八年级上学期英语12月月考试卷

八年级上学期英语12月月考试卷
一、单项选择。

1. The ice on the river is enough today, we can walk on it.
A . thin
B . thick
C . deep
D . wide
2. —I called you just now, but there was no answer, peter. —Sorry, I didn’t hear it, I the book in the library.
A . read
B . readed
C . am reading
D . was reading
3. —What do you think of film about travelling to moon?
—I think It’s useful film for teenagers to study the world.
A . a, the, /
B . the, the, an
C . the, the, a
D . a, /, a
4. —Good morning, Mr Smith. What would you like, coffee or juice? — , thanks. I just want a glass of water.
A . Neither
B . Either
C . Both
D . Each
5. —Do you often your son after work every day?
—No, he comes back home on the school bus on his own.
A . pick up
B . set up
C . look up
D . warm up
6. My mother makes me an apple every day the doctor away.
A . eat, keeping
B . eating, to keep
C . eat, to keep
D . eat, keep
7. Our team in the final match. We’ve got the first place.
A . lost
B . beat
C . won
D . hit
8. If there is pollution in the future, our life will be beautiful.
A . more; less
B . less; more
C . thicker; more
D . worse; less
9. Sally was reading a novel while all her family a talk show on TV.
A . were watching
B . watched
C . watch
D . was watching
10. —This is David. May I speak to Mr Wang, our head teacher?
—. I’ll go and get him.
A . Speaking
B . Are you kidding?
C . Who’s that?
D . Hold on a minute.
二、完形填空。

11. 完形填空
In China, most families haveone baby. Are you the only child in your family? Do you want to have a youngersister or brother? Well, 1a new baby in your family is really special.If everyone in your family takes care of the baby, your mom will be very gladto have 2happy family. When you help to look after anew baby, you must try to be careful.
Babies don’t need sugar orsalt, so don’t give these things to them. 3, sugar and salt are notgood for babies, or you. 4ask your parents before you do anything forthe baby, and they will show you how to look after your little brother orsister. Your mum will be 5if the new baby wakes a lot during the night.You might be able to help your mother by doing something nice for her, likebringing water to drink for her while she is thirsty.
You may feel 6jealous of the baby sometimes. Don’t think that you are a “badperson” if you get those feelings. It’s natural 7you to have such feelings. Although there isone more child in your family, 8your parents still love you as usual.
The most important thing isthat you should try to be a good elder brother or sister. Your parents also 9you to be friendly to your brother or sister.In the future, he or she will help you in many ways. 10you go to university, your parents won’t feellonely. Do you look forward to having a brother or sister?
（1）A . haveB . hasC . havingD . has got（2）A . such aB . suchC . soD . so that（3）A . In timeB . Once ortwiceC . In the endD . In fact（4）A . AlwaysB . SometimesC . ProbablyD . Never（5）A . hungryB . tiredC . relaxedD . excited（6）A . a littleB . littleC . a bit ofD . a lot of（7）A . atB . ofC . forD . on（8）A . butB . /C . soD . and（9）A . askB . hopeC . wishD . mind（10）A . WhenB . WhileC . As soon asD . Before三、阅读理解。

12. 阅读理解
Some companies are not onlymaking lots of money, they are also changing the world. US magazine Fortunechose 50 companies changing the world. Here, we picked three companies to seehow they did it.
Didi chuxing, China
Did you hear Didi? The Chinesecompany lets people in about 400 Chinese cities use appon their phones to book a carride. Didi allows people to share a car at a cheaper price. Fortune says Didihelps protect our earth because fewer people are driving cars.
Inter, US
This company makes computersmore useful. It is famous and successful because they use computers to teachechildren around the world. Many people
get a lot from Inter’s lessons, especiallysome teachers from schools. The company trained 15 million teachers all overthe world.
GlaxoSmithKline, US
It is hard for some people tobuy expensive medicine. GlaxoSmithKline is one of the world’s largest medicinecompanies. In March, GlaxoSmithKline gave the patentfor the medicine to some poorcountries. That way, the medicine companies makes medicine with less money. Itmeans more people can buy cheap medicine and get better.
（1）The passage describes companies changing our world.
A . 2
B . 3
C . 4
D . 5
（2）In some Chinese cities, fewer people because of Didi.
A . Use phones.
B . get online
C . drive cars
D . throw rubbish
（3）From the passage we know Inter, US trained teacher from
A . All over the world
B . famous universities
C . Poor areas
D . rich countries.
（4）In March Glaxo SmithKline to some countries.
A . gave lots of money
B . sent some doctors
C . sold the medicine
D . gave the patent for the medicine.
（5）In which part of a newspaper can you see this passage?
A . Magic World
B . Jokes Class
C . Music Club
D . Famous People
13. 阅读理解
Different weather makes people feeldifferent. It influenceshealth, intelligence and feeling.
In August, it is very hot andwet in the southern part of the United states.
People there have heart trouble andother kind of health problems during this month. In the northeast and theMiddle West, it is very hot at some times and very cold at other times. Peoplein these states have more heart trouble after the weather changes in Februaryor March.
The weather can also influenceintelligence. For example, in a 1983 report by scientists, IQ of a group ofstudents was very high when a very strong wind came, but after the strong wind,their IQ was 10% lower. The wind can help people have more intelligence. Veryhot weather, on the other hand, can make it lower. Students in many schools ofthe United States often get worse on exams in the hot months of the year.
Weather also has a stronginfluence on people’s feelings. Winter m ay be a bad time for thin people. Theyusually feel cold during these months. They might feel unhappy during coldweather. But fat people may have a hard time in hot summer. At about 18°C, people become stronger.
Low air pressuremay make people forgetful,People leave more bags on buses and in shops on low－pressuredays. People feel best at a temperature of about 18°C.Are you feeling sad, tired, forgetful or happy today? It may be the weather’sproblem.
（1）What can cause problems on health?
A . Hot and wet weather.
B . A strong wind
C . Warm weather
D . Low air pressure.
（2）A report shows that people may have more intelligence when comes.
A . Rain
B . a strong wind
C . very hot weather
D . low air pressure
（3）According to the writer, fat people may feel bad in weather.
A . Cold
B . cool
C . warm
D . hot
（4）The writer wants to tell us that .
A . Hot and cold weather influences all people in the same way.
B . Weather influences people’s ideas.
C . IQ changes when weather changes.
D . People feel good on low-pressure days.
（5）Which is the best title of this passage?
A . Hot weather causes health problems.
B . Different weather makes people feel bad.
C . Weather influences feelings.
D . Weather influence health, intelligence and feelings.
14. 阅读理解
The population of the world is stillgoing up and scientists are worried that there will not enough food for us inthe middle of the century. One plant from Madagascar, the Kalanchoefedtschenkoi, may help. It takes in carbon dioxide at night and it needs 10times less water than food plants like rice. This means it can grow in thedesert.
It is dangerous to eat thisplant, but scientists can study two things about it: how it takes in carbondioxide at night when other plants only do this during the day, and why it isso good at living in the desert. There will be less good land for growing foodin the future because deserts are increase in size. There, growing plants willbe more and more important.
There is a possible way to takethis research. To grow a desert plant to eat will be difficult, but it may bepossible to use the genes from this plant and put
them into food plants like beans orpotatoes. And the food plants with the genes can grow in the desert. We hopethe plant could be an answer to our future food.
（1）The first paragraph says scientists are worried about our in the future.
A . weather
B . traffic
C . food
D . sports
（2）From the passage, we know the plant is good at living .
A . in the desert
B . on the hill
C . by the river
D . in the field
（3）To , scientists may put the genes of the plant into food plants.
A . grow plants for animals
B . solve the pollution problem
C . save more clean water
D . grow a desert plant to eat
（4）Which of the following sentence is True?
A . We can eat the plant.
B . The plant can grow with a little water.
C . The plant is just potatoes.
D . the plant takes in carbon dioxide in the day.
（5）The passage mainly tells us .
A . desert plants
B . the world’s population
C . Healthy food
D . the study of vegetables
四、根据首字母及汉语提示完成单词。

15. When he was reading a book carefully, the door bell rang s________.
16. Because of the hard work, Jacky is famous in the music f________ in Asia.
17. Before travelling, my mother always p________everything well.
18. The night in the countryside is q________ than that in the big city.
19. It was cold those days because the sun h________ behind the clouds.
五、用所给词的适当形式填空，使句意通顺。

20. Two ________of the students are girls in Class 6,Grade 8.
21. I heard a little girl________in the next room when I passed by .
22. Pay attention! We should be careful when driving on ________ days.
23. India has the second largestpopulation of 1.32 ________ in the world.
24. The ________ population is one of thelargest problems in the world.
六、按要求变换句型。

25. The Whites were reading newspapers at 9:00 p. m yesterday.
________were theWhites ________at 9:00 p. m yesterday?
26. Her father bought her a new mobile phone as a birthday present.
________Her fatherbuy a new mobile phone ________her as a birthday present?
27. Tony isn’t careful enough to get better scores in his test everytime.
Tony is too ________________get better scores in his test every time.
28. It might be rainy tomorrow, so bring an umbrella with you.
________it ________rain tomorrow, so bring an umbrella with you.
29. It is between minus two and five degrees today in Hefei.
________________the temperature today in Hefei?
七、书面表达。

30. China Youth正在就城市的人口增长以及它所产生的一系列问题做调查。

你所在的城市有哪些问题？你有什么好的建议和想法？请写一篇70词左右的短文。

提示：⒈可以就交通，污染，居住空间，教育医疗，资源和社会秩序等提出至少3个问题；
⒉提出至少2条建议；
⒊开头和结尾已给出，不记入词数。

Ilive in a city in the south of China. There are more and more people coming tofind jobs these years. This causes a lot of problems in my city.
……
With the help of these jobs, I believe mycity will be more and more beautiful in the future.。