八年级英语下册第二次月考试题一、单项选择。

从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案，将答案填入题前的括号内。

（15’）( ) 1. We all know the Yellow River is the second __________ river in China.A. longB. longestC. longerD. most long( ) 2. It is raining outside, please don’t leave____________ it stops.A. sinceB. untilC. whileD. when( ) 3. Tom is taller than _________boy in our class.A. the otherB. any otherC. the othersD. other( ) 4. This room is ___________ that room.A. as three times big asB. three times as bigger asC. three times as big asD. as big as three times( ) 5.Mother told me _________ you eat junk food, _________I will be.A. the less; the healthierB. the more; the healthierC. the less; the more healthierD. the more; the more healthier( ) 6.The bridge is about _________ long.A. six hundred meterB. six hundred metersC. six hundreds metersD. six hundred of meters( ) 7. You will be late for school____________ you don’t get up earlyA. butB. ifC. andD. or( ) 8. He has ____________ much money ____________he can build a big house.A. such; thatB. so; thatC. such a; thatD. so a; that( ) 9.The trees are old, so we can _________and plant some young ones.A. cut them upB. cut up themC. cut down themD. cut them down( ) 10.I was so excited that I stayed _________last night.A. wakeB. sleepC. asleepD. awake( ) 11.I enjoy playing computer games, but I can’t _______ too much time _______that.A. take; doingB. spend; doingC. spend; to doingD. take; to do( ) 12. ---I heard you lost your keys. _________ you _________ it?---Not yet.A. Did; foundB. Did; findC. Have; foundD. Have; find( ) 13. He ask me another question____________ answering me.A. rather thanB. instead ofC. insteadD. than( ) 14. ---I will go to Harbin for my summer vacation. What about you?---I haven’t decided where _________.A. goB. to goC. goingD. went( ) 15. My mother ______ getting up early on weekends..A .used to B. be used to C. was used to D. is used to二、完形填空。

从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案，将答案填入题前的括号内。

（10’）When people think of tigers, they think: strong and dangerous. But now, the big animal is calling for our help.There were once eight kinds of 1 in the world, but three died out during the 20th century. In the last 70 years, the 2 of Siberian tigers（东北虎）has gone from as many as 300 to_____3____22 somewhere. The Siberian tiger has been___4____ dying out completely. If the government doesn’t make any efforts, it’s q uite___5____ that there will be no more Siberian tigers in China in about twenty years.In order to double the number of wild tigers in the __6___ ten years the World Wildlife Fund (世界自然基金会) has started a program recently. It ___7__save wild tigers and puts an end to tiger hunting and killing. China together with twelve other____8___ has joined in.Wild animals, such as red deer and wild pigs, are the main ____9____ of the tigers. The hunting of these animals is the greatest threat(威胁)to tigers. So the most important thing is ___10___ the animals that tigers eat. To protect the wild tigers, we need to call on more people to stop eating and hunting wild animals.（）1. A. pigs B. tigers C. deer D. lions（）2. A. name B. kind C. number D. type（）3. A. less than B. more than C. bigger than D. over（）4. A. in need of B. in danger of C. in front of D. out of（）5. A. possible B. impossible C. necessary D. sure（）6. A. last B. next C. past D. later（）7. A. aims to B. used to C. refuses to D. in order to（）8. A. cities B. provinces C. countries D. towns（）9. A. friends B. food C. members D. groups（）10. A. to sell B. to kill C. to save D. to keep三、阅读理解。

阅读下列材料，从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳答案，填入题前的括号中。

（30’）APeru(秘鲁)is the fifth largest Latin American country with a population of 14430000. Almost half of these people live in the city areas(地区). Around Lima(利马，秘鲁首都), there were 20% of the total (总数) population in 1961. The population here grew faster than anywhere else and in another 35 years reaches 1 /3 of the total population.About 45% of the people are Indians and 50% are white or mixed（混合人种）and the others are Asians, Negroes(黑人)or people from other countries.In island areas, only about half of the people can read and write, but at the places near the sea, 2/3 of the population can read and write.（）1. Which of the following is true?A. Four countries are larger than Peru in Latin America.B. Peru is the largest in the five of Latin American countries.C. Latin is the fifth largest country in North America.D. Five countries are larger than Peru in Latin America.（）2. How many Peruvians(秘鲁人)live in the country area?A. 14430000B. 7215000C. 4810000D. 2886000（）3. By the year 1996, the population in Lima was possibly ________.A. 2886000B. 7215000C. 4810000D. none of the above（）4. In the past 35 years, the population in Lima has grown faster thanA. any place in PeruB. any other place in PeruC. any place in Latin AmericaD. any other place in the world（）5. People living along the sea are possibly ________.A. better educated (受教育)B. worse educatedC. poorer in readingD. better at reading but not writingBThe best way of learning a language is using it. The best way of learning English is talking in English as much as possible. Sometimes you'll get your words mixed up(混合)and people will not understand you. Sometimes people will say things too quickly and you can't understand them. But if you keep your sense of humor(幽默感),you can always have a good laugh at the mistakes you make. Don't be unhappy if people seem to be laughing at your mistakes. It's better for people to laugh at your mistakes than to be angry with you, because they don't understand what you are saying. The most important thing for learning English is："Don't be afraid of making mistakes because everyone makes mistakes."（）6.The writer thinks that the best way for you to learn a language is_______.A. writingB. using itC. listeningD. learning grammar（）7.What should you do in learning English?A. be careful not to make any mistake.B. write as quickly as you can.C. speak English as much as you can.D. laugh more often.（）8.When people laugh at your mistakes, you should______.A. not careB. be happyC. feel worriedD. be unhappy（）9.When you make a mistake, you should______.A. keep quietB. get angryC. be kindD. keep your sense of humor（）10.The story tells us:"________"A. only foolish(愚蠢的)people make mistakesB. few people make mistakesC. people never make mistakesD. there is no one who doesn't make mistakesCIt was Mother's Day. A man stopped his car at a flower shop to order some flowers. He wanted the shopkeeper to send the flowers to his mother, who lived two hundred miles away.As he got out of his car, he found a young girl sitting on the road crying.He asked her what was wrong and she replied, "I want to buy a red rose for my mother, but I only have seventy-five cents. A rose costs two dollars."The man smiled and said, "Come into the shop with me, and I'll buy you a rose."He bought the little girl her rose and ordered his own mother's flowers. As they were leaving, he offered to drive the girl home. She said, "Yes, please! You can take me to my mother." She brought him to a cemetery (墓地), where she placed the rose on thegrave(坟墓).The man was moved. He returned to the flower shop, picked up the flowers he ordered, and drove two hundred miles to his mother's house.Today is the day for your mother. Send a flower to your kind and beautiful mother. （）11. The man went to the shop to _____.A. have a restB. help the girlC. buy some foodD. order some flowers（）12. The man's mother lived _____ away from him.A. 2 kilometersB. 75 milesC. 200 milesD. 200 kilometers（）13. The girl was crying on the road because _____.A. she was hungryB. she got hurtC. she couldn't afford a roseD. she couldn't find her way home（）14. After the man bought the girl a rose, they went to _____ together.A. the cemeteryB. his shopC. the girl's homeD. his mother's house（）15. We can learn from the passage that _____.A. the girl loved flowers very muchB. the girl loved her mother very muchC. the shopkeeper sent the flowers to the man's motherD. the man drove to his mother's house to look after her四、词汇A）根据汉语或首字母提示完成下列句子。