江苏省昆山市兵希中学八年级英语上学期第二次月考试题 人教新目标版.doc

江苏省昆山市兵希中学2012-2013学年八年级英语上学期第二次月考试题 人教新目标版一、单项选择（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分） 从每小题所给的a、b、c、d四个选项中选出一个最佳选项，把其编号填入相对应的空格内。题号12345678910答案题号1112131415答案1. how was _ charity show? it was _ big success. a. the; a b. the; / c. a; / d. a; the2. _ points you get, _ levels youll go to. a. more; higher b. the more; the higher c. much; high d. the more; higher3. why not _your best _ people in need? a. to try; to help b. try; help c. try; helping d. try; to help4. we didnt have enough money for the movie, so we went to the park _. a. instead of b. instead c. in fact d. ever5. my grandma _ the life in the city in the first two weeks. a. didnt use to b. isnt used to c. wasnt used to d. doesnt use to6. this is an _ river in front of the mountain a800-metres-wide b800-metre wide c800 metres wide d800-metre-wide7. she was the eldest _ the three girls. a. in b. between c. with d. among8. they had to operate _his arm because it was broken in two places. a. with b. / c. at d. on9. great changes _ in our country since 1990. a. were taken place b. took place c. have taken place d. have been taken place10. i think _ is meaningful to help other people. a. it b. this c. that d. /11. everybody knows that blind people shouldnt _. a. look down on b. be looked down c. look down d. be looked down on12. kevin found _ last week. he was very happy. a. such an easy work b. such an easy job c. so hard work d. so hard job13. the workers are often made_ more than hours a day by the boss. a. work b. to work c. work d. worked14. many high school students want to go _ for _ education. a. abroad; further b. abroad; farther c. to abroad; further d. to abroad; farther15. thank you so much for the gift. _. a. its not good b. dont say so c. im glad you like it d. no, thanks二 完形填空 （每小题1分，共10小题）先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后在每小题的a、b、c、d四个选项中选出最佳选项。题号12345678910答案maybe you are more interested in sports than in history. you probably think you will never be a top student. 1 , anyone can become a better student if he or she wants to. if you can use your time well, you may 2 your study without much work. heres how : 3 your time carefully. you should make a 4 of things that you have to do. first write down the time for eating, sleeping, dressing, etc. then decide on a good time for studying. of course, studying shouldnt take all of your time. dont 5 to leave yourself enough time for hobbies.find a good place to study. look around the house 6 a good study place. keep this space. it may be a desk or just a corner of your room. n0 7 , radio, or television! when you sit down to work, think only about the 8 ! make good use of your time 9 . listen carefully to what the teacher says. careful listening means 10 work after class. you also need to take notes, because it can make it easier for you to learn well.these are only some of the ways to help you with your studying. i believe youll find more other ways besides these.1. a. in fact b. for example c. at least d. as usual2. a. affect b. find c. improve d. own3. a. take b. make c. prepare d. plan4. a. change b. choice c list d. wish5. a. want b. forget c. decide d. hope6. a. with b. in c. at d. for7. a. books b. pens c. games d. tapes8. a. subject b. place c. time d. way9. a. after class b. in class c. at home d. at school10. a. more b. less c. most d. least三、阅读理解 (每小题2分，共15小题，共计30分) 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的a、b、c、d四个选项中选出最佳选项。题号12345678910答案题号1112131415答案aone day, a farmer was walking along a road with his son thomas. the father said, look! theres a horseshoe. pick it up and put it in your bag. thomas said, it isnt worth the trouble. his father said nothing but picked it up himself. when they got to a nearby town, they lad a rest. there the farmer sold the horseshoe and with the few pennies he bought some cherries.the father and the son continued their way. the sun was well up in the sky, and there wasnt a house or even a tree where they could have a rest. thomas felt too thirsty to walk on. at this time, his father dropped a cherry on the ground and thomas picked it up quickly and ate it. after a while, his father dropped another cherry and once again, his son lost some time in picking it up and putting it in his mouth. and so they went on. the old farmer dropped the cherries and the son picked them up. when thomas had eaten up all the cherries, his father said to him, my dear son, if you had bent down earlier to pick up that horseshoe. it would not have been necessary for you to bend so many times for the cherries. always remember the lesson that anyone who does not worry about the little things will find that he cannot do the great things.1. who picked up the horseshoe at last?a. thomas. b. the old father.c. both the father and the son. d. neither the father nor the son.2. the farmer bought _ with the money after lie sold the horseshoe.a. some food b. some water c. some cherries d. some pennies3. when the son refused to pick up the horseshoe, the father _.a. felt very happy b. didnt say anything c. beat the son d. became a little angry4. the father dropped the cherries one by one, because _.a. he wanted his son to eat them all b. he wanted his son to do more exercisec. lie wanted to teach his son a lesson d. he wanted his son to pick them up5. from the story, we can learn that _.a. cherries are so delicious that most of is like to eat-themb. a horseshoe is so expensive that it can bring us a lot of moneyc. if the boy wants to eat cherries, he must pick up the horseshoed. if we want to do some great things, we should start with some small onesbmost people will rest and relax when they are old. they do not work. and most people are certainly not famous. but grandma moses is different she starts a new job at the age of 76.this is her story. she was born in a poor farmers family in 1860. her parents named her anna mary robertson. she married thomas moses in 1887. he was a farm worker. now it is 1930. anna mary moses is 70, and is a grandmother. she begins to paint pictures. she does paintings of country life. one day, her daughter takes her paintings to a store in town. her paintings are put in the window. a man from new york sees the paintings in the window and buys them. and he wants more!the man likes grandma moses paintings. he wants to help her. so he takes her paintings to galleries(美术馆) in new york city. otto kallir has a famous gallery there. he likes the paintings by grandma moses. now it is 1940 and grandma moses paintings are in kallirs gallery. she is 80 years old.grandma moses suddenly becomes famous. everyone wants her paintings. so she paints more and more. she wins many prizes for her paintings. she becomes famous in the united states and europe .when she is 100 years old, the state of new york makes her birthday grandma moses day. after her 100th birthday, she paints 6 more paintings. she dies at age 101 and a lot ofof people think she is amazing.6. how is grandma moses different from most other old people? 密 封 线 内 不 要 答 题a. she has more grandchildren. b. she has her own art gallery.c. she lives an easy life. d. she starts a new job.7. grandma moses starts to paint pictures_.a. when her daughter asks her to do that b. when she gets marriedc. at the age of 70 d. in the year 19408. grandma moses paintings are first bought by _.a. a man from new york b. her daughterc. otto kallirs gallery d. the owner of a store in town9. the writer of the passage thinks that _.a. grandma moses is too old to paint at age 100b. people like her paintings but do not like herc. it is never too late to start a new jobd. many people prefer paintings by old ladies10. what would be the best title for the passage?a. grandma moses and new york state b. grandma moses and paintingc. grandma moses family d. grandma moses day ccoffee has played an important role in peoples lives for thousands of years, and todaycoffee is grown and enjoyed worldwide, it is still one of the favoruite drinks in the world. many people in the world begin their busy day by drinking a cup of coffee or several cups of coffee. they have always said that a cup of coffee in the morning helps them begin their day in the right way. do you know what in the coffee makes our bodies and brains (头脑)active? it is caffeine (咖啡因). caffeine may increase a persons mental and physical ablities (精力和体力). for example, two cups of coffee will make you breath (呼吸) faster and augment bodytemperature. all this makes your heart beat faster, and doctors warn that this may be a littledangerous.caffeine is found in tea, coffee, chololate and some other foods. a little caffeine is probably not harmful. but too much caffeine can make people nervous ans sleepless.11. “a cup of coffee in the morning helps them begin their day in the right way.” what does it mean ? a.a cup of coffee helps them do the right job.b.a cup of coffee helps them act in the right way the whole morning.c.a cup of coffee makes their work more interesting.d.a cup of coffee makes them full of spirit for the work the whole day.12. the underlined word “augment ” means _.a. make more b. drink c. stop d. make less13.coffee is found in _. a. tea and water b. chololate, meat and some other foodsc. coffee and cream d. coffee, tea, chololate and some other foods学校 班级： 姓名： 学号： 密 封 线 内 不 要 答 题14. from the passage, we may know drinking coffee late at night might _.a. give you a headache b. make you fall asleep c. keep you awake d. may be dangerous15. which of the following is not true?a. people have used coffee since thousands of years ago.b. caffeine does no harm to our body.c. two cups of coffee will make you breathe faster and inscreae body temperature.d. caffeine may inscrease mans mental and physical ablities.四 单词拼写（每小题分，共10小题，共计10分）1.what can we do for the _ (老年人)?2. mr wang has lots of _（知识）of history and he often tells history stories3. the _ (制造商) of machines are having a meeting.4. we must practice _（日常的）english every day.5.the boy was proud to work out the problem_（成功）.6. its difficult for a common worker to _（买得起） to buy a flat in modern cities.7. its our duty to protect the_（环境）. 8. the teacher had a _of (总数) eight questions for you to answer. 9. how many_ tall is yao ming? (英尺) 10. though japan has_（控制）the situation of the nuclear power plants, residents are still ordered to move away.五 词型变换（每小题分，共10小题，共计10分）1. dont keep us _ (wait)for a long time2. it is necessary to save money to support _ (develop)projects3. it is_ (importance)to learn chinese well4. the old man is very kindhe often helps_ (home)people5. we have many subjects, _ (include) english and math.6. spring bud project is an_(organize) that helps poor young girls return to school.7. i heard mother_(talk) with father in the sitting room at ten last night.8. the curtain _ (rise)and the host came out onto the stage9. mr and mrs are going to celebrate their 30 years of _（marry）.10. he went to school without (have) breakfast this morning.六、句型转换 （每空1分，共15空，共计15分）1. the shelf is used to put books(同义句转换) the shelf is used_ _books2. tom has been my friend since he came to our school. （划线部分提问） _ _ has he been your friend?3. the parents are too poor to send their children to school(同义句转换) the parents are _ poor_ they cant send their children to school4. kitty left beijing two days ago(用for two days替换two days ago并改写句子) kitty _ _ _ _beijing for two days5. we will donate the money to project green hope(改成被动语态)the money_ _ _ to project green hope6. he”s made few friends , _ _? (反义疑问句)七、连词成句 （每小题1分，共5小题，共计5分）1. photos，taken，beijing，were，these，in，( . ) _2. spring, time, for, trees, is, the, planting, best, ( . ) _3. the, hong kong, is, different, quite, in, that, beijing, in, from , weather , ( ? ) _4. a, station, has, use, new, been, in, since, railway, 2003, ( . ) _5. necessary, us, it, for, the, is, elderly, to, help, (