八年级英语优生检测

2013-2014年第一学期八年级检测英语学科质量调查

一 . 单项填空（每小题1分，共50分）

从下列每小题所给的A、B、C和D 四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

( )1.There is not enough _________in the corner to put the table.

A.place

B.places

C.room

D.floor

( )2.Remember to close the windows_________you leave the classroom.

A.before

B.after

C.and

D.or

( )3.Tom is much_________than Mary.

A.taller

B.tall

C.tallest

D.higher

( )4.Jack works on a farm_______the other side of the river.

A.at

B.over

C.on

D.in

( )5.This kind of bananas smells_______and sells________.

A.good; well

B.good; good

C.well; well

D.well; good

( )6.This story is very_______. I’m ___________in it.

A.interested; interesting

B.interested; interested

C.interesting; interested

D.interesting; interesting

( )7.Do you know __________to get to the hall.

A.what

B.how

C.which

D.where

( )8.If you don’t know a word, you must_________.

A.look it up

B.look down

C.look it over

D.look up it

( )9.----Must we go there by taxi?

----No,we_________. We have enough time left. We can go there on foot.

A.mustn’t

B.needn’t

C.may not C.can’t

( )10.Our teacher told us__________ play football in the street.

A.not to

B.not

C.to

D.don’t

( )11.—What do you think of the silk shirt? --__________________________________.

A.It feels delicious.

B.It feels smart

C.It feels quite pretty.

D.It feels soft and comfortable

( )12.—Have some watermelons, please.

--____________. I’m full.

A.Yes.

B.OK.

C.No, thanks

D.I’ll have one.

( )13.John likes playing_______violin, but Tony likes playing_______basketball.

A.the; the

B./; the

C.the; /

D./; /

( )14.---How about the song My Heart Will Go On?

---It sounds___________.

A.lovely

B.delicious

C.fresh

D.nice

( )15.---Mary, thanks a lot for_______me.

---That’s OK.

A.help

B.helps

C.helping

D.helped

( )16. Liu Tao is good at all the subjects at school,_______English.

A.really

B.mostly

C.especially

D.exactly

( )17.Both Kate and I ________ready for the picnic now.

A.is not

B.is getting

C.are getting

D.am getting

( )18.They never stare at others,____________?

A.do they

B.can’t they

C.don’t they

D. did they

( )19.I________ very tired after running.

A.felt

B.tasted

C.smelt

D.sounded

( )20.Tomorrow is my sister’s_________birthday.

A.twenty

B.the twentieth

C.twentieth

D.the twenty

( )21.One day Alice ______by the river with a book, but she wasn’t reading it.

A.is sitting

B.sit

C.sits

D.was sitting