八年级下学期英语第三次月考试卷及答案

1、八年级下学期英语第三次月考试卷(考试时间90 分钟 满分 100 分)一单项选择。(每题 1 分，共 20 分)( )1. - What exciting news it is! Is news true?- Yes, it is.A. an ;the B. an ;a C. /;the D. / ; a( )2. My grandma me stories when I was very young.A. used to tellB. is used to tellC. used to telling D. was used totell()3.- Roman Holiday is the

2、best love film that I have seen.- But I have seen it before. What a pity!A. ever, already B. never, ever C. ever, never D. already, yet( )4. - Mum, where is my father?- He Shanghai. He will be back in two days.A. has gone toB. has been toC. has been in D. went toD. a bit of()5. The population of Chi

3、na is bigger than that of the USA.A. a lot B. quite C. a lot of()6 . She still went to work she didn t feel well yesterday.A. as long asB. even thoughC. as soon asD. so that()7. is Qomolangma? 8,844.43 meters.A. How long B. How far C. How high D. How deep()8. Did it snow the whole day yesterday? Yes

4、. Look! The ground is still covered with snow.A. thickB. thinC. big D. small()9. Linda is good at singing. She sings in her class.A. more beautiful B. the most beautiful C. more beautifully D. the most beautifully() 10. , or we will not catch the train.A. Hurry up B. Be quietC. Be carefulD. Try out(

5、) 11. The film is about a poor child alone on an island.A. liveB. livingC. livesD. livedA. throw down it() 12. He liked the new toy so much that he didn t want to B. throw it down C. put it down D. put down it() 13. Jenny taught us a model plane yesterday afternoon.A. made B. to makingC. to make D.

6、make() 14. Don' t go into the supermarket people. It ' s crowded.A. full ofB. covered withC. made of D. similar to()15. What' s in the box? I can ' t wait it.A. to opening B. openingC. open D. to open()16. It seems impossible so much work in such a short time.A. finish B. finishingC.

7、 to finishD. to finishing()17. There were people watching the performance yesterday.A. two thousands of B. two thousands C. thousands ofD. thousand of()18. How long this couple? Sorry, I don' t know. But I know that the young boy is going toa nurse next month.A. did; marry; marry toB. did, get m

8、arry; marry withC. have; got married; marryD. have; been married;marry()19. He finished his homework.A. has, yetB. hasn ' t, alreadyC. hasn ' t, yetD. haven ' t yet()20. I'm going on a trip to Japan after the exam.Really?!A. Have a nice timeB. CongratulationsC. OKD. It ' s nice o

9、f you完形填空。(每题1分，共10分)(A)It is interesting to visit another country, but there are some problems whenyou don' t know the 1 very well. It may be 2 to talk with the people there.We may not know how to use the telephone in the country that we are visiting. Wemay not know how to buy 3 we need. In a 4

10、 countrywe might not know whereto eat or what to order in a 5 .It is not easy to decide how 6 totip waitersor taxi drivers. When we need help, we might not know how to ask for help. It is not pleasant to have an experience 7 that. 8 a short time, however, we learn what to do and what to 9 . We learn

11、 to enjoy life in another country and thenwe may be 10 to leave.() () ()21. A. languageB. peopleC. wordsD. country22. A. tired B. happy C. difficult D. easy()24. A. goodB.strange()25. A. shopB.school()26. A. soonB.many()27. A. as B. like()28. A. AfterB.InC. oldD. youngC. hospital D. restaurantC. muc

12、hD. oftenC. for D. withC. Before D. For23. A. something B. anythingC. thingsD. shoppingD. interested()29. A. talk B. tell C. speak D. say()30. A. glad B. worried C. sorry三阅读理解。（每题2分，共30分）AJ. K. Rowling is the writer ofHarry Potter , which is now one ofthe best-selling ( 畅销的)book series in the world.

13、J. K. Rowling was born in Bristol on July 31st, 1965. She has onesister who is two years younger than her. Both girls loved listening to their father read them stories. They especially loved stories about magical words. Rowling wrote her first story. calledRabbit, at the ageof six.After she graduate

14、d from university, Rowling worked ass a translator (翻译者)in London. During this time on a long train trip in the summer of 1990, the idea of a boy who had magic but doesn' t know it came toher. In 1992, Rowling began to teach English. She lived with her baby daughter, Jessica, and spent muchtime

15、finishing the first Harry Potter book for young readers. It appeared in June, 1997. To her surprise, the book was very greatly successful.The film came out in November, 2001. now theHarry Potteris popular with people of all ages and about sixty million books have been sold in 200 countries and areas

16、.Whyhas the series been such a great success? There are a few reasons. Many other magical stories take place in faraway lands or in the past or in the future. But Harry lives in Modern England. He is also a very normal boy: polite, friendly; brave and clever. So, when other children read about Harry

17、, they can imagine being like him.J. K. Rowling is very happy with the success, and is now busy finishing the rest of the series of seven books. She is writing full time and is really enjoying life. She says she will go on living a normal life with her daughter and continue writing children ' s

18、books.()31.From the passage, we know that.A. J. K. Rowling met a boy named Harry on a train tripB. J. K. Rowling love listening to stories when she was very youngC. J. K. Rowling is two years younger than her sisterD. Harry Potter is J. K. Rowling ' s first story ()32.The first Harry Potter book

19、 came out in.A. July, 1965B. the summer of 1990C. June 1997D. November, 2001()33.The Harry Potter series is.A. first written for young peopleB. written in the summer of 1990C. only sold in EnglandD. about a young inspector()34.J. K. Rowling has been successful, and she.A. likes to travel all over th

20、e world with her daughterB. is too busy to enjoy her lifeC. is excited about her success every dayD. is still writing stories for children（）35.How is Harry Potter series different from other magical stories?A. They are magical things.B. The stories happened in the modern worldC. It has seven books.D

21、. It took much time to finishBA 12-man Chinese team landed on the Antarctic icecap peak （南极冰盖最高点 ）onJanuary 18th. They are the first people to reach the peak of Dome A （海穹 A）. It is4,039 meters above sea level （ 海拔）.The team built a station there to study the changes of the weather, get ice samples

22、（ 标本）from 150 meters to 200 meters below, and do other studies. So far, the team has got nearly 100-meter-long ice samples from a place about 130 meters under the icecap peak.It is the first time that people have been ableto get samples from the icecappeak in Antarctica and it is very important for

23、people to study the weather changes and environment changes in the area.The Chinese scientists have also built a weather study system （系统）at thepeak. The system can send out information about the temperature, such as how strong the wind is, and many other things about the weather.The Antarctica icec

24、ap makes up （ 组成）70% of the earth ' s freshwater （ 淡水）. By studying DomeA, scientists can get the lowest temperature of the earth and other informationabout the world ' s weather changes. Wecan' t get this information fromother places on the earth because DomeA is the best place for this

25、 kind of studies. So it is very important to land on the peak of Dome A.（）36.How many Chinese first landed on the Antarctica icecap peak?A. 18.B. 12.C. 150.D. 200.（）37.The team has got about 100-meter-long ice samples.A. from 150 meters to 200 meters belowB. from a place about 300 meters belowC. fro

26、m 200 meters to 250 meters belowD. from a place about 150 meters below（）38.They built a weather study system to get.A. the earth ' s freshwaterB. ice samples from the peakC. information about the weatherD.thenewsabout other countries（）39.Choose the right order （顺序）according to this passage? They

27、 built a station to study the changes of the weather. A Chinese team landed on the Antarctica icecap peak. The Chinese scientists built a weather study system. They got ice samples from the icecap peak.键入文字A.B.C.D.()40.From this passage, we can infer (推断)that after the Chinese team landedon the Anta

28、rctica icecap peak,.A. we can go there for holidaysB. the world ' s weather must be better and betterC. the peak will be the best place for people to live inD. our country will do better in the world' s weather study(C)配对阅读。将个人信息介绍和旅馆匹配。( )41. Jimmy is an American traveler. After playing Pin

29、g pong, he wants to drinksome beer with his friends. And they like to eat in a Chinese restaurant.( )42. John likes swimming and his wife likes shopping. They also want to live in aplace with lots of flowers.( )43. Joe has to take the first flight early tomorrow morning, so he just wants tostay at h

30、is room and watch some TV programs.( )44. Jane and his husband are British. They would like to stay in a place wherethey can enjoy sunshine and sea views.( )45. Jenny is a Japanese traveler. She likes shopping in the downtown。心、).A. Tian Yuan HotelGreen local food, swimming pool, close to the bus st

31、ationB. Ge Lin HotelClose to the airport, telephone, bath, and TVC. Sun HotelEuropean restaurant, coffee shop, facing the south and the blue seaD. Chang Jiang HotelChinese and Japanese restaurant, night club, shops on both sides of the street i the city center.E. Jin Sha HotelSwimming pool, shops an

32、d supermarkets, large garden with flowers F. Great Wall HotelTable tennis room, bar, swimming pool and Chinese restaurant G Pacific HotelBritish restaurant, bar, close to the city center四，翻译句子（共五题，每小题 2分，共10分）46.世界上最深的咸水湖是哪一个47你知道中国是世界上最古老的国家之一吗？48它高8848米，它比任何其他的山都要更高。49我已经去过科学博物馆三次了 键入文字50我希望有一天能现场

33、看他唱歌。五 短文填空（每题一分，共10分）阅读下面短文，并借助上下文和插图补充所缺信息。每个空格只能填写一个形式正确、与 短文意思相符的英语单词。把答案写在横线上。Tom Brown was a good boxer（拳击手）.He had a pair of very strong fists（拳头）.71 he only used them in boxing（拳击）.He was so 72 that he had won the first prize many times.One day he went to a small town by car . He happened to

34、 see two men attacking（ 非礼）a young woman when he was driving his car 73 a dark street . Mr. Brown 74 his car at once and rushed out.“Get into my 75 he shouted to her . "Drive to the police station. Quick!"When the 76 came , they found the two men had run away and Mr. Brown was _77_ on the

35、ground . He was black and blue all _78_ .“Why, this is Mr. Brown, our great boxer!" One of them knew him .“Why 79 you fight back but let them hit you like this? ” asked another. "You are strong enough to beat four of them with your fists! ”B But I haven't got my gloves ； answered Mr. B

36、rown . "A boxer must go to fight _80 his gloves on. That's one of our rules5152535455 5655585960五、读写综合（本大题分为A、B两部分，共20分）新闻：6月5日是联合国世界环境日，今年主题是“冰川消融，后果堪忧！”为了避免可能造成巨大的灾难性的气候改变，联合国环境规划署组织了 a Planting Trees for the Earth ”大型活动，许多国家和地区积极响应A）信息归纳（共5小题，每小题1分，共5分）以上新闻播出后，Sabrina Akhtar写了一封信，请仔细阅读这封

37、信后完成信息卡中 的各项内容。把答案写在横线上。Mr. John HeppellHouse of CommonsLondonSWIAOAADear Mr. Heppell,I am Sabrina Akhtar studying in a high school and Ive noticed that forests are disappearing(消失).You know, more and more forests are disappearing around the world each year. This is because of many different reasons

38、 including farming, tourism pollution, etc. If we stop doing these things, there will be a good future for people of tomorrow.Now I m writing to ask you to help stop forests from disappearing. You can help by getting shops to stop selling paper made from trees and changing to tree-free paper (paper not made from trees). This will help forests so much. There are many, many things we can do to help protect forests. By changing the little things, we