八年级下英语期末试卷 含答案

62. What does underlined phrase “generation gap” mean?

A. 情况 B. 代沟 C. 空间 D. 沟通 63. What’s the most important thing to narrow the generation gap according to the writer? A. Parents should show their love to children.

B. Children should talk with their parents every day.

C. Both parents and children should do the things they like.

D. Both parents and children should show their understanding to each other. 64. Which of the following shouldn’t parents do to narrow the generation gap?

A. Make decisions for children. B. Try to communicate with children. C. Do some exercise with children often. D. Respect children’s decisions. 65. What’s the main idea of the passage?

A. The problems between parents and children. B. How to take care of children.

C. How to narrow the generation gap. D. Children’s life is busier and busier. (B) 阅读下列短文，根据短文内容，完成各小题任务。（10分）

Greg Dunham has invented(发明) a big motorbike. It is so big that people sometimes think they themselves have shrunk(收缩) when they see it for the first time!

People say that Dunham’s motorbike is the biggest one in the world. 他花了三年时间制成它. It is 15 feet tall and 25 feet long.

Greg Dunham made the big motorbike because his friends said it was impossible. He wanted to tell them that he could do it. Though it was difficult, he finished it.

“Fifteen guys came to see it. One of them said, ‘Build one for me!’” Greg said, “People love it!” Now, Greg would like to take the motorbike on a tour of the country so that more people can see it. However, he needs more money to make his dream come true. 66. 汉译英：结合上下文将下列句子译成英语。

他花了三年时间制成它。

67. 英译汉：结合上下文将下列句子译成汉语。

However, he needs more money to make his dream come true.

68—70．回答问题

68. What do people think when they see the big motorbike for the first time?

69. Why did Greg Dunham make the big motorbike?

70. What is Greg Dunham’s dream?

IV. 单词拼写: 根据所给首字母和句意提示, 补全下列单词。（共5分） 71. Rose, is your brother a______ or asleep?

72. I like n_______ of them. They’re not good for our health. 73. I believe that Mary can work out the math problem by h______.

74. Although the price is l_______, the girl still doesn’t have enough money for it. 75. The road is the w_______ of all the roads in the city.

V. 情景交际：从A-G选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，补全对话。（共5分） A: Hey, Dad! _ 76 B: Sure, that should be OK.

A: Could I go to the movies after that? B: I guess so. _ 77

A: Could I stay out until ten? We might get something to drink after the movie.

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B: _ 78 You’ll have an English test tomorrow. You need to have a good rest. A: Oh, yeah. _ 79 If I take the bus, I’ll be late. B: Sorry, I can’t. I’m busy working now.

A: Oh, OK. _ 80 I’ll call Jimmy. Maybe he can give me a ride.

A. Could you please give me a ride to town now? B. What for? C. No problem. D. No, you can’t. E. Could I go out for dinner with my friends tonight? F. That sounds like fun. G. But don’t stay out too late. Ⅵ. 短文填空。（每小题1分，共10分） 阅读短文，用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空，使短文完整通顺。（每词限用一次） with stop someone friend do scared quick drive same itself David is twenty and he is a lorry (货车) driver. He is a kind person. He has a lot of 81__ and likes to keep pets.

Last weekend, David was 82__ along a busy main road on a hill when he saw a dog sitting in the middle of the road.

The dog was too 83__ to move. David is a kind person who loves animals, so he 84__ his lorry and crossed to the center of the road to help the dog.

At that time, he heard 85__ calling and then looked to see what happened. He saw his lorry moving down the hill 86__. David was very afraid but he decided to save the dog first. He picked it up 87__ and then helped it find its way. At the 88__ time, the lorry went faster and faster down the hill. And it went into a big tree at last.

His boss was very angry 89__ David because the lorry broke. But David thought he 90__ something right.

81. __________ 82. __________ 83. __________ 84. __________ 85. __________ 86. __________ 87. __________ 88. __________ 89. __________ 90. __________ VII. 书面表达（共10分）

一家英语杂志社正在调查在母亲节不同国家的孩子给妈妈送礼物的情况。假如你是林超，请根据表中的信息并结合自己的看法，给杂志社写一封信。 Country Gifts Reasons(理由) 1. need one Mary (Australia) A green scarf 2. favorite color 1. mean a lot Jack (USA) A hand-made card 2. easy to make 1. … Lin Chao (China) … 2. … 注意：1. 内容必须包括表格中的信息并可适当发挥； 2. 词数：80左右（短文的开头和结尾已给出，且不计入总词数）。 Dear editor,

I am writing to tell you about how children from different countries choose gifts for their mothers on Mother’s Day. _________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________ Looking forward to your reply.

Yours, Lin Chao

参考答案

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听力部分（每小题1分，共25分）

1~5 CADEB 6~10 BCABA 11~15 CBCBA 16~20 BCABA 21. something 22. sick 23. care 24. village 25. lonely

笔试部分（共95分）

I. 单项选择（每小题1分，共15分）

26~30 CADAB 31~35 BBCDB 36~40 DBBDA II．完形填空（每空1分，共10分） 41~45 DABCD 46~50 CCADB III．阅读理解（每小题2分，共40分）

51~55 BCCAD 56~60 CADBC 61~65 CBDAC

66. It took him three years to make it. /He spent three years making it. 67. 然而，他需要更多的钱来实现他的梦想。 68. They think that they themselves have shrunk. 69. Because he wanted to tell his friends he could do it. 70. Taking the motorbike on a tour of the country. IV. 单词拼写（每小题1分，共5分）

71. awake 72. neither 73. herself 74. low 75. widest V. 情景反应（每空1分，共5分） 76~80 EGDAC

VI．短文填空（每空1分，共10分）

81. friends 82. driving 83. scared 84. stopped 85. someone 86. itself 87. quickly 88. same 89. with 90. did

VII．书面表达（共10分） One possible version: Dear editor,

I am writing to tell you about how children from different countries choose gifts for their mothers on Mother’s Day.

Mary is from England. She’d like to give a green scarf as a gift to her mother. Her mother’s favorite color is green and she really needs a scarf. Jack comes from the USA. He’d like to give his mother a hand-made card, because it’s easy to make and it means a lot.

I’m from China. My mother is a worker. I want to give her a nice cup. Then she can use it to drink a cup of tea and have a good rest after work. Looking forward to your reply.

Yours,

Lin Chao

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