2009年西埔中学八年级英语(上)第一次月考试题.

2009年西埔中学八年级英语（上）第一次月考试题（Time:90minutes Total Marks:100）命题：林连文Class: Name: ___ Marks:I. 单项选择。

（20分）( ) 1. — Would you mind closing the window ?— ____A. Certainly.B. Of course not. I’ll do it in a minute.C. Sorry, I won’t.D. Yes, I mind.( ) 2. — Maria, do you ski ______? — No, seldom.A. manyB. muchC. moreD. most( )3. Liu Qian and his friends are ____ the U.S.A. next week.A. leave forB. leaving forC. leaving toD. left( )4. Keep ____ English, and you will improve your spoken English(口语).A. to speakB. speakingC. speakD. speaks( ) 5. —I broke my new pen yesterday.—___________.A. What a shame!B. Not at allC. That’s all right.D. You’re welcome( ) 6. Kangkang’s mother has great fun ____, and looks fit.A. runB. to runC. runsD. running( ) 7. —Which team are you going to play _______ the day after tomorrow?—A team from No.7 Middle School. I hope we will win.A. aboutB. withC. forD. against( ) 8. — Would you like to come and cheer Zhen Xueqi on?— ____A. Yes, I will.B. Yes, I would..C. Sure, I’d love to.D. Yes, I do.( ) 9. —Congratulations! Li Ming, you’re the winner in the running race. Are you happy?— Yes, but very tired ____.A. as wellB. tooC. eitherD. also( )10. —I’m sorry for _____ I said.—It doesn’t matter.A. howB. whichC. whatD. where ( ) 11. At last, we decided(决定) to go hiking instead of ____.A. go shoppingB. going shopC. go shopD. going shopping( )12. Your friends arrived______ Fuzhou yesterday evening.A. inB. atC. toD. on( ) 13. This is a ____ story. Can you read it for me?A. 200 wordB. 200-wordC. 200-wordsD. 200 of words( ) 14. One of my_________ fell ill. Would you like to join us?A. classB. classesC. classmateD. classmates( ) 15. Everyone knows China is getting ____.A. strong and strongB. more strong and strongC. stronger and strongerD. strongest and strongest( ) 16. — He was too _______.He cut himself with the knife.—I’m sorry to hear thatA. carefulB. careless C .carefully D. carelessness( ) 17. — ______ Lucy _____ Beijing tomorrow?—No, she isn’t.A. Will; goB. would; goC. Are; going toD. Is; going to( ) 18. — Kangkang ______in the high jump at the school sports meet last week.— What a shame!A. do badB. do badlyC. did badD. did badly( ) 19. I won first place in the boy’s relay race .This _____ me very a lot. I love sports___ than anything else.A. encourage; better B encouraged; best.C. encourages; best.D. encourages; better( ) 20. —We will ____ the city football club. Would you like ____ us?—Yes, I’d love to.A. join; to joinB. join; take part inC. take part in; joinD. join; to take part inII.. 完形填空。

（10分）Do you know the Olympic Games? The Olympic Games are held every 1 years. Many players 2 all over the world take part in the Olympic Games. The old Olympic Games began around the year 776 BC(大约公元前) in Greece and the modern games came from the 3 ones. Many of the sports were 4 as they are now，but women were not allowed(允许) to take part in the games at that time.The Olympic Games stopped for a long time. But people couldn’t 5 the Olympic Games. The first Olympic Games in modern times were held in 1896. They were held in Greece——the games were born in this 6 . In the 1896 games, there were 311 players from just 13 countries. After that, 7 countries took part in the games. In the 27th Sydney Summer Olympic Games in 2000, the Chinese team got 28 gold medals.One of the great competitions 8 not for a medal. It’s the competition among countries to hold the Olympic Games. 9 the Olympics is a great prize for a country.In 2008，Beijing held the 10 Summer Olympic Games. We are all proud of our greatcountry.( ) 1. A. four B. three C. five D. two( ) 2. A. from B. in C. at D. to( ) 3. A. new B. old C. good D. nice( ) 4. A. same B. a same C. the same D./( ) 5. A. forgetting B. forgot C. forgotten D. forget( ) 6. A. town B. city C. village D. country( ) 7. A. less than B. more or less C. more than D. more and more( ) 8. A. are B. is C. were D. was( ) 9. A. To hold B. Hold C. Holds D. Held( ) 10. A.28th B.27th C. 29th D. 30thIII. 阅读理解。

（15分）(A)One day a great general(将军) asks his soldiers, “What is the strongest power(力量) in the world? ” Four of his soldiers put up their hands. They want to answer the question. The general asks the first man to speak. The man is younger than the other three, and he’s not strong. He says, “My gun(枪) is the strongest. It can kill anyone.” “Thank you. Next, please.” The second man is very strong. He says, “I don’t think so. Sol diers use guns. So the soldier is the strongest.” The third man says, “Soldiers use guns, but our general gives orders. So I think our general is the strongest.” The fourth man is the oldest. He says, “Love is the strongest. For love, people don’t use guns.” The general says nothing. He takes out a medal and gives it to him.( ) 1. ______ soldiers answer the general’s question..A. All the B. Many of the C. One of the D. Four of the ( ) 2. The youngest man thinks _______ is the strongest power in the world.A. the generalB. a soldierC. a gunD. love( ) 3. The second man is _____ than the _______.A. stronger, other threeB. older, fourth manC. younger, third manD. taller, general( ) 4. The fourth man _____.A. doesn’t want to use his gunB. wants the general to give him a medalC. wants all the people to loveD. wants to be a general( ) 5. The general thinks ______ answer is the best.A. the first man’sB. the second man’sC. the third man’sD. the fourth man’s(B)China’s tennis pair Li Ting and Sun Tiantian took part in the women’s doubles in the Athens Olympic Games on August 22nd, 2004. All the Chinese felt very glad because it was the first historic(历史性的) gold medal for China from the OlympicLi Ting, born on January 5th in 1980 in Hubei, is 180cm tall and 72kg. She took part in many games and did very well. Her teammate Sun Tiantian was born in Henan on October 13th, 1981. Sun is 175cm tall and 64kg. The two girls seldom go home because they have to train(训练) for many kinds of games. They miss their families but they know training is more important than staying at home.( )6. Li Ting and Sun Tiantian took part in ____ in Athens Olympic Games in 2004.A. the women’s singlesB. the women’s doublesC. the men’s singlesD. the men’s doubles( )7. They won the first historic gold medal for China from the Olympic ____A. table tennisB. tennisC. basketballD. football ( ) 8. Li Ting was born on ____ in ____.A. the fifth of January, 1980; HefeiB. the twelfth of October, 1981; HefeiC. the fifth of January, 1980; HubeiD. the twelfth of October, 1981; Hubei( ) 9. Both Li Ting and Sun Tiantian are ____.A. short girlsB. tall girlsC. tall boysD. short boys ( ) 10. The underlined(画线) word “seldom” means ____.A. oftenB. not oftenC. usuallyD. always(C)All over the world, people enjoy sports. Sports are good for people’s health. Many people like to watch others play games. They buy tickets or turn on their TV sets to watch inSports change with the seasons. People play different games in different seasons. Sometimes they play inside the room. Sometimes they play outside. We can find sports here and there. Some sports are rather interesting and people everywhere like them. Football, for example, is very popular in the world. People from different countries cannot understand each other, but after a game they often become very( ) 11. Sports are good for ____.A. the playersB. people’s healthC. the coachesD. people who like sports ( )12. If you like sports, you can ____.D. A, B and C( ) 13. People play ____ in different seasons.A. the same gameB. different gamesC. any gamesD. all kinds of games( ) 1A. Table tennisB. BaseballC. FootballD. Skating( ) 15. From this passage we can see that ____ can become very friendly.A. people from different countries allB. people from the same countryC. friendsD. after a game people from different countriesⅣ.情景交际。