江苏省徐州邳州市赵墩中学2021学年八年级英语下学期第一次月考试题 牛津版

赵墩中学八年级英语第二学期第一次月考
（满分120分）
一. 单项选择（每小题1分，共15分）
( )1. — What cold day it is!
— Yes. What terrible weather! I hope it will get better soon.
A. a; a
B. a; /
C. /; /
D. /; a
( )2. — Will it be windy tomorrow?
— I am afraid so. Look at the sign on TV.
A. B. C. D.
( )4. It is of us to shout loudly in the reading room.
A. impossible
B. impolite
C. unusual
D. irregular ( )5. —I need to buy myself a thick coat. The temperature will be much tomorrow.
— Yes. Winter is coming.
A. colder
B. warmer
C. higher
D. lower
( )6. The police must have the ability to when something dangerous happens.
A. cheer themselves up
B. calm themselves down
C. set themselves up
D. turn themselves dow n
( )7. Jacky always thinks a brave boy. But in fact, he is afraid of small animals.
A. him
B. he
C. himself
D. him is
( )8. I heard somebody for help while I was walking around the lake.
A. screaming
B. was screaming
C. was screamed
D. is screaming ( )9. — There was really rain last night.
— Yes. It kept raining until midnight.
A. heavy; heavily
B. heavily; heavy
C. heavy; heavy
D. heavily; heavily
( )10. Many people fish in this area. , the birds here can’t find food as easily as before.
A. However
B. Therefore
C. Instead
D. Because
( )11. —Isn’t watching birds interesting?
—. Nothing else is more interesting, I think.
A. No, it isn’t
B. No, it is
C. Yes, it isn’t
D. Yes, it is
( )12. — Did you get wet yesterday afternoon?
—We were unlucky. It to rain at five. And at that time, we football.
A. was beginning; playing
B. was starting; played
C. began; were playing
D. began; played
( )13. Peter was running along the river he fell into the river. How careless!
A. when
B. while
C. after
D. since
( )14. As Tom is a brave boy, he knows how to stay calm when he is in danger. Which word can replace (代替) “As” here?
A. So
B. Since
C. Until
D. If
( )15. Which of the following is not a natural disaster?
A. A wooden house caught fire because lightning hit it.
B. Many houses fell down because of the earthquake.
C. A car knocked Tom down when he was walking to school.
D. A flood destroyed the farm near the town.
二. 完形填空（每小题1分，共10分）
Once there was a grasshopper(蚱蜢). She was the best hopper (跳虫) in the world. She taught other grasshoppers how to hop. Soon all grasshoppers were good at hopping, 16 she felt very happy.
Then one day an eagle came. The grasshopper 17 to teach the eagle how to hop, as she was sure that hopping was the key to happiness. But every time she advised (建议) the eagle to hop, he just said, “There is no 18 . You are good at hopping, but I can fly.”
“Stop this silly talking of flying!” shouted the grasshopper. “19 believes you can fly.”
The next day, some other grasshoppers tried to speak to the eagle. But the eagle said, “Hopping is useful, but when you can fly, it is no longer 20 .”
“Tell us more,” said the grasshoppers.
The eagle began telling them 21 the world beyond (超过) the grass fields was like. It was a world with mountains, rivers and oceans.
Then the eagle took one 22 grasshopper in his talon (爪) to the sky. The grasshopper could see the mountains, rivers and oceans.
23 th e eagle landed, he saw the grasshopper’s24 were shining with excitement. The grasshopper told others what he saw in the sky. Therefore, the grasshoppers 25 flying in the sky. They wished they could see a more wonderful world.
( )16. A. but B. while C. because D. so
( )17. A. forgot B. decided C. failed D. stopped
( )18. A. way B. need C. idea D. time
( )19. A. Somebody B. Anybody C. Everybody D. Nobody
( )20. A. interesting B. common C. necessary D. possible ( )21. A. how B. why C. what D. where
( )22. A. little B. brave C. frightened D. weak ( )23. A. After B. Until C. Before D. While
( )24. A. wings B. eyes C. tail D. ears
( )25. A. dreamt of B. was afraid of C. kept on D. went on
三. 阅读理解（每小题2分，共30分）
A
Do you still remember the terrible earthquake in 2008 in Sichuan? It killed at least 87,000 people and left millions of people homeless. On the twelfth day after the earthquake, Premier Wen Jiabao said, “A new Wenchuan will rise from the ruins (废墟).” Now his words are
coming true.
Now there are nearly 3,000 new schools, 1,000 new hospital s and more than 5 million new houses in Sichuan. The government provides everyone with a home, a job and social security (社保).
Dong Xinjun, a villager in Qingchuan, said people from Zhejiang taught him how to grow mushrooms (蘑菇) and now he makes about 3,000 yuan more than before every year. Zhu Lihu, the headmaster of a village school in Qingchuan, told reporters that they had a much better school now. They have new classrooms, a library and a computer room with 20 computers.
On May 8th, 2011, Premier Wen Jiabao made his 10th visit to Sichuan Province after the earthquake. He visited a lot of middle schools and neighbourhoods. At Beichuan Middle School, the students told Premier Wen that their new school was very beautiful. And they would never forget help from people across the whole country.
Premier Wen believes that the people in Wenchuan have a “strong will” and a “bright future”. They will never back down, but stand bravely on this land. ( )26. What does paragraph 1 mainly tell us?
A. The terrible earthquake in 2008.
B. Many people died in the earthquake.
C. Wenchuan is rising from the ruins.
D. Premier Wen Jiabao and Wenchuan.
( )27.The government provides everyone in the earthquake-hit areas with many things EXCEPT .
A. a home
B. a job
C. a computer
D. social
security
( )28. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. People built nearly 1,000 schools.
B. Dong Xinjun makes about 3,000 yuan every year.
C. Zhu Lihu’s new school has a new computer.
D. Premier Wen has visited Sichuan for 10 times since the earthquake happened. ( )29. What does “back down” in the last paragraph mean?
A. stop trying
B. feel sad
C. be brave
D. feel tired
( )30. How does the passage show us “Wenchuan is rising from the ruins”?
A. By giving facts and examples.
B. By comparing different places.
C. By talking about stories.
D. By using students’ words.
B
Children go to school. Many of them take school buses. What should we do to keep these students safe on the road?
On April 5, the State Council (国务院) published new rules about school bus safety. These new rules are much stricter (严格) than the old ones.
Under the new rules, local governments must make sure that students go to nearby schools or boarding(寄宿的) schools. Also, local governments must help kids in the countryside reach their school buses.
From now on, school buses have a speed limit(限速) of 80km per hour on highways and 60km per hour on normal roads. While on the road, other cars must let school buses go first.
The new rules also say that school buses must never be overloaded(超载的). There are many other rules as well. A school bus must have more than seven seats. On each bus, there must be at least one adult to keep an eye on the kids. Each school bus must have a fire extinguisher (灭火器), a first-aid kit (急救箱) and a GPS.
Last year, a series of school bus accidents happened in China. To stop such accidents, the Central Government decided to strengthen the rules for scho ol buses.
The most serious accident happened in November in Gansu, when a nine-seat minibus crashed. There were 62 children inside, and 21 of them died.
( )31. Under the new rules, which of the following is NOT true?
A. School buses must not be overloaded.
B. School buses must drive 80 km/h or less on normal roads.
C. School buses can go first when there are other cars.
D. School buses must drive 80 km/h or less on highways.
( )32. The phrase “keep an eye on” in Paragrap h 5 has a similar meaning to
“ ”.
A. look after
B. play with
C. look for
D. chat with
( )33. According to the new rules, a school bus must have the following EXCEPT .
A. a GPS
B. more tha n seven seats
C. a parent of one of the students
D. a fire extinguisher and a first-aid kit
( )34. The government made new rules for school buses because .
A. 21 students died in school bus accidents last year
B. the governm ent encourages all students to take school buses
C. 200 million children in China go to school by bus every day
D. school buses in China were not safe enough before
( )35. What is the best title for this report?
A. The Importance of School Buses
B. Keeping Safe at School
C. School Buses Cause Accidents
D. Making School Buses Safer
C Title
Date English books about rare birds for sale
I have some books about birds to sell. I hope you will find these books are useful to learn about rare birds. My phone number: 131********
My email adress: hanmei-smile@
January 27,2012 Moving sale: Books, books, books
I’m leaving Beijing soon and I want to sell my books. I have some science books about animals and plants. Price: Prices are different, starting from 10 Yuan.
E-mail for a complete list of titles.
January 25,2012 Second-hand books wanted
Give a new life to your old books and share your stories with your books.
If you want and need to find a place for your books, come here!
January 23,2012
Beijing birdwatching maps
If you like watching birds around Beijing, please feel free to call me on 151********. The price is 3 RMB per map.
Note: the original (原来的) price is 8 RMB.
January 18,2012
( )36. Where can you find this information?
A. On the notebook.
B. In a map.
C. On the Internet.
D. In a textbook.
( )37. If you have an old book to sell, you will go to “”.
A. English books about rare birds for sale
B. Moving sale: Books, books, books
C. Beijing birdwatching maps
D. Second-hand books wanted
( )38. If you buy 50 Beijing birdwatching maps, how much money can you save?
A. ￥250
B. ￥150
C. ￥400
D. ￥550
( )39. Where can a bird lover find his favourite film on birds?
A. In “Moving sale: Books, books, books”.
B. In “DVD sale”.
C. In “English books about rare birds for sale”.
D. In “Second-hand books wanted”.
( )40. Which advertisement tells us the e-mail address?
A. English books about rare birds for sale
B. English books about rare birds for sale &Moving sale: Books, books, books
C. Moving sale: Books, books, books
D. DVD sale
四. 填空（每小题1分，共25分）
A. 根据所给的汉语意思，用合适的单词填空。

41. Snow (覆盖) everything, so it was easy for travellers to lose their way.
42. At that (片刻), he was too nervous to move.
43. Yellow is often a sign for (警告). It makes people think of danger.
44. Bad weather can sometimes (引起) disasters.
45. The children (讨论) where to spend their weekend when I came back
46. It is over 35 (度) outside. Wait until it gets cooler.
47. The local (政府) has a plan to plant 12,000 trees around these hills.
48. A few interesting (兴趣) can make your life less boring.
49. Would you please repeat his (地址) more slowly?
50. My mother didn’t get (生气) at all when she heard of my poor grades.
B. 用所给单词的合适形式填空。

51. The children are looking forward to the (arrive) of their favourite hero.
52. The (fireman) were all working hard to save people who were trapped in the building.
53. A camel can keep (live) for several weeks without drinking any water.
54. What a (fog) morning! You should walk to work instead of driving your car today.
55. The Japanese Earthquak e was one of the most serious (nature) disasters last year.
56. The children walked (noise) past my window and woke me up.
57. The baby tiger is (able) to look after itself. It needs special care.
58. One of our (hobby) is watching birds.
59. Some people don’t know the (important) of protecting birds.
60. You must follow me (close) if you don’t want to lose your way.
C. 从方框里选择合适的词组并用其正确形式填空，完成下面的对话。

the next morning, as usual, fall over, catch fire,
last long
Eric: There was a big fire near our school last Saturday, right?
Diana: Yes. An old house (61) at midnight.
Eric: How did it happen?
Diana: An old man living in the house went to sleep with the heater (取暖器) on
(62) . But there was a short circuit (短路). And the circuit caused
a big fire.
Eric: Did the old man get hurt?
Diana: Yes. He (63) when he was trying to get out. He broke his left leg. Eric: I am sorry to hear that. Did the fire (64) ?
Diana: Yes. The fi remen didn’t put it out until (65) .
五. 根据所给的汉语意思填空，完成下面的句子。

(每小题2分，共10分)
66. 雪一直在下，我们很难看清前面的路。

The snow . It was difficult for us to see the road in front of us.
67. 我们简直等不及要去观鸟了。

We watch the birds.
68. 我们听不清你的话，你能不能说的再大声一点？
We can’t hear you clearly. Would you please ?
69. 我拍照的时候，一个雪球击中了我。

A snowball .
70. 雨直到第二天上午才停。

The rain didn’t stop .
六. 任务型阅读 （每小题2分，共10分）
阅读下面的材料，用合适的单词填空完成表格。

A desert is a very dry land. In the day, it can be so hot that you can fry an egg on the ground. But during the night the temperature drops so much that water will turn into ice.
Most deserts are covered with sand. The Sahara Desert in Africa is mostly sand. The Australian Desert has red sand. There is little rain in a desert. But there is water de ep under the ground and some plants’ strong roots (根) can find it. Other plants have many roots to suck up (吸收) the rain. The cactus (仙人掌) has long roots. It keeps water inside its hard skin. This skin protects it from heat and cold.
Camels keep water inside their bodies, too. They have special fur to protect them from the sun during the day and keep them warm at night.
Some other animals live in deserts, too. They have to be very good at seeing and hearing because most of them only come out at night. They have very big eyes or ears. For example, a desert fox has bigger ears than a normal fox. A gerbil (沙鼠) has big eyes. It stays cool in the day by staying underground, like most desert animals.
Some people live in the desert but they always make their homes near an oasis (绿洲). An oasis has water from an underground river. Near an oasis, people can grow lots of plants and keep animals.
Deserts
What is a desert like? A desert is dry with little rain. It is covered with sand.
It is very hot in
the day and very (56) at nigh t.
Plants Plants have strong roots to get (57) under the ground
or suck up rain water. The cactus’ skin can also protect
it from heat and cold.
(58) The camels They keep water inside their bodies and their special
fur protects them from the heat and cold.
Desert foxes
They have bigger ears. A gerbil They have big eyes and they stay (59) in the
day.
People People (60) near an oasis and they grow plants and keep animals.
七. 书面表达（共20分）
下面四幅图画描述了某天你放学后发生的一件事。

请你根据这些图画提示，展开合理想象，用英语写一篇日记。

注意：
1．词数80左右。

日记的开头已给出，不计入总词数。

2．要点完整、上下文连贯。

3．文中不得使用真实的人名、校名。

feel worried start to rain share…with… thankful
October 19, 2012 Friday rainy
This afternoon, when I walked out of school, the weather changed. _______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________
附：什么样的考试心态最好
大部分学生都不敢掉以轻心，因此会出现很多过度焦虑。

想要不出现太强的考试焦虑，那么最好的办法是，形成自己的掌控感。

1、首先，认真研究考试办法。

这一点对知识水平比较高的考生非常重要。

随着重复学习的次数增加，我们对知识的兴奋度会逐渐下降。

最后时刻，再去重复学习，对于很多学生已经意义不大，远不如多花些力气，来思考考试。

很多老师也会讲解考试的办法。

但是，老师给你的办法，不能很好地提高你对考试的掌控感，你要找到自己的一套明确的考试办法，才能最有效地提高你的掌控感。

有了这种掌控感，你不会再觉得，在如此关键性的考试面前，你是一只被检验、被考察甚至被宰割的绵羊。

2、其次，试着从考官的角度思考问题。

考官，是掌控考试的;考生，是被考试考验的。

如果你只把自己当成一个考生，你难免会惶惶不安，因为你觉得自己完全是个被摆布者。

如果从考官的角度去看考试，你就成了一名主动的参与者。

具体的做法就是，面对那些知识点，你想像你是一名考官，并考虑，你该用什么形式来考这个知识点。

高考前两个半月，我用这个办法梳理了一下所有课程，最后起到了匪夷所思的效果，令我在短短两个半月，从全班第19名升到了全班第一名。

当然，这有一个前提——考试范围内的知识点，我基本已完全掌握。

3、再次，适当思考一下考试后的事。

如觉得未来不可预测，我们必会焦虑。

那么，对未来做好预测，这种焦虑就会锐减。

这时要明白一点：考试是很重要，但只是人生的一个重要瞬间，所谓胜败也只是这一瞬间的胜败，它的确会带给我们很多，但它远不能决定我们一生的成败。