八年级英语练习4

二．语言知识与运用（20分）第一节：单项选择（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）（）16. John is ___ honest boy. He said he would come here in ___ hour.A. a; aB. a; anC. an; aD. an; an（）17. Where is Cecilia Cheung? I haven‟t seen her films _____.A. in a long timeB. for a long timeC. in long timeD. for long time（）18. Though my uncle lives in the USA, he often _____ his family.A. thinks forB. thinks ofC. thinks outD. thinks over（）19. There are _____ advertisements on Channel 7 than on Channel 8.A. fewB. littleC. fewerD. less（）20. Kitty spends a lot of time ____ after-school activities, but Linda spends little time _____ it.A. doing, inB. to do, inC. doing, onD. to do, on（）21. —Shall we go to Laoshe Tea House to drink special Beijing tea tomorrow?—_____A. Good idea!B. That‟s right.C. Let‟s not.D. No.（）22. —Will you visit the World Park with me? —_____A. Yes. I‟ll be glad.B. OK. I‟ll be glad to.C. Of course. I‟m glad.D. All right. I‟m afraid to.（）23. The train arrived __ Nanjing __ 6.00 __the afternoon of Sep. 13.A. at; at; inB. in; at; inC. in; at; onD. at; in; on（）24.“Lift” is also called _____in American English.A. dustbinB. corridorC. elevatorD. rubber（）25. Yesterday I read this newspaper, but I couldn‟t find _____.A. something interestingB. anything interestingC. interesting somethingD. interesting anything第二节：语法选择（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）阅读下面短文，然后从26-35 各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

Once a rich man met a group of Arabs in the desert .It was not long _26_they became friends.Then one day__27__rich man fund his gold was gone.“Someone must _28__it during the night,” he thought. The chicf (首领)promised to _29__the thief. He said to his men, “Each of you must go to my tent and pull my donkey‟s tail,. You all know _30__my donkey is very clever. When a thief _31__his tail, he .will bray(叫)”.One by one the Arabs went _32__the chief‟s tent, _33__the donkey did not bray. Thenthe chief asked his men to open theirhands. He smelled their hands. After he smelled the hands of the last one he shouted, “you are the thief! Go and _34__our friend‟sgold at once, or I‟ll kill you!”The man brought the gold to the rich man.The rich man was _35_.The chief expiained,”I was sure that the real thief dare not pull my donkey‟stail, so I rubbed the tail with some strong-smelling oil. There was no smell at all from the thief‟s hands.”( )26.A.after B.before C.soon after D. when( )27.A.a B./ C.the D.an( )28.A.have been taken B.be taken C.have taken D.take( )29.A.look for B. look at C.look out D.look up( )30.A.that B.what C.which D.how( )31.A.touching B.touch C.touched D. touches( )32.A.to B.into C.out of D. round( )33.A.and B.so C.but D.or( )34.A.take back B.give away C.bring back D.put away( )35.A.surprusubg B.surprised C.surprisedly D.surprise三、完形填空（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）阅读下面的短文，从所给A，B，C，D中选出一个符合文章意思和语法的正确选项。

From Monday to Friday most people are busy working or studying, and in the evening and weekends they are free and ___36___ themselves. Some watch television or go to the movies, and others __37___ sports. This is decided by their own interests.Almost everyone has some kind of hobby. It may be something from collecting stamps to __38___ model planes. Some hobbies are very ___39__, but others don‟t cost anything at all. Some collections are wo rth a lot of money, others are valuable（有价值的）only __40__ their owners.I know a man who has a coin collection worth several ___41___ dollars. A short time ago he bought a rare （罕见的）fifty-cent piece which ___42__ him $ 250! On the other hand, my youngest brother collects match boxes. He has almost 600 of them, but I wonder __43__ they are worth any money. __44__, to my brother they are quite valuable. Nothing makes him __45__ than to find a new match box for his collection.That‟s what a hobby means, I think. It is something we like to do in our f ree time just for the fun of it.（）36. A. love B. work C. enjoy D. play（）37. A. look like B. take care of C. think about D. take part in（）38. A. make B. making C. buying D. trade（）39. A. interesting B. exciting C. cheap D. expensive（）40. A. to B. with C. on D. in（）41. A. thousand B. thousands C. of D. thousand of（）42. A. paid B. cost C. took D. spent（）43. A. that B. if C. what D. why（）44. A. So B. If C. However D. And（）45. A. good B. happier C. faster D. quick四、阅读理解（共20题，每小题2分，满分40分）阅读下面的短文，然后根据短文内容选择最佳答案。

ADavid worked in a shoe factory, but he was not very good, and he lost his job one day. His wife looked in the newspaper and said, “One of the banks wants a guard (保安).” “I‟m going to go there tomorrow,” David said, “I want that job, the guard‟s job.” A man gave him a piece of paper. There were a lot of questions on it. “Please write your answers under the questions.” he said to David. One of the questions was, “Have you ever been in prison (监狱)?” David smiled and wrote “No.” Then he looked at the next question. It was “Why?” He thought for a long ti me and then he wrote, “Because the police have never caught me.”( ) 46. David lost his job because ____.A. he was ill badlyB. he wasn‟t goodC. he didn‟t like the jobD. his factory was too far away( ) 47.How did he know one of the banks needed a guard?A. His wife saw it in the newspaper.B. His wife worked in that bank.C. His wife saw it on the computer.D. His friend told him the information.( )48. David went to the bank to ____.A. deposit (储蓄) moneyB. draw money C . ask for that job D. work hard( )49. The man asked David to ____.A. write his answers under the questionsB. clean the bankC. show how strong he wasD. give himself up (投案自首)( ) 50. From the text we know David is ____.A. cleverB. foolishC. oldD. tallBA young passenger (乘客) was looking everywhere for his ticket because the conductor was coming to punch (剪) the ticket. He was looking for it in all the pockets of his coats and trousers. What surprised the other passengers most was that they found he had the ticket in his mouth. The conductor quickly pulled the ticket out of his mouth, punched it and gave it back to the young man. When the conductor moved on, all the other passenger s couldn‟t help (忍不住) laughing. One of them said to him at last, “I‟m sure you felt foolish just now, sitting there looking everywhere for your ticket when it was right in your mouth all the time.”“Foolish?” answered the passenger, “I was chewing (嚼) the date off.”( ) 51. From the story we know that the young passenger ____.A. really lost his ticketB. was looking for a lost ticketC. didn‟t buy a ticket for the tripD. didn‟t remember where he had put his ticket( ) 52. The other passengers laughed because ____.A. the young passenger lost his ticketB. the young passenger gave his ticket to another passengerC. they saw the ticket was just in the passenger‟s mouthD. the conductor moved away without questioning the passenger( ) 53. It is clear that the conductor ____.A. knew the young man had no money for a ticketB. didn‟t know the young man had lost his ticketC. knew why the young man had the ticket in his mouthD. didn‟t know why the young man was looking for his ticket( )54. Which of the following is true about the conductor?A. He thought the young man was too lazy.B. He thought the young man was forgetful.C. He knew why the young man put the ticket in his mouthD. He knew the young man would get off at the next station.( )55. The best title (标题) for this story is ____.A. A Ticket without DateB. A Foolish PassengerC. Eating a TicketD. A Clever conductorCA man in a very famous restaurant started to take off his jacket. As soon as he saw this, the head waiter rushed over to his table and said, “I‟m afraid I must ask you to keep your jacket on, sir, because it is not good manners (礼貌) to do it in such a nice restaurant.”“Now, listen,” said the man. “I will let you know that the Queen (女王) of England gave me permission (许可) to take off my jacket here.”“The Queen of England?” said the waiter in great surprise.“Sure.” replied the man, “When I was in England last month, a friend of mine took me to see the Queen. It was very hot. I started taking my coat off. The Queen looked over and said, …You may do that in the United States, but you may not do it here!‟ So I got the Queen‟s permission, right?”( )56. We can be sure that the story happened in ____.A. AmericaB. the Queen‟s palaceC. EnglandD. an small restaurant( ) 57. When the head waiter asked the man not to take off his jacket, the man ____.A. took his advice at onceB. left the restaurant angrilyC. refused to listen to himD. wanted to see the manager( ) 58. The man told the waiter that he could take off his jacket because ____.A. the weather was very hotB. the Queen of England let him do so in the USA.C. he was very richD. he was free to take off his clothes anywhere( ) 59. What did the Queen really mean?A. People in the USA were less polite.B. She let him take off his jacket in America.C. The English and the Americans enjoyed different ways of life.D. He shouldn‟t take off his coat on such a formal occasion (正式场合) in England.( ) 60. From the story we can see that ____.A. the man went to have dinner with his friendB. the head waiter was afraid of the Queen.C. the man went to see the Queen of England with his friend.D. the Queen invited the man to have dinner in a restaurantDNew York, London, Paris and other big cities are exciting places to live in. there are many interesting things to see and to do, you can go to different kinds of museums, plays and films. You can also buy things all over the world.But there are serious pro blems in big cities, too. It‟s expensive to live there, and there are many people in some places of big cities. Every year many people move to the cities to find jobs, to study at good schools and receive good medical care. But sometimes these people cannot find work or good places to live in. Also it is hard to keep the cities safe and clean.Some people enjoy living in big cities; others do not. Before they move to a big city, they should think about the problems of living there.( ) 61. In big cities people can ____.A. go to different kinds of museumsB. see all kinds of plays and filmsC. buy things all over the worldD. A, B and C( ) 62. Which of the following is true?A. Big cities are not clean and safe enough.B. People can easily find good places to live in big cities.C. People can always have many chances to find work to do.D. All people like to live in big cities.( ) 63. In this passage the writer thinks it is right for people ____.A. to move to big cities.B. not to move to big cities.C. to move to big cities without thinking of any problems.D. not to move to big cities before they think over the problems of living there.( ) 64. This passage doesn‟t tell us that ____.A. Paris is an exciting place for people to live in.B. big cities have a lot of serious problems.C. big cities are all very dirty.D. usually people can get very dirty.( ) 65. Which is the best title for this passage?A. Big CitiesB. Interesting Things in Big CitiesC. Good School in Big CitiesD. New York, London and Paris五. 写作部分第一节单词拼写(5分)根据句子意思和所给的首字母写出所缺单词.(共5题.每小题1 分,满分5分)66. Daniel wants to c his school life with Nancy‟s and John‟s.67. Who are w to help the old man?68. Simon is a naughty boy. He likes to play j ____ on everyone.69. If you can‟t s___ the problem, you can come and ask us for help.70. Lu Xun is one of the most famous w__________ in China.第二节完成句子((共5题,每小题2 分,满分10分)根据所给汉语内容,用英语完成下列句子.71. Annie希望看到日落并拍些照片。