山东省宁津县大曹镇大赵初级中学八年级英语下学期第一

山东省宁津县大曹镇大赵初级中学2012-2013学年八年级英语下学
期第一次月考试题（无答案）
一．听力（15分）（一）听句子，选择最佳答语。

（5分）
1. A. He is very tall. B. He doesn’t like it at all. C. He likes to go sailing.
2. A. Good luck. B. It’s great. C. I’ll try it.
3. A. My favourite subject is history. B. My hobby is reading history books. C. I like history best of all my subjects.
4. A. He often goes swimming . B. Yes, he does. C. Once a week.
5. A. By bus . B. On Friday. C. To Hainan.
（二）．听对话，选择正确答案。

（5分）
6. What’s Tom’s hobby?
A. He likes collecting kites.
B. He likes collecting stamps.
C. He likes collecting tickets.
7. What does Lucy think about the new stamp?
A. She doesn’t like it.
B. She thinks it’s very beautiful.
C. She has no idea.
8. How did Tom get the new stamp?
A. He bought it.
B. A classmate game it to him.
C. Lucy bought him the stamp.
9. Has Lucy learned a lot from the tickets she collects?
A. Yes, she has.
B. No, she hasn’t.
C. The dialogue doesn’t tell us.
10. What about Lucy’s classmates’hobbies?
A. Her classmates don’t have any hobbies.
B. They like collecting stamps, too.
C. They have many kinds of hobbies.
（三）．听短文，根据短文内容选择正确答案（5分）
11. Where was the dance held?
A. At Mary’s home.
B. At a school.
C. At John’s home.
12. Who went to the dance last Saturday?
A. John and Brown.
B. Mary Brown and John Brown
C. Mary Smith and John Brown.
13. What did they do after the dance?
A. J ohn took Mary to his home.
B. John took Mary home.
C. Mary went home alone.
14. Who talked about the dance?
A. John , Mary and Mrs Brown
B. John, Mary and Mr Smith.
C. John, Mary and Mary’s mother.
15. When did they go to bed?
A. After midnight.
B. At 10:00pm.
C. At 12：00pm.
二、单项选择（15 分）
( ) 16.My hobby is _______ when I am free.
A. to make cake
B. doing cakes
C. making cakes
D. making cake
( ) 17. I often listen to him ______ the violin.
A. play
B. plays
C. playing
D. to play
( ) 18. The boss makes him _______ ten hours a day.
A. working
B. work
C. worked
D. works
( ) 19. Lesson One is ______ than Lesson Two.
A. interesting
B. much interesting
C. more much interesting
D. much more interesting
( )20. I saw a thi ef _____ out of the hall.
A. ran
B. to run
C. running
D. runs
( )21. The room is dirty. Let me _______.
A. tidy it up
B.to tidy it up
C. tidy up it
D. to tidy up
( )22. Could you please tell me ____? I want to buy a stamp.
A. where is the cinema
B. how can I get to the post office
C. where the post office is
D. how I can get to the cinema
( ) 23. We will go camping, if it _____ on Sunday.
A. didn't snow
B. doesn't snow
C. won't snow
D. wouldn't snow
( )24. Every day I spend two hours_____ my homework.
A. finish doing
B. finishing to do
C. to finish to do
D. finishing doing
( )25.Daming likes playing ______ football ,but sally likes playing ______ piano .A. the ,/ B. the ,the C. /, / D. /, the
( )26.What happened _______ Lingling ?
A. with
B. in
C. on
D. to
( )27.______ do I take this medicine ?---Three times a day .
A. How long
B. How soon
C. How often
D. How far
( )28. Lingli ng loves Chinese culture ver y much. She has a wonderful ______ of Chinese fans.
A. collects
B. collection
C. collecting
D. collected
( )29. — Hello! May I speak to Tony, please?
— _______
A. Who are you?
B. I’m Tony.
C. Hold the line, please.
D. Can take a message?
( )30. — Good luck ____ the meeting tomorrow afternoon.
— Thank you very much.
A. with
B. for
C. to
D. about
三、阅读理解（40 分）
A
Most children like watching TV. It's very interesting. By watching TV they can see and learn a lot and know many things about their country and the world. Of course ,they can also learn over the radio. But they can learn better and more easily on TV. Why? Because they can hear and watch at the same time. But they can't see anything over the radio. TV helps to open children's eyes. It helps to open their minds , too. They learn newer and better ways of doing things. Many children watch TV only on Saturday or Sunday evening. They are always busy with their lessons. But a few
children watch TV every night. They go to bed very late. They can' t have a good rest. How about you , my young friend?
( ) 31. A few children go to bed late because they ______
A. are busy with their lessons
B. do their homework
C. watch TV
D. listen to the radio ( )32. Children can't see anything ______
A. in the radio
B. on the radio
C. on TV
D. by watching TV
( ) 33. TV helps to open children's ______
A. eyes and minds
B. minds
C. eyes or minds
D. eyes
( ) 34. Why do many children watch TV only on Saturday or Sunday evening? Because ______
A. TV is not good
B. they don't like watching TV
C. they have no time
D. they want to play football
( )35. Children can study better and more easily on TV because ______
A. they like to watch TV B: they can hear at the same time
C. they can watch at the same time
D. they can hear and watch at the same time
BEvery morning a rich man found a poor man sitting on a park bench（长凳）. The poor man always sat there, looking at the big hotel. The rich man lived in it. One day the rich man went out of his car and said to the poor man, “Excuse me, but I just want to know why you sit here and look at my hotel every morning.” “Sir,” said the poor man, “I have no money, no family and no home.
I sleep on this bench, and every night I dream that one day I’ll sleep in that hotel.” The rich man said, “Tonight your dream （梦）will come true. I’ll pay for the bedroom in that hotel.”A few days later, the rich man went to see the poor man. To his surprise, he found that the poor man had moved out of the hotel, back to his park bench. When the rich man asked him the reason, the poor man said, “You see, when I was down here sleeping on my bench, I dreamt I was up there, in that big hotel. But when I was up there, I dreamt that I was back to this cold bench. It was a terrible dream, and I couldn’t get any sleep at all.”( )36. The poor man lived in _______ before he met the rich man.
A. the hotel
B. his home
C. the park
D. the car
( )37. Every morning, the poor man sat on the bench and _______.
A. waited for the rich man C. looked at the rich man’s car
B. look at the rich man’s hotel D. enjoyed the clean air
( )38. Every night the poor man dreamt of ______ before he lived in the hotel.
A. sleeping in that hotel C. owning that hotel
B. becoming rich D. being the rich man’s friend
( )39. The poor man moved out of the hotel because ________.
A. he didn’t want to live in such a fine ro om
B. he didn’t like the rich man
C. he couldn’t pay for the room
D. he couldn’t get any sleep at all there ( )40. In the end, the poor man found it _______ to sleep in that hotel.
A. sorry
B. nice
C. wonderful
D. terrible
C
Everyone needs friends. Friends bring us happiness （快乐） and hope in our lives. But the ability to make friends changes from person to person. To some people, making friends is easy, and to others it’s very difficult.
Making friends is a skill, and the first thing is to know how to get along with others.
If you have trouble in making friends, maybe I can tell you how to do it.
★Realize your own good points. You have skills and talents天资 that others will like.
★Believe that you are a good person and have something nice to share with others.
★Be humorous（幽默）. Learn to laugh at yourself and your weakness. Remember to smile to others.
★Respect（尊重） the others. Everyone has his own idea. Learn how to listen to others’ ideas without trying to make them accept（接受） yours.
★Be kind. If you are kind to others, they will usually be kind to you. There are hundreds of little things you can do to show kindness慈爱. Open the door for someone. Wave to a friend and so on.
★Don’t complain抱怨. Learn to accept what you can’t change, and work hard to change what you can. No one is willing愿意 to hear your complaining all the time.
★Never give up. Even if you are faced with some closed-minded people, never give up. And try to find someone who will understand you.
( )41. Why do we need friends according to the passage?
A. Friends can do everything for us.
B. Friends can bring us happiness.
C. Friends accept our ideas all the time.
D. Without friends we could
not live.
( )42. What’s the first thing we should learn in order to make friends?
A. To help others.
B. To smile to others.
C. To get along with others.
D. To listen to others’ complaints.
( )43. Which of the following shows a sense of humour ?
A. Opening the door for someone.
B. Complaining to others all the time.
C. Laughing at ourselves and our weakness.
D. Finding someone who will understand
us.
( )44. How many pieces of advice does the writer offer when we have trouble in making friends? A. Five. B. Seven. C. Nine. D. Eleven.
( )45. According to the passage we know making friends is .
A. a good idea.
B. an easy thing.
C. a skill .
D. a way.
D
The population （人口） of the earth is growing fast. It is important that we look after the earth. We need it! The earth gives us a lot of things. We also give the earth a lot, but some of the things are not good.
In nature, when something dies, other animals and plants get food from it. Every animal or plant gives food for other animals. However, animals can’t get food from many of things that we “give” the earth. Animals and plants can’t eat metal（金属）, plastic（塑料）or glass. These things will stay in the ground for many, many years. Some rubbish （垃圾） is very dangerous for plants and animals. In some places, many animals live together. One animal makes food for many more animals. If we put rubbish and chemicals化学制品in the river, the plankton will die. If there isn’t any plankton(漂浮生物) , many animals will have nothing to eat.
So what can we do ? don’t leave any rubbish in the countryside!Don’t make so much rubbish!
（）46. It is important for us_________.
A. kill much more animals
B. cut down the trees
C. look after the earth
D. pollute the earth
( )47. Sometimes we give the ear th _______ to make it worse.
A. some food
B. some bad things
C. some animals
D. some plankton
( )48. When something dies in nature,________?
A. water and grass are polluted
B. plastic and wood become food
C. other animals and plants get food D .metal and glass stay in the ground ( )49. Many of the things that we “give” the earth_________.
A. can stay in the ground for so long
B. can give some food for the animals and plants
C. can make the earth better
D. can make the earth much more beautiful ( )50. We must_____ to protect the earth.
A. put metal in the ground
B. use more wood
C. keep frogs in the water
D. make less rubbish
四、听力填表（共5小题，计5分）
录音中有一篇短文，听短文两遍后，根据所听内容完成下面的表格(每空不多于三个词)。

（录音播放前你有40秒钟的读题时间）Note: tip/tip/ n. 建议、提示
五、动词填空（10分）（必要时可加助动词和情态动词）
Kate wants to be a nurse and (1)_________(work) for the sick. She knows they need her help. Whenever Kate goes to the hospital, she always sees many patients there. Last summer Kate (2)________(break) her leg. The pain was very great and she could not even walk. She (3)________(take) to the hospital by car and the doctor said that she (4)_______(have) to stay there for about two weeks. One day a nurse came to Kate’s bed and said with a smile. “You (5)_______(be) better soon. You can walk again, so (6)________(not think) only about the bad things. Try (7)______(be) happy!” The nurse was very kind and they became friends. After Kate left the hospital, she thought a lot about the kind nurse. She now understands the work of nurses (8)________(be) very important, because they often give hope to the sick. Now Kate’s thinking about her own future. She often talks with her parents about it. She knows what she should do(9) ________(become) a good nurse, and she(10)__________(study) very hard at school.
六、综合填空（10分）
A rich man was once riding a 1 the road and saw an old man digging in his garden. On the ground lay a young tree, ready to be p 2 . The rich man called out to the old man, “What k 3 of tree are you planting there, my
good man?”
“T his is a fig(无花果) tree, sir,” he said.
“A fig tree?” the rich man was very surprised. “How old are you, may I ask?”
“I am ninety years old.”
“W 4 !” cried the rich man. “You’re ninety years old. You are planting a very young tree now and it’ll t 5 years to give fruit. Could you l 6 lon g enough to get any fruit from this tree?” The old man looked around the garden. Then he said with a smile, “Tell me, sir. Did you eat figs w 7 you were a boy?” “S 8 ,” the rich man didn’t know why he asked this question. “Then tell me this,” he said. “Who planted the fig trees?” “Why?
I don’t know.” “You see, sir,” we nt on the old man. “Our forefathers(祖先) planted trees for us to enjoy and I am doing the same for the people after me.”
The rich man was quiet and said, “You are r 9 , my good man. We should do some good things for the p 10 after us. Thank you very much.” Then he rode away.
七、阅读短文，根据要求完成下面各小题。

（10分）
Confidence（自信） is very important in daily life. It can help you to develop a healthy attitude （态度）.A study shows that the people who are more confident are much happier. They can have more chance to make themselves successful. But how to be more confident ? Here are some suggestions:
·Speak loud When you are not confident, you can't do well what you want to do. You speak in a voice so low that other people can hardly hear you. Try to speak loud enough so that people can hear you clearly. The .high voice can help you become more confident.
·Play sports Physical exercise makes you tired but completely relaxed. [3]
A strong body helps you be full of confidence.
· Encourage （鼓励）yourself Write down a list of things you did during the day to see how many things you have done well. Did you finish your homework? Did you tell a joke that made everybody laugh? Give yourself praise for the good things you've done.
·Get rid of （消除） fear（恐惧） Fear comes along with failure （失败）. But it's easy to overcome （克服） if you know that failure is part of your life. Don't hide your head just because you said something stupid last time. Try to start again and believe you can do better.
·Pick up a hobby If you like singing, sing as much as you can. [4] In some ways, a hobby can make you outstanding（出众）. And it will make you happy and confident.
A．根据短文内容简要回答问题。

1．How many suggestions can help you to be more confident?
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2．How can you encourage yourself?
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B．将短文中划线的句子译成汉语。

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C．请给短文拟一个适当的标题。

5．____________________________________________________________
八、写作 My hobby （80字左右15分）
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