1 西安市远东第一中学2011-2012 学年度第一学期 八年级 10 月月考英语试题 一 单项选择（每题 1 分，共 15 小题） 1.She hopes _home and have a good rest. A. going B. to go to C. goes D to go 2. _do you go to see your grandparents in your hometown？ A How often B How much C How many D How long 3.Eating a _diet helps us to keep a _of yin and yang. A.balanced; balance. B.balance;balance. C.balancing; balancing. D.balance; balanced. 4._your brothers homework. A Here are B There is C Here is D Here are 5.They _tennis hours ago. A.played. B.play. C.is playing. D.are playing. 6.What is _you, young man? A.ma tter with B.the matter with C.the matters with D.the matter to 7.He has a bad cold. He shouldn t eat_for hours. A.something. B.nothing. C.anything. D.none. 8. _ is it to the train station? About six kilometers. A. How long B. How far C. How much D. How often 9. How are you going to the museum, _ bus or _ foot? A. on; on B. by; on C. on; by D. by; by 2 10. Reading English storybooks is a good way of _ English. A. learning B. learn C. learned D. to learn 11. What time did your father New York yesterday? A. reach to B. arrive at C. arrive in D. get on 12. _ do you sleep every night? About eight hours. A. How long B. How many C. How much D. How often 13. I cant go there with you; I have _ to do. A. anything important B. something important C.important something D. important nothing 14. Wheres he going _ vacation? A. at B. for C. in D. to 15 When did Jenny finish _ the letter yesterday? A. to write B. writing C. writes D. wrote 二 完型填空（每题 1 分，共 10 小题） Dear Hector, I m in England now. Here I have a good time. The food is 6 and the people are nice. Now Id like to tell you 17 about its traffic(交通 ). The traffic in England goes on the 18 You see, this is very 19 the tr affic in our country. As we know, the traffic in our country goes on the right of the streets. If you want to walk 20 a street, you can have many 21 a subway, a footbridge, or a sidewalk(人行道 ). And in some places, there are black and white poles( 杆) with a button(按钮 ) in the streets. If you press( 按) the button, cars will usually 22 to let you go. Taxis in London(a city in England) are really expensive, so if you come to London, you should have enough 23 with you. Taxi drivers are usually 24 . Theyll give you some help if you 25 . 3 See you soon！ Yours, Cindy （）16. A. delicious B. awful C. unhealthy D. expensive （）17. A. everything B. nothing C.something D. anything （）18. A. right B. middle C. left D. center （）19. A. the same B. the same as C. different D. different from （）20. A. down B. through C. across D. on （）21. A. plans B. ways C. times D. friends （）22. A. stop B. start C. finish D. come （）23. A. time B. money C. food D. drink （）24. A. weak B. clever C. friendly D. busy （）25. A. leave B. rest C. cry D. need 三 阅读理解（3 篇 15 小题，共25 分 ） A There are four people in my family. We all like traveling(旅游 ). This summer we plan to go to Tibet on vacation. But we cant decide how to get there, because we dont 4 agree with each other about the question. My father wants to go by plane( 飞机 ). But my mother, my broth er and I dont agree. We dont think taking a plane is safe, although it s fast. My mother and I want to go by train. But my father and my brother think it s too slow( 慢的 ). I say to them, “Why not? A train isn t fast, but it s safe and cheap, and we can als o enjoy many interesting things on the way.” My brother thinks its good to go by car. He says, “Tibet isnt too far from our city. If we leave at six in the morning in our car, we can arrive by six in the evening.” But my parents and I think it ll cost( 花费 ) too much. And there may be lots of cars on the way. Can you give us a piece of good advice? 根据短文内容，判断下列句子的正(A) 误(B) （）26. The family is going to Tibet for the summer vacation. （）27. When the writer says “the question”, he means( 意思是 ) they dont know how far it is to Tibet. （）28. From the passage, we can know “safe ” means “快的” in Chinese. （）29. It s twelve hours drive(n. 车程) from the writer s city to Tibet. （）30. My parents and I think going by car is expensive and crowded. B Mr. Smith teaches English in a university (大学 ). He is often very busy with work. When it s summer or winter holidays, he goes out to take vacations to relax. Usually he goes to France because he thinks its an interesting country. And he can speak French very well. But last month he said to his wife, “I m not visiting France this time. I want to go to a different country. I choose Japan. But I can hardly speak Japanese, so Im going to study it for a month before I go.” He studied pretty hard for a month, and then his vacation started. Ten days later, he came back. His wife asked him, “How about your short vacation in Japan? Did you have any trouble with your Japanese there?” “No, I didnt, ” answered Mr. Smith. “But the Japanese did!” 根据短文内容，为下列各题