八年级上学期英语10月月考试卷B卷

第 1 页 共 16 页 八年级上学期英语八年级上学期英语 1010 月月考试卷月月考试卷 B B 卷卷 一 一 完形填空 本题有完形填空 本题有 1515 小题 每小题小题 每小题 1 1 分 共分 共 1515 分 分 共共 1 1 题 共题 共 1515 分分 1 15 分 If you are writing or studying it makes much difference where the light comes from People use 1and pens every day They have to be very careful about the way of the light because the light shines on their work Every 2 gets its light either from daylight 3 the window 4 from the lamps or electricity 5no matter what kind of light it is the way it shines towards our books or work is very important to the eyes Take a book and sit with your 6 toward the window and try to read Your shadow 影子 falls all over the page and makes it 7 for your eyes as if you were in a 8 room Now turn around and face the window The page is 9 shadow again while the bright light is in your eyes Try sitting with your 10side toward the window This is very good for 11 but if you were writing the shadow 12 fall across the page and bother you 13 There is another way sit 14 your left side to the window Now everything is perfect for writing as well Whatever kind of light is in the room the rule about the right way to sit is 15 the same 1 A eyes B heads C books D hands 2 A man 第 2 页 共 16 页 B woman C house D animals 3 A from B through C into D inside 4 A and B then C as D or 5 A but B until C if D when 6 A side B back C body 第 3 页 共 16 页 D front 7 A good B bad C useful D clear 8 A bright B clean C dirty D dark 9 A in B into C on D to 10 A front B back C left D right 11 第 4 页 共 16 页 A speaking B reading C writing D studying 12 A can B may C would D will 13 A few B a few C little D a little 14 A by B with C against D near 15 A only B never 第 5 页 共 16 页 C not often D always 二 二 阅读理解 本题有阅读理解 本题有 1515 小题 共小题 共 2525 分 分 共共 4 4 题 共题 共 2525 分分 2 5 分 阅读下列短文 根据短文内容 从短文后各题所给的 A B C D 四个选项中 选择最佳选项 B SCENE I One dollar a week The doorway of the house where Chandler has a room He is dressed in his best clothes ready for his evening out He is going out as his friend Jeff White comes in WHITE What are you doing this evening Towers CHANDLER Smiling Tonight I m going to live like a man with a million dollars WHITE What are you talking about You haven t got a million dollars CHANDLER How much money are you and I paid each week Jeff WHITE Eighteen dollars Why CHANDLER And how much of that eighteen dollars do you spend each week WHITE All of it of course CHANDLER Well I don t Each week I save one dollar out of my eighteen Then every ten weeks I can buy myself an evening to remember WHITE What do you do CHANDLER I put on my finest clothes go to one of the best restaurants in New York eat the most expensive food on the menu drink the best wine and then take a taxi home WHITE Surprising Why CHANDLER Why Because it makes me feel wonderful to sit with some of the richest people in 第 6 页 共 16 页 America and to make them think that I m rich too WHITE You re crazy CHANDLER Laughing Perhaps I am Mrs Black comes in MRS BLACK Ah Mr Chandler I wanted to see you CHANDLER Good evening Mrs Black What a lovely evening MRS BLACK Lovely evening perhaps but you haven t paid me for your room this month When am I going to get the money CHANDLER Soon Mrs Black Very soon Mrs Black looks at Chandler s clothes MRS BLACK You can spend money on expensive clothes but you can t pay for your room Is that right CHANDLER Hurrying away Good night Mrs Black 1 This passage is most probably part of A a fairytale B a play C a poem D a novel 2 How much money does Chandler get each week A 1 B 10 C 18 D 20 第 7 页 共 16 页 3 In order to buy himself an evening what does Chandler do A He has to do two jobs B He never spends money on clothes C He never pays for his room D He saves one dollar out of eighteen every week 4 What can we learn about Chandler A He is a rich man B He is a bright man C He is not very practical D He is not hard working 3 4 分 阅读下列短文 从下面每小题的 A B C D 四个选项中选出最佳选项 E Is there intelligent life on other planets For years scientists said no or we don t know But today this is changing Seth Shostak and Alexandra Barnett are astronomers 天文学家 They believe intelligent life exists somewhere in the universe They also think we will soon contact these beings Why do Shostak and Barnett think intelligent life exists on other planets The first reason is time Scientists believe the universe is about 12 billion years old This is long enough for other planets to have intelligent life say Shostak and Barnett The second reason is size the universe is huge Tools like the Hubble Telescope 哈勃望远镜 have shown that there age at least 100 billion galaxies says Shostak And our galaxy the Milky Way has at least 100 billion stars Some planets going around these stars might be similar to Earth In the past it was hard to took for signs of intelligent life in the universe But now powerful telescopes 高倍望远镜 allow scientists to discover smaller planets the size of Mars or Earth in other solar systems These planets might have intelligent life 第 8 页 共 16 页 Have beings from space already visited Earth Probably not says Shostak It s a long way away However intelligent beings may contact us in other way such as radio signals In fact they may be trying to communicate with us now but we don t have the right tools to receive their messages However this is changin9 By 2025 we could make contact with other life forms in our universe and we might help each other 1 Seth Shostak and Alexandra Barnett are A astronomers B farmers C singers D drivers 2 What is the best title for Paragraph two A The Age and Size of Earth B Our Galaxy The Milky Way C Why Intelligent Life Might Exist D Earth The Only Planet with Intelligent Life 3 Why was it hard to look for signs of intelligent life in the universe in the past A There were not any smaller planets B There were not any powerful telescopes C The astronomers were not interested in them D The Milky Way didn t exist at that time 4 Why haven t beings from space visited us yet according to Shostak A They re afraid of us B It s a long way away 第 9 页 共 16 页 C They don t want to see us D They don t know how to Use radio signals 4 10 分 阅读理解 Last year in the UK at least 45 people died and 900 more were injured 受伤的 in car accidents where drivers were using their mobile phones Yet many people continue to use them while driving even though it s dangerous Research has shown that it is difficult to concentrate on 专注于 driving and talking at the same time It can even be more dangerous than driving after drinking too much A recent study found that when drivers were talking on their mobile phones their stopping times were 30 percent slower than when they had drunk too much and nearly 50 percent slower than when they were driving normally It also found that drivers talking on mobile phones were less able to control their cars than drunk drivers And talking isn t even the most serious problem but texting is Unbelievably another recent study reported that 22 of adults admitted 承认 they had sent a text message while driving at least once in the past month An average 平均的 text message takes 90 seconds to write and send That means for one and a half minutes a driver is looking at their phone s screen and not at the road The arrival of new smart phones such as the iPhone will only make things worse as they will allow users to do more things than ever before Using a mobile phone while driving puts others lives at risk No matter how well we drive if another driver is not careful we are put in danger by their actions Such drivers are selfish careless and should have their driving licences 驾照 cancelled 撤销 There is no doubt that mobile phones can be fun and are useful especially when you re in trouble But there is no need to use them while driving Just wait until you stop or you will probably get into trouble of your own 1 The underlined word them in Paragraph 1 refers to A phone users B mobile phones 第 10 页 共 16 页 C drivers D ears 2 According to the passage if a driver needs 10 seconds to stop when driving normally they will need seconds to stop when talking on a mobile phone A 12 B 13 C 14 D 15 3 According to the passage in what order do the following activities influence driving Dangerous More dangerous Most dangerous A drinking talking on phone texting B texting talking on phone drinking C talking on phone drinking texting D drinking texting talking on phone 4 Why will new types of mobile phones make the driving problem worse A It will take longer to send text messages B People will want to talk on their phones more often C There will be more things for people to do with their phones D People think the new phones are easier and safer to use 5 According to the writer what should be done to people who use mobile phones when driving A They should be put into prison 监狱 B Their cars should be taken away 第 11 页 共 16 页 C Their phones should be taken from them D They should not be allowed to drive any longer 5 6 分 An artist goes to a beautiful part of the country for a holiday and stays with a farmer Every day he goes out with his paints and brushes and paints until evening When it gets dark he goes back to the farm and has a good dinner before he goes to bed At the end of his holiday he wants to pay the farmer but the farmer says No I don t want money But give me one of your pictures What s money In a week it will be finished but your picture will still be there The artist is very happy and thanks the farmer for saying so about his pictures The farmer smiles and answers It s not that I have a son in London He wants to be an artist When he comes home next month I will show him your picture and he will not want to be an artist any more I think 1 Every day the artist A goes out to help the farmer B stays at the farmer s home and eats a big dinner C paints pictures D works hard to get some money for the farmer 2 The artist thinks the farmer wants his picture because A the farmer likes his drawing very much B the farmer hates his pictures C the farmer wants to give it to his son D the farmer wants to be an artist too 3 What does the farmer mean in the last paragraph A He likes the artist very much 第 12 页 共 16 页 B He would like his son to be an artist too C He wants the artist to be his son s teacher D He doesn t like the artist s paintings at all 三 三 任务型阅读 本题有任务型阅读 本题有 5 5 小题 每题小题 每题 1 1 分 共分 共 5 5 分 分 共共 1 1 题 共题 共 5 5 分分 6 5 分 任务型阅读 I am from India India is a large country in southern Asia It has the second largest population in the world People in India speak 16 different languages The main language in our country is Hindi 印地语 Do you know Indian food Indian people think it is good if it is hot My favourite food is lamb 羊羔肉 with bread and spice I think it is the most delicious food in the world Only about one third of the people in India know how to read and write Some parents only send their sons to school I am very lucky because I know how to read and write The India elephants are very famous around the world They eat many kinds of fruits like bananas An elephant eats between 330 and 350 pounds of food and drinks lots of water each day So they have to travel to new places to get new food and water A mother elephant always takes good care of her baby When she is away other elephants will look after her baby India PopulationIt has the population in the world LanguagePeople can speak 16 different languages but the main language is FoodIndian people like food EducationOnly about one third of the people know how to read and write Some parents don t let their go to school AnimalsIn India the animals famous around the world are 四 四 根据首字母或中文提示补充完句子 根据首字母或中文提示补充完句子 每小题 每小题 1 1 分 分 共共 7 7 题 共题 共 7 7 分分 7 1 分 Is there a swimming p in your school 第 13 页 共 16 页 8 1 分 Every one of us should speak to our parents p 9 1 分 We played golf at l twice a week 10 1 分 His brother stuck to 传播 messages about how to prevent pollution 11 1 分