2020-2021二十四中八年级上学期英语12月月考试卷

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1.The number f the tigers in the wild becming .
A.is; smaller and smaller B.are; smaller and smaller
C.is; mre and mre D.are; mre arid mre
2.He gt ut f the car, t the nearest huse and the telephned his friend fr help.
A.walking B.walked C.t walk D.walks
3. The dish tastes as as it lks. I wi11 nt try it any mre.
A.gdB. betterC.wellD. bad
4.If mre and mre wetlands disappear, there space left fr wild1ife.
A.is mre and mre B.is 1ess and 1ess
C.will be mre and mre D.wi1l be less and 1ess
5.I decided nt t buy the painting because I lked at it, I liked it.
A.the less;the mre B.less ; mre
C.the mre; the less D.mre; less
6.Our cmpany prvided 100,000-dllar dnatin the peple in Sichuan after the earthquake.
A.a; fr B.a; with C.an; with D.an; fr
7.Clthes animal fur are usually quite expensive.
A.madeB.made f C.making D.were made f
8. f them knws abut kangars. Can yu tell them?
A.A11B.Bth C.EachD.Nne
9.He didn't wrk hard at his study, he failed in the English test again.
A.What's mre B.MreverC.InsteadD.As a result
10. will hunters d if they catch a giant panda?
A.HwB.WhenC.WhatD.Why
11. Sme animals ften wrk a team t prtect .
A.as; them B.fr ; theirs C.in; themselves D.as; themselves
12.When a baby panda ,it 1ks 1ike a white muse.
A.was brnB.is brn C.are brn D.wi11 be brn
13.There was nly fish left n the plate when he gt back hme.
A.littleB.a little C.fewD.a few
14.Amng the fur questins, the first tw questins were easy, but the rest nt.
A.wasB.t be C.were D.is
15.--Didn't yu think Anna wuld the invitatin?
-- . I just culdn't believe she refused it. ,
accept ; N,I didn't. B. accept; Yes,I did.
C. receive; N,I didn't.D. receive; Yes,I did.
1-5 ABDDC 6-10 ABDDC 11-15DBBCB
二、完型填空(共10小题，每小题1分，共10分)
Mexican peple have a traditin f greeting each ther with handshakes and kisses n the cheek (脸颊).But recently, gvernment fficials asked peple t 16 this. They have als clsed schls and museums, and advised peple t stay at hme.
This is t stp peple frm 17 an infectius disease(传染病), swine flu(猪流感). The disease has spread ver the cuntry. It has killed 159 peple and caused 4000 t becme 18 in the past mnth.
What is swine flu? Swine flu is a disease that causes respiratry (呼吸的) illness in pigs. It spreads t peple in tw ways. Peple catch the virus after being with infected (被感染的) pigs, r they get it frm an infected 19 . The disease spreads in the same way 20 human flu,thrugh cughs and sneezes and then tuching the nse r muth. Hwever, it 21 be spread by eating prk.
Peple wh have caught swine flu will have a fever, a cugh, a sre thrat and bdy aches. In mst cases, the infectin makes peple unwell but their lives will nt be in 22 .
A few gvernments arund the wrld have advised their peple nt t visit
23 . Sme cuntries have begun checking air travelers fr the disease and have separated the peple wh might be infected r are infected. Russia, China and ther cuntries have stpped buying prk frm Mexic, 24 the flu cannt be caught by eating the meat.
Health experts advise peple t wash their hands frequently (频繁地), t cver cughs and sneezes and t stay at hme if they feels 25 .
( )16.A. cntinue(继续) B. avid(避免) C. change D. encurage
( )17.A. catchingB. taking C.wningD. curing(治愈)
( )18.A. healthy B. well C. dead D. sick
( )19.A. pigB. persn C. dgD. cuntry
( )20.A. likeB. asC. frD. in
( )21.A. can't B. canC. mustn'tD. must
( )22.A. safety B. hunger C. danger D. peace (和平)
( )23.A. Mexic B. America C. China D. Russia
( )24.A. butB. thugh C. while D. because
( )25. A sadB. happyC. hungryD. ill
16-20 BADBB 21-25 ACABD
阅读理解
A
The crab is a living clck. It tells the time f day by the clur f its skin, which is dark by day and pale by night. The crab’s changing skin clur is a regular twenty-fur-hur cycle（周期） that fllws the daily rhythm（循环）f the sun.
Des the crab really keep time, r is its skin simply affected by the sun’s rays（光线）, changing clurs with the amunt f the sunlight? T find ut the answer, scientists kept crabs in a dark rm fr tw mnths. Even withut daylight, the crab’s skin clur cntinued t change.
The change prbably had smething t d with the rhythm f the sun, t help prtect the crab frm sunlight and enemies. After millins f years it has becme cmpletely regular inside the living bdy f the crab.
Scientists nticed that nce each day the clur f the crab is especially dark, and that each day this happens fifty minutes later than n the day befre. Frm this they discvered that each crab fllws nt nly the rhythm f the sun but als that f the tides (潮水). The crab’s perid f greatest darkening is exactly the time f lw tide n the beach where it was caught!
26. The crab’s changing clur ______.
A．tells the crab what time it isB．prtects the crab frm the sunlight
C．keeps the crab warmD．gives the crab a lt f energy
Scientists studied crabs in rder t find ut _______.
why they change clur B. hw t use them as clcks
C. Whether they change clur D. where they can be caught
28. When the crabs were in the dark, they ______.
A．did nt change clrsB．changed clrs mre quickly
C．changed clrs mre slwlyD．changed clrs as usual
29. The crab is like a clck because it changes clur ______.
A. in a regular 24-hur rhythm B. at lw tide
C. in answer t the sun’s rays D. every fifty minutes
26-29 BADA
B
Smg cvered parts f Nrth China in 2013．In January，Beijing saw nly five days withut smg. The rising PM 2.5 readings terrified many peple，and sme health experts said that if the smg gt serius，hspitals wuld receive mre patients suffering frm acute respiratry（呼吸系统）and heart diseases．
Later，news f plluted undergrund water in sme prvinces scared peple wh wndered whether the water they drank was safe．
S the need t pay attentin t envirnmental prtectin while develping the ecnmy is heard everywhere．
Smg is especially a cmmn cncern．Like a ppular nline pst said，air may be the nly thing that is equal fr everyne，whatever yur salary（薪水） r jb is．Peple with higher salaries are able t drink nly bttled spring water and eat nly rganic fd by paying higher prices，but they breathe the same air as everyne else．
At a meeting，many peple expressed their cncerns abut the air quality，t．One talked abut his experience in Beijing．"After taking a taxi frm the capital airprt t my htel，which tk abut an hur，I washed my nse and fund the inside f my nse was black．We shuld ask urselves this questin：Why d we want t develp？It's fr living a better life．But dirty air is nt a better life，" he said．
China needs t develp its ecnmy．Every Chinese peple wants a strng cuntry．But withut blue sky，clean water and safe fd，the achievements in the ecnmy will becme meaningless．Space technlgies are able t be develped fr building a place n Mars s that ne day all human beings can mve t the red planet because they have destryed Earth．
30．The effect f smg include the fllwing EXCEPT___．
A．the rising f PM 2.5 readings
B．mre peple suffering frm diseases
C．the increase f peple's incme
D．mre peple getting fearful
The underlined phrase ‘rganic fd’ in Paragraph 4 prbably means_________.
delicius fd
unplluted green fd
fd fr the rich and fficials nly
fd given by dctrs
What’s the main purpse f the passage?
A. T tell us undergrund water is being plluted and nt safe fr drinking.
B. T tell us with the rising PM2.5 readings, the air quality is becming wrse and wrse.
C. T tell us we culd mve t Mars after Earth is destryed.
D. T tell us we must prtect the envirnment while develping ecnmy.
Where is the passage mst likely taken frm?
A. A newspaper article B. A business letter
C. A science nvel D. A fd research
30-33 CBDA
C
N ne can change the weather. Nbdy can cntrl（支配） the weather. But if we read crrectly the signs arund us, we can tell what the mre imprtant changes in the weather will be. This way f telling what the weather will be like n the fllwing day r tw is called weather frecasting（预报）. Fr many centuries and in all cuntries, peple have studied the weather and tried t make weather frecasting. Rings arund the sun are a sign f cming rain. Many peple feel their jints（关节） hurt in their bnes if wet weather is cming. Sme birds will fly high if fine weather is cming, but they fly near the grund if rainy r strmy weather is n the way. If yu see a rainbw during rainy weather, this is a sign that the weather will becme clear and fine. Such rainbws cme in the evening. If the stars twinkle（闪烁） clearly at night, then fine weather will cntinue. If a fg appears in the mrning just abve a river, then the day will be warm. If the sunset is mstly red in clr, then the fllwing day will be fine. If a rainbw appears in the mrning, rainy weather will prbably cme. Mst f the abve sayings are made by the peple wh use their eyes and brains t make weather frecasting.
34. Peple's jints hurt ______.
A. and it is a sign f cming rain
B. withut any reasn
C. because they are ill
D. because f the insects
35. Which is true abut weather frecasting?
A. Weather frecasting is a reprt abut the weather.
B. Weather frecasting is a way f telling what the weather will be like.
C. Weather frecasting is a sign f cming rain.
D. Peple can change the weather frecasting.
36. The birds fly high and the stars twinkle clearly is a sign that the weather will ______.
A. be warm
B. be rainy and cld
C. becme clear and fine
D. be cld and snwy
37. If a rainbw appears in the mrning, the weather may be ______.
A. Fggy B. sunnyC. rainy D. windy
38. We must ______ t make weather frecasting.
A. use ur eyes and brains
B. study the weather hard
C. read crrectly the signs
D. All f the abve
34-38 ABCCD
D
When we talk abut stars, especially wmen stars, it seems that they are always yung, pretty and wn charming bdy shapes. But recently a Britain’s Gt Talent star Susan Byle has changed ur views abslutely(完全地).
One f the judges(判员) f the talent shw spke f his surprise ver Ms Byle’s vice. “This lady came up, and I’m thinking. ‘This will take five secnds and I can g t have a cup f tea.’ That changed when she began t sing I Dreamed t Dream frm Les Miserables. She knew we were ging t have face thrugh——it was ne f my favrite mments,” Smith Cwell said.
The perfrmance was psted nline and befre lng, the 47-year-ld Scttish wman has been famus all ver the wrld.
Speaking frm her hme in Sctland, Ms Byle said she hasn’t thught f changing her appearance. She said her friend helped her with make-up. “I mean, that’s hardly a makever,” she added. Ms Byle als spke f the reasn she first began t explre her vcal talents(声乐才能), “I was kind f slw at schl, s getting like singing was a gd way f hiding behind that and als I built my cnfidence.”
( )39. Susan Byle is_______
A. a judge B. a reprter C. a beauty D. a Scttish wman
( )40. Susan Byle had a lk f satisfactin n her face when she was singing because_____
A. she was cnfident f her singing B. she was satisfied with the judges
C. she was pretty and in gd shape D. she dreamed a dream
( )41. Accrding t the passage, which is NOT true?
A. It was the vcal talents that built Susan's cnfidence
B. Susan Byle was nt gd at her lessn when at schl
C. Susan Byle became famus because f her appearance
D. Simn Cwell didn’t think Susan Byle a gd singer at the first sight.
( )42. What can we learn frm Susan Byle's success?
A. It's never t ld t learn
B. It's easier t succeed at the age f 47
C. If yu have a dream, try t make it cme true!
D. If yu are nt able t study well, t be a singer instead.
答案：DACC
四、任务型阅读(共5小题，每小题1分，共5分)
Almst all f us have unpleasant habits. We all want t get rid f(摆脱) them, but we dn't knw prper ways. Here's sme advice.
Write dwn all the reasns why yu want t stp sme behavir(行为举止). Lk at the reasns very ften.
It’s clever t d smething else when yu want t stp yur bad habits. If yu get angry easily, fr example, yu can g ut fr a walk.
Decide what yu’ll d t reward(奖励) yurself if yu really get rid f yur bad habits.
If yu get t heavy, keep junk fd ut f yur huse.
Bad habits develp ver years, s yu can't get rid f them very sn. S yu shuld be patient.
Dn’t be afraid t ask thers fr supprt. Yu can talk t yur friends, family r ther peple. When yu talk t them, they might be able t prvide sme advice that yu can’t get frm yurself.
答案：43.why 44.d 45.ff 46.patient 47.shrt
词汇运用(共10题，每题1分，共10分)
It's________(nature) that the child’s decisins depend n his wn interest.
I began t feel much________(sleep) that day because f t much nise next dr.
An________(ice) wind swept thrugh the streets.
A child like him is________(rare) ppular with ther children.
The streets were full f excited Christmas________(shp).
The first tw services were free,________(然而) the third ne cst me $35.
“There’s sme bad truble here”, said Tm_______(激动).
What an________(很坏的) persn he is!
________(随着) time ges n, I get t knw Mr. Smith much better.
The shamp will give yu_______(光亮的) hair than befre.
答案：48.natural 49.sleepier 50.icy 51.rarely 52.shppers 53.while 54.excitedly 55.awful 56.As 57.shinier
动词填空
What a perfect time it is (fly) a kite!
Lk at the bks n the flr! I think they (fall) ff the bkcase.
The writer (describe) his hmetwn at the beginning f last mnth’s meeting.
After (wait) fr the whle night, I gt an idea.
When the sun r mn (rise), it appears(出现) in the sky.
We wke t find the wind (blw) strngly utside.
When Mr. Brwn mentined(提及) my name, I felt my heart (beat) really fast.
Fr years the art f (act) is very difficult t all the actrs.
Sadly, nw bth he and his mther (die) f cancer(癌).
If yu ‘d like mre infrmatin, (ring) the Htline n 4008888.
I (drp) my glasses and brke them.
答案：t fly; fell; described; waiting; rises; was blwing; beating; acting; are dying/have died; ring; drpped
翻译句子
云层把太阳都遮掉了。
The .
明天天气怎么样？
What ?
春天日间气温二十度左右，是旅游的极好时节。
Spring is a .
来自北方的暴风雪将于傍晚时分到达。
Snwstrms .
我们要花许多时间来研究他们的类型和他们在数量上的变化。
.
最后他决定改到图书馆去看书。
At last, he .
在读这本书之前我对鹰了解不多。
I .
假如我们什么措施都不采取，不久世界上将不会有丹顶鹤剩下了。
If we .
蜜蜂总是记得原路返回。
Bees .
今天常州暴雪，明天气温降到零下2度。
There .The .
答案：
The cluds cver the sun.
What will the weather be like tmrrw?
Spring is a perfect time t travel with the day time temperature arund 20℃.
Snwstrms frm the nrth will arrive in the late f afternn.
We will spend much time studying their types and changes in their numbers.
At last he decided t g t the library t read bks instead.
I didn’t knw much abut eagles befre reading the bk.
If we dn’t take any actin, sn there will be nne crane left in the wrld.
Bees always remember t cme back the same way as they went.
There is a strng snwstrm in Changzhu tday. The temperature will drp t -2℃ tmrrw.
Hw t Gt Rid f Bad Habits
Make a list
Write dwn the reasns___43___yu want t get rid f yur bad habits.
Jin in sme activities
Yu'd better___44___smething else when yu want t stp yur bad habits.
Give yurself a reward
Decide hw t reward yurself if yu succeed in getting rid f yur bad habits.
Keep___45___yur bad habits
Stay away frm junk fd if yu want t be thinner.
Be___46___
It's hard t get rid f a bad habit in a___47___time.
Ask fr help
When yu talk t thers, they may give yu sme advice.