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双语中学2015-2016学年度第一学期第二次月考八年级英语试卷一阅读理解 a once upon a time there was a young prince (王子). one day, he ran away from home with his bird, because his stepmother (继母) hated him. after a long time, he came to a big house. he felt tired and fell asleep. when he woke up, he saw a monster (怪物). the monster wanted to keep him as a pet, so the little prince sent his bird home for help. after his son ran away, the king worried about him every day. one night, he opened the window and found the bird sitting on the window. he knew that he had to follow the bird, but it was really dark. then he asked everyone to hold a candle and light the way for him. the king saved his son out and they went back home together. the day was just the first day of ramadan (斋月). tob thank the people, the king gave them gold lanterns to put outside their houses. since then, children began to buy lanterns to celebrate the beginning of ramadan. ( )1.the prince left his home because of his .a. mother b. father c. stepmother d. bird( )2.when the prince got to a big house, he felt and fell asleep.a. sadb. tired c. excitedd. angry ( )3.the king followed to find his son.a. his wifeb. a monster c. a ladyd. the bird ( )4.people always put the lanterns to celebrate the beginning of ramadan.a. in their houses b. outside their houses c. by the roadsd. in the forest ( )5. the passage is mainly about .a. the tradition of ramadanb. the history of ramadanc. a story about ramadand. a story about a monster bthe history of talk like a pirate dayjohn baur and mark summers started the holiday in 1995. the idea came to them when one of them got hurt (受伤) in a game and cried out “arrrr!”. they thought it would be fun if people talked like pirates (海盗) in a whole day. they choseseptember 19th because it was marks wifes birthday and he thought it would be easy for him to remember. at first it was just something they did for fun. in 2002, the columnist (专栏作家) dave berry wrote something about it and the day became famous. now a lot of people celebrate the day because its fun.how to talk like a pirate you need to speak a lot of words loudly with a scowl (怒容) on your face. say “arrrrr!” every now and then. here are some pirate words you can use on that day: ahoy! hello aye! yes colors flag matey friends avast! stop savvy? do you understand? yo-ho-ho feel good ye use this instead of “you”aft the back of the ship bilge bottom of the ship fore front of the ship port left side of the ship ( )1. john and mark started the holiday years ago. a. 7b. 10c. 15d. 17 ( )2. to celebrate the holiday, people need to .a. learn some pirate wordsb. learn to sail on the sea c. dress up like pirates d. have their own ships( )3. the holiday became famous because of . a. a gameb. a pirate c. a song d. an article ( )4. if a pirate shouts “yo-ho-ho”, it means he is . a. angryb. happy c. surprised d. sad ( )5. which of the following is not true? a. marks wife was born on september 19th. b. john and mark started the holiday because it was fun.c. “bilge is broken” means theres something wrong with the front of the ship. d. if you want to say hello to your friends on the day, you can say “ahoy, matey!二 情景交际 从方框内选择适当的句子补全对话，其中有两项是多余的。a: hi, jane. (1)b: hi, mary. im much better now. thank you for coming to see me. a: (2)b: while i was riding along the street, suddenly a car hit me. (3)a: terrible! what happened then? b: thanks for two walkers. one of them called the first aid centre. (4) the ambulance (救护车) came five minutes later. a: how kind they are! b: yes. i dont know what their names are. a: i hope that you are getting better and better soon. b: thank you. a: (5)a. how did the accident happen? b. where were you going at that moment? c. the other person covered me with his coat. d. how are you feeling today? e. youre welcome. f. sounds great! g. then i fell off my bike and hurt my leg.三阅读表达do you know roma people？they were called gypsies (吉普赛人) by europeans. because they thought they came from egypt (a country in africa)about a thousand years ago, the roma people left their homeland. they are known as nomads because for hundreds of years many of them have lived in large groups that travel from place to place. they have no real homeland.today, the roma are now living all over the world._(他们保留了他们的语言和风俗) for example, its important for roma to marry other roma. its also a custom for parents to choose the person their children will marry. roma people get married when they are young, sometimes even as young as 14.romany is the hyperlink /language of the roma people, which was written down only recently. because the roma are nomadic and have moved all over the world, their language has developed in many different ways. it is sometimes hard for roma in one part of the world to understand roma from another part.roma music is famous all over the world, because many roma throughout history have been musicians. their music has influenced many other kinds of music, like classical and jazz.roma dont usually assimilate (同化) into host countries. over many centuries, governments have forbidden them to marry each other, travel or wear their traditional bright clothes. they have their gold taken away from themtreasures (财富) from their parents and grandparents. they have been taken as slaves (奴隶),and have been forced to change their names.but today, the roma are finding ways to live in peace with others while keeping the treasures of their culture.“theres a will within us to continue to live as a people,”says george kaslov，whose family arrived in new york from russia a hundred years ago.“all the other ethnic (种族) groups who came to america assimilate gradually with time going；they lose their customs and language. but not the roma. we hold out.” 1. why were roma people called gypsies (吉普赛人) by europeans?2. 把文中括号部分翻译成英语。_.3.把文中划线部分翻译成汉语._.4. do roma people have no real homeland?_5.选出文章的最佳标题_ abrave roma travelersbfamous roma musiccthe roma：past and presentdchanging countries，changing cultures4 短文还原 learning a language is easy. even a child can do it. most adults who are learning a second language would disagree with the above sentences. for them, learning a language is a very difficult task. 1. _. language learning is different from other kinds of learning. 2._ however, some people who are successful language learners find it difficult to succeed in other fields. 3._ read as much as you can in the new language; practice speaking the language every day; live with people who speak the language you want to learn; dont translate -try to think in the new language ; learn as a child would learn-play with language and so on. 4. _. language learning research shows that successful language learners are similar in many ways.first of all, successful language learners are independent (独立的)learners. secondly, successful language learning is active learning. 5. _. what kind of language learner are you? if you are a successful language learner, you have probably been learning independently, actively, and purposefully.afinally, successful language learners are learners with a purpose(目的)。b. they need hundreds of hours to study and practice, and that will not guarantee every adult language learner success.c. but what does a successful language learner do? d. some people who are very intelligent and successful in their fields find it difficult to succeed in language learning. e. language teachers often offer advice to language learners:f. different people learn different language in different ways.5 综合填空there was a girl (1)c_ alice. one day she was getting (2)t_. she had (3)n_ to do. (4)s_ she saw a white rabbit with pink eyes run by her. there was nothing (5)s_ about that. and she didnt think it was strange when she (6)h_ the rabbit say, “oh, dear! oh dear! ill be late!” but when the rabbit took a watch out of its (7)p_ and looked at it, alice got up. she ran (8)a_ the field after it. she saw it go down a large rabbit (9)h_ in the ground. then she (10)w_ down after it.6 写作莹莹的父母外出打工了hyperlink /,hyperlink /她到学校寄宿学习。开始她感到不习惯，孤独，无助，需要得到帮助，在老师和同学的帮助下，她开始变得开朗，积极，乐观。假如你是莹莹， 请把你的情绪变化过程用一篇作文描述出来。要求：1.条理清楚、语句通顺、语法正确、书写规范。2可以适当发挥。3词数：80-100词左右。 提示词： be used to lonely helpless happy active outgoing _八年级英语答案一1-5 cbdbc1-5 dadbc二1-5 dagce 三.1. because they thought they came from egypt .2.they have kept their language and many customs.3.但是今天，当罗马人在保存文化财富的同时，他们也在试图寻找和别人和平相处的方式。4.no,they dont5.c四bdeca五1ca