八年级第二学期期末复习二
Ⅰ. Choose the best answer:
( ) 1. Judy read ____ amazing novel. She introduced me to read ___ novel too.
A, a, the B. an, a C. an, the D. the, a
( ) 2. Of many postcards on the wall, I prefer the _____ with fantastic castles.
A .it B. one C. this D. that
( ) 3. Sally, as well as her students _____ visiting the zoo this time yesterday.
A. is B. was C. are D. were
( )4. Jack tried to repair the car by ______ in order to save money.
A. he B. him C. his D. himself
( ) 5. The two girls like pop music, but ______of them likes light music.
A. both B. neither C. all D. none
( ) 6. Jim has made many friends since he _______ to China.
A. came B. comes C. has come D. will come
( ) 7. What you told me yesterday sounds _______.
A. great B. carefully C. happily D. clearly
( )8. My uncle was born _______ the morning of 1st October 1975.
A. in B. on C. at D. of
( ) 9. John ran _______ to won the first prize at the sports meeting.
A. quick enough B. too quickly
C. enough quickly D. fast enough
( ) 10.You talked so fast that I couldn’t catch you. Can you ______ it again
A. exam B. repeat C. measure D. reply
( ) 11. The maglev enables us _______ Pudong International airport soon。
A. reaches B. to reach C. reach D. reaching
( )12. The little boy started to walk to school ____ his own at the age of seven.
A. in B. to C. at D. on
( ) 13. The man _____ be over seventy. He looks very old.
A. can’t B. needn’t C. must D. can
( ) 14. The fruit salad tasted so ______ that the kids asked for more.
A. well B. good C. bad D. terrible
( )15. Try your best, ____ you will make great progress in your English study.
A. but B. if C. or D. and
( ) 16. David finished the report on time _______ he was very busy yesterday.
A. if B. until C. though D. unless
( ) 17. Every student likes Miss Green because she always talks to them _______.
A. politely B. lovely C. friendly D. luckily
( ) 18. The host wanted to know _______.
A. when will the guests come
B. when the guests will come
C. when would the guests come
D. when the guests would come
( ) 19. The Shanghai Yangtze River Bridge is one of ______ bridges in China.
A. long B. longer C. longest D. the longest
( ) 20. –Would you like some more coffee It’s still early.
-- _______.
A. It doesn’t matter. B. Help yourself.
C. No, you needn’t. D. That’s kind of you
Ⅱ. Complete the sentences with the given words in their proper forms:
21. The ____ of People’s Square is in the centre of shanghai. (locate )
22. The classroom is so __________ that no one can hear the teacher. (noise )
23. The plane is going to take off. Please fasten your belts. (save)
24. Which ________ sometimes stops working when you have a cold (sensible )
25. The headmaster showed us around their school. (person)
26. The Thomas live on the _____ floor, so they go up and down in the life. (twelve)
27.The public believes in the new _________ of the government. (lead)
28. He is __________ with the new decoration of his office. (pleasure)
29.All the class agreed on his _________. (decide)
30. Franklin is known as one of the most famous _________. (science)
Ⅲ. Rewrite the following sentences as required: (共10分)
31 The surface of the door was so hot that I couldn’t feel it.(意思相同)
The surface of the door was ______ hot ______ me to feel..
32 Peter could hardly see the words on the blackboard , _______ ________
33 A lot of young students go to college to further their studies. (对划线部分提问)
__________ ____________ a lot of young students go to college
34 Pets are not allowed to enter this hotel. (保持句意基本不变)
We _______ _______ pets to enter this hotel.
35. It took nearly five years to compete the tower. (对划线部分提问)
________ _________ did it take to compete the tower
36. What an interesting book !(保持句意基本不变)
_______ _______ the book it is!
37.The journalist reported a piece of amazing news just now.(改为感叹句)
_________ ________ news the journalists reported just now!
plete the passage with the words in the blanks.
A.as well as B. but C. before D. popular
E. only F. reason G. sold
The Germany published the first modern-style newspaper in 1609. News- sheets existed ___38____then, but there were not really newspapers.
Hundreds of years later, people are still buying newspaper. Millions are _39____ in shops and stalls all over the world every day.
However, people do not get their new __40___ from newspapers. They can listen to it, as they did long ago, and they can watch it.
Two inventions, radio and television, have made this possible. These broadcast many news programmes daily. So people now get news from their radios and TV sets, ____41___from papers.
However, newspapers remain____42___ because they give the news in more detail than either radio or TV. That is the main ___43__why people continue to buy them.