江苏省苏州市八年级下期末模拟英语试卷

-How about _______ magic show?
-I should say it was _______ great success.
A. /; the          B a; the      
C. the; a          D. the; /

All animals _______ men feed on plants or other animals.

-May we leave the classroom now?
-No, you _______. You _______ to leave until the bell rings.

It's kind _______ Simon to give us _______ advice.
A. of; so many                     B for; such a useful
C. of; such useful                 D. for; so much

Dick, it's the _______ time in three days that you _______ the same mistake.

Most people agree _______ Dick _______ George, because they think Dick's plan is really good.

-Bad luck! It's too late.
-It doesn't matter. The movie _______ for only a few minutes. You can't miss it.

-Can he get the first prize for running?
-Impossible now. He _______ so, but he has just hurt his leg.

Miss Taylor never wastes money on anything too expensive, even though (尽管)
she can _______ to. She has donated much of the money she saved to charities.

They were _______ busy _______ with each other to remember the time.

You can't watch TV _______ you finish your homework.

-When _______ your mother _______ you that blue dress, Mary?
-Sorry, I really can't remember.

-Your mother _______ take a bus to work?
-Yes. But now she usually goes to work on foot.

-My father with my grandparents _______ Shanghai.
-Really? _______ will they come back?

-Have you got any books on English grammar? I want to borrow _______.
-Yes, here you are. But you must return it by Friday.

The purpose of new inventions is _______ life more difficult, but to make it easier.

-Can you show me _______ to use this kind of camera?
-Sorry, I don't know, _______.

The flowers in the shop _______, so they _______ well.

-When will you go back to your hometown? - _______.

-Could you look after my pet dog for me while I am away?
- _______.

A man had a little daughter-an only and much-loved child. He lived for her--she was his___   .But one day, the girl was ill. He      his best to save her, but his daughter died.
The father became a recluse(隐居者), getting himself      from his friends and not___   part in any activity, but one night he had a     .
He saw a lot of little girls. Every girl carried a candle. He found that one girl's candle was not lit(点燃).Then he saw that the girl      the dark candle was his own little daughter. He ran to her and asked, "How is it, darling,that your candle alone is not      ?""Daddy, they often Light it, but your tears(眼泪) always put it out."
Just then he woke up from his dream. From that moment on, he      being a recluse. He      to his friends and took part in all kinds of activities. His daughter's candle would       be put out.

A．friend B．family C．life D．light

A．has done B．does C．has tried D．tried

A．down B．over C．up D．away

A．to take B．took C．taking D．taken

A．dream B．child C．wish D．story

A．for B．with C．in D．on

A．lit B．held C．lifted D．taken

A．stopped B．changed C．began D．continued

A．went over B．went back C．looked back D．looked up

A．not until B．no longer C．no sooner D．not at all

You can see Pizza Hut(必胜客) every some blocks, so it must be a very big business. Indeed it is. But believe it or not, the business was started in 1958 by two college students with a loan of 600 dollars.
The Carney brothers were trying to make some money .so that they could pay their way through college. They borrowed the money from their mother and sold pizza in a small house in their neighborhood. That's how they got the name of the business. On the first day of business, they gave away pizza to draw(吸引) customers(顾客).
Year after year, their business grows and now they often give free meals and work chances to those in need.
Pizza Hut has been set up for about _______ years.

The word "loan" here in the story means _______.

What do you think of the two students from the last paragraph?

This happened in London It was November and the weather was very wet and cold. A Frenchman had caught a very bad cold. He coughed day and night, so he decided to go and get some medicine for his cough. As he did not know much English, he took out his dictionary and looked up the word "cough". But the dictionary did not tell him how to pronounce(发音) the word. He thought it over and remembered that he had learned the word "plough". He remembered that it was pronounced[plav]. So he thought that c-o-u-g-h must be pronounced [kav].
Then he put on his coat and hat and went to a chemist's shop(药店).When the man in the shop asked him what he wanted, the Frenchman said, "I want something for my 'COW' , please." The man in the shop looked at him. Had he heard him correctly?
"I beg your pardon, sir?" he asked.
The Frenchman repeated, "I want some medicine for my 'COW'."
"For your cow?" asked the man, "are you a farmer?"
"A farmer?" said the Frenchman in surprise, "What makes you think I'm a farmer? I come from Paris. I'm not a farmer. "
"But where is your cow?"
"It's here!" answered the Frenchman. He put his hand on his chest(胸口) and began to cough. "Here it is, " he said, "I've a very bad 'cow' here."
Then the man in the shop understood what the Frenchman meant. He wanted some
medicine for his cough.
The Frenchman said, "I want something for my 'cow', please." Here by the word "cow" he meant _______.

What made the man in the shop think the Frenchman was a farmer?

Which of the following is TRUE?

A friend of mine named Paul received a car from his brother as a Christmas present. On Christmas Eve when Paul came out of his office, a boy was walking around the shining car. "Is this your car, Paul?" he asked.
Paul answered, "Yes, my brother gave it to me for Christmas." The boy was surprised. "You mean your brother gave it to you and it cost you nothing? Boy, I wish..."He hesitated.
Of course Paul knew what he was going to wish for. He was going to wish he had a brother like that. But what the boy said surprised Paul greatly.
"I wish," the boy went on, "that I could be a brother like that." Paul looked at the boy in surprise. and then he said again, "Would you like to take a ride in my car?"
"Oh yes, I'd love to."
After a short ride, the boy turned and with his eyes shining, said, "Paul, would you mind driving in front of my house?"
Paul smiled a little. He thought he knew what the boy wanted. He wanted to show his neighbors that he could ride home in a big car. But Paul was wrong again. "Will you stop where those two steps are?" the boy asked.
He ran up to the steps. Then in a short while Paul heard him coming back, but he was not coming fast. He was carrying his little crippled (残疾) brother. He sat him down on the step and pointed to the car.
"There he is, Buddy, just like I told you upstairs. His brother gave it to him for Christmas and it didn't cost him a cent. And someday I'm going to give you one just like that…then you can see for yourself all the nice things in the Christmas window that I've been trying to tell you about."
Paul got out and lifted the boy to the front seat of his car. The shining-eyed older brother climbed in beside him and the three of them began an unforgettable holiday ride.
The boy was very surprised when _______.

From the story we can see the boy _______.

We can infer (推断) from the story that _______.

The best title(标题) of the story is    .

Do you know you could get sick just by walking past a building? The bacteria(细菌) that cause Legionnaire's disease grow very fast in large modern buildings. They are carried by air through the buildings and outside. Legionnaire s disease is only one of the illnesses that are caused by "sick buildings".
Some buildings can make you ill because their heating and air-conditioning(空调调节系统) are controlled(控制). Air from outside cannot get in through the closed windows; This indoor air pollution is a growing problem.
Legionnaire's disease may be the most serious result of sick buildings, but other unpleasant illnesses can appear.People who work in some buildings suffer （受苦）from tiredness, feeling sick and headaches. Their offices look bright and clean, but invisible(无形的) and dangerous bacteria are in the air around them.
There is an answer to the problem. The air-conditioning and heating can be tested for bacteria. Once the tests are finished, the sick buildings can be cured. This is expensive to do, but the results are good. The people in the buildings no longer get sick, and everybody is happier.
"Sick buildings" means _______.

The indoor air pollution is caused by _______.

We can tell that a building might be "sick" when _______.

Which of the following is TRUE?

The underlined sentence in the last paragraph means "As soon as the tests are finished, _______."

根意语注释, 写出单词的正确形式
The lifestyle in Korea is quite_______ (相似的) to that in China.
_______ (归还) books to the library on time is necessary for us all.
I hear that your new novel will be_______ (翻译) into several foreign languages.
You should treat him more_______ (礼貌). He is new here and knows nothing.
There are too many_______ (采访者) in the meeting room You'd better prepare for it.
_______ (沟通) with others is needed in our daily life. It lets us keep in touch with the outside world.
It is_______ (有害的) to our stomachs to drink cold water in such weather.

根据对话内容,写出句中所缺单词
-Why did you go to Beijing last week?
-Oh, I went there on _______. I talked about a project with other companies.
-Come on. We only have 5 miles left.
-I'm _______ out and I can't go any further.
-It's dangerous. You should tell your brother not to go sailing alone.
-But he has already made up his _______ to do so.

动词填空(10分)
_______ (cure) the cases of blindness, the doctors did as much as they could.
A new car_______ (test) many times before it comes into the market.
_______ a talk on health_______ (give) in the school hall every Monday?
He risked_______ (lose) everything this time to go abroad alone.
Tom_______ (miss) the last bus. He has to walk home.
Bad weather_______ (cause) natural disasters from time to time.
I'm quite busy because I_______ (prepare) for the final test these days.
I think my iPad_______ (hide) by my mother just now. I can't find it everywhere.
I didn't catch what you said because I_______ (read) the evening newspaper at that moment.
If you become rich, you may have a difficult time_____ (realize) what your real happiness is.

句子翻译(15分)
这所学校将会在什么时候被创办？
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废料过去常常被粗心地扔进河里。
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你梦想成为一个大明星是不明智的。
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他够友好通过书信与我们保持联系。
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直到最终失败了我们才意识到培训的重要性。
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今天是星期天，你以“环境保护”为主题，与老师和同学们一起展开了一系列的活动，请你根据此活动，写一篇70词左右的日记。要点包括：
1．出发时间和地点：8：00 a.m.校门口；
2．目的地：苏州市附近的一个小镇；
3．交通工具：校车；
4.活动内容：捡垃圾、塑料袋，打扫街道，种树、种花；
5．返回时间：下午6点。
注：日记开头已给出，不计入总词数。
Sunday             June 16, 2014                  Fine
Today I was very excited because_____________________________________________
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