八年级英语
第Ⅰ卷(选择题，共53分)
一、单项填空(共10小题;每小题1分，满分10分)
1. Children are looking forward to having more days ________ to play with their friends.
A. off B. away C. up D. out
2. Our teacher ________ that we shouldn’t read in the sun because it’s harmful to our eyes.
A. supports B. suggests C. expresses D. introduces
3. The number of the students in No.1 Middle School ________ than _______ in No.2 Middle School.
A. are larger； those B. is larger； that
C. are more； those D. is more ； that
4. He climbed up the ladder (梯子) ________ the wall and went into the classroom ________ the open window.
A. through; against B. along; by C. against; through D. against; across
5. 30, 000 dollars ________ a great deal of money, but it is ________ than we need.
A. are; a bit more B. are; much more
C. is; a little D. is; far less
6. The ________ you are, the ________ you’ll find it to answer all the questions.
A. more carefully, easier B. more careful; more easily
C. more careful; easier D. more carefully; more easily
7. Shanghai is larger than ________ in China and ________ in Jiangsu Province.
A. any of the other cities; any city B. other cities; the other cities
C. the other cities; any other city D. any other city; other cities
8. —Which city do you think is ________ from Wuxi, Yantai or Qinhuangdao?
—Qinhuangdao. And Wuxi is ________ to Shanghai.
A. the farthest; closer B. farthest; the more close
C. farther; the most close D. farther; the closest
9. You should do exercise ________ to keep healthy.
A. as many as possible B. as more as you can
C. as many as you can D. as much as possible
10. — True friendship lasts forever.
—________. We are closer than ever though we are miles apart.
A. You’re joking B. You got the point
C. You are welcome D. You have my word
二、完形填空(共10小题;每小题1分，满分10分)
During the Northern Song Dynasty, there was a man called Chen Yaozi. He was good at shooting arrows (箭).
One day he was ____11____ archery (射箭). He shot eight or nine times out of ten and became very ____12____ of himself. He noticed that there was an old man selling ____13____ among the crowd. He only nodded his head indifferently (冷淡地). This hurt Chen’s pride. He asked the old man, “Can you shoot an arrow?”
“No, I can’t,” the old man said.
“What do you think of my archery ____14____ then?”
“____15____ special. You gain your accuracy (精确程度) from a lot of practice. That’s all.”
Then the old man put a bottle on the ground and covered its ____16____ with a coin with a small square hole in the middle. He then scooped out (舀出) some oil with a gourd (葫芦), held it high and began to fill the bottle. Now, the oil came down into the bottle just ____17____ the hole of the coin. Everybody watched in ____18____.
When the old man finished, he ____19____ the crowd the coin. “Can you see any oil marks on it?” The crowd gave him a big cheer, but the old man stopped them. “This is nothing special, either. I can do this because I have practised it a lot. Practice makes perfect.”
____20____, people use the idiom “Practice makes perfect” to describe someone who is skilled in doing something after plenty of practice.
11. A. watching B. practising C. making D. seeing
12. A. proud B. full C. interested D. bored
13. A. arrows B. coins C. oil D. water
14. A. power B. energy C. skills D. teaching
15. A. Nothing B. Anything C. Something D. Everything
16. A. face B. mouth C. nose D. leg
