精品解析：北京市通州区2020-2021学年八年级下学期期末英语试题

2020-2021学年北京市通州区八年级（下）期末英语试卷 一、单项填空（共6分, 每小题0.5分） 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. Both of my parents are doctors. ________ work in the same hospital. A. He B. You C. They D. She 2. Tom came to Beijing ________ July last year. A. in B. at C. on D. to 3. —________ is this coat? —It’s 109 yuan. A. How much B. How far C. How often D. How long 4. Mary came to school late this morning ________ she got up late. A. so B. but C. or D. because 5. —________ your grandparents buy food online? —No, they can’t. A. Must B. Should C. Can D. Need 6. Frank thinks writing is ________ than reading. A. difficult B. more difficult C. most difficult D. the most difficult 7. — Where is Ben? — He is in his bedroom. He ________ with his friend on the phone now. A talked B. will talk C. has talked D. is talking 8. Cindy__________ a lot of work since she joined our volunteer team. A. was doing B. has done C. does D. did 9. Our teacher __________ us something about detective stories yesterday. A. tells B. will tell C. told D. is telling 10. —When does Mike usually arrive home? —He __________ home at five every day. A. arrives B. arrived C. will arrive D. has arrived 11. —What were you doing when it started to rain? —I ________ bikes with my mom. A. ride B. will ride C. am riding D. was riding 12. —Do you know ________? —Next Wednesday. A. when we had a picnic B. when we will have a picnic C. when did we have a picnic D. when will we have a picnic 二、完形填空（共8分, 每小题8分） 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。 Jenny sat on the side of the community swimming pool. A group of kids were swimming, but Jenny just sat there. She was ___13___ sadly. She wanted more than anything to join them, but she was really scared of the water. Because of her ___14___ she couldn’t learn how to swim. Now she had to wait on the side of the pool while her family enjoyed themselves. The summer before, an older cousin tried to teach Jenny how to swim. He was ___15___ and told Jenny that his swi