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八年级英语段考试题
一．单项选择。（２０分）
( )1. —_______ do you help the old man with the housework? —Once a week.
A. How soon B. How long C. How often D. How many
( )2. He is in good _______. He’s pretty ________.
A. health, health B. healthy, healthy
C. health, healthy D. healthy, health
( )3. —Your eating habits are very good. —_________.
A. Don’t say so B. Thank you
C. You’re welcome D. Not at all
( )4. —I have ______ today, so I can’t go to school. —I’m ______ to hear that.
A. cold, sorry B. cool, happy
C. a cold, sorry D. a cool, sorry
( )5. You’re too tired. You _______ have a good rest.
A. should B. can C. may D. shouldn’t
( )6. He will stay in Beijing for _______ days.
A. a little B. little C. a few D. few
( )7. Health is important to us. We should eat more vegetables and fruit instead of _____ rich food.
A. too much B. much too C. too many D. very
( )8. It’s easy ______ English and it’s important ______.
A. study, use B. to learn, to practice
C. speak, say D. say, speak
( )9. She looks ______ because she has a ______ vacation.
A. relaxed, relaxed B. relaxing, relaxing
C. relaxing, relaxed D. relaxed, relaxing
( )10. In North America, most students go to school ______ the school bus.
A. on B. in C. by D. take
( )11. This problem______ that one.
A. are the same to B. is different from
C. are different than D. is as easier as
( )12. The most popular ______ transportation are bikes and buses.
A. way of B. mean C. means of D. way
( )13. _______ to school by boat is _______ fun than taking a bus.
A. Go, a lot of B. To go, many more
C. Going, a lot more D. Goes, a lot
( )14. —How ______ is the subway station? — About three miles _______.
A. far, far B. away, away C. far, away D. away, for
( )15. —I’m sorry I can’t come to your party. I have to do my homework. —________.
A. That’s right B. That is a good idea
C. It’s good D. That’s too bad
( )16. —Would you like to come to my birthday party next Friday? —________.
A. I’d love B. I’d love to C. I’d like D. Yes, please
( )17. —Would you like _______ cake? —No, thanks. I’m full(饱的).
A. other B. the other C. others D. another
(  )18.Jeff can’t come because he      help his father
at home
A. must      B. can      C. has to    D. have to
(  )19.A small number of students       for next Vacation
A. is fishing  B. fishes   C. fish   D. are fishing
(  )20.He finally decided       Canada.
A. on        B. in        C. at        D. about
二．词汇。（20分）
A）根据句意、首字母提示完成单词。
1. I h_________ ever eat junk food, because it’s unhealthy food.
2. Maria e__________ every day, so she is in good health.
3. You should drink some hot tea w_________ honey.
4. Mary is t_________. Please bring her some water.
5. I can’t go to the movies this Saturday. I have to have my piano l__________.
6.Tom and Sam are twins, but there are some d        between them
7.It is very i          for us to learn English well
8.I am b          my little sister this weekend
9.It is about nine h        meters away from my home to school.
10. How to get to school d       (取决于)on where you live
B) 用所给词的适当形式完成下列句子。
1.Miss Wang isn’t as (fat) as Miss Green.
2.We (have) a piano lesson now.
3.Don’t （worried）about your sister.
4.He is (fat) of the two boys.
5.You can get a lot of (information) from the Internet.
6. Thank you for __________ (invite) me.
7. I’m planning __________ (spend) time in the beautiful countryside.
8. We’re __________ (leave) for Beijing for vacation next week.
9. There are sixty _________ (minute) in an hour.
10. We should eat a _________ (balance) to stay healthy.
三．完形填空（10）
Once there was a boy in Toronto. His name was Jimmy. He started drawing when he was three years old, and when he was five he was already very ___1___ at it. He drew many beautiful interesting pictures, and many people ___2___ his pictures. They thought this boy was going to be ___3___ when he was a little older, and then they were going to ___4___ these pictures for a lot of money.
Jimmy's pictures were quite different from other ___5___ because he never drew on all of the paper. He drew on ___6___ of it, and the other half was always ___7___.
"That's very clever," everybody said. "___8___ other people have ever done that before."
One day somebody asked him, "Please tell me, Jimmy. Why do you draw on the bottom (底部) half of your pictures, ___9___ not on the top half?"
"Because I'm small," Jimmy said, "and my brushes (毛笔) can't ___10___ very high."
（ ）1. A.poor        B.sad        C.glad     D.good
（ ）2. A.bought      B.brought    C.sold     D.took
（ ）3. A.different   B.clever     C.famous   D.rich
（ ）4. A.buy         B.show       C.leave    D.sell
（ ）5. A.men's       B.people's   C.boy's    D.child's
（ ）6. A.half        B.part       C.side     D.end
（ ）7. A.full        B.empty      C.wrong    D.ready
（ ）8. A.No          B.Some       C.Any      D.Many
（ ）9. A.then        B.and        C.but      D.or
（ ）10. A.change      B.turn       C.pull     D.reach 
四．阅读理解(20)
（A）
Coffee has become the most popular American drink. Today people in the United States drink more coffee than people in any of the other countries. People drink coffee at breakfast, at lunch, at dinner and between meals. They drink hot coffee or coffee with ice in it. They drink it at work and at home. They eat coffee ice-cream and coffee candy. Coffee is black and very strong. Different people like to drink it in different ways. Some people like coffee with cream or sugar in it. Other people like coffee with both cream and sugar in it. In all ways it is served. Coffee has become an international drink.
( )1. Coffee is an ____________ drink.
A . interesting B. international C. ice-cream D. American
( )2. Different people like to drink coffee ____________.
A. at work or at home B. in different ways C. with cream or sugar D. between meals
( )3. Today Americans drink ____________ coffee than people in any of the other countries.
A. as much as B. less C. more D. most
( )4. “Coffee is black and very strong.” The word STRONG here means ____________.
A.坚固的 B.淡的 C.清的 D.浓的
( )5. ____________ is the most popular American drink.
A. Black tea B. Coffee C. Water with ice D. Whisky
B
Computers are useful machines. They can help people a lot in their everyday life. For example, they can help people save much time, and they can help people work out many problems they can’t do easily. Our country asks everyone to learn to use computers except the old people.
Today more and more families own computers. Parents buy computers for their children.
They hope computers can help them improve (提高) their studies in school. Yet many of the children use computers to play games, to watch video or to sing Karaoke, instead of studying. So many teachers and parents complain (抱怨) that computers can not help children to study but make them fall behind. So computers are locked by parents in the boxes.
In some other countries, even some scientists hate computers. They say computers let millions of people lost their jobs or bring them a lot of trouble.
Will computers really bring trouble to people or can they bring people happiness? It will be decided by people themselves.
( )6. Why do we say the computer is a useful machine? Because _______________.
A. our country asks us to learn it
B. it can help us a lot
C. we can use it to play games
D． it can help us to find jobs
( )7. What do many teachers and parents complain about? _______________.
A. Their students and children use computers to play games.
B. Computers let them lost their jobs.
C. Computers make the students and children fall behind.
D. Computers bring people a lot of trouble.
( )8. In this passage we know computers _______________.
A. also bring us trouble
B. bring us happiness only
C. are hated by people
D. are bad for people’s health
( )9. Can computers really help children to study? _______________.
A. Yes, they can. B. It’s hard to say
C. No, they can’t. D. Of course not.
( )10. How do you understand the last sentence of this passage? I think it means _______.
A. computers are used by people
B. people can live well without computers
C. one must decide how to use computers

D. computers are strange machines
五．补全对话（15）
（1）选择正确的选项，有两个多余项
A. But why don’t you come with me?
B. But how are we going there?
C.When are we going there?
D. And you?
E. But what about you?
F. Nothing much.
G. Are we going to have lunch there？
A: Hello, Ted!
B: Hello, Jone! How are you?
A: Fine,thank you. 1
B: Fine, too.
A: What are you goingto do tomorrow?
B: 2 Why?
A: We are going to work on the farm. Would you like to do with us?
B: Yes, 3 .I have no bike.
A: Let’s go there by bus.
B: 4 .
A: Yes. I’m going to buy some bananas,some bread and a bottle of orange.
B: Could you get some for me,please?
A: Sure. 5
B:Good idea.
A: Let’s meet on the road outside the school gate.
B:Aii right. Goodbye!
A: Bye!
(2)填入适当的句子
A: Hey, Lily._________________________?
B: I’m visiting my uncle in London.
A: _____________________ ?
B: I’m leaving the first week in October.
A:___________________________?
B: I’m going there with my parents.
A: What are you doing there?
B: We are going sightseeing, visiting museums and going to the beach.
A: ________________________?
B: For a week.
A: __________________________.  
B: Thanks a lot.
六. 书面表达。（10分）
以“My friend and I”为题，写一篇短文，比较你俩的特征。