8A第二单元测试题
一、单项选择题（25分）
( ) 1. People in the UK say ―lorry‖ while people in the USA say ― ‖.
A. hall B. elevator C. truck D. soccer
( ) you still the Great Wall?
A. will rain; do; visit B. will snow; will; visit
C. rains; do; visit D. rains; will visit
( ) 3. He always looks . Now he’s looking at his new drawing.
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A. happy; happily B. happy; happy C. happily; happily D. happily; happy 4. What’s your best friend like? A. He is fine. Thank you. B. He is a doctor. C. He likes watching TV. D. He is helpful and generous. weeks in the summertime than American students. A. more; on B. fewer; on C. more; off D. less; off 6. I have money than you, but I have friends than you. A. more; more B. less; more C. fewer; more D. more; less 7. I feel ______ because my job is too ______. A. bored, boring B. bored, bored C. boring, boring D. boring, bored 8. –What makes you so ________ today, Jack? It is your first day of school. --Because my teacher says I am ________ honest boy. A. happily; an B. happily; a C. happy; a D. happy; an 9. Mr Fat has _______ money than Mr Thin, but he has _______ friends. A. more, fewer B. more, less C. fewer, more D. less, less 10. The taxi is going faster than the bus. A. very B. much C. more D. most 11. This problem is ________ that one. A. not as easy as B. more easy than C. not as easier as D. not easier than 12. Yao Ming is one of ________ basketball stars in the USA. A. much popular B. more popular C. most popular D. the most popular 13. Nancy spent half an hour ________ the piano every day. A. to practice playing B. practising playing C. practising to play D. to practise to play
( ) 14. ----Would you please not smoke here? Look at the sign. ---- ________.
A. No, I will B. Yes, I will
He’d like to share toys ____ them.
A. for, to B. to, with C. to, for D. for, with
( ) 16. Please do the exercises as _____as you can in the English exam.
A. well B. good C. better D. best
( ) 17. Mike’s father always makes him _____ some housework on Sundays.
A. to do B. doing C. do D. does
( ) 18. Mum, I am so hungry. Could I have _____________?
A. anything eating B. anything to eat
C. something eating D. something to eat
( ) 19. My hometown is ____________ beautiful than his.
A. very much B. more much C. much more D. very more
( ) 20. A lot of people tried their best, but ______ people won the prize.
A. a few B. few C. little D. a little
( ) 21. In China, most schools are ________ school.
A. mix B. mixing C. mixed D. mixes
( ) 22. Amy scored the _____ points in swimming.
I hope she can do better next time.
A. less B. least C. fewer D. fewest
( ) 23. In our school library, there _____a number of books on science and
the number of them _______growing larger and larger.
A. Is; are B. are; is C. is; is D. are; are
( ) 24. She is better at English than ______in the class.
A . any other student B. the other student
C . the one of any other student D. those of any other student
( ) 25. We lost the match because they had _______players.
They had eleven and we had only nine.
A . stronger B . younger C . fewer D . more
二、完形填空(10分)
One day a rich man met Tom. The rich man asked,―I hear you are very clever andis difficult for you. Can you tell me why you are so clever?‖
C. Sorry, I will D. Sorry, I won’t ( ) 15. My little brother is generous ___his friends.
Tom answered with 愚蠢的).‖ The rich man became .
Tom said, ―Sir, please unhappy. If you don’t agree what I said, now let me you a very easy question: If you have a group of sheep, I send you group. Then, you say, how many groups of sheep do you have?‖
―Why! That’s the easiest question in the worlknows that. I have two groups of sheep, of course.‖
Tom laughed and laughed and said, ―You are quite together is still one group. That’s the question in the world, isn’t it?
( )1. A. something B. nothing C. everything D. anything
( )2. A. smile B. smiles C. smiling D. a smile
( )3. A. happy B. sadly C. unhappy D. sorry
( )4. A.don’t B. don’t be C.not be D. isn’t
( )5. A. with B. to C. for D. about
( )6. A. say B. speak C. ask D. tell
( )7. A. other B. the other C. one D. another
( )8. A. People B.Anybody C.Somebody D. Nobody
( )9. A. right B. clever C. wrong D. difficult
( )10A. more difficult B. easier C. most difficult D. easiest
三、阅读理解（10分）
Tom and Joseph are best friends. They spent their summer vacation in Africa. When they were walking through the desert(沙漠), they started to argue(争吵) about something. Tom became very angry and slapped(掌击) Joseph in the face.
Joseph felt hurt, but he didn’t say anything to Tom. Then Joseph wrote in the sand(沙地): They kept on walking until they found a small lake. They decided to have a bath. But when ―Today my best friend slapped me in the face.‖ Joseph got in the water, he started to sink(下沉). Tom jumped in after him and pulled him out. His friend saved his life.
After he became well again, Joseph wrote on a stone: ―Today my best friend saved my life.‖ Tom couldn’t understand it. ―After I hurt you, you wrote in the sand. Now you write on a stone. ―.‖ Why?‖ he asked. Joseph answered. ―But when someone does something good for us, we must write it in stone so that
no wind can ever take it away.‖
( ) 1. Tom and Joseph went on a trip in ________.
A .Europe B .America C. Africa. D .Asia
( ) 2. Tom slapped Joseph because ________.
A. he wanted to play a trick on Joseph B. he argued with Joseph and got angry with him C. Joseph took him the wrong way in the desert D. Joseph played with sand
A. buy some sand and stones for their friends
B. find something delicious to eat
C. have a swimming competition
D. have a rest and wash themselves
( )4. The underlined sentence means that we should ________.
A. let others know we are angry with them
B. forgive(原谅) others for bad things as time goes by
C. make sure what we write will always be there
D.keep important things in sand but not on stone
( )5. The most suitable title(题目) of this article may be ________.
A. Tom saved Joseph B. Tom slapped Joseph D. Travel in Africa C. A friendship saved in stone ( )3. When they found a nice place, they decided to ________.
四、词汇 (共l5小题；每小题l分，计l5分)
A) . 请根据句意或括号中的中文提示、英文释义，写出句中所缺单词使句子通顺。(共5分)
1. English is one of the most important _______________(语言)in the world.
2. I also keep writing in________(法语) about my daily life.
3. We will have the _________(每周的) test next week.
4. The more careful you are, the ________(少的) mistakes(错误) you will make.
5. We spent half an hour __________( to talk about sth) these maths problems.
B）根据句意，用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空。(共 5分)
6.Among my friends, Leo does his homework ________
7. Kitty exercises more often than Sandy. So Kitty looks ________than Sandy.
8.How _________the monkey climbed that tall tree!
9. Please look after these bags. They are those_________.
10. Which city gets the________ rain every year, Zhenjiang, Beijing or Guangzhou?
C. 根据句意从方框中选择合适的动词，并用其适当时态填空，使句子通顺。 (共 5分)
11.It rained heavily yesterday, so my father me to school
12.He ________ his homework in ten minutes.
13. She ___________ her grandparents next Sunday, isn’t she?
14. It’s half past eleven now. He _______ lunch.
15. We won’t go swimming if it __________tomorrow.
五、句型转换（10分）
1. The book cost him 22 yuan
He_______ 22 yuan _______ the book.
2. He is the tallest boy in his class.（改同义句）
He is taller than _____ _____ boy in his class.
3. I go swimming for about half an hour.(改同义句)
I ______ about half an hour______ going swimming.
4. He offered me a glass of milk. (改为同义句)
He ________ a glass of milk ________me.
5. How is your school life? （同义句转换）
________ your school life________?
六、首字母填空（共10分）
One day the sun and the wind had a quarrel(争吵). The sun said he was wind. And the wind said he was stronger than the sun. Just then they saw a man walking down _ a hat and a coat on. The sun said, ―Let’s see who __ quickly than I, then you are the stronger.‖
―All right,‖ said the wind, ―I’ll try f__.‖ So the wind began to blow. But the h__Then the sun It shone quietly. Soon the man took off his hat and wiped his forehead(前额harder still, and the man began to take off his shirt. Then the wind said to the sun, ―That’s . You are stronger than I.‖
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七、任务型阅读(10分)
Mr and Mrs Turner are both lazy. Mr Turner likes sleeping. Mrs Turner likes dancing.He often tells her to do housework, but she doesn’t listen to him. Old Mrs Turner has to do all the housework for them.
Once the old woman was ill and had to be in hospital. Her daughter went to look after her there. Two months later, the old woman came back, all their rooms were in a mess(乱成一团) .She told her son to do it. But he didn’t.. On a Saturday evening, Mrs Turner wanted to dance. She began to look for her sweater. She saw Mr Turner watching TV and asked him to help her. But he didn’t listen to her.
―Our sheet isn’t clean,‖ said the woman, ―you’d better wash it tomorrow.‖.
―Turn it over,‖said the man.
―How lazy you are!‖ said the woman, ―I turned it over one month ago.‖
Can you guess who is the laziest in the family?
1. Who does all the housework in the family?
__________________________________________________________
2. What was wrong with the old woman?
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3. Who looked after the old woman?
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4. What was Mr Turner doing when Mrs Turner began to look for her sweater?
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5. Who was the laziest in the family?
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紫石中学八年级英语第二单元测试试题答案：
一、1—5 CDADC 6-10 BADAB 11-15 ADBDB 16-20 ACDCB 21-25 CDBAD 二、1-5 CDCBA 6-10 CDBCD
三、1-5 CBDBC
四、A1. languages 2.French 3. weekly 4.fewer 5. Discussing
B6. the most carefully 7. slimmest 8.quickly 9. Americans’10.least
C11. drove 12.will finish 13.is going to visit 14.are having 15.rains
五、1. paid; for 2. any other 3. Have/spend; in/for 4.offered/gave to 5.What’s ;like 六、1. stronger 2. with 3. take 4. more5. first6. harder7. held8. tried9. shine10. enough 七、3 八、略