2024年4月21日发(作者：)

南外雨花国际学校2021-2022学年度第二学期

八年级英语随堂练习（一）

本练习卷分第一卷（选择题）和第二卷（非选择题）两部分，总分100分，练习时间90分钟。

第一卷（选择题共55分）

I. Choose the best answer from the four choices (选出最佳答案) 1%×25 = 25%

1. --- Nick, I lost my pen and I can’t find ____________ anywhere.

--- I have many pens in that box. Just take ____________.

A. it; it B. it; one C. one; it D. one; one

2. By 2023, the 5G network is expected to be used ____________ more than 40 percent of personal mobile

phone users.

A. with B. for C. by D. in

3. We Chinese people are so proud of ____________ when seeing our athletes win gold metals.

A. us B. ourselves C. ours D. our

4. --- Have you heard that China’s explorer has landed on Mars?

--- Really? ____________ exciting news!

A. What B. How C. What an D. How an

5. No one knows ____________ 14 Asian elephants left a protected nature area in China and stared walking

north about one year ago.

A. what B. where C. when D. why

6. There ____________ tomatoes in the fridge, but there ____________ eggs.

A. is an; are some B. are some; aren’t any C. aren’t some; are some D. isn’t any; is an

7. If you want to lose weight, don’t eat ____________ food at night. You need ____________ different kinds

of vegetables.

A. many; many B. much; much C. many; much D. much; many

8. --- Hi, John, you do tai chi very well. What is your ____________?

--- Practice makes perfect!

A. result B. purpose C. secret D. choice

9. --- Don’t be rude. you should ____________ like a gentleman.

--- Sorry. I will be more polite.

A. perform B. behave C. provide D. consider

10. I think math is less ____________ than English. My English exam scores are always poor, but I am good

at math.

A. interesting B. different C. difficult D. important

11. No wonder Kobe Bryant was one of the best players. He practiced ____________ than his teammates.

A. more hardly B. much harder C. very hard D. much hardly

12. --- Why didn’t you come to the party yesterday? --- Sorry, I was so busy that I ____________ forget it.

A. suddenly B. completely C. recently D. quietly

13. People everywhere have told stories to amuse, to teach, to remember and ____________ to pass the time.

A. ever B. just C. already D. really

14. He said he would come, he didn’t, ____________.

A. too B. but C. however D. though

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15. --- Is that Li Ming over there?

--- It ____________ be him. He is traveling in Henan.

A. can’t B. needn’t C. mustn’t D. may not

16. Whenever the exam season comes, stress ____________ come with it.

A. need B. may C. have to D. should

17. The policeman told the children ____________ in the river.

A. swim B. don’t swim C. not swimming D. not to swim

18. ____________ trying and encouraging yourself if you want to succeed at something.

A. To keep B. Keeping C. Keep D. Kept

19. ____________ people travel around the city easily, several new subway lines will be built in Changchun.

A. Help B. To help C. Helping D. Helped

20. Yesterday we had a picnic and ____________ a tent by the lake.

A. put off B. put out C. put up D. put on

21. --- I read a report that warned global warming will get worse in the coming years.

--- The report ____________ a notice for government and lawmakers around the world to act.

A. served as B. happened to C. handed out D. made up

22. There are a lot of ways to protect the environment. ____________, people can change what they eat or

travel without getting on an airplane.

A. In general B. For example C. First of all D. To our surprise

23. --- ____________ will the COVID-19 be controlled in the world?

--- Who knows?

A. How soon B. How long C. How often D. How far

24. --- Sandy, do you still remember ____________ the Palace Museum?

--- Yes. About five years ago.

A. when we did visit B. when we went C. when we visited D. when did we go

25. A good detective has a nose for solving crimes. Here “have a nose” means you have a special

____________ for something.

A. ability B. smell C. chance D. experience

II. Cloze test (完型填空) 1%×10 = 10%

My husband is more like a kid at heart than I am, so he said we had to find gifts for our grandkids while

on a trip. I can be a 26 too, but I also know that gifts can become expensive when you have eleven

grandkids.

27 , we know kids love gifts. We tried to find things that they would like, but most of the gifts

we looked at were cheap and boring. We got two hats for the boys，but couldn't find 28 for the nine

girls. Then I saw some brightly-colored bracelets (手镯). The bracelets were made of small beads (珠子)

shaped like starfish and turtles. We thought the girls would like them.

29 the clerk (职员) rang up the bracelets, I remembered a gift I got when I was a girl. We had

gone to the East Coast and were allowed to 30 one gift. My sister and I each chose one. I picked a

blue plastic 31 .The lid (盖子) was covered in silver glitter (小闪光物) and topped with a pink bird.

I believed it was the loveliest thing a girl could own. It was too 32 to put soap inside, so it sat in a

dresser drawer year after year. But it is 33 a reminder of a family trip long ago.

The girls we bought gifts for are married now. They 34 our gifts in dresser drawers in their old

bedrooms. I do believe that even cheap gifts have 35 . They can remind loved ones that you're thinking

of them.

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26. A. grandkid B. kid

C. grandma

D. mother

D. In fact

D. nothing

D. As

D. find out

D. mailbox

D. heavy

D. ever

D. keep

D. spirit

27. A. As a result

28. A. something

29. A. Although

30. A. take out

31. A. soapbox

32. A. big

33. A. just

34. A. fit

B. In the end

B. anything

C. Of course

C. everything

C. Until B. Because

B. pick out C. work out

C. milk box

C. beautiful

C. still

B. pencil box

B. hard

B. only

B. carry

B. prices

C. reuse

C. value 35. A. names

III. Reading comprehension (阅读理解) 1%×20 = 20%

A

Here are three students’ stories about studying in another country.

Mariko Okada – Tokyo

My year in the USA was full of fun. I like speaking to others, so I got lots of speaking practice. I also

learned lots of interesting things about America. When I got home, my friends said I was better! I hope to go

back to America again in the future.

Carla Fonseca – Rio de Janeiro

I spent last year studying English in London. There were so many people to talk to there, but I always

felt bad about my English. I missed my family very much. I think it was great to study in London, but I’m

glad to be at home!

Alvin Chen – Hong Kong

Studying in New Zealand was lots of hard work! I had English classes six hours a day, five days a week.

I also kept a diary. I like writing, and I wrote about many things in my diary every day. On Saturdays, my

homestay (

寄宿

) family took me to lots of interesting places and showed me so many wonderful things. I

was really glad to stay there for a year!

36. They went to another country to ___________.

A. study English B. visit friends C. have fun D. find a job

37. Who dislikes the stay in another country?

A. Mariko. B. Carla. C. Alvin. D. All of them.

38. Mariko Okada stayed in ___________ for a year.

A. Tokyo B. London C. New Zealand D. the USA

39. Alvin Chen had English lessons ___________ a week.

A. six hours B. six days C. thirteen hours D. thirty hours

40. Which of the following is

NOT

true?

A. All of the three students spent one year in another country.

B. Carla Fonseca didn’t feel good about her English.

C. Alvin Chen wrote a lot in his diary.

D. Alvin Chen stayed in a hotel when he was in New Zealand.

B

You speak, write a letter, and make a telephone call. Your words carry a message. People communicate

(交流) with words. Do you think you can communicate without words? A smile on your face shows you are

happy or friendly. Tears in your eyes tell others that you are sad. When you raise your hand in class，the

teacher knows you want to say something or ask questions. You shake your head, and people know you are

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saying “No”. You nod and people know you are saying “Yes”. Other things can also carry messages. For

example, a sign at the bus stop helps you to know which bus to take. A sign on the wall of your school helps

you to find the library. Signs on doors tell you where to go in or out. Have you ever noticed that there are a

lot of signs around you and that you receive messages from them all the time?

People can communicate in many other ways. An artist can use his drawings to tell about beautiful

mountains, about the blue sea and many other things. Books are written to tell you about all the wonderful

things in the world and also about people and their ideas. Books, magazines, TVs, radios and films all help

us to communicate with each other. They all help us to know what is going on in the world and what other

people are thinking about.

41. Can we communicate with each other without words?

A. Yes, sometimes we can. B. No, we can’t.

C. No, it’s impossible. D. Yes, we always do so.

42. When we see somebody smile, then, he must be feeling ___________.

A. angry B. joyful C. surprised D. sad

43. We can learn news from___________.

A. newspapers B. radios C. TVs D. A, B and C

44. A sign at the bus stop tells you___________.

A. how many buses there are B. what kind of bus it is

C. where the bus comes and goes D. how much money you’ll pay for the ticket

45. What do you think is the quickest way to communicate with your friend in another city?

A. Writing a letter. B. Making a telephone.

C. Drawing a picture. D. Asking someone else to take a message.

C

Perhaps every town in the USA has a post office. Some are very small, and you may find them in the

corner of a shop. Others are large buildings. They are open five days a week and on Saturday mornings. From

Monday to Friday, they are usually open from 8:30 to 4:30.

If you know how much the postage (邮资) is for your letter, you can buy stamps at any window. In some

post offices you can buy stamps from machines. Every post office sells stamps at many different prices, from

one cent to many dollars. If you are not sure how much the postage for your letter is, you can ask the clerk

(职员).

If you are sending your letter far away, write on the envelope that you want it to go by air or use an

airmail envelope. Remember that postage will be more expensive for an overseas (海外的) letter.

At a post office you can also buy postcards. A postcard is cheaper than a letter. Usually the postage for

a postcard is about half that of a letter, but you can’t send a postcard outside the country.

46. In the USA, post offices are open ___________.

A. every day B. five days a week

C. five and a half days a week D. on Saturday and Sunday

47. Which of the following doesn’t the first paragraph tell us?

A. American post offices may be big or small.

B. You may find a post office in nearly every American town.

C. American post offices are not open on Sundays.

D. Big American post offices stay open for 12 hours a day.

48. What should you do if you are not sure about the postage for your letter?

A. Ask the clerk. B. Buy different stamps.

C. Go to a stamp machine. D. Write some words on the envelope.

49. You have to pay more if you send ___________.

A. a business letter B. a postcard C. an overseas letter D. a letter on Sunday

50. This passage mainly talks about ___________.

A. letters and postcards B. stamps and postage

C. big and small post offices D. home and overseas letters

D

How old is “old”? The answer has changed over the years. Two thousand years ago, you were old at 35.

At the beginning of the 20

th

century, the average life span (平均寿命) was 45. In 1950, 70-year-olds were

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