八年级（上）期末英语试卷
1.（10分）Li Lan is preparing a Christmas gift for her best friend.It is a cross-stitch（十字绣）.Making the gift takes up a lot of her free time. 
"I'm interested in making gifts myself," the girl in Grade 8， "and I believe my friend will like it very much." 
Many Chinese students make gifts instead of buying them.Li Lan is one of them.A DIY gift is not only cheaper but also interesting to make and it has a special meaning. 
Teenagers also make other gifts like bracelets（手链），Chinese knots（中国结）. "Gift shops may sell many of them,but any gift you make yourself is unique（独一无二的），" Zhang Jing,a 16-year-old girl said.She once made a cross-stitch for an American teacher.Her teacher was excited with it. 
However,not all students are DIY fans.Luo Yao thinks making gifts is a waste of time. "I often buy gifts for my friends,as time is more important than money," he said, "And some
gifts you get from stores are much more beautiful." 
(1)The report says that making a DIY gift may ______ . 
A. be easy    B. be boring    C. take much time    D. cost much
(2)The report tells many good points of DIY gifts except（除了） that ______ . 
A. they are interesting to make    B. they have special meanings
C. they are cheap to make    D. they look very beautiful
(3)Zhang Jing ______  her American teacher. 
A. made a cross-stitch for    B. bought a bracelet for
C. made a Chinese tie for    D. got a cross-stitch from
(4)The Chinese meaning for the underlined word "waste" should be ______ . 
A. 珍惜    B. 浪费    C. 投资    D. 节约
(5)Luo Yao thinks ______ . 
A. gifts from stores cost more money
B. money is more important than time
C. DIY is a waste of time
D. DIY gifts can be more popular than gifts from stores
2.（10分）The giraffe is the tallest modern land animal.It can be over 5.5 meters tall.Its neck alone may be 1.9 meters long.Yet the giraffe has only seven bones（骨头） in its neck,the same number as in the humans'（人类）.Even a small bird has more bones in its neck than a tall giraffe.Each bone in a giraffe's neck is very long,while the bones in a human's neck are short.That makes the difference.A female（雌性的） giraffe gives birth to one baby at a time.The baby,called a calf,is about 1.9 meters tall at birth.By the age of eight it is full-grown（发育完全的）.The giraffe eats mostly leaves.Because it has a long neck,it can reach the high leaves on the trees. 
 
(1)In this passage the underlined word giraffe means ______ . 
A. 鲸鱼    B. 长颈鹿    C. 大象    D. 河马
(2)The bones in a bird's neck are ______ . 
A. as big as in a human's neck    B. as big as in a giraffe's neck
C. more than in a human's neck    D. much bigger than in a giraffe's neck
(3)Which of the following is TRUE？ ______   
A. A giraffe has only seven bones.
B. The giraffe is the largest animal on the land.
C. It takes eight years for a giraffe to grow up.
D. Most of the leaves on the trees are eaten up by giraffes.
(4)When a giraffe is born,it is about ______ . 
A. 5.5 meters long    B. 5.5 meters tall
C. 1.9 meters long    D. 1.9 meters tall
(5)We can guess when a giraffe sees a tiger ______ . 
A. it will run away as fast as possible
B. it will run to eat the tiger
C. it will make the tiger bring it something to eat
D. it will bring the tiger something to eat
3.（10分）Hobbies are very important to a person.Without having any hobby,life won't be as colorful as it should be. 
I have a number of（许多的） hobbies,such as collecting stamps,playing musical instrum
ents （乐器），reading,and doing sport activities.When I am free,I will spend time on my hobbies.When I am in a blue mood（情绪低落），I will also do my hobbies to cheer myself up. 
Hobbies can help us improve our moods.Many hobbies require（需要） you to put your heart in them.For example,when you play a musical instrument,you have to practice over and over in order to perform（表演） good music.After a period（一段时期） if you still enjoy it,gradually（逐渐地） it will become a hobby of yours.But remember,a hobby is like gold（金子） under the ground；no hobby will come to you unless（除非） you dig it out（挖掘出） yourself.If you can treat study as one of your hobbies,learning will be more enjoyable.I hope all of you can find your own hobbies and also have fun from them. 
(1)What makes our life colorful？ ______   
A. Playing musical instruments.    B. Collecting stamps.
C. The blue mood.    D. The hobbies.
(2)Hobbies sometimes can make a person ______ . 
A. in a blue mood    B. find gold under the ground
C. cheer himself/herself up    D. perform good music
(3)If we want to have a hobby,we must ______ . 
A. practice over and over    B. put our heart in it
C. spend a lot of time on it    D. improve our moods
(4)How can we make our study enjoyable？ ______   
A. Practice over and over.    B. Improve our moods.
C. Treat our study as a hobby.    D. We shouldn't have hobbies.
(5)Which of these is WRONG？ ______   
A. Hobbies are important for a person.
仁爱版英语B. Playing musical instruments is a kind of hobby.
C. If we often do something and don't enjoy doing it,it will be our hobbies someday.
D. A hobby can be gold if we dig it.