外研版英语八上试题8年级月考

8年级上学期英语第一次月考第I卷听力部分（20分，每小题1 分）一、. 在下列每小题内，你将听到一个问句并看到供选择的A、B、C三个答语。

找出能回答你所听到的那个问句的最佳选项。

( ) 1.A. I don’t like it. B. Yes, I have. C. It’s so great.( ) 2. A. Yes, I’d like to. B. Really? C. That’s right.( ) 3. A. Yes, you have! B. You can do it later. C. Well done!( ) 4. A. Good idea! B. Of course, I do. C. I’m sorry to hear that. ( ) 5. A. Yes, it is. B. I will have a look. C. No, there weren’t.二、根据对话内容，找出能回答所提问题的最佳选项。

( ) 6. What did the woman do when she heard the news?A. She jumped and danced.B. She danced to a song.C. She jumped and sang( )7. When can the man see the woman’s brother?A. In about three days.B. In about a week.C. In about ten days.( )8. How many houses has the man sold so for this month ?A. One.B. Two.C. Three.( )9. How many times has her brother been to Shanghai?A. OnceB. Three times.C. Many times( ) 10. Where did Kate go last summer vacation with his parents?A. To America.B. To England .C. To Japan.三、听下面长对话，选出能回答所提问题的最佳选项。

( ) 11. When did the girl go bungee jumping?A. A year ago.B. Two years agoC. Three years ago.( ) 12. What does the girl think of eating snakes?A. It’s interesting.B. It’s wrongC. It’s terrible.( ) 13. When did the girl climb the mountain?A. One year ago.B. Two years ago.C. Eight years ago( ) 14. How old is the girl now?A. Seventeen.B. EighteenC. Twenty.( )15. What do we know about the girl?A. She once lived in a seaside city.B. She has been on TV twice.C. She is too shy to speak in public.四、听一段短文，选择最佳答案。

( ) 16. What does Mr. Smith like to do?A. Play cards.B. Drive his car.C. Go out without his dog.( ) 17. Where did his dog go when Mr. Smith jumped into a car?A. Into the friend’s houseB. Into the same carC. Into another car. ( ) 18. Why couldn’t Mr. Smith start the car?A. It was not his car.B. He didn’t turn the key.C. The dog wasn’t in the car. ( )19. Who was in the wrong car?A. The dog.B. Mr. Smith.C. Mr. Smith’s friend.( ) 20. What can we learn from the passage?A. The dog can drive a car.B. Mr. Smith was drunk.C. The dog is clever. 第II卷笔试部分（100分）一、单项选择：（每小题1分，共15分）( )1. Mr. White gave us ________ on how to learn English well.A. some advicesB. many advicesC. some adviceD. an advice ( )2.---This book is a little difficult. ______ read something easier ?---All right.A. Why don’tB. Why not toC. Why notD. Why not you ( )3.You may put your bag on the chair, ________.A. and where elseB. else anywhereC. and anywhere elseD. or anywhere else( )4. When I stayed at home________, I felt a little ________.A. alone; aloneB. alone; lonelyC. lonely; aloneD. lonely; lonely ( )5. ______easy for him to understand the foreign teacher because he stayed in Canada for four years.A. That’sB. It’sC. This isD. Its( )6. She tries ________.A. not worryB. to not worryC. not to worryD. not worried ( )7. ---I’m sorry I ________ my Chinese book at home.---It doesn’t matter. Please ______ to bring it here tomorrow.A. leave; forgetB. left ; rememberC. left; forgetD. leave; remember ( )8. It took me half an hour ________ the work.A. finishB. to finishC. finishingD. finished( )9. ---How about the young lady?---It’s hard to say, but her voice ________ beautiful.A. singsB. hearsC. listensD. sounds( )10. The shirt ________ me 100 yuan.A. takesB. spendsC. paysD. costs( )11. I prefer to dance rather than ________.A. singB. to singC. singsD. sang( )12. The House of Flying Daggers is a very moving film. I _______ it twice already.A. will seeB. seeC. sawD. have seen( )13. Have you read this book ________?A. agoB. beforeC. afterD. next( )14. I’ve ________ cleaned the kitchen. I did that ________.A. just; justB. just; just nowC. just now; just nowD. just now; just ( )15. --- Is that Jack speaking?---Sorry, he isn’t in right now. He＿＿the cinema with his aunt.A. has been toB. has gone toC. have been toD. have gone to 二．完成句子（每小题2分，共10分）1.我们常常互相发短信。

We often send messages to _______ ________.2.我已经实现了我的梦想My dream has ________ ________.3.你听说最新新闻了吗？Have you ________ the ________ news?4.他爸爸出差去日本了。

His father has gone to Japan_____ _____.5.希望工程已培训了老师并把好多学生送入了中学Project Hope has ______teachers and_____ many students to high schools.三．用括号内词的适当形式填空（每小题1分，共10分）1. How about ________ (listen) to the radio or ________(read) a newspaper?2. But try not ____________(translate) every word.3. I enjoy _________(watch) English films and listening to real English songs.4. I _______(leave) my English book at home yesterday morning.5. We’re going to have a party. Would you like _______(join) us?6. He improves my English by __________ (talk ) to the foreigners.7. Have you _________(post) the photos to your parents?No, not yet. They’re still on my desk.8. Scientists __________(study) the global warming for several years .They areworking hard to find a solution.9.She hasn’t finished __________(draw) the picture yet.10.Don’t forget ________(check) your vocabulary notebook every day.四、完型填空（每小题1分，共10分）Jimmy started painting when he was four years old. When he was six, he was already very 1 at it. He painted many beautiful and interesting pictures, and people 2 a lot of money for them. They said, “This boy’s going to be 3 when he’s a little older, and then we’re going to 4 these pictures for a lot more money. Then we will get rich. Jimmy’s pictures were 5 from other people’s because he never painted on the whole piece of 6 . He painted on half of it, and the other half was always 7 . “That’s very clever,” everyone said. “8else does that!” One day somebody bought one of Jimmy’s 9 and then said to him, “Please tell me this ,Jimmy. Why do you paint on the 10 half of your paper, but not on the top half?”“Because I’m small,” Jimmy said, “and my brushes don’t reach very high.”( )1. A. clever B. bad C. poor D. good( )2. A. paid B. bought C. wanted D. needed( )3. A. young B. famous C. short D. cool( )4. A. fill B. buy C. sell D. draw( )5. A. different B. similar C. away D. good( )6. A. glass B. wood. C. paper D. table( )7. A. empty B. full C. dirty D. blue( )8. A. Anybody B. Somebody C. Everybody D. Nobody( )9. A. brushes B. papers C. pictures D. pens( )10. A. middle B. bottom C. right D. left五、阅读理解：（每小题1 分，共25分）(A) Yesterday morning we had an English class. When the teacher was reading the text to the students, he found a boy writing on a piece of paper .So he stopped and said, “Mike, what do you usually do after lunch?” Without thinking, Mike answered, “Wait for supper.” The teacher was not pleased but could say nothing. Just at that moment the teacher saw another boy talking with his deskmate. He was getting a little angry now. So he asked, “What about you, Jack?” As Jack was talking, He did not know what the teacher’s question was. He answered in a loud voice, “So do I.”( ) 1. This story happened ________.A. in the teacher’s officeB. after lunchC. in the afternoonD. in class( )2. The teacher was _______when he heard Mike’s answer.A. angryB. gladC. not pleasedD. laughing( )3. The teacher asked Jack _______.A. the same question he had askedB. to help MikeC. what he did in class D .what he wanted to do after class ( )4. Jack’s answer meant that_______A. he knew what to do or what not to do after lunch.B. he did the same thing as Mike didC. he did many things after lunchD. he wrote on a piece of paper, too ( )5. From the above story we can see that______.A Jack was good at his lessons B. Mike did well in his lessonsC. Mike and Jack were good friendsD. Jack did not know what the teacher had asked(B) Basketball players are usually very tall because they need to put the ball into the basket. But other sports players are sometimes short. Some of the best football stars are not very tall . Short people often have better balance (平衡) than tall people , so they don’t fall over very often. In some sports the players must have good balance, for example, table tennis and running .You don’t need long legs to run fast! Some of the fastest runners in the world are not very tall. Some people are tall and some areshort .The tallest person in the world is 2.31 metres tall. She is an American. And the shortest person in the world is only 57 centimetres tall. Today young people in many countries grow taller than their parents. This is because they eat better food today. Good food can help children grow.( )6. Are all sports players tall ？A . Yes, they are B. No, they aren’t C. Yes, I think so D. No, they don’t( ) 7. Is it better to be short than to be tall ?A. Yes, it is. Ｂ. Yes, it can C. No, it isn’t D. No, it can’t. ( )8. Do fast runners all have long legs?A. Yes, they areB. No, they aren’tC. Yes, they doD. No, they don’t ( ) 9.How tall is the tallest person in the world?A. 57 centimeters tallB. 2.31metres tallC. 75 centimeters tallD.1.31metres tall( )10. Why do young people grow taller than their parents?A. Because they grow faster.B. Because they exercise moreC. Because they eat better foodD. Because they study harder.(C) Young people and old people do not always agree with each other. They sometimes have different ideas about living, working and playing. But in one program in New York State, adults(成年人) and teenagers live together in a friendly way. Each summer 200 teenagers and 50 adults were invited to join the program. They live together for eight weeks as members of a special work group. Everyone works for seven hours a day. They do so not only to keep busy, but also to find meaning and happiness in work. Some teenagers work in the woods or on the farms near the village. Some of them learn to make things like tables, chairs and something like that and to build houses. It is the adults who teach them to do those. There are a few free hours each day and weekends are free too. During the free hours some of the teenagers learn to take photos or paint pictures, others sit around and talk, sing or dance. Each teenager has his own way to spend his free time.When people live together, rules are necessary. In this program the teenagers and the adults make the rules together. If someone breaks a rule, the problem goes before the whole group. They talk about it and ask, “Why did it happen? What should we do about it?”One of the teenagers has this to say about his experience, “You stop thinking only about yourself. You learn to think about th e group.”( ) 11. In one program in New York States, young and old people__________.A. are friendly to one anotherB. do not work togetherC. teach one another new ways of building housesD. spend a long time together, working as farmers( ) 12 All the members spend some time together every day mainly to______.A. lead a busy lifeB. learn new skills of farmingC. get used to the life on the farmsD. find value and pleasure in work ( )13 Living together ,___________.A. the teenagers have to obey the rules the adults madeB. the members don’t have to obey the rulesC. the members are not allowed to break the rules they make togetherD. the members have no free time on weekdays( )14. The last paragraph shows that the teenager thinks his experience in the program is_______.A. boringB. helpfulC. tiringD. unpleasant( )15. The best title for the passage is_______.A. The Rules of Living TogetherB. Free Hours in the Special Work GroupC. Teenagers in the Special GroupD. Life in New York State(D )任务性阅读：根据短文内容用适当的单词完成下面句子：Dear Mike,We got your letter yesterday. Yes, we can visit you at Christmas. We thought to spend(度) Christmas at home, but now we are going to be with you. Jack will not be in school then.The weather in Chicago is cold, but is doesn’t matter. Sometimes we like the snow.We got our plane tickets. We will get to your city on the 18th. We will stay with you for two weeks. Is that all right with you?We will take our favorite recipes(食谱), so we can have a nice Christmas dinner. See you soon.LoveMom and Dad16. This letter is from Mike’s _______ .17 In Chicago, it is _____________ now.18. Mike has a brother called____________. He is in school now.19. Mike’s parents will go to his ci ty by ________.20. His parents will come back on __________ 31st.六、补全对话(每小题1分，共5分 )A: Hey, Mary! I haven’t seen you for days._____________ (1)?B: I’ve been to Beijing to see my parents. I came back yesterday.A: (2) _______________B: I went to Beihai Park, the Palace Museum and the Summer Palace.A: (3) ________________B: Yes, it’s very beautiful.A: Have you seen Beijing Opera?B: (4) _____________. I have no time.A: (5) ________________B: Of course, I have. I took many pictures on the Great Wall.A: Really? (Can you bring them here tomorrow? I want to have a look.B: No problem.七、根据首字母提示填空（每空1分，共10分）(建议用时：7分钟词数：184) The first question is about (1) r_______ English. Li Hao from Hebei wrote. “I enjoy watching English films and listening to real English songs. But it (2) t________ a long time. What do you think? This is a great (3) w_________ to learn English! Talk about the film or (4) s_____ with your friends, and guess the meaning of the new words. Just enjoy (5) y________! The second question is about speaking. Sam, from Suzhou wrote, “ Our school has a foreign teacher. But I’m shy and (6) c______ speak to her. What should I do?” When I visit China, lots of people in the ( 7) s______ say, “Hello! How are you? Where are you from? Do you like China?” There are good questions to start a (8)c_______ Many people are shy when they speak English, so before you begin, take a deep breath and smile! Smiling always(9)h________. The third question is about vocabulary. Oliver, from Anhui Province wrote, “I want to remember all the new words. I write them down, but I forget them(10) q_________. What should I do?”八、书面表达（15分）请你以“How to learn English well?”为话题，对如何学好英语谈谈自己的看法及建议，写一篇80字左右的文章。