湖南省八年级上学期英语第一次月考试卷B卷

第 1 页 共 19 页 湖南省八年级上学期英语第一次月考试卷湖南省八年级上学期英语第一次月考试卷 B B 卷卷 一 一 单项选择 单项选择 共共 1515 题 共题 共 3030 分分 1 2 分 The heavy rain leads to this flood We should think out an idea to stop it A avoids B causes C fills 2 2 分 We had a very good time at the evening party A felt sad B were busy C enjoyed ourselves 3 2 分 Lucy is a good student She is late for class A usually B hardly ever C sometimes D never 4 2 分 Which city has the largest population in China Maybe Beijing I m not sure A area of soil B number of people C living cost 5 2 分 To keep healthy Professor Johnson cycling as a regular form of exercise after he retired 第 2 页 共 19 页 A took up B caught on C carried out D made for 6 2 分 Don t arrive late for class or Miss Green will us by making us clean the classroom A hate B punish C warn D treat 7 2 分 Is the girl really that woman s daughter But she doesn t her at all But sure she is She takes after her father A look like B look for C look up D look after 8 2 分 The stamp show is very interesting I think it s A busy visiting B worth visiting C ready to visit D able to visit 9 2 分 Don t late Mary You have a singing competition tomorrow morning 第 3 页 共 19 页 OK Dad I ll go to bed right now A dress up B grow up C stay up D mix up 10 2 分 Let s act the story of The Three Bears once more A in B out C on 11 2 分 The weather in Fujian is that in Beijing A different with B the same of C different from D the same to 12 2 分 The joke is funny A makes you jump B makes you laugh C makes you feel comfortable 13 2 分 This problem seems difficult to solve So can you give us a little more time Miss Yang A write down B find the correct answer 第 4 页 共 19 页 C learn to listen 14 2 分 Do you know who the tomb of Qin Shi Huang and who the mobile phone No but we may ask our teacher A discovered invented B was discovered was invented C invented discovered D was invented was discovered 15 2 分 词语释义选出与句子中划线部分意义最接近的选项 Today many young people look up to those famous basketball players Yes They are heroes in the eyes of young people A value B trust C create D admire 二 二 完形填空 完形填空 共共 1 1 题 共题 共 1010 分分 16 10 分 I m glad it s Sunday again I can stay in bed1I like drinking tea and read those thick newspapers that are brought by the newsboy through the letterbox at 8 30 In this way I can catch up with all the2I haven t got time to read during my work time When I3the papers I then prepare my bath The Sunday morning bath is4of the week There s no need to hurry because there s no bus to 5and my friends are told not to call me up before noon on Sundays so there is no danger of being troubled by the telephone 6spend the afternoon after lunch is always a bit of problem In summer I can go to the park and sit in a chair7 boys playing football while in winter I sit in front of the fire and 8when reading a book sometimes I turn on the television and sleep through an old film 第 5 页 共 19 页 Then there s the evening ahead of me Perhaps I ll call on some friends or go to the cinema 9 a new film I want to see or to town for a concert Oh there are10pleasant ways of passing Sunday evenings The only sad thing is that Monday morning is getting near 1 A as long as B as soon as C as well as D as much as 2 A things B books C information D knowledge 3 A am reading B have read C had read D read 4 A the much pleasant B the more pleasant C the most pleasant D the very pleasant 第 6 页 共 19 页 5 A sit B catch C get in D take 6 A What to B How to C When to D Where to 7 A looking B seeing C looking at D watching 8 A fall asleep B go to sleep C go to bed D get to sleep 9 A when there s 第 7 页 共 19 页 B if there will be C when there has D if there will have 10 A so many B such many C a lot D quite few 三 三 阅读理解 阅读理解 共共 5 5 题 共题 共 4242 分分 17 8 分 仔细阅读 选择正确答案 Dear Sir I have to travel every day from Souk Road to the airport Two buses travel along the line the number 49 and number 16 But by the time the number 16 bus gets to Souk Road it is always full so I can t get on it I have to wait for the number 49 because sometimes there are empty seats on it The timetable says that there are buses from Souk Road to the airport every ten minutes If this is so why do I have to wait half an hour for a bus every day The regulations 规章 say that if there are empty seats on a bus the bus must stop at every stop where people are waiting Why do the half empty buses go straight past me when I am standing at the bus stop The regulations say that no bus may carry more than 40 seated passengers 乘客 and 20 standing passengers Yesterday I was the first to get off the bus when it reached the airport I counted 数 the other passengers as they got off There were 129 of them 第 8 页 共 19 页 It is clear that our bus companies break the regulations and think little of their passengers Can nothing be done to make your service 服务 better 1 The writer has to take Bus No 49 because A it arrives on time B it is not always full C it travels faster D it has fewer seats on it 2 How long does the writer usually have to wait for a bus A Ten minutes B One hour C Half an hour D Nearly a day 3 The regulations say that each bus may carry passengers at most A 20 B 40 C 60 D 129 4 From the passage we can see that A the bus service was bad B no passengers took their buses C no bus passed Souk Road D the writer was always the first to get on the bus 第 9 页 共 19 页 18 10 分 根据材料内容 选择正确答案 Here are some text messages 短信 Gina Toby s green pencil box is on the sofa Please take 带去 it to his classroom now He needs 需要 it Mom Dad can you bring 带来 these things to me I need my yellow eraser baseball and blue hat The eraser and the hat are on my bed The baseball is under my bed Thank you Jerry Brother I need my tape player and English dictionary The tape player is on my bed The dictionary is in the bookcase Please take them to the library Thanks Anna Anna I found your dictionary but I can t find your tape player It s not on your bed Tim 1 is in the classroom now A Toby B Gina C Anna 2 Toby needs his A pencil box B baseball C tape player 3 Jerry s eraser is A green 第 10 页 共 19 页 B yellow C blue 4 Anna s English dictionary is A on the sofa B under her bed C in the bookcase 5 Tim is Anna s A father B grandfather C brother 19 8 分 阅读理解 Deep in the forest of southeastern Mexico scientists found a surprise They found an ancient pyramid There were colorful murals 壁画 in it A mural is a painting on a wall Those murals are helping scientists unlock a mystery about people who lived in ancient times The murals are about 1 350 years old That s more than five times older than the United States Scientists say the paintings belonged to the Mayas That was a group of Native American people They lived many years ago in what is now Mexico and Central America Scientists are excited about the discovery because they don t know much about the Mayas daily life explains Michael Coe an expert on the Mayas The paintings show how the Mayas worked shopped and dined One mural shows a man drinking from a bowl Another shows a woman selling food to a crowd of people Mostly we get the murals that show gods and kings never anything about the daily life Coe said This is like walking into a Maya supermarket So far scientists have found more than 30 murals in the pyramid They are not sure why the Mayas created them The experts hope to learn more as they continue their search 第 11 页 共 19 页 We never had anything like this before said Coe These are really special murals Scientists learned a lot about the Mayas from the murals The Mayas were known for more than paintings Now the murals tell us some fun facts about the Mayan way of life Sweet Home The Mayas lived in what is now Central and North America Today the area includes parts of Mexico Belize Guatemala and Honduras Smart Starts The Mayas invented a type of Maths They also created a type of writing that used symbols or pictures Mayas used bark 树皮 to make books The Mayas often ate com and used it to make other foods They grew many crops 庄稼 including beans and sweet potatoes Cool Clothes Mayan men dressed themselves up with some cloth while women wore long dresses Rich Mayas wore jewelry 珠宝 1 Which of the following is shown on one of the Mayan murals A A Mayan king and his family B A Mayan woman selling food C A crowd of people drinking water D A Mayan man using bark to make books 2 What can we know according to Michael Coe A The murals show gods and kings B The Mayas lived in a very hot area of the USA 第 12 页 共 19 页 C The murals show scenes of Mayan everyday life D The Mayas created the murals because of a festival 3 What can be put back into the blank A Rich Foods B Different Plants C Useful Crop D Farmland 4 Why did the writer write this passage A To tell us Mayan clothes and cooking B To tell us the daily life of the Mayas C To tell us Mayan Maths and writing D To tell us some Mayan murals found in the forest 20 6 分 阅读下面短文 从每小题所给的 A B C D 四个选项中选出最佳选项 A A taxi company in one of Japan s big cities is introducing silent taxi drivers Miyako Taxi which is based in Kyoto showed the new idea in March The business is recently operating five Silent Taxis across the city The cars look like any ordinary taxi but a notice written on the back of the passenger seat tells passengers that they have entered one of the new silent cars Drivers will offer a greeting when their passenger enters the car and after making sure the route 路线 they will not start small talks The drivers are only allowed to take their part in a conversation only if they are spoken to first Of course they are also allowed to communicate in emergency 紧急的 situations While introducing the idea to the public a spokesman from Miyako Taxi said This service is currently in a trial 试验 period It is introduced in order to create an in car environment that 第 13 页 共 19 页 provides the most comfortable ride for our passengers through reducing the driver s speaking According to reporters from Japan Today an online newspaper based in Tokyo the taxi company made the decision after hearing reports from passengers that they felt bored to be forced to chat with their drivers At the end of the trial period the company will see how popular the silent taxis are with passengers before deciding whether to roll it out across more of their drivers or not 1 How is a silent taxi different from other taxis in this passage A The silent taxis are specially made to reduce noises B Passengers are not allowed to talk after entering the taxis C Drivers are not allowed to talk in silent taxis except necessary D The notice on the back of the passenger seat tells the travel routes 2 The underlined word they in Paragraph Two refers to the A drivers B passengers C spokesmen D reporters 3 Why did the taxi company introduce the idea of Silent Taxi A To provide better service B To raise the taxi ride price C To encourage the taxi drivers D To reduce emergency situations 21 10 分 Many Chinese students think American students enjoy more freedom than them at school In fact American schools also have their rules If students break 违背 the rules they 第 14 页 共 19 页 will get punishment 惩罚 too On the first day of a new term 128 students of Morton High School were sent back home for wearing the wrong clothes There are altogether 总共 1 200 students in the school Usually only 20 students break the school dress rule every day So the headmaster 校长 Theresa Mayerik said it was the worst new term she had ever seen At Morton High School students favorite clothes such as wide pants and low necked shirts are not allowed 允许 Some students think they have the right to choose what to wear but the headmaster doesn t think so I d be supportive if half the school was sent back home because 99 will get the message that our school is for education Freedom doesn t mean free of restrictions 限制性规定 That is to say there is no total 完全的 freedom in the world no matter in the US or in China 1 Many Chinese students think that American student A are very free at school B as clever as them C love their school a lot D have many rules at school 2 Some students of Morton High School were sent back home for A not finishing their homework B playing computer games C not wearing the right clothes D being late for school 3 Some students in Morton High School thinks they have the right 权利 to A decide when to go to school B choose what to wear to school C eat and drink in class 第 15 页 共 19 页 D decide how to go to school 4 The underlined 划线的 word means in Chinese A 高兴的 B 支持的 C 害怕的 D 反对的 5 Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage A In America if students break the school rules they won t get any punishment B In Morton High School there are usually 128 students breaking the school dress rules C The writer doesn t think there is freedom in America D The writer doesn t think there is total freedom in the world 四 四 短文填空 短文填空 共共 1 1 题 共题 共 1010 分分 22 10 分 阅读下面的短文 在空白处填入一个适当的词 或填入括号中所给单词的正确形式 Chen Qingyue 13 is a Chinese student in the eighth grade in the United States But he has made he a star on Wechat He has a public WeChat account 账号 to share his life in the US from study after class activities Chen move to the US last