2016学年第二学期天河区期末考试

八年级英语

注意事项：

1.答卷前，考生务必在答题卡上用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔填写自己的考生号、姓名、试室号、座位号，再用2B铅笔把对应这两个号码的标号涂黑。

2.选择题每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需要改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案。不能答在试卷上。

3.非选择题必须用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔作答，答案必须写在答题卡各题目指定区域的相应位置上；如需要改动，先划掉原来的答案，然后再写上新的答案，改动的答案也不能超出指定的区域；不准使用铅笔、圆珠笔和涂改液。不按以上要求作答的答案无效。

4.考生必须保持答題卡的整洁，考试结束，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。 一、语法选择（共15小题；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1?15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 grandparents 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 desk.

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 small 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 Nathan’s 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) . He had his first solo art exhibit in 2007 at the Lancaster Museum of Art. Since then, Nathan’s exhibition “The Art of the Brick” (13) very popular with museum visitors everywhere.

“I’m 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 Nathan. “To do (15) you love in life is the most important thing.”

1. A. the best LEGO builder B. the best LEGO builders C. better LEGO builder D. better LEGO builders 2. A. writing B. writes C. to write D. wrote 3. A. was full B. were full C. was filled D. were filled 4. A. he B. him C. his D. himself 5. A. in B. by C. from D. of 6. A. and B. until C. but D. or 7. A. build B. builds C. building D. to build

8. A. little B. few C. many D. much 9. A. something big B. big something C. anything big D. big anything 10. A. spent B. took C. paid D. cost 11. A. shows B. showed C. is shown D. was shown 12. A. amazing B. amazed C. amazingly D. amazedly l3. A. is B. will be C. was D. has been 14. A. a B. an C. the D. / 15. A. when B. why C. what D. 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 day, the emperor heard about this little bird’s beautiful (17) . He asked his guards to bring her to him. When the emperor heard the nightingale’s 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 in 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 ill and he became so (22) that he couldn’t even sit up for a while. One morning, while (23) in bed, the emperor wanted the robot bird to sing once again. But it couldn’t sing any more. Suddenly, the nightingale (24) on the window. She began to sing her most beautiful song. The emperor was very happy! 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. park B. house C. garden D. door 17. A. noise B. voice C. sound D. words 18. A. hear B. watch C. feed D. touch 19. A. pleased B. sad C. excited D. cheerful 20. A. doctors B. actors C. cooks D. scientists 21. A. terribly B. beautifully C. noisily D. loudly 22. A, weak B. strong C. healthy D. heavy 23. A. working B. standing C. lying D. studying 24. A. lay B. moved C. dropped D. landed 25. A. loved B. hated C. scared D. 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 able 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 coming 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 neighborhood 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 from 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 Alice’s face. 26. Which of the following might be the missing word for the blank in Paragraph 3?

A. down B. away C. up D. off 27. When was Alice's daughter coming to visit her?

A. Before Christmas. 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 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. C. At least 10 minutes. We call the three pictures above “______”

B. Less than 15 minutes. D. Less than 10 minutes.

A. A set of stories B. A set of books C. A set of comics D. A set of ads

33. We can infer (推断) from Picture One, 599.55 is probably ______.

A. the price of the book B. the page of the book C. the number of the book D. the bookshelf number of the book 34. Which of the following 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 messages. 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, you’ll 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 information to give you what you need. When it’s 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 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 ideas, 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 from now on, most new homes will have the systems that I’ve put in my house. The systems will probably be even bigger and better than the ones I’ve 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 any more, and ask myself instead, “How did I live without them?”

36. The writer's house is NOT made of ______.

A. bricks B. wood C. glass D. software 37. What can't 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 writer's purpose of writing 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 writer's new house is different from common ones mainly because ______.

A. it has been controlled by computers