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八年级英语试题
一、单项选择（共15小题）
16. Tim is___ ___ boy. He is very lovely.
A. a 8-year-old B. an 8-year-old C. a 8-years-old D. an 8-years-old 17. – ______have you been at this school? – Since I finished primary school.
A. How long B. How soon C. When D. How many times 18. – Betty, long time no see.___________? – Everything is Ok. Thanks
A. Where are you B. What were you doing
C. What are you up to D. How is it going
19. There is nothing interesting in the newspaper, ________? A. isn’t there B. is there C. isn’t it D. is it 20. Is there _____ in the bag?
A. something new B. new something C. anything else D. else anything 21. – Is this coat yours? I found it on the playground.
–Yes. Thank you . And I must ________ my things well. A. look after B. look for C. look at D. look like 22. When __ the spacecraft ______ the Mars?
A. has, reached B. did, get C. did, reach D. has; got to 23. – Is your brother a basketball player?
– Of course. He ___________the basketball club for four years.
A. has joined B. has come to C. has taken part D. has been in 24. Remember ______ this book to the library tomorrow.
A. returning B. to borrow C. to return D. borrowing 25. – What do you know about Steve Jobs?
– He was __an amazing leader ____ the father of the computer. He died on October 5th. A. not ; but B. not ;or C. not only; but also D. either; or
26. I saw some students _________ on the playground while I was walking by it.
A. enjoy himself B. enjoy myself C. enjoying yourself D. enjoying themselves 27. How much does an iphone 4s _________ ? A. spend B. cost C. pay D. pay for
28. His family ________ Austria. They aren’t back yet.
A. have been to B. have gone to C. has been to D. has been in 29. The old man lives _______, but he doesn’t feel _______.
A. alone; lonely B. lonely; alone C. alone; alone D. lonely; lonely 30. My brother prefers ___________ football.
A. swimming to playing B. to swim to play
C. swim to play D. swimming than playing 二、完形填空（共10小题）
I believe that listening is powerful (强效的) medicine.
It was Sunday. I had the last patient (病人) to see and I got into her room. She was an old woman, sitting on the bed, trying
to 31 her socks. I said to her “How are you feeling? The
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nurse says your son is visiting you today. I’m sure you’ll be 32 to see him.”
She 33 me with a serious voice, “Sit down, doctor. This is my story, not yours.” I was surprised. I sat down and helped her with the socks. She began to tell me that her only son lived not far from her, 34 she had not seen him for five years. She believed her health problems were worse 35 missing her son. After hearing her story and helping her put on her socks, I asked if there was 36 I could do for her. She said “no” and smiled. All she wanted me to do was to 37 .
Each story is 38 . Some are clear; others are not. Some are true; others are not, yet all those things do not really matter. What matters to the storyteller is that the story is heard. Listening to someone’s story costs nothing but it is the key to healing (康复). I often 39 what the woman taught me, and I always tell myself it is 40 to stop, sit down and truly listen. I believe in the power of listening.
31. A. put off B. get off C. take off D. put on 32. A. happy B. angry C. lucky D. sorry 33. A. showed B. stopped C. asked D. caught 34. A. or B. so C. but D. if
35. A. because of B. because C. by D. in addition to 36. A. all B. anything C. nothing D. everything 37. A. see B. wait C. listen D. speak 38. A. terrible B. different C. difficult D. true 39. A. think of B. dream of C. talk about D. laugh at 40. A. wrong B. difficult C. important D. different 三、阅读理解（共15小题）
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Many young people in China know about Celine Dion （席琳·迪翁），the famous French Canadian pop singer. She sang the song “ My heart will go on” for the movie Titanic. But do you know she had already become popular before she sang this song.
Celine Dion’s hometown was in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. She is the youngest of the fourteen children in a musical family. Her parents and large family formed a singing group. They traveled and played
folk music. They were well known in their hometown. Celine’s mother wrote her first song for her, and she recorded (录制) it with her brother when she was twelve years old. Then a local rock manager named Rene Angelil was interested in them. He asked Mrs Dion to take her two children to come to his office. Later on he gave strong support(支持) for Celine. In 1994, they were married.
As a singing star, Celine Dion won many prizes and soon became popular all over the world. She sang at the opening of the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, USA. In 1997, she made the whole world hit with the song “My heart will go on”. 41. There were _______ people in Celine’s family. A. 15 B. 16 C. 17 D. 18 42. Celine Dion’s family were ______ in their hometown. A. famous B. rich C. poor D. kind 43. Celine Dion recorded her first song with ______.
A. her sister B. her mother C. her father D. her brother 44. In _____, Celine Dion sang at the opening of the Olympic Cames. A. 1999 B. 1998 C. 1997 D. 1996
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Can we live without salt? No, salt is very important to us, we need salt in our food. Animals need it, too. Most of the salt in our country comes from the sea. People dig very big pools and let sea water in .When the sun dries up the water, people can get salt from the ground . The salt is white ,clean and beautiful.
There are a lot of salt wells（井）in Sichuan. A salt well is much
like a water well. People bring the well water up to the ground and then dry it in big jars over fire. In this way, they get salt.
We can also get salt from salt mines(矿). A salt mine may be found under the ground. Some years ago, people in Jiangxi found a big salt mine and soon opened it. People there don’t need salt from other places any more.
In the northwest of our country, there are many salt lakes. Some of these lakes are very big. The salt even in a big lake will be enough for our people for centuries. 45. We can’t live without salt ,so __________.
A. we need it B. it is the most important to us C. animals need it , too D. there is salt in all our food 46. We get most of the salt from ________.
A. salt lakes B. salt wells C. sea water D. salt mines 47. Which statement is not true according to the passage?
A. People in Sichuan get salt from salt wells. B. Salt is white and clean
C. People in Jiangxi get salt from salt mines D. There are many salt lakes in Fujian. 48. The best title（题目）for this article is_________
A. Salt B. Why We Need Salt C. Salt Is Important D. We Need Salt Timetable Monday Wednesday Friday 19:00—21:30 18:30—21:00 19:00—21:30 Space and Man Computer Science Modern Medicine Dr. Thomas West Prof. Harry Morison from Prof. Lucy Green Would you like to know more Cambridge University Would you like to know about the universe? Learn to use Windows 2000 medical science? (4 weeks) (12 weeks) (6 weeks) Saturday Sunday 14:00—17:00 8:30—11:30 Technical English Exhibition of personal Inventions Prof. Rose Beet You can see many inventions by the students; Do you want to learn technical words you may also bring your own inventions. and read technical articles? (2 weeks) (16 weeks) C
49. The computer science teacher comes from ___________.
A. Canada B. China C. America D. England 50. You may have a chance to show your inventions on _____________.
A. Monday B. Sunday C. Wednesday D. Friday
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51. You may learn how to keep healthy from ______.
A. Dr. West B. Prof. Beet C. Prof. Green D. Prof. Morison 52. If you want to learn something about Mars, you can go to the class from ____.
A. 19:00—21:30 on Monday B. 8:30—11:30 on Sunday C. 14:00—17:00 on Saturday D. 19:00--- 21:30 on Friday
D th
Many American presidents in the 19 century were born in poor families. They spent their childhood in little wooden rooms. They got little education. Washington and Lincoln, for example, never went to school and they taught themselves. Lincoln once did jobs of a worker, a shopkeeper and a postmaster in his early years.
A large number of American presidents had experiences in the army. The two best known were Ulysses Grant and Dwight D. Eisenhower. Grant was a general in the American Civil War and Eisenhower was a hero in World War II. It happened that they graduated from the same school --- West Point Military Academy (西点军校). One may be surprised to learn that both of them did not do well in the school. Eisenhower, for example, was once fined ( 罚款 ) because he broke the rules of the school.
The jobs of the US presidents are tiring. He must keep an eye on anything important that happens both at home and abroad. Every day, a lot of work waits for him to do and he has to make many important decisions. When Franklin Roosevelt was a child, he was once brought to visit President Taft. The old president said to him, “When you grow up, you should not be president. It’s a tiring job.”
53. How many American presidents in the 19th century are mentioned(提到) in this passage? A. Four B. Five C. Six D. Seven 54. In this passage, “keep an eye on” means “_____”.
A. take care of B. see C. look at D. stare at 55. The second paragraph mainly tells us _____.
A. that Eisenhower became famous in World War II B. how Grant became a general
C. that Grant and Eisenhower were both schoolmates D. that many of the US presidents had served in the army
等级 四、阅读表达（阅读短文，然后完成所给的任务，共5小题）
Taiwan’s pop star Jam Hsiao is a man of few words. But you can get to know about him from his latest book Jam Hsiao’s Adulthood Ceremony (《萧敬腾的成年礼》). It will be in bookstores in early November.
Xiao (A )______ (become) famous as a challenger （挑战者）on Taiwan’s popular singing competition show The One Million Star (星光大道) in 2007. He is a good singer. ①He says music has changed his life.
Back in his junior middle school（初中） years, Jam (B )_____(be) a “headache” Kid. He often got into bad fights(打架) . It was a way of killing time. He was always at the bottom(底部) of his class in school.
However, one day, his teacher suggested(建议), “Why not put your time into making music. He decided to learn jazz drumming first. Then he taught himself other musical instruments including(包括) keyboards, piano, guitar, flute, and saxophone.
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