江苏省邳州市博育学校2024--2025学年上学期八年级英语 期末复习迎考模拟题

2024-2025学年度第一学期八年级英语

期末复习迎考模拟题

（满分为120分，时间为90分钟） 姓名___________________得分:

一.单项选择题（每小题1分，满分10分）

(   ) 1. I’m going to paint the wall. Pass me the ____________ , please.

       A. scissors      B. key       C. glue        D. bush

(   )2.How _________Daniel is! He never tells lies.

A. Humorous    B. honest     C. generous     D. polite

(   )3.---What will the weather be like tomorrow

---It _________be sunny. Who knows? It's always changing.

A. will          B. must        C. may        D. should

(   )4. When I left home this morning, Mom_______________ the housework.

A.did          B. was doing     C.will do       D.does

(   )5.I am ________than Nancy, but l can't jump as____as she does. What a shame!

A taller; high    B. taller; higher   C. tall; higher   D. tall; high

(   )6.-Is there a baseball match this Saturday?

--No. There is a badminton match ___________.

A. too         B. already       C. instead       D. almost

(   )7.I was walking in the street ____________someone covered my eyes from behind.

A. While       B. as           C. before         D. when

(   )8._________always save some food before winter comes, but sometimes they forget where

to find the food. How funny!

A. Bats        B. Bees         C. Squirrels      D. Zebras

(   )9. Who's got a pen? I need one to_____________an address.

A. write down   B.come down   C. break down      D. cut down

(   )10. You mean I have to give up my hobby for more time?____! Hobbies bring joy to my life.

      A No problem   B.No way     C.No worry       D. No idea

二.完形填空（每小题1分，满分15分）

On July 16, 2019, a terrible rainstorm hit Shanghai. The rain caused the streets to  l1  and the underground system almost came to a stop.

Unluckily this happened during the  12  rush hour. Many people who were going to work were made to go home. Some tried their best to  13  a taxi or to get on a bus. Some others 14  the storm bravely, walking miles to get to work.

I happened to be one of the people on the way to  15  that morning. I went from underground line to underground line only to find that most service had stopped. After making my way through lots of people, I finally found an underground line that was 16  . Unluckily, there were so many people waiting to  17  the underground that l could not even get down the stairs to the  18  . So I took the train going in the  19  direction, and then turned back to the downtown (市中心) train. Finally, the rain  20  my stop.Then I had to walk several blocks in the 21 train.When I finally got to my office, I was wet  22  , tired and discouraged

 My co-workers and I  23  most of the day drying off. When it was 5:00 p.m.,I was ready to go home. I was going to turn off my computer when I  24  email from Mr Smith, my boss: I would like to thank all of you for finally coming to work. It is always reassuring (令人欣慰的), at times like these, when workers so clearly show their duty to their  25 .Thank you.

(   )11. A. break         B. flood           C. fall              D.crash

(   )12.A. afternoon      B. evening         C. morning          D. night

(   )13.A. order         B. pay             C. call              D. search

(   )14.A. showed        B. found           C.broke            D. faced

(   )15.A. school         B. hospital         C. work            D. supermarket

(   )16.A. working       B. acting           C. turning           D. rushing

(   )17. A. check         B. catch           C. leave            D. find

(   )18.A.street          B. ground          C. way             D. road

(   )19.A.different        B. opposite         C. changed         D. right

(   )20. A. stopped       B. crossed          C. reached          D. parked

(   )21.A. hard          B. bad             C. strong           D. heavy

(   )22.A.all            B. through          C. on              D. down

(   )23.A. cost           B. took            C. spent            D. paid

(   )24. A. accepted       B. took            C. sent             D.received

(   )25. A.jobs           B.lives            C. actions           D.computers

三．阅读理解（每小题2分，满分40分）

（一）阅读下面四篇短文，从各题后所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳答案

                                     A

    June 18 at 10; 55 p. m. , Mrs Zhang was in bed in her home in Chengdu, Suddenly, from outside her house, she heard a loud voice counting down “10, 9, 8, 7... ”It was an earthquake warning, Just a few seconds before the warning started, an earthquake.

had started more than 200 kilometres away.

Mrs Zhang immediately got out of bed and ran downstairs to find a safe place. All over Chengdu, there are hundreds of speakers ready to give people early warnings and time to get out of danger.

Earthquake warning systems work because radio signals(信号)are able to travel faster than earthquakes do, If an earthquake starts, a warning is sent out by radio, Cities that are further away get a longer warning time.

According to earthquake research, just three seconds is enough time to save 14% of deaths from an earthquake.

(   )26. When did the earthquake happen?

A.In the morning.   B. At noon.    C. In the afternoon.    D. At night.

(   )27.A “warning”________________.

1. helps people to calm down     B. stops people from making mistakes

C. tells people about good news   D. gives people notice of possible danger

(   )28. What's the best title for this passage?

1. Chengdu: after an earthquake        B. Chengdu: no more earthquakes

C  Chengdu: prepared for earthquakes   D. Chengdu: 3 seconds in an earthquake

                              B

Harbin-Heavy snow affected(影响) traffic and brought low temperatures this week. Everything was covered in thick snow, The traffic has great difficulty now.

In Jilin Province, nineteen highways were closed because of the roads covered with thin ice Following the snow, the temperatures dropped by 10'℃.

In Luoyang City, Henan Province, snow from Wednesday to Friday killed one person and hurt three others, Primary and middle schools in the city stopped classes from Thursday, The disaster made 26 houses broken and damaged over 2, 000 hectares of crops, causing total losses of 219 million yuan.

In Anhui Province, East China, local people have to use thick quilts and coats to withstand(承受) the biting cold, following heavy snow from Wednesday, the worst in Anhui in the past ten years, The snow affected 1.5 million people and damaged over 160,000 hectares of crops, causing total losses of 3. 5 billion yuan, according to the local government.

From Tuesday to Wednesday, the temperature will drop by 6℃ to 8℃ in northern,northeastern, central and southern China, including parts of Inner Mongolia and Yunnan. From Monday to Saturday, most places south of the Yellow River will see temperatures 4'℃ to 6'C lower than before.

(   )29. Where may the passage come from?

1. A play.           B.An advertisement.   C. A story.   D. A news report.

(   )30.“The lowest temperatures in those areas could reach -10'℃ to -15C, or lower, breaking historic records, " can be put at the end of ___________________.

A. Paragraph 2   B. Paragraph 3    C. Paragraph 5     D.Paragraph 4     

(   )31. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

1. The snow has caused great losses to some parts of China.
2. In Henan Province, nineteen highways have been closed.
3. The heavy snow has been the worst in China since 2008.

D. The temperatures in most places south of the Yellow River will be 4'℃ to 6℃.

(   )32.【后续推测 】What may the passage talk about following the end of the passage?

1. Where people could enjoy the snow in winter.
2. Why it snowed so heavily last week.

3. How people would fight against the cold weather.
4. D. How often we could see the heavy snow.

                             C

Are you interested in birds? Birds are our friends. If you want to watch birds to learn more about them, you must find a perfect place near the bird nest (巢)From April to June, mother birds always sit on their eggs and care for their babies carefully, Because the baby birds are too young to leave the nest alone, their parents have to go out to look for food and then come back soon. They do this many times a day. So it is a good time to watch birds. When you watch birds, you had better wear green or brown. And it's better for you to use a pair of binoculars. The last thing you need to do is to enjoy the natural beauty of wildlife quietly.

(   )33. If you want to watch birds, you need to look for a place ______________.

1. near a river                              B. under a big tree 
2. not far from the bird nest                   D. far from the bird nest

(   ) 34.According to the passage,the baby birds may come to the world _________________.

        A . in March       B. in May       C. in July     D. in October

(   ) 35.While you watch birds, it’s better for you to ___________________________.

1. walk around the nest                   B. speak to the birds

C stay under big tree                      D. keep quiet

                             D

Many students think that learning a new language is very difficult. But if your brain (大脑) is only the same size as a bird's, you will know how difficult it is to learn English. That is what some birds can do. They can copy (模仿) the sounds of language. A type of African parrot is very good at doing this. Parrots of this kind have grey feathers and people say they are clever

Every December in London, the National Cage and Aviary Bird Show tries to find the best “talking” bird in the world. One bird named Prudle stood out (突出)among the “talking” birds by winning this prize every year from 1965 to 1976. In 1958, somebody took Prudle from his nest in Uganda, and then sold him to a woman named Iris Frost. She then took care of him at her home in Seafood, England. When Prudle retired (退出) from public life in 1977, he knew almost 1,000 words in English.

 Another parrot named Puck was tested in 1993. It turned out that Puck knew even more words than Prudle. Puck knew more than 1,700 English words. in the1995 Guinness Book of Horld Record, Puck was listed as "the bird with the largest vocabulary in the world”.

(   ) 36. What is Prudle according to the article?

.A. A bird.      B. A cage         C. A prize.         D. A show

(   ) 37. How many times did Prudle win the speaking match for birds?

A. 12.       B.11.          C.10.            D.9.

(   )38. Who was Iris Frost?

A. A parrot.    B. A Ugandan woman.   C. Prudle's owner.     D. Puck's owner.

(   )39. Which of the following is true?

1.           Puck was tested in 1977.        B. Puck knew more words than Prudle.

C. Puck spoke faster than Prudle.     D. Puck was bigger than Prudle.

(   )40. Which of the following may be the best title?

A. A bird show.                  B. The difficulties of learning English.

C. Interesting pets.               D. Clever birds.

(二）从A-------F 六个选项中选出五个填入短文的空白处，使短文内容完整通顺

    There are four seasons in most countries, But the climate(气候) is not always the same.

In England, winter is not very cold and summer is not very hot, There is not a great difference between summer and winter.   41   The winds from the sea bring warm air to England. In summer the sea is cooler than the land. The winds from the sea bring cool air to England. The west winds blow over England the whole year, They blow from the south-west. They are wet winds.    42     So England has a lot of rain all year round. Sometimes it rains heavily.       43   

     44       But the average(平均的) temperature is very low, Spring is usually very cold inmost parts of the country, It comes in February, People can still go skating in some places.Summer is usually very cool, Early in the morning the weather is so cold that people usually wear sweaters. Autumn comes after summer, Canadians like to watch maple leaves in the park or on the hills.     45   Winter is the coldest season of the year, It's often freezing cold. There is thick ice on the river or lake, Children like to go skating there, Of course, they should