辽宁鞍山市八年级上期末质检英语试卷

______ hard work he was doing!

— When did he go to summer camp?
— He _____ to summer camp five days _____.

Only ten boys in our class use the Internet to get information, ______ use it to play games.

—           do your parents go to the movies?   —Once a month.

If we keep planting trees, our country will become ______.

Xi’an is one of ______ capital ______ in China.

—_____ she have breakfast this morning?
—No. She left home _____ breakfast.

Next term my sister ________ to draw pictures.

Do you think _____ a football match tomorrow?

He usually ________ his bag ________ magazines and story books.

Uncle Li and Uncle Wang are good friends. They live next to each other and their farms are both at the foot of the mountain. So they can help each other. But neither of them likes to use his head. They’re both poor though they work hard. Most villagers have built new houses, but they still live in the low and broken houses. They never find out why.
Once Uncle Li went to town to buy some medicine for his wife. In the town he heard the apples in a city were expensive. He told Uncle Wang about it as soon as he went back. They decided to carry some apples to the city. They borrowed some money from their friends and bought nearly 1,000 kilograms of apples in the villages and carried them to the city on a tractor. Bad luck! A lot of apples have already been carried there when they arrived. A few days later they had to sell them at a low price (价格). They felt unhappy and returned to their village.
“I can’t understand why we sustained (蒙受) losses in business while others always profit (盈利)” Uncle Li asked one day.
“The tractor was too small.” Uncle Wang said without thinking. “We’ll carry more apples on a truck next time!”
“I agree!” said Uncle Li. “How foolish (傻的) we were!”
Uncle Li and Uncle Wang live in the low and broken houses because __________.

The two farmers carried the apples to the city to _________.

The two farmers had to sell their apples at a low price because ________.

Uncle Li and Uncle Wang were unhappy because _________.

Which of the following is true?

Dogs like living with people. They are very friendly. They can do many things for people.  (A) Some dogs help people to look after sheep, other dogs help them to find the lost children. And some of the dogs can help the blind.
There is a kind of dog. His name is (B) Seeing Eye dog. Now we can see this kind of dog all over the world. They are working for the blind. The Seeing Eye dog is strong and easy to train. He helps the blind to walk from place to place. Before a dog becomes a Seeing Eye dog, he must go to a training school for about three months. (C) ____________ the dog has to learn to sit or stay when he hears the trainer’s call. In his next lesson the dog learns to take his trainer across busy streets. The dog has many things to learn. At the end of the training he must take tests. When he passes the test, the Seeing Eye dog will do things by himself.
Now he can help the blind people. (D) The new master may be a man, a woman, or even a child. It takes the dog and his blind master about a month (E) ___________ (learn) to work and live together.
阅读短文，完成任务。
将（A）处划线句子译成汉语。
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In Chinese, (B) “Seeing Eye dog”means _______________________.
在（C）处填入一个适当单词。_____________________
改写（D）处划线句子。__________ the new master ___________ a man,
用(E)处所给单词的适当形式填空。_________________

Island University has a competition for middle school students.
Read about the competition on their web site.
School Competition
Students! Here is your chance to help the physically disabled (残疾人). Think out a robot or a machine to help them live better. There’ll be three prizes. The winning schools will each get $15,000. Read the information below:
What do you have to do?
·Try to know problems faced by the physically disabled in Hong Kong. Write a 200-word article on the difficulties these people have to suffer each day.
· Try to know modern inventions that help the physically disabled. Then think out a robot or a machine that will improve the lives of the physically disabled. Draw your invention. You can make as many drawings as you like to show your invention. You can even make a small model of your invention.
·Write a short description of your invention.
Who can join?
All middle school students in Hong Kong.
So, come on! Join the competition, and get the chance!
阅读短文，回答下列问题。
Where can you find the information?
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Why is the school competition held?
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What prize will each winning school get?
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How many words should be written on the difficulties the disabled have to suffer each day?
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Who can join the competition?
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补全对话。（每小题1分，共5分）
从方框中选择合适的句子补全对话。有两句多余。
Andy: ______________________, Ken?
Ken: The Old Man and the Sea by Hemingway.
Andy: Wow, now _________________________.
Ken: Yes, I want to be a writer.
Andy: Really? _________________________?
Ken: Well, I’m going to keep on writing stories, of course. What do you want to be?
Andy: _________________, but I’m not sure about that.
Ken: Well, don’t worry._______________________. Just make sure you try your best. Then
you can be anything you want!
Andy: Yes, you’re right.

短文填空。（每小题1分，共10分）
根据短文内容填入适当单词，使短文意思完整正确。
Students these days often have a lot of worries. Sometimes they have problems ____________ their schoolwork, and sometimes with their friends. What can they do about this? Some people believe the worst thing is to do ______________. Laura Mills, a teenager from London, agrees. “Problems and worries are _______ in life,” says Laura. “But I think talking to someone helps a lot.________ we talk to someone, we’ll certainly feel worse.”
Laura once lost her wallet, and worried for days. She was______ to tell her parents about it. She even walked three miles to school each day______ she didn’t have any money. She just ______ thinking, “If I tell my parents, they’ll be angry!” In the end, she talked to her parents and they were really understanding. Her dad said he sometimes made careless _______ himself. They got her a new wallet and asked her to be more _________. “I will always remember to share my problems in the future!” Laura says.
Robert Hunt advises students about common problems. He feels the same ways as Laura. “It is best not to run away from our problems. We should always try to _________ them.”

翻译句子。（每小题2分，共10分）
因为这场雨，我们今天无法在室外打篮球了。
We can’t play basketball outside today _________________________________.
队友密切合作，使大伙儿都发挥到极致是很重要的。
It’s important for the players to play together and ___________________________ each other.
学校在教育中起着最为重要的作用。
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他总是随时能够倾听我的烦恼。
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我们才仅仅完成工作的一部分。
We’re still only halfway ____________________________.

书面表达。（共15分）
根据要求完成大作文，词数80左右。
汤姆邀请杰克下周六去他家，但是杰克那天没有空，因此不能赴约。假如你是杰克，请根据提示写一封电子邮件拒绝汤姆的邀请，说明原因，要点如下

注意：文章的开头和结尾已写好，不计入总词数。可以适当发挥，不要逐字翻译。
Hi Tom,
Thanks for
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Best wishes,
Jake