八年级英语单项选择题

练习三

( )1.The headmaster’s praise for our group singing yesterday made us all ____ happily.

A, smile B, smiled C, smiling D, to smile

( )2.Children always enjoy ____ picture-books.

A, read B, to read C, reading D, reads

( )3.Oxford English makes my students ____ English more fluently than before. A, spoke B, speak C, speaking D, to speak

( )4.I prefer staying at home to ____ outside on a wet day.

A, go B, be C, going D, stay

( )5.She will be free this summer holidays. She decided ____ to Beijing for her holidays.

A, going B, to go C, to not go D, not going

( )6.Why not ____ us?

A, to joining B, joining C, to join D, join

( )7.Aunt Li says that she enjoys ____ with her daughters in Beijing.

A, to staying B, to stay C, stays D, staying

( )8.How did she make the baby ____ when her mother was away?

A, stop crying B, to stop crying C, to stop to cry D, stopping to cry ( )9.Mr Li ____ go to work by bus. Now he ____ going to work on foot.

A, used, is used to B, used to, is used of

C, is used to, used to D, used to, is used to

( )10.My uncle coughed day and night. When he spoke, he often stopped ____. A, coughed B, cough C, coughing D, to cough

( )11.Did you tell your children ____ throw rubbish on the ground?

A, not to B, don’t C, can’t D, shouldn’t

( )12.Never forget ____ “Excuse me” when you trouble someone.

A, to speak B, to say C, speaking D, saying

( )13.Mr Smith told us ____ him the information on Yu Garden next Monday.

A, to take B, get C, to have D, to bring

( )14.I’d like ____ you everything I saw along the journey.

A, to speak B, speak C, to tell D, tell

( )15.People in Bangkok enjoy ____ spicy food and fresh fruit.

A, eat B, to eat C, to have D, having

( )16.There used ____ a restaurant here.

A, to be B, to have C, to being D, to having

二、完形填空。

Long long ago, a poor young boy lived in a small village. Every afternoon, he walked around the village selling his cooking oil to make money. He carried the 1 in a small wooden basin(盆).

After he sold out his oil, he was very tired. He thought that he 2 a rest.

He left his wooden basin on a stone, put the money in it and 3 asleep. About two hours later, he woke up. He looked into the basin and found that his money 4 gone.

He went at once to see a judge(法官). The judge listened to the boy’s story very 5 . She thought for a while and then said to the man in her office,“ 6 and get all the villagers here.”

When all the villagers came, she said that everyone should put a coin into a pail(桶) of water. About half of the people 7 their coins into the water before a young man came up. He also put his coin into the water. “Wait a minute,” the judge said, “You stole the boy’s money, 8 ?” The young man’s face 9 red. “Yes-yes-yes,”he said, “But how did you know that?” The judge explained,“You see, after you put your coin into the water, some oil came up to the top. Your money must 10 from the oil basin. Am I right?”

( ) 1. A. village B. oil C. money D. people ( ) 2. A. would make B. will take C. had D. would take ( ) 3. A. felt B. fell C. feel D. fall

( ) 4. A. is B. were C. was D. are

( ) 5. A. carefully B. happily C. careful D. friendly ( ) 6. A. To go B. Go C. To come D. Come ( ) 7. A. puts B. would put C. put D. to put ( ) 8. A. didn’t you B. don’t you C. aren’t you D. won’t you ( ) 9. A. returned B. turned C. was D. get to

( ) 10. A. taken B. put C. come D. given

三、短文填空

People in different countries have different table manners. Something that is polite in one country may be quite__1_______ in another. In Britain, you mustn’t lift your bowl to your mouth when you are __2__________ some soup. But it’s__3___________in China. And in Japan you even needn’t worry about___4__________ noise while you are having it. It shows that you ___5_______ the food .But people in Britain think it is___6________ manners. If you are a visitor in Mongolia（蒙古）they wish you can give a loud “burp(打嗝)”after you finish ___7________. Burping shows that you ___8________ the food. So ___9________ you are in other countries, watch carefully and ___10_________ their table manners.