广东省佛山市顺德区美辰学校2023-2024学年八年级上学期第一次学情调查英语试题（月考）

美辰学校2023—2024学年第一学期第一次学情调查

八年级   英语试卷

    试卷总分：90分    考试时间：70分钟

一、语法选择（本题有10小题，每小题1分，共10分）

通读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后按照句子结构的语法和上下文连贯的要求，从每题所给的三个选项中选出一个最佳答案，并将答题卡上对应题目所选的选项涂黑。

I often felt shy in front of a crowd of people. So I didn’t like speaking in front of others. And my first day at the new school made my classmate laugh. My teacher asked me ___1___ my name on the blackboard. Of course, I knew my name and knew how to write it. But standing at the blackboard with the eyes of so many classmates on my back made ___2___ nervous. I forgot all the things but those eyes. I wanted to cry. I didn’t know what to do. I could not write a word. “Just forget us and write your name,” the teacher said ___3___ and walked to my side, “What is your name?” I was too ___4___ to answer. “Richard,” all the students answered ___5___ me. Then they laughed loudly. ___6___ sad I was!

After class, the teacher told me to go to her office. She told me that people might feel nervous ___7___ they speak in front of many people. Then I ___8___ that there was nothing. I just needed to do it as often as possible.

Since then, I have become brave. I have tried my best to take part in some speech competitions. I used to think if I could not go on, life is nothing but an awful song. But now I know the ___9___ of courage（勇气）. I believe that I would be ____10____ confident student.

(    )1. A. write  B. writing      C. to write

(    )2. A. I  B. me      C. my

(    )3. A. kind  B. kindly      C. kindness

(    )4. A. nervous  B. more nervous      C. most nervous

(    )5. A. beside  B. besides      C. except

(    )6. A. How  B. What      C. What a

(    )7. A. after  B. when      C. so

(    )8 A. understand B. understanded      C. understood

(    )9. A. mean  B. means      C. meaning

(    )10 A. /  B. a      C. an 

二、完形填空（本大题有10小题，每小题1分，共10分）

通读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后在每小题所给的四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案，并将答题卡对应题目所选的选项涂黑。

I have been to London twice. In October 2016, I went there for the first time. I learned English in a language school and ___11___ with a host family（寄宿家庭） for six months. My host family Mr and Mrs Brown were both very ___12___ to me. They helped me and told me a lot of interesting things about Britain. I had ___13___ with them. I enjoyed different kinds of English food. I also did some activities with them. We often ___14___ TV, went shopping, played games and took a walk in the park together. At weekends, I usually went ___15___ to different interesting places in London, such as the National Gallery, Backingham Palace and the British Museum. I even had a boat trip along the River Thames.

During my stay in London, I ___16___ many people enjoyed DIY（ Do It Yourself）. They grew vegetables, ___17___ the grass in the garden, or made cakes or different kinds of food themselves.

In September 2019, I went to London for the second time and stayed there for a year. I ___18___ Chinese in a middle school. I also told the students about Chinese food and ___19___ them pictures of some interesting places in China. The students all felt ___20___ in my class. Many of them hoped that they could come to China one day.

(    )11. A. moved  B. lived C. entered   D. counted

(    )12. A. enjoyable B. quiet C. nice    D. strict

(    )13. A. conversations B. meals C. questions   D. practice

(    )14. A. looked  B. read C. noticed   D. watched

(    )15. A. travelling B. swimming C. boating   D. dancing

(    )16. A. changed B. collected C. found    D. helped

(    )17. A. put  B. cut C. lost    D. met

(    )18. A. studied  B. followed C. taught    D. missed

(    )19. A. took  B. left C. bought   D. showed

(    )20. A. interested B. bored C. excited   D. safe

三、阅读理解（本大题有15小题，每小题2分，共30分）

阅读A、B两篇短文、从每小题所给的四个选项中，选出能回答所提问题或完成所给句子的最佳答案，并将答题卡上对应题目所选的选项涂黑。

A

(    )21. When can students learn computer skills?

A. Every Monday.   B. Every Tuesday.      C. Every Thursday.     D. Every Friday.

(    )22. Who teaches students Chinese painting?

A. Yao Ming.           B. Mr. Smith.        C. Su Bingtian.        D. Miss Chen.

(    )23. In which place can you learn to take pictures?

A. Room 411.           B. Room 405.       C. The playground.     D. Room 402.

(    )24. How many after-school activities are there in this passage?

A. Three.               B. Four.           C. Five.               D. Six.

(    )25. Where can we read the passage?

A. In a storybook.                     B. In a science magazine.

C. On a school board.                  D. In a travel website.

B

    Growing up in Chicago, Vanessa Avalos didn’t learn the Spanish language as a child.However, Avalos made it her work to learn her ancestral（祖先的） language when she became an adult （成年人）. When Avalos had her own children, she decided to do something different from her parents. "As I started having kids, I realized if I didn’t try to make them bilingual（会说两种语言的）, they would lose our culture and our language," Avalos said. To help her kids become bilingual, Avalos would take them to many events in Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood and take part in activities such as Spanish story times in libraries.

"I realized that there were a lot of Latino （美籍拉美人的） moms. They wanted to raise their children bilingual, but they couldn’t find a proper learning environment," Avalos said. So she started Lunay Cielo Play, a playroom where children of all ages can learn Spanish and celebrate different cultures.

According to Avalos, the long-term goal is to open a storefront（店面） to host bilingual play and Spanish classes. She is hoping to get a space in Logan Square, where she grew up.

"In the 1990s, there were a lot of Latinos in that neighborhood, and now they’re leaving," Avalos said. "But it’s great to say that I can go back to Logan Square and put roots（根） down for Lunay Cielo Play."

(    )26. What different thing did Avalos do compared with her parents?

A. She sent her children to school at a young age.

B. She let her children learn the Spanish language.

C. She played with her children after getting home.

D. She told stories to her children before bedtime.

(    )27. What does the underlined word "realized" in Paragraph 2 mean?

A. Had something to do.                      B. Made something good.

C. Got to do.                               D. Got to know.

(    )28. What can we know about Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood?

1. It is near Logan Square.    

B. It is where Avalos grew up.

C. Some events about Spanish were held there.

D. There was a very popular library.

(    )29. Why did Avalos start Lunay Cielo Play?

A. To make a lot of money.

B. To offer a place to learn Spanish.

C. To help Latino moms raise happy children.

D. To let her children make different friends.

(    )30. What is the best title for the passage?

A. Being Bilingual Is Important for Us

B. A Mother Gets Used to the Life in America

C. Learning Spanish Is Getting Popular in the World

D. A Mother and Her Bilingual Playroom

C

配对阅读。左栏中是五个学生的问题。右栏中是七个广告，请为左栏中的每一个问题，找到相匹配的广告。

四、短文填空（共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分）

请从方框内选择适当的词并用其正确形式填空，使文章完整连贯。注意每空一词，每词仅用一次，又两词为多余项。

A steel ladder（钢梯） and the network have changed a small village called Atule’er. It lies in the Daliang Mountains of southwest China’s Sichuan Province and is 36.  ________as "Village on the Cliff（悬崖）".

Before 2016, people came in and went out of the 37. ________ through 17 rattan（藤条） ladders.At that time, villagers had to spend a lot of time 38. ________ the ladders on the cliff. People lived a poor life and kids risked their lives traveling between school and home.

In May 2016, Liangshan Prefecture and Zhaojue County spent 140, 000 dollars building a steel ladder. After over 39. ________ months, more than 6, 000 steel tubes（管子） were fixed to the cliff.

40.  ________, a 2.8 km-long steel ladder took shape.

Besides the steel ladder, there is high-speed WiFi, 5G and so on,41.  ________ the village now is a "smart village". Many home hotels, restaurants and markets appear here. The village where there weren’t many people in the past now 42.  ________ a popular place for tourists.

Some young people in the village even 43. _____ local products, such as honey and Sichuan pepper online. In May 2020, 84 poor families moved from 44. ________ old houses to new ones.

The village on the cliff is now turning 45. ________ a village of happiness. The young people there are fighting for a much better life.

五、读写综合（本大题分为A、B两部分，共25分）

A. 回答问题（本题有5小题，每小题2分，共10分）

请阅读下面这篇文章，根据所提供的信息，回答5个问题。要求所写答案语法正确、语义完整，并把答案写在答题卡指定的位置。

Chengdu is hot and spicy（辣）, but also sweet.

Last year, after a two-day train ride, my train stopped at Chengdu Railway Station. I had an exciting trip in this city here.

Food in Chengdu is hot and spicy. Its dishes show the ways of cooking in Sichuan. Each dish has a special name. For example, mapo tofu, this dish is not very spicy, so most people can enjoy it. My favourite dish has a funny name - cold noodles with sadness. It doesn’t mean you will feel sad when you eat it, but it means it is so spicy that it will make you cry. Hotpot is also a good example of Sichuan food.

The taste of Chengdu is also sweet. One of the local foods there is called "three artillery（三大 ）". At first, I thought it was a kind of weapon（武器）. In fact, I only saw three rice balls with red syrup（糖浆）. It was as sweet as honey.

You are what you eat. People in Chengdu are friendly. If you get lost, you can ask people on the street. Everyone is smiling. Their smiles are so sweet that it makes you want to smile at others too. All in all, Chengdu is an amazing city.

1. What does the writer think of Chengdu?

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2. How did the writer get to Chengdu last year?

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3. Why can most people enjoy mapo tofu?

__________________________________________________________________

4. Which local food of Chengdu is sweet according to the passage?

__________________________________________________________________

5. What can we do if we get lost in Chengdu?

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B. 书面表达（本题15分）

请根据要求完成短文写作，并将作文写在答题卡指定的位置。

  假如你叫李明，你的美国好友Mike想要来你的家乡参观。请你根据以下思维导图内容提示用英文给他写一封电子邮件，向他介绍你的家乡。

注意：

1. 可在思维导图内容提示的基础上适当拓展信息。

2. 不能照抄原文；不得在作文中出现真实校名、地名和学生的真实姓名。

3. 语句连贯，词数70左右。作文的标题和开头已经给出，不计入总词数。

Dear Mike,

Welcome to my hometown. _____________________________________________________

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Best wishes