八年级下英语第二次月考试卷

2018—2019学年第二次月考试卷
八年级英语
一、从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出划线部分读音不同的一项。

（5分）
( )1.A. book B. look C．room D．good
（）2. A. Where B．who C．white D．which （）3 .A . island B.sweep C.stress D.satisfaction （）4. A. mark B. march C . hardly D. married （）5. A. order B.doctor C. boring D. corner
二、英汉互译（30分）
1.删除________
2.逐渐变弱__________
3.进入梦乡_________
4.变成__________
pare...with_________
6.in silence _______
7.make one’s way_____________8.一只熊猫宝宝_______
9.fall in love with______________10.get married___________
11.就我所知_______________12.面对（问题、困难）_________
13.full of treasures___________14.one another_______15.take in_______ 16.挑战自我___________17.很多压力____________18.instead of________
municate...with______________20.一......就__________
三、单项选择（20分）
1.I’m really____before the competition.---Take it easy.Sure you are the best. A.cool B.serious C.nervous D.good
2.Why are you so tired these days?---well,I have_____homework to do.
A.too much
B.too many
C.much too
D.many too
3.Why_____come a little earlier? ---All right.
A.don’t
B.not you
C.not
D.does
4.My pen pal TOM found it difficult___Chinese well.
A.learning
B.learn
C.to learn
D.learned
5.Jack,is there___in today’s newspa per?---No, nothing.
A.anything important
B.something important
C. important anything
D. important something
6.They___five days finishing the work in the end.
A.paid
B.took
C.spent
D.cost
7.They ___a football game from 7 to 9 last night.
A.were watching
B.watch
C.watched
D.are watching
8.He___his father on the farm the whole afternoon last Sunday.
A.helps
B.would help
C.was helping
D.is helping
9.They were____to hear the___news.
A.surprised surprising
B. surprising surprised
C. surprised surprised
D. surprising surprising
10.I____housework when my aunt came.
A.am doing
B.did
C.was doing
D.have done
11.Have you ever been to Shanghai? ---Yes,I____there lst year with my parents.
A.go
B.went
C.have been
D.was going
12.The old man___in Shanghai, but he___in haikou now.
A.be born,live
B.was born, live
C.is born ,lives
D.was born,lives
13.Lucy___a student last year,but now she ___a teacher.
A.is, is
B.was, is
C.was, will be
D.is, was
14.In fact,it’s impossible for Y u Gong____a mountain.
A.be moved
B.moved
C.moving
D.to move
15.Sun Wukong couldn’t____hi s tail , so he couldn’t turn himself into a man.
A.throw
B.catch
C.get
D.hide
16.I won’t take part in the English evening party___I am invited.
A.unless
B.after
C.because
D.if
17.It will take you 3 days___reading this novel.
A.finish
B.to finish
C.finishing
D.finishes
18.China is one of the____in the world.
A.big country
B. biggest country
C. biggest countries
D. big countries
19.She___is than any other girl in our class.
A.taller
B.tallest
C.the tallest
D.tall
20.____he is very young,____he does very well. A.Though ,but B.Although ,but C. Although ,/ D./,still
四、完形填空（10分）
In China , more and more middle school students are getting__1_sleeping time than before. Most students sleep 2__than nine hours every night, because they have much homework 3____.Some homework is 4____by their teachers, and some by their 5___.Also, some students don't know how to 6_____time. They are not careful enough while they do their homework, so it takes them a lot of time. Some students _7___
too much time watching TV or 8_____computer games. They stay up very late. Some students have to 9____ early every morning on weekdays to get to school on time by bus or by bike. It can be a long way from home to school.
Schools and parents should cut down some of the homework so that our children can _____10 more than nine hours of sleep every night for their health. For children, we should make best use of our time. When we have enough time for sleeping, we will find it much better for both our study and health.
( ) 21.A.long B.short C.shorter D.longer
( ) 22. A.much B.less C.longer D.more
( ) 23.A.to do B.doing C.do D.done
( ) 24.A.given B.done C.sent D. brought
( ) 25.A.friends B.parents C.classmates D.sisters
( ) 26.A.waste B.kill C.save D.take
( ) 27.A.cost B.take e D.spent
( )28.A.play B.playing C.to play D.plays
( )29.A.get up B.get off C.get on D.get down
( )30.A.enjoy B.make C.sleep D.spent
五、阅读理解（40分）
A
The coldest and most difficult place in the world in which to live is Antarctica (南极洲). Antarctica is the land of snow and ice near the South Pole (南极). Most people do not think there is much life in the icy (结冰的) waters around it. They are wrong.
Antarctica's seas are full of life. There are many kinds of fishes, water birds, seals, and whales (鲸). They eat the thick plant life in the sea and the smaller water animals. Some whales, for examples, eat more than a ton of food every day.
The most famous animal of Antarctica is the penguin . It struts (昂首阔步)
around the icy beaches as if it were a movie star walking down the street.
（）31. The most famous animal of Antarctica is ______________ .
A. whale
B. seal
C. penguin
D. fox
（）32. Antarctica has_______________.
A. much ice
B. warm weather
C. flocks of geese
D. warm water （）33. Around Antarctica there ______________.
A. are many people
B. is little plant life
C. are many animals
D. is little snow
（）34. The word “struts” in the last paragraph means _________.
A. swims gracefully
B. walks proudly
C. runs swiftly
D. jumps happily
（）35.The best title is________
A.Thick Plant Life
B.Life Around Antarctica
C.Tons of Food
D.Penguins
B
Miss Rose taught physics(物理) in a London st week she was explaining to one of her classes about sound,and she decided to test them to see how successful she had been in her work.She said to them,"Now,I have a sister in Washington.If I was calling her on the telephone,and at the same time you were 20 meters away,and listened to me from the other side of the street,who would hear what I said earlier,my sister or you,and why?"
The cleverest boy at once answered,"Your sister,Miss Rose,because electricity (电)travels faster than sound waves(声波) ." "That's very good,"Miss Rose answered.But then one of the girls put up her hand,and Miss Rose said,"Yes,Betty."" I don' t agree,"Betty said,"Your sister would hear you earlier because when it's eleven o'clock here,it's only six o'clock in Washington."
（）36.Miss Rose was teaching her students about_____________.
A.telephone
B.time
C.sound
D.electricity
（）37.She wanted her students to know________________.
A.which were faster,sound waves or electricity
B.whether Betty was cleverer than the boy
C.whether she could call her sister in Washington
D.Whether her students could hear her from 20 meters away
（）38.The boy thought that________________.
A.sound waves were faster than electricity
B.sound waves were slower than electricity
C.the students would hear Miss Rose earlier
D.the students would hear her sister earlier （）39.From the passage,we know Miss Rose thought______.
A. the boy's answer was right
B.w asn’t pleased with the boy's answer
C.Betty's answer was much better
D.both of the answers were right
（）40.Betty thought the boy was wrong because________________.
A.electricity was slower than sound waves
B.electricity was faster than sound waves
C.electricity traveled as fast as sound waves
D.clocks in Washington showed a different time from those in London
C
One day, a farmer was walking along a road with his son Thomas. The father said, "Look! There's a horseshoe. Pick it up and put it in your bag." Thomas said, 'It isn't worth the trouble." His father said nothing but picked it up himself. When they got to a nearby town, they had a rest. There the farmer sold the horseshoe and with the few pennies he bought some grapes..
It was very hot,and there wasn't a house or a tree where they could have a rest. Thomas felt too thirsty to walk on. At this time, his father dropped a cherry on the ground and Thomas picked it up quickly and ate it. After a while, his father dropped another cherry and once again, his son lost some time in picking it up and putting it in his mouth.
And so they went on. The old farmer dropped the cherries and the son picked them up. When Thomas had eaten up all the cherries, his father said to him, "My dear son, if you had bent down earlier to pick up that horseshoe. it would not have been necessary for you to bend so many times for the cherries. Always remember the lesson that anyone who does not worry about the little things will find that he cannot do the great things.
( )41. The horseshoe was picked up by_____?
A．Thomas. B．The father. C．Both the father and the son D．none ( )42.The farmer bought _______ with the money after sold the horseshoe. A．some food B．some water C．some grapes D．some pennies ( )43.When the son refused to pick up the horseshoe, the father _______. A．felt very happy B．didn't say anything C．beat the son D．became a little angry
( )44.The father dropped the grapes one by one, because he wanted_______. A．his son to eat them all B. to teach his son a lesson
C．To make fun of his son D.To throw them away
( )45.From the story, we can learn that _______.
A．If we want to eat grapes,we must pick up a horseshoe
B．a horseshoe is so expensive that it can bring us a lot of money
C．A father is always wiser than son
D．We should worry about small things before we do the great things.
D
A m an didn’t like his wife’s cat and decided to throw it away. One day, he drove it over one mile from his home and left it in a park. But when he got home, he saw that his wife was playing with the cat.
The next day he drove the cat about three miles away. He put the cat on the street and went home. But,once again, the cat got home before him.
At last he decided to drive more than ten miles away. He turned right, then left, past a bridge, then right again and another right until he thought he was far enough from home and left the cat there.Hours later the man was still driving home. He was lost! He called home and asked his wife, “Jen, is the cat there?”“Yes,” his wife answered, “why do you ask?”
The man answered, “Put it on the phone. I’m lost and need it to tell me the way.”
What a clever cat!
根据短文判断正（T）误(F）
（）46.The man hated his wife’s cat very much.
( ) 47.One day,he left the cat in a park.
( ) 48.The next day, the cat got home after him.
( ) 49.At last the man found he was lost himself.
( ) 50.The cat was very smart.
六、A. 单词的正确形式填空（10分）
51.This book is yours,______( I ) is at home.
52.Kitty has______( little ) milk of the three.
53. Can you finish_______(write ) the letter in ten minutes?
54.Li Lei has learned_________(draw) already.
55.H er father was so busy that he didn’t have any time_______(relax) every day.
B. 句型转换（10分）
56.I have already seen the film.(变为否定句)
I________ seen the film _________.
57.He has been in Lanzhou for three years.（线部分提问）
How _____ _____ he been in Lanzhou? 58.Shanghai is the biggest city in China.(同义句转换)
Shanghai is ______than any other _____ in China.
59.The building is about 100 meters high.（线部分提问）
________ ________ is the building?
60.The people of Shanghai is about 23 million. （线部分提问）
_____ ________the population of Shanghai?
七、补全对话（10分）
A．Don't you think it's a little silly? B．I'm reading a book called Yu Gong Moves a Mountain. C．That's better and faster than moving a mountain!
D．In my opinion，it's really interesting to me.
E．Do you prefer to read stories? F．I still don't agree with you.
Emma：What are you doing，Li Lin?
Li Lin：61. __
Emma：I have read it before.What do you think of the story?
Li Lin：62.__Yu Gong found a good way to deal with his problem.
Emma：Really？63__It seems impossible to move a mountain.
Li Lin：But the story is trying to show us that anything is possible if you work hard！Yu Gong kept trying and didn't give up.
Emma：64.__I think we should try to find other ways to deal with a problem.
Li Lin：But what could Yu Gong do instead of moving the mountains?
Emma：He could build a road.65._____
Li Lin: We have different opinions about the story. There’re many sides to a story and many ways to understand it.
Emma: Yes, that’s fine.
八、作文,不少于60字（15分）
我最好的朋友相处的非常好，但是我们却各有不同。

他比我更有趣，更外向，而我很严肃。

他喜欢体育运动，而我更擅长于学习。

他又高又瘦，我显得矮胖，他总是教我打球，我会在学习上帮助他。

我希望我们的友谊能够持续到永远。

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