2024学年第一学期八年级英语科期末测试题 Ⅱ.纸笔部分（共90分） 一、语言知识及运用（共两节，满分15分） 第一节 单项选择（共10小题；每小题0.5分，满分5分） 从1~10各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 1. The new movie was _____ exciting _____ the last one we watched together. A. not as; so B. not as; as C. not such; as D. as; not as 2. The town has _____ people, and _____ of them are young adults. A. millions of, two million B. million of; two millions C. millions of; two millions D. million of; two million 3. —Tom, you look tired. You had better _____ up late at night. —Yes, I _____ go to bed earlier. I’ll make sure to get enough sleep tonight. A. not to stay; must B. not staying; can C. not stay; should D. to not stay; need 4. Yesterday, our class had a quiz. I answered _____ questions correctly, and _____ one was about the inventor of the light bulb. A. eight; three B. the eighth; the third C. eight; third D. eight; the third 5. You won’t achieve your dreams _____ you work hard. Let’s study together and make progress every day. A. if B. unless C. or D. but 6. Since I _____ helping as a volunteer in the school library last term, I _____ both reading books and helping others. A. start; enjoyed B. have started; have enjoyed C. have started; enjoyed D. started; have enjoyed 7. Of all the subjects I’ve studied this year, English is _____ because it allows me to express Chinese culture and stories well to the world by using this language. A. interesting B. more interesting C. most interesting D. the most interesting 8. Lisa has been an animal trainer _____ nearly twenty years _____ 2004. A. since; for B. for; since C. since; since D. for; for 9. The Spring Festival Gala was so amazing that _____ left in the middle of it. A. everybody B. anybody C. nobody D. somebody 10. After working hard on his project for several weeks, Li Ming has _____ improved a lot, and he has _____ given up when meeting problems. A. already; never B. ever; already C. yet; never D. ever; yet 第二节 语法选择（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10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。 There was once a king who had a great palace with a beautiful garden. He was happier than anyone else there. In the garden, there lived all kinds of animals. All of them enjoyed ____11____. The king was very happy with the whole garden except for ____12____ old tree. It was so old and dry that the king hated it very much. Finally, the king ordered some people ____13____ it down and turn the place into a swimming pool. ____14____ his surprise, after the tree was cut down, the animals left the garden. Without the animals, the garden didn’t look so beautiful any more. The king was disappointed, but he didn’t know what had happened. A young man went to the king, and said he could ____15____ what had happened. “This was because you cut the old tree down,” said the young man. “There _ ... ...
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