内容正文:
房山区2019–2020学年度第二学期期末检测试卷
八 年 级 英 语
本试卷共8页, 共60分, 考试时长90分钟。考生务必将答案答在答题卡上, 在试卷上作答无效。考试结束后, 将答题卡交回, 试卷自行保存。
知识运用
一、单项填空
从下面各题所给的A、B、C、D 四个选项中, 选择可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
1. My brother spends all his spare time on his computer. I'm worried about ________.
A. him B. her C. them D. you
2. Her father is a doctor. He works ________ a hospital.
A. on B. of C. to D. in
3. Jason was ill yesterday, ________ he didn’t go to school.
A. or B. but C. for D. so
4. —Must I return this book tomorrow?
—No, you ________. You can keep it until next week.
A. can’t B. mustn’t C. needn’t D. shouldn’t
5. — ________did it take you to finish your homework yesterday?
—About two hours.
A. How long B. How far C. How often D. How much
6. —How do you like English, Lingling?
—I think it’s a little _____ than maths.
A. easy B. easier C. easiest D. the easiest
7. When I visited Anna yesterday afternoon, she ________the piano.
A. played B. plays C. was playing D. will play
8. Mike ________football with his friends every weekend.
A. plays B. played C. is playing D. has played
9. —Lily, what is your mum doing?
—She ________flowers in the garden now.
A. watered B. waters C. will water D. is watering
10. —What did you do last Sunday, Bill?
—I ________my grandparents with my sister.
A. visit B. visited C. will visit D. was visiting
11. Alice is my classmate. She ________ in our school since 2017.
A. studies B. studied C. has studied D. is studying
12. —Mary, could you tell me________?
—Sure, next week.
A. when will Mr. Brown come back B. when Mr. Brown will come back
C. when did Mr. Brown come back D. when Mr. Brown came back
二、完形填空
阅读下面的短文, 掌握其大意, 然后从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中, 选择最佳选项。
A Musical Astronaut
Brenda Bongos was a happy, artistic girl. She had one big dream—to play the drums in a band. But one big problem lay in her way. To be good enough to play in a band, Brenda had to ___13___a lot, but she lived next-door to a lot of old people. Many of them were sick. She knew that the sound of beating drums would re