江苏省江阴市2017-2018学年八年级英语上学期开学调研考试试题一、单项填空(共20小题;每小题1分，满分20分)( ) 1. We must teach our children to be polite to _ elderly. Yes. They should learn to treat others in _ more polite way. A. an ; a B. the ; a C. the ; the D. an ; the( ) 2. Tom failed in the test. But I am sure he will do better if he gets a second _. A. change B. chance C. grade D. prize( )3. Alice _ watches the news round-up, so she knows little about the world. A. seldom B. usually C. sometimes D. always( )4. Cyclingisagoodexercise. , it doesntpollute theair.A. However B. Otherwise C. Moreover D. So( )5. When did you hear the news that Mo Yan won the Nobel Prize for Literature（文学）? . A. Until I came back home B. For two hours C. Not until last month D. In half an hour( )6. I think the film a(n) one. How about you? I cant agree more. It tells a long and boring story. A. bored B. awful C. excellent D. exciting( )7. We plan to drive our car to Dalian next month. Are you joking? What if it _? A. breaks away B. breaks down C. breaks up D. breaks off( )8. Shes playing computer games. I cant believe my eyes! Me either. I never thought she would _ time in such a way. A. count B. save C. kill D. describe( ) 9. Did your father finish cleaning the car? I dont know, but he _ it the whole morning.A. cleaned B. was cleaning C. is cleaning D. cleans( )10. I saw a number of pancakes in the plate, but now there is _ left in it.A. none B. something C. nothingD. no one( )11.Are you sure you have to? Its been very late. I dont know I can do it if not now. A. where B. why C. how D. when( )12. There were once lots of fish in the lake.Yes, but there are very _ now. A. few B. fewer C. little D. less( )13. The trip from our school to Shanghai _ us three hours by bus last week. A. spent B. cost C. took D. takes( )14. Why is the woman crying there? Because she is _. Her only son is lost and no one can help find him now. A. hopeful B. useless C. cheerful D. helpless ( )15. Wolves have good team work. They usually hunt _a team and then they share their prey A. for B. about C. with D. as( )16. Last weekend many people went to Poly Theater to enjoy the concert, young people. A. hardly B. probably C. mainly D. really( )17. Cant you stay a little longer ？ Its getting late. I really _go now. My daughter is home alone. A. may B. can C. must D. need( )18. He often played with his pet for_ every day when he was young. A. some time B. sometime C. some times D. sometimes( )19. Maybe bamboo has more uses than_ in the world. A. any plant B. all the plants C. other plant D. any other plant( )20. Would you mind if I turn on the radio?_. The baby is sleeping in the next room.A. No, I dont mind B. Not at all C. Better not D. Thats all right二、完形填空(共10小题;每小题1分，满分10分)One day a mother rat and her babies were out in an open field. They were enjoying _21_ games when suddenly a hungry cat came up to them! She hid_22_ a big tree and then crawled(爬) toward through the tall grass until she could almost hear them talk. After the mother rat and her babies knew_23_ , the cat jumped from her hiding-place and started to run after them.The mother rat and her babies began to run away, they hurried towards their_24_ , which was under a pole of large stones. But the baby rats were so_25_ that they could not run very_26_ . The cat came_27_ . In no time the cat would be upon them. What was to be done?The mother rat stopped running, turned round and faced the cat, shouting Bow! Wow! Bowwow! just like an angry dog. The cat was_28_ surprised and scared that she ran away. The mother rat turned to her babies, Now you see how important it is to learn _29_ second language!Just then she heard a shout Miao! Miao! just like the cat ran away just now.Oh, the cats come back. We must escape（逃脱） right now. The mother rat called out to her children. Haha! Its only a _30_ said one of her children. I have learned a second language.( )21.A. to play B. playing C. played D. to playing( )22.A. on B. in front of C. behind D. under( )23.A. what happened B. what did happen C. that happened wha