外研版八年级下册英语期末检测试卷4第一部分 英语知识运用 （共三大题，满分55分）一.单项选择（20分）( ) 1. He asked for the violin.A. did I pay how much B. I paid how muchC. how much did I pay D. how much I paid( ) 2. There are cars in the street. Its crowded.A. too much; much too B. too many; too muchC. much too; too much D. too many; much too( ) 3. Well go for a walk if it tomorrow. A. will not rain B. isnt raining C. doesnt rain D. isnt rain( ) 4. Yesterday it started to rain we were watching the fireworks. A. as B. while C. until D. as soon as( ) 5. I tried to call you I heard from him, but you were not in.A. since B. while C. until D. as soon as( ) 6. My mother will come back a month. A . after B . in C . at D . by( ) 7. The problem is too difficult, can you show me ?A. what to work it out B. what to work out itC. how to work it out D. how to work out it( ) 8. Tony looks so sad, what happened him?A. with B. to C. of D. with( ) 9. My mother doesnt feel and she doesnt feel like anything. A. good, eating B. well, eating C. good, to eat D. well, to eat( ) 10. Could you tell me tomorrow morning? Well, it will start at 9:00 oclock. A. when the meeting will start B. where will the meeting start C. where the meeting starts D. when the meeting would start( ) 11. Jim wants to be a volunteer in the 2008 Olympics. .A. He dose so B. So dose he C. So he dose D. So is he( ) 12. He learned hard he could go to a good universityA. because B. in order to C. sothat D. so that( ) 13. He liked colleting stamps he was a child.A. before B. after C. while D. as soon as( ) 14. He was at the news.A. excited; exciting B. exciting; excited C. excited; excited D. exciting; exciting( ) 15. Tom is a clever boy. He prefers _ to _. A. do; talk B. to do; talk C. does; talks D. doing; talking( ) 16. She spends one hours English every day. A. to finish B. finishing C. for finishing D. finish( ) 17. The old woman didnt tell us . A. how old she is B. how old was she C. how old is she D. how old she was( ) 18. Mr. Zhang said he us to the zoo the next week. A. would take B. will take C. take D. takes( ) 19. There are a few girls under the tree.A. to play B. play C. Are playing D. playing( ) 20. important invention the computer is! A. What a B. How C. What an D. How an二. 完型填空（30分） ATom and Fred were talking about the year 2050.“What will 21 be like in the year 2050?” asked Tom“I dont know,” said Fred. “What do you think?”“well, no one knows. But it is 22 to guess,” said Tom. “In the year 2050 everybody will 23 a pocket computer. The computer will give people the 24 to all their problems. We shall all have telephones in our pockets, 25 . And well be able to talk to our friends all over the world. Perhaps well be able to 26 them at the same time. Machines will do 27 of the work, and people will have more 28 . Perhaps they will work only two or three days a week. They will be able to fly to the moon by spaceship and spend their holidays there.”“Im very 29 to hear that. I hope to fly to the moon. And I hope Ill be able to live 30 ,” said Fred. “Wont that be interesting? Just like a fish.” DCADC 26-30 BACBA( ) 21. A. our home B. the traffic C. a factory D. the world( ) 22. A. pleased B. no use C. interesting D. unusual( ) 23. A. carry B. bring C. give D. send( ) 24. A. news B. ways C. things D. answers( ) 25. A. either B. again C. too D. also( ) 26. A. call B. see C. look D. listen( ) 27. A. most B. many C. lot D. every( ) 28. A. work B. duty C. holidays D. times( ) 29. A. sorry B. glad C. sure D. afraid( ) 30. A. in the sea B. on land C. on the mountains D. under the groundBThe United States, Great Britain took the war on Iraq(伊拉克) in late March, 2003. 31 over twenty days American soldiers were in Baghdad, the 32 of Iraq. They ended the government of Saddam. 33 Iraqis died in the war. Saddam is 34 . No one kno