天津市滨海新区汉沽教育中心八年级英语下学期第一次阶段性质量检测试题 人教新目标版二、选择填空。( )26. Parents and teachers often make children _ hard. A. to study B. must study C. study D. studying( )27. Mr Lin is good at writing _ drawing. A. as well as B. with C. as soon as D. also( )28._ a student, you should work hard at your lessons. A. As B. At C. In D. With( )29.Jim spent three years _ Chinese before he came to China. A. learned B. learn C. to learn D. learning( )30. He didnt practise, _he lost. A. by the result B. As a result C. for a result D. but( )31. He is from China, and now he is an NBA star. Can you guess_? A. who he is B. who is he C. what he is D. what is he ( )32. The accident happened _last month. A. some times B. some time C. sometime D. sometimes( )33. I asked Mary _Miss Wu could give a talk or not, but Mary said Miss Wu would be very busy then. A. why B. that C. whether D. when( )34. The life in China is different _that in America. A. to B. from C. of D. with( )35. Miss Li wants to know _next week. A. when my uncle left B. When will my uncle leaveC. where my uncle will stay D. where will my uncle stay( )36. No matter how hard it is, well keep _until we make it. A. fail B. failing C. try D. trying( )37. My friends at high school started _from our high building.A. to look down B. look down C. looked down D. looks down三、完形填空。 Mike always loves ships. When he was older, he said, “Im going to be a soldier. ” But his eyes were not very 41 , and he did not get in. Then he said, “Im going to 42 a small boat and Im going around the world. ”But boats were very expensive, and Mike did not have enough43 . Last summer Mike found a swimming 44 near his house. The lessons did not cost very 45, and Mike began going to the school at every end of the week and having 46 . Now he is a good swimmer. Last week a little boy said to him, “Youre a very good swimmer. How do 47 learn to swim so well?”“Im not good at all, ” Mike said and he smiled. “ 48 Im in the water, I say to myself, There are 49 fishes behind me! Then Im very afraid, and I 50 quickly. ”( )41A. bigB. beautifulC. goodD. strong( )42A. buyB. makeC. borrowD. draw( )43A. foodB. workC. timeD. money( )44A. parkB. schoolC. farmD. factory( )45A. muchB. littleC. manyD any( )46A. mealsB. lessonsC. talksD. games四、阅读理解 。(A)One day, a farmer was walking along a road with his son Thomas. The father said, “Look! Theres a horseshoe(马蹄铁). Pick it up and put it in your bag.” Thomas said, “It isnt worth the trouble.” His father said nothing but he picked it up himself. When they got to a nearby town, they had a rest. There the farmer sold the horseshoe and with the few pennies he bought some cherries（樱桃）.The father and the son continued(继续) their way. The sun was well up in the sky, and there wasnt a house or even a tree where they could have a rest. Thomas felt too thirsty to walk on. At this time, his father dropped a cherry on the ground and Thomas picked it up quickly and ate it. After a while, his father dropped another cherry and once again, his son lost on time in picking it up and putting it in his mouth.And so they went on. The old farmer dropped the cherries and the son picked them up. When Thomas had eaten up all the cherries, his father said to him, “My dear son, if you had bent（弯腰） down early to pick up that horseshoe, it would not have been necessary for you to bend so many times for the cherries. Always remember the lesson that he who does not worry about the little things will find that he cannot do the great things.”( )51.Who picked up the horseshoe at last? .A. The son B. The father C. Both the father and the son D. Neither the father nor the so( )52.The farmer bought with the money after he sold the horseshoe.A. some breadB. some water C. come cherriesD. some pennies( )53.When the son refused(拒绝) to pick up the horseshoe, the father .A. beat the son B. said nothingC. felt very happy D. became very angry( )54.The father dropped the cherries one by one, because .A. he wanted to teach his son a lessonB. he wanted his son to do more exerciseC. he wanted his son to eat them allD. he wanted to laugh at his son( )55.From the story, we can learn that .A. cherries are so delicious that most of us like to eat themB. a horseshoe is so expensive that it can bring us a lot of moneyC. if we want to eat cherries, we must pick up a horseshoeD. if we dont worry about the little things, we cannot do the great things(B)Maria is my best friend. She is a lovel