八年级下学期英语第三次月考试卷及答案

八年级下学期英语第三次月考试卷

（考试时间90 分钟满分100分）

一单项选择。（每题1分，共20分）

( )1. --- What ______ exciting news it is! Is ______ news true?

--- Yes, it is.

A. an ;the

B. an ;a

C. /;the

D. / ; a

( )2. My grandma ________ me stories when I was very young.

A. used to tell

B. is used to tell

C. used to telling

D. was used to tell

( )3. –Roman Holiday is the best love film that I have ________ seen.

-- But I have _______ seen it before. What a pity!

A. ever, already

B. never, ever

C. ever, never

D. already, yet

( )4. --- Mum, where is my father?

--- He __________ Shanghai. He will be back in two days.

A. has gone to

B. has been to

C. has been in

D. went to

( )5. The population of China is ______ bigger than that of the USA.

A. a lot

B. quite

C. a lot of

D. a bit of

( )6. She still went to work ______ she didn’t feel well yesterday.

A. as long as

B. even though

C. as soon as

D. so that

( )7. —______ is Qomolangma?

—8,844.43 meters.

A. How long

B. How far

C. How high

D. How deep

( )8. —Did it snow the whole day yesterday?

—Yes. Look! The ground is still covered with ______ snow.

A. thick

B. thin

C. big

D. small

( )9. Linda is good at singing. She sings ______ in her class.

A. more beautiful

B. the most beautiful

C. more beautifully

D. the most beautifully ( ) 10. ______, or we will not catch the train.

A. Hurry up

B. Be quiet

C. Be careful

D. Try out

( ) 11. The film is about a poor child ______ alone on an island.

A. live

B. living

C. lives

D. lived

( ) 12. He liked the new toy so much that he didn’t want to ______.

A. throw down it

B. throw it down

C. put it down

D. put down it ( ) 13. Jenny taught us ______ a model plane yesterday afternoon.

A. made

B. to making

C. to make

D. make

( ) 14. Don’t go into the supermarket ______ people. It’s crowded.

A. full of

B. covered with

C. made of

D. similar to

( ) 15. What’s in the box? I can’t wait ______ it.

A. to opening

B. opening

C. open

D. to open

( )16. It seems impossible ______ so much work in such a short time.

A. finish

B. finishing

C. to finish

D. to finishing

( )17. There were ______ people watching the performance yesterday.

A. two thousands of

B. two thousands

C. thousands of

D. thousand of

( )18.—How long ________this couple _________?

—Sorry, I don’t know. But I know that the young boy is going to _____

a nurse next month.

A. did; marry; marry to

B. did, get marry; marry with

C. have; got married; marry

D. have; been married; marry ( ) 19. He _______ finished his homework ________.

A. has, yet

B. hasn’t, already

C. hasn’t, yet

D. haven’t yet

( )20.－I’m going on a trip to Japan after the exam.

－Really? ___________!

A. Have a nice time

B. Congratulations

C. OK

D. It’s nice of you

二完形填空。（每题1分，共10分）

（A）

It is interesting to visit another country, but there are some problems when

you don’t know the 1 very well. It may be 2 to talk with the people there.

We may not know how to use the telephone in the country that we are visiting. We

may not know how to buy 3 we need. In a 4 country we might not know where

to eat or what to order in a 5 . It is not easy to decide how 6 to tip waiters

or taxi drivers. When we need help, we might not know how to ask for help. It is

not pleasant to have an experience 7 that. 8 a short time, however, we learn

what to do and what to 9 . We learn to enjoy life in another country and then

we may be 10 to leave.

（）21. A. language B. people C. words D. country

（）22. A. tired B. happy C. difficult D. easy

（）23. A. something B. anything C. things D. shopping

（）24. A. good B. strange C. old D. young

（）25. A. shop B. school C. hospital D. restaurant

（）26. A. soon B. many C. much D. often

（）27. A. as B. like C. for D. with

（）28. A. After B. In C. Before D. For