江苏省镇江市外国语中学八年级上学期期中模拟试卷 译林版（含答案）

外国语中学八年级上期中考试预测卷 一 、单选 题 （共1 5 小题，每小题1分，计1 5 分） 1. This is ______ unusual course that is taught in ______ university, but it’s useless to the real life. A. a; a B. an; an C. a; an D. an; a 2. ________ he willing _________ people in need any time? A. Does, to help B. Is, to help C. Is, for helping D. Does, for helping 3. Shanghai is much than cities in China. A. bigger, the other B. bigger, any other C. the biggest, the other D. the biggest, any other 4. Jim did what he could the poor children. A. to care for B. care about C. to care about D. care for 5. Jim spends _______ time _______ his hobbies than Amy. A. more; to buy B. less; on C. fewer; buying D. less; to buy 6 . —The film Lost in Hong Kong is very interesting, isn’t it? —______________. I don’t want to see it again. A. Yes, it is B. No, it isn’t C. Yes, it isn’t D. No, it is 7 . —What’s Mary like? —______________________. A. She is a helpful girl B. She feels better now C. She is a teacher D. She likes singing 8 . “Boys and girls, please help ________ to some fish.” said Miss Chen. A. you B. yourself C. yourselves D. yours 9 . Lily dances _______ than me, but she doesn’t sing _______ Jane. A. well; as good as B. better; so well as C. better; as good as D. much well; as well as 10 . My father is a good driver. He has a pretty good ______ of direction. A. ways B. sense C. idea D. feeling 11 . Swimming is _________ hiking. A. not as interesting as B. not interesting as C. not more interesting as D. not the most interesting 12 . My father’s new hair style makes _________ . A. him to look young B. him look young C. him looks young D. him looking young 13 . She is better at English than ________ in her class. A. any other student B. the other student C. the one of any other student D. those of any other student 14. In the cartoon film Tom and Jerry, the little mouse seems______ than the big cat. A. more cleverer B. much cleverer C. much clever D. much more cleverer 15. —If you have any trouble , be sure to call me. —_________________________. A. I’m sorry to hear that. B. I will. Thank you very much. C. I have no trouble. D. I will think it over. 二 、完形填空（共10小题，每小题1分，计10分） When I was little, I wanted to play basketball for school. But I wasn’t good at it. I kept on 16 though. I started playing in the 2nd grade. My brother, who was 17 the 7th grade, would always help me. He would 18 the basket on purpose(故意) so I wouldn’t lose against him. One day, though, another boy shouted at my brother: “ Go away! You fool!” My brother had to stop 19 basketball with me. I felt so 20 that I wanted to stop playing. About a week later, though, I saw my brother play in a real game. He was so good that I realized I had to keep playing. Now five years later I start in my school’s basketball 21 . All my hard work has paid off. I always tell others never to give up, either. If someone puts you 22 , remember they are only one person, and you must never stop trying. Never giving up helped me in other ways too. At school, when someone told me that algebra (代数) is too hard for me to understand, I decided not to give up. I knew that if I just kept on trying, I would 23 it in the end. Again, it took a lot of work, but now I understand algebra well. You have to keep on trying, even when it hurts you so much that every