江苏省镇江市宜城中学五校2024-2025学年八年级上学期10月月考英语试题

江苏省镇江市宜城中学五校2024-2025学年八年级上学期10月
月考英语试题
一、听力选择
1．What does Jack look like?
A．B．C．
2．How is Ted’s father going to Nanjing?
A．B．C．
3．What’s the boy’s favourite sport?
A．B．C．
4．Which place are they talking about?
A．B．C．
5．What would the man like?
A．Some coffee.B．Some chocolate milk tea.C．Some juice.
6．What’s wrong with Tom?
A．He feels sleepy.B．He is ill in bed.C．He feels lonely.
7．What time will Mr. Wang leave for the theatre?
A．At 6:45B．At 7:00C．At 7:15
8．How many people are going camping?
A．Three.B．Four.C．Five.
9．Where are the speakers?
A．At a bookstore.B．At the railway station.C．At the restaurant. 10．What is Lucy’s record (记录)?
A．Two hours and ten minutes.
B．Two hours and twenty-five minutes.
C．One hour and fifty minutes.
听对话，回答以下各小题。

11．Why can’t the girl sleep well?
A．Because she studies Maths too hard.
B．Because she spends much time on TV.
C．Because she has too much for dinner.
12．What does the doctor tell her to do?
A．Go to bed early.B．Eat more fruit.C．Relax herself.
听短文，回答以下各小题。

13．A．videos B．music C．books 14．A．sleeping B．swimming C．singing 15．A．6:00 p.m.B．7:00 p.m.C．8:00 p.m.
听短文，回答以下各小题。

16．What is a bear like?
A．It has a large body, long legs and a long tail.
B．It has a small body, thick legs and a short tail.
C．It has a large body, thick legs and a short tail.
17．What do the bears eat?
A．Only meat.B．Only plants.C．Both plants and meat. 18．How is the bears’ eyesight?
A．Bears have good eyesight.B．Bears have bad eyesight.
C．Bears can’t see anything.
19．What do the bears use to find food?
A．Their noses.B．Their mouths.C．Their eyes.
20．Which of the following is TRUE?
A．They are very dangerous animals.
B．They are less clever than most other animals.
C．They can also walk with their “feet”.
二、单项选择
21．John is ________ excellent runner. He often comes ________ first in the race.
A．an; the B．the; the C．a; /D．an; /
22．The Changjiang River is one of __________ in the world.
A．the long river B．the long rivers
C．the longest river D．the longest rivers
23．When something ________ me, I always feel ________.
A．worry；worried B．worries；worry C．worries；worried
D．worried；worries
24．Sam spends ________ time ________ CDs than Daniel.
A．more；to buy B．less；on C．fewer；buying D．less；to buy 25．We always have a great time ________ each other.
A．talking B．talk
C．talking to D．talk to
26．It’s true that Wendy has more books than _________. But my books are more interesting than _________.
A．I；she B．I；hers C．mine；hers D．me；her
27．— How was your trip to the park?
— It couldn’t be ________. We lost our way and it kept raining.
A．nicer B．worst C．worse D．good 28．Zhenjiang is smaller than ________ in Jiangsu, but its very nice.
A．any other city B．any cities C．the other cities D．any city 29．People in the UK say “football” while people in the USA say “ ”.
A．vacation B．movie C．biscuit D．soccer
30．The dress is very beautiful, and I don’t think I can find a ________ one.
A．good B．better C．bad D．worst 31．They’re able to finish ________ work with ________ money.
A．fewer; less B．more; fewer C．more; less D．fewer; fewer 32．—What’s the cost of the trip to Xijin Ferry, Sandy?
—Each person will ________ 200 yuan taking a trip there.
A．take B．cost C．spend D．pay
33．Mo Yan is one of ________ in China. I’m reading his work Red Sorghum.
A．famous writer B．more famous writers
C．most famous writer D．the most famous writers
34．You should share your worries ________ your friends. They will keep secrets ________ you.
A．with; for B．with; to C．for; for D．for; to
35．The number of tigers ________ getting ________.
A．is; smaller and smaller B．are; smaller and smaller
C．are; fewer and fewer D．is; fewer and fewer
三、完形填空
Last winter vacation, my family spent a week in Jingdezhen, Jiangxi. It is famous for its porcelain (瓷) culture.
We visited a museum. It showed us how porcelain was made. On the way, we 36 that people covered all the streetlights with porcelain. They even made the rubbish bins out of porcelain. We were 37 by those.
At the museum, we learned how to make porcelain. First, the workers made different shapes
with clay (陶土). Then, they started to 38 pictures on them. It took them many hours to finish. After that, the workers burnt them at a very high temperature for 12 to 24 hours. 39 , the workers put the porcelain pieces into nice boxes 40 they cooled down. You can buy them for your friends in the museum.
As the saying goes, success only comes through hard work. It took much time to make porcelain, but the workers’ hard work 41 beautiful pieces at last.
On the last day of our trip, we went to an Art Center. Porcelain lovers could make their own pieces there. 42 walked through the center and they could buy what they liked. They took them home as gifts. There were also shows and delicious food in this area. 43 wanted to leave until it was late.
Now I know 44 people call Jingdezhen City “Porcelain Capital”. It is because of the local people’s 45 love for porcelain. They care about porcelain and share this wonderful traditional culture with the world.
36．A．made B．read C．noticed D．called 37．A．bored B．tired C．amazed D．scared 38．A．cook B．draw C．take D．write 39．A．Hardly B．Recently C．Suddenly D．Finally 40．A．after B．before C．during D．through 41．A．turned into B．jumped into C．got into D．looked into 42．A．Workers B．Travellers C．Salesmen D．V olunteers 43．A．Somebody B．Everybody C．Anybody D．Nobody 44．A．who B．why C．what D．when 45．A．bad B．hard C．deep D．easy
四、阅读理解
Do you like travelling? If you are interested, come to our travel service as soon as possible. We provide the following travel lines for you to choose from.
46．If you want to relax yourself at the seaside, you can call ________.
A．800-817-7223B．800-810-6288C．800-830-7288D．800-850-8288 47．Miss. Guo is planning to take the 8-Day London Tour with her daughter. How much will they pay?
A．¥15,800B．¥27,600C．¥31,600D．¥32,600
48．If you take the Taiwan Group Tour, you will be able to ________.
A．taste Changzhou food B．enjoy the view of the Tames
C．climb A-li Mountain D．walk along the seaside
In China, many public schools finish classes a few hours before the end of parents’ workday.
So parents can’t work full days or need others to help pick up their children.
To help out working parents, the Ministry of Education (教育部) wants primary and middle schools to close late to make time for working parents. Before parents pick up their children, there should be after-school activities in schools. Teachers can help students with their homework. Students can enjoy their hobbies in groups, too. But students can’t have lessons after school.
In Nanjing, there are free after-school activities in all primary schools from 2017. In 2021 the schools change the time from 5:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. so that parents can pick up their kids after work. About 230,000 children in primary schools do such activities. They are half of all primary school students in the city.
From this spring, Shanghai public schools also change their school hours from ending at 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Teachers work for more hours to look after their students after school. “Teachers take turns to do the activities,” a 5th-grade teacher in Shanghai says, “and usually I look after the students every Wednesday and Friday afternoon.”
49．Why does the Ministry of Education want schools to close late?
A．To make working parents have time to pick up their children.
B．To help working parents pick up their children earlier.
C．To make students have more activities.
D．To help children with their studies.
50．What is the total number of the primary school students in the city of Nanjing in 2021?
A．115,000.B．230,000.C．420,000.D．460,000. 51．After school, the students can ________.
① play basketball① read books
① have a maths lesson① do their homework
A．①①①B．①①①C．①①①D．①①①
Many people have only seen bacteria (细菌) in biology books. However, a group of middle school students used these chilling microbes (吓人的微生物) to create paintings!
At Taiyuan Middle School, students used bacteria to paint on some plates. They painted flowers, the Great Wall, pandas and other things.
Wang Da teaches biology. She said: “Students make pictures with bacteria. Then they put
them into a box at 37 ①. After three days, the bacteria grow into a special painting.”
“It sounds easy, but it’s not,” said student Li Baohao, “When we drew the shapes with the bacteria water, we often made mistakes. After many failures, we finally drew our ideal ones.”
But there was still a problem, said Li. “Different bacteria have different colors, and they need different things to grow. It’s difficult for us to put them all together on one plate, so we just use one type of bacteria. That’s why our paintings have only one color.”
“The activity is so fun!” said another student. “It shows us that science are not boring. Art and science can work together!”
52．What did the students use bacteria to do?
A．Read books.B．Draw pictures.C．Feed pandas.D．Plant flowers. 53．Why did their patterns come in just one color?
A．Because they made many mistakes when drawing the patterns.
B．Because they let the bacteria grow at the same temperature.
C．Because they put the bacteria on one culture plate.
D．Because they only used one type of bacteria.
54．Which of the following does “failure” in paragraph 4 refer to?
A．bacteria in Biology books B．changes in color
C．drawing mistakes with bacteria D．interesting games
55．What do the students at Taiyuan Middle School think of the activity?
A．Fashionable.B．Useless.C．Boring.D．Enjoyable.
阅读以下内容，从其后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，有两项是多余的。

We throw away rubbish almost every day. Do you know where it goes? 56 There are five large rubbish patches (垃圾带) in the sea. The largest one is the Great Pacific Rubbish Patch. Scientists are saying that the patch is getting even bigger than before.
The patch is in the Pacific Ocean between California and Hawaii. It is quite large. According to Live Science, it has an area of 1.6 million square kilometers. 57 Most of the rubbish is plastic (塑料), including bottles, bags and fishing nets. According to Fox News, there are about 79,000 tons (吨) of plastic in the patch. That’s about 250 pieces of plastic for every person on Earth. 58 This plastic can harm sea animals and pollute the
water. 59 But the most important thing is to stop rubbish from going into the sea in the first place.
Where is sea rubbish from? People throw their rubbish directly (直接地) into the ocean. Wind can also blow rubbish into the ocean. 60 Then, the rivers carry the rubbish to the ocean.
A．Rain can wash the rubbish into river.
B．Is one of those pieces from you?
C．Every person should throw rubbish into rubbish bins.
D．Most of it goes into the sea.
E．We should take action to protect sea animals and the sea.
F．That is about 100 times bigger than Beijing.
G．Scientists are trying different ways to clean up rubbish in the sea.
五、选词填空
从方框中选择恰当的词或短语并用其适当的形式填空。

(只能用一次)
61．—Do you know the of a car? —It’s about 2 tons.
62．Yesterday I had a test on English. I the questions quickly at first.
63．We went to many places of interest. We really during the holiday.
64．Lily often difficult problems with her classmates after class.
65．Simon is a hard-working boy. He always gets to school in his class.
66．Sandy is interested in Biology. She often looks for information online.
67．Life is full of surprises, so we should hope for the best but get ready for the . 68．There was always a lot of on highways during the National Day.
69．While watching the film, I couldn’t stop laughing at some moments. 70．Although he is a , he loves Chinese traditional culture.
六、任务型阅读
任务型阅读，每空一词。

Four ways to have a good school life
Your schooldays should be some of the best and happiest days of your life. How can you get the most from them, and be sure you do not waste (浪费) this great chance to learn?
Be active at school.
Don’t say things are difficult or boring. Take interest in school life and your school subjects. Join lots of activities. Put up your hands quickly in class. Go around the school with a big smile. If you are not happy, you are wasting your time at school. Teachers cannot make everything interesting.
Keep fit.
If you don’t eat a good breakfast, you will be thinking about food in class. If you go to bed late and don’t have enough sleep, you will be sleepy in class. Play enough sports every day in order to keep your body strong.
Face the problem.
Do not say you will do things tomorrow. If you get behind the class, it is very difficult to get back in front. You cannot finish the race if you rest all the time. Everyone fails some exams, loses some matches and has bad days. Don’t make small problems very big and important. Don’t forget to ask for help. You are young, and no one thinks you must do everything quite well!
Spend the weekends.
Don’t waste time lying in bed on Saturday or Sunday morning. Go and play sports, get together with friends in the park to relax, or learn to play the piano. If you don’t want to go out, there are also a lot of things to do. You may read a book, practice English or even help mum with housework.
Follow our advice, and have a happy school life!
七、短文填空
首字母填空。

The weekend is usually a time of rest. B 81 today’s Chinese students cannot rest during the weekends. According to a survey (据调查), 24% of the junior students in Beijing have classes at the weekend. Over 40% of the Junior 3 have less t 82 eight hours’ sleep each night because of too much study. Ji Ping, a junior student in Guangzhou, h 83 to get up at 6:30 am on Saturday. Then she has a whole day of classes. On Sunday she goes to extra classes for math and English. But she doesn’t complain (抱怨). She says that a 84 her classmates work hard on Sunday. Liu Yang is from Dalian. As a Junior 2 student, his weekends are less busy. But he also spends Saturday in school. On Sunday, after d 85 homework, he plays basketball. He feels happy b 86 he still has time to do the things he likes. A few students are a little luckier. Yang Qing, a Junior 3 student from Zibo, Shandong, is o 87 of them. And she is a top student. During the weekends, she usually gets up at 8:00. Then she s 88 some time doing homework. After that she is free to go s 89 or watch TV. “Don’t push yourself too much. Learning well at school is e 90 ,” she said.
八、书面表达
91．根据下表内容，以“My Good Friend”为题写一篇短文，介绍你的朋友John。

要求：
1. 要求完整，省略号部分自行发挥；
2. 文中不得出现真实的姓名、学校；
3. 词数100个左右；注意书写。

My Good Friend
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