八年级英语下第二次月考试题
中和镇初级中学初二英语（下）第二次月考试题
听力测试（25分）
Ⅰ、听小对话和问题，选择正确的图片（每小题1分，共5分）
Ⅱ、听句子，选择正确的答语（每小题1分，共5分）
（）6.A.It’s impossible. B.I don’t think so.
C.There will be fewer cars.
（）7.A.My best friend is tall.
B.My best friend is Xiao Lin.
C.My best friend is from Canada.
（）8.A.He teaches math. B.I didn’t finish my homework.
C.He is friendly to us.
（）9.A.You should join an English club.
B.You are too shy.
C.Your English is good.
（）10.A.I visited a small village. B.Have a good time.
C.To Shanghai.
Ⅲ、听下面的对话，选择正确答案（每小题1分，共5分）
听下面一段对话，回答第11小题。
（）11.What was the girl’s brother doing at 7:30 yesterday?
A.Writing a book.
B.Doing some reading.
C.Listening to music.
听下面一段对话，回答第12-13小题。
（）12.How will people go to the moon in the future according to David’s word?
A.By airplane.
B.By taking UFOs.
C.By taking the rocket.
（）13.What will the city life be like in the future?
A.More crowded.
B.Polluted badly.
C.Beautiful with more flowers.
听下面一段对话，回答第14-15小题。
（）14.What’s the matter with Tony?
A.He has a cold.
B.He has a headache.
C.He stays up late.
（）15.How many days should Tony take the medicine?
A.Three days.
B.Four days.
C.Five days.
Comments on Bob’s 16.___________
Math 17.____________
English Do well in 18._______
Chinese 19._________ student
Geography The best
20.___________ A lazy student
（）21.How is Michael’s school life now?
A.Boring.
B.Busy.
C.Relaxing.
（）22.What subjects are Michael good at?
A.English and physics.
B.Math and physics.
C.Chemistry and English.
（）23.What should Michael do after class every day?
A.Do homework.
B.Relax himself.
C.Take some after-school classes.
（）24.When may Michael take the after-school classes?
A.On Tuesday.
B.On Sunday.
C.On Wednesday.
（）25.What does Michael mainly want to tell William in the letter?
A.His study life.
B.His school subjects.
C.His after-school classes.
笔试部分（95分）
一、单项选择(共20分，每小题1分)
( ) 1. The boy was able to _______ himself when he was very young.
A. dress
B. wear
C. put on
D. wear on
( ) 2. 10 years ago，_________ only one classroom building in our school.
And in 10 years，_________ five classroom buildings in our school.
A. there will be, there are
B. there was, there will be
C. there will be; there was
D. there will be , there will be
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( ) 3. Everyone except Tom and John______ there when the class began.
A. are
B. is
C. were
D. was
( ) 4. My friends always get better grades than I do. What should I do?
A.Maybe you should be more friendly to the teachers.
B.Maybe you should ask your parents for help.
C.Maybe you should work harder.
D.Maybe you should copy others.
( ) 5. “What time does the plane _________?” “I think at about 10 o’clock.”
A. drop off
B. get off
C. take off
D. take away
( ) 6. Lily called me _________ Friday morning and told me she was having a birthday party _________ me tomorrow.
A. at; for
B. on; with
C. on; for
D. in; for
( ) 7. They found ______ boring ______ videos in the party.
A. it; watching
B. it; to watch
C. its; to watch
D. it was;
watching
( ) 8. If you meet troubles in your life, you must try to _________the troubles.
A. turn over
B. get over
C. look over
D. look at
( ) 9.The little boy wrote a ________letter to his uncle.
A. five-hundred-word
B. five-hundred-words
C. five-hundreds-word
D. five-hundreds-words
( ) 10. Would you mind ________ the window, please? It’s so cold.
A. to close
B. close
C. closing
D. closed
( ) 11. –The teacher told him _______ late again next time.
A .not to be B. to be not C. not be D. be not
( ) 12. I bought a new dictionary and it _______ me 30 yuan.
A. paid
B. spent
C. took
D. cost
( ) 13. I don’t know if he ____ to the park tomorrow. If he____ , I won’t go, either.
A. will go, won’t go
B. will go, doesn’t go
C .goes, doesn’t go D. goes, goes
( ) 14. I don’t know ______ happened outside.
A. how
B. what
C. when
D. where
( ) 15. --Hong long may I___ your dictionary?
--A week. But you mustn’t ____ it to others.
A borrow, lend
B keep, lend
C keep, borrow D. lend, borrow
( ) 16. Could you buy a ticket___ a football game ______ me?
A. to, for
B. to, to
C. for, to
D. about, for
( ) 17. Can you tell me _______? Perhaps I can help you.
A. what’s the matter
B. what’s the wrong
C. what the matter is
D. what about you
( ) 18. Tom often makes his friends _______.
A. laugh B .laughed C .laughing D. to laugh
( ) 19. “Where is your father, Tom?”
“He ______ Tokyo, and will be back in five days.”
A. has gone to
B. has been to
C. has been in
D. has been
( ) 20. –Hi, Vicky! I didn’t see you at the party.
Oh, I _______ ready for the math exam.
A. am getting
B. got
C. was getting
D. have got
二、完型填空（共10分，每小题1分）
Once there was a father and a son. They were ill-tempered(坏脾气的) and never gave way to _21__ . One day, the father _22__to ask some friends to dinner in his house.He__23_ his son to buy some meat in town. When the son walked towards the town gate, a man was coming form the outside. The gate wasn’t _24__ enough to let two men in and out at the same time. But neither of__25___ would give way to the other. They stood straight face to face inside the gate hour after hour. But the father was worried “What should I do? My son hasn’t ___26_ yet. I can’t wait any more. ”He wanted to know what was the__27__with his son. So he left his friends at home, and went to town __28_his son. “You may first take the __29_home for my friends. Let me 30__here against him instead.” he said to his son when he knew what had happened. ( ) 21. A. one B. another C. other D. others
( ) 22.A.decided B. decides C. decide D. decision
( ) 23.A.hoped B. told C. let D. tells
( ) 24.A. long B. wide C. high D. tall
( ) 25.A.their B. they C. them D. theirs
( ) 26.A.gone B. bought C. returned D. been
( ) 27.A. wrong B. accident C. thing D. matter
( ) 28.A. to look for B. looked for C. to find D. found
( ) 29.A. meat B. dinner C. bread D. money
( ) 30.A.stood B. stands C. stand D. standing
三、阅读理解（30分）
(A)
Australia is the smallest continent(洲) in the word. It is a little smaller than China. It is to the south of the equator(赤道).So when it is summer in our country, it is winter in Australia.
Australia has a small population (人口).The population of Australia is nearly the same as that of Shanghai, a city in China.
Australia is famous for its sheep and kangaroos(袋鼠).After a short drive from any town, you will find yourself in the middle of white sheep. Sheep are everywhere. Have
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you seen a kangaroo? It has a “bag” below it s breast(胸) The mother kangaroo keeps its baby kangaroo in the “bag”. It is very strange, isn’t it?
31．China is __________than Australia.
A. larger
B. large
C. small
D. smaller
32．It is ________in Australia when it is summer in our country.
A. autumn
B. spring
C. winter
D. summer
33. The population of Australia is almost the same as that of _______in China.
A. Beijing
B. Tianjin
C. Nanjing
D. Shanghai
34. Australia is famous for its _________.
A. kangaroos
B. deer
C. elephants
D. birds
35. Why does the passage say the kangaroos is a strange animal?
Because_______.
A. it is a kind of bird
B. it has a “bag” below its breast
C. it is a kind of fish
D. it is very dangerous
(B)
Name Personal information
Norman Bethune Born in 1890,A doctor in Canada
Died in November, 1939 in China, Came to China in March 1938
Celine Dion Born in Canada, A singing star, In 1997 sang My Heart Will Go On for the film Titanic
Thomas Thomas Born in 1847,in USA, Made over 1,000 inventions, Died in 1931
Mark Twain Born in 1835, in USA, A writer in USA, Died in 1910, Wrote The Adventure of Tome sawyer
Bill Gates Born in 1955, in USA, Wrote Business @the Speed of Thought, Owns Microsoft Company
36._______ is from Canada.
A. Bill Gates
B. Mark Twain
C. Thomas Thomas
D. Celine Dion 37．The_______ was born in 1835.
A. inventor
B. singer
C. doctor
D. writer
38．My Heart Will Go On is the name of a _________.
A. book
B. song
C. story
D. film
39. Dr Bethune worked in China for about _____years.
A. 2
B. 4
C. 6
D. 8
40．Which of the following is TRUE?
A .Mark Twain Wrote Business @the Speed of Thought.
B. Bill Gates started working for Microsoft Company in 1955.
C. Thomas Thomas made over 1,000 inventions.
D. Celine Dion stopped singing in 1997.
(C)
Mr. Jenkins is a farmer. One day he drives his truck to town and on the way his truck knocked down a boy and hurt（弄伤）him. He takes the boy to a hospital and he pays a lot of money for that, but the boy’s parents want to get more money from him, so they say their son can’t lift（举起）his right arm above his head.
Mr. Jenkins’ lawyer comes and asks the boy some questions. “Now, my boy,” he says, “Mr.Jenkins’ truck knocks you down in the street.”
“Yes, sir,” he says.
“And you can’t lift your right arm now?”
“Yes, sir,” he says.
“Could you show how high you can lift your right arm?”
Slowly the boy lifts his right arm before his nose.
“Poor boy,” says the lawyer, “And how high can you lift before the accident?”
“Oh, I can lift it very high.” Says the boy, and the right hand goes up high above his head.
41. Mr. Jenkins’ truck knocks down ________.
A. a lawyer
B. a boy’s father
C. a boy
42. The boy’s par ents want to get ________ from him.
A. more trucks
B. more money
C. more monkeys
43.Mr. Jenkins’ lawyer asks the boy to ______.
A. ask some questions
B. answer some questions
C. lift his left arm
44.The boy says he can’t lift his _________ no w.
A. right arm
B. left arm
C. right foot
45.There is _______ wrong with the boy.
A. something
B. anything
C. nothing
(D)
A woodcutter(伐木工) was working in the forest . One day when he found a box full of gold coins. Unfortunately, his wife was the kind of woman who could not keep a secret. Somehow, he knew, he had to prevent(阻止) her form talking about the gold.
He thought about this for a long time, Then had an idea.
“I found something in the forest”, he told his wife, “come with me and I’ll show you”. His wife followed him into the forest and soon they came to a tree. “L ook at
that!” the woodcutter said to his wife, and pointed to the tree. “There’s a fish growing on that branch!” His wife was surprised, especially when he climbed up the tree and brought down the fish for her to see. They walked on and soon came to the river. “I’ll just pull in my net and see what I’ve caught”, the woodcutter said.
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He pulled in his net and inside there were several hares(野兔). “H ow interesting!”he said, “there are now hares in the river.” After that, they came to where the woodcutter had found the box of gold. “Look, wife”, he said “this is what I have found.
A box of gold coins.”
The next day, his wife could not stop herself form telling her friends about all the wonderful things she had seen. Of course, nobody believe her!
46．Where did the woodcutter find the box of gold?
A. where he was working
B. in the forest where he was working
C. On his farm fields, where he was farming
D. In his garden
47. The woodcutter’s wife couldn’t keep a secret, could she?
A. No, she couldn’t.
B. Yes, she couldn’t
C. No, she could.
D. Yes, she could.
48. Where do you usually see hares?
A. In the street.
B. In the forest.
C. In the sea.
D. In the river.
49. Why did his wife tell her friends what happened? Because_____
A. She was very surprised.
B. She could not stop herself.
C. She wondered why the hares were in the river and fish was in the tree.
D. She was very happy.
50. Which statement is right?
A. The wife was very foolish.
B. Fish often lives on a tree.
C. Hares often live in the river.
D. The woodcutter was very clever.
四．任务型阅读（10分）
Sally was a middle school student. It would be her mother’s birthday. (A)She wanted to buy a gift that would be nice and useful but not expensive.
A week before her mother’s birthday, she went shopping after lunch. She looked for half an hour and found that a shop was selling cheap umbrellas at last. She decided to take a yellow one. That afternoon she went home by train. She felt hungry on the train. So she went to buy something to eat. (B)She forgot the umbrella on her seat. When she got back, it was missing.
Sally began to cry. Other passengers asked her(C)发生了什么事？。After they heard the sto ry, they asked her for her mother’s address so that they could send the umbrella to her if someone took it by mistake.
The next week, Sally got a letter from he mother. The letter said，“Thank you very much for your gift. It has (E) ______(mean) to me, but why did you send me three umbrellas?”
1.把划线部分(A)译成汉语
_________________________________________________
2.划线部分(B)有一处错误，请改正。_______________________________________
3.将划线部分(C)译成英语
_________________________________________________
4.（E）用所给词的适当形式填空___________________________________________
5. Which of the following is TRUE?__________
A. Sally went shopping without having lunch.
B. Sally went home by bus that afternoon.
C. Sally’s mother received three umbrellas.
D. Sally bought a very ex pensive umbrella for her mother
time, without, or, careful, fact, list, easy, other, help, for, Maybe you are more interested in sports than in history. You probably think you will never be a top student. In __1_, anyone can become a better student if he or she wants to. If you can use your time well, you may improve your study___2__much work. Here’s how:
Plan your time carefully. When you plan your week time, you should make a __3_ of things that you have to do. First write down the time for eating, shopping, dressing, etc. then decide on a good time for studying. Of course, studying shouldn’t take all of your time. Don’t forget to leave yourself enough__4___ for hobbies.
Find a good place to study. Look around the house__5__ a good study place. Keep this space, which may be a desk __6__ just a corner of your room. No games, radio, or television! When you sit down to work, think only about the subject!
Make good use of your time in class. Listen__7__ to what the teacher says. Careful listening in class means less work later. You also need to take notes in class, because it can make it___8_ for you to learn well.
There are only a few ways mentioned here __9___ you with your studying. I believe you can find many ___10__ ways besides these.
六．作文（15分）
每个人都有自己的爱好，这些爱好为我们的生活增添了不少色彩。你有集邮（collect stamps）的爱好吗？请你谈谈集邮的历史。如果没有，你也可以谈谈你别的爱好。请以“My Hobbies”为题，写一篇60-80字的短文。
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中和镇初级中学初二英语（下）第二次月考试题答题卷
班级姓名成绩
听力部分（25分）
1、____
2、____
3、____
4、____
5、____
6、____
7、____
8、____
9、____ 10、____
11、____ 12、____ 13、____ 14、____ 15、____
16、____ 17、____ 18、____ 19、____ 20、____
笔试部分（95分）
一、单项选择。（20分）
1、____
2、____
3、____
4、____
5、____
6、____
7、____
8、____
9、____ 10、____
11、____ 12、____ 13、____ 14、____ 15、____
16、____ 17、____ 18、____ 19、____ 20、____
二、完型填空。（10分）
21、___ 22、___ 23、___ 24、___ 25、___
26、___ 27、___ 28、___ 29、___30、___
三、阅读理解（30分）
31、____ 32、____ 33、____ 34、____ 35、____
36、____ 37、____ 38、____ 39、____ 30、____
41、____ 42、____ 43、____ 44、____ 45、____
46、____ 47、____48、____ 49、____ 50、____
四、任务型阅读（10分）
1、_____________________________
2、________________
3、_____________
4、___________
5、_________
五、选词填空（10分）
1、____
2、____
3、____
4、____
5、____
6、____
7、____
8、____
9、____ 10、____
六、作文（15分）
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