八年级英语上册第一学期第一次月考试题.doc

八年级英语上册第一学期第一次月考试题初二年级英语试题 （2008.10）命题人： 郭芸 试卷(选择题,共55分)一、 听力（共20小题，每小题1分，计20分）（一）根据所听句子，选出相应的图片。听一遍（4分） A B C D 1._ 2. _ 3. _ 4. _ （二） 听对话，选择正确答案。听两遍（6分）( ) 5. Whats in the sky? A. Some birds B. Some kites C. A plane( ) 6. What does the man ask Sally to look after? A. His dog B. His rabbit C. His home( ) 7. What animal does Peter like? A. Goldfish B. Cats C. Dogs( ) 8. How heavy is the little cat? A. 1 kg. B. 0.5kg. C. 1.5kg.( ) 9. Where is the rabbit? A. Behind the classroom B. In the hutch C. Under the desk( ) 10. When did the man feed the fantail goldfish? A. At 7:00 B. At 7:20 C. At 6:40（三）选出与听到的句子意思相同的选项。听两遍（5分）：( ) 11. A. Jason is a teacher . B.Jason is a worker .C. Jason is a farmer. ( ) 12. A. Only Mr. Green is in Paris. B. The Greens are traveling now in Paris.C. The Greens are going to take holiday( ) 13. A.It took me two hours to get to the office.B.I did not get to the office because of the traffic . C. It took me two more hours to get to my office.( ) 14. A.Mary bought six silk ties. B. Mary paid six dollars fifty cents for a silk tie. C. Mary paid six dollars .( ) 15. A.The dress is so beautiful! B. The dress is not so beautiful.C. This dress is more beautiful.（四）短文理解，根据你所听到的短文内容，选择最佳答案。听三遍。（5分）( )16. Yesterday evening, I went to a film with _ . A. my sister B. my aunt C. Susan( )17. I asked the office girl for _ tickets. A. one B. two C. three( )18. There were_ tickets left in the ticket office.A. no B. two C. a few( )19. Just then , a man came to the ticket office to _his tickets.A. buy B. sell C. return( )20. We _ at last. A. saw the film B. bought the tickets C. Failed to see the film二、单项选择（共10小题，每小题1分，计10分）( ) 21.How _ the old man feels! A. happy B. happily C. happier D. sadly( ) 22.On her way home Lucy saw a thief (小偷)_in a shop .She stopped _110 at once.A. steal (偷，盗窃); call B. to steal; call C. stealing; to call D. stealing; calling ( ) 23. _ it is today! Lets go to fly a kite in the park, shall we?A. How a fine weather B. What a fine weather C. How fine a weather D. What fine weather( ) 24. -Must I go and do it now? -No, you _.We still have two more days.A. shouldnt B. cant C. neednt D. couldnt( ) 25. -What does your sister look like? -_ . A. Shes lucky B. Shes tall with long hairC. She would like some tea D. She likes singing( ) 26.The Rocket _the game last night.A. failed B. lost C. fell D. was losing( ) 27. I hope _ a doctor like your brother. A. to be B. being C. you to be D. you were( ) 28. -Is Peter here now ? -No , but he _ be here soon. He is usually on time.A. would B. could C. can D. must( ) 29. When theres a fire, we can _ with a blanket.A. put off it B. put out it C. put it out D. put it off( ) 30. -Dont forget to turn off the lights when you leave. -_ .A. Yes, I do B. No, I will C. Yes, I will D. No, I wont三、完形填空（共10小题，每小题1分，计10分）.John left the United States in 1969 to work in Africa. Africa was hot. When John 31 to the United States in 1979, he said to himself, “ Its much 32 here than it was before I left. Im going to 33 an electric heater(电热器). Besides, everything is much more 34 .”John went to a store the next day to buy an electric heater. The salesman 35 him three or four 36 kinds and then said, “ And this is our best electric heater. It 37 lot, but it 38 half of your electricity(电), and electricity is very expensive now, isnt it?” “Yes, its very expensive,” John answered, “and its becoming 39 every year.” He looked at the electric heater carefully, thought for a few seconds and then said, “Well, Ill take 40 of these, then Ill save all of my electricity.”( ) 31. A. wrote B. pointed C. listened D. returned( ) 32. A. hotter B. colder C. better D. noisier( ) 33. A. buy B. see C. make D. sell( ) 34. A. modern B. simple C. expensive D. beautiful( ) 35. A. borrowed B. lent C. sold D. showed( ) 36. A. old B. bad C. same D. different( ) 37. A. has B. gets C. costs D. brings( ) 38. A. saves B. needs C. becomes D. produces( ) 39. A. better B. worse C. hotter D. cheaper( ) 40. A. one B. two C. four D. three四、阅读理解（共20小题，每小题1分，计20分）A 阅读短文并选择正确答案（3篇，共15小题，计15分）AScientists are trying to make the deserts(沙漠) into good land again. They want to bring water to the deserts, so people can live and grow food. They are learning a lot about the desert. But more and more of the earth is becoming desert all the time. Scientists may not be able to change the desert in time.Why is more and more land becoming desert? Scientists think that people make deserts. People are doing bad things to the earth.Some places on the earth dont get much rain. But they still dont become deserts. This is because some green plants are growing there. Small green plants and grass are very important to dry places. Plants dont let the hot sun make the earth even drier. Plants dont let the wind blow the dirt away. When a little bit of rain falls, the plants hold the water. Without plants, the land can become a desert much more easily.（ ）41. Deserts _.A. get very little rainB. never have any plants or animals in themC. can be turned into good land in the futureD. both A and C（ ）42. Small green plants are very important to dry places because _. A. they dont let the sun make the earth even drier B. they dont let the wind blow the earth away C. they hold the waterD. A, B and C（ ）43. Land is becoming desert little by little because _.A. plants cant grow there B. theres not enough rainC. people are doing bad things to the earth. D. scientists know little about desert（ ）44. Which is the main idea of the first paragraph?A. Scientists know how to change land into good land.B. Land is becoming desert faster than scientists can change it back into good land.C. If scientists can bring water to the desert, people can live there.D. More and more places are becoming deserts all the time.（ ）45. After reading this, we learn that _.A. plant can keep dry land from becoming desert.B. it is good to get rid of (清除) the grass in the desertC. all places without much rain will become desertsD. it is good to grow crops on dry land BYears ago, many zoos kept all kinds of animals in small cages (笼子). Small cages made it easy for people to see the animals, but a small cage is not a good place for an animal to live in.Today zoos keep animals in different kinds of cages. The cages are very big and open. They usually have plants and a little lake. The cages look like the animals habitats (栖息地).Zoos help to protect animals in the wild. How do they do this? Zoos teach people how animals live in the wild. Zoos want people to help protect the animals wild habitats.Many plants and animals are going extinct. Mammoths, which are related (有关联的) with Asia elephants, are now extinct. There are no mammoths in the world today. Scientists say that seventyfour different kinds of living things go extinct every day! Zoos are working together to stop animals from going extinct.( ) 46. Zoos kept animals in small cages so that people can_.A. protect them B. see them betterC. feed them D. save them( ) 47. Today, zoos keep animals_.A. in bigger cages B. in the wildC. in smaller cages D. in the field( ) 48. To protect animals, zoos_.A. are trying to keep all kinds of animalsB. are trying to free the animalsC. teach people more about animalsD. want people to feed the animals( ) 49. A mammoth is a kind of _ that has gone extinct.A. plant B. bird C. animal D. tree( ) 50. An animal or a plant that is going extinct_ .A. never die in the worldB. comes into this this world soonC. becomes very safeD. has fewer and fewer living membersCOne day Mrs. Simpon invited(邀请) many people to her house. She wanted to cook them a good dinner of meat and soup. She had five daughters. They were all busy. Mrs. Simpon was busy, too. She forgot to put any salt(盐) into the soup. So she asked Mary, one of her daughters, to help her. “I cant, Mum, Im busy now.” said Mary. She asked the other girls, but got the same answer. So she did it herself.Now, Mary thought she should help her mother. She put some salt into the soup. One by one, the other girls did the same thing.Mrs. Simpon put the soup on the table. The friends took a little soup and their eyes opened wide. She took the soup, then she knew. “Which of your girls put salt into the soup?” She asked. “I did, Mum.” All the five said together.根据短文内容，判断正误, 正确的选A，错误的选 B:( ) 51. Mrs. Simpon wanted to cook some soup for the friends.( ) 52. She had five daughters and sons.( ) 53. They all helped their mother.( ) 54. Only one of them put some salt into the soup.( ) 55. The soup was delicious and everybody liked it.B阅读并完成试卷中的相关任务（1篇，共5小题，计5分）考场_ 班级_ 姓名_ 学号_密封线内不得答题试卷(非选择题,共45分)四、(见试卷阅读理解 B)完成相关任务（1篇，共5小题，计5分）Arfantee and his friends wanted a big pot（锅）for a dinner party, so he borrowed one from a landlord（地主）. After the dinner party, (1) a ,it ,with ,inside ,pot, small, back ,he ,took . He said to the landlord, “Your pot had a baby while it was with us in our house.” Of course, the landlord was pleased.A few days later, Arfantee came to borrow the big pot again for another party and the landlord lent it to him gladly.This time Arfantee didnt return the pot to the landlord. So a few days later, the landlord went to ask for the pot. When the landlord asked him why he didnt give it back, Arfantee said, （2）“It died while it was giving birth to（生）another little pot here.” As soon as the landlord heard this, he became angry, and said, “Pots cannot die!” But Arfantee said, “The pot can give babies. Why cant it die?”( 3 ) The landlord said nothing and then left sadly.56. 根据首字母和课文填词When seeing the small pot, the landlord was certainly very g_.57. 将(1)句按正确顺序写出来 _ .58. 将(2)句翻译成中文_。 59. 将（3）处The landlord said nothing 写出同义句 The landlord _60. From the story, do you think the big pot can give birth to another little pot?_ .五、词汇A. 根据句意、汉语提示或首字母和英文释义写出单词。（共10小题，每空1分，计10分）61.The girl is fond of _ (收集) stamps for fun.62. Last Sunday, the girl _ (迷失) her way in the forest.63. People have different _ (能力) of their own.64. We shouldnt talk to the old _ ( 粗鲁地 ) .65. Many foreign _ ( 游客 ) came to China during the 29 th Beijing Olympic Games .66. Suzy is a clever and c_ ( happy ) girl .67. Its d_（not safe ）for you to cross the road when the lights are red.68. Sandys sister b_（to clean）her cats fur once a day.69. We dont know who are the o_ (a person who owns sth.) of these cars.70. When I woke up at six, I heard somebody k_（hit sth.）on my door.B.选词填空 用方框中所给词语的适当形式填空，使短文正确、通顺、连贯.（每词限用一次）。(共10小题，每小题1分，计10分)keep, frighten, live, good , make, go out（熄灭）, care , burn , importance, hit,When the world was very young, people 71 only in hot plac