河北石家庄市第二十三中学2021-2022学年八年级下学期开学考试英语试题

初二英语阶段性练习 （时间：60分钟，满分：100） 一、单项选择（每小题1分，共20分） 1. ---Kate, are you only child in your family? ---Yes, but new baby is on the way. A. a; the B. an; the C. the; a D. the; the 2. —If you always ________ yourself with others, you may have tons of pressure. —I agree. We should believe in ourselves. A. compare B. communicate C. compete D. control 3. You don’t know the way. Why ________ the policeman for help? A. don’t ask B. no ask C. not ask D. asking 4. You could go to bed earlier ________ you won’t be tired in class. A. until B. so that C. though D. if 5. There’s ________ with my bike. It works well. A. wrong nothing B. nothing wrong C. something wrong D. wrong something 6. Parents provide their children ________ food and clothes. A. about B. with C. for D. in 7. We were walking on the road ________ it began to rain. We were wet all over. A. before B. while C. as D. when 8. I found ______ impossible to finish the work by Friday. A. it’s B. that’s C. that D. it 9. —Students these days are busier on weekends than on weekdays. —Yes. They have ________ homework and ________ after-school classes. A. too many; much too B. too much; too many C. much too; too many D. too much; too much 10. I think it is unfair ________ them work ten hours a day. A. made B. make C. to make D. makes 11. You often move it with your hand to work on the computer. Which one is it? A The keyboard. B. The mouse. C. The screen. D. The menu. 12. I am too busy to listen to her ________ talk. She has talked for about two hours. A. hopeless B. endless C. homeless D. careless 13. My uncle _______ a farmer. Now he is a driver. A. is used to B. is used to be C. used to being D. used to be 14 The ________ of heroes shows us that we should try our best to make our dreams come true. A. satisfaction B. surprise C. risk D. spirit 15. May Day is coming. I plan to ________ around the house for our family party. A. cut out B. help out C. take down D. care for 16. He climbed up the ladder ____