八年级上学期期末测试题 一、单项选择( )1. There is _ supermarket and _ church near my house. A. a; the B. a; a C. the; a D. / ; / ( )2.I _ an interesting book at 9:00 yesterday evening. A. readB. am readingC. was readingD. were reading ( )3. _ read something difficult.A. Why not to B. Why dont C. Why not D. Why not you ( )4. An _ girl found the book here just now. A. eight-years-old B. eight year old C. eight-year-old D. eight-years old ( )5.She tried _Chinese in class.A.to not speak B.not to speak C.not speaking D.didnt to speak ( )6. For many different reasons , animals have _ land to live on , so it is very dangerous . A. fewer and fewer B. more and more C.less and less D.more or less ( )7.Its important for us _ more trees every year. A.to plant B.planting C.to cut D.cutting ( )8. Where is your father now? Im not sure. He _ be in the kitchen. A. mayB. must C. can D. need ( )9. How long does it _ to fly to England from Hong Kong?A.spend B.take C.cost D.pay ( 10. happened in their village last Friday evening.A.Anything strangeB.Strange anything C.Strange something D.Something strange ( )11.Can you give me some new magazines ? A.to read B.reading C.read D.are reading ( )12.Mother when I got home yesterday evening.A.is cooking B.was cooking C.cooks D.has cooked ( )13. Must I stay at home, Dad? No, you _.A.neednt B.mustnt C.cant D.may not ( )14.This kind of coat looks _and sells _in the shop. A.nice;good B.well;well C.nice;well D.good;nice D.because ( )15.Its raining heavily the farmers keep on working in the field. A.but B.though C.so 二、阅读理解。 (A)(A) There is nothing more important to life than the Sun. Without the Sun all living things on the Earth would die. The Sun is a star. In the sky there are thousands of stars like the Sun. They are as large as the Sun and as hot as the Sun. At night you can see many stars, but in the day time you can only see one star the Sun. The Sun is much nearer to us than any other stars. That is why it looks the biggest and brightest of all the stars. The distance between the Sun and the Earth is as much as 150 million kilometers. Most of the stars are thousands of light years away from the Earth. Do you know the light year? Nothing in the world travels faster than light. It travels 300,000 kilometers a second(秒). And one light year is the distance that light travels in one year. ( )16. can live without the Sun. A.PeopleB.AnimalsC.PlantsD.Nothing ( )17.The most important to life is .A.the MoonB.the stars C.the SunD.the sky ( )18.The Sun looks the biggest and brightest of all the stars because .A.its the biggest of all the stars B.its the brightest of all the stars. C.its much nearer to us than any other stars D.its far away from the Earth ( )19.Light travels in the world.A.fastest B.slowest C.much faster D.much slower ( )20.From the passage we know that light travels kilometers per(每个) minute.A.600, 000B.300, 000C.150, 000 D.18,000,000(B)Mike and Dick work in the same office . They dont like the cold weather .And one day they decided to take their holiday in Australia . Their plane arrived in Sydney at nine in the morning. They had a good rest in a hotel . The next morning they rented a car in the city and began their travel . A few hours later the sun was shining in the sky and were no shade trees beside .It was so hot that they could hardly go on driving . They had to stop to look around .Mike found a river was about half a kilometer away from them .They were both very happy and drove the car quickly. Soon they got the river .Before they jumped into the water ,Dick saw a boy playing under a big tree. He asked ,“re there any sharks in the river ,boy?” “No , there arent ”answered boy . So they began to swim in the river .After a while ,Dick felt something hit against his leg .He told Mike about it .They were afraid and stopped swimming .Dick asked loudly ,“Is it true that there arent any sharks in the river?”“ Yes ,sir ,”said the boy ,“Therere a lot of crocodiles(鳄鱼)in the water .All the sharks(沙鱼)have swum away(游走)!”( ) 26 .Mike and Dick went to Australia _.A. by air B by car C. by train D . by motorbike ( )27.The two young men went to Australia to _.A. swim in the river B. study to drive C. make a travel D. find some work ( )28.Mike and Dick couldnt drive any longer because _. A.the sun was shining in the sky .B. there were no shade trees beside the road C the weather was very hot . D. they were too tired ( )29. Dick became afraid because _.A. he saw a shark in the water. B . He thought that