八年级上学期英语期末总练习
I. Choose the best answer
( )1. It’s nice _____ you to teach ____ English for so long a time, Mr. Smith.
A. of, my B. for, me C. of, me D. for, my
( )2. Will you please _____ your shoes on the floor?
A. not to drop B. not drop C. don’t drop D. not dropping ( )3. Listen! Now we can hear him _____ in his room.
A. to sing B. singing C. sings D. sang ( )4. Mr More stopped the students ___ noise in class.
A. to make B. from C. make D. from making ( )5. Here is a photo _____ my classmates and myself. I’m in the middle. A. for B. of C. from D. about
( )6. --______ do you like the Bund? --It’s the most wonderful place I’ve ever visited.
A. How B. What C. How many D. When
( )7. I prefer playing _____ chess to playing _____ piano.
A. the, the B. the, / C./, / D. /, the ( )8. The hole is ______. Be careful not to fall into it.
A. two-metres deep B. two metres deep C. two deep metre D. two metre deep ( )9. That’s all I have to _____. And I hope you’ll write again soon.
A. ask B. tell C. speak D. say ( )10. Mary would like Sidney _____ her penfriend. A. be B. to be C. is D. being
( )11. Mr. Smith is keen _____ table tennis and _______ poems.
A. on play, write B. on playing, writing C. in playing, write D. in play, writing
( )12 _____ a cold winter morning, the old lady found a crying baby _____ the gate of her house. A. In, at B. In, on C. At, of D. On, at
( )13 My brother Jack is ______ honest boy. He is _____ university student, too. A. a, an B. an, a C. a, a D. /, a
( )14 We will arrive ____Beijing Railway Station _____ five hours. A. at, in B. in, at C. to, in D. at, to ( )15 The policeman told children _______ football in the street.
A. to play B. not play C. to not play D. not to play (M1U1) ( )16 On the way home, I met a friend of ________. A. my B. mine C. me D. I
( )17.Last night, I went to school _____ a taxi because it was raining heavily. A. in B. by C. on D. for
( )18. We’d better not talk ________ breakfast.
A. with B. on C. for D. over
( ) 19. June continued _____ TV after she finished ______ the newspaper.
A.watching, reading B. to watch, to read C. watch, to read D. watching, to read ( ) 20. Beijing is one of _______ in China.
A. large city B. largest city C. the largest cities D. the larger cities ( ) 21. Sorry, you speak ______ quickly ____ I can’t follow you. A. too, to B. so, that C. as, to D. very, that ( )22 Parents are responsible ______ after their children now. A. for look B. for looking C. to look D. to looking ( )23 What an ______ lecture! I get ______ in it.
A. interested, interested B. interesting, interesting C. interested, interesting D. interesing, interested
( )24 We ____ your help.we can manage it ourselves.
A. needn’t to B. don’t need C. needn’t D. don’t need to ( )25 Mr Hanson gained a great _______ in writing novels. A. succeed B. successful C. successfully D. success ( )26 Our teacher told us that the moon _____ around the earth. A. move B. moves C. moved D. to move
( )27.He _____be in the classroom now. I saw him reading magazines in the library just now. A. can’t B. must C. need D. may
( )28. Every day, my dad ______ me from school at the school gate. A. sees B. collects C. meets D. visits
( ) 29. It’s good for us who live far away at school to make a phone call _____ our parents every week.
A. to B. on C. in D. at ( ) 30. Your new skirt is very similar ____ his.
A. in B. to C. as D. from
( ) 31. The boy is required to return _____ before his parents come back every day. A. home B. to home C. school D. to school ( )32 There are more _____ in my school than in yours.
A. woman teachers B. women teachers C. women teacher D. woman teacher ( )33 While Miss Black was walking along the street, she happened _______ one of her old friends.
A. met B. meets C. to meet D. meeting
( )34 The two policemen went ____ the thief when he was trying to escape. A. off B. with C. after D. on (M1U2) ( )35 Peter gave ______ details and put the phone down.
A. many and more B. some more C. any more D. one more ( )36 I still remember _______ that hill with my classmates. A. to climb B. climb C. climbed D. climbing ( )37.Though she is busy, she doesn’t give up ______ the villion. A. playing B. to play C. play D. to playing ( )38. He looks tired. Let him ______ a rest.
A. stop having B. stops to have C. stop to have D. stopping to have ( ) 39. The fridge is making ______ noise. I don’t know what ______ with it.
A. too much, is wrong B. too much, wrong is C. much too, is wrong D. much too, wrong is
( ) 40. ____ those 10 oranges, this one is the biggest.
A. Between B. At C. In D. Among ( ) 41. He _____ the text when I came into the class.
A. reads B. was reading C. is reading D. read ( )42 I'll help her with her English if I ______ free tomorrow. A. will be B. am C. was D. shall be ( )43 Everything begins to grow in spring, _______?
A. doesn’t everything B. doesn’t it C. don’t they D. isn’t it
( )44 The great earthquake leaves the people in Yushu _____ trouble and we should help them. A. in B.at C. for D. of
( )45 The driver got _____ the bus and then got ______ his own car. A. on, off B. off, on C. out of, on D. off, into ( )46 After ______ the telephone, my father went to take the next ferry. A. putting out B. putting away C. putting on D. putting down ( )47. Beijing Opera sounds _____. Many old people like it.
A. beautifully B. beautiful C. well D. badly ( )48. Thank you for _____ us to your art exhibition.
A. inviting B. to invite C. invite D. invited
( ) 49. London will host the 2012 Olympics, and we’re looking forward to _______ it. A. watches B. watching C. watch D. to watch ( ) 50. There _____ a food festival next Wednesday.
A. has B. have C. is going to have D. is going to be
( ) 51. Mary has already _______ several books since 2007.
A. writes B. wrote C. write D. written (M1U3) ( )52 Could you tell me _____ tomorrow morning?
A. when the meeting will start B. where will the meeting start C. where the meeting starts D. when the meeting would start
( )53 --Don’t you think her radio is too noisy? ---Yeah. I’ll go and ask her to ______. A. turn it up B. turn it down C. turn it on D. turn it over ( )54 I have a lot of homework _______ every Sunday. A. to do B. done C. do D. to be done ( )55 We can solve the technology problem _____ different ways. A. on B. in C. with D. of ( )56 Don’t worry. There is ______ time left now. A. a little B. little C. a few D. few ( )57. Subtract 3 ______ 20 and you will get 17.
A. from B. and C. by D. to
( )58. ____ of the students in his class have gone to Shanghai for the World Expo. A. Two-fifth B. Two-five C. Two-fifths D. Second-fifths ( ) 59. It ____ her brain fifty seconds to find the answer. A. spent B. cost C. took D. paid
( ) 60. You didn’t know the solution to the problem, and I didn’t, ______.
A. also B. either C. too D. neither ( )61. China’s population is larger than ______ in Asia.
A. any country B. any of the other’s C. that of any country D. any other country’s ( )62 _____ useful books you lent me last weekend! A. How B. What a C. How a D. What ( )63 --I will fly to Beijing next Sunday. --________.
A. ti have flew there B. I will fly C. So have I D. So will I (M2U4) ( )64 --Must I clean the room now? -- No, you ______. A. mustn’t B. needn’t C. may not D. can’t ( )65 The price of the house is very _______.
A. cheap B. expensive C. dear D. high ( )66 You must wash your hands before ______ meals. A. have B. to have C. having D. has ( )67. Our country is becoming ______.
A. strong and strong B. stronger and stronger C. more and more D. more stronger and stronger
( )68. I have five books. One is about history and _____ are about poems. A. the other B. ther others C. another D. other ( ) 69. Thousands of people died _____ the flu (H1N1) since last year. A. in B. of C. out D. from
( ) 70. Our parents work hard so as to buy pleasant apartment _____ us to live in. A. to B. for C.as D. with
( ) 71. Different people will have different ways _______ happy. A. to have B. to be C. to being D. would be ( )72 I suggested _____ in my car.
A. go B. to go C. going D. goes ( )73 --Would you like _______? --No, thanks.
A. something else B. anything else C. else something D. else anything ( )74 There will be vision phones _____ the end of this century. A. by B. at C. for D. on (M2U5) ( )75 I don’t know _____ life in the future will be like. A. what B. how C. if D. when
( )76 He _____ goes to see his grandmother and stay with her for ______.
A. sometime, some time B. some times, sometime C. sometimes, sometime D. soemtimes, some time
( )77. The dinosaur approached another one quickly at the sight of it. A. reached B. run towards C. arrived D. attacked ( )78. I promised that you would be the last one _______.
A. die B. died C. dead D. to die (M2U6) ( ) 79. Do you know what’s in ________ hand?
A. the other his B. his other C. his another D. his the other ( )80. Jack was still sitting on the chair when the lights _______. A. went off B. went out C. went on D. went over ( ) 81. I’m sure he can run ______ to win the first prize.
A. enough fast B. fast enough C. too fast D. so fast ( ) 82. Joes likes keeping _______. He never makes any noise. A. silence B. silent C. silently D. noisy ( ) 83. The Nanpu Bridge is _____ the Huangpu River. A. on B. above C. over D. in ( ) 84. Shanghai is _______ the north of Hangzhou. A. in B. on C. for D. to