东莞市英语八年级下册期末复习综合试题 笔试部分（时间：75 分钟 满分：90 分） 二﹑语法选择 (本大题有 10 小题，每小题 1 分，共 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，从每小题所给的四个选项中，选出一个 最佳答案，并将答题卡上对应题目所选的选项涂黑。 Is a Crow(乌鸦) Smarter Than a Seven-Year-Old? When we think of intelligent animals, we usually think of dogs, cats, and apes. But do you know that a crow is among 21 animals in the world? Crows have memories and they are able to imagine the future. This helps them 22 problems like an ape(猿猴). They even use tools sometimes. A crow can hold a tiny bar in its mouth and use it to get at tasty insects. It's normal to think a crow in a tree hardly 23 any attention to you. You might be wrong, though. Crows can remember human faces. Some scientists believe that they can even tell other crows 24 a human is friendly or an enemy. Since twenty years ago, some scientists 25 that crows were able to solve a puzzle just as 27 eight-stage puzzle 29 28 how intelligent crows are compared to humans. They found 26 as a seven-year-old human. In another test, a crow solved three minutes. if anyone ever calls you “bird brain,” be sure to thank him or her 30 (　　)21. A. smart B. more smarter C. smartest D. the smartest (　　)22. A. solve B. solving C. solved D. solves (　　)23. A. pay B. pays C. paid D. paying (　　)24. A. when B. if C. whether D. how (　　)25. A. study B. studied C. have studied D. had studied (　　)26. A. good B. better C. much D. well (　　)27. A. the B. a C. an D. / (　　)28. A. within B. before C. in D. under (　　)29. A. So B. Therefore C. But D. Or (　　)30. A. for B. to C. by D. with the praise. 三﹑完形填空 (本大题有 10 小题，每小题 1 分，共 10 分) fears B. C. fearing D. feared 三﹑完形填空(本大题有 10 小题，每小题 1 分，共 10 分) 通读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后在每小题所给的四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案，并将答题卡 上所选的选项涂黑。 It was one of the hottest days of the dry season.We had not seen 　 31 　 in almost a month.The crops were dying.If we didn’t see some rain soon,we would lose everything. I was in the kitchen that day when I saw my son,Billy,walking toward the 　32　.Trying to be as still as possible,he was obviously walking with great 　 33 　 .Minutes after he disappeared into the woods,he came running out again,toward the house.Moments later,however,he was once again walking in that 　 34 　 way toward the woods.I couldn’t take it any longer and I 　35　 him. He was cupping both hands in front of him as he walked,being very 　 36 　 not to spill(溢出)the water he carried. As I came closer,I saw the most surprising sight.Several large deer stood in front of him.Billy walked right up to them.But the deer did not hurt him nor 　 37 　 move as Billy knelt down.And then I saw a baby deer lying on the ground,obviously thirsty,lift its head to lap up the water in my boy’s hands.When the water was gone,Billy ju mped up to run back to the house.I followed him back to a spigot(水龙头).Billy opened it and let the drip slowly 　38　 up his “cup”. When he stood up and began to turn back,I was there in front of him.His little eyes were filled with tears. “I’m not 　39　,” was all he said.The week before,he had made the same trouble with our horses,which caused him a lecture from his father about the importance of not wasting water. This time,I 　 40 　 him,with a small pot of water from the kitchen.I let him take care of the baby deer alone for it was his job.As the tears that rolled down my face began to hit the ground,they were suddenly joined by other drops... more drops... and more. I looked up at the sky. All I can say is that the rain that came that day saved our farm,just like the actions of one little boy saved another. (　　)31.A.wind B.snow C.rain D.cloud (　　)32.A.woods B.school C.house D.rivers (　　)33.A.surprise B.effort C.doubt D.notice (　　)34.A.natural B.obvious C.popular D.unusual (　　)35.A.stopped B.followed C.accepted D.controlled (　　)36.A.careful B.noisy C.comfortable D.polite (　　)37.A.ever B.yet C.even D.never (　　)38.A.set B.fill C.put D.place (　　)39.A.calling B.joking C.explaining D.wasting (　　)40.A.received B.believed C.joined D.pushed 四、阅读理解（每小题 2 分，共 30 分） A篇 Book Fair! Come to get books at a great price and support a charity(慈善机构) *You’re welcomed to give away books for all ages. *Buy used books (including some best sellers) as follows. 　Absolutely Almost　by Lisa Graff,US　$2.99(used) Albie has always been an “almost”.He’s almost good at sports.He’s almost smart enough to pass his spelling test.He almost makes his parents proud.In fact,Albie has a long list of the things he’s n