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人教版八年级英语（上）期末考试试卷集(260题)
A person with a green thumb________.
A.is good at growing plants
B.really has a green thumb
C.has no experience in war
D.is new in a job
参考答案：A
解析：
点拨：细节理解题。题干意为：有一个绿色拇指的人________。A. 擅长种植植物；B. 确实有一个绿色的拇指；C. 在战争中没有经验；D. 在一份工作中是新手。由第三段的首句Someone who is good at growing plants is said to have a green thumb(大拇指). 和本段第三句A person with a green thumb can make plants grow quickly and well. 可知，有绿色大拇指的人，是指擅长种植植物的人。故A项正确。
A man may meet the greeneyed monster if________.
A.he sees a dangerous animal
B.he can't get anything
C.he reads a sad play
D.his friend gets a prize that he wants
参考答案：D
解析：
点拨：细节理解题。题干意为：如果________，一个人可能遇到绿眼怪兽。A. 他看到一个危险的动物；B. 他什么也不能得到；C. 他读一个很悲伤的剧；D. 他的朋友得到了他想要的奖赏。由第四段中的The greeneyed monster is not a dangerous animal from outer space. 和It describes the unpleasant feeling when someone has something he wants. 可知，D项正确。
Which is the best title of the passage?
A.Green, the color of grass and trees
B.The stories about the color “green”
C.Green, a sign of approval
D.Different meanings of “green”
参考答案：D
解析：
点拨：主旨大意题。题干意为：短文最好的标题是哪一个？由全文可知，本文介绍的是“green”的不同意义。
Who are the people in the search team?
A.Common people.
B.Sportsmen.
C.Children.
D.Organizers.
参考答案：B
Which of the following statements is NOT true from the passage?
A.There are two groups in all.
B.One person is chosen from each group to hide.
C.The hider has 60 seconds to pick a place to hide.
D.The hider should hit the target without being caught.
参考答案：A
Which of the following is the best for “________” in Paragraph 2?
A.Unlike the traditional children's game
B.Like all children's games
C.As a world famous football game
D.As an Olympic game
参考答案：A
Which column(栏目) of a newspaper is the passage probably from?
A.Culture.
B.Animals.
C.Travel.
D.Sports.
参考答案：D
What did people think of Hill before the age of nine?
A.Clever.
B.Creative.
C.Unfriendly.
D.Foolish.
参考答案：C
解析：
【语篇导读】本文是一篇记叙文。讲述了希尔小时候被认为是个坏孩子，他的爸爸也这样认为。自从他爸爸和继母结婚后，继母认为他是个有创造力的孩子，继母的话感动了他。在他14岁时，继母给了他一台打字机，希望他成为作家，在继母的鼓励下，希尔后来成为著名的作家。说明赞扬是必需的，尤其是对孩子。
点拨：细节理解题。题干意为：在九岁前，人们认为希尔怎么样？由第一段When he was small，Hill was a famous bad boy. 可知对别人不友好。故选C。
Hill started making friends with his stepmother after she________.
A.smiled at him
B.looked at him carefully
C.said good words about him
D.said bad words about him
参考答案：C
解析：
点拨：题干意为：在继母________之后，希尔开始和继母做朋友。通过短文可知继母表扬了希尔聪明，有创造力之后，他很感激继母，然后和她做朋友。故选C。
Which of the following is wrong about Hill?
A.He accepted his stepmother's typewriter.
B.He failed to do as he was expected.
C.He started writing to a local newspaper.
D.He understood his stepmother.
参考答案：B
解析：
点拨：题干意为：关于希尔哪项是错误的？通过阅读全文，可知他最后成功了。故选B。
The passage was written mainly to tell us that________.
A.children should be praised
B.Hill's father got married again
C.Hill's stepmother was kind to him
D.Hill's father was cruel to him
参考答案：A
解析：
点拨：主旨大意题。通过最后一段可知赞扬是必需的，尤其是对孩子。故选A。
although hope improve good serious
46. Two heads are ________than one.
47. There is now ________of a cure.
48. I'm going to ________my spoken English this year.
49. Pollution is a big problem. We must take it______.
50. ________many students have computers, they don't use them for homework.
参考答案：46. better 47. hope 48. improve 49. seriously 50. Although
参考答案：51. without 52. refused 53. jokes 54. seemed 55. able 56. himself
57. decided 58. share 59. famous 60. travels
阅读短文，用所给词汇的适当形式填空或根据上下文填写出合适的词汇，使短文通顺
We usually had some strange and funny ideas when we were________61(child).
When I was a little girl, I________62(live) in a very big neighborhood and we shared a garden and ________63pool. There were a lot of kids around my age and we all used ________64(play) together, and we'd often swim________65 the pool. But there was one boy who was about five years________66(old) than us. One day, when I was swimming，________67told me, “I hope you know there is a shark in the pool. And it ________68(come out) to get you if you swim alone. ” I was very afraid, and up until today—I am twentyfive years old now—I still get nervous when I swim alone________69I always check the pool to make sure there's no shark.
What________70you think of this kind of ideas? Write your stories and share with us.
参考答案：61. children 62. lived 63. a 64. to play 65. in 66. older 67. he
68. will/may come out 69. and 70. do
假如你是Julie。寒假即将到来，你的美国笔友Danny想了解你将如何度过这个寒假。请你根据以下提示内容，给Danny写一封信，谈谈你的假期活动安排。
提示： 1. 坚持锻炼身体； 2. 根据个人兴趣和需要安排学习； 3. 帮助父母做家务。
要求：80词左右 (开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。)
Dear Danny，
I'm glad to share my winter vacation plan with you.
。。。
Yours，
Julie
参考答案：见解析
解析：
范文：
Dear Danny，
I'm glad to share my winter vacation plan with you. First, I will keep on playing sports every day. I want to be healthy. Second, I like studying and playing on the computer very much. So I'm going to learn some computer skills from my father during the vacation. I like reading. I'm not good at English. So I decide to buy some interesting English books and finish reading them one by one. Third, I'll help my parents with the housework. I'm sure I will have a good time.
Yours，
Julie
点评：本文运用了“总分总法”介绍假期计划：“总”：引出话题；“分”：具体分为几个小计划进行描写；“总”：对假期的美好祝愿。条理清晰，语句通顺。
添彩点：文章运用First，Second，Third来进行列举，文章流畅通顺。
Our school had a New Year’s party __________ the evening of December 30.
A.on
B.in
C.at
D.from
参考答案：A
John _________ a doctor when he _________ up
A.are; grow
B.is going to be; grow
C.is going to be; grows
D.is; grow
参考答案：C