八年级英语月考题(一)

月考检测试题

一、单项选择20分

1. Liu Ying is ______ university student now. She wants to be ______ scientist in the future.

A. an; a

B. a; a

C. an; the

D. a; the

2. Try to sing some English songs, and you’ll find it interesting ______ a foreign language.

A. learning

B. learns

C. learn

D. to learn

3. Jenny is ______ taller than any other student in her class.

A. much

B. very

C. more

D. much more

4. Jane enjoys travelling and she plans to go ______ next year.

A. special somewhere

B. anywhere special

C. somewhere special

D. special anywhere

5. She has ______ picture that no one could keep their eyes off it.

A. so a beautiful

B. such a beautiful

C. so beautiful

D. such beautiful

6. I’d like to eat these sandwiches. They taste ______.

A. salty

B. good

C. well

D. terrible

7. It’s very brave （勇敢的）_____ you ______ the boy from the accident.

A. for; saving

B. for; to save

C. of; to save

D. of; saving

8. —______the population of China? —______over 1, 300, 000, 000.

A. How many are; They are

B. How’s; It’s

C. What’s; It’s

D. How much is; It’s

9. My little sister stopped ______ and played the toy dog.

A. to cry

B. cries

C. cried

D. crying

10. I hear ______ students went to the hall to have the concert.

A. two hundred

B. two hundreds

C. hundred of

D. two hundred of

11. —Must I hand in my homework now? —No, you______. You can do it tomorrow.

A. mustn’t

B. needn’t

C. shouldn’t

D. can’t

12. I can’t understand the novel well ______ there are no new words in it.

A. although

B. because

C. if

D. so

13. ______of our classmates are good at playing baseball.

A. Two fifths

B. Two fifth

C. Second fifth

D. Second five

14. —Who is the man over there? Is it Mr. Li? —No, it ______ be him. Mr. Li is much taller.

A. mustn’t

B. may not

C. can’t

D. needn’t

15. —What bad weather! It’s raining heavily!—______! We can not go climbing today.

A. Perfect

B. Bad luck

C. What a surprise

D. Sorry

16.—When did your uncle Shanghai?—The day before yesterday.

A. arrive in

B. get

C. reach to

D. arrive at

17. It took me two weeks reading the novels written by Guo Jingming.

A. finish

B. to finish

C. finishes

D. finishing

18. —We’ll go for a picnic if it this Sunday. —Wish you a lovely weekend.

A. will rain

B. doesn’t rain

C. won’t rain

D. rains

19. —Does the soup(汤) nice? —Yes. It’s hot, but really delicious.

A. sound

B. feel

C. look

D. taste

20. —Miss Li, could you give me on English learning?

—Certainly. First you should speak English every day.

A. any advices

B. many advices

C. some advice

D.some advices

二、阅读理解20分

A

Every year several thousand people are killed on the roads in Great Britain. Every year between one and two hundred thousand people are hurt. These people are killed or hurt in road accidents.

There are rules to make the roads safe, but people do not always obey the rules(遵守规则). They are careless. If everybody obeys the rules, the roads will be much safer. How can we