山西省大同市矿区十二校2014-2015学年八年级下期末考试英语试题及答案
笔试部分（共80分）
Ⅴ、单项选择（每小题1分，共15分）
（ ）21. Jeff has lived in China more than 10 years.
A. for B. since C. of
（ ）22. The computer can play chess better than humans.
A. more B. even C. little
（ ）23. I have different about the story.
A. think B. idea C. opinions
（ ）24. She grew up in a small town she lives in a big city now.
A. until B. although C. if
（ ）25. I have worked there since it in 1989.
A. opened B. opens C. has opened
（ ）26.The dress was really beautiful, so I couldn’t .
A. put it down B. put it up C. put it off
（ ）27. Did you in solving the problem?
A. success B. successful C. succeed
（ ）28. As soon as the moon , we can follow them instead.
A. rose B. risen C. rises
（ ）29. I’ve already there a couple of times, but I’m happy
again.
A. been to, going B. been, to go C. went, to go
（ ）30. I will do my homew ork at home instead of basketball.
A. play B. played C. playing
（ ）31. —
— I have a headache.
A. Where were you, Judy? B. What’s the matter, Judy?
C. What are you doing, Judy?
（ ）32. — you please go to the movies with me?
— Sorry, I can’t. I do my homework.
A. Must, have to B. Could, have to C. should, had to
（ ）33. Speaking is one of means of communication.
A. important B. more important C. the most important
（ ）34. You should save more money you can afford the iPhone 6 .
A. because B. so that C. in order to
（ ）35. — Why were you late for class this morning?
— Because my alarm didn’t .
A. take off B. put off C. go off
Ⅵ．完形填空（每小题1分，共10分）
阅读下面短文，然后从每小题所给的三个选项中选择一个最佳答案，并将其字母标号填入题前括号中。
Many people like to read the Guinness Book of Word records, and some people want to 36 in it. 37 do people get their 38 in the book?They do something 39 and 40 , such as making the word’s largest cake with more than 54,000 eggs.
For many people, it’s fun to make 41 records. It is exciting. But who eats the 42 ? While some people are making word records, 43 do not have much food 44 . Hunger is a very serious problem in many places. How many
45 people don’t have enough money to buy good food? How many children go to bed without dinner? The answer is “Too many”.
（ ）36. A. join B. is C. be
（ ）37. A. How B. When C. Why
（ ）38. A. names B. rights C. records
（ ）39. A. new B. important C. interesting
（ ）40. A. nice B. difficult C. different
（ ）41. A. their B. its C. his
（ ）42. A. cake B. food C. that
（ ）43 A. they B. people C. others
（ ）44. A. to eat B. to buy C. to have
（ ）45. A. strong B. old C. young