广州天河区2016-2017学年八年级下学期期末考试英语试题(有答案)Word文件下载.doc

1、每小题1分，满分15分）阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，从115各题所给的A、B、C和D项中选出最佳选项并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。Nathan Sawaya is the first artist to ever take LEGO into the art world. He is considered one of （1） in the world. He liked drawing cartoons, （21） stories, and playing with plastic toy bricks （积木） when he was a child. His gran

2、dparents bought his first set of toy bricks at the age of five and he showed a great love for it. He thought playing with plastic toy bricks （3） of fun. He even took his building bricks with （4） to college! Instead of books and a computer, he had a model of Greenwich Village made （5） bricks on his d

3、esk.Nathan started as a lawyer （6） gave up his highly-paid （高薪的） job to become an artist who uses toys in his art. He uses toy bricks （7） everything from the Statue of Liberty （自由女神像） to Superman! He has as （8） as 1.5 million colored bricks in his working room in New York. He started by building sma

4、ll models but then decided to do （9） and created a self-portrait （自画像） .It （10） him two days just to build the eyes.Now Nathans work （11） in museums around the world. Children love his art because it is made out of the same toys that they play with at home and adults love his work because it is （12）

5、 . He had his first solo art exhibit in 2007 at the Lancaster Museum of Art. Since then, Nathans exhibition “The Art of the Brick” （13） very popular with museum visitors everywhere.“Im proud that I took a dream I had as a child, to become （14） artist and I have actually made a job out of it,” says N

6、athan. “To do （15） you love in life is the most important thing.”1. A. the best LEGO builderB. the best LEGO buildersC. better LEGO builderD. better LEGO builders2. A. writingB. writesC. to writeD. wrote3. A. was fullB. were fullC. was filledD. were filled4. A. heB. himC. hisD. himself5. A. inB. byC

7、. fromD. of6. A. andB. untilC. butD. or7. A. buildB. buildsC. buildingD. to build8. A. littleB. fewC. manyD. much9. A. something bigB. big somethingC. anything bigD. big anything10. A. spentB. tookC. paidD. cost11. A. showsB. showedC. is shownD. was shown12. A. amazingB. amazedC. amazinglyD. amazedl

8、yl3. A. isB. will beC. wasD. has been14. A. aB. anC. theD. /15. A. whenB. whyC. whatD. how二、完形填空（本大题有10小题，每小题l，5分，共15分）通读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后在每小题所给的四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案。A long time ago, there was an emperor. He had a beautiful （16） . In the garden, there was a little nightingale （夜莺） singing very beautifully.One

9、 day, the emperor heard about this little birds beautiful （17） . He asked his guards to bring her to him. When the emperor heard the nightingales singing and said, “Put her into a go.den cage, so she can stay and sing for me whenever I want to （18） her.”The little bird was so （19） about being kept i

10、n the cage that she stopped singing one day. The emperor was very angry. He ordered the （20） in his palace to make a robot bird for him. The bird could sing very （21） , too. The emperor was pleased.Soon the robot bird became old. It no longer sang beautiful songs. Just at that time, the emperor was

11、ill and he became so （22） that he couldnt even sit up for a while. One morning, while （23） in bed, the emperor wanted the robot bird to sing once again. But it couldnt sing any more. Suddenly, the nightingale （24） on the window. She began to sing her most beautiful song. The emperor was very happy!

12、He became better and better each day.After the emperor was well, he changed a lot and became kind to his people. From then on, all his people （25） him for his kindness.16. A. parkB. houseC. gardenD. door17. A. noiseB. voiceC. soundD. words18. A. hearB. watchC. feedD. touch19. A. pleasedB. sadC. exci

13、tedD. cheerful20. A. doctorsB. actorsC. cooksD. scientists21. A. terriblyB. beautifullyC. noisilyD. loudly22. A, weakB. strongC. healthyD. heavy23. A. workingB. standingC. lyingD. studying24. A. layB. movedC. droppedD. landed25. A. lovedB. hatedC. scaredD. hurt三、阅读（共两节，满分45分）第一节阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40

14、分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。（A）I work in a nursing home and my job is to take care of the elderly.This year, a very sweet old lady that I cared for, Alice, has gone through a difficult time. She，s got dementia （痴呆症） and she has been in the hospital twice. In November I was finally abl

15、e to get her back to her “home”.Alice used to think her daughter was coming to visit her on Christmas day and that they were going to have the whole family together like the old days. When she finally realized that happy moment was not going to happen, she was very _.Knowing that her daughter was co

16、ming after Christmas was not enough to make her feel happy, I hated the idea of her being alone on the holiday!On Christmas Eve, I gave her a surprise by asking if she would like to go to a candlelight service at church （教堂） that night.Instead of taking her to my church, I took her to her old neighb

17、orhood church where all her friends were. We got there early and I got her a seat where her friends could see her as they came in. Then soon some of her friends came to the church an they rushed over to greet her and sit beside her. The candlelight service was beautiful and Alice got a lot of love f

18、rom her old and new friends there.The truth of the story is that I am the one who got the best gift: the smile on Alices face.26. Which of the following might be the missing word for the blank in Paragraph 3?A. downB. awayC. upD. off27. When was Alices daughter coming to visit her?A. Before Christma

19、s.B. After Christmas.C. On Christmas Day.D. On Christmas Eve.28. Where did Alice spend her Christmas Eve?A. In the hospital.B. In the nursing home.C. In the church.D. In her house.29. Who made the old woman happy in the story?A. Her daughter.B. An old lady in need.C. Her grandchildren.D. A visit to

20、old friends.30. What is the best title for this passage?A. A job in a nursing home.C. A real present for Christmas.B. Her new neighbors.D. Her old and new friends.（B）31. How long did the girl stay in the library?A. At least 15 minutes.B. Less than 15 minutes.C. At least 10 minutes.D. Less than 10 mi

21、nutes.We call the three pictures above “_”A. A set of storiesB. A set of booksC. A set of comicsD. A set of ads33. We can infer （推断） from Picture One, 599.55 is probably _.A. the price of the bookB. the page of the bookC. the number of the bookD. the bookshelf number of the book34. Which of the foll

22、owing is NOT TRUE according to Picture Two?A. The Jonas Brothers is an interview.B. You can find giant pandas in Teen area.C. You can find magazines in Teen area.D. Teen area is back on the right-hand comer of the library.35. What does the word “text” mean in Picture Three?A. Take notes.B. Send mess

23、ages.C. Write letters.D. Make phone calls.（C）My house is made of wood, glass and stone. It is also made of software.If you come to visit, youll probably be surprised when you come in. Someone will give you an electronic PIN to wear. This PIN tells the house who and where you are. The house uses this

24、 information to give you what you need. When its dark outside the PIN turns on the lights nearest you, and then turns them off as you walk away from them. Music moves with you too. If the house knows your favorite music, it plays it. The music seems to be everywhere, but in fact other people in the

25、house hear different music or no music. If you get a telephone call, only the nearest telephone rings.Of course, you are also able to tell the house if you want something. There is a home control console （控制台）, a small machine that turns things on and off around you.The PN and the console are new id

26、eas, but they are in fact like many things we have today. If you want to go to a movie, you need a ticket. If I give you my car keys, you can use my car. The car works for you because you have the keys. My house works for you because you wear the PIN or hold the console.I believe that several years

27、from now on, most new homes will have the systems that Ive put in my house. The systems will probably be even bigger and better than the ones Ive put in today.I like to try new ideas. I know that some of my ideas will work better than others. But I hope that one day I won think these systems are new

28、 any more, and ask myself instead, “How did I live without them?”36. The writers house is NOT made of _.A. bricksB. woodC. glassD. software37. What cant be done in the writers new house?A. Turn on the lights.B. Play music.C. Get a telephone call.D. Go swimming.38. What is the writers purpose of writ

29、ing the fourth paragraph?A. To let readers know how new his house is.B. To let readers know how important the keys are.C. To explain how important the PIN and the console are.D. To explain how to use the PIN and the console.39. The writers new house is different from common ones mainly because _.A. it has been controlled by computersB. it has your favorite music following youC. you can turn on the lights with the PIND. you can make a telephone call anywhere40. What does the last sentence mean?A. T