八年级英语第二次月考试卷
I. 选择填空
1.—What’s _______ matter?
—I didn’t sleep well yesterday. I have _______ bad headache now. A. /; a
B. a; the
C. the; a
2._______ my surprise, my son wasn’t scared the first time he saw the dog. A. To
B. With
C. In
3.—What’s wrong with Jenny?
—She cut _______ when she was cooking. A. she
B. her
C. herself
4.Amy, what were you doing _______ your sister was talking on the phone? A. although
B. while
C. unless
5.Mrs. Miller used to _______ in the park, but she doesn’t do it anymore. A. dancing
B. dances
C. danced
6.—Did you get a _______ from John?
—No. He never writes to me. He always calls me. A. shirt
B. letter
C. cloud
7.—Where did you get the book?
—From my friend. I _______ it three days ago. A. lent
B. kept
C. borrowed
8.—Did you have _______ finding the new cinema? —No. The map on the phone is useful! A. relation
B. communication
C. pressure
9.My grandparents are too old to _______ themselves, so they live with us now.
D. the; /
D. For
D. hers
D. since
D. dance
D. wood
D. returned
D. difficulty
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A. look through
10.Grandpa lives _______. We should often go to visit him so that he won’t feel _______. A. alone; alone
B. lonely; lonely
C. alone; lonely
D. lonely; alone
11.—Can you help me with this math problem?
—Sorry. My math is poor, so you can only _______ yourself. A depend on
B. pick up
C. turn down
D. try on
12.—Now more and more people are riding shared bikes.
—Yes. _______ shared bikes we use, _______ pollution there will be. A. The more; the more C. The fewer; the more
13.—Did you hear someone call you, Gina?
—Sorry. Jimmy _______ the drums so loudly that I heard nothing. A. is beating
B. beats
C. will beat
D. was beating
B. The fewer; the less D. The more; the less
.B. look for C. take care of D. take after
14.—I don’t understand the passage on page 15. What about you, Dave? —_______. Let’s ask Ms. Steen for help. A. Neither I do
B. Neither do I
C. So I do
D. So do I
15.—Could you take the dog for a walk? —_______. I have a lot of housework to do. A. Sorry, I can’t
B. No problem
C. I disagree
D. No, thanks
Ⅱ. 完形填空
It was at 7:20 am on August 8, 2017. Chen Yong was driving the traveling bus to Jiuzhaigou as usual. ___16___about 14 hours’ ride, the bus finally arrived at the scenic spot (景区). All the passengers were tired and they wanted to get off the bus and have a ___17___. But suddenly, Chen and the passengers saw many___18___ falling off the mountain. Soon their bus was surrounded (被包围) by these rocks. Chen ___19___ it was an earthquake (地震). He was ___20___ at first, but quickly he calmed down (冷静下来). He told the passengers to break the ___21___to get out of the bus one by one and then he took them to the safe area. Chen didn’t stay there with the
passengers.___22___, he helped some passengers who got hurt find a doctor. Later, he ___23___ his life to return to
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his bus to protect all the things of the passengers.
Thanks to Chen, all the passengers were safe and ___24___of their things got lost. They may not feel the beauty of Jiuzhaigou, but they feel the bravery (勇敢) and ___25___ of a bus driver. 16. A. Since 17. A. look 18. A. rocks 19. A. realized 20. A. sick 21. A. seats 22. A. Neither 23. A. lent 24. A. none 25. A. pressure
B. When B. rest B. trees B. argued B. nervous B. lights B. Instead B. pushed B. both B. difficulty
C. During C. walk C. houses C. meant C. strong C. windows C. Anyway C. risked C. most C. fairness
D. After D. test D. people D. cheered D. excited D. floors D. Secondly D. offered D. all D. kindness
Ⅲ. 阅读理解
A
I had a headache on Saturday. Mom took my temperature and it was 38.6℃! Then Dad took Laura me to the hospital. The doctor said I had a fever. Then he gave me some medicine and
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told me to have a good rest. Last Sunday I went to the beach with my friends and family. We went there not to play but to do something good for the environment. We picked up the rubbish on the beach. Some visitors also joined us. David My family cleaned up our house on Saturday morning. Mom did some Anna rubbish, and I swept the floor. We clean the house every Saturday, so it isn’t very dirty. washing, Dad took out the My family was having a picnic on the hill when the rainstorm came on Sunday. We didn’t take an umbrella, so we had to run to our car. We all got wet. But the rain stopped as soon as we arrived home. Next time we must watch the weather report before going for a picnic! Harry
26. What’s wrong with Laura? A. She had a sore throat.
B. She had a toothache.
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C. She had a fever.
27. How often does Anna’s family clean the house? A. Once a week. C. Once a month.
D. She cut her finger.
28. Next time Harry goes for a picnic, he will______. A. prepare more food C. ride his new bike
29. Which of the following is TRUE? A. Laura’s mother sent her to the hospital. B. Anna tidied the house with her sister
B. take an umbrella D. watch the weather report
C. David went to the beach to pick up rubbish. D. Harry got wet because he fell into the river. 30. The passage is mainly about ______. A. these children’s hobbies C. a doctor’s advice on health
.B. Twice a week. D. Twice a month.
B. four kids’ activities on weekends D. some parents’ ideas about the weekend B
Do you often go on a trip? Did you live in a hotel made of ice and snow? Well, there is one in North China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region (内蒙古自治区). The hotel opened on January 1st, 2018.
The hotel is the first of its kind in China. It is said that workers used about 1,500 tons of ice and snow to build the hotel. Almost all things in the hotel, like beds and tables, are made of ice and snow. The ice hotel is about 1,000 square meters (平方米), and it has 10 rooms. Each of them is 10 to 15 square meters. It also has a recreation (娱乐) hall, a reading room, a bar (酒吧) and a dining hall.
You may think it will be very cold to stay in the hotel. Well, the temperature in each room is about 5 degrees below zero. But the beds are covered with warm bedclothes. You can also use sleeping bags when you go to bed, so
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you won’t feel ▲ .
What if the weather becomes warmer and warmer? Will the hotel melt? The answer is yes, of course. The hotel is expected to melt away in three months as it gets warm in spring. Would you like to visit the hotel and live in it? 31. Which of the following is TRUE about the hotel? A. The hotel opened one year ago. C. The hotel is built in Shandong. 32. There is NOT ______ in the hotel. A. a dining hall
B. a recreation hall
C. a swimming pool
D. a reading room
B. China has many ice hotels like this one. D. The beds in the hotel are made of ice.
33. Which word can be put in ▲ ? A. hot
B. cold
C. warm
D. cool
34. The underlined word “melt” means “______” in Chinese. A. 融化
B. 扩建
C. 升值
D. 蒸发
35. In which part of the newspaper can we find this passage? A. PEOPLE
B. SCIENCE
C. TRAVEL C
Tian Haisu, a Chinese artist, was born (出生) in 1988 in Sichuan, China. Born into a family with a strong art tradition, Tian ①b_______ to learn Chinese landscape (风景) paintings as a small kid. When she grew up, she studied at San Francisco Art Institute and California College of the Arts. ③Her studies in the United States gave her more open art ideas. She decided to add her favorite sport, roller skating (滑旱冰), to the traditional Chinese art. Soon Tian started using her roller skates to create traditional Chinese landscape paintings. She fixed a pot of black paint to her skates to paint. She said the skill made her feel “at one with her art”.
Tian’s paintings are mainly about mountains and rivers. She said the landscape of Sichuan was the most unforgettable thing during her stay in America.
In 2015, her work was on show at California College of the Arts. Stephen Beal, the head of the college, said Tian was a creative girl.
④成功的作品背后是艰苦的劳动。 Tian said that it took her a lot of time to create the paintings. “I feel that everything is ②c_______, so I can’t stop learning,” she added. Tian thinks art creation is difficult but enjoyable. 根据短文内容，完成下面的任务。
任务一：根据首字母提示，在①②处填写恰当的单词，使句子完整。
D. SPORT
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36. ①.________ ②________
任务二：将文中划线句子③翻译成汉语。 37 ____________________________________ 任务三：将文中划线句子④翻译成英语。 38 ____________________________________ 任务四： 回答问题。
39. Why are Tian’s paintings so special? ____________________________________ 40. What does Stephen Beal think of Tian? ____________________________________
Ⅳ.单词拼写
A. 根据句意及汉语提示，填入恰当的单词。
41. Reading a book can be compared to a ________(旅行). 42. Jason ________(扔) the ball up and caught it again. 43. At that time, I was too ________(焦虑的) to speak. 44. I lost ________(兴趣) halfway through the book. 45. Will our parents ________(允许) us to go to the concert? B. 用括号中所给单词的适当形式填空。 46. We built that model plane all by ________(our). 47. I was at school when it began to rain ________(heavy). 48. Peter felt tired, so he ________ (lie) down to rest.
49. At first Peter refused ________(sweep) the floor, but later he agreed. 50. Ann didn’t tell her parents about her ________(decide) to give up her job. Ⅸ. 根据汉语意思完成英语句子，每空一词。 51. 下车前别忘了带上你的东西。
Don’t forget to take your things before ________ ________ the bus. 52. 你可以依靠她来应付这种局面。
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You can ________ ________ her to deal with the situation. 53. 我到家时，我哥哥正在修理他闹钟。
When I got home, my brother was ________ ________ his alarm. 54. 保罗以沉默来逃避他的问题。
Paul ran away from his problems ________ ________. 55. 他们没有告诉我们为什么把会议延期。
They didn’t tell us why they ________ ________ the meeting.
Ⅹ. 情景交际
根据上下文提示，在横线上填入合适的句子补全对话。
A: What were you doing at 7 yesterday evening? I called you, but you didn’t pick up. B: ________56________. A: Why did you argue with your mother?
B: ______57______. You know, I love snacks. A: Why didn’t she allow you to eat them?
B: She thought they were bad for my health and she didn’t want me to be as heavy as her.______58______? A:_______59_______? You can tell her that you will eat fewer snacks and exercise more. B: I think it’s no use talking to her. A: What about asking your father for help? B: _______60_______. Hope things work out. 的V. 书面表达
你校博物馆决定选拔十名中学生为外国游客提供英文讲解，你非常希望成为其中的一员。61.假设你是李明，
请你根据表格内容，写一封英文信推荐自己。 基本情况 姓名、年龄等 擅长英语（英语口语能力……） 热爱历史（学校历史知识……） 个人优势 善于交友等
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要求：
1. 参考提示语，可适当发挥； 2. 语言通顺，意思连贯，书写工整；
3. 70词左右（开头结尾已给出，不计入总词数）。
Dear Sir / Madam,
I’m writing to apply (申请) to be an English guide of our school museum.
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
I will be thankful if you can give me the chance (机会). Thank you!
Yours, Li Ming
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