八年级英语上练习题

八年级英语上练习题

( )1. In our country, it’s in July than in August.

A. hot

B. hoter

C. hotter

D. hottest

( )2. Jim is not as science as Tom.

A. better at

B. best at

C. gooder at

D. good at

( )3. You’re taller than me.

A. many

B. a few

C. more

D. a little

( )4. I don’t understand they said.

A. that

B. which

C. how

D. what

( )5. The boy enjoys stories.

A. saying

B. to say

C. telling

D. to tell

( )6. Oh, the radio. There is the weather report.

A. hear

B. listen to

C. watch

D. see

( )7. The students have homework to do every day.

A. too many

B. much too

C. too much

D. many too

( )8.—Must I finish the work today?

—No, you .

A. needn’t

B. mustn’t

C. don’t

D. can’t

( )9. Tom failed in the examination again he study hard for it.

A. as

B. though

C. if

D. and

( )10. Joe is good at math. .

A. So does Jim

B. So is Jim

C. So Jim does

D. So Jim is

( )11. The boss makes the worker 12 hours a day.

A. to work

B. works

C. working

D. work

( )12. Tom was born the morning of March 10th, 1989.

A. in

B. by

C. on

D. at

( )13. Look! Lucy is as as Lily.

A. tallest

B. taller

C. the taller

D. tall

( )14. The children did very in the sports meeting.

A. well

B. good

C. nice

D. fine

( )15. Do you know the man Smith?

A. calls

B. called C, calling D. to call

二、完型填空（10%）

We see the sun every day. If it is __1__, we can see the moon in the night, too. The sun and the moon are very near us. They are __2__ stars in space(太空)

Light travels at 300,000 kilometers a __3__. Light reaches us from the moon in __4__ a second and a half. The moon is about 382,000 kilometers __5__.

Light from the sun reaches us in 8.5 minutes. The sun is about 149,640,000 kilometers __6__ the earth. Other stars are __7__ away than the sun. Light from the nearest star reaches us in about four years. When you look at a star, it is very __8__. But in fact many of them are __9__ than the sun. They look small only __10__they are much farther away than the sun.

( ) 1.A. rainy B. windy C. sunny D. bad

( ) 2.A. near B. the nearer C. nearest D. the nearest

( ) 3.A. second B. minute C. hour D. day

( ) 4.A. more than B. less than C. much more D. as

( ) 5.A. far B. near C. high D. away

( ) 6.A. far B. away from C. far from D. away ( ) 7.A. near B. very farther C. more farther D. much farther

( ) 8.A. small B. big C. far D. near

( ) 9.A. little bigger B. very bigger C. much bigger D. more bigger

( ) 10A. when B. because C. if D. as

三、阅读理解（40%）

（A）

The Spring Festival is the biggest festival for Chinese people all around the world. The celebration usually lasts for 15 days. There is a lot to do.

On the eve of the Spring Festival, family members get together and have big meals. Their favorite dish on this day is dumplings.

Days before the Spring Festival, families will clean their homes. People think cleaning sweeps away bad luck. It makes the house ready for good luck.

The color red is everywhere during the Spring Festival. People think red is a happy color and will bring them a bright future. People wear red, too. They decorate (装饰) their homes with pieces of red paper. Kids get a lot of “hong bao”. It is a red paper bag with money in it. Usually, older people give younger ones hong bao. They think it brings good luck.

The Spring Festival is the time to make everybod y happy. So don’t say any bad words or do anything that will bring unhappiness to other people.

For example, you’d better not say any bad words like “death（死）”. Don’t break anything. People think that it means your luck is running out.

Also, don’t borrow o r lend money on these days. If you have borrowed money, return it before the Spring Festival.

根据短文，选择最佳答案：

( ) 1.What do most people do on the eve of the Spring Festival?

A. Family members gather for a big meal.

B. Friends eat dumplings together.

C. They borrow money from friends.

D. They give each other hong bao.

( )2.Why do people clean their houses days before the Spring Festival?

A. Because they enjoy being clean.

B. Because it is believed that cleaning will sweep away bad luck.

C. Because they think it will bring happiness to others.

D. Because it is thought that cleaning brings in money.

( ) 3.Which of the following things is not supposed to（不希望）happen during the Spring Festival?

A. Returning money before the Spring Festival.

B. Saying words that have something to do with (与有关) death.

C. Wearing red clothes.

D. Decorating houses with red paper.

( ) 4.The underlined phrase “running out” probably means “____”.

A. 跑出去

B. 打碎

C. 耗尽

D. 离开

( ) 5.We can tell from the story that the Spring Festival is ____.

A. a time of harvest and fun

B. celebrated for one whole month

C. only celebrated in China

D. a time for families to get together

（B）

Last weekend was a busy one, and a lot of fun! On Friday night we had a party for my friend Emily. It was her 12th birthday, and we went to Covent Garden. All the cool restaurants were there. It's such a nice place to go on Friday or Saturday nights. There is a band(乐队)that plays lots of cool music. They always play American music! The next day my friends and I went to the Tate Britain Museum. There were lots of paintings of the British

countryside. I saw a few of the paintings we discussed in class, and it was so cool to see them up close.

We spent Sunday in Putney, where we saw Oxford - Cambridge boat race (竞赛). It has a history of more than 150 years. The students of Oxford and Cambridge train（训练the whole year for this race. It is only 17 minutes long. There were 12,000 people by the river, and it was like a huge party! It was great.

( ) 1.According to the passage, Emily was years old last Friday.

A. twelve

B. twenty

C. twenty-one

D. twenty-two

( )2.Where did the author (作者) and his friends go on Friday night?

A. To Covent Garden.

B. To the Tate Britain Muse

C. To Putney.

D. To the River Thames.

( ) 3. What did the author and his friends do on Saturday?

A. They had a birthday party.

B. They listened to the cool music.

C. They had a painting lesson .

D. They saw a lot of British paintings.

( ) 4. When did the Oxford - Cambridge boat competition start?

A. About 150 years ago.

B. About 12,000 years ago.

C. About 20 years ago.

D. Nobody knows.

( ) 5.What did the author think of his weekend?

A. It was very busy and tiring.

B. It was very relaxing.

C. It was awful.

D. It was very busy and fun.

(C)

One morning in London, the weather was very cold, and many people caught a cold. They had to see a doctor, so there were many people in the doctor's waiting-room. At the head of the line was an old woman. The woman did not live in London. She lived in the country. She came here to visit her daughter. She wanted to see the doctor because she got a bad cold and coughed day and night.

“If I get there early, I can see the doctor quickly, ” she thought. So she was the first in the line.

She sat nearest to the doctor's door. An American came into the waiting-room, and walked quickly to the doctor's door. The old woman thought he was a queue jumper. She stood up and took his arm slowly, she said, “We were all here before you. You must wait for your turn. Do you understand?” The American answered, “No, madam. You don't understand! You are all after me! I'm the doctor! ”

( )1．________ were there in the doctor's waiting-room.

A．A few people. B．A lot of people. C．Few people. D．Nobody.

( )2．The woman came ______.

A．from the country B．from a town C．from a factory D．from a farm

( )3．The old woman was the first in the line so that she could ______.

A．spend less time B．spend less money

C．see the doctor quickly D．have a talk with the doctor

( )4．The doctor came from ______.

A．England. B．Scotland C．America. D．London

( )5. Which sentence is right?

A. The American saw the doctor first.

B. The woman came very late.

C. The American was a queue jumper.

D. The woman came earliest of all.

(D)

Computers are useful machines. They can help people a lot in their daily life. For example, they can help people to save much time to do much work, and they can help people to work out many problems they can't do easily. Our country asks young people to learn to use computers before the twenty-first century（世纪）.

Today more and more families have their own computers. Parents buy computers for their children. They hope computers can help them with their studies in school. However, many of their children use computers to play games, to watch videos or to sing, computers can not help children to study but make them fall behind(落后). So computers are locked in boxes by parents.

In some other countries, even some scientists also hate computers. They say computers let millions of people lose their jobs or bring them a lot of trouble. Will computers really bring trouble to people or can they bring people happiness?

It will be decided by today's students themselves!

( ) 1．Why do we say the computer is a useful machine? Because ______.

A．our country asks us to learn it B．it can help us a lot

C．we can use it to play games D．it can help us to find jobs

( ) 2．What do many teachers and parents complain about? They complain that ______ .

A．their students and children use computers to play games

B．computers let them lose their jobs

C．computers make their students and children fall behind

D．computers bring people a lot of trouble

( ) 3．In this passage we know computers ______.

A．also bring us trouble B．bring us happiness only

C．are hated by people D．are bad for people's health

( ) 4．Can computers really help children to study?

A．Yes, they can.B．It's hard to say.C．No, they can't.D．Of course not.

( ) 5．How do you understand the last sentence of this passage? I think it means ______.

A．computers are used by people B．people can live well without computers

C．one must decide how to use computers D．computers are strange machines

A: I have decided to improve my English from now on.

B: Oh, really? 1 .

A: The best time to read English is morning. So I want to read English for an hour in the early morning.

B: Oh, that’s a very good idea.

A: 2 .

B: 3 .

A: I want to do more exercises and keep a diary in English every day.

B: Is that all?

A: Yes. 4 .

B: Great! But you see, you spend so much time learning English every day. Then what are you going to do with the other subjects?

A: 5 .

参考答案

一

1．C 2．D 3．D 4．D5．C6．B 7. C 8. A 9. B 10. B 11. D 12. C 13. D14. A15. B

二

1．C2．D3．A 4．A 5．A 6．B 7．D 8．A 9．C10.B

三

1. A

2. B

3. B

4. D

5. D

6. A

7. A

8. D

9. A10. D

11. B 12. A 13. C 14. C 15. D

16. B 17. A 18. A 19. B 20. C

四

d e f b c

五 1. ways 2.ride 3. wait. 4. far 5. stop 6. has 7. takes 8. work 9. for 10. all

六

When I was 10, I was a primary school student, I was a bit heavy and I was wild. I had long hair and I was always in the black skirt. But now, I have a big change! I am a middle school student, I am thin, I am outgoing, I have many friends. I am good at playing the piano. You can imagine how beautiful sound it was when I play it! And I have more than 10 new friends, my friends say I’m funny and smart. Do you agree with them?