八年级下册学情检测英语试卷2

八年级下册学情检测英语试卷2

(时间：40分钟满分：80分)

一、单项选择(本题共30小题，每小题1分，共30分)

1.Scientists have tried to find lives on ______Mars, but they failed.

A. a

B. an

C. the

D. /

2._____ Earth we live on is bigger than _____ moon.

A. The; the

B. A; a

C. The; an

D. An; the

3.My parents ______Shanghai and they will be back in three weeks.

A. have been to

B. have gone to

C. went to

D. were going to

4.-- Who broke the glass?

-- ______. The naughty cat did it.

A. Nobody

B. None

C. Anybody

D. Somebody

5.______ the development of space travel, people may travel to other planets easily in the

future.

A. By

B. With

C. As

D. Because

6.Uncle Tom was tired but he didn’t stop until he _______ the top of the mountain.

A. got

B. arrived

C. reached to

D. reached

7.Tom often doesn’t have breakfast, so now he has got a _________.

A. toothache

B. stomachache

C. headache

D. backache

8.-- Why do you look so tired?

-- I have ______ finished a one-kilometer run.

A. ever

B. already

C. just

D. Never

9.It is ______ for little Tom to communicate with the foreign teacher. He has never learnt

any English.

A. important

B. impossible

C. natural

D. strange

10.--Your room is so tidy and clean!

--Yeah. My mother ______ it just now.

A. cleans

B. has cleaned

C. cleaned

D. is cleaning

11.Scientists are working hard _______send astronauts to Mars one day.

A. so that

B. in order that

C. so

D. in order to

12.-- How do you keep healthy?

-- I keep healthy ______ doing exercise.

A. in

B. to

C. by

D. at

13.You look _____. Did you watch the football match late last night?

A. excited

B. awake

C. active

D. sleepy

14.Reading in bed is __________ our eyes.

A. popular with

B. good at

C. good for

D. harmful to

15.I was not feeling ______, so I went to see the doctor immediately.

A. terrible

B. well

C. ill

D. angry

16.My grandfather keeps doing Taijiquan every day, so he is still______ although he is in

his eighties.

A. in trouble

B. in danger

C. in condition

D. in peace

17.I have had this bike ______ two years.

A. for

B. since

C. in

D. at

18.-- ________ have you studied in this school?

-- Since two years ago.

A.How often

B. How long

C. How much

D. How many

19.-- Have you finished doing the work_____ ? -- Not _____ .

A. already, yet

B. already, already

C. yet, yet

D. yet, already

20.-- Hi, Penny. Would you like to play computer games with me tomorrow?

-- Yes, I’d love to. But Peter_____ me to watch the Dragon Boat Race.

A. invites

B. has invited

C. is inviting

D. will invite

21.Tom ______ his homework yet, so he won’t go out with his classmates.

A. finishes

B. has finished

C. doesn’t finish

D. hasn’t finished

22.-- _____________________?

-- I have a headache.

A. How do you do

B. What are you up to

C. What’s wrong with you

D. How do you like it

23.Little John is interested in animals, so he often _____ lots of time playing with his pet

dog.

A. pays

B. takes

C. spends

D. costs

24.Kate couldn't ______ her bag anywhere.

A. discover

B. find

C. see

D. look for

25.Peter is a new comer in this school, so he has few friends and feels very______.

A. lonely

B. strange

C.fresh

D. alone

26.All the workers are very tired, but _______ of them would have a rest.

A.all

B. neither

C. none

D. nobody

27.He ______ the English-Chinese dictionary for about twenty years. It looks still very new.

A. has bought

B. has borrowed

C. has had

D. has found

28.Tom and Bob are good friends. They _____ each other since they _____ six.

A. have known, were

B. have known, have been

C. knew, have been

D. knew, were

29.-- Could you please teach me to swim?

--______. Shall we practise together on Sunday?

A. Sorry, I can’t.

B. You are welcome.

C. No problem!

D. Come on!

30.-- I will have a speaking competition tomorrow. I hope I can win.

-- ______!

A. That’s a pity

B. That’s wonderful

C. Have a try

D. Good luck

二、完形填空(本题共15小题，每小题1分，共15分)

About 70,000,000 Americans are trying to lose weight. That is almost one out of every 355 people in the United States. Some people eat __31__ food and they hardly have any fats or sweets. Others do running, exercise with machines, take medicine, or even have operations. __32__ you can see losing weight is __33__ work, and it will also cost a lot of money. But __34__ do so many people in the United States want to lose weight? Many people in the United States worry about their look of the body. For many people, looking nice also means