江苏省启东市2017-2018学年八年级英语下学期期初摸底试题人教新

江苏省启东市2017-2018学年八年级英语下学期期初摸底试题

Ⅰ单项选择(共20分）

1. What makes the man so ___________?

A. excited B. excite C. exciting D. to excite 2. He _________ a teacher because he knows a lot. A. maybe B. may be C. may not be D. may to be 3. I like reading very much. I want to borrow _________ books. A. more four B. four more C. many four D. four many 4. Would you like ________ milk?

A. any B. some C. anything D. something 5. Could you tell me how to _________ it in English? A. say B. speak C. tell D. talk 6. I’m sorry for ________ all your books on the desk.

A. knock over B. knocked off C. knocking about D. knocking down 7. Max has ____ good sense of humour but he has ____poor eyesight. A. a; a B. the; the C. a; / D. /; a 8. ---Is Millie at school today?

---No. She’s at home _______her illness.

A. because B. because of C. before D. when 9. She isn’t so ______as her sister.

A. careful B. more careful C. the most careful D. carefully 10. I don’t think your English is _______ in our class. A. bad B. the baddest C. the worst D. worse 11. ---Dad , could you buy me a computer like this?

---Of course, we can buy ________ one than this, but ________it. A. a better; better than B. a popular; as good as

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C. a more poplar; as better as D. a cheaper; as good as 12. --- __________? ---He is tall.

A. How is he B. What does he like

C. How is he like D. What does he look like 13. It’s important _________ the piano well. A. of him to play B. for him to play C. of him playing D. for him playing

14. ---Do you think your football team will win the match? ---Yes, we have better players. So I ________ them to win. A. hope B. ask C. help D. wish 15. Shanghai is bigger than ______ in China.

A. any city B. any other city C. any cities D. any other cities 16. He didn’t come to the concert ____ he has got too much work to do . A. so B. until C. though D. because 17. This book is ________than that one.

A. very easy B. much easy C. very easier D. much easier 18. — I’m sorry I _______ my exercise book at home this morning. — It doesn’t matter. Don’t forget _______ it here this afternoon. A. left; to take B. forgot; bringing C. left; to bring D. forgot; to bring

19. The sentence structure of “He wanted me to finish the work at once.” is ____. A. S+V+DO B. S+V+IO+DO C. S+V+DO+OC D. S+V+P

20. ---We couldn’t find you anywhere around 8:00 yesterday evening. ---I’m sorry for it. My mother and I _______ in the square. A. danced B. will dance C. were dancing D. are dancing Ⅱ完形填空（共15分）

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In September,2017,you may have noticed that a few new textbooks at school. New Chinese language textbooks appeared on the desks of first-year primary and junior high school students 1 the country.

Written by the Ministry of Education, the new 2 will replace older versions(版本)used before. The new versions focus 3 on ancient Chinese Literature(文学), according to Xinhua.

The change is part of the efforts from the Ministry of Education to 4 students’ knowledge of traditional Chinese culture.

Textbooks for three-year junior high schools have more traditional 5 articles, 132 total. They 6 51.7 percent of all the texts. The articles were 7 from classic proses (散文), essays(论文), historical records and poems dating 8 to the Han, Tang and Song dynasties. Students nationwide are 9 to read more ancient poems.

There are also more than 30 articles about revolutionary(革命)history for 10 school students, such as Chairman Mao’s well known piece Serve the People.

The textbooks are 11 received. Although the topics are serious, the texts are presented with 12 illustrations(插图)。

“They are very lovely and liked by 13 teachers and students.” Du Bei, a Chinese teacher at No.2 Fruit Lake Primary School in Hubei, told Xinhua. Li Jie , a professor of Chinese Language and literature at China University Communication, 14 agree more with the change. “Learning some ancient literature will help junior high students enjoy the 15 of traditional Chinese culture and prepare them to get further knowledge of the field,” he told China Daily. ( )1. A. among B. between C. across D. without ( )2. A. programmes B. textbooks C. records D. advertisements ( )3. A. older B. fewer C. less D. more ( )4. A. improve B. change C. express D. master ( )5. A. foreign B. Chinese C. popular D. modern ( )6. A. dress up B. clean up C. make up D. put up ( )7. A. seen B. read C. chosen D. written ( )8. A. forward B. back C. towards D. past ( )9. A. required B. forced C. advised D. invited

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( )10. A. primary B .college C. junior high D. senior high ( )11. A. badly B. well C. carefully D. carelessly ( )12. A. clear B. beautiful C. funny D. lively ( )13. A. either B. both C. neither D. all

( )14. A. mustn’t B. shouldn’t C. couldn’t D. needn’t ( )15. A. beauty B. history C. usage D. description Ⅲ阅读理解（共40分）

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