【正文】 afraid of small animals. A. him B. he C. himself D. him is （ ） you tell me any differences between _______ English and _________ English? A. Britain。 （ 40 分，共 20 題，每小題 2 分） A Hong Kong has about forty public(公共的 ) beaches. Some of the beaches are among the best in the world. People can go there for a swim. You can go to most of them by bus. To go to some beaches you must take a boat. There are toilets, changing rooms and places to buy food and drink on most of the beaches. You will swim there without danger if you remember these instructions(說(shuō)明 )： swim alone. swim after a meal or when you feel hungry or tired. not stay in the water too long. go out in a boat if you cannot swim. Remember : A red flag means that it is dangerous for anybody to go into the water. A blue flag means that it is dangerous for children. （ ） 56. The passage（文章） suggests（建議） that _______. Hong Kong public beaches are the best in the world Kong has the most beaches in the world Kong has almost forty public beaches of the Hong Kong public beaches are separate(不相連的 ) from the main islands. （ ） 57. We can reach ______ by bus. A. all the public beaches B. no public beach C. only a few public beaches D. many of the public beaches （ ） 58. When you see a blue flag, you know that ______ there. A. women should not swim B. children should not swim C. nobody should swim D. anybody can swim （ ） 59. Which of the following is true according(根據(jù) ) to this passage? can swim when you see where there is a red flag. should not swim with other people. should not swim after lunch. can’t swim for a short time. 八年級(jí)英語(yǔ)試卷 第 5 頁(yè) 共 10 頁(yè) （ ） 60. The passage mainly(主要地 ) tells us ______ in Hong Kong. A. the public beaches and swimming B. the danger of swimming C. the best beaches D. the difficulties to go swimming (B) On May 23, six pandas left an important panda base (基地 ) in Wolong, southwest China’s Sichuan Province(四川省 ), because of damaged (損壞的 ) shelters and food shortages（短缺） after the May 12 earthquake（地震） , The pandas took trucks(卡車 ) to Ya’an, a local official（官員） said. Eight other pandas left for the Chengdu Research Base on May 18. They will take China Southern Airlines (CSA) to Beijing. They will travel on a Boeing 747700 plane with bamboo and water， and they will stay at the Beijing Zoo, said Wolong director Zhang Hemin. ‘ There is enough water now, but food is still a big problem. The pandas need bamboos and apples.’ Zhang Hemin said. ‘ After the earthquake, the center needed lots of bamboo shoots, apples, eggs, milk powder and medicine,’ she said. There are about 1,590 pandas living in the wild in China, mostly in Sichuan and the northwestern provinces of Shaanxi and Gansu. （ ） many pandas left for Ya’an? A. 6 B. 8 （ ） will eight other pandas go to Beijing Zoo from the Chengdu Research Base? A. By bus B. By train C. By truck D. By plane （ ） 63. In China,what place has the most giant pandas? A. Beijing B. Sichuan and the northwestern provinces C. northeastern provinces D. Jiangsu （ ） 64. Which of the following sentences is NOT true according to the passage? A. Some pandas left an important panda base in Wolong after the earthquake. B. Eight other pandas will stay at Beijing zoo. C. Pandas eat bamboo shoots, apples, eggs, milk powder and so on. D. Water is still a big problem for the pandas after the earthquake. （ ） 65. This passage is probably(很可能 ) from ________________. A. a novel(小說(shuō) ) B. a storybook C. a newspaper D. a diary（日記） (C) The elephant is the largest of all animals that live on land. An elephant’s trunk(象鼻 ) is rather like an arm and a hand. It is used to pick up and pull things in its mouth .It is also used to pull up trees when the elephant wants to make path(道路 )through the forests. The African elephant is usually larger than the Indian elephant. It often stands 10 or 11 feet high, and weighs over 6 tons(噸 ). Both males and females grow trunks. But only male Indian elephants have tusks. The elephant lives mostly on grass , leaves and fruits . It has been easy for men to train elephants. They are used to carry heavy things. Elephants can live for about fifty years or more . （ ） 66. Elephants are ________. A. not found in the forests B. only found in Africa C. larger than any other animal on land D. the largest animal in the word 八年級(jí)英語(yǔ)試卷 第 6 頁(yè) 共 10 頁(yè) （ ） 67. Elephants use their________. A. trunks to do things as men use their hands to B. trunks to pull up trees only when they want to make paths through the woods C. tusks to do what men use their hands to D. tusks to eat up trees （ ） 68. Which of the following is NOT right? A. Female Indian elephants have tusks.