2017兰生复旦八年级第一次月考(

兰生复旦中学2017学年第一学期

八年级英语阶段测试

Part II Vocabulary and Grammar

I. Choose the best answer.

18. Nodding head means“yes” in our country. Which of the following is correct for the underlined word in the sentence?

A. / mi:ns /

B. / mi:nz /

C. /mi:ŋs /

D. / mi:ŋz /

19. The American made Donald Trump ______ of the United States several years ago.

A. a president

B. the president

C. president

D. to be president

20. A group of ______ from Britain came to visit EXPO in Shanghai.

A. woman tourists

B. women tourists

C. woman tourist

D. women tourist

21. I hope you ______ my advice to be more friendly to your classmates.

A. take

B. will take

C. to take

D. took

22. John didn’t ______ the class yesterday because he was ill.

A. attend

B. join

C. take part in

D. join in

23. Look! The light is off. She ______ be at home.

A. mustn’t

B. can’t

C. needn’t

D. shouldn’t

24. Fred enclosed some photos in the letter and then posted it to her mother.

The underlined word in the sentence means ______.

A. picked

B. put inside

C. took away

D. enjoyed

25. Over ______ people watched the football match yesterday.

A. thousand of

B. two thousand

C. two thousands

D. two thousands of

26. Don’t put the vase ______ the corner of the table. It’s dangerous.

A. in

B. with

C. to

D. on

27. He ______ the letter typed, but he decided to handwrite it and send it in person in order to show his sincerity.

A. could have had

B. should have had

C. would have

D. must have had

28. ______ unusual report the professor gave us!

A. What a

B. What an

C. How a

D. How

29. --Don’t forget to write the postcode on the envelope.

--______.

A. Yes, I will.

B. No, I won’t.

C. No, I don’t.

D. Yes, I do.

1. I felt a great sense of ________ when I reached the top of the mountain.

2. Beijing has repeatedly criticized microblogs for ______ spreading what it calls unfounded rumors.

3. I don’t feel ______ enough to rush about, so I’ll sit down.

4. This is ______ class that I’ve met at the SE lab of Princeton.

5. For them, getting rid of heavy ______ labour is a big thing.

6. There can be no doubt that you will ______ in your scientific research.

7. He led me into his room and ______ hid a large parcel under his desk.

8. Her ______ certainly sound believable.

1. She is so greedy that she ______ never ______ what she has.

2. I don’t remember ______ such a man as him.

3. I ______ before Mum came into my bedroom and told me to get up.

4. Wendy, as well as her teammates, ______ several successful computer programs since she went to college.

5. You’d better ______ on the grass so as to make our campus more beautiful.

6. Women ______ to go out without veils(面纱)in some Arabic countries.

IV. Rewrite the sentences as required.

1. Wendy has breakfast with her family every morning. (改成否定句)

Wendy ______ ______ breakfast with her family every morning.

2. I’m really keen on what you said yesterday and want to go on a trip to Japan. (保持原意)

I ______ great ______ in what you said yesterday and want to go on a trip to Japan.

3. Tim’s never done that before. (改为反义疑问句)

Tim’s never done that before, ______ ______?

4. Mr. White has been an engineer for about ten years. (保持原意)

Mr. White has ______ ______ an engineer for about ten years.

5. unusual, Paul, an, three, thing, ago, happened to, days (连词成句)

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Part III Reading Comprehension

A. Choose the best answer.

Read the following reviews for movies that are showing at the moment. And then answer questions. Happiness (Romance) ★★★★

Happiness tells the story of two people (Lisa Turbot and Danny Roy) who work for different advertising companies. They talk on the phone all the time and do not like each other. But then they correspond by e-mail and fall in love. This movie will be very popular with teenagers and people who like romances. It also has beautiful music.

I Scream (Thriller) ★★

In I Scream, Paul(Colin Jacks) is a young man who joins a thriller club. Each of the members tries to frighten the others. Paul is told to stay in an old house for the night. Everyone who has tried to stay in the house before has died. This movie is very frightening but also quite silly. It does not make sense for Paul to stay in the house when things start to go wrong. Only for people who like thrillers.

Paul’s Heroes (Comedy) ★★★

This is a very funny war movie set in World War Two. Six soldiers (including Sammy Turblow) have to get to Italy to take secret messages to the American army there. During the movie, they dress up as women and fight with Italian workers. You can guess the ending, but it’s great fun getting there.

Twelve Hours (Drama) ★★★★

This is a very good drama with Jack Ross, who pays a hard-working truck driver. His wife becomes ill and he has to find a doctor who can help her. In his travels he meets Dr. Lloyd (Phil Driver) who has