外研版2019-2020学年八年级上学期英语12月月考试卷B卷.doc

外研版2019-2020学年八年级上学期英语12月月考试卷B卷一、 单项选择。(10分) (共10题；共10分)1. （1分）- I cant stand swimming in cold rivers in winter.- -But its _ for your health. You know I often swim in rivers in different seasons.A . helpfulB . harmfulC . painfulD . careful2. （1分）I _ myself French from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. yesterday. I _ to work. A . was teaching; didnt goB . taught; didnt goC . was teaching; wentD . taught; went3. （1分）Miss Lee taught me to be _ honest person. I will never forget _ words that she said. A . a; theB . a; /C . an; theD . an; /4. （1分）It was a long journey, but of the four felt boring.A . neitherB . bothC . allD . none5. （1分）I cant buy that bike because I have _ money.A . got out ofB . taken out ofC . looked out ofD . run out of6. （1分）My mother doesnt allow me _outside too late on school nights. A . to stayB . stayC . staying7. （1分）- Where is Xis Family Garden(习家池)?- It _ 5 km. south to the Old City of Xiangyang.A . liesB . livesC . laysD . lists8. （1分）Who will you ask to help with the work, Lucy or Lily？ Lily. She is much .A . carefulB . more carefulC . most careful9. （1分）The summer holidays are coming, so the twins as well as Jack to Hong Kong for vacation. A . is goingB . are goingC . goesD . go10. （1分） What do you think of the house, dear? _ I cant find a better one.A . Pretty good!B . Too expensive.C . Good idea!D . Too bad.二、 完形填空。(10分) (共1题；共10分)11. （10分）请认真阅读下面短文，然后从各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳选项，并将其字母代号填入题前括号内。Most of us have three meals a day .We take food for granted(想当然)。And we dont think about it. 1experts argue a food crisis(危机)is coming. This crisis is going to make us 2the way we think about food.Food is in great need3a growing of world population. By 1960, the population was three billion. It doubled to six billion by 1999.By 2050, this planet will need to 4at least nine billion people. As a result, the food prices get higher and higher.So, what can a 5,crowed world do. One suggestion is to eat6meat. Meat uses more natural resources(资源)than grains(谷物) .It requires more 7to produce one pound of meat than to produce one pound of grain. It also requires between 5 and 10 times more8than vegetables. So, eating less meat will9more land for farming, and it will save water.To eats less meat, people will need to change their eating habits. That will not be10.Americans, for example, have11loved meat. In general, they eat twice as much meat as people in other countries. At the same time, in developing countries like China and Brazil, sales of meat have doubled in the last 20 years.12will double again by 2050.Growing need of meat will 13to put pressure on natural resources.World population is increasing, resources are becoming fewer, and food prices are rising. Therefore, we need to rethink 14we eat every day. For meat lovers, we dont need to give up meat 15. But we need to eat more grains and less meat.（1）A . And B . But C . Or D . Until （2）A . change B . find C . get D . tell （3）A . instead of B . thanks to C . because of D . as for （4）A . help B . have C . feed D . meet （5）A . busy B . tired C . thirsty D . hungry （6）A . less B . more C . much D . little （7）A . time B . land C . people D . place （8）A . air B . meat C . money D . water （9）A . provide B . produce C . waste D . need （10）A . important B . hard C . easy D . necessary （11）A . never B . seldom C . hardly D . always （12）A . It B . They C . We D . That （13）A . continue B . stop C . have D . start （14）A . how B . when C . what D . where （15）A . quickly B . completely C . Finally D . especially 三、 阅读理解。(30分) (共3题；共30分)12. （10分） Han Hong is one of the most famous singers in China . She was born in Qambo,Tibet . Her mother , a Tibetan singer, is famous for her popular song On the Golden Hill in Beijing.Han Hong gets her good voice from her mother and shows a strong love of music .Han Hong came to Beijing at the age of nine to study singing .In 1985, 14-yearold Han Hong won her first prize.And then , the song Road to Heaven made Han Hong become popular in China.Han Hong has not only a nice voice ,but also a big kind heart .She spends a lot of time doing charity. She got hurt in an accident on her charity tour last year , but she didnt stop her charity work .Give our best wishes to this kind lady.请根据以上信息，选择正确答案，将其标号在答题卡上涂黑。（1）Han Hongs mother is a famouse _.A . workerB . teacherC . dancerD . singer（2）_ Han Hong started to study singing in Beijing.A . 14-year-oldB . 9-year-oldC . 7- year-oldD . 8 year old（3）_ made Han Hong become popular in China.A . The song Road to Heaven .B . The song On the Golden HillC . Both A and BD . The dance called white goose.（4）Han Hong has not only a nice voice ,but also a big_ heart .A . kindB . mindC . badD . cool（5）Han Hong likes to help .A . motherB . tigerC . pandaD . others13. （10分）阅读理解 Our eyes may be playing tricks on us. New research shows that sometimes people physically see what they want to see. Cornell University social psychologist(心理学家) DavidDunning carried out experiments to test whether wishful thinking can actually affect what we see.“Its well proved from what is experienced in everyday life, and from the laboratory as well, that people think what they want to think, he says. Were taking this a step further.Were asking if strong wishes and fears can actually affect what people physically see.Dunning and his assistants told volunteers that a computer game would show them either a letter or number to decide whether they would drink orange juice or fruit syrup(果子露).As they wrote in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, the computer would flash an ambiguous picture, which could be seen as the letter B or the number 13. Volunteers who were told that a letter would get them orange juice most often reported seeing B. Those who were told that a number would get them orange juice most often saw 13.The researchers also used a hidden camera to track volunteers eye movements, particularly the first eye movement. We dont control them, Dunning says, and they dont even know that we are watching them, so it honestly shows what a person is seeing.This research suggests that the brain is doing a lot of work between the eye and the conscious awareness to affect what we think, Dunning concludes (得出结论). Before we even see the world, our brain has decided to keep what we want to see and avoid what we dont want to see.（1）The passage is mainly about . A . the eye movements of some volunteersB . an experiment by the Journal of Personality and Social PsychologyC . a social psychologist Dunning and his assistantsD . new findings on what may affect what we see（2）In Dunnings experiment, if13 gets you orange juice, which of the following will also get you orange juice? A . B . C . D . （3）The underlined word ambiguous most probably means . A . interestingB . unclearC . importantD . old（4）Which of the following statements is true according to Dunnings findings? A . The brain can influence peoples vision.B . The brain forgets what it wants to see.C . The eyes cant see without strong wishes and fears.D . The brain is not actually connected to the eyes.14. （10分）阅读理解Artificial intelligence (AI, 人工智能) can help us make phone calls. It can guide us to where we want to go. It can play games. And now, AI can do even more things.Researchers from Microsoft have created the first machine translation system that can translate news articles from Chinese to English, Business Standard reported.According to Microsofts official website, researchers tested the system by asking it to translate hundreds of sentences taken from news stories. Then, language experts compared the results to two translations that were done by humans. The experts concluded that the systems translations were as good as the human translations.Machine translation is always challenging. This is partly because different words can be used to express the same meaning. It can be hard to say which word is more “correct”.Experts used several methods to improve the systems translation abilities. “Much of our research is really inspired (得到启发) by how we humans do things,” lead researcher Liu Tieyan said.One method is called dual learning. In this method, the system translates every sentence from Chinese to English, as well as translates the sentences back from English into Chinese. This way, the system can improve itself and learn from its own mistakes. This is similar to what humans do to make sure their translations are accurate (准确的).Another method makes use of deliberation networks . The researchers taught the system to repeat the process of translating the same sentence over and over. Gradually, the system can improve the quality of its translations. This is similar to how people revise their own writing by going through it again and again.（1）Microsoft created a system that can _. A . make phone callsB . give people directionsC . play games with peopleD . translate news articles（2）What did the experts say about the systems translations? A . They were not accurate.B . They were as good as human translations.C . They were better than human translations.D . Its hard to tell whether the translations were correct.（3）Dual learning trains the system to translate _.A . more quicklyB . different sentencesC . more accuratelyD . the same sentence repeatedly（4）What is the main idea of the story? A . What artificial intelligence can do for us.B . How sentences are translated from Chinese to English.C . How the machine translation system was developed.D . Why Microsoft created a machine translation system.四、 根据首字母及汉语提示完成单词。(5分) (共5题；共5分)15. （1分）The _ (关系) between the police and the local community is always very good. 16. （1分）Where is your father? He has already _ (飞) to Beijing.17. （1分）He is bad at cooking and he often _ (烧焦) food. 18. （1分）Why not _(考虑)moving to another city if you dont like it here? 19. （1分）My _ is very nice. 五、 用所给词的适当形式填空，使句意通顺。(5分) (共5题；共5分)20. （1分）It takes 10-12 days_(travel) from Earth to the Moon by rocket. 21. （1分）If you want _(develop)your speaking skills, you can join an English club. 22. （1分）_ (her) is my daughter. 23. （1分）There are three _ (hundred) and sixtyfive books in the room. 24. （1分）Who is that?This is Jenny_(speak)六、 按要求变换句型。(10分) (共5题；共10分)25. （2分）按要求完成下列句子，每空一词。（1）How old is Alice? (用eleven作答)_ _ el