八年级英语限时练习
一、单项选择（每小题1分，共30分）
1. Tina will have a test tomorrow. She’s going over her lessons as ________ as possible ________.
A. carefully; alone B. careful; by herself
C. careful; on her own D. carefully; on herself
2. I really don’t know how to organize the event with ________ money and ________ people.
A. few; little B. a few; a little C. less; fewer D. fewer; less
3. Some wild animals are in danger ________ the loss of living areas. If we don’t take action, the number of them will be ________.
A. because; smaller and smaller B. because of, smaller and smaller
C. because of, fewer and fewer D. because; less and less
4. We should always pay attention to ________ our manners when talking with friends, because we all look forward to ________ them again soon.
A. keep; see B. keeping; seeing
C. to keep; to see D. keeping; to see
5. The police ________ the house carefully last night, but they didn’t ________ the missing child.
A. searched; find B. searched; found C. looked; find D. looked; searched
6. Here are three tickets for the film tonight. The yellow one is ________ than ________.
A. more expensive; others B. expensive; the others
C more expensive; the other two D. most expensive; the other ones
7. —Is the Yangtze River ________ river in the world?
—No, it isn’t.
A. the second long B. a second longest C. the second longer D. the second longest
8. The ears of an elephant are much bigger than ________ of a pig.
A. the one B. that C. those D. ones
9. The earth is ________ the moon.
A. as 49 times big as B. 49 times as bigger as C. 49 times as big as D. as big as 49 times
10. I agree with you. Science is really ________ subject with me. I even want to give up on it.
A. the least popular B. the most popular
C. very popular D. popular enough
11. My ________ sister is eighteen years ________. She’s two years ________ than me.
A. elder; old; older B. old; old; elder C. older; old; elder D. elder; older; old
12. I ________ the club, but found it quite ________.
A. joined; boring B. joined in; bored
C. took part in; bored D. took part in; boring
13 He spoke at the top of his voice ________ the students at the back could hear him.
A. such as B. as if C. so that D. so as to
14. ________ great fun we have ________ with each other at lunchtime!
A. What; chatting B. How; to chat C. What; to chat D. How; chatting
15. Strangely, the boys in our class can sing ________ than the girls.
A. more beautiful B. much beautifully
C. much more beautifully D. a little more beautiful
16. Beijing is larger than ________ in Japan.
A. any city B. any other city C. the other cities D. any city else
17. Daniel is ________ honest boy and ________ unusual friend of mine.
A. a, an B. a, a C. an, an D. an, a
18. The ________ you stand, the ________ you can see.
A. high; far B. highest; farthest
C. higher; farthest D. higher; farther
19. He speaks English, but not ________ his brother.
A. as good as B. as better as C. so well as D. so better as
20. — Can I ________ your bike?
— With pleasure. But you mustn’t ________ it to others.
A. lend; borrow B. borrow; lend C. lend; lend D. borrow; borrow
