牛津译林版初中英语八年级上册期末试题

牛津译林版初中英语八年级上册期末试题内容摘要：

ted, “If it will make you live forever, why don’t you drink it?” Then another person cried, ”Yes, you look as if you’re at least sixty years old.” “Thank you, sir, thank you,” the man replied. “I’m so glad you said that. My real age is three hundred and twentynine.” The crowd laughed at this, but there were still a few people who wanted to believe the man. One of them spoke to the man’s assistant as she passed by. “Is it true” he asked, “that he’s three hundred and twentynine。 ” “Don’t ask me,” the assistant said. “I’ve only worked for him for a hundred and fifty years.” 61. What did the man sell at first。 A． A cure for colds． B． Empty bottles． C． A cure for old age． D． A medicine that made people live forever． 62. Why didn’t the people believe the man was selling medicine that could cure（治病） old age。 A． The medicine was too cheap． B． The medicine was too expensive． C． He looked quite old himself． D． He didn’t look honest． 63. How old did the man selling medicine say he was。 A． At least sixty． B. Over three hundred． C． A hundred and fifty． D. He didn’t say． 64. How much did the man charge for the cure for old age。 A． One dollar a bottle． B． Twentyfive dollars a bottle． C． Ten dollars a bottle． D． Fifty dollars a bottle． 65. Which of the following is TRUE。 A． Not very many people wanted to buy the cold cure． B． He charged twentyfive dollars a bottle for the cure for colds． C． The man selling medicine had taken his own cure for old age. D． The assistant was younger than the man． B A man came home from work late, tired and unhappy, to find his 5yearold son waiting for him at the door. The boy asked, “ Daddy, how much do you make per hour?” The father was furious at his son’s question. When he said $20 an hour, the little boy asked his father to lend $10 to him. The father was even angrier because he thought the boy just wanted some money to buy a toy. So he didn’t answer his son. The little boy quietly went to his room .After about an hour or so, the man calmed down and started to think: Maybe there was something he really needed to buy with that $10. “Maybe I was too hard on you just now,” the man went into the room and said. “ Here’s the $10 you asked for.” “Oh ,thank you, Daddy!” He said. Then, he reached under his pillow, pulled out some crumpled coins and said , “Daddy, I have $20 now. Can I buy an hour of your time? Please e home early tomorrow. I would like to have dinner with you.” 66. How much does the man make if he works 10 hours? A. $10. B. $20. C. $100. D. $200. 67. In this passage, the underlined word “furious” means ______. A. very angry B. quite happy C. too excited D. a little nervous 68. At first, the father refused to lend the boy any money because ______. A. he thought the boy wanted to keep the money for himself B. he did not have enough money at that moment C. he thought the boy would buy something of no use D. the boy always borrowed money from him 69. The boy wanted to buy ______ with twenty dollars. A. a new book for himself B. a nice present for his father C. a toy for his own birthday D. an hour of his father’s time 70. From the passage, we can infer（推断） that the boy’s father ______. A. often played with his son B. spent little time with his son C. didn’t love his son at all D. often came back home early C If you are a member of a social working(社交的 ) website such as , Kaixin, MySpace or Facebook, you can add a new friend by sending someone a friend request（请求）． If you later fall out with that person, what do you do? You can hit the “unfriend” button (操作框 ) and remove (移走 )him or her from your friend list. That means you won’t talk, exchange information, or see each other’s updates(更新 ) on the website any more. That is a quick way to solve problems, isn’t it? In fact, “unfriend” is often used on social working websites. It has bee so popular that Oxford University Press recently chose it as the 2020 word of the year. Experts at Oxford University Press look at how the words of the English language change from year to year. They choose words that are popular and have important cultural meanings. Christine Lindberg, editor for Oxford’s dictionary program, said the word “unfriend” is popular now and may stay popular for a long time. People u。