八年级英语上学期期末考前练兵题一、单项选择：( ) 1. Whats it in the sky? It is _ UFO, isnt it?A. a B. an C. the D. ( ) 2. When I asked him what he knew about the meeting, he refused to give me any piece of _.A. information B. promise C. event D. bread( ) 3. You must make sure _ is ready before you go on a vacation.A. something B. everything C. anything D. nothing( ) 4. There is more and more _ in our city. We must do something to stop that.A. accidents B. pollution C. people D. peace( ) 5. Lucy wanted to get some _ for lunch, but she found all of it in the shop was too expensive.A. apples B. sandwiches C. meat D. advice( ) 6. Lucy is in need now, but she cant find _ to help her.A. anyone B. someone C. everyone D. no one( ) 7. Though he was _ this time, he still made some mistakes.A. most careful B. more careful C. most carefully D. more carefully( ) 8. Of the two brothers, Tom is _.A. better B. best C. the better D. the best( ) 9. There is _ pollution in Xiamen than that in Wuhan. Really? How I want to move to Xiamen!A. more B. little C. less D. fewer( ) 10. Your answer looks _ Lucys. Did you do it yourself?A. different from B. same to C. same as D. similar to( ) 11. Dont worry. She _ solve the problem easily, Im sure.A. must B. may C. can D. should( ) 12. What do you think of the meal? Well, wonderful! It couldnt be _.A. good B. best C. the best D. better( ) 13. Must I give back the book tomorrow? No, you neednt. You _ it until you finish reading it.A. cant keep B. cant borrow C. can keep D. can borrow( ) 14. Your father is sleeping. If you really want to listen to music, you should _ the CD player.A. turn up B. turn down C. turn of D. turn off( ) 15. Lucy _ goes to parties, does she? Thats right. She has only gone to Toms twelfth birthday party.A. hardly ever B. sometimes C. often D. never( ) 16. Can I have a rest, Mr. Wang? Yes, you can. But you must go on with your work _ thirty minutes.A. at B. in C. for D. after( ) 17. Bruce always keeps _ others as long as he has time.A. help B. helps C. helping D. to help( ) 18. How many people want to go bike riding? _. They are _ busy.A. All; both B. None; all C. Nobody; both D. Nobody; all( ) 19. How about this pair of shoes? Theyre fine. But I wont buy them _ they are cheap enough.A. because B. if C. after D. unless( ) 20. _ thinner, Lucy eats less and exercise more.A. Getting B. Get C. To get D. Gets( ) 21. _ a good boy, Tom. You should help your sister out when she gets into trouble.A. Being B. Be C. To be D. Is( ) 22. _ children in trouble during our winter vacation sounds really great.A. Helping B. Help C. Helped D. Helps( ) 23. Please give my best wishes to your parents when you _ back to Beijing next week.A. will go B. are going C. went D. go( ) 24. _ is interesting for those people in northern China to make ice sculpture (冰雕) in winter.A. It B. That C. This D. Something( ) 25. The weather in our province is quite different from _ in Guangdong.A. it B. that C. this D. one二、补全对话：A: You look kind of unhealthy. _?B: No, I hardly ever exercise. A: Do you have good eating habits?B: No, I eat vegetables twice a week, _.A: Dont you like fruit? Its good for your health.B: I know. But I always like to eat junk food.A: _?B: Nine or ten times a week.A: _?B: Not well. I sleep only six hours every night.A: _?B: I often watch TV at night.A: I see. You have bad lifestyle.三、词语运用：A little child was seriously ill. His mother sent him to the hospital near their home. The child got _ and was soon able to run around again _ the doctors help.The childs mother was very happy and she wanted to thank the doctor. “Doctor,” she said, “I dont know how to thank you. I think that money just cannot repay (回报) you, so I _ this little wallet by hand. I hope you will like _.” The doctor stood up and said _, “Madam, a little gift like that is very nice _ friends, but a doctor needs to get much more _ that.” The woman was so _. “Perhaps you will tell me how much I should pay you,” she said quietly.“Fifty pounds for the medicine,” he answered.The woman opened the wallet and took out four fifty-pound notes (纸币). She passed one of them to the _, and put the other three back into the wallet. She put the wallet into her handbag and after _ goodbye to the doctor, she went out of the doctors room.四、完形填空：Mr. Strong is a London taxi driver. The following talk is given by him.good, made, with, it, saying, well, than, surprised, coldly, doctor, between, under “I have been a taxi driver 1 nearly ten years. Its a nice job most of the time. I mee