八年级第一学期阶段练习A1

1、第一学期阶段性学习八年级英语A（1） 班级_ 姓名_ 学号_ 成绩_一、选择。（15分）( )1. I believe _, because he is _ honest man. A. what does he say; an B. what he says; an C. he says what; the D. the words he says; a( )2. There arent enough chairs. Would you please _ ones here? A. bring three more B. to take three other C. bring more t

2、hree D. to bring another three ( )3. Our English teacher always _ a smile on her face. A. wears B. have C. has D. show( )4. She is one of _ in our school. A. tall girls B. tall girl C. the tallest girls D. tallest girls ( )5. when spring comes, it gets .A. warm and warm B. colder and colder C. warme

3、r and warmer D. shorter and shorter( )6. _ of the two girls is Lucy , and she is a good at English. A. The prettier B. The pretty C. More prettyD. The most pretty( )7. “Titanic” is a very film and I am very in it.A. interested; interested; B. interesting; interestingC. interested; interesting; D. in

4、teresting; interested( )8. The boss often _the workers _for 12 hours a day. A. make, working B. makes, to work C. makes, work D. make, work ( )9. Her cousin was ill because of _hard work. A. too many B. many too C. too much D. much too. ( )10. The food very nice. A. taste, tasty B. tasty, tastes C.

5、taste, tastes D. tasty, tasty( )11. He always looks . Now hes looking at his new drawing. A. happy; happily B. happily; happyC. happily; happily D. happy; happy ( )12. Last time they had a great time _ with each other. A. chat B. to chat C. chatting D. chatted( )13. We didnt have a night these days

6、because we have much work to do. A. off B. to C. from D. during( )14. _ children there are in a family, _ their life will be. A. The less, the better B. The fewer, the better C. Fewer, richer D. More, poorer( )15. this book is that one, but than that one. A. as difficult as; expensive B. as more dif

7、ficult as; more expensiveC. as difficult as; more expensive D. more difficult as; as expensive二、完型填空。（10分） Some people in Britain or America like to invite friends to dinner at home. But this is more common in America _1_in Britain. Don't worry _2_your English friends don't invite you home.

8、It doesn't mean that they _3_you. When you _4_to an evening meal, ask your friends what time you should _5_.It is a good idea _6_a small present when you arrive, and it is _7_to say how much you like the house, _8_the room, or the pictures in the room, but don't ask how much these things_9_.

9、In this way _10_ you and your friends will have a pleasant get-together.( )1. A. that B. then C. than D. more than( )2. A. what B. where C. who D. if( )3. A. don't like B. unlike C. like D. doesn't( )4. A. asked B. are asked C. are asking D. were asked( )5. A. arrive at B. get to C. arrive D

10、. arrive to( )6. A. takes B. to take C. taking D. to lend ( )7. A. polite B. worried C. sad D. afraid( )8. A. or B. and C. but D. so( )9. A. spend B. cost C. take D. pay ( )10. A. both B. neither C. all D. none三、阅读理解。（20分）(A) At the Barber's Shop(理发店)Jack went to a barber's shop and had his

11、hair cut, but when he came out, he was not happy with the result(结果). When his friend Bob saw him, he laughed and said, "What has happened to your hair, Jack?" Jack said, "I tried a new barber's shop today, because I wasn't quite satisfied with my old one, but this one seems e

12、ven worse." Bob agreed(同意). "Yes, I think you're right, Jack. Now I'll tell you what to do when you go into a barber's shop next time: look at all the barber's hair, find out whose hair looks worst, and then go straight to him." "Why shall I go to him?" Jack

13、asked. "But that would be foolish!" "Oh, no, it wouldn't," answered Bob. "Who cut that man's hair? Just think it. He couldn't cut it himself, could he? Another of the barbers cut it. So you know he can't be the worst barber." ( )1. When Jack went out of

14、the barber's shop, he was not happy because _.A. nobody had cut his hair B. the barber hadn't cut his hair wellC. the barber had cut his hair carefullyD. he was not satisfied with his old barber( )2. "I tried a new barber's shop today." means _.A. this barber's shop was a n

15、ew one B. this was the only barber's shop in this townC. Jack often went to this barber's shopD. Jack had not been to this barber's shop before( )3. After Jack had his hair cut, he thought _.A. the new barber's shop was the best oneB. the old barber's shop wasn't so good as t

16、he new oneC. the new barber's shop was worse than the old oneD. the old barber's shop was the worst one( )4. Bob told Jack to find out which barber's hair looked the worst and then go straight to him. Why?A. Because he was certainly the best barber. B. Because he was free all the timeC.

17、Because he was the worst barber.D. Because he wasn't the worst barber.( )5. From the story we know that _.A. it's foolish to have one's hair cut at a barber's shopB. barbers cut each other's hair C. barbers never have their hair cutD. a barber always cuts his hair by himself(B)La

18、nguagesThere are more than 3,000 million people on the earth and about 2,500 languages. Of these languages only about twelve are used by more than 50 million people. Here are the names of some languages which have very wide use: Chinese, English, French, German, Japanese etc. All these languages hav

19、e more people talking them today than ever before. A hundred and fifty years ago there were only about twenty million people who talked English, for example. Now there are at least two hundred and fifty million, and there may be many, many more.( )1. There are about _ languages in the world.A. 3,000

20、 B. 2,500 C. 5 D. 50 million( )2. Which languages are widely used in the world?A. English and Chinese B. German and JapaneseC. French D. ABC( )3. 150 years ago, only about _ people spoke English.A. 20,000 B. 200,000 C. 2,000,000 D. 20,000,000( )4. Which of the following languages has most speakers,

21、do you think?A. English B. French C. Chinese D. Japanese( )5. We know that now there are _ people speaking English than before.A. fewer B. much less C. much more D. many more四、词汇。（20分）（一）用所给词的适当形式填空。1. Would you like something (drink)?2. Linda is a (care) girl and she is good at Math. 3. Are you wil

22、ling _ (sing) us an English song?4. She isnt so (slim) as you.5. Who came here_(early), Mary or Jane?6. He should try his best (finish) the work in time.7. He is _ _(fat) of the three.8. My watch is different from (you).9. I believe that she (be) a very good teacher in the future.10. Now I know how

23、to cook (health) meals.（二）根据句意和首字母完成单词，一空一词。1. He is not tall_ (几乎) 1.70 metres.2. They are my (英雄). I admire them very much.3. There are some _（广告）in the magazine.4. Millie and Sam are her (亲密的) friends.5. Its not easy to work out the problem. Could you help me (解决) it?6. Thank you for giving me so

24、me help. You are so h .7. He has poor e_, so he must wear glasses all day.8. What about going to the cinema to watch a m_?9. When f_ comes, the leaves turn yellow.10. Mr. Sun looks s in the new pair of sunglasses.五、句型转换。（10分）1Her father is very generous and helpful. (对划线部分提问) What her father ?2. The

25、re is nothing else in the fridge. (同义句转换) There _ _ else in the fridge.3. The boy is the tallest in his class.（同义句转换）The boy is _ than _ other student in his class. 4. It took me two hours to read the book. (同义句转换)I _ two hours _ this book.5. 南希的鞋子和我的鞋子尺码一样大。Nancys shoes are the as mine.六、任务型阅读。（每空一

26、词）（5分）In America each student works as hard as he or she wants in high school. If they dont work hard enough to get good grades, they will not pass. If they fail, they might not get into the college they want to. However, in high school you have more time to do some after-school activities than in c

27、ollege. Many students take part in hobby groups. Other students go in for sports such as football, baseball or basketball. Almost all high schools have sports teams. Also students usually get their first job when they are in high schools, though(尽管) the jobs arent very good. For example, a lot of st

28、udents work at fastfood restaurants. In American high schools, fashion seems very important. If you dont have the newest and coolest clothes as those children who certainly already have them, they will think you are not cool.Names of ball games in high schoolFootball, _1_ and basketballReason of working _2_ To get good _3_ to get into collegeActivities in free timeJoining in the sports _4_Going in for fashion_5_ at fast-food restaurant.七、缺词填空（10分）（每空一词）Tina studies in a secondary school in a town near London. There is a park o