八年级(上)英语期中测试题

育源集团2013-2014学年度上学期

八年级英语期中质量跟踪监测试卷一．单项选择。（20分）

1. This problem is _______than that one.

A. different

B. more easier

C. more much different

D. much easier

2. He is one of _______in the country.

A. the most popular football players

B. the most popular football player

C. the more popular football players

D. most popular football players

3. He felt _______after the journey. He never thought the journey would be so _____

A. tiring; tiring

B. tired; tired

C. tiring; tired

D. tired; tiring

4. Do follow the doctor’s instructions and take the medicine ________.

A. at the same time

B. for a time

C. all the time

D. on time

5. ---Your coat looks very nice. What is it made_____？

---- Cotton, and it is made _____Wuhan.

A. from; in

B. of; in

C. from; on

D. of; on

6. It is bad for your health to go to work______ having breakfast

A. without

B. at

C. for

D. with

7. Her son _____Coke, but now he _____milk

A. used to drink; is used to drinking

B. used to drinking; drinks

C. is used to drinking; used to drink

D. is used to drink; is drinking

8. Human beings give computers instructions and tell them ______.

A how to do

B what to do it

C what to do

D when to do

9. ______, there was no underground in this city.

A In the 1950s

B In 1950s

C In 1950’s

D hardly

10. You ______ever saw computers years ago, but now they are everywhere.

A sometimes

B usually

C almost

D hardly

11.We can do many things _______ computers.

A. by

B. with

C. in

D. on

12. ---There is a smile on Miss Gao’s face. She must be ____ with Sam’s work.

--- I think so. No one did as ____ as him in our class.

A. angry; well

B. pleasing; good

C. strict; good

D. pleased; well

13. I’m thirsty. Could you let me have _____ Coke?

A. little

B. any

C. some

D. other

14. The weather in Shenzhen is hotter than _____ in Beijing.

A. those

B. that

C. this

D. /

15. It will _____ six months to build a new library.

A. cost

B. spend

C. take

D. pay

16. --- Is _____ here?

--- No, Bob and Tim have asked for leave.

A. somebody

B. anybody

C. everybody

D. nobody

17. There is _____ in today’s newspaper so I don’t enjoy reading it.

A. nothing interesting

B. interesting nothing

C. something interesting

D. interesting something

18. Could you tell me how to read the number 18,306,211?

A. eighteen million, three hundred and six thousands, two hundred eleven

B. eighteen million, three hundred and six thousand, two hundred and eleven

C. eighteen millions, three hundred six thousands, two hundred and eleven

D. eighteen thousand, three hundred and six, two hundred eleven

19. No one knew _____ what happened to Bill yesterday.

A. is sure

B. for sure

C. make sure

D. certain

20. The sun goes _____ the window and warm the room.

A. into

B. across

C. through

D. cross

二．根据括号中的汉语提示，写出单词的正确形式。（10分）

1．We use a computer to ________（控制）traffic lights.

2．Football is a _______（受欢迎的）game in the world.

3．When did Bell invent one of the first practical ________（电话）？

4．I like to have a city tour by _______ （四轮马车）。

5. A few ______（世纪）ago, most girls could not go to school.

6. It ‘s good for your _____（健康）to do more exercise.

7. Some ______（专家）will come to our school next week.

8．can you （想象）what it would like to live without electricity？

9．Travelling became faster and （舒适）。

10. we can use computers to (计算)

三．句型转换。(每空1分共20分)

1.You seem to be unhappy.

______ ______ that you are unhappy.

2. He saw nothing on the desk,______ he?(反义疑问句)

3. This camera is the most expensive model in the shop.

This camera is more expensive than _______ ______ model in the shop.

4. Today is October 2

5. (划线部分提问)

_______ the________ today?

5.There was a wise king in the country two hundred years ago . （同义句改写）

Two _________ago, there was a wise king in the country.

6.Without electricity, we will not have homework every day.

________ there is _______ electricity, we will not have homework every day.

7.Our classroom is 6 metres long.

Their classroom is 8 metres long. （合并成一句话）

Our classroom is _______ ________ ________ ________ theirs.

8.It took him 2 hours to play computer games yesterday.

He ________ 2 hours _______ computer games yesterday.

9.The king’s favourite game was chess. (同义句改写)

The king ______ chess ______.

10.He was not lazy any more. (同义句改写)

He was ______ ______ lazy.

四．选词填空。（10分）

Did Thomas Edison really ___1__ the light bulb? The answer is no. The real inventor of the light bulb was Joseph Swan (约瑟夫.斯万). He invented the electric light bulb in 1860. But Swan’s light bulb could not glow(发光)for a long enough time to be useful.

Ten years ______2______, Thomas Edison decided to _____3___ on Swan’s light bulb. He did a lot of experiments to find a better bulb ______4______. Finally, he found the right one. It could glow for about 1200 hours and, ________5________, it was cheap. In the 29th________6______ , light bulbs

began to be widely used all over the world. Even street ________7______ began to use light bulbs instead