八年级英语月考

2013—2014学年八年级英语上册月考测试
一、单项选择：（15分,每小题1分）
1. — What are you going to give your mother for her birthday?
—I’m not sure. But I’ll buy her ______ .
A. something special
B. anything special
C. special something
D. special anything
2. ---Do you have ______to say for yourself? ---No, I have ______to say.
A. something; everything
B. nothing; something
C. everything; anything
D. anything; nothing
3. There is ________ wrong with his eyes. He can’t see things clearly.
A. something
B. anything
C. nothing
D. everything
4. ---______ was your vacation? --- It _____ exciting.
A. How; were
B.What; were
C. How; was
D. What; was
5. I don’t want to go to the museum, it’s too_______.
A. relaxing
B. boring
C. bored
D. beautiful
6. I didn’t go to the mountains ______the bad weather.
A. so
B. because of
C. because
D. but
7. Do you enjoy ______ photos?
A. to take
B. take
C. taking
D. takes
8. Yesterday afternoon, we ______to the park.
A. went
B. go
C. goes
D. goed
9. It’s cold, so we decided ______at home.
A. stay
B. to stay
C. staying
D. stayed
10. She didn’t ______ me about it.
A. told
B. tell
C. telling
D. tells
11. Although he is very old, ______ he works very hard.
A. so
B. but
C. and
D. /
12. Xiao Zhang ________ watches TV. He likes going online.
A. hard ever
B. hardly ever
C. doesn’t hard ever
D.doesn’t hardly ever
13. Here ____ the results _____ the students activity survey.
A. is; with
B. are; of
C. is; of
D. are; with
14. My parents are in good _______. They are pretty _______.
A. health; health
B. healthy; healthy
C. health; healthy
D. healthy; health 15. It’s good _______ your health ________.
A. for; to drink milk
B. for; drink milk
C. of; drink milk
D. of; to drink milk
二、阅读理解：（30分，每小题2分）
A
Liu Xiang is a famous runner in the world. He was the winner(获胜者) of the Athens Olympics(雅典奥运会) . The Chinese people are proud (自豪) of him. He is a hard-working young man. He is still strong and healthy. Why is he in good health? He usually gets up early in the morning and exercises every day. He likes listening to music and he sings well. He has good eating habits. He never eats junk food and hardly ever smokes and drinks. He goes to bed early and sleeps 8 hours every night. He often says, “It is important(重要) for health to have a good lifestyle.”
根据短文，判断对错。

对的写A，错的写B.
16. Liu Xiang is a singer. （）
17. He never wins the Olympics. （）
18. He doesn’t have a healthy eating habit.（）
19. He likes singing and smoking very much. （）
20. He has enough (足够的) sleep and he is healthy. （）
B
What do we do when we go camping? First, we make a plan. We take food, clothing, a knife, and things for cooking and eating. We take things to keep us away from（远离）insects（昆虫）and the sun.
Then we put everything into the car and we drive to the woods（森林）. We look for a place for campers(露营者) and we look for a good place for our tent(帐篷). The place should have a lot of moving air. This will keep some insects away. High land with water on both sides of it is good. Then we put up our tent. We put everything into the tent, and we are ready for fun. We can swim in the lake, walk in the woods, climb a mountain, row a boat, or go fishing.
In the evening we come back to the tent, and we build a big fire because it can keep the insects away. We sit around the fire and talk. We may tell interesting stories or we may sing songs.
At night we lie down on the grass. We can look up at the stars. It is a busy day, so we try to go to sleep early.
Everything is dark. Everything is quiet. We hope we won’t hear music from the radio in the
next tent. We hope it won’t rain.
21. Before going camping we should first ______.
A. make a plan
B. take some food
C. take things to keep us warm
D. take somethin g for cooking and eating
22. We go to camp ______.
A. by bus
B. by car
C. by bike
D. on foot
23. Campers can take part in（参加）______ activities.
A. one or two
B. only a few
C. many
D. two or three
24. In the evening we build a fire because ______.
A. it is cold at night
B. it can keep us warm
C. it can keep the insects away
D. it is dark and quiet
25. Campers like to ______ at night.
A. hear music from the radio
B. go to sleep early
C. have rain
D. be busy
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任务型阅读理解，根据短文内容，选句子填入文中空缺处，使短文内容完整正确。

26，The TV? The printing? The telephone? Or the computer? A report shows that they are not the only important invention. Here are three other important invention.
27Before toilets, waste ran into rivers from people’s houses. Illnesses were common in big cities, and it was often difficult to find clean drinking water.
28Before the invention, most animals were killed every autumn because there was not enough food for them in winter. After hay became a kind of common animal food, animals could live through the long winter.
29Glasses help people read, write and do “close work” after the age of forty-five. Without glasses, 30
Ａ．The third great invention is glasses.
Ｂ．One of the simplest invention is the toilet.
Ｃ．Animal food is another important invention.
Ｄ．What do you think of the most important invention（发明）in the world? Ｅ．the world would be difficult for the people above forty-five.
D
Moshe Kai Cavalin is a 15-year-old boy. People call him genius(天才), but he doesn’t like it.
At the age of eight, Moshe Kai Cavalin went to college(大学). In 2009, he got his first two degree(学位) from college. Now , he is going to graduate(毕业) from UCLA this year.
Cavalin wrote a book--- We Can Do. There are 100 pages in this book. Cavalin spent four years writing it. With this book, he wants to tell other young people how they can do as he does. He also wants to tell people that there is no genius, just hard work. He said, “You have to work hard and you can do anything you want to.”
When he is free, Cavalin likes to do sport like playing soccer. He doesn’t spend much time watching TV. His television time is four hours a week and he likes Jackie Chan’s movies very much. Although this young boy works so hard, he still doesn’t know what he wants to be when he grows up(长大).
任务一回答问题。

31 When was Cavalin born(出生)? ___________________________________________
32 Why does Cavalin want to write We Can Do?
_____________________________________________________________________
33 How many hour does Cavalin spend watching TV in a month?
__________________________________________________________
任务二完成句子，词数不限.
34 When Cavalin got his first two degree from college, he was ______________ years old. 任务三将文中划线部分翻译成汉语。

35 _____________________________________________________________
三、用所给单词的适当形式填空（共7分）
36. It’s late. We decided ________ (go) home by taxi.
37. Do you want to visit ________ (somewhere) beautiful?
38. We have many ________ (activity) after school, such as playing football and reading books.
39. Playing computer games all day is very _______ (bored).
40. I’d like something new and _________ (difference).
41. My father plays basketball ______ (one) a week.
42. Some boys read English books four or five ______ (time) a week.
四．动词应用题（共8分）
Jim rode to the Thanksgiving party on his bike. Suddenly he 43 (see) a little boy rushing out of a shop and 44 (cross) the street. When Jim turned his bike right, a car 45 (come)and hit him.
Jim was taken(被送) to the hospital. The doc tor told his parents, “Jim’s head is hurt. Maybe he 46 (wake) up soon, and maybe he will never wake up.”
Every day Jim’s parents stayed with him and talked to him, but Jim never talked. He just 47 (sleep) .
Once Jim’s father said, “Wake up, Jim. Let’s go home and 48 (play) with Tony.” Tony is Jim’s dog. When Jim’s father said “Tony”, Jim moved his arm. That made his parents very surprised. They asked the nurse 49 (let) them bring Jim’s dog to the hospital.
The next day. Tony was taken to Jim’s room. When they put the dog on the bed, Jim opened his eyes. Three days later, when Tony jumped onto Jim’s bed and touched him, Jim opened his mouth and said,“ 50 (be) that you, Tony?”
Soon Jim got better and better. On Christmas Eve he left the hospital and went home with Tony.
43.________ 44.__________ 45___________ 46 .___________
47._________ 48.__________ 49.__________ 50.____________
五、选词填空(共10分) 选择单词,并用其适当形式补全短文。

请将答案标号写在短文后面的横线上。

A.looked
B.went
C.walked
D.was
E.started
F.stopped
G.saw
H.drank
I.for
J.got Today was a beautiful day. My father and I 51._____to Penang Hill again, but this time we 52._____ to the top. We 53____ at 9:30a.m. and 54.______ lots of special Malaysian flowers along the way. About one hour later, we 55._____ and 56._____ some water. Then we walked 57. _____ another two hours before we 58.____ to the top. I 59._____ quite tired, but the city 60. _____ wonderful from the top of the hill!
51._________ 52._______ 53.________ 54. _________ 55.________
56._________ 57._______ 58._________ 59._________ 60. _________
六．补全对话题（每小题2分，共10分）
A:Excuse me, may I ask you some questions?
B:Certainly.
A:61.____________ B:I eat vegetables every day.
A:Do you like them?
B:62.______ But my parents say they’re good for my health.
A:Do you like junk food?
B:63._______ But I try to eat it only once a week.
A:Why?
B:64._________
A:How many hours do you sleep every night?
B:65.___________
A:Oh,I think you must be in good health.
七、书面表达（10分）
假如你是李明，请给你美国的笔友Bob发封E-mail，向他介绍去年暑假你去海南旅游的经历，并邀请他今年来海南度假。

文章必须包含下列要点：
1. How did you feel about the trip?
2. How was the weather?
3. What did you do?
4. How was the food and how were the people there? (至少3点)
八年级英语月考检测题
（时间90分钟 满分100分）
第一卷：（
二、（31—35题每题2分，共10分)
31___________________________________________________________ 32___________________________________________________________ 33___________________________________________________________ 34___________________________________________________________ 35____________________________________________________________ 三、用所给词的适当形式填空，每空一词。

（每空1分，共7分） 36.___________ 37._________ 38._________39._________
40.__________41.___________ 42.__________ 四、动词应用（每空1分，共8分）
43. _________ 44____________ 45. __________ 46____________ 47. ___________48 ____________ 49. ___________ 50____________ 五、选词填空（每空1分，共10分）
51.________52._________53.___________54.___________55.___________ 56._______57.________58.___________59. ____________60. ___________ 六、补全对话：（每空2分，共10分）
61___________________________________________________________ 62___________________________________________________________
63___________________________________________________________ 64___________________________________________________________ 65____________________________________________________________ 七、书面表达 （10分） Dear Bob,
How ’s it going? The summer vacation is coming. Where do you want to go on vacation? Now I ’m telling you about my vacation last year.
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Yours, Li Ming。