八年级英语第二学期第三次月考试题

2008学年度英语八年级（下）第三次月考试题卷
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一．听力（本题有20小题，共25分）
Ⅰ：听小对话，请从A、B、C三个选项中选择符合对话内容的图片。

（5%）（）1、What will the weather be like tomorrow?
A. B. C.
（）2、What did Ellen do on Saturday night?
A. B. C.
（）3、What does Tracy think she will be in ten years?
. A.B. C.
（）4、What’s wrong with Scott?
A. B. C.
（）5、What date was it yesterday?
Ⅱ：听小对话，请从A、B、C三个选项中选择正确的选项。

（5%）( ).6.Where is the man at the moment?▲
A. In the post office
B. At school
C. In the shop
( )7What’s Lily doing? ▲
A. Doing her homework
B.Listening to the radio
C. Watching TV ( )8Where is Mary going? ▲
A. Home
B. To the post office
C. To the park
( )9 What probably are they going to do tomorrow ?▲ A. Stay at home B. Go boating C. Have a piic
( )10 What’s Jack’s favorite sport? ▲
A. Skating
B. Running
C. Swimming
Ⅲ、听长对话，选答案，对话读两遍。

5%
听第一段对话，回答第11—12小题。

( )11.When will the man fly to London?▲
A. On Wednesday
B. On Monday
C.On Friday
( )12How long does it take to get to London by air?▲
A.Two hours
B. Three hours
C.Two and a half hours
听第二段对话，回答第13—15小题。

( )13. Where’s Peter going?
▲ A. He’s going to school. B. He’s going to sports camp. C. He’s staying at home.
( )14. What does his mother want him to do,?▲A. Take the trash out B. Go to school. C. Don’t be late..
( )15.Peter has an_____▲___ this morning.
A. English exam
B. English class
C. exam
Ⅳ、听选信息。

10%
根据你所听到的短文内容，获取必要的信息回答问题，短文读两遍。

( )16. One day ___▲___ is selling an elephant ?
A. a young man.
B. an old man .
C. a young woman
D. two young men ( )17. In fact , the young man does n’t find the elephant’s ___▲___?
A. bad ears
B. bad eyes.
C. bad legs.
D. bad feet
( )18.The old man asks the young man to____▲___ before he sells the elephant .
A. look at the elephant
B. say nothing about the elephant
C. buy some meat
D. look for a buyer
( )19. The young man looks at the elephant slowly because ▲? A. he likes elephants. B. he wants to find something.
C. he helps the old man .
D. he’s never seen an elephant before.
( ) 20. Does the buyer find the bad ears of the elephant ?▲A. Yes, he does. B. No, he will. C. No, he doesn’t. D. Yes, he doesn’t.
笔试部分（95％）
二．单项选择（15％）
（）21．A horse is __▲_ useful animal .
A. an
B. a
C.不填
D. the
（）22．Are they going to stay here long？▲____.
A. Yes, they will
B. No, they won't
C. Yes, theyaren’t. D No, theyaren’t
（）23．Who can solve the problem _____▲__ another way ?
A. in
B. on
C. with
D. use
（）24.I have been _____▲_ English ___▲____ ten years.
A. study; for
B. studying; since
C. studying ; for
D. to study; since （）25.You may go fishing if your work▲_____.
A. is done
B. will be done
C. has done
D. have done （）26.There ____▲__robots in people's homes in the future.
A.are
B. will be
C. will have
D. is going to have
（）27.----Would you mind my using your pen ?----___▲____ ?
A. Yes, please.
B. Of course not.
C. Yes, help yourself.
D. Sorry, I don’t.
（）28. -----I called you yesterday afternoon, but there was no answer.
-----I ___▲___ a dolphin show the zoo with my cousins.
A. watched
B. will watch
C. am watching
D. was watching （）29.It ____▲_____ a long time since she left the school .
A. have been
B. was
C. be
D. is
（）30. .Long long ago , Shanghai was nothing ▲ a small unknown town. .A. besidesB. butC. except. D. beside
（）31.It’s rainy today .So I have to stay at home ___▲___going fishing..
A. rather than
B. not
C. instead
D. instead of
（）32.Some scientists think that it may take _____▲___years to make robots look like people, and do the same thing as us.
A. many hundreds of
B. many hundreds
C. many of hundreds of
D. many hundred of
（）33. It was an _▲____night. I was very _▲____that night.
A. exciting; exciting
B. excited; exciting
C. exciting; excited
D. excited; excited
（）34.Do you know what time__▲_____
A. isthe train leaving
B. the train will be leaving
C. will the train leave
D. the train leaves
（）35----I don’t know what to eat for dinner . ----___▲____eat some rice and vegetables?
A.Why don’t
B. Why not you
C.Why not
D.Why not to
三．．完形填空（本题有10小题，每小题1分，共10分）阅读下面短文，掌握大意，然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

A young man and an old man were waiting for a bus at a station.They
sat next to each other. “What’s that in your bag?”asked the young man,pointing to the big bag beside the old __36▲.“Money,”answered the
old man.The young man could _37▲___believe his own ears. “What?”he said to himself in surprise, “So much money?My God!How I__38▲___to be able to get so much money!”Then he began to think about how to get the money.The old man _39▲___tired and it seemed that he could hardly keep his eyes open.
“Are you tired,sir?”asked the young man. “Then you’d better lie down on the chair and have a good rest.Don’t worry__40_▲__the bus.I’ll wake you up in time. ”
“All right.It’s very kind of you,young man.”The old man lay down and by and by he fell asleep.
41▲___when he was just going to run away,he found a corner of his expensive coat was__42▲___the old man’s body.Several times he tried to pull it out,but he couldn’t.At last he took off his__43▲__and went away with the bag.
The young man ran out of the station as quickly as his__44▲__could carry him.He reached a place,where he thought the old man couldn’t_45_▲__him,then he stopped and quickly opened the bag.
To his surprise,there was nothing but old newspapers in it.He hurried to the station at once.But when he got there,he found the old man was gone.
( ) 36. A .man B.station C.drive
( ) 37.A.surely B.really C.nearly
( ) 38.A.like B.love C.hate
( )39.A.was B.felt C.looked
( )40.A.of
( )41.A.So B.And
( )42.A.above B.under C.over
( )43.A.shoes
( ) 44.A.legs
( ) 45.A.watch B.notice
四阅读理解（本题有15小题，满分25分。

第46—50题每题一分，共5分；第51--60题每题两分，共20分）
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

(A)
( )46. Sanhe is a＿▲＿＿＿_in Zeguo.
A. school
B. shop
C. hospital
D. room
( )47. When did Bill do the shopping?▲
A. On May 6.
B. In the afternoon
C. OnMay 17.
D. Inthe evening ( )48. The sweater was __▲____ .
A. ￥60
B. ￥120
C. ￥150
D. ￥200
( )49. Bill bought __▲_____ bags.
A. 1
B. 2
C. 4
D. 5
( )50. Bill paid __▲____ for allthethings.
A. ￥120
B. ￥200
C. ￥300
D. ￥620
( B )
(One day Chicken Little is in the woods when an acorn*橡树果子falls on his head.)
Chicken Little: Help! Help! The sky is falling! I have to go and tell the king!
(So he runs to tell the king. Along the way he meets Henry Penny.) Henry Penny: Where are you going. Chicken Little?
Chicken Little: Oh, help! The sky is falling!
Henry Penny: How do you know?
Chicken Little:I saw it with my own eyes, and heard it with my own ears, and part of it fell on my head!
Henry Penny: This is terrible, just terrible! We’d better hurry up.
(So they both run away as fast as they can. Soon they meet Ducky Lucky.)
Ducky Lucky: Where are you going?
Chicken Little & Henry Penny: The sky is falling! We’re going to tell the king!
Ducky Lucky: How do you know?
Chicken Little:I saw it with my own eyes, and heard it with my own ears, and part of it fell on my head!
Ducky Lucky: Oh dear! We’d better run!
(So they all run down the road as fast as they can. After that, they meet Goosey Loosey, Turkey Lurkey, and Foxy Loxy. All believe that the sky is falling. They run and run, but never see the king to tell him that the sky is falling.)
( )51．Where was Chicken Little one day?▲
A at home
B in the park
C in the woods
D near the house ( )52 What happened to Chicken Little when he was in the woods?▲
A. He saw the sky falling.
B. A friend came to see him.
C. An acorn hit his head.
D. He met the king.
( )53Goosey Loosey, Turkey Lurkey and Foxy Loxy ran down the road because ____▲
A. the king wanted to see them
B. they thought the sky was falling
C. the king told them to run
D. they enjoyed running
( )54The above text may be a ___▲____.
A. a true story
B. school notice
C. short play
D. news report ( )55What can we learn from the text?▲
A. Seeing is believing.
B. Two heads are better than one.
C. Great hopes makes great men.
D. All roads lead to Rome.
（C ）
At this moment in different places of the world people are doing different things.
In Beijing it's early morning. People are sleeping.
In London people are leaving work to go home. They are waiting for buses or running for trains. Some people are driving
their cars. Some are having afternoon tea at home or walking to the pubs(酒吧) to have a drink.
In Moscow(莫斯科) it's evening and people are having supper at home or in restaurants. Some are going to watch a ballet(芭蕾舞).
Some are drinking in the pubs.
In Los Angeles(洛杉矶) it's morning. People are working in their offices. Children are starting their lessons.
New York is midday now. People aren't working but having lunch. They are eating hamburgers or hot dogs and drinking coffee or
Coke. Some people are seeing friends or shopping.
( )56. According to the passage we can see that at night some people in Moscow like to ▲. A. go to watch a ballet B. do shopping
C. wait for buses
D. go to the library
( )57. When children in Los Angeles are starting their lessons, people in Beijing are ▲.
A. playing basketball
B. seeing films
C. having lessons
D.
sleeping
( )58. From the passage, we can see the time in New York now is ▲. A. 6∶00 B. 9∶00 C. 10∶00 D.
12∶00
( )59. We know that London is 3 hours ▲.
A. earlier than Moscow
B. later than Moscow
C. earlier than Los Angeles
D. later than Los Angeles ( )60. This passage mainly talks about ▲.
A. science
B.holidays
C. time difference
D. life in western countries 五．单词拼写（10％）
A．根据中文意思写出单词，使句子准确完整。

61. In English , I’m ___▲____(好) at speaking than listening.
62One of the __▲___(歌手) was very good .All of the people liked her.
63___▲_____ (掉下；落下) litter is almost never allowed in the world.
64The old should be spoken to ____▲_____(礼貌) ..
65．Today is my grandfather’s ____▲_____ (九十岁) birthday .
B.根据首字母写出单词，使句子准确完整。

66. Sorry , sir, I l_____▲___ my homework at home , I’ll bring it here tomorrow.
67. We should help others when they’re in d____▲____.
68. Don’t worry about the kids. I think they can look after t____▲______. 69．W____▲____ Helen was playing the piano, his mother came in .
70.Japan is an A___▲_______country.
六、句型转换（每分，共5分。

）
71．The apple is so high that she can’t get it .(改为同义句)
The apple is __▲____ high for her _▲_____ get.
72.You should get a par-time job.(划线部分提问)
____▲_____ ____▲___ I do ?
73 . My mother spent 10 dollars on the new shoes .(改为同义句)
The new shoes ___▲____ ___▲____ 10 dollars .
74.It is a nice sunny day today .（改为感叹句）
___▲_____ ___▲____ nice sunny day it is today !
75. Lana said , “I’m mad at Marcia.”（改为间接引语）
Lana said ___▲______ ____▲_____ mad at Marcia.
七．任务型（10％）（共两小节，每题一分，共10分）
（A）．你知道下面的文字在描述哪个节日吗？请为它们选择一幅合适
的插图。

A BC D
76People celebrate it in memory of the famous nurse, Florence Nightingale.▲77On that day, many families eat mooncakes outside in the open air. They often tell the story of Chang’e.▲
78In western countries children often put stockings at the end of their beds because Father Christmas will e to fill the stockings with nice presents.▲79.In October in Canada and in November in the United States, people celebrate the harvest by preparing a large meal. They usually taste turkeys. ▲80. Can you write down one of your favorite holidays or festivals? Try, please. ▲(请用英语写一个你喜欢的节日名称,请不要重复上面的节日。

)
76．______ 77. ______ 78. ______ 79. _______
80. ________________________________
（B）掌握其大意。

然后从所给的七个选项中选择可以填入相应空白处的五个答案。

A：Would you like to go and see a film tonight ?
B：I’d love to.___81▲___
A：__82_▲__.
B：Yes, that will be fine. By the way, is it a good film ?
A : Yes, it’s really a good film.
B：._83__▲_
A：It starts at 7: 30 in the evening. __84_▲__
B：OK, fine. __85_▲__
A：Good–bye.
A. What time does it start?
word
81
八．补全对话（10％）
A: Hi, Maria! _________86__▲___________ ?
B: A watch.
A: ____________87_▲__________________?
B: My mother.
A: ______________88_▲_______________?
B: She gave it to me on my tenth birthday. By the way , ________89_▲______________?
A: My favorite pet? I think a dog is a good pet for me .
B: Really? I don’t agree. Dogs are too difficult to take care of . I think _____90_▲_______________.
A: But cats aren’t friendly enough. I think the most popular pets are hamsters. They seem friendly, and they are clean and quiet, too.
B: Yeah, they’re perfect.
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