2019-2020学年上海川沙中学华夏西校八上英语12月月考卷

这是一份2019-2020学年上海川沙中学华夏西校八上英语12月月考卷，共6页。
Ⅱ. Chse the best answer （选择最恰当的答案）
23. The tree is almst five meters in height. Which is crrect fr the underlined part?
A. /ei/ B. /ɔɪ/ C. /aɪ/ D. /ɪə/
24. The teenager is asked t wear _______ unifrm in the summer camp in their sister schl.
A. a B. an C. the D. /
25. I always g t schl _______ ur family car.
A. by B. n C. in D. with
26. Abut twice a week, the driver cllects my sister and _______ frm schl.
A. I B. me C. my D. myself
27. Peple always argue whether a human brain is a _______ calculatr than a cmputer r nt.
A. pwerful B. mre pwerful C. mst pwerful D. the mst pwerful
28. We shuld read bks _______ in the library. D yu think s?
A. accurately B. quietly C. quickly D. nisily
29. Nt finding the by in Mum’s hand, the baby was trying t grab. Mum’s _______ hand.
A. ther B. thers C. the ther D. anther
30. -- _______ is the shpping center? -- Twenty minutes’ walk.
A. Hw far B. Hw lng C. Hw sn D. Hw ften
31. Althugh Wendy is busy with her wrk, she still cntinues t _______ the Cmputer Club every Friday.
A. jin B. jin in C. take part in D. attend
32. I must be tugh in the circus _______ the audience are lking frward t ur shws every night.
A. but B. because C. thugh D. s
33. The light is n. Our teacher _______ be still wrking.
A. ught B. need C. can D. must
34. The schl by _______ t the music rm when he heard the ring.
A. hurry B. hurried C. will hurry D. wuld hurry
35. N ne knew what _______ t the pr man.
A. is happening B. will happen C. has happened D. had happened
36. Detective Chen remembered _______ a thief in a clthes shp nce and he tld us his stry.
A. catch B. catches C. t catch D. catching
37. At 8:30 p.m. , the perfrmers _______ their make - up and cstumes and began their act.
A. put n B. put ff C. put ut D. put up
38. _______ unusual learning experience I have gt in this curse!
A. Hw B. What C. What a D. What an
39. -- Excuse me, where is the Mnlight Htel?
-- _______. I’m a stranger myself.
A. Srry, I dn’t knw B. N, I dn’t think s
C. It desn’t matter. D. Thank yu all the same.
40. -- The Art Festival is cming. We’re ging t watch the play Twelfth Night. --_______.
A. That’s all right B. Never mind C. Yu’re welcme D. Enjy yur time
Ⅲ. cmplete the fllwing passage with the wrds in the bx. Each can nly be used nce（将下列单词填入空格。每空格限填一词，每词只能填一次）
Kenney’s mther is a prfessinal athlete. T help her daughter, she became her trainer. Kenney trained fur t eight hurs at weekends. She hiked shrter distances __44__ schl days. She als practiced swimming, basketball and __45__ t prepare fr the hard trip.
“The higher I g, the clser I am t him in heaven.” This idea inspired Kenney t make the __46__ climb. After she reached the summit（山顶）, Kenney blew kisses t the sky and waved. She hped her father wuld see her.
Kenney’s stry shws us the pwer f lve.
Ⅳ. Cmplete the sentences with the given wrds in their prper frms（用括号中所给单词的适当形式完成下列句子，每空格限填一词）
47. Tny’s already _______ in landing n the surface f the water, isn’t he? (success)
48. The Indians _______ invented and develped the 1 t 9 system f numbers. (ne)
49. The Whizz - kid Wendy’s stry is nt similar t _______. (we)
50. “I want t reprt a _______.” The wman said anxiusly when running int the plice statin. (thief)
51. Our English teacher is s humrus that we never feel _______ in this lessn. (bre)
52. An abacus, ne f the mst imprtant _______ made it easier t d calculatins in ancient China. (invent)
Ⅴ. Cmplete the fllwing sentences as required （根据所给要求完成下列句子）
53. The 15-year-ld by always argues with his parents.（改为现在进行时）
The 15-year-ld by _______ _______ with his parents nw.
54. He Chaqing（何超琼）, ne f He Hnshen’s（何鸿燊）seventeen children, takes charge f the marvelus family business.（保持句意不变）
He Chaqing（何超琼）, ne f He Hnshen’s（何鸿燊）seventeen children, is _______ _______ the marvelus family business.
55. In ur daily life, few students dial 110 t call the plice.（改为反意疑问句）
In ur daily life, few students dial 110 t call the plice, _______ _______?
56. Megan practises playing basketball twice a week.（对划线部分问题）
_______ _______ des Megan practise playing basketball?
57. with, sme calculatins, des, Tm, accurately, his cmputer.（连词成句）
_______________________________________________________________.
Part 3 Reading and Writing （第三部分 读写）
Ⅵ. Reading cmprehensin （阅读理解）
A. Chse the best answer （根据以下内容，选择最恰当的答案）
Teachers’ Day
Peple in many cuntries celebrate Wrld Teachers’ Day n 5th Octber, but in Argentina（阿根廷）it is n 11th September - the anniversary（周年纪念日）f the death f frmer president, Dming Faustin Sarmient in 1888. Sarmient believed passinately in the imprtance f educatin: he wrte “Schls are the very basis f civilizatin.” Children traditinally write pems fr their teachers and give them an apple, make a cake r buy flwers. In Vietnam（越南）, Educatrs’ Day is in Nvember. Everyne has a day ff schl, and many students visit their frmer teachers in their hmes t give them presents, r give news abut themselves. And at sme schls in India, senir students becme teachers, and teachers becme students fr the day!
Wrld Bk Day
In many cuntries, Bk Day is n 23rd April every year. It riginated（起源于）in Catalnia（加泰罗尼亚）in 1923 when bksellers decided t hnur the Spanish authr Miguel de Cervantes wh died n that day in 1616. In 1995, Wrld Bk Day became an internatinal event, celebrating bks and reading. Peple exchange presents -- usually a bk and a rse. There are als events such as writing cmpetitins, and in Madrid（马德里）there is a public reading f Cervantes’s greatest wrk -- Dn Quijte SSS - which lasts 48 hurs! In the UK and Ireland, all schlchildren receive a ne - pund bk tken（购书券）, and many children nw dress up as their favurite character frm fictin!
Respect fr the Aged Day
Grandparents’ Day is ppular in many cuntries, but in Japan - a cuntry where nearly 30 percent f the ppulatin are ver 60 - peple treat lder peple with special respect. The third Mnday f September is ‘Respect fr the Aged Day’ (Keir - n - hi) which became a natinal hliday in 1966. Everyne has a day ff schl r wrk and peple rganize celebratins fr the lder peple f the village r cmmunity where they live. Yung peple dress up in traditinal clthes. They sing and dance and they either prepare a special meal fr the lder peple, r eat ut as a family. Nwadays, peple als visit relatives and the lder peple in their families, fr a three - day weekend.
58. In Vietnam, peple celebrate Educatrs’ Day in _______.
A. August B. September C. Octber D. Nvember
59. Miguel de Cervantes died n _______, 1616.
A. Octber 5th B. September 11th C. April 23rd D. September 3rd
60. Children dress up ne f their favurite fictin characters n _______.
A. Wrld Bk Day B. Teachers’ Day C. Children’s Day D. Respect fr the Aged Day
61. Nearly _______ f the ppulatin is ver 60 in Japan.
A. 20% B. 25% C. 30% D. 35%
62. Which f the fllwing activities that Japanese yung peple dn’t d n Respect fr the Aged Day?
A. Preparing a special meal B. Ging shpping in big shpping malls
C. Wearing traditinal clthes D. Celebratins like singing and dancing
63. The best title fr this passage culd be _______.
A. Interesting traditins n Teachers’ Day B. Wrld Bk Day is imprtant
C. Japanese respect the lder peple D. Special days arund the wrld
B. Chse the best answer and cmplete the passage （选择最恰当的选项完成短文）
Sme Americans are pr at speaking freign language. It’s a fact. In any city arund the wrld, yu can find American turists asking fr the restaurant menu in English. At best, they will try t say a cuple f phrases they __64__ frm a phrase bk, but they will stp making an effrt the mment they discver the waiter knws a little English.
I read a survey nce that fund that nly 20 percent f Americans culd speak a language ther than English in their wn hmes. S __65__ is this? I think laziness is pssibly the key factr（因素）. There is a general feeling amng Americans that “Everyne speaks English nwadays, s it’s nt wrth learning ther languages.” In multinatinal cmpanies（跨国公司）, English is ften the fficial language f cmmunicatin within the cmpany. __66__, Americans wh live abrad can always find ther American peple t talk t r t watch American TV with -- all reasns fr never bthering t learn the lcal language.
The situatin in American schls desn’t help. In 1997, abut 75 percent f American public middle schls ffered freign languages. Tday, that number has __67__ t 58 percent. And even the few students wh study freign languages at schl dn’t spend as many __68__ f classes as students in ther cuntries. I think it is als a __69__ that American children dn’t study English grammar any mre, which makes it mre difficult fr them t learn the grammar f anther language.
64. A. have brrwed B. have learned C. have chsen D. have cllected
65. A. when B. which C. what D. why
66. A. Als B. S C. Yet D. Hwever
67. A. gne up B. gne dwn C. gne quickly D. gne slwly
68. A. types B. hurs C. bks D. interests
69. A. wnder B. habit C. prblem D. mistake
C. Fill in the blanks with prper wrds （在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺，每空格限填一词，首字母已给）
Karl’s Blg
Saturday 12th April
Well, tday was anther disaster! I was really, really late fr wrk - again!
First, I slept late (as usual!) s I didn’t have time fr b__70__. Why is it difficult t get up in the mrning during the week? I put n my suit and r__71__ t the bus stp. There was a lt f rain last night and the rad was wet. Well, I ran very fast and I fell ver -- It’s OK, I wasn’t hurt -- but my suit gt wet! S then I ran hme t c__72__.
Later , I went back t the bus stp and the bus came -- but it was full f peple and there was n space fr me. Then I had a fantastic idea -- get a taxi ! It tk me all the way t my ffice - FANTASTIC! Then the driver asked me fr 10 punds, but I didn’t have any mney. Why didn’t I take any mney with me? I haven’t dne that b__73__! N prblem, I said t the driver, I’ve gt a cash card. S the taxi driver tk me t the cash machine at the bank near my ffice. Well, I put the card in the machine but it didn’t cme ut. It was terrible! F__74__, I went int the bank and they pened the machine and gave me my card (and sme mney).
Of curse, w__75__ I gt t the ffice, my bss was there. I was TWO HOURS late fr wrk -- she was really angry with me!
D. Answer the questins （根据以下内容回答问题）
The place is perfect, the weather is wnderful, but if yu’re with the wrng persn, a vacatin can be a disaster!
Je 28, flight attendant
Last Octber, I went n vacatin t Thailand fr tw weeks with my girlfriend, Mia. The vacatin began well. We spent tw days in Bangkk and saw the Flating Market and the Ryal Palace. But things went wrng when we left Bangkk. I wanted t stay in hstels, which were basic but clean, but Mia said they were t uncmfrtable. S we stayed in very expensive htels. I wanted t experience the lcal atmsphere, but Mia just wanted t g shpping. I thught I knew Mia well, but yu dn’t knw a persn until yu travel with him r her. It was awful! We argued abut everything.
Fr ur last fur days we went t K Chang, a beautiful island. It was like being in paradise. The weather was beautiful and the beaches were wnderful, but we just sunbathed withut speaking. We spent ur last night back in Bangkk, and we met sme travelers frm Australia. They were really friendly, and Mia started flirting with ne f the bys. That was the end.
When we arrived at O’ Hare Internatinal Airprt the next day, we decided t break up, I tk hundreds f phts, but when I gt hme I didn’t shw them t anyne.
Laura 26, a nurse
Last spring, my best friend Isabelle and I bked a vacatin in Csta Rica（哥斯达黎加）. We rented a small huse fr a week with a fantastic view f the cean. At the last minute, anther friend, Linda, asked if she culd cme, t. We left srry fr her because she had prblems with her byfriend, s we said yes.
Csta Rica was magical and the weather was perfect, but the vacatin was a disaster fr ne simple reasn: Linda was s cheap! She has a gd jb s she’s nt pr, but she just didn’t want t pay fr anything. When we went sightseeing, she didn’t want t g n any cruises r d any nature activities that cast mney. When we went n a zip-line tur, she cmplained that it was t expensive. When we went t have lunch r dinner, she always wanted t g t cheap restaurants r she bught a sandwich and ate it in the huse. But the night I invited her and Isabelle ut n my birthday, she chse the mst expensive fd n the menu! The wrst thing was that althugh Isabelle and I paid fr the huse, Linda never nce bught us a cffee r a snack.
I’d lve t g back t Csta rica ne day ... but withut Linda!
76. Did Je get alng well with his girlfriend Mia during their vacatin in Thailand?
77. What jb des Je d?
78. Instead f experiencing the lcal atmsphere, what did Mia want t d?
79. Wh went n a vacatin with Laura in Csta Rica?
80. What did Linda chse n Laura’s birthday?
81. D yu agree with the sentence “Yu dn’t knw a persn until yu travel with him r her”? Why r why nt?
Ⅶ. Writing （作文）
Writer at least 60 wrds n the tpic “A very special day in my junir schl life”（以“我初中生活中非常特别的一天”为题写话。词数不少于60个，标点符号不占格，所给要点仅供参考）：
你的初中生活已经过去一半，相信在两年多的初中生活中，你肯定经历过不少特别的日子，请从中选择最为特别的一天，来写出你的真情实感。
（注意：1. 请将作为写在答题纸行。2. 短文中不得出现任何人名、校名及其他相关信息，否则不予评分）
KEYS
II. 23. C 24. A 25. C 26. B 27. B 28. B 29. A 30. A
31. D 32. B 33. D 34. B 35. D 36. D 37. A 38. D 39. A 40. D
III. 44. E 45. B 46. C
IV. 47. successful 48. first 49. urs 50. theft 51. bred 52. inventins
V. 53. is arguing 54. respnsible fr 55. d they 56. Hw ften
57. Tm des sme calculatins accurately with his cmputer.
58. D 59. C 60 .A 61. C 62. B 63. D
64. B 65. D 66. A 67. B 68. B 69. C
70. breakfast 72. ran 73. change 74. befre 75. when
76. N, he didn’t
77. He is a flight attendant.
78. She wanted t g shpping.
79. Isabella and Linda
80. The mst expensive fd n the menu
81. N, I dn’t. Because I think we can knw a persn in many different ways. A. playing chess B. jgging C. difficult D. easy E. during