河北省石家庄市2020-2021学年下学期初中八年级
期末考试英语试卷
一、单项选择(共10小题,每小题1分,计10分)
选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项
1. Everyone in my class wants to be _____ honest student.
  A. a    B. an    C. the    D. /
2. ______ is so easy to learn English well.
  A. This  B. It    C. One  D. That
3. Please carry these books away, because they _______ too much place.
  A. take up  B. beef up    C. clean up  D. pick up
4. Tom writes __________ than us. So he often gets first prize.
  A. more careful    B. more carefully  C. most careful    D. most carefully
5. My brother will do this job better if he ______ how to use a computer.
  A. will know  B. knows  C. know  D. knew
6. Every day, too much water _________ in our school. We should save it.
  A. wasted    B. wastes    C. was wasted    D. is wasted
7. A lot of tourists ___________ Guilin many times. It’s a very nice city.
  A. have been in    B. have been to  C. have gone to  D. have travelled
8. After he told us his story, we all clapped for him, because his story ___________.
  A. touched our hearts    B. caught our eye    C. caught up with  D. stayed in touch
9. I called my parents yesterday, but _______ of them answered it.
  A. either  B. none  C. neither  D. any
10. –I’d like to know___________.
  --Maybe in the forest.
  A. if we will go camping      B. when we will go camping.
  C. where we will go camping    D. how we will go camping.
二、完形填空(共10小题,每小题1分,计10分)
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从各小题所给的四个选项中选出最佳选项。
  For most children, the most useful way of spending their time is playing a game. It doesn’t matter   1  the game is. Things become better when they need a(an)   2  to play with.
On the one hand, ,many children just   3  the result. It is quite    4    for the development of a child’s personality(个性) to win. On the other hand, if a child only cares about  5    , then for him, playing a game is funny only when he wins. Or if he finds a better partner(伙伴), he will get   6  and he doesn’t want to go on playing.
It’s parents’   7  to make their children know that: you can’t always win and there are many unpleasant moments   8 . You have to learn how to lose. The idea is to compete, to prove you are good, not only to win.
In a word, playing a game is not funny only when you win. It is funny    9    you enjoy it and try your best to win. If you are just a little bit unlucky, don’t  10  a lot. You will surely prove your abilities some other day.
1. A. how              B. why            C. what        D. when
2. A. owner            B. worker            C. student      D. partner
3. A. pay attention to    B. take place          C. sell out of    D. come up to
4. A. useful            B. simple            C. correct      D. special
5. A. playing          B. studying          C. winning    D. losing
6. A. unhappy          B. lonely            C. relaxed      D. excited
7. A. rule            B. duty              C. plan        D. habit
8. A. in life          B. in the future        C. in fact      D. in the way
9. A. or            B. and                C. when        D. before
10. A. worry          B. believe            C. wish      D. imagine
三、阅读理解。根据短文内容,从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选择最佳选项。(共30分,每小题2分)
A
We can not live a modern life without traveling. The fastest way of traveling is by air. Traveling by train is slower than by plane. Modern trains have comfortable seats and dinning-cars. They make even the longest journey enjoyable.     
People like traveling by sea when possible. There are large luxury liners (客轮) or river boats. They are not as fast as trains or planes, but traveling by sea is a very pleasant way t
o spend a holiday. 
Many people like to travel by car. They can make their own timetable. They can travel hundreds of miles a day, just as their wish. They can stop wherever they want to see something interesting or to enjoy a good meal at a good restaurant, or to spend the night at a hotel. That is why people choose traveling by car for pleasant trips, while they usually take trains or planes for business.
1. According to the passage, the fastest way of traveling is______.石家庄市考试中心
A. by car          B. by train          C. by plane          D. by sea
2. ______ have comfortable seats and dinning-cars.
A. Cars      B. Modern trains          C. Planes        D. Buses
3. If possible, people like traveling by sea because ______.
A. it is as fast as trains and planes 
B. it is a pleasant way to spend a holiday 
C. it is very cheap