2023-2024学年八年级第一学期期末模拟试卷一（泰州市）

2023-2024学年八年级第一学期期末模拟试卷一（泰州市） 1． 单项选择 从下列每题所给的选项中, 选择一个最佳答案。（共10小题；每小题1分, 满分10分） 1. Tom coughed a lot. The doctor advised him ________ any more. A. to smoke B. not to smoke C. smoke D. not smoke 2. Kitty likes keeping the secrets to ________, even her best friends don’t know them. A. herself B. itself C. themselves D. yourselves 3. —How do you like the song? —It’s amazing. I have never enjoyed a ________ one before. A. worst B. worse C. best D. better 4. Wetlands are important because they help ________ flood. A. prevent B. protect C. project D. provide 5. —Eddie, did you hear a strange noise next door around 8 o’clock last night? —No, I ________ my favorite TV programme in my bedroom. A. watch B. watched C. was watching D. am watching 6. ________ you are free, why don’t you go shopping with me? A. Before B. Since C. Whether D. Until 7. Bob knows how to cut the cost. I’m sure he can do the work with ________ money and ________ people. A. less; less B. less; fewer C. more; fewer D. fewer; more 8. “We call the baby panda Xi Wang.” The structure of this sentence is “________”. A. S+V+P B. S+V+DO+IO C. S+V+O+OC D. S+V+IO+DO 9. Jack ________ go birdwatching with us tomorrow, but he isn’t very sure about it. A. may B. can C. will D. must 10. —I’m going to take the kids to see the film. —________. The kids are too young. The film is not suitable for them. A. Never mind B. Good idea C. No problem D. You’d better not 二．完形填空 阅读短文, 从每题所给选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。（共15 小题；每小题1.5分, 满分15分） This story happened in a small mountain village. One day, there was a(n) ____1____. Nothing was destroyed and nobody was hurt. But a huge rock fell from a nearby mountain and stopped in the middle of the road. When the earthquake ____2____, many people came to the road and saw the huge rock. Some of the strongest men tried to lift the rock ____3____ the road. But they could not move it at all. They tried to push it but ____4____. They tried to pull it with ropes but nothing worked. “Well,” they all