拔高训练卷-基础知识检测 人教版八年级英语上册

基础知识检测
一、词汇单项选择
( ) 1. What is the girl’s name? ______ name is Michael.
A. My
B. Her
C. Your
D. His
( ) 2. How______ is the data line? It’s about eighty dollars.
A. long
B. much
C. old
D. many
( ) 3. Jackson borrowed a book ____ the library two weeks ago.
A. to
B. in
C. from
D. for
( ) 4. I am sorry I forgot to bring my textbook. I ____ it at home.
A. lost
B. put
C. forgot
D. left
( ) 5. What do you think _____ her a good student?
A. of making
B. to make
C. made
D. making
( ) 6. There _____ nobody in the room. The door is open.
A. can be not
B. be can’t
C. can’t have
D. can’t be
( ) 7. Hurry up, or we will _____ the plane.
A. catch
B. miss
C. take
D. lose
( ) 8. The postcard _____“Happy Valentine’s Day!”
A. says
B. writes
C. speaks
D. tells
( ) 9. The population of China is much _______ of Japan.
A. more than
B. bigger than that
C. bigger than
D. more larger than
( ) 10. --- Excuse me, may I try on ______ pair of gloves? This one is too small --- Certainly.
A. other
B. another
C. the other
D. others
( ) 11. He’s quite ________ math, but he never drops it.
A. good at
B. interested in
C. weak in
D. tired of
( ) 12. --- Computers are so helpful to people. They can do almost everything!
--- Yes. But they ________ what to do.
A. must be told
B. will be known
C. has to be known
D. will know
( ) 13. Her paper is out of use, but _________ is enough.
A. I
B. mine
C. me
D. my
( ) 14. If it ________ tomorrow, we will not go to Su Zhou for the trip.
A. will rain
B. rain
C. rained
D. rains
( ) 15. Look！________ beautiful church it is！
A. What
B. What a
C. How
D. How a
( ) 16. --- Is Mr. Baker really very ill? --- ________. He’s in hospital.
A. I don’t think so
B. No，he isn’t
C. I hope so
D. I’m afraid so
( ) 17. --- Mum, Billy is coming to supper this evening. ---OK. Let’s give him ________ to eat.
A. something different
B. different anything
C. anything different
D. different something
( ) 18. --- Would you like to play baseball with us? --- _____________________
A. Yes, I’d love to
B. No, please.
C. It’s OK.
D. All right.
( ) 19. --- May I put my bike here?
--- Sorry, you mustn’t. Please look at the sign. It says “________”.
A. no parking
B. danger
C. no photos
D. stop
( ) 20. He _____ the Army at the end of 1992. He ____ in the army since then.
A. joined; is
B. joined; has been
C. had joined; is
D. has joined; has been
二、完形填空
Monty Robert’s father was a horse trainer. As a child, Monty often went from one farm to 21 with his father. Sometimes they didn’t have enough money to22 food, but Monty still kept hoping to own a horse farm. When he was in school, his teacher asked him to write a paper 23 what he wanted to be and do when he grew up. He wrote a seven-page paper talking about his dream of having a horse farm one day. He 24 drew a picture of a horse farm in the paper. The next day he handed 25 in to his teacher. Two days later, he got his paper back. On the front page was a large red “F” with some words “See me after class.”26 the boy did and asked his teacher, “Why did I get an F?” The teacher said, “This dream will not come true for a young boy like you. Owing a horse farm needs a lot of money. You have to buy the land. You have to pay for a lot of things. There is no way you could ever do it.” Then the teacher added, “If you write this paper again with a27 dream, I will give you a good grade.” After school he thought about it28 . At last, he decided to hand in the same paper, making no changes at all. He wrote, “You can 29
the F and I’ll hold on to my dream.” Many years later, Monty had his own 200 acres（英亩）horse farm. His dream came true. So don’t let anyone take away your dreams. 30 your dreams are, just follow them.
( ) 21. A. another B. the other C. other
( ) 22. A. look for B. pay for C. ask for
( ) 23. A. in B. at C. about
( ) 24. A. ever B. even C. never
( ) 25. A. it B. them C. picture
( ) 26. A. Or B. But C. So
( ) 27. A. difficult B. bad C. simple
( ) 28. A. hard B. hardly C. easily
( ) 29. A. take B. write C. keep
( ) 30. A. Whichever B. Whatever C. Whenever
三、阅读文章回答问题
Stephen Hawking was born in 1942. He’s a world famous scientist and expert on space and time. Stephen is trying to find the answers to some very big questions such as: How did the universe begin? How will it end?
When Stephen was a student at University. He studied math and science. Then, at the age of twenty. he became very ill. He was so young, but the doctors said to his family, “He has only two more years to live.“ The doctors were wrong—he didn’t die. He can’t walk now, but he used a wheelchair. He talks with the help of a computer. After Oxford, Stephen went to Cambridge University. Three years later, in 1965, he became a doctor of philosophy.
Because of his health problems, it was difficult for him to draw diagrams or to write. So he started to think in pictures. With this new way of thinking, he became one of the most famous scientists in the world. In1981, he met the Pope in Rome. They talked about his ideas. Then in 1988, he wrote his first important book, A Brief History of Time. It rapidly became a best-seller and had sold 9 million copies by 2002.
根据短文回答下面的问题。

31. What did Stephen Hawking study at Oxford University?
32. When did he become very ill?
33. What did the doctors think of his disease?
34. Why did he start to think in pictures?
35. What kind of person do you think Stephen Hawking is?
四、写作
我叫Jack, 我有一个梦想，我想在2020年有一个叫Superman（超人）的机器人。

他可以帮我做事情，还可以和我一起玩。

请根据下面的提示，写出Jack的梦想。

不少于50词。

1. 希望他可以帮我修车。

2. 希望他可以帮人们搬重箱子。

3. 希望他擅长篮球，可以和我打篮球。

4. 希望他能和我玩电脑游戏。

5. 希望他能帮我打扫房子。

My dream
I’m Jack. I have a dream. I hope...
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