初二英语仁爱版 南街中学2013-2014学年八年级下第一次月考英语试题及答案

2013-2014学年下学期八年级第一次月水平测试
英语试卷
题号一二三四五六七总分
分数
一．听力(20分)
Ⅰ. 听下面5段对话，选择最佳答案。

每个句子读两遍。

（5分）( )1.Where does Laura work now?
A. In a TV. station.
B.In a bank.
C.In a hospital.
( )2.What is the woman’s problem?
A. It is not easy to drive in the heavy traffic.
B.Her driving skills are poor.
C.It is hard to find a parking lot.
( )3.What’s wrong with Lisa?
A.She is not popular.
B.Her parents are very busy.
C.She can’t make her own decisions.
( )4.who will the man bring to Amy’s party on the 27th?
A.His brother.
B.His sister.
C.His wife.
( )5.What were Leo’s parents doing when he told them his decision?
A.They were watching TV.
B.They were having dinner.
C.They were playing cards.
Ⅱ第二节，听下面几段独白，回答6--7小题（5分）
( )6.What match did Jim watch last night?
A.A football match.
B..A tennis match.
C..A basketball match. .
( )7.What does the woman ask Jim to do?
A.To take a walk.
B.To have some coffee.
C.To go to bed early tonight.
听下面一段对话，回答8--9题
( )8.What day was it yesterday?
A.Friday.
B. Saturday.
C.Sunday.
( )9.Why did the speaker’s mother buy bird food?
A.Because she takes care of her friend’s bird.
B.Because birds often come to the window of her house.
C.Because she is going to watch birds in the zoo.
听下面一段对话，回答10--12题三个小题
( )10.What are the two speakers talking about?
A.Jane’s family.
B.Jane’s dream.
C.Jane’s school..
( )11.What do Jane’s parents think of her choice?
A.They are against it.
B.They are proud of it.
. C.They don’t care about it.
.( )12.What will Jane most probably be in the end?
A. A painter.
B.A singer
C. A doctor.
听下面一段对话，回答13--15题
( )13.How does Brain get to work every day?
A.By bike.
B.By car.
C.By bus.
( )14.How often does the woman go to Qingdao?
A.Every week.
B.Every month.
C.Every summer.
.( )15.What does Brain prefer to do for vacation?
A.To go to the beach
B.To climb mountains.
C. To rest at home.
听对话, 判断正(T)误(F)。

对话读两遍。

（5分）
( )16. Li Ming l ooks happy at first.
( )17. Li Ming’s friend will see The Sound of Music this Sunday.
( )18. Li Ming can leave his sister at home.
( )19. Li Ming thinks the woman’s idea is good.
( )20. Li Ming is very disappointed in the end.
二：单项选择（15分）
( ) 1. ________ bad weather it is! We mustn’t go out.
A. What
B. What a
C. How
D. How a
( )2. Kate is not able ________ the party because she is ill.
A. comes
B. come
C. to c ome to
D. coming
( ) 3. —What an________movie! —Yes, all of the children
were ________ in it.
A. interested; interesting
B. interesting ; interested
C.interested; interested
D. interesting ; interesting
( )4. Helen is 15 years old, and Joan is 15, too. So Helen is ________Joan.
A. as big as
B. as older as
C. as old as
D. so old as
( )5. Tom didn’t go hiking with his classmates ________ his illness.
A. because
B. because of
C. as
D. since
( ) 6. At the beginning, I found it hard to get up early. Now I ________ getting up early.
A. used to
B. am used to
C. use to
D. am used for
( ) 7. —I’m always afraid of giving a speech in front of the class.
—________ .You can do it well.
A. Not afraid.
B. Take it easy.
C. You are silly.
D. Good luck. ( ) 8. The soft music sounds ________. We are all listening ________.
A. happily; careful
B. beautifully; carefully
C. moving; careful
D. beautiful; carefully
( )9. Mr. Li makes me________, because it is bad for my health.
A. don’t smoke
B. not to smoke
C. not smoking
D. not smoke
( )10. It’s impossible for us ________there on foot in two hours.
A. getting
B. get
C. to get
D. got
( )11. I’ll go to my friend’s party, but I don’t know what to wear.
Can you make a ________for me?
A. condition
B. experience
C. direction
D. decision
( )12.My grandma lives in a (n)________ house, but she doesn’t feel________.
A. alone, lonely
B. lonely , alone
C. lonely, lonely
D. alone, alone
( )13. —John isn’t happy today. Let’s go and ________.
—Good idea.
A. cheer up him
B. cheer him up
C. to cheer up him
D.cheering up
( )14. —Mom, my classmates invited me ________ a field trip. May I go with them? —OK.
A. go on
B. to go on
C. go in
D. going on
( )15. My parents are always strict________ me.
A. with
B. in
C. on
D. for
三：完型填空（10分）
One day Jack went to a big dinner party. His coat was not good. When he went in, no one looked at him and no one gave him 16 food. He was 17 angry that he went home, and 18 his best coat and then came back to 19 party. Everyone stood up at once and came to meet him. Other guests 20 him to the best table and gave him the best food. Then Jack put the food in his coat and said, “Please eat, my dear coat. ”The other people were very 21 and said, “Why are you doing that?” Jack answered, “I’m asking my coat 22 now. When I came here at 23 , nobody noticed me 24 gave me food. After I changed my coat, you gave me the best food. So you gave food to my coat, not to 25 .”Everyone felt embarrassed(尴尬的).
( )16. A. any B. some C. few D. little
( )17. A. too B. very C. so D. such
( )18. A. wear B. put on C. to wear D. to put on ( )19. A. a B. an C. one D. the
( )20. A. take B. taken C. took D. takes
( )21. A. surprise B. surprising C. surprised D. angry
( )22. A. eat B. eating C. to eat D. ate
( )23. A. first B. the first C. last D. the last
( )24. A. and B. or C. nor D. but
( )25. A. I B. my C. mine D. me
四：阅读理解。

（40分）
（A）
Coaches(教练）Wanted!
The Children’s Palace of Yong Long City needs two swimming coaches for middle school students during the summer vacation.
One is male(男性), the other is female.
You must:
⏹be kind and warm – hearted
⏹be good with kids
⏹be good at teaching
⏹be over 25 years old
⏹spend much time with kids every day
⏹can do the backstrok e, sidestroke and breaststroke
A ll the kids will learn to swim for free. And you are volunteers(志愿者）. You won’t get any pay. The time is 7:00—12:00am, 13:00—18:00pm.
( )26. The Children’s Palace wants ________swimming coaches.
A. one
B. two
C. three
D. four
( )27.________can go to the Children’s Palace to learn to swim.
A. Ten- year- old kids
B. The adults
C. All the kids
D. People over 25 years old.
( )28. The coaches should be ________.
A. kind
B. do well in teaching
C. over 25
D. all the above
( )29. The kids who learn to swim will pay ________.
A. much money
B. a little money
C. 250yuan
D. nothing
( )30. The coaches will have to work________ hours a day.
A. eight
B. nine
C. ten
D. eleven
(B)
A good way to pass an examination (考试）is to work hard every day in the year. You may fail in the examination if you are lazy for most of the year and then work hard only a few days before the examination. If you are taking an English
examination, don’t learn only rules of grammar. Try to read stories in English and speak in English whenever you can. A few days before examination you should start going to bed early. Do not stay up late at night studying and learning things. Before you start the examination, read carefully over the examination paper. Try to understand the exact meaning of each question before you pick up（拿起）your pen to write. When you have at last finished your examination, read your answers, correct any mistakes that you see and make sure that you have not missed anything out .
( ) 31. How do you know to pass an examination?
A. Work hard every day in a year.
B. Work hard many days in a year.
C. Work hard most of time in a year.
D. Work hard only a few days before the examination.
( )3 2. If you are going to take examination, ________.
A. study hard and sleep less
B. get up early and do a lot of reading
C. go to bed late and get up late
D. go to bed early and have a good rest ( ) 33. What should you do when you are taking the examination?
A. Pick up your pen and write at once.
B. After you finish the examination, hand in at once.
C. Try to understand every word while you are reading.
D. Check your paper before you hand it in.
( ) 34. What should you do if you want to learn English well
according to the passage?
A. Speak more, listen less, never write.
B. Speak less, write more, never listen.
C. Read more, listen more, speak less.
D. read and speak as much as possible.
( )35. What does “missed...out”mean according to the passage?
A.遗漏
B.增补
C.缺乏
D.丰富
（C）
Xiao Ming is a middle school student. He is a good boy, and he studies very hard. But his family is very poor, because his mother got ill a few years ago, and his father has no job. He makes money by carrying goods(货物) for other people. Life is very hard for them, and sometimes Xiao Ming can’t afford(负担得起) the school things.
When his teacher knew this, she called on her students to raise money for him. She asked them to bring their saving-money to Xiao Ming and help him. All the students are kind and friendly. They are very glad to do it. Xiao Ming is so thankful that he studies harder than before.
根据短文内容，判断正(T)误(F)。

( )36. Xiao Ming is a good middle school girl.
( )37. His father lost his job.
( )38. His teacher called on his classmates to raise money for him.
( )39. He can afford the school things easily.
( )40. All of the students are very glad to help Xiao Ming.
（D）
Modern life is impossible without traveling. The fastest way of traveling is by plane. With a modern airliner(客机), you can travel in one day to places which needed a month or more to get to hundreds of years ago.
Traveling by train is slower than by plane, but you can see the places you are traveling through. Modern trains have comfortable seats and dining-cars. They even make the longest journey enjoyable(令人愉快的).
Some people prefer to travel by sea. You can visit many other countries or different parts of your country. Ships are not so fast as trains or planes, but traveling by sea is a very pleasant way to spend a holiday.
Many people like to travel by car. You can make your own timetable. You can travel three or four hundred miles or only fifty or one hundred miles a day, just as you like. You can stop if there is something interesting, for example, at a good restaurant where you can enjoy a good meal, or at a hotel to spend the night. That’s why traveling by car is popular for pleasure trips, while people usually take a train or a plane when they travel on business.
( )41. From the passage, we know the fastest way of traveling is________.
A. by train
B. by sea
C. by plane
D. by car
( )42. If we travel by car, we can ________.
A. make the longest journey enjoyable
B. travel to a very far place in a few minutes
C. make our own timetable
D. visit many other countries
( )43. The underlined word “They” in the passage refers to(指的是) ________.
A. modern trains in the country
B. the comfortable seats and dining-cars
C. the travelers on the modern trains
D. the slower ways of traveling
( )44. When people travel on business, they usually take________.
A. a plane or a car
B. a car or a boat
C. a boat or a train
D. a train or a plane
( )45. How many ways of traveling are mentioned in the passage?
A. Four.
B. Three.
C. Two.
D. S ix.
五：词语运用（10分）阅读短文，从方框中选择适当的词并用其正确形式填空.使短文意思完整、通顺。

注意：每个单词只能用一次.
at, but, else, enjoy, he, just, musician, parent, popular, tell
Many parents want their children to be famous one day.But do children have the same dreams? A new play, called Hi, Ke’ai 1 us the story of a boy with the name of Ke’ai. His parents wish him to become a painter or 2 or scientist one day .They teach him to paint and to play the piano, 3 Ke’ai doesn’t enjoy these activities. Then one day Ke’ai parents see Liu Xiang won a gold medal 4 the Athens Olympic Games, and they want 5 to be a sportsman.
“But why do they want me to be somebody 6 ?”Ke ‘ai asks and says :”
I 7 want to be myself.” The play shows us that 8 should understand their children,and learn to think about what kids want to do. Young students 9 the story and also the music in the play. It is a very 10 play for them.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
六：补全对话（10分）根据下面的对话情境，在空白处填上一个适当的句子，使得对话完整
T: Hi, Long Yufeng! You look so sad.
1. ?
A: I failed the English exam.
T: 2. . But you don’t need to worried about it all the time.
A: I really don’t know how to study English well.
3. ?
T: I think you’d better study in a group.
A: Oh, 4. . Could I join your group?
T: Of course you can. And we can learn from each other.
A: Sounds good.5. ?
T: You can join it tomorrow, if you like.
A: That’s very kind of you.
七：书面表达。

（15分）
Cherry 是Lily的一个朋友，她最近很苦恼，因为她太痴迷于电脑游戏，学习成绩下降了，父母对她也有意见。

她写信给Lily，让Lily帮她解决这个问题。

请你以Lily的名义给她提供一些建议。

词数80左右。

提示：1.get a letter from 2.play computer games
3.do badly in
4.the most important
5.for a long time
6.be bad for
7.suggestion
8.have a talk
9. say sorry to 10.spend more time
11.work hard 12.hope
Dear Cherry,
Yours,
Lily
2013-2014学年八年级下学期第一次月水平测试
英语试卷答案
一、听力理解(20分)
Ⅰ. 1.B 2.A 3.C 4.B 5.B
Ⅱ.6.A 7.C 8.C 9.B 10.B
Ⅲ.11.A 12.B 13.C 14.C 15.B
Ⅳ.16. F 17. T 18. F 19. T 20. F
二、单项选择（15分）
1. A
2. C
3.B
4. C
5. B
6.B
7. B
8.D
9.D 10.C
11.D 12.A 13.B 14.B 15. A
三、完型填空（10分）
16.---20ACBDC 21.-- 25. CCABD
四、阅读理解（40分）
26.--30BDDDC 31. --35ADDDA
36. –40FTTFT 41.-- 45. CCBDA
五、词语运用（10分）
1.tells
2. musician
3. but
4.at
5. him
6. else
7. just
8. parents
9. enjoy 10.popular
六、补全对话（10分）
1. What’s wrong /the matter with you?
2.I am sorry to hear that.
3. What should I do?
4.That’s a good idea./Good idea.
5.When can I join it ?
七、作文：（略）。