八年级上英语第四单元练习题
.单项选择
（ ）1.The girl sings .
A.beautiful,beautiful B.beautifully,beautifully C.beautiful,beautifully D.beautiffully,beautiful ( )2.China is one of in the world.
A.larger country B.larger countries C.the largest countries ( )3. You are _____ now,Victor.So you should wash your clothes by yourself. A.young enough B. enough old C. old enough ( )4. The weather in Harbin is colder than _____. A. it in Beijing B. Beijing C. that in Beijing D.in Beijing ( )5. My ruler is longer than _____.
A. Tom B. Tom's C. Toms D. Toms' ( )6. This classroom is _____ newer than that one. A. quite B. very C. a little
( )7. Who is _____ student in the school talent show? A. a good B. a better C. the best D.best ( )8. This T-shirt is as _____ as that one.
A.much more expensive B. expensive C.much expensive ( )9. Shanghai is larger than _____ in China. A.any city B. any other city C. all the cities ( )10.What do you this new watch? A.think at B.think of C.think over ( )11.We hope life can get .
A.best and best B.better and better C.good and good D.well and well ( )12.We should study hard to make our dream .
A.come over B.come back C.come true D.come up ( )13.All these talent shows have one thing _________ comcmon. A. on B. in C. at D. for
( )14.Our teacher asked us to_ _________ a story about the moon. A. make up B. make of C. make in D. make out ( )15.Our city is becoming _________ .
A. more and most beautiful B. more beautiful and more beautiful C. more and more beautiful D. beautiful and beautiful ( )16.Which subject is_ _________ of all? A. the most interested B. the most interesting C. the more interested D. the more interesting
( )17.The Yellow River is the second in China. A.long B.longer C.longest ( )18.He is better than the others. A.much B.more C.less ( )19.Parents play a role in _________ their children. A. teach B. teaches C. teaching ( )20.Sun Cinema is Center Street. A.on B.in C.at D.of ( )21.We hope life can get .
A.best and best B.better and better C.good and good ( )22. English is my favorite subject, and I am good _________ it. A. for B. to C, at
( )23.There are _________ school things in the store. A. a kind of B. kind of C. different kind of D. all kinds of ( )24.The students should take the exams__________ . A. serious B. seriously C. bad D. worse
( )25.—What a nice watch it is! —Yes. It’s _________ one of all.
A. expensive B. more expensive C. the most expensive D.much more expensive 二．口语交际（有两项是多余的） 5分 (A)
A: Good morning ,Bill. B: Hi ,Nick . A: 1 B: Yes ,I like playing baketball .How often do you exercise ? A: 2 B: Do you get up early in the morning ?
A: Yes ,I get up at 6:30 every morning .And then I play basketballfor half an hour . B: 3 A:I go to bed at 10:00. 4 B: I see .You look strong .Let’s play basketball together tommorow morning ,OK? A: All right . 5 .See you . B: See you tomorrow .
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A. Do you play basketball every morning ? B. Let’s meet at 7:00am .
C. What time do go to bed at night ? D. I played basketball yesterday. E. Do you often stay up late ? F. I have a healthy lifestyle . G. I exercise evert day .
A. Do you play basketball every morning ? B. Let’s meet at 7:00am .
C. What time do go to bed at night ? D. I played basketball yesterday. E. Do you often stay up late ? F. I have a healthy lifestyle . G. I exercise evert day . （B）
五.完形填空 10分
It was the last lesson before 1 holidays. The students 2 very happy. Their English teacher was very happy, 3 .The teacher 4 played nice games with them. He sang some nice songs, and then he went to the blackboard and wrote “SMILES” 5 it.“This is one of the 6 words in English”,he said to the class. The 7 class laughed, and then one girl 8 and said,“Why is it one of the longest words in English?”The teacher said 9 for a while. Then he smiled and said,“Because there is a mile between the 10 letter and the last.” （ ）1. A. a B. an C. the D. much （ ）2.A.is B. are C. was D. were （ ）3.A.too B. eight C. neither D. also （ ）4. A. a little B. little C. any D. also （ ）5.A.before B. on C. in D. in front of （ ）6.A.long B. longer C. longest D. short （ ）7.A.whole B. each C. all D. both
（ ）8. A. stand up B. sit down C. stood up D. lay down （ ）9. A. something B. anything C. nothing D. everything （ ）10.A.one B. first C. two D. second 五.阅读理解 40分
(A)
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A boy named Jack lived in a small village. One morning, his mother sent him to his uncle's in town. He had a very good time there.
Before Jack left in the evening, his uncle gave him a jar and said, “There is some candy in it, you may put your hand into it and take some when you want to eat something.”
Jack looked at the jar when he was in the train. It had a long and small neck. He put his hand into the jar and took five pieces. But he could not get his hand out. He turned his hand this way and that way, still he could not get his hand out. He turned his hand again. Finally he let go of four pieces. Then he could pull his hand out of the jar. 根据短文判断正(T)误(F)
（ ）1.One day Jack's mother sent him to his mother's brother's house. （ ）2.The jar with some candy in it had a large neck. （ ）3.Jack only stayed in town for a whole day.
（ ）4.At last Jack only took one piece（块） of candy at a time. （ ）5.From this lesson, Jack knew that he himself was too foolish(蠢）
(B)
Are you able to send a letter with pictures and sounds to someone somewhere in the world without a stamp on it? Using a computer you can send e-mails quickly and easily. The post is much slower than e-mail. E-mail can send its message to the other side of the world in seconds.
E-mail is easy to use and it saves time and money. The differences in time in different parts of the world do not matter when sending e-mail. It’s twenty-four-hour service that you can send e-mail at any time of the day or night. No one has to be there to get e-mail. It does not matter if your friends are in beds when you send e-mail to them, or you are seeing a movie at the movie theater when they send e-mail back.
( )36.We can use a ___ to send e-mail.
A. robot B. video C. computer D. letter ( )37. E-mail is the post.
A. faster than B. as fast as C. much slower than D. not so fast as ( )38.It takes to send e-mail to the other side of the world. A. minutes B. seconds C. seven days D. hours ( )39.You can send e-mail at any time . A.in the daytime B.at night C.on weekends D.of the day or night ( ) 40. send e-mail to your friends when they are sleeping.
A. You can’t B. You must C. You can D. You shouldn’t
(C)
Do you like playing soccer? If you do, you may want to join the school soccer team. Read on and
see how to join the school soccer team.
The first step is to know the information about the team. You can find more information by asking these questions. How many students are there in the soccer team? How many new players do they need? How often do they play soccer?
The second step is to practice. Practice soccer with your friends or your family. Only good players can join the school soccer team. So you need to practice your skill.
The third step is to study hard. If you always get bad grades in the exam, your teachers and parents won’t let you join the soccer team.
The last step is to relax. Don’t be too nervous. You can take a deep breath and keep smiling. Believe in yourself and you can b e the best player.
41. Which is not the suitable question according to the second paragraph? A. How often do they play soccer? B. Can I join the school team?
C. How many students are there in the soccer team? D. How many new players do they need? 42. Which step is about studying hard? A. The first step. B. The second step. C. The third step. D. The last step.
43. If you always get bad grades in the exam, won’t let you join the soccer team. A. your teachers and parents B. your classmates and friends C. your parents and friends D. your teachers and your classmates 44. What does the underlined word “skill” mean in Chinese? A. 锻炼 B. 技能 C. 实践 D. 方法 45. What’s the main idea of the passage?
A. It’s about how to join the school soccer team. B. It’s about how to be a good soccer player. C. It’s about how to get good grades in the exam. D. It’s about how to make more friends at school. (D)
Mary is an American girl. She is now in Beijing with her parents. Mary doesn’t know much Chinese, but she is studying it. She often speaks Chinese with her Chinese friends. Sometimes they can’t understand her, because she can’t speak Chinese very well.
It’s Saturday morning. She goes out. She is walking in the street. She wants to go to the zoo to see the elephants and monkeys, but she doesn’t know how to get there. She asks a Chinese boy the way. The boy can’t understand her. Then she takes out a pen and a piece of paper. She draws an elephant on it, and shows the picture to the boy. The boy understands, and shows her the way to the zoo. 46. Mary is________.
A. Chinese B. English C. Japanese D. American 47. Mary is in______ with her parents now.
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A. Shanghai B. Beijing C. New York D. London 48. Mary doesn’t know how to get to_______.
A. the zoo B. the park C. her home D. her school 49. Mary can’t speak_______ very well.
A. English B. England C. China D. Chinese 50. At last the boy________.
A. can understand Mary’s Chinese B. takes her to the zoo
C. shows her the way to t he zoo D. draws a picture for Mary, too 六．句型转换。(每空1分，共15分)
1.I like dancing. My sister likes dancing,too.(合并为一个句子) My sister and I _______ dancing.
2.Sue is four years old. Gina is four years old,too.(合并一个句子) Sue_____ _____Gina.
3.Jim is thirteen years old. Tim is twelve years old.(合并为一句) Jim is one year Tim. 4.Huang Lei is fatter than Larry.(同义句) Larry is Huang Lei. 5.Tom is smarter than Sam.(改为一般疑问句并作否定回答) _____ Tom ______ _______ Sam? No,_______ ________.
6. Jim is taller than the other two.(改为同义句) Jim is _________ _________ of the three.
七．根据句意用所给单词的适当形式填空。（每空0.5分，共5分） 1.He is (hard-working) than the other students in his class. 2.I am shy so it’s not easy for me ____________(make)friends. 3.He doesn’t like singing,but he is good at (dance) 4.Larry always gets _________ (good) grades than Lucy does. 5.I _________ (break) my arm last year but she made me feel better. 6.His mother often makes him _ (clean) his room on weekends. 7.Lisa practiced a lot more and __ (win) the match at last. 8.A true friend ________(reach) for your hand and touches your heart. 9.He is _ (different) from his brother. They have some ____________(different)