八年级下册英语试卷(2)
三. 完形填空 (共10分，每小题1分) 根据短文内容选择正确答案
I was riding my motorbike along a country road near Chilton on the evening of February 15. I 31 it was about 9:30. It was 32 and I couldn't see things clearly. So I was driving very 33 ，but the road was bad and suddenly my bike 34 a stone，and before I could stop my bike，I was already 35 on the ground. My whole 36 hurt，especially(特别) my left arm. I knew I was bleeding(流血)，and I 37 get up. Luckily I was 38 by a policeman. He made a telephone call and I was taken to the 39 . There I was examined. I had a broken arm and lots of cuts. My arm was put in a cast(石膏绷带) and my cuts were 40 and bandaged(包扎).
31. A. told B. said C. guess D. thought
32. A. dark B. far C. long D. later
33. A. fast B. well C. carefully D. carelessly
34. A. kicked B. hit C. beat D. touched
35. A. standing B. sleeping C. waiting D. lying(躺)
36. A. mind B. body C. head D. arm
37. A. couldn't B. didn't C. wouldn't D. might not
38. A. caught B. held C. led D. found
39. A. police station B. village C. doctor D. hospital
40. A. stopped B. repaired C. served D. cleaned
四. 阅读理解(共15小题，每小题2分)
阅读下面对话和短文，根据其内容，从第41—55小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择最佳答案。
A
A traveller(旅行者) came out of the airport(飞机场) There were a lot of taxis. He asked every taxi-driver his name. Then he took the third one. It cost 5 dollars(美元) from the airport to the hotel.“How much does it cost for the whole day?” the man asked.“100 dollars， ”said the taxi-driver. This was very dear，but the man said it was OK.
The taxi-driver took the man everywhere. He showed him all the parks and museums in the city. In the evening they went back to the hotel(旅馆). The traveller gave the taxi-driver 100 dollars and said，“What about tomorrow? ”The taxi-driver looked at the man and said，“Tomorrow? It's another 100 dollars. ”But the man said，“That's OK! See you tomorrow. ”The taxi-driver was very pleased.
The next day the taxi-driver took the traveller everywhere again. They visited(参观) all the parks and museums again. And in the evening they went back to the hotel. The man gave the taxi-driver 100 dollars again and said，“I'm going home tomorrow. ”The taxi-driver was sorry because he liked the traveller and，above all，100 dollars a day was a lot of money.“So you're going home. Where do you come from?”he asked.“I come from New York.”“New York!”said the taxi-driver，“I have a sister in New York. Her name is Susannah. Do you know her?”“Of course I know her. She gave me 200 dollars for you! ”
41.Where did the traveller come from?
A.England B.America C.Canada D.France
42.Why did the traveller take the third taxi? Because ____.
A.the other taxi-driver asked for more money
B.the third taxi-driver was a kind-hearted(热心肠的) man
C.he didn't want to spend his own money on the coming visit
D.the other driver didn't like him
43.Usually the cost of the travelling one day may be ____.
A.0 B.0 C.less than 0 D.more than 0
44.Who asked the traveller to give the money for the taxi-driver?
A.The traveller's sister. B.The traveller himself. C.Nobody.
D.The driver's sister.
45.The driver was unhappy ____.
A.when he heard the traveller's last words
B.when the traveller asked every taxi-driver his name
C.when the traveller asked him for his sister's name
D.during the two-day visit
B
When tea and coffee were first introduced to Europe in the 18th century，people had different ideas about their use. Some said that tea and coffee were harmful to humans and they could cause people to die.
In Sweden(瑞典)，King Gustaf Ⅲ decided to find out whether or not this was true. It happened that there were two brothers in prison at that time. They were twins and were almost exactly alike in every way. They had both been sentenced to death(判处死刑). The King decided to let them live if one of the men agreed to drink several cups of tea each day and the other several cups of coffee.
Both brothers lived many years without problems of any kind. At last，the brother who had drunk tea every day died at the age of 83，the other died a few years later.
Because of the experiment，tea and coffee got accepted(接受) and became popular as drink in Sweden，and it is one of the many countries of the world where much tea and coffee is drunk today.
46. Tea and coffee were first introduced to Europe in ______.
A. the eighteenth century B. the eighteen century
C. eighteenth centuries D. eighteen centuries
47. King Gustaf Ⅲ decided to find out ______.
A. if(是否) tea and coffee were harmful to people
B. if the twin brothers should be sentenced to death
C. if tea and coffee did harm to people's health and caused them to die
D. whether tea and coffee were useful or not
48. The King decided to let the brothers live ______.
A. if they wanted to obey his rules
B. if they agreed to drink tea and coffee every day
C. if one of them drink several cups of tea each day while the other had several cups of coffee
D. if they agreed to have several cups of tea every day
49. The brother who had drunk tea every day lived ______.
A. until he was over 83
B. until he was 83
C. until the other had been dead for several years
D. until he had drunk tea for a few years
50. Today the Swedish drink ______.
A. much more coffee than tea B. much tea and coffee
C. little tea and coffee D. much tea but little coffee
C
Soon it would be the holidays. But before that，there were the end of year exams. All the students had been working hard for some time. If they didn't pass，they would have to retake the exams in September. There were usually a few who failed，but Kate decided not to be one of them. She had worked hard all day，but just before the exams she was working so hard that her sister was worried about her. She was staying up too late. The night before the first exam， Barbala insisted(坚持) that she should have an early night and take a sleeping pill. She promised(许诺) to wake her in the morning.
As she was falling asleep，Kate was worried in case(万一) she over-slept. Her mind kept jumping from subject to subject. At last，with the help of the pill，she fell asleep. In no time at all，she was sitting in the examination hall， looking at the paper. She couldn't answer any of the questions. Everyone round her was writing pages and pages. However hard she thought，she couldn't find anything to write about. She kept looking at her watch. Time was running out. There was only one hour left. She started one question，wrote two sentences，gave up and tried another one. With only half an hour left she wrote another two sentences. By this time she was so worried that she started crying. Her whole body shook(摇晃，震颤). It shook so much that it woke her up. She was still in bed and it had all been a terrible dream. A minute later， Barbala called her name.
51. Which of the following is true?
A. All the students were usually successful in their exams.
B. Most of the students usually passed the year exams.
C. Only some of the students could pass the end of year exams.
D. None of the students would take the exams again in September.
52. When you prepare for an exam，________.
A. you go over your lessons. B. You read new books.
C. You take the exam again and again. D. You look through the exam.
53. Kate worked very hard before the exams for ______.
A. she was very poor at her lessons. B. she decided to be the best one in her class.
C. she didn’t work hard all year. D. she didn’t want to fail in them.
54. Why did Barbala insist that Kate should take a sleeping pill?
A. Because she thought Kate should oversleep before the first exam.
B. Because Kate was so worried about her exams that she couldn’t go to sleep at all.
C. Because Barbala hoped her sister would have a good sleep before the first exam.
D. Because she had promised to wake her up the next morning.
55. Kate dreamed a terrible dream simply because ______.
A. she had taken a sleeping pill. B. she was too worried about her exams.
C. her sister had forgotten to wake her up. D. she did not pass the exams.