人教版2019-2020学年八年级上学期十月月考英语试题

人教版2019-2020学年八年级上学期十月月考英语试题姓名:_ 班级:_ 成绩:_一、单选题1 . Mum, I want to eat some_.Sure, it is good to eat fruit often.AhamburgersBtomatoesCbananasDfrench fries2 . His suit looks _ than the one I bought yesterday.AgoodBbetterCbestDthe best3 . How often do you_ English to practice your pronunciation?Every day.AreadBwatchClookDsee4 . _ she is very tired , _ she still works hard.ABut;BAlthough;butCAlthough;5 . He is a _ man and he likes telling stories. His stories always make us laugh.AdirtyBfunnyCshyDterrible6 . Its not good to ask questions about ones _life.AbusyBsimpleCpersonalDhealthy7 . My grandmother is old. She _ asks me, “Where are my glasses?”AandBofCtoDalways8 . Carl felt _because he won the first prize in the school singing competition. AinterestedBproudCangryDworried9 . ?She is singing.AWhere is your sisterBWhat is your sister doingCWhat does your sister doDWhere is your sister singing10 . How are you going, buddy?. A little busy, though.ANot too badBCant be worseCOn my ownDBy train11 . Do you think_?It must be Carlas.She loves volleyball.Awho is CarlaBwho Carla isCwhose volleyball this isDwhose volleyball is this12 . The children had great fun the kites.AflyBto flyCflewDflying13 . - do you sleep every night?-About eight hours.AHow farBHow oftenCHow longDHow many14 . My grandfather lives _，but he doesnt feel _，for we often go back to see him.Aalone；lonelyBlonely；aloneClonely；lonelyDalone；alone15 . - Who taught you Japanese? - Nobody, I learn it by _.AmeselfBIselfCmyselfDme二、完型填空One morning, when I was leaving for my business, a middle-aged man came up and asked me for help. He said he had no _ to get food for his large family.You look _. Why don t you work？” I asked“ Simply because I cannot get work, sir.”“If I give you work, what pay do you want?” “_ I can get bread for my family, sir.” he answered.I decided to find out if he_ meant what he said. OK. Ill give you one pound an hour, if you will _ a brick(砖)under your arm and walk around the square for five hours without stopping. “”Thank you, sir. I will. “I found a brick and started him on his walk before I went to my _. I never thought he would he had _.When I came back five hours later, I saw him _ walking, with the brick under his arm.I stopped him and gave him _ pounds. He thanked me and told me that some people had _ to help him when they knew why he was doing all this. He would go and ask _ for work. Before leaving, he asked if I would give him the _.I did.Several years later, a well-dressed man greeted me on a train. Seeing I was not sure who he was, he _ that he was the brick man and had his own business now. “You know, I still keep that brick and always value it as the most _ thing I have as it has brought me luck and success.”_, it was not the brick that made the man successful, but his faithfulness(坚定) in doing even a very little thing.16 . AcourageBmoneyCplanDtime17 . AfunnyBsickCseriousDstrong18 . AAs long asBAs soon asCEven ifDEver since19 . AcertainlyBsimpleCreallyDusually20 . AbreakBcarryCfixDhide21 . AbusinessBlessonCprogrammeDresearch22 . AplannedBpreparedCpromisedDsuggested23 . AalsoBalreadyCevenDstill24 . AfourBfiveCsixDseven25 . AcontinuedBforgottenCofferedDrefused26 . AhimBthemCmeDher27 . AbrickBchanceCjobDbread28 . AexplainedBimaginedCrealisedDsupposed29 . AbeautifulBexpensiveCimportantDinteresting30 . AAs a resultBAt lastCIn a wordDIn fact三、阅读单选London, May 5, 2003 Emma Richards of Britain has become the first woman and the youngest person to finish the Around Alone, which is a round-the-world sailing race. The journey started in New York last September and went east around South Africa to New Zealand. It crossed the Pacific Ocean and went around South America, ending up yesterday in Rhode Island, the smallest state in America. In the end, the trip covered over 46,000 kilometres. The same sea route was taken in the past by many famous travelers who wanted to learn about the world.Emma, a 1996 graduate (毕业生) of the University of Glasgow, finished the race at the age of twenty-eight. The race requires competitors to sail alone. Emma said that actually it was very difficult to be all by herself for such a long time even though shes really into sailing. Her worst moment was when she had to climb the high mast (船桅) in a bad storm to fix some broken parts. She sailed hundreds of kilometres away from land and the wind was blowing very hard. Only her strong willpower kept her going to make it all the way. These days, Emma is happy to be home with her parents and sleep in a bed that stays still.31 . The first paragraph is mostly about.A. the Around Alone race B. a terrible wind stormC. the start of the journey D. the smallest state in America32 . Which one is NOT true?A. Emma sailed alone around the world.B. Emma made a new route for the sea travel.C. Emma is the youngest person to finish the race.D. Emma is the first woman to finish Around Alone.33 . The second paragraph mainly tells us about.A. Emmas parents B. how to repair a broken boatC. the University of Glasgow D. Emmas sailing experience34 . How long did the trip take?A. About four months. B. About six months.C. About eight months. D. About twelve months.35 . What is the best way to explain Emmas success?A. The other racers had many problems.B. Her parents encouraged her to keep on.C. She had strong willpower to make it to the end.D. She had received a good education in a university.One day, a farmer was walking along a road with his son Thomas. The father said, “Look! Theres a horseshoe. Pick it up and put it in your bag.” Thomas said, “It isnt worth（值得） the trouble.” His father said nothing but picked it up himself. When they got to a nearby town, they had a rest. There the farmer sold the horseshoe and with the few pennies he bought some cherries.The father and the son walked on. The sun was well up in the sky, and there wasnt a house or even a tree where they could have a rest. Thomas felt too thirsty to walk on. At this time, his father dropped a cherry on the ground and Thomas picked it up quickly and ate it. After a while, his father dropped another cherry and once again, his son lost some time in picking it up and putting it in his mouth.And so they went on. The old farmer dropped the cherries and the son picked them up. When Thomas had eaten up all the cherries, his father said to him, My dear son, if you had bent (弯身)down earlier to pick up that horseshoe, it would not have been necessary for you to bend so many times for the cherries. Always remember the lesson that anyone who does not worry about the little things will find that he cannot do the great things.36 . Who picked up the horseshoe at last?AThomas.BThe old father.CBoth the father and the son.DNobody37 . When the son refused to pick up the horseshoe, the father _.Afelt very happyBdidnt say anythingCbeat the sonDbecame a little angry38 . The farmer bought _ with the money after he sold the horseshoe.Asome foodBsome waterCsome cherriesDsome pennies39 . The father dropped the cherries one by one, because _.Ahe wanted his son to eat them allBhe wanted his son to do more exerciseChe wanted to teach his son a lessonDhe wanted his son to pick them up40 . From the story, we can learn that _.Acherries are so delicious that most of us like to eat themBa horseshoe is so expensive that it can bring us a lot of moneyCif the boy wants to eat cherries, he must pick up the horseshoeDif we want to do some great things, we should start with some small ones阅读下面材料，从每题所给的三个选项（A、B和C）中，选出最佳选项。Once there was a piano player in a bar(酒吧). People came just to hear him play. But one night, a lady asked him to sing a song.I dont sing, said the man.But the lady told the waiter, Im tired of listening to the piano. I want the player to sing!The waiter shouted across the room, Hey, friend! If you want to get paid, sing a song!So he did. He had never sung in public before. Now he was singing for the very first time! Nobody had ever heard the song Mona Lisa sung so beautifully!He had talent(天赋) he was sitting on! He may have lived the rest of his life as a no-name piano player in a no-name bar. But once he found, by accident, that he could sing well, he went on working hard and became one of the best-known singers in the US. His name was Nat King Cole.You, too, have skills and abilities. You may not feel that your talent is great, but it may be better than you think. With hard work, most skills can be improved. Besides, you may have no success at all if you just_your talent.41 . The lady asked the player to sing a song because _.Ashe enjoyed his singingBshe knew him very wellCshe wanted to have a change42 . Nat King Cole succeeded because _.Athe lady helped him a lotBhe caught the chanceChe continued to play in the bar43 . What does the underlined phrase “sit on” mean in Chinese in the passage？A依赖B坐在C努力44 . From the story we know if you have some talent, you should _.Ahide it and waitBwork hard to improve yourselfCpay no attention to it45 . Which could be the best title for the passage?ASing in the BarBAchieve Success in LifeCFind Your Hidden Talent四、完成句子一、根据汉语意思完成句子，每空一词。46 . 她的直尺不在词典上面。Her ruler _ the dictionary.47 . 凯特的书包在床下面。Kates schoolbag _ the bed.48 . 那些橙子在箱子里。Those oranges _ the box.49 . 你的红杯子在哪儿？_ your red cup?50 . 我认为你的姐姐在房间里。I think your sister is _.五、单词填空Once,akinghadagreathighwaybuiltforhispeople.Justbeforeitwasopenedtothepublic,thekingdecidedtohaveacontest. Hei51 . hispeopletotakepartinthecontest.Theirchallengewastoseew52 . couldtravelthehighwaythebest.Onthedayofthecontest,somepeoplecametothehighwayinfineclothing;somehadfancyhairstyles