八年级上册开学摸底考 一、单项选择 ( ( ) 1.He came ____ first in the race. I think you can’t find _____ better runner. A. the; the B./; a C.the; a D./ , the ) 2. My sister is kind _______ her friends. She would like _______ things with them. A. with; to share ( ( ( ( ( ( ( ( ( B. height; height C. to help; of need ( ( C. high; height D. height; high ) 4.The price of the boots _______ than before. A.is more lower B. are more cheaper C. is much lower D.are much cheaper ) 5.David often talks______ but does _______ . He is a good boy. A.little;many B. few ;much C. more; less D. less; more ) 6. _______ the number of the teachers in our school? -______200. A. How many are; There are B. How much is; There is C. What’s; There is D. What’s; It’s ) 7.—_______great fun we have _______ English! —Yes. I can be ______ at it this way. A. How; to learn; good B. How; learning; well C. What; to learn; better D. What; learning; better ) 8.You can _______ two more books from the school library at a time, and you can _______ them for two weeks, but you can’t ______ them to others. A. borrow; lend; keep B. lend; keep; borrow C. keep; lend; borrow D. borrow; keep; lend ) 9.—Does your brother like learning drawing? —He doesn’t like it, because he thinks learning drawing _______ too much money and it _______ too much time as well. A. costs; takes B. costs; spends C. takes; spends D. takes; costs ) 10.The whole class_________ with the teacher about the problem. A.is talking B. is discussing C. are talking D. are discussing ) 11. My English teacher often looks _______. She is looking _______ at us now. A. happy, happy B. happily, happy C. happily, happily D. happy, happily ) 12. Daniel is always ready _______ others _______ with their English. A. helping; for need ( C. to; to share D. to; sharing ) 3 What's the _______ of the building? -It's 236 metres_______. A. high; high ( B. with; sharing B. to help; in need D. helping; on need ) 13. Chongqing has more people than in Jiangsu and in China. A. any city; any city B. any city; any other city C. any other city; the other cities D. any other city; any city ) 14. Why not your teacher for help when you can't finish it by yourself? A ask; writing B. to ask; writing C. ask; write D. asking; write )15. Jim spends about 2 hours________ homework, so he has only half an hour ________his hobbies every day. A. for; of B. on; with C. on; for D. in; for 二、完形填空 I have a very good dictionary. It has a lot of words. It gives many meanings(意思) for 16 word. But I always read the first meaning of a word in the dictionary. I never read the other meanings, because I want to read my book 17 . This morning, 18 I was reading a book, I met a strange sentence （句子） 句 子 ） . It looked 19 first. The sentence had six words: "Draw a picture of your house." I knew five words in the sentence, but I didn't understand （句子） 理 解 ） one word. 1 "draw". I opened my dictionary and 21 20 the first meaning of "draw". It was "pull". I said to myself, "Now I know all the words, and I think I can understand the sentence." So I wrote the meaning of the sentence, "Pull a picture of your house." My friend Dick read my new sentence. He laughed. He picked 22 my dictionary, and said to me, "Look, Jack. The second meaning of 'draw' is 'make a picture 23 a pen, a pencil 24 brush'. So the sentence means: Make a picture of your house." I understood! I thought Dick was great. And 25 I knew how to use my dictionary. . ( ) 16. A. some B. another C. each D. the other ( ) 17. A. quickly B. quick C. slow D. slowly ( ) 18. A. how ( ) 19. A. difficult ( ) 20. A. don't know B. didn't know ( ) 21. A. looked for ( ) 22. A. by B. out C. up D. with ( ) 23. A. use B. with C. on D. by ( ) 24. A. or a B. and a C. and D. or ( )25. A. finally B. at the beginning C. at the end B. who C. what B. hardly D. when C. easy B. guessed C. knew D. easily D. know C. found D. brought D. at first 三、阅读理解 A Mary sat behind Lucy in the classroom. They got on well with each other. But one day, Mary didn’t see her school IC card at lunch time. She asked her classmates and looked for it everywhere. But she couldn’t find it. Later, one girl said that she saw Lucy take a card from Mary’s desk. Hearing this, Mary got very angry. When she met Lucy in the afternoon, Mary shouted, “You have stolen my card!” Hearing this, Lucy began to cry, “No, no, I didn’t steal it! I only took it by mistake.” But Mary didn’t think so and she beg