江苏省20xx-20xx学年八年级英语下学期期末考试试题牛津译林版

江苏省20xx-20xx学年八年级英语下学期期末考试试题牛津译林版内容摘要：

p learn how to tell time by looking at the moon and the stars. The whole sky is their clock. In some places in the world the wind es up at about the same time every day or changes direction or stops blowing. In these places the wind can be the clock. A sand clock is an even better clock. If you had fine dry sand in a glass shaped like the one in the picture, you would have what is called an hourglass. The sand in the hourglass goes from the top part to the bottom part in exactly one hour. When the hourglass is turned over, the sand will take another hour to go back again. ( ) 66. According to the passage, there are ____ ways to tell time besides(除了 ) the clock and watch. A. 3 B. 4 C. 5 D. 7 ( ) 67. The Eskimos in the far north can39。 t use the sun for a clock because ______. A. they know very little about the sun B. the sun there never goes down in winter C. it39。 s too cold for them to go out to watch the sun D. it has long dark winters and long light summers ( ) 68. The underlined word tides in the passage means ______. A. 洋流 B. 潮汐 C. 海啸 D. 波浪 ( ) 69. In which page of a newspaper can you most probably read this passage? A. News. B. Science. C. Business. D. Advertisement ( ) 70. What’s the best title for the passage? A. Different Ways to Tell Time B. Useful Machines to Tell Time C. The History of the Clock D. The Development of the Clock （ C） Sometimes the easiest way to get somewhere is on the back of a bike. More and more people are using cars in many places in Africa today. However, things are different in Malawi(马拉维 ). Bikes are the most popular in this African country. Bike riding is a way of life in Malawi. People use them to carry heavy things. They also use bikes to carry people, including tourists. These years, taking a “ bicycle taxi” to travel around Malawi has bee quite popular among tourists from all over the you go to Malawi, you will find a lot of bike taxis waiting on the sides of the roads. The riders make the bikes fortable for passengers to sit on. You can jump on a bike taxi and get around at a very low cost. Alice is a 21yearold student from Canada. She enjoys the special bike riding a lot. “ I really like the bike taxi,” she says. “ It’ s easy and cheap.” Alice usually pays just $1 for going shopping in town. 28yearold Panjira Khombe began to ride a bike taxi two years ago. The young man enjoys this job. “ I used to make boats for a living, but that’ s a hard job. Being a bike taxi rider is easy for me and I don’ t mind carrying heavy people,” he says. ( ) 71. In Malawi ________ are the most popular way for people to get somewhere. A. cars B. bikes C. trains D. buses ( ) 72. Bikes are the most popular in Malawi because __________________. A. people are too poor to buy cars B. visitors don’ t like taking taxis C. they travel faster than cars D. they are cheap and easy ( ) 73. From the passage we can learn Panjira Khombe thinks that________. A. going shopping is easy B. making boats for a living is difficult C. riding a bike taxi is cheap D. carrying heavy people is interesting ( ) 74. Which of the following is True? A. The easiest way to get somewhere is on the back of a bike in the world. B. More and more people are using bike taxis in many places in Africa today. C. People in Malawi only use bike to carry tourists. D. A tourist can get around Malawi at a very low cost on a bike. ( ) 75. The best title of the passage may be “ ________” . A. Bike Riders B. A Special Country C. Bike Taxis D. A Cheap Journey 第Ⅱ部分 非选择题（共 60分） 五、阅读表达。 (共 5小题，每题 2分 计 10分 ) 阅读下面的短文，根据内容回答问题。 My father used to work in the city and seldom stayed at home. But he would e back help to harvest(收割 ) rice every year. One autumn, he promised to help our neighbor, who lost his arms in a traffic accident in 1999, to harvest his rice. After Father harvested our own, his little rice picker broke. What’s worse, he had to return to work the next day because his partner was ill in hospital. It meant that Father wouldn’t be back in a few days. It now seemed impossible to help out the neighbor. Father told us that he wouldn’t let the neighbor’s rice rot( 糜烂 ) in the field. He decided to harvest it by hand without a machine. “If tonight’s weather is clear, I think I can do it.” added my father. In fact, he was rather tired after a day’s harvest work. After dinner, Father had a short rest and made his way to the field. A full moon was glowing (发光 ) in the sky and the weather was cold but clear. He spent the whole night keeping his word. I would never fet the image(画面 )： Father was cutting rice in the light of the harvest moon. Behind him, row after row of rice stocks(秸秆 ) stood at attention, showing respect for a man who kept his word. 1. Where did Father use to work ? (No more than 5 words)________________________________ 2. What happened to the neighbor in 1999? (No more than 8 words)___________________________ 3. Why was Father required to return to work? (No more than 7 words)__________________________ 4. How did Father help the neighbor harvest rice in the field? (No more than 5 words) ______________ 5. How long did Father spend in harvesting the neighbor’s rice? (No more than 5 words)___________ 六、任务型阅读。 （共 10 小题，每小题 1分 计 10 分） 根据短文内容填写表格。 (每空限填一词 ) We all need a healthy environment（环境） , but we produce waste every day and it does harm to our environment and health. Though we are young, we can still do some。