精品解析：江苏省南京市鼓楼区2021-2022学年八年级下学期期末英语试题

本卷考试时间100分钟 总分100分 第一卷 选择题（满分50分） 一、听力（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）（略） 二、单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分） 请认真阅读下列各题，从题中所给的A B、C D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 1. —Do you know the boy called Jack? —Of course. We’ve known each other _________ we were nine or ten. A. before B. since C. until D. when 2. — How expensive the magazine is! — Fashion magazines cost much, _________ if they have lots of colour pictures. A. especially B. mostly C. mainly D. exactly 3. To avoid bad experiences, it is important to know the cultural _________ between countries when travelling abroad. A. backgrounds B. programmes C. differences D. conditions 4. —Shall we hold a charity show to raise money for _________? —That’s a good idea. We can help some blind children in poor areas. A. UNICEF B. Oxfam C. WWF D. ORBIS 5. —Daniel, can you _________ what British humour means? —British people usually laugh at themselves to make other people feel less nervous. A. expect B. excuse C. express D. explain 6. — Why not buy some rice, oil and noodles in the supermarket? — Don’t worry. The government makes sure that daily items _________ at this moment. A. are sold B. will be sold C. are selling D. have sold 7. —The apples look so lovely. Can we pick some? —-Better not. It’s not harvest time now. Just _________ them there till they turn red. A. leave B. to leave C. leaving D. left 8. —Your Gulliver’s Travels seems like an old one. How long have you had it? — Quite a few years, but I forget when I _________ it. A. have bought B. have had C. was buying D. bought 9. —Must we hand in the exercise when the class is over, sir? —I’m afraid so. You _________ finish it in fifteen minutes. A. can B. may C. will D. have to 10. Sally decided to work to make men and women equal in science. What is the correct order of the following four sentences to help form a paragraph? ① She wanted to show girls it is good to study science. ② She also created Web sites. ③ She wrote science books. ④ She even started a girl’s science club. A. ①-③-②-④ B. ①-④-②-③