八年级英语提优测试试卷.doc

英语学科测试选拔卷
八年级 英语卷
一、 单项填空（本题有10小题，每小题1分，共10分）
1. ________ woman in red has ________ eight-year-old baby.
A. The; an B. A; a C. The; a D. The; /
2. ---It’s a secret between us. Don’t tell anybody.
---Sure, _______.
A. do B. I don’t C. I will D. I won’t
3. I’ll go to the bank this morning. There’s very          money left.
A. little          B. a little        C. much D. more
4. ---You lent me some money a few months ago.
---______? I don’t remember lending you any money.
A. Did I B. Did you C. Do I D. Do you
5. —Is this Steven’s wallet? —No, ________ is black.
A. he B. him C. his D. he’s
6. ---Have you heard of the accident about Lucy and her father?
---Accident? No, I haven’t. Tell me about ______.
A. it B. her C. him D. them
7. The street hasn’t changed much. It is still         it used to be.
A. as quieter as    B. so quiet than    C. as quiet as D. so quieter than
8. Lucy is going to a party. ________ beautiful her new dress is!
A. How B. How a C. What D. What a
9. —English has a large vocabulary
—Yes. ________ more words and expressions and you’ll find it easier to learn.
A. Know B. Knowing C. To know D. Knew
10. —Excuse me, could you tell me the way to the shopping center? —Well, ________.
—It’s very kind of you. Just tell me the way, and I think I can find it.
A. you can go with me B. you are right
C. let me help you D. I’ll take you there
二、 完型填空（本题有15小题，每小题1分，共15分）
Once upon a time, some children were playing at seaside when they found a turtle (海龟). They began to beat it. Just at that time, a young 11 came and said to them, “Stop!” The children ran 12 quickly. The turtle was very thankful and said, “Thank you. I really would like to invite you to a wonderful 13 now.”
The young man 14 on the back of the turtle and was taken to the secret palace in the sea. When he arrived 15 , he was very surprised and said to the turtle, “What a nice palace!” To thank him, the king of the turtles gave him a very 16 dinner. He had never seen such a dinner before. He 17 a warm wele there and was very pleased with everything.
After dinner, the king of the turtles said, “I am going to give you two boxes, 18 you can open only one. “You 19 open both. Don’t forget it!” the turtle warned him. “All right I will open only one,” the young man promised. At this time, a large wave sent him 20 the sea.
After he was back home, he 21 the bigger one of the two boxes. To his surprise, the box was full of 22 . “My God!” he cried. “I’m rich now.” Then he thought, “ 23 in the other box must be expensive, too.” He could not wait any longer. He 24 his promise and opened the other box. As soon as he opened it, he became a (n) 25 man. His hair turned white. His face looked like an old man over eighty years old. It all happened in a moment. He was sorry for what he did, but it was too late.
11. A. woman B. man C. boy D. girl
12. A. away B. through C. into D. out
13. A. beach B. museum C. park D. palace
14. A. put B. rode C. watched D. talked
15. A. here B. there C. it D. that
16. A. bad B. poor C. big D. small
17. A. received B. sent C. showed D. bought
18. A. so B. or C. but D. as
19. A. must B. mustn’t C. needn’t D. need
20. A. into B. inside C. out of D. for
21. A. closed B. opened C. left D. kept
22. A. sand B. water C. earth D. gold
23. A. Gold B. Things C. Turtles D. Time
24. A. kept B. left C. beat D. broke
25. A. young B. rich C. old D. poor
三、 阅读理解（本题有15小题，前5题每小题1分，后10题每小题2分，共25分）
A
Korean culture is really exciting right now. The Korean Wave is sweeping Asian countries including China. Young people are going crazy about Korean TV dramas, Korean pop songs, taekwondo and the Korean language.
The Korean Wave started a few years ago with the TV series “Winter Sonata”. This love story is still popular. People, especially girls, like the beautiful story and handsome actors like Bae Yong Jun.
In the music world, Korean girls are making themselves heard in China. You can often find big Korean names like Baby Vox, S. E. S and Finkle at the top of the Chinese music charts (排行榜).
The Korean Wave has also made young people want to try the clothes and hairstyles of pop stars, too. Not only that. Now some girls in China are having plastic surgery (整容) to change the way they look. People say some beautiful Korean stars have had plastic surgery. These stars don’t make plastic surgery look shameful.
Are all the faces of beautiful Korean girls not real? Find out for yourself when you next visit South Korea.
26. What does the Korea Wave refer to? It refers to ____.
A. Korean TV dramas C. Korean language
B. Korean culture  D. Korean actors
27.When did the Korean Wave start? It started with ____.
A. the Korean pop songs B. Taekwondo
C. the TV series “Winter Sonata” D. the Korean food
28.Who is the famous actor in Korean dramas?
A. Bae Yong Jun C. S. E. S
B. Baby Vox D. Finkle
29.Korean stars often change their looks by ____.
A. singing pop songs B. acting in TV dramas
 C. trying different food D. having plastic surgery
30.Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A. Winter Sonata tells a very famous love story.
B. Young people like Korean pop stars’ clothes and hairstyles.
C. Chinese girls also want to try plastic surgery.
D. Korean pop stars think plastic surgery is shameful.
B
Look at the light and beautiful snowflakes falling. Ever wanted to hold them in your hands? They are always lost when they meet your hands.
Well, this isn’t just a problem for you. It was a problem for Wilson Bentley, too.
In the 1870s, Wilson Bentley was just a teenager. His family lived in a small town in northeast America. Winters there were long and hard. Bentley’s mother was once a school teacher. She taught him at home. Bentley didn’t go to school until he was 14. He was a quiet boy, and loved reading his mother’s books.
But it was his mother’s microscope (显微镜) that interested him. When the other boys were playing with balls, little Bentley was studying things like drops of water, flowers and snowflakes. Bentley loved watching snowflakes. For the next two years young Bentley spent many winter days in a cold room watching these ice crystals (晶体) under his microscope.
The boy thought they were so beautiful that he started to draw pictures of them. But there were so many snowflakes that he couldn’t draw them all.
How could he keep their beauty forever? Bentley thought of buying a camera.
The boy and his mother asked his father to buy one. But, his father didn’t agree. He thought the whole thing was a bad idea. He thought the only thing a farmer should do was farming.
But finally Bentley did get a camera. For more than a year he tried to take pictures of snowflakes. On January 15, 1885, during a snowstorm, Bentley took the first ever photo of an ice crystal with his camera. “It was the greatest moment of my life,” Bentley said later.
For 13 years, Bentley worked quietly and took thousands of photos of ice crystals. Later he became known as “Snowflake” Bentley.
31. The best title for this passage is ____.
A. Snowflake Photos      B. Snowflake Boy C. Long and Hard Winters   D. Teenage Photographer
32. We can tell from the story that Bentley’s father was ____.
A. a farmer        B. a funny man
C. an athletic man      D. a school teacher
33.Which of the following statements about Bentley is true?
A. He didn’t get any kind of education as a child.
 B. He was born into a rich family.
 C. He was the first person to take photos of snowflakes.
 D. He was fascinated by the beauty of snowflakes.
 34.What kind of person do you think Bentley was?
A. He was outgoing.      B. He was too serious.
C. He was interested in learning.   D. He was very warm-hearted.
35. The “ice crystals” in the third paragraph refers to “____”.
A. water drops       B. rain drops
C. flowers        D. snowflakes
C
Long, long ago there was a very foolish thief. Do you know what he did one day? When he wanted to steal the bell on his neighbour’s door, he walked up to the door, took hold of the bell and pulled hard. The bell made a very loud noise. The thief was afraid and went home. Then he sat down to think, “I must do something about the noise,” he said. He thought and thought. At last he had an idea. “Ah, I’ll put some cotton in my ears. Then I won’t be able to hear the noise.” The next day he went to the door of his neighbour, and took hold of the bell. This time he pulled even harder. The bell rang loudly, but the thief did not hear anything. With another hard pull he got the bell out. Just then the neighbour came running out. “Steal my bell? I’ll teach you a lesson the angry man shouted. And he hit the thief on the nose. The foolish thief did not know how the neighbour found out he was stealing the bell. “Why did he e out just then?” he wondered (感到疑惑).
36. The thief was trying to get .
A. his neighbour B. his neighbour’s doorbell
C. some cotton D. a door with a bell on it
37. The thief put some cotton in his ears. He thought it would be for him to steal the doorbell.
A. safe B. difficult C. dangerous D. easy
38. The neighbour ran out probably(很可能) because .
A. he knew his doorbell was being stolen
B. he thought someone was eager (渴望的) to visit him
C. he realized (意识到) something strange happened
D. Both B and C
39. The neighbour hit the thief to _________.
A. give him lessons B. punish (惩罚) him for stealing
C. help him with the bell D. be his teacher
40. Which of the following is TRUE?
A. The thief understood why he was hit on the nose.
B. The thief knew why the neighbour came out.
C. The thief thought the neighbour couldn’t hear the noise the bell made.
D. The thief didn’t want to know why the neighbour ran out.
四．词汇运用本题有10小题，每小题1分，共10分）
New York is a very large city with 8 41 (百万)people. How do so many people move about the city on their way to work and school? So, we should know something about its transport.
In New York you can 42 (参观)about the city by subway, bus taxi and car. The subway runs on the railroad lines 43 在……下面)the city. It crosses the city at different points and goes to all parts of the city. 44 (旅游)by subway is the fastest way to get around the city.
The 45 (第二)way to go around the city is by public bus. It’s a slower way to go. This is because the bus moves in road traffic which is often heavy.
You can also go around the city by taxi. This is the most 46 (昂贵的)way, but the taxi will 47 (送)you any where you wish to go to .During the mornings and afternoons, there is the “rush hour”. This is the time when the traffic is very heavy with people going to and from work. The last way is using your own 48 (车). However, it’s not easy for you to drive, 49 (尤其)when you are driving in the “rush hour”. If there is an 50 （事故）on the road, you will have to wait for a long time.