八年级上月考英语试题及答案

宁津县实验中学2018-2019学年度第一学期第一次月考

八年级英语试题2015.9 一．单项选择(10小题，共10分)

1. Everyone should have dreams. With dreams and hard work, anything amazing can be

A. met

B. created

C. expected

D. practiced

2. Girl: I'm____ the trip which we can go whenever we want to go.

Boy: You'll take me, and I'll take the money.

A. taking part in

B.taking care of

C. looking back at

D. looking forward to

3．If you want to buy this dress , you 'd better ______ first to make sure it fits you .

A. pay for it.

B. take it off.

C. tidy it up .

D. try it on..

4. At school we take excise for an hour every day to _____.

A. look after ourselves

B. build ourselves up

C. show ourselves off

D. take care of ourselves

5. I am greatly interested i n this painting. It _____ the painter’s love for nature.

A. expresses

B. discusses

C. expects

D. imagines.

6. People were excited when they saw “Monkey King” 2014 the Yellow River Estuary (入海口，河口) International Marathon.

A. losing

B. running

C. refusing

D. forgetting

7. CoCo Lee was born in Hong Kong but in America.

A. picked up

B. g ave up

C. grew up

D. dressed up

8. --Are you going to Brazil to watch 2014 FIF A World Cup(2014年世界杯足球赛) this summer?-- I’m not sure. It time. (

A. depends on

B. cares about

C. agrees to

D. finds out

9.-- What do you think of‘Eat-up’ Campaign (光盘行动)?

--I think it’s really necessary. It is reported that the food that Chinese people

every year is enough to feed 200 mi llion people for a year.

A. eat

B. have

C. waste

D. make

10. David Beckham decided to ________ playing football match forever

because he is not energetic enough. A. put off B. deal with C. break off D. give up

二．阅读理解

A.

There was a boy and his family was very rich. One day his father took him on a trip to a place. He wanted to show his son how poor people were there. They spent several days on a farm. There were many poor families living on the farm.

On their way home, the father asked the son, “How was the trip?” “It was great, Dad,” the son answered. “Did you notice how poor people were there?” asked his father. “Oh, yes,” said the son. “So, tell me,” said his father. The son said, “Well, we have one dog and they hav e four. We have a pool in our garden, while they have a river that has no end. We have expensive lanterns (灯), but they have stars above their heads

at night. We have only a small piece of land to live on, while they have the endless fields. We buy our food, but they grow theirs. We have high walls around our houses to protect us, but they don’t need walls, because their friends will protect them.”

The father had nothing to say. Then the boy added, “Thank you, Dad, for letting me see how poor we are.”

1. The father wanted to show his son ________.

A. how people on the farm worked

B. how poor people were on the farm

C. how beautiful the farm was

D. how far it was from the city to the farm

2. How often did they go to the farm?

A. Once a week.

B. Twice a month.

C. Every year.

D. The writer doesn’t tell us.

3. When the father asked the son how the trip was, the son thought it

________.

A. great

B. tiring

C. terrible

D. boring

4. According to the boy, people on the farm can see ________ at night.

A. expensive lanterns

B. a lot of cars

C. stars above their heads

D. many horses