2018秋外研版初中英语八年级上册第一次月考试卷1

外研版八年级（上册）英语月考试卷一、单项填空(共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分) 1. Module 1 is ____ than Module 2. A. easy B. easier C. easiest D. the easiest 2. They _____ the Great Wall tomorrow morning. A. visit B. visits C. are visiting D. are going to visit. 3. The Yellow River is the second ______ one in China. A. long B. longer C. longest D. the longest 4. The Greens ____ the planes to shanghai if it doesn ’t rain tomorrow. A. will take B. take C. takes D. are taking 5. Our school is as _____ as yours in Jinhua.A. beautifulB. more beautifulC. most beautifulD. the most beautiful 6. —What ’s ____ with me, doctor? —You have a cold. A. the wrong B. the matter C. trouble D. ill 7. —I am very tired. What about ____ a rest? —OK. A. have B. has C. to have D. having 8. He is funny. He always makes us ________. A. laughing B. to laugh C. laugh D. laughed 9. I ____ an interesting book at 9:00 yesterday evening. A. read B. am reading C. was reading D. were reading 10. You should ____ sorry to him when you do something wrong. A. talk B. speak C. tell D. say11. —Do you like listening to Moonlight Sonata (月光曲)？ —Yes. It ___ really beautiful. A. feels B. sounds C. tastes D. looks 12. —What _____ he ____ like? —He ’s tall and thin. A. is, look B. does, looks C. does, look D. is, looks 13. When did the train _____ the city? A. get B. reach C. arrive D. got to 14. The workers finished the work _____ Tuesday afternoon. A. in B. on C. at D. from 15. The fish smells very ______, I want to eat some. A. good B. well C. better D. fine 二、阅读理解(共20题，每小题2分，满分40分)A“Cool”is a word with many meanings ．Its old meaning is used to express （表达）a temperature that is a little bit cold ．As the world has changed ，the word has had many different meaning ．“Cool”can be used to express feelings of interest in almost anything ．When you see a famous car in the street ，maybe you will say ，“It’s cool ．”You may think ，“He’s so cool ，”when you see your favourite footballer ．We all maximize （扩大） the meaning of“cool”．You can use it instead of many words such as “new” or “surprising”．Here’s an interesti ng story we can use to show…………………………………………………………………密……………………………………封………………………………………线……………………………………………………学校 班级 姓名 准考证号the way the word is used．A teacher asked her students to write about the waterfall（瀑布）they had visited．On one student’s paper was just the one sentence（句子），“It’s so cool．Maybe he thought it was the best way to show what he saw and felt．But the story also shows a scarcity（缺乏）of words．Without “cool”，some people have no words to show the same meaning．So it is quite important to keep some credibility（可信性）．Can you think of many other words that make your life as colourful as the wor d “cool”？I can．And I think they are also very cool．16．We know that the word“cool has had ________.A．only one meaning B．no meaningsC．many different meanings D．the same meaning17．In the passage，the word“express”means“________”.A．see B．show C．know D．feel18．If you are _______ something，you may say，“It’s cool．”A．interested in B．angry aboutC．afraid of D．unhappy with19．The writer takes an example to show he is _____ the way the word is used．A．pleased with B．strange to C．worried about D．careful with20．In the passage，the writer suggests（暗示）that the word “cool”________．A．can be used instead of many words B．usually means something interestingC．can make your life colourful D．may not（可能不）be as cool as it seemsBIn America, just as in Europe, men usually open doors for women, and women always walk ahead of men into a room or a restaurant, unless the men have to be ahead of the ladies to choose the table, to open the door of a car or do some other things like the above. On the street, men almost always walk or cross the street on the closer side of the ladies to the traffic. But if a man walks with two ladies he should walk between them. If a host or hostess or both of them drive to get their guest for dinner, the guest should sit at the front seat and leave the back seat though there are no people sitting on it.21. In America, men usually ________.A. walk ahead of womenB. eat in a restaurantC. walk behind womenD. drive a car to work22. In the street , men _______.A. cross the streetB. walk on the right side for the ladiesC. walk near the ladiesD. walk on the closer side of the ladies to the traffic23. If a man walks with two ladies, he should ______.A. walk between themB. run before themC. follow themD. go away24. If a man asks you to speak at a meeting, first you should say, “________”.A. How are you?B. Is everyone here?C. Ladies and gentlemenD. How do you do?25. If Mrs Green invites you to her house in a car, you should ________.A. jump into the carB. sit at the front seatC. sit at the back seatD. drive the carCGoing to a friend’s house is very exciting. You may spend time with a friend and get to see where he lives. So remember to be polite.When to arriveThe first thing to remember is that when a friend invites you to his/her house, you need to arrive on time. If your friend tells you to come “around 3:00”, that means you can arrive a few minutes after 3:00, but it is also a good idea to arrive at the right time.What to bringOften it is also nice to bring something to your friend’s house. This could be a box of chocolates for you two to share(分享), or maybe a movie that you can watch together. You can also bring some flowers. A little gift(=present) is a nice way to show your friend that you are excited to be at his house.How to greet (问候)When you visit your friend’s house, you may also meet his parents. You should tell them who you are and they may tell you their names. As a child, I went to visit my friend Paul. I called his parents by their first names John and Mary. But now I know it is more polite to call them Mr or Mrs Smith. This will show them more respect(尊重).It is a cool thing to visit a friend’s house. Be polite to your friend’s parents, and you will be invited again!26. If your friend asks you to get to your friend’s house around 5:00 p.m, it is polite to arrive at ______ p.m.A. 5:02B. 4:50C. 4:30D. 5:3027. The passage mainly(主要)tells us ______.A. when to arrive at your friend’s houseB. how to greet peopleC. what to bring to your friendD. how to be a good visitor28. It’s not good to bring your friend ____ when you go to his/her house.A. a box of chocolatesB. some flowersC. a movieD. some money29. It’s the most respect for you to call your friend’s father _____ when you go to the friend’s house.A. Mr SmithB. JohnC. MaryD. Smith30. The passage may be from ________.A. a notice(通知) on a wallB. a letter to a friendC. an article in a magazineD. a piece of news in a newspaperDModern life is impossible without traveling. The fastest way of traveling is by plane. With a modern airline you can travel in one day to places which it took a month or more to get to a hundred years ago.Traveling by train is slower than plane, but it has its advantages. You can see the country you are traveling through. Modern trains have comfortable seats and dining-cars. They make even the longest journey enjoyable.Some people prefer to travel by sea when possible. There are large liners and river boats. You can visit many other countries and different places. And 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 stopwherever you wis h —where there is something to see, at a good restaurant where you can enjoy a good meal, or at a hotel to spend the night. That is why traveling by car is popular for pleasant trips, while people usually take a train or plane when they are traveling on business. 31. From the passage we know the fastest way of traveling is ______. A. by train B. by sea C. by plane D. by car 32. If we travel by car, we can _________.A. make the longest journey enjoyableB. travel to a very far place in several minutesC. make our own timetableD. travel only fifty or one hundred miles a day33. The underlined word “They ” in the passage refers to _______.A. modern trains in the countryB. comfortable seats and dining-carsC. the traveler on the modern trainsD. the slower ways of traveling 34. When people travel on business, they usually take ________.A. a plane or a carB. a car or a boatC. a boat or a trainD. a train or a plane 35. How many ways of traveling are mentioned in the passage?A. FourB. ThreeC. TwoD. Six 三．任务型阅读（每空2分，共10分）In America, boys and girls like watching TV. Some children spend six hours a day at school a nd four to six hours a day in front of the TV sets. Some children even watch TV for eight hours or more on Saturday.Television is like books and films. A child can learn both good things and bad things from it. (1)Some TV programs help children to understand the news, the people and places in other countri es. With TV, children do not have to go to the movies. They can listen to interesting music or watc h a game at home. (2)But some programs are bad for children, so parents sometimes should help t hem to find other interesting and useful things to do.36. How many hours a day do some children at school?___________________ 37. How many hours a day do some children watch TV on Saturday?________ 38. 将（1）句译成汉语___________________________________________. 39. 将（2）句译成汉语___________________________________________. 40. The parents had better not let their children watch ________on TV. A. good programs B. bad programs C. news D. weather report 四．首字母填空题。