江苏省常州市中天实验中学2023-2024学年八年级上学期第二次月考英语试卷

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1. The sentence structure f "The man waiting at the bus stp lks very wrried." is __________.
A. S+V B. S+V+O C. S+V+P D. S+V+IO+DO E. S+V+DO+OC
2. I went t the classrm t clse the dr yesterday. But as sn as I was _______ t the classrm, I fund it already _________.
A. clsed; clselyB. clsely; clsed C. clse; clsed D. clse; clse
3. If yu _______ at nn, yu _______ the feeding f animals.
A. arrive at there; will see B. will arrive there; will seeC. arrive there; will see D. arrive in there; see
4. Quan Hngchan, a hard-wrking player, is a gd _______ t yung peple.
A. interest B. degree C. sign D. example
5. ---Reading is a gd way t pass the time n the plane. I never g travelling withut a bk. ---___________.
A. Yu are jkingB. That's true C. I dn't think s D. It sunds gd
6. They _______ in the snw when a by _______.
A. played; was falling dwnB. were playing; fell ver
C. are playing; fall dwn D. played; was falling dwn
7. The little by has t walk t schl every day, _______?
A. des he B. desn't he C. has he D. hasn't he
8. I need t buy myself a thicker cat. The temperature will be much _______ next week.
A. clder B. warmer C. higher D. lwer
9. When yu are nervus, clse yur eyes and try t _______.
A. calm dwn B. break dwnC. cme dwn D. put dwn
10. Wuld yu please _______ them _______ us in the games?
A. inviting; jin B. invite; t jinC. t invite; t jin D. t invite; jin
11. ---Sixty percent f the animals _______ ill because f the dirty water and air.
---That's true. S we must take actin t _______ peple making the earth dirty.
A. gets, prtect B. get; prtect C. gets; prevent D. get; prevent
12. Sme peple like cffee _______ thers like tea.
A. while B. if C. r D. as
13. Tm is _______ hnest by. He is Jack's _______ best friend in his class.
A. an; the B. an; / C. a; the D. a; /
14. ---Oh, hw ld these phts are!---My father keeps them _______ himself remember his pr childhd.
A. t makeB. make C. making D. made
15. Yu lk tired. Yu'd better _______ a rest. Remember health cmes first whatever happens.
A. stp having B. stp t have C. t stp having D. t stp t have
16. This new htel _______ us _______ a large rm and delicius meals.
A. prvides; frB. ffers; t C. prvides; with D. ffers; with
17. ---My new classmate is a nice girl. But smetimes she is nt quiet enugh.
---Cme n! N ne is _______. Dn't be s hard n her.
A. serius B. humrus C. perfect D. hnest
18. Lts f peple, including primary schl students frm China, attended the COP 26 UN Climate Change Cnference _______ take actin t make the wrld a better place t live.
A. such as B. in rder t C. instead f D. as a result
19. Our lives wuld nt be pssible withut animals. S we shuld try all kinds f ways we can think f _______ the wild animals.
A. prtect B. t prtect C. prtectingD. prtected
20. _______ students tk part in the writing cmpetitin last mnth.
A. Hundred f B. 100 hundreds f C. 100 hundreds D. Hundreds f
二、完形填空(每题1分，共10分) 阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
A 12-year-ld middle schl student frm Chngqing spent her last summer vacatin (1)_______ wild animals at a cnservatin (保护) area in Masai Mara, Kenya.
Zhu Yangling's father is the first full-time wrker frm China t carry ut prtectin wrk f wild animals in Africa. As her father ften (2)_______ her stries abut wild animals, the girl develped an (3)_______ in all kinds f animals. Her father tk her t Africa fr the first time when she was 4 years ld.
She visited Africa fr the secnd time at 8. After cming back t schl, she came up with the (4)_______ f prtecting wild animals. Last summer hliday, the girl went t Africa again. "I am nt a traveller this time. I put my heart and sul int the research and prtectin f wild animals there."
“Every day the birdsng (5)_______ me wake up. Then I (6)_______ my father t patrl (巡逻) the area t check if sme animals are injured (受伤的). If (7)_______ is wrng, we start enjying ur (8)_______.” the girl wrte in her diary.
"In the afternn, my father and I wrk at ur hme. In the evening, we begin patrlling again. Then we play games (9)_______ the campfire (篝火). With the animals’ lw rars in the backgrund, we (10)_______," says anther part f her diary.
1. A. visiting B. feeding C. watering D. prtecting
2. A. gave B. spke C. tld D. said
3. A. interest B. elephant C. hur D. answer
4. A. scientist B. danger C. idea D. panda
5. A. makes B. eats C. cmes D. ges
6. A. walk B. fllw C. ask D. allw
7. A. smething B. anything C. nthing D. everything
8. A. breakfast B. lunch C. dinner D. meal
9. A. arund B. abve C. n D. under
10. A. g t wrk B. g t study C. fall asleep D. get up
三、阅读理解（每题2分，共32分）
A
My father was always drunk and angry. He beat me every day. He always lcked the dr when he went away and kept the key in his pcket. One day I fund an ld saw (锯子) that he hid in the rf. When I was alne in the huse, I started t make a hle with the saw n the wden flr under the big table.
The next day my father said, "Huck, g t the river and catch sme fish fr breakfast. Be quick! And dn't try anything. Remember, I'm watching yu!"
While I was fishing by the river. I saw an empty bat nearby. "A bat!" I thught happily. "This is my chance t escape (逃离). I'll hide the bat near sme trees and use it tnight!”
When my father went t twn that afternn, I gt my saw and started t wrk n the hle. It was late afternn when I finished making it.
"I did a gd jb,” I thught, lking at the hle. "Nw I'll get my father's gun.”
I lked utside the windw and there was nbdy there. I quickly climbed ut thrugh the hle. Then I ran int the wds t hunt a wild pig. T my great jy, I fund ne. I sht it and tk it back t the huse and let the pig's bld fall n the wden flr f the huse. Then I pulled sme f my hair ut and put it n my father's axe (斧子) with sme f the pig's bld. I tk the pig's bdy utside and put it in a big bag with sme rcks, and threw it int the river.
"This way peple will think _______!” I thught. "They'll cme and lk fr my bdy in the river." This idea made me smile.
I waited until it was dark and gt int the bat and went t Jacksn's Island. I knew abut Jacksn's Island because Tm, Ben, Je and I had a lt f fun adventures there.
---Adapted frm The Adventures f Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
1. What's the crrect rder f the fllwing?
①Huck fund a bat when fishing.②Huck discvered a saw in the rf.
③Huck finished making the hle.④Huck killed a wild pig.
⑤Huck set ut t Jacksn's Island.⑥Huck came ut f the huse.
A. ⑥①③②⑤④B. ②③①⑥④⑤C. ②①③⑥④⑤D. ③①②⑥⑤④
2. Which f the fllwing is the best t fill in the “______”.
A. my father went away and I'm sad B. the pig's bld is mine and I'm dead
C. I killed the wild pig and I'm braveD. my friends helped me and I'm happy
3. This time Huck went t Jacksn's Island mainly because he wanted t ______.
A. meet his friends B. lk fr treasureC. take an adventure D. get away frm his father
4. Accrding t the passage, what is Huck like?
A. Adventurus and smartB. Creative and hnest.C. Brave but careless. D. Funny but stupid.
B
Sme scientists say that animals in the cean are increasingly threatened by nise pllutin caused by human beings. The nise that influences sea animals cmes frm a number f human activities. It is caused mainly by industrial underwater explsins (爆炸), cean drilling and ship engines. Such nises are added t natural sunds. These sunds include the breaking f ice fields, underwater earthquakes, and sunds made by animals themselves.
Decibels measured (分贝测量) in water are different frm thse measured n land. A nise f ne hundred and twenty decibels n land causes pain t human ears. In water, a decibel level f ne hundred and ninety-five wuld have the same effect (影响).
Sme scientists have planned t set a nise limit (限制) f ne hundred and twenty decibels in the cean. They have fund that nises at that level can frighten whales.
A team f American and Canadian scientists discvered that luder nises can seriusly hurt sme animals. The research team fund that pwerful underwater explsins were causing whales in the area t lse their hearing. This seriusly affected the whales’ ability t exchange infrmatin and find their way. Sme f the whales even died. The explsins had caused their ears t bleed.
Many researchers whse wrk depends n cean sunds disagree with a limit f ne hundred and twenty decibels. They say such a limit wuld mean an end t imprtant industrial and scientific research. Scientists d nt knw hw much and what kinds f nises are harmful t cean animals. Hwever, many scientists think that nises are a greater danger than they believed. It's time fr them t take actin t help cean animals.
5. Which f the fllwing is NOT caused by human beings?
A. The nise f industrial underwater explsins. B. The nise f cean drilling.
C. The sund f underwater earthquakes. D. The nise f ship engines.
6. What des Paragraph 2 mainly tell us?
A. The same nise level has a different effect n land and in the cean.
B. Different places may have different types f nises.
C. The nises can cause humans t lse hearing.
D. There are different kinds f natural sunds in the cean.
7. Which f the fllwing statements is TRUE?
A. Pwerful underwater explsins aren't harmful t whales’ ears.
B. Many researchers are against the nise limit f 120 decibels.
C. Nises cannt cause whales' death.
D. The nise limit f 120 decibels wuld hardly influence the industrial research.
8. Accrding t the passage, we can infer that scientists will prbably ________.
A. try their best t make n niseB. wrk hard t cut dwn natural sunds
C. prtect cean animals frm harmful nisesD. stp industrial and scientific research in the cean
C
It was ht in the middle f summer and there were n trees alng the street. Few peple came ut n such a ht day. Mr. Read had anther bad day. The whle day n ne had cme t his small shp t buy anything. He clsed his shp at half past five, and went ut int the street and began walking t the bus stp. He was very fat. The sun shne straight dwn the street and in a few minutes Mr. Read felt ht.
A small by came ut f anther shp in the street and fllwed Mr. Read. He stayed very near him all the time, and he stepped n Mr. Read's shes several times. Mr. Read lked at him angrily each time.
After the furth time, Mr. Read stpped, tuned rund and said t the by, "What are yu ding? Stp fllwing me like that! Yu're ging t-hurt my feet."
"I'm srry, but dn't stp me, please!” The small by said, "It's very ht tday and there isn't any shade anywhere else in the street."
9. What was Mr. Read ging t d after clsing his shp?
A. He was ging t walk t the bus stp. B. He was ging t lk fr his by.
C. He was ging t anther shp D. He was ging t hide in a shade.
10. Why did n ne cme t buy things in Mr. Read's shp?
A. Because the shp was small. B. Because it was t ht.
C. Because he clsed it t early. D. Because he was t fat.
11. Which f the fllwing wrds can best describe the by?
A. Kind. B. Helpful. C. Fun. D. Ppular.
12. The by fllwed Mr. Read s that ________.
A. nbdy wuld see him B. he culd hurt Mr. Read’s feet
C. he culd find the bus stp D. the sun wuldn't shine n him
D
D yu think cats have nine lives? If they d, then a cat named Scarlett might have used a few f her lives.
Scarlett was a hmeless cat living in an ld building in New Yrk. One day, a fire started in the building. Mst animals tried t run away quickly. But Scarlett had babies t save. As the fire gt bigger, Scarlett didn't care abut the danger. One by ne, she tk her babies ut.
A kind firefighter fund Scarlett and her babies. He put them in a bx. Scarlett culd nt see her babies because her eyes were badly hurt, s she cunted her five babies by tuching each ne's nse. The firefighter sent Scarlett and her babies t an animal hspital. A reprter saw it, and he wrte a stry abut Scarlett in the newspaper. Then many peple wanted t adpt Scarlett and her babies. The hspital made sure that every cat had a gd hme.
In her new hme, Scarlett played with paper balls and paper bags. She was very happy t live in a cmfrtable hme with lving wners.
13. Scarlett didn't run away when the fire started because she _________.
A. was nt afraid f fire B. had t save her babies
C. didn't knw where t g D. knew smene wuld save her
14. What des the underlined wrd "adpt" mean in Chinese?
A. 收养 B. 介绍 C. 调查 D.替代
15. What is the right rder (顺序) f the fllwing things accrding t the passage?
①A firefighter fund Scarlett.②Scarlett played with paper balls.
③Scarlett tk her babies ut.④A reprter wrte a stry abut Scarlett.
A. ①③②④B. ③①②④ C. ③①④② D. ①③②④
16. Which is the best title (标题) f the passage?
A. Cats' nine live B. A Mther's LveC. Living with a Cat D. A Firefighter Saves a Building
四、信息还原（共5 小题：每小题1分）
请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，选项中有两项为多余选项。
Once, there was a shepherd (牧羊人). 1._______ He was very happy and hped these wild sheep wuldn't leave.
It snwed that night. The next mrning, the shepherd culdn't take his sheep t the muntains. Instead, he had t feed them inside. 2._______ But he gave mre f the fd t the wild sheep. He thught the extra (额外的) fd wuld stp them frm leaving.
It snwed fr several days. During that time, the shepherd's sheep ate very little. 3._______ At last, the snw stpped, and the shepherd tk all the sheep ut. As sn as they gt t the ft f the muntain, the wild sheep started t run away.
"Wait! 4._______ Why d yu run away?" the shepherd shuted.
One wild sheep stpped and said t him, "We're leaving because yu fed us better than yur wn sheep. 5._______ Yesterday, yu were kind t us, but tmrrw yu might be different. If mre wild sheep jin yur herd (牧群), yu will give us less fd, t.”
The shepherd finally realized his mistake. He was srry that he didn't take gd care f his wn sheep.
A. I lked after yu s well
B. Yu were trying t cheat us
C. He gave a little fd t his wn sheep.
D. The wild sheep, hwever, ate very well.
E. The wild sheep felt bred and wanted t play utside.
F. One night, he fund sme wild sheep jined his herd.
G. He made sure that he wuld never lse any f them.
五、综合填空
When peple say "culture", we think f art and histry. But a very famus symbl in American culture is _____1_____ cartn. We all knw and lve the black muse ____2____ tw large rund ears---Mickey Muse. Over 80 years ag, he first ____3____ (appear) in the cartn Steambat Willie. When this cartn came ut in New Yrk n Nvember 18, 1928, it was the first cartn with sund and music. The man behind Mickey was Walt Disney. He became very rich and ____4____ (success). In the 1930s, he ____5____ (make) 87 cartns with Mickey.
Sme peple might ask hw this cartn animal became s ppular. One f the main ____6____ (reasn) is that Mickey was like a cmmn man, but he always tried t face any danger. In his early films, Mickey was ____7____ (lucky) and had many prblems such as lsing his huse r girlfriend, Minnie. ____8____, he was always ready t try his best. Peple went t the cinema t see the "little man” win. Mst f them wanted t be like Mickey.
On Nvember 18, 1978, Mickey became the first cartn character t have a star n the Hllywd Walk f Fame. Tday's cartns are ____9____ (usual) nt s simple as little Mickey Muse, but everyne still knws and lves him. Wh has a pair f ears ________ (famus) than Mickey's? It's easy t get the answer, isn't it?
六、词汇运用(每小题1分，满分4分)
1. In ur city, there are tw ____________ (协会) wrking hard t save birds.
2. Jerry was s careless that he gave an ____________ answer at last. (crrect)
3. Last Wednesday was the ____________ (wind) day f the week.
4. There will be even ____________ (little) space fr wild animals if we cut dwn mre trees.
七、翻译句子（每题 1.5 分，共 9分）
1. 他让孩子们镇定下来不要跑。
He asked the children _________________ and _________________.
2. 感谢你采取行动保护那些处于危险中的动物。
Thanks __________________________________________________.
3. 我打算在有必要的时候向他人寻求帮助。
I ______________________________ ther's help when it is necessary.
4. 昨天老师建议我们用英语描述这幅图片。
The teacher __________________________________________________ yesterday.
5. 每当看到优美的句子，她总是迫不及待地把它们记下来。
When seeing beautiful sentences, she always _______________________________________.
6. 狼主要以小动物为食。它们经常团队合作。
Wlves ______________________ small animals. They ften _________________________.
七、书面表达（共1题：满分 10分）
大熊猫丫丫的“问家之旅”屡上热搜，又一次提高了人们对大熊猫保护工作的关注。假如你和你的同桌正在参加学校举办的以 Giving pandas a gd life 为主题的英文手抄报评选。你的同桌负责手抄报的绘制，而你负责文本的撰写。请根据如下提示，完成一篇英语短文。
注意：（1）短文必须包括所有要点，并适当发挥；
（2）文中不得出现真实的人名和校名；
（3）词数 80-100；标题已给出，不计入总词数。
Giving pandas a gd life
What animal has 6 fingers and wears a black and white cat? Yes, it's the panda!
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