八年级英语第一次周练试卷

春学期八年级英语第一次周练试卷

一、单项选择。(20分)

1.Nothing in the world is ______ if you set your mind to do it.

A. impossible

B. wonderful

C. interesting

D. necessary

2.Is ______ pollution ______ problem in your city?

A. /; a

B. the; the

C. a; a

D. the; a

3.They have never washed their clothes themselves ______.

A. already

B. ever

C. before

D. just

4.Every morning I come to school by bus ______.

A. on my own

B. with my own

C. in my own

D. by my own

5.They got married ______ 1960. That means they have been married ______ 1960.

A. at; since

B. on; in

C. in; since

D. for; since

6.Jim goes to school ______ every day. It is 5 minute’s walk from his home to school.

A. in a bus

B. by train

C. on foot

D. by coach

7.The room was very small, ______, it was very comfortable.

A. moreover

B. however

C. because

D. though

8.I began watching here an hour ago, but now nothing ______ yet.

A. happens

B. will happen

C. happened

D. has happened

9.My family ______ 5 years ago, so we miss our old neighbors ______.

A. moved away; at a time

B. moved on; from time to time

C. moved on; at a time

D. moved away; from time to time

10.My father ______ eat noodles but now he ______ eating rice.

A. used to; used to

B. is used to; is used to

C. is used to; used to

D. used to; is used to

11.--- Does your grandfather know Rugao Town very ______?

--- Yes, he knows ______ about it.

A. much; a lot

B. well; a lot of

C. much; lots of

D. well; a lot

12.---- Have you written anything on Chinese traditional food so far?

--- ______, but I have a plan for it.

A. Ever since

B. Later on

C. Not yet

D. From now on

13.--- Our village has changed a lot and the river is ______ cleaner now. --- ______!

A. more; Yes

B. a little; What a pity

C. a lot; Sorry

D. much; Exactly

14.--- Hey, guys. Do you often have fun ______ after-school activities?

--- Of course, we do. And we always have lots of time ______ soccer.

A. to do ; to practice

B. doing; practicing

C. to do ; practicing

D. doing; to practice

15. My son ______ up yet because he ______ to bed very late last night.

A. hasn’t got; has gone

B. didn’t get; went

C. doesn’t get; went

D. hasn’t got; went

16 .---Our country ___________ a lot. ---Yes, I hope it will be much___________.

A. has changed; well

B. has changed; better

C. have changed; better

D. have changed; good

17. ---Have you bought a new CD__________? ---Yes, I’ve __________bought one.

A. already; already

B. yet; yet

C. already; yet

D. yet; already

18. He and his family have lived together since he__________.

A. is born

B. has been born

C. was born

D. has born

19.--Have you finished your homework___________?

---Yes. I _________it twenty minutes ago.

A. yet; finished

B. already; have finished

C. yet; have finished

D. already; finished

20. I feel ________ thirsty. I’d like __________ juice.

A. a bit; a bit

B. a few; a few

C. a few; a bit

D. a bit; a little

二、完形填空。(10分)

Dear Jenny, how’s it going? Are you busy with your study these days?

I’ve been back at school 1 nearly your weeks. I’m very glad to tell you that great 2 have taken place in our school this term. First of all, we’re asked to clear our plates when having our meals and say 3 to wasting. Some of us used to order more than what we could eat. That was a big waste of food. Now we need to 4 the food we order. For example, we should turn off the lights when we 5 the classroom. And our school has opened up some fields for us to learn how to grow vegetables. Each class is given a small garden and our class has decided to grow some tomatoes and beans (豆类) in our 6 time. I think that’ll be very interesting. Maybe I’ll be able to 7 you some beans we’ve grown by ourselves next time! What’s more, we have only two classes in the afternoon 8 we have more time for after-school activities. I’m one of the traffic safety volunteers in our school. After school, we take turns to go to the streets near our school and ask people to 9 the traffic rules.

I think we having a different school life now!

Please write back soon and tell 10 more about your school.

Yours,

Wang Wei

1. A. in B. for C. on D. at

2. A. changes B. things C. interests D. lessons

3. A yes B. hello C. no D. thanks

4. clean B. pay C. cook D. finish

5. A. leave B. reach C. open D. build

6. A. busy B. free C. happy D. sad

7. A. plant B. buy C. send D. lend

8. A. because B. when C. before D. so

9. A. follow B. make C. break D. think

10. A. him B. her C. you D. me

三、阅读理解。(40分)

(A)

What do you think Americans in the early twentieth century did on weekends? What do they do on weekends now?

Then

Once upon a time, people spent lots of time at home on weekends. Then, new inventions changed the weekends.

◆People used electric (电动的) streetcars to travel in cities. On weekends, they rode the

streetcars to parks. Young people liked roller coasters(过山车).

◆The first movie lasted only one minute. Soon movies lasted longer. In the 1920s, movie

theaters sold millions of tickets each week. In 1927, movies finally had sound. Sometimes, people stayed at home instead, and listened to another new invention ---radio.

◆People in cities worked indoors during the week, so they wanted to be outdoors on

weekends. Bicycling became a popular activity.

Now

With more time, money and inventions, people have many more choices.

◆They can visit large parks like Disney World and ride modern roller coasters that go higher

and faster than ever before.

◆They can choose from lots of different movies at a multiplex (影城) or watch a video at

home.

◆Many people jog (慢跑), bicycle, work out at the gym (健身房), or play sports. Others turn

on their TV and watch sports.

1. Before the early twentieth century, Americans used to spend their weekends ______.

A. at home

B. in the theater

C. outdoors

D. in the park

2. Which of the following do you know is the newest invention now?

A. Radio

B. Bicycle

C. Movie

D. Video

3. What do you know about the first movie?

A. It had no sound.

B. It got longer.

C. It sold well.

D. It lasted minutes.

4. The roller coasters in American go ______ than ever before.

A. faster and lower

B. lower

C. more slowly

D. faster and higher

5. The best title of the text is “______”.

A. Many More Choices

B. The new Inventions

C. The Popular Activities

D. The Changing Weekend

(B)

Today it is found that most middle school students pay little attention to sports. Is it because they aren’t interested in sports? No. They often say they have other more important things to do. What are these important things? Exams! Students have to spend much time on all kinds of exams at school. So many of them almost become bookworms (书呆子). Books stop them from doing sports. Because of the pressure (压力) from their parents and teachers, the students have to work harder and spend most of their time on books. As for the students, they want to get good results so that they can improve their studies. So it is necessary for them to give all of their free time to their studies and stop their school sports.

In fact, education can’t go without physical (身体的) exercises, because a quick mind hardly goes along with a weak body. If you don’t have a strong body, you can never get anything, let alone (更不用说) a great success in your life.

6. ______ is / are the greatest problem(s), so the school students don’t pay much attention to

sports now.

A. No interest

B. Exercises

C. Education

D. Exams

7. The underlined word “pressure” means “______”.

A. happy feeling

B. food care

C. nervous feeling

D. deep love

8. If you don’t have a ______, you can never get anything.

A. good education

B. quick mind

C. strong body

D. good father

9. The writer thinks the students should ______ .

A. work hard all day and all night

B. have all kinds of sports after studying

C. give up the sports

D. spend all their free time on studies

10. Which sentence is true?

A.If students want to get better results in studies, they must not do sports.\

B.If students spend all their time on sports, they will improve studies.

C.If you have a weak body, you will have a quick mind.

D.If you want to be successful in your life, you must have a strong body.

My grandfather is eighty years old. He always complains about how fast things have changed, and he often says that life used to be better.

“Families aren’t what they used to be. A lot of families have broken up. If the husband and wife have problems with their marriage, they no longer stay together. And mothers used to stay at home and take care of their children, but now parents are both busy working. No one has time to look after children at home.

And the cars! No one walks anymore. More and more people drive. We used to walk five miles to school on school days, even in winter. But now we don’t. And, in school, children don’t have to think anymore. In math class, for example, we used to add, subtract, multiply and divide (加减乘除) by using our heads. But now kids don’t use their heads anymore. Instead, they use calculators (计算器).

Most families have computers now. In the past we didn’t have computers. We didn’t even have lights. My mother used to spend all day cooking in the kitchen. But now we don’t often eat home-cooked food.

And people talk less to each other than before. They are too busy to talk, too busy to eat, too busy to think… Life used to be simple, but it isn’t anymore.”

11. What does the grandfather think of the life now?

A. It’s as good as it used to be.

B. It’s worse than it used to be.

C. It’s better than it used to be.

D. It’s the same as it used to be.

12. What does the underlined word “marriage” mean in Chinese?

A. 生活

B. 工作

C. 婚姻

D. 家庭

13. What did the grandfather use to do?

A.He used to use calculators in math class.

B.He used to go to school by car in winter.

C.He used to go to school by bike.

D.He used to walk five miles to school.

14. What changes have happened?

①There are lights at home.②People often eat home-cooked food now.

③Lots of families have computers.④More and more people drive instead of walking.

A.①②④

B. ②③④

C. ①②③

D. ①③④

15. Which of the following is TRUE?

A. Life now is much simple than before.

B. People have more time to talk with each other now.

C. The grandfather only complains and pays no attention to better life now.

D. Lots of mothers still stay at home and look after their children.

Thirty years ago, Lake Ponkapog was full of life. Many birds and animals lived beside the water, which was full of fish. Now there are few birds, animals and fish. The lake water is polluted. It is filled with strange plants.

How did this happen? First, we must think about how water gets into Lake Ponkapog. When it rains, water comes into the lake from all around. In the past, there were forests all around Lake Ponkapog, so the rainwater was clean.

Now there are many homes around the lake. People often use chemicals in their gardens. They use other chemicals inside their houses for cleaning or killing insects(昆虫).There are also many businesses. Businesses use chemicals in their machines or shops. When it rains, the rainwater picks up all the chemicals from homes and businesses and then carries them into the lake. They pollute the water and kill the animals.

Boats on the lake are also a problem. Lake Ponkapog is a popular place for motorboats. But oil and gas(汽油) from boats often get into the lake. So more bad chemicals go into the water this way.

People around the lake love their lake and want to save it. Will it be possible? A clean lake must have clean rainwater going into it. Clean rainwater is possible only if people are careful about chemicals at home and at work. They must also be more careful about gas and oil and other chemicals on the ground. And they mu stn’t use motorboats any more on the lake. All these may change people’s lives. Only then can Lake Ponkapog be a beautiful clean lake again.

16. In the past the water in Lake Ponkapog was made clean by ___________.

A. fish

B. rain

C. birds

D. forests

17. The fourth paragraph mainly tells us _______ .

A. people like to go boating on the lake

B. some bad chemicals

C. chemicals from motorboats also make the lake water dirty

D. how oil gets into the lake water

18. To save the lake, people need to _______ .

A. be less careful about chemicals

B. use less water

C. grow fewer plants in the gardens

D. change their daily lives

19. “Chemicals” in the story means _______ .

A.化学家

B.污染源

C.清新剂

D.化学制品

20. What makes the lake water dirty?

A. Chemicals.

B. Strange plants.

C. Rainwater.

D. Forests.

四、词汇运用。(20分)

A. 根据句意及首字母提示完成单词。

1.When I first came to school, I felt l__________ because I had no friends here.

2.After the i__________ with the film star, the reporter wrote an article about her in the

newspaper.

3.I’m not good at English. Could you tell me how to i__________ it?

4.You can’t be hungry. You’ve j__________ had lunch.

5.Joe and Mary have been m__________ for 15years. They have two children now.

B. 根据句意及汉语提示完成单词。

6. Let’s open the window to let in some __________ (新鲜的) air.

7. Now many middle school students have their __________ (自己的) mobile phones.

8. We should do something to protect the __________ (环境) around us.

9. Do you often __________ (交流) with your teachers?

10. My family plans to travel ___________ (到国外) next month.

C. 用所给词的正确形式填空。

11. Shanghai __________ (be) a small town hundreds of years ago. Now it __________

(become) a large city.

12. --- How many times ________ you ________ (see) the film? --- Not even once. But I

__________ (see) it sometime next week.

13. She __________ (borrow) some CDs from me last week, but she __________ (not give)

them back to me yet.

14. As a young man, I used to __________ (swim) in the river near my home.

15. Jim has lived in Australia for two years. He is used to __________ (drive) on the left.

16. --- Where’s Li Ming? --- He __________ (go) to the teacher’s office.

17. The flowers need __________ (water) at once.

五、任务型阅读。(10分)

“For the past years, my life has been changing along with China,” said Dashan, a Canadian who is liked by many Chinese during an interview.

In 1988, Dashan performed in CCTV’s New Year’s Gala (春节联欢晚会) and he became famous soon. He said that he had witnessed (见证) many changes in China. To Dashan, one of the greatest changes in China is its way of communicating the outside world. His first trip to China in 1988 lasted days and he had to change planes and then took a train journey from Hong Kong to Beijing. Now it takes only 13 hours to fly non-stop from Toronto to Beijing. And during his first two years in China he had to write letters to his family. It took two weeks for the mail to arrive in Ottawa and another two weeks for him to get a reply (回信). “Now, everything has changed. I could talk with my parents on mobile phone and it costs only 4 yuan a minute. Of course we can also talk free on the Internet,” he said.

“We couldn’t see many foreigners in China then. But nowadays there are more and more foreigners in China. Many of them speak good Chinese. This is only natural, because as China opens more and develops more, China becomes stronger, more and more foreigners want to learn more about China,” he also said.

Why are there so many changes? Dashan’s answer is that China is opening more and the

六、阅读表达。(10分)

The class in America is almost the same as that in China. But something is different.

▲In America, if the teacher asks you a question, you should give an answer. If you don’t understand the question, put up your hand and ask the teacher to repe at it. If you don’t know the answer, it is all right to tell the teacher that you don’t know. Then he or she knows what you need to learn.

▲There is no excuse for not doing your homework. If you miss a class, you should call your teacher or someone who is in your class and ask for the homework.

▲You mustn’t miss a test. If you’re seriously ill, call and let the teacher know you will not be there for the test. If your teacher allows a make-up test (补考), you should take the test in one or two days after you go back to school. Bad illness is the only reason for missing a test.

▲Be on time! It is impolite to be late. If you come late, be sure to do it quietly. Take your books out of your bag after you enter the room. Then go to your seat and sit down quietly. In the

US, you needn’t knock befor e you come into the classroom. If you have to leave during the class, do it quietly, too. There is no need to ask for the teacher’s agreement.

NO more than 10 words

1. In America, when a teacher asks a student a question, what should the student do?

_________________________________________________________

2. When can you miss a test?

_________________________________________________________

3. If you miss a class, what should you do?

_________________________________________________________

4. Can a student leave the classroom without the teacher’s permission(允许)?

_________________________________________________________

5. Why should students go to school on time?

_________________________________________________________

七、短文填空。(10分)

Have you e __1 __ planted a few trees on Tree-planting Day? Each year, many of people, b _ _2__ old and young, plant a lot of trees. But this may not the best w __3 __ to make your home greener place. Last week, we v _4 __ a park in Hubei. We were s __5 __ to find most of the trees had been burnt. The workers told us that the trees d __6 __ soon after they were planted because they were not watered well enough. So the workers burnt them and changed the trees for new trees to be planted this years. On a card they found in one of the trees, a student w __7 __, “ I hope this tree will g __8 __ up with me to become the backbone (栋梁) of our country.”The workers said that the survival of the trees was really more important

t __9 __ how many trees were planted.

Some people in Beijing now have a new idea that they can donate (捐助) some m __10 __ and let professional (专业人士) plant and take care of trees.

1. ________

2. ________

3. ________

4. ________

5. ________

6. ________

7. ________

8. ________

9. ________ 10. ________

参考答案

四、词汇运用。(20分)

1. lonely

2. interview

3. improve

4. just

5. married

6. fresh

7. own

8. environment

9. communicate 10. abroad

11.was；has become

12. Have, seen；will see

13. borrowed；hasn’t given

14. swim 15. driving 16. has gone 17. watering

五、任务型阅读。(10分)

1.Canada

2. popular

3. changes

4. train

5. letters

6. few

7. Toronto

8. Internet

9. Reasons 10. stronger

六、阅读表达。(10分)

6.The students should give an answer.

7.When I am seriously ill.

8.I should call my teacher and ask for the homework.

9.Yes.

10.Because it’s impolite.

七、短文填空。(10分)

1. ever

2. both

3. way

4. visited

5. sorry

6. died

7. wrote

8. grow

9. than 10. money