八年级英语下册第1-2单元练习题及答案

姓名：一.单项选择（15分）( )1. It will be bad for your health to eat _______ food and take _________ exercise.A. fewer, moreB. more, lessC. little, muchD. less, less( )2. There _________ a meeting tomorrow afternoon.A. will haveB. is going to haveC. will beD. are going be( )3. Everyone has his own dreams, but those dreams don’t always _________.A. come trueB. come overC. keep trueD. get out( )4. ---________ will your head teacher come back from England?---In two days.A. How longB. How soonC. How oftenD. How old( )5. If you want to know ________ the mobile phone, you’d better read the instructions first.A. how to useB. how to makeC. where to mendD. where to buy( )6. Mom, could you buy me a new jacket? This one can’t ________ the cold.A. hang outB. help outC. hand outD. keep out( )7. All the fruit is free. You can eat ________.A. as few as possibleB. as much as possibleC. as much as you canD. Both B and C( )8. Davy ________ his homework at home yesterday.A. leftB. leavesC. forgotD. forgets( )9.Yang Liwei is one of ________ in Chinese history.A. the most important personsB. most important personC. the most important personD. more important person( )10. Mary was disappointed when she found out they had gone to the cinema_____ her.A. exceptB. besidesC. forD. without( )11. I’m afraid I’ll have to _________ the lost book.A. pay forB. paid forC. pay ofD. paid on( )12. Little Tom is an orphan. He now feels__________ without his only friend the dog.A. very more lonelyB. even more lonelyC. more still lonelyD. more far alone( )13. At last, she found her _______ pet dog.A. lostB. loseC. losingD. loses( )14. —What’s wrong with you? —_________________.A. I’ve got a headacheB. She’ll take some medicine.C. She’s got a headacheD. Thank you.( )15. --- I was told to be here before seven.---Oh, you ______. I’m sorry for not telling you that we have changed the plan.A. mustB. can’tC. needn’tD. may二.完型填空(10分)The 16 in Britain is very different from our Chinese food. For example, they eat a lot of potatoes. They like to eat 17 every day. They eat bread 18 breakfasts and usually for one other meal. They eat their bread with butter, 19 cheese or jam(果酱). Cheese and butter are made from 20 .They drink a lot of milk, too. They drink the milk cold or 21_, and they putit in their tea. They put sugar in their 22_, too. They are the world’s biggest tea23 . They don’t eat much rice. And they like meat or fish with24 and other vegetables. They serve all these together. After the main meal they always have 25 sweet. They call this dessert. They d on’t have dumplings in Beijing.( )16. A. apples B. tea C. food D. fruit( )17.A. it B. them C. one D. they( )18. A. to B. with C. on D. for( )19. A. maybe B. be C. may D. may be( )20. A. milk B. cow C. meat D. bread( )21. A. hot B. many C. much D. bread( )22. A. milk B. tea C. coffee D. meal( )23. A. makers B. buyers C. drinkers D. sellers( )24. A. tomatoes B. bananas C. pears D. potatoes( )25. A. something B. anything C. everything D. nothing三.阅读理解(30分)（A）George liked flying a plane. Once he bought a small plane and learned how to fly it. He soon became so good that he could make his plane do all kinds of tricks（技巧）.George had a friend. His name was Peter. One day George said to his friend, “ Peter, would you like to have a trip in my plane?” Peter thought, “ I’ve traveled in a big plane several times, but I’ve never been in a small one, so I’ll go.”They went up, and George flew around for half an hour and did all kinds of tricks in a shaken voice（颤抖的声音）, “ Well, George, thank you very much for these two trips in your plane.”George was very surprised and asked, “ Two trips? ”“Yes, my first and my last.” Answered Peter.( )26. Peter ______ his friend’s plane.A. had to fly inB. was asked to have a trip inC. was asked to flyD. asked George to fly( )27. Peter went up with George in the plane because ______ .A. he liked traveling very muchB. George was good at flying his planeC.he had never traveled in a small planeD. Peter could do all kinds of flying tricks ( )28. They were in the plane for ______ minutes.A. forty-fiveB. sixtyC. thirtyD. some( )29. How many times did Peter travel in his friend’s small plan e?A. OnceB. TwiceC. Three timesD. Several times( )30. From the passage we know that ______ .A.Peter thanked George for the nice tripB.Peter thought it was wonderful to have such a tripC.Peter felt surprised that his friend could fly so wellD.Peter was worried about his safety while George was doing tricks in the sky(B)Life is like the four seasons. Now I am very old, but when I was young, it was the spring of my life. I was born, I played a lot, and then I started school. I learned many new things. Like aflower, I grew bigger every day. There were happy days and sorrowful days: some days the sun shone(闪耀), and some days it didn’t.In my twenties, I had a good job. I was strong and happy. Then I married and had a child. In those days, I didn’t have much time to think. Every day I was busy and worked very hard. And so, I started to get some white hairs. The summer of my life passed quickly.Then the days got shorter. Leaves fell from the trees. My child was a university student, and then an engineer. My home was much quieter. I started walking slowly. One day I stopped working. I had more time. I understood this was my autumn, a beautiful time when the trees change color and give us delicious fruits.But the days kept getting shorter and colder. Winter has come, I am older and weaker. I know I do not have many days left. I will enjoy them to the end.( )31. The writer was very busy in the ______ of his life.A. springB. summerC. autumnD. winter( )32. According to the passage, which of the following ages is during the autumn of his life?A. 15B. 33C. 62D. 87( )33. What does the word “sorrowful” mean in this passage?A. sadB. excitingC. wonderfulD. pleasant( )34. Which of the following statements is true?A. The writer was an engineer.B. The writer had a garden with flowers.C. The writer was always happy as a child.D. The writer now is old and weak, but still he enjoys his life.( )35. The best title for the passage would be _____A. Four seasonsB. My lifeC. Four seasons in a yearD. Four seasons in my life(C)What is a library for? Most libraries have books and other things to read. Many of them have things to listen to. Some libraries even have computers. Very few people would think of a library as a place to live in.One library in New York City turned into(变成)a home for 250 people for a few days. These were all people near the library. They slept on the floor. Why did the people move into the library? The people moved into the library because the city wanted to close it to save money. These 250 New Yorkers loved their library. They didn't want to lose it. So they moved in. They knew that the library couldn't be closed if they were living inside it. At last the city agreed to keep the library open, and the people all went home.根据短文内容，选择正确答案：( )36. Where did the story happen?_________.A. In New York City.B. In a school in New York City.C. In the streets in New York City.D. In most libraries in New York City.( )37. The library had hundreds of ___________.A. workers in itB. policemen in itC. people living in itD. computers in it( )38. The people in the story _______________.A. were all the workers in the libraryB. were all people near the libraryC. didn't read any booksD. wanted to buy some computers( )39. Why did 250 people move into the library? Because_____________.A. these people wanted to save moneyB. these people needed places to live inC. the library was very quietD. they loved the library and they didn't want to lose it( )40. From the passage we know that ___________.A. the library was kept open at lastB. the library was closed because no one read in itC. the library became a home of these peopleD. the city saved a lot of money四、词汇考查。