江苏省苏州常熟市第一中学2016-2017学年八年级3月阶段测试英语试题

常熟市第一中学初二英语阶段性测试 一、单项选择15分（每小题1分）

2017.3

1.As we all know, playing_________ chess is usually _________ one-to-one game. A. a; a

B. /; a C. /; an

D. the; a

2.Yesterday Andy _________ his dictionary to me, and said I could _________ it for a week. A. lent; borrow B. borrowed; have C. lent; keep D. gave; keep 3.—Why not stop _________ a rest?

—Oh, it’s so exciting that I can’t stop _________ the kite.

A. having; flying B. to have; to fly C. having; to fly D. to have; flying

4. The roller coaster moved __________ high speed and they were screaming and laughing _________ the ride.

A. in; through B. at; through C. in; during D. at; over 5. The man _______ Shanghai an hour ago, so he _______ for an hour. A. was away for; has left B. left; has left

C. has left for; has been away D. left for; has been away 6. —He's never sung English songs before, _________ he? —_________. It's his second time to sing in English. A. has ;No

B. has; Yes C. hasn't; No D. hasn't; Yes

7. More than 80 people ________ in the earthquake _______ last week.

A. died; for B. have been dead; since C. have died; since D. have been dead; for 8. My uncle_______ the club in 2010. He_______ the club for over 3 years. A. joined; has been a member of B. joined; has joined C. has joined; has joined 9. —Where is your father?

—He_______ Australia and he_______ Sydney for two weeks. A. has been to; has been in B. has gone to; has been in C. has been in; has been to D. has gone to; has been to 10. —Which of the following is right? ________

A.He’s borrowed the book for two weeks. B. I have joined the army since two days ago

D. has joined; has been in

C.His father has left here since he was born D. I haven’t seen him for ages. 11. When did your father _______ your mother?

A. marry B. marry to C. marry with D. get married

12. — We are planning a trip _________ France? —Would you like to ______ us? A. to; in B. for; / C. in ; with D. to; /

13. — How _______ is it from Xi'an to Dunhuang? — It's less than 3 _______ flight. A．long; hour's

B．far; hour's

C．long; hours' D．far, hours'

14. —I don’t think this film is as interesting as that one,_____?

A. do I B does it C. isn’t it D. is it 15.—_________do you _________ the new film? —It’s very interesting．

A．What；like B．How；think of C．What；think of D．How；is like

二、完型填空10分（每小题1分）

If people are so tired, they will fall asleep almost anywhere. We can see there are people sleeping on the bus or train on their 16_ home from work in the evenings. A man is _17 the newspaper, and seconds later it seems that he is trying to eat it. Or he will fall asleep on the shoulder of the stranger 18_ next to him. Another short sleep goes on in the lecture hall where a student will start snoring(打鼾) so 19 _ that the professor has to ask another student to shake the sleeper awake. A more embarrassing(尴尬) situation happens when a student starts falling into sleep and the weight of the head pushes(推) the arm off the 20 _ , and the movement carries the rest of the body along. The student wakes up on the floor with no 21_ of getting there. The worst time to fall asleep is when 22 _ . Police reports are full of accidents that happen when people fall into sleep and go off the road. If the drivers are 23 _ , they will not be seriously hurt. One woman's car, for example, went into the river. She woke up in four feet of 24 _ and thought it was raining. When people are really 25 _ , nothing will stop them from falling asleep--no matter where they are.

16. A. way B. route C. path D. road 17. A. buying B. selling C. looking D. reading 18. A. lying B. waiting C. talking D. sitting 19. A. bravely B. happily C. loudly D. carelessly

20. A. sofa B. desk C. shoulder D. book 21. A. sense B. memory C. feeling D. dream 22. A. thinking B. working C. walking D. driving 23. A. lucky B. awake C. clever D. strong 24. A. ground B. water C. grass D. bush 25. A. lonely B. drunk C. tired D. lazy

三、阅读理解（24分每小题2分）

A

When he was a little child, Andrew had a serious bad habit of sucking his fingers all day long, （吮吸）especially when he had nothing interesting to do: when he was sleeping, when watching TV, when sitting on the sofa and so on. At the beginning, his parents didn’t think it was a bad habit.

Therefore, as time goes by, the boy couldn’t give up his habit. Now, in his twenties, Andrew seems to have developed the bad habit into another one: he always bites his nails(指甲). He cannot stop biting his nails all the time. There’re moments when he even doesn’t know that he is doing it. He realized it was a problem and this worried him a lot. Some of his friends told him about this bad habit, and he stops for a while. But then, if he isn’t busy doing something, he starts biting his nails again!

In fact, there’re a lot of bacteria(细菌) in your nails and they can cause some disease. Also, the nails will become ugly and hard to recover. The worst thing is that this bad habit will bring the mental illness（心理疾病）. If people cannot correct it in time, it can affect man’s mental health.

In short, bad habits are very worrying, especially when the person with the habit is in public and cannot stop himself or herself doing it. Still, there must be ways to give up these bad habits and these people should try their best to stop doing them.

26. When Andrew was a little boy, he had a bad habit of .

A. biting his fingers C. sucking his nails

B. biting his nails D. sucking his fingers

27. What’s the Chinese meaning of the underlined word “recover” in paragraph 3? A. 覆盖 B. 修复

C. 发现

D. 报告

28. Which is TRUE according to the passage?

A. Andrew’s parents found it was a bad habit at the beginning.

B. Andrew had a kind of mental illness when he was a little child. C. Andrew himself wasn’t worried about his habit in his twenties.

D. Some of Andrew’s friends tried to help him stop his bad habit of biting nails.

(B)

Computers are useful machines．They can help people a lot in their daily life．For example，they can help people to save much time to do much work，and they can help people to work out many problems easily．Our country asks everyone to learn to use computers before the twenty-first century，except the old people．

Today more and more families own computers．Parents buy computers for their children．They hope computers can help them improve their studies in school．Yet，many of their children use computers to play games，to watch videos or to chat．computers can not help children to study but make them fall behind．So computers are locked in boxes by parents．

In some other countries，even some scientists also hate computers．They say computers let millions of people lose their jobs or bring them a lot of trouble．Will computers really bring trouble to people or can they bring people happiness? It will be decided by today’s students themselves! 29. Why do we say the computer is a useful machine? Because_________． A．our country asks us to learn it B．it can help us a lot C．we can use it to play games D．it can help us to find jobs

30. What do many teachers and parents complain(抱怨)about? They complain that______． A．their students and children use computers to play games B．computers let them lose their jobs

C．computers make their students and children fall behind D．computers bring people a lot of trouble 31. In this passage we know computers________．

A．also bring us trouble B．bring us happiness only C．are hated by people D．are bad for people’s health 32. How do you understand the last sentence of this passage? I think it means________．

A．computers are used by people B．people can live well without computers