. few 63. lying 64. team 65. tails

66. pull 67. others 68. lost 69. group 70. rest

One possible version:

Chinese style of crossing roads is a hot topic now.

Many people cross roads without looking at the traffic lights. They just cross roads in groups while the red light is on. Why? I think there are two main reasons. Some people lack traffic safety awareness. Besides, some people are in such a hurry that they don’t want to wait for the green light.

I think people should learn to follow traffic rules. What’s more, we should try our best to advise people to follow the rules. Only in this way can we cross roads safely.