江苏省南京市上元中学 2023-2024学年八年级上学期12月月考试英语试题

这是一份江苏省南京市上元中学 2023-2024学年八年级上学期12月月考试英语试题，共10页。试卷主要包含了听力，单项填空，完形填空，阅读理解，填空，句型， 阅读填空，书面表达等内容，欢迎下载使用。
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第 Ⅰ 卷选择题(共50 分)
一、听力(共 15 小题; 每小题1分,满分 15分)
A)听对话，选图片。
1. What animals des Sandy like best?
2. Hw will Bb g t the ld peple's huse?
3. What was the girl ding at that time?
4. What des the wman think the weather will be like during the Spring Festival?
5. What is David lking fr?
B)听对话， 回答问题。
6. Which seasn des Simn like best?
A. Spring. B. Summer. C. Autumn.
7. Why des Amy like spring?
A. Because it's always sunny B. Because she can see flwers. C. Because she can fly kites.
C)听短文，完成信息记录表。
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9. A. 11 B. 15 C. 19
10. A. grasses B. fruits C. insects
D)听短文， 回答问题。
11. Where did Mr and Mrs White g last Saturday?
A. T the park. B. T the farm. C. T the theatre.
12. What did Mr. White d when he went int the huse?
A. He turned n the lights. B. He std quietly. C. He changed his shes.
13. When did Mr and Mrs White hear the nise?
A. In the frnt dr. B. On the way upstairs. C. On the way dwnstairs.
14. Wh answered Mr White at the dr f the kitchen?
A. His daughter. B. Nbdy. C. His neighbur.
15. What did Mr White see in the kitchen?
A. His children were chatting.
B. Tw strangers.
C. The radi was n.
二、单项填空(共 15 小题； 每小题1分，满分15分)
16. What bad weather it is tday!
Yes, weather makes me s sad.
A. a;a B. /;the C. a; the D. the;a
17. —D yu knw that there are nt many cranes left in the wrld?
Yes,I d. And 40 percent f them in Zhalng.
A. is B. was C. are D. were
18. —Is Kevin cming by train?
He shuld, but he nt. He likes driving his car.
A. must B. shuld C. may D. need
19. Allan didn't take the cat with him n a cld night. , he gt a cld.
A. First f all B. Because f C. As a result D. Fr example
20. —Hw many mistakes did yu make in the test, Millie?
. I gt full marks this time.
A. N ne B. Nthing C. Nne D. Nbdy
21. This new htel us a large rm and delicius meals.
A. prvides; fr B. ffers;t C. prvides; with D. ffers;with
22. Lts f peple, including primary schl students frm China, attended the COP 26 UNClimate 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
23. 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. Prtecting
D. prtected
24. The sign n the right tells us any rubbish behind. We must think green.
A. dn't leave B. nt leave C. nt leaving D. nt t leave
25. After drinking fr the whle night, Uncle Jhn slept the day withut eating anything.
A. upn B. thrugh C. acrss D. ver
26. Nt nly my father but als my grandfather me t enter an ideal high schl in
试卷第2页，共 8页the near future.
A. wish B. wishes C. hpes D. hpe
27. We had great fun a tent while ging n a picnic last mnth.
A. putting up B. t put up C. t put in D. putting in
28. Bees and butterflies play amng flwers. Which f the fllwing wrds rhymes with the underlined wrd?
A. streams B. shwers C. shades D. sparrws
29. —Hw beautifully Betty sings! Des she ften win the singing cmpetitins?
Yes, she des. I cannt think f anyne with .
A. the best vice B. the wrst vice C. a better vice D. a wrse vice
30. Yu said Earth has lst 50% f wildlife in the past 40 years?
Yes.
A. Best wishes. B. It is a shame. C. Gd luck. D. Nthing serius.
三、完形填空(共 10 小题； 每小题1分，满分10分)
It was cludy, rainy and cld. Fr the days in late Nvember, the clrful leaves were nw 31 fast. I felt it was hard fr me t be 32 in such weather. I tried t smile, but I culdn't. I walked n 33 the thick leaves and my shes slwly gt wet.My bdy was tired. My energy was lw.
I felt smething warm all f a sudden. A break in the 34 appeared(出现) and the sun light was shining thrugh it dwn t the earth nce again. I clsed my eyes and turned my face t the sweet sunshine. Its warmth washed ver me. Then I 35 and saw the leaves left n the tree shining in the sunlight. Their clrs were even brighter. I felt my spirits(情绪) rising slwly as well.
The few minutes f light 36 me with jy. I walked back hme, thankful t nature and amazed at 37 a little break in the clud culd d.
In ur lives, we all 38 times when the wrld seems cld, dark and grey. In these times, nature calls n us t break thrugh the cluds 39 and share ur light with the wrld. S when the grey days cme, dn't sit in the dark. 40 , break thrugh cluds bravely. A helping hand, a kind wrd r a small act f lve can warm and shine light int anther's heart.
31. A. grwing B. flying C. changing D. falling
32. A. careful B. cheerful C. awful D. helpful
13. A. thrugh B. acrss C. int D. abve
34. A. clud B. rain C. wind D. sunshine
35. A. lked dwn B. lked ut C. lked arund D. lked thrugh
36. A. cvered B. filled C. helped D. treated
37. A. hw B. which C. what D. why
s8. A. recrd B. face C. waste D. understand
39. A. itself B. yurselves C. urselves D. themselves
40. A. Hwever B. Mrever C. Otherwise D. Instead
四、阅读理解(共10小题； 每小题1分，满分10分)
A
Frm a wine pt amidst the flwers,I drink alne withut partners.T invite the mn I raise my cup.We're three, as my shadw shws up.
试卷第3页,5/Alas, the mn desn't drink.
My shadw fllws but desn't think.
Still fr nw I have these friends,
T cheer me up until the spring ends.
I sing; the mn wanders.
I dance; the shadw scatters.
Awake, tgether we have fun.
Drunk, separately we're gne.
Let's be bn cmpanins frever,
Pledging, in heaven, we'll be tgether.
——Drinking Alne with the Mn
by Li Bai(701-762) f Tang Dynasty
41. The pet is drinking .
A. in the daytime B. at nn C. at night D. in the afternn
42. Wh is drinking with the pet?
A. Partners. B. Shadw. C. Mn. D. N ne.
43. Frm the pem, we can infer the pet is .
A. happy B. excited C. surprised D. sad
B
Japan started putting nuclear-cntaminated water(核污染水) int the cean n Aug 24. Histry will never frget this day.
A tsunami(海 啸) hit the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear pwer plant(福岛第一核电站) in Japan in 2011. It brke the nuclear reactrs(核反应堆), s the reactrs became very ht.Since then, wrkers have been using a lt f water t keep them cl. The water tuches the reactrs, s it has a lt f radiactive materials(放射性物质).
Nuclear wastewater(核废水) is different. It's the waste frm a nrmal pwer plant. The rules n whether r nt the wastewater can be put int the cean are clear. S prcessed(处理过的) nuclear wastewater is ften seen as safe. But nuclear-cntaminated water is nt.
Japan tries t mix the idea f the tw kinds f water. The cuntry says that the cntaminated water ges thrugh a special purifying prcess(过滤程序), and that it desn't hurt peple's health. Hwever, the water has mre than 60 kinds f radiactive materials. The materials will in the end hurt peple's health.
China started t stp buying seafd frm Japan n Aug 24. Restaurants must nt buy r use such seafd. As f Aug 28, bth Russia and Thailand said that they were testing the seafd frm Japan.
44. On Aug 24, where did Japan start putting nuclear-cntaminated water?
A. Int the river. B. Int the cean.
C. In the huge bx. D. In the bttle.
45. What might happen when the nuclear-cntaminated water cmes int the cean?
a. We might have new kinds f seafd.b. Human DNA might be changed.
c. It might be bad fr human health. d. It might bring bad things fr seawater.
A. ab B. ac C. bc D. cd
46. What is the last paragraph mainly abut?
A. Japan's actin s t sell their seafd.
B. What cuntries are ding after Japan's actins.
试卷第 4页, 共 8页C. Which cuntries have stpped eating fish frm Japan.
D. The fds frm Japan that are unsafe.
C
Usually we think giant pandas are fat and slw-mving, but a giant panda in Beijing Z may change many peple's ideas.
The panda became famus nline fr successfully breaking thrugh the fence in frnt f the visitrs. As an nline vide shwed, it first walked near the fence arund 11:30 a. m. nWednesday mrning. It stepped n the decratins in the fence and then stepped ver the fence. The fence is abut 2 meters high, and the area where the panda climbed ut was a nn-visiting area, and it is abut 2 meters away frm the area fr visiting. Then the giant panda std n the tp f a tw-meter-high wall but seemed t be unsure abut where t g.His funny actins were filmed by peple n the grund. Luckily, z wrkers arrived at the place very sn, asked the visitrs arund t leave and attracted the panda back int his huse with fd.
The z said in a Weib pst n Wednesday afternn that the panda is named MengLan, which is an active male panda in Beijing Z. Althugh the panda happily returned, the safety f the area will be imprved.“It's just a ne-time adventure.”the z said in the pst.And they als warned:“If the panda escapes, d nt watch. The mre yu watch, the mre fear it will have. Then it may becme angry, nt s gentle.” The giant panda Meng Lan, a“famus star”in the z, was brn in July 2015 at the Chengdu Research Base f GiantPanda Breeding in Sichuan Prvince. He was transferred t Beijing Z in September 2017and met the public later.
47. What des the underlined“it”in Paragraph 2 refer t?
A. The fence. B. The visiting area. C. The wall. D. The nn-visiting area.
48. What des the underlined wrd“transferred”stand fr?
A. Brn. B. Met. C. Mved. D. Tied.
49. Accrding t the passage, which wrd can describe Meng Lan?
A. Helpful. B. Helpless. C. Active. D. Inactive.
50. After reading the passage we knw .
A. Meng Lan desn't get used t the life in Beijing Z
B. peple culd visit Meng Lan in Beijing Z in July 2017
C. Meng Lan climbed ut with the help f ther giant pandas
D. the peple arund shuldn't film when Meng Lan climbed ut
第 II 卷 非选择题(共 50分)
五、填空(共10 小题，每小题1分，满分10分)
A)根据音标写出单词，使句子意思完整正确。
51. Mst peple lve [' nætʃrəl] fd because they are healthy.
52. The [səsaiəti ] is changing very fast. We must learn t keep up with it.
53. I hpe that yu can [ək'sept] my invitatin and cme t my party
54. After a clse lk, the scientist is sure that these are nt [' hʃu:məriz]ftprints.
55. Wuld yu like t jin ur club and help us [di'skraib] the birds?
B)根据句子意思，用括号中所给单词的适当形式填空。
56. This new pair f binculars will help yu see the birds (clearly) than befre.
57. Many wild animals need ur (prtect).
58. He (lead) this ld wman acrss the rad and left.
试卷第 5页, 共 8页59. (keep) healthy, yu shuld take mre exercise.
60. Thusands f (visit) cme t ur hmetwn t have a hliday every year.
六、句型(共 10 题;每小题1分,满分10 分)
A) 按要求改写下列各句，每空一词。
61. Sme birds lst their way because the weather was bad.(同义句转换)
Sme birds lst their way the bad weather.
62. The wrker wrks day and night t make mre mney.(对画线部分提问)
des the wrker day and night?
63. I can't g t wrk by car. I walk t wrk instead.(同义句转换)
I can walk t wrk driving t wrk.
64. It's easier t fix the car with his help.(同义句转换)
We can fix the car with his help.
65. It was a bit dry and cld in Nanjing yesterday.(对画线部分提问)
the weather in Nanjing yesterday?
B)根据汉语意思完成句子。
66. 每当看到优美的句子，她迫不及待地把它们记下来。
Whenever she sees beautiful sentences, she can't wait t .
67. 野生动物们处境危险，所以我们最好立刻行动起来，
Wild animals are in danger, s we'd better .
68. 如果你同情那些不幸的鸟类，请做点什么帮助他们。
If yu thse unlucky birds, please d smething fr them.
69. 也许人类不久也会面临和野生动物一样的问题。
Maybe humans will face as wildlife in the near future.
70. 我们应该制定法律来保护濒危动物。
We shuld éndangered animals.
七、 阅读填空(共20小题； 每小题1分，满分20分)
A)阅读短文，在文章后的71—80空格里填入最恰当的单词，每空一词。
Imagine walking int a mvie theater withut being greeted by the smell f ppcrn. It's hard t believe, isn't it? Fr many peple, ppcrn ges hand in hand with mvies. They can't have ne withut the ther. But hw did this happen?
The relatinship (关 系) between the tw is yunger than yu may think. In the mid-1800s, ppcrn was already a ppular snack in the USA. Vendrs(小贩) sld it n the streets. Peple, especially kids, lved this street fd. In the early 1900s, vendrs started t sell ppcrn utside mvie theaters.
Hwever, theater wners were against ppcrn. They believed it wuld make the experience f watching a mvie less enjyable. Eating it wuld make t much nise during the silent mvies.
Abut 20 years later, when mvies added sunds, the eating nise prblem went away.Mre and mre peple went t the mvies. Sme f them even secretly tk ppcrn int the theaters. Later, mre mvie theaters pened. Peple were allwed(允许) t eat pp c rn in sme f the theaters while they were watching mvies.
In the 1930s, the theater wners realized that peple didn't need t buy ppcrn frm street vendrs. Because ppcrn was easy t make, they culd make and sell it n their wn.They did that and the smell f pp crn drew mre peple t their theaters. The wners made a lt f mney, and peple enjyed themselves at the mvies.
Tday, ppcrn is still an imprtant part f the mvie-ging experience. Rles, a man wh nce ate three bags f ppcrn, said,“Peple cme t theaters smetimes just fr the
试卷第6页，共 8页ppcrn. They dn't even care what is playing!”
B)根据短文及首字母提示，填写所缺单词。
Many have heard f shark fin sup(鱼翅汤) . This famus and expensive d 81 is especially ppular in suthern China. But d yu knw that yu're killing a whle shark each t 82 yu enjy a bwl f shark fi n sup?
When peple c 3 sharks, they cut ff their fins and thrw the sharks back int the`sea. It is l cutting ff yur arms and legs and then leaving yu bleeding(流血) t death. This is nt nly cruel(残忍), but als harmful t the sea. W a fin, a shark can n lnger swim and slwly dies. Sharks are at the tp f the fd chain(链条) in the cean's ecsystem(生态系统). If their numbers c 86 t lw, it will bring huge prblems t all sea life. Many believe that sharks can never be endangered as they are the strngest in their fd chain. But the f1)了 37 is that arund 70 millin sharks are caught and traded in this industry every year. A P . 68 Sars the numbers f sme kinds f sharks have fallen by ver 90percent in the last 20 t 30 years. Sme cuntries, like the US and the UK, have made laws t stp peple buying and s slla.. is.
N scientific studies shw that shark fins are f value in making peple h a and strng. Instead, scientists say they can cause health prblems, s why eat them? Help
试卷第 7页，共 8页save the sharks!
八、书面表达(满分10分)
学校英语校刊 Teens将要举行以“One Earth, One hme”为题的英语作文竞赛活动。请根据学校网站上的竞赛启事，用英语写一篇作文。
One Earth, One Hme
The yearly English writing cmpetitin is cming. Yu can write an article“One Earth, OneHme”.
Yu shuld write abut: the prblems wild animals are facing; the imprtance f prtecting wild animals; the things students can d.
The clsing date: 10 February 2022
Yurarticleshuldbesenttenglishwritings@126.cm.
注意：
1. 内容涵盖所有要点，全文连贯通顺。
2.词数 80左右(已给出的文章开头不计入总词数)。
3.文中不得提及有关考生个人身份的任何信息，如校名、人名等。
One Earth, One hme
The earth is hme t bth humans and wild animals. But tday wild animals are facing serius prblems because f humans.
试卷第 8页, 共 8页参考答案：
1. B2. C3. B4. C5. C6. C 7. B
8. B 9. A 10. C
11. C 12. A 13. B 14. B 15. C
16. B17. C18. C19. C20. C21. C22. B23. B24. D25. B26. B27. A28. B29. C30. B
31. D32. B 33. A 34. A 35. C36.B 37. C38. B39. C40. D
41. C 42. D 43. D44.B45. D 46. B
47. D 48. C 49. C 50. D
51. natural
52. sciety
53. accept
54. humans'
55. describe
56. mre clearly
57. prtectin
58. led
59. T keep
60. visitrs
61. because f
62. Why wrk
63. instead f
64. mre easily
65. Hw was
66. write them dwn
67. take actin right away
68. have/take pity n
69. the same prblem(s)
70. make laws t prtect
71. Mvies 72. America 73. because74. nisy 75. prblem 76. culd 77.themselves 78. easily 79. imprtance
80. better
(d) ish 82. (t) ime 83. (c) atch 84.(l) ike 85. (W) ithut 86. (d) rp 87.(f) act 88. (r) eprt 89. (s) elling 90.(i)nstead
91. One Earth, One Hme
The earth is hme t bth humans and wild animals. But tday wild animals are facing serius prblems because f humans. On the ne hand, peple ften cut dwn trees and frests fr mney. On the ther hand, peple kill animals fr their fur r bnes. S many animals are in danger. It's time fr us t save the earth and the wild animals. If we take sme actins t prtect ur earth and animals in time, ur earth will becme cmfrtable fr us t live in and the animals can live peacefully as they wish. But if we dn't, everything will beynd ur imaginatin.
First, as students, we can try t be vlunteers and d frm little things. What's mre, we shuldn't buy fur cats any mre. Last but nt least, we are suppsed t educate mre peple t realize the imprtance f prtecting earth and lving the animals.
Let's act tgether t make a mre beautiful hme fr us human and animals as well.Red-crwned cranes
Living place
in _8_ China and sme ther places.
Weight
can weigh up t 9____kilgrams.
Fd
____10____and small fish.
Relatinship Between Ppcm and
In the
mid-1800s
Ppcrn was already s ppular in and it was sld n the streets.
In the early1900s
Vendrs started t sell ppcrn utside mvie theaters.
Hwever, theater wners didn't let peple take ppcrn in theaters73______they believed it wuld make peple enjy less when watching mvies.
The mvies were silent while eating ppcrn was t .
In the 1920s
Later the mvies had sunds and the eating nise was nt a any mre.
Mre mvie theaters pened, and peple eat ppcm in sme f the mvie theaters while watching mvies.
In the 1930s
Sme theater wners realized that they culd make and sell ppcrn by77____, and peσple culd buy pp crn just in the theatre instead f frm the street vendrs.
Ppcrn culd be made and the smell f it attracted mre peple t the theater.
Tday
Ppcrn is still f great f r peple t enjy the mvie-ging experience.
Sme peple even like pp crn th an the mvie which is playing.