2013-2014学年八年级英语上第一次月考试题.docx

2013-2014学年上学期第一次月考八年级英语试卷考试时间：70分钟；满分：100分一 单项选择（每小题1分，共15分）( ) 1. His parents want him to be a musician, and they make _ for 2 hours every day.A. him to play football B. him play the pianoC. him play football D. him to play the piano( ) 2. This pen is not as expensive as that one, but its _. A. less beautifulB. more beautiful C. worseD. cheaper( ) 3. Can you finish _ all the windows in half an hour? Im afraid not. Theyre _ dirty, you see. A. to clean; much too B. cleaning; much tooC. to clean; too much D. cleaning; too much( ) 4. Playing basketball after lunch _ health. You should have a little rest. A. is good forB. is bad for C. are good forD. are bad for( ) 5. There is _ in todays newspaper, isnt there? Yes. Zhou Jelun is having a concert in our city. A. something interesting B. something terribleC. anything interesting D. anything terrible( ) 6. The little girl often goes skating _weekends. A. in B. on C. to D. for( ) 7. How often do you go home? _. A. One a week B. Once C. One D. Once a week( ) 8. How about_ with us? A. go shopping B. goes shopping C. going shopping D. going shopping( ) 9. I dont like eggs, but my mom wants me _ them.A. eatB. eatingC. eatsD. to eat( ) 10. Is his opinion _ or different from yours? Almost the same. A. the same asB. the same to C. as same asD. as same with ( ) 11. Some people will feel weak if they have _ unhealthy food.A. a littleB. too many C. too muchD. a few( ) 12. Im afraid I cant go with you to play soccer this afternoon. I have a stomachache. _.A. Thats OK B. Dont be nervousC. Im sorry to hear that D. Nothing serious ( ) 13. Its important _ a balanced diet. It helps keep fit.A. not to eatB. not eating C. to eatD. eating( ) 14. It _Wang Lings pen. _ your pen is in your pencil case.A. may be; Maybe B. maybe; MaybeC. may be; May be D. maybe; May be( ) 15. Study is more important than sports for students, I think. I dont agree. Sports are _ study.A. so important as B. as important asC. less important than D. not as important as二 完形填空。（每小题1分，共10分）Do you know how the rainbow(彩虹) came out? Mother Nature had many 16 . Each child had a gift(才能). Her daughter Rain filled the land with water and 17 everything in the world grow and live. Rain knew 18 important she was, but she really needed 19 from her brother, Sun, who can make colors. She loved colors and decided to have a try. One day Rain rained red. However everything turned 20 . She tried yellow, but, once again, everything turned yellow. She tried blue. Do you know what happened next? 21 turned blue. Her dream of being a beautiful color cant 22 . Rain began to cry. “Whats the matter?” asked Sun. “I love all the colors, but I cant be the one without messing(弄乱) everything up.”“But when you 23 on the earth, the trees, the land and everything else sparkle(闪光). Thats just as 24 as the colors.,” said Sun. “Well, whenever you finish raining, Ill come out and leave a band(条纹) of all your favorite colors around.”From this day, sometimes after Rain has finished raining, you can see that band of 25 . And that is how the Rainbow came about. ( )16. A. childrenB. sonsC. daughtersD. stories( )17. A. madeB. didC. helpedD. had( )18. A. whatB. what a C. howD. how a ( )19. A. timeB. colorC. helpD. money( )20. A. redB. greenC. blueD. yellow( )21. A. SomethingB. NothingC. AnythingD. Everything( )22. A. come overB. come trueC. come upD. come about( )23. A. snowB. rainC. blowD. shine( )24. A. beautifulB. deliciousC. boringD. important( )25. A. colorsB. waterC. rainD. clouds三 阅读理解（每题2分，共40分） AIt was Jimmys birthday and he was five years old. He got a lot of nice birthday presents from his family, and one of them was a beautiful drum(鼓). “Who gave him that thing? Jimmys father said when he saw it. “His grandfather did.” Answered Jimmys mother. “Oh,” said his father. Of course Jimmy liked his drum very much. He made a terrible (可怕的) noise with it, but his father didnt mind. He was working during the day and Jimmy was already in bed when he got home in the evening, so he couldnt hear the noise. But one of the neighbors didnt like the noise at all. So a few days later, she took a sharp (锋利的) knife and went to Jimmys house while he was hitting his drum. She said to him, “Hello, Jimmy, do you know, there is something very nice inside your drum. Here is knife. Open the drum and lets find it.”26. Jimmy got a lot of nice presents from his_.A .classmates B.friends C.teachers D.family27. Who gave Jimmy the drum?A. his father. B.His mother. C.His neighbor. D.His grandfather.28. Why did Jimmys father not stop him from making noise with the drum?A. Because he liked Jimmy very much.B. Because he he didnt mind.C. Because Jimmy was in bed.D.Because Jimmy only played in the evening.29. One of the neighbors_.A. liked Jimmy very muchB. enjoy listening to the sound of the drumC. wanted to show Jimmy a sharp knife.D. didnt like the noise at all30. What did Jimmys neighbor really want to do? To_.A. stop him making noisesB. make a noise on his drum with a knife C. show him how to hit the drumD. find something nice in his drumBMr. Smith is an old man. He is very kind, so many people like him. He likes traveling. But there is something wrong with his eyes, so he cant see clearly.One day he came to New York by train. He went there to visit his best friend. After he got there in the evening, he found his friend wasnt at home. S o he had to find a hotel to live in.The next day, his friend didnt come back. In the afternoon he went to buy two bottles of wine. When he came back to his room, he found a fly(苍蝇) was on the wall. But he thought it was a snail, so he put the bottles on it. Of course, it came down to the floor and they were broken. He had to buy another two bottles.The waiter in the hotel knew this, then he put a snail into the wall.When he came back, he looked up at the wall and found the “fly” was there again. So he walked carefully and hit it hard. At once he cried loudly.31. People like Mr. Smith because_.A. he is very oldB. he is very kindC. he has two bottles of wineD. he likes traveling32. Mr. Smith stayed_when he came to New York.A. at his friends homeB. at his parents homeC. in a restaurantD. in a hotel33. What does “snail” mean in Chinese？A.锤子 B钉子 C衣架 D壁柜34. In fact ,the second time Mr. Smith saw_on the wall. A. a fly B.a snail C.a bottle of wine D. a picture35. How many bottles of wine did Mr. Smith buy? A. One B.Two. C. Three D.Four.CLast week the manager of an old shop received a letter. As he was very busy, the letter lay on his desk until teatime. Then he opened it and ten dollars fell out onto his desk.Together with it was a short letter. It read:Dear Sir, In 1940, I got engaged, but unluckily I lost my job. At that time a lot of people were out of work. Six months later I got a job again, but of course I was very short of money. I came to your shop to buy a wedding ring. The assistant took out some rings for me to look at, but she was called away for a moment, and I put one of the rings in my pocket. When she came back, I left the shop without paying a ring. My wife died a short while ago and the fact that I never paid for her ring has been on my conscience(良心)all these years. At that time the ring cost 2 dollars ,so I think the ring may cost about 10 dollars now, and I am sending you the money. Yours truly, “Well, well, well,” said the manager. “Life is full of surprises,”36. When did the manager read the letter?A. As soon as he received it.B. Two days later.C. It isnt mentioned.D. At teatime.37. Whats in the letter?A. 10 dollars. B. Nothing but a letter.C. A present. D. A wedding ring38. Why did the man take a wedding ring without paying money? A. Because he was a thief B. Because he didnt have enough money. C. Because he didnt like the wedding ring. D. Because he forgot to pay for it.39. How much was the ring when the man took it away? A. 2 dollars. B. 20 dollars C. 200 dollars. D . 2,000 dollars.40. Whats the main idea of the passage?A. Life is hanppy. B. Life is interesting.C.Life is important. D.Life is full of surprises.D Chores (家务)werent popular at my house. My children didnt like to do chores. They always saw me do chores, but they hardly ever helped me do them. A year ago, I made a game called “The Endless Chore Game”. Its really great. Heres how the game works. I make a card with forty squares(方框), and I write a different chore on each square. These chores can be easy and interesting like making dessert. Then my family rolls the dice(骰子) to decide what chores we have to do. The card also has a few square with fun things, like watching TV and singing. If youre lucky, you can watch TV when the others are doing the chores. My son likes the game very much. He goes to the kitchen happily every morning to do the game. Its really a good way to make my children do chores. You can have a try if you have the same problem as me. 41. The writers family began to do the game _ ago. A. one yearB. one monthC. two yearsD. two months42. What do you need to do “The Endless Chore Game”?A. A cardB. A diceC. A card and a dice D. A card and forty dice43. When does the writers family do the game?A. In the morningB. In the afternoonC. In the eveningD. The other day44. We can learn from the passage that _.A. the writer only has one childB. everyone in the writers family likes playing the gameC. the writer wrote this passage to the parentsD. everyone in the writers family has to do the chores every day45. The writer made this game to _.A. do less choresB. tell us an interesting gameC. make her children happyD. make her children do chores四 选词填空（每题1分，共10分）阅读短文，从方框中选择适当的词并用其正确形式填空，使短文通顺，意思完整，每空限填一词， 每词限填一词，方框中有两个词是多余的。interest，alone，both，dog, drive, show, return, why, so, how, wait, find When my son Nick was young, we had a black and white dog named Missie. In the morning of my sons school days, I always_46 Nick to school, parked (停放) my car in the street and then I walked home. When I_47_ to school to collect（ 接走） Nick at 11:30 am, I often took Missie with me and we took a walk together. After we collected Nick, I drove _48_ Nick and Missie home. One morning, when it was time to go back to school to collect Nick, I couldnt _49_ Missie anywhere, _50_ I had to start my usual trip alone. As I arrived at the school, a parent called to me, “Is that your _51_ over there ? It was. Mis