湖南省衡阳市八中教育集团2023-2024学年八年级下学期第二次月考英语试题

这是一份湖南省衡阳市八中教育集团2023-2024学年八年级下学期第二次月考英语试题，共6页。
注意：考试时量为100分钟 总分100分
Dear students: One needs 3 things t be truly happy living in the wrld: smething t d, smene t lve, smething t hpe fr.
第一部分 听力理解(共两节，满分30分)
第一节(共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分)
听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。
( ) 1. What des wman d?
A. A ck. B. A guide. C. A climber.
( ) 2. When is the by ging t New Yrk?
A.In winter. B. In summer. C. In spring.
( ) 3.Hw much bamb des an adult panda eat a day?
Abut 10 grams. B. Abut 1 kil. C.Abut 10 kils.
( ) 4. What's Tny ding?
A. Ding research. B. Having a meeting C. Giving a talk
( ) 5. What des the man mean?
A. Bth sprts are exciting.
B. Rck climbing is mre exciting.
C. He desn't like rck climbing.
第二节(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)
听下面6段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。
听第六段材料，回答第6、7题。
( ) 6. What des Linda think f pandas?
A. Cute. B. Funny. C. Lazy.
( ) 7. Why are pandas in danger?
A. Because f glbal warming.
B. Because they die frm illness.
C.Because humans cut dwn t many frests
听第七段材料，回答第8、9题。
( ) 8. What day is it tday?
A. It's Sunday. B. It's Tuesday. C. It's Friday.
( ) 9. Hw high is Qmlangma?
A.8845 meters. meters. kilmeters.
听第八段材料，回答第10、11题。
( ) 10. When did the by buy the bk Nu Wa Repairs the Sky?
A. This mrning. B. This afternn C.This evening
( )11. What des the girl want t d?
A. Brrw a bk frm the library. B.Brrw a bk frm the by. C. Buy a bk fr the by.
听第九段材料，回答第12至14题。
( ) 12. Why is the man in Taipei?
T see a dctr. B. T have a meeting C. T take a vacatin.
( )13. What will the man buy fr his mm?试卷源自 每日更新，不到1元，欢迎访问。 A. Cakes. B.Candy. C. Tea.
( )14. Where des the man plan t g first?
A. T the museum. B. T the city park. C. T the shpping center.
听第十段材料，回答第15至17题。
( )15. What des Jack think f muntain climbing?
A. It's bring B. It’s dangerus C. It's fun.
( )16. Hw lng is the river?
A. Abut 6 km. B. Abut 7 km. C. Abut 8 km.
( )17. Hw will Jack and Mary g t the village?
A. By car. B. By bus. C.By bike.
听第十一段材料，回答第18至20题。
( )18. What is Amy’s father?
A.A pianist. B.A teacher. C.A singer.
( )19.Hw ld was Amy when she started t learn t play the pian?
A. Three. B. Fur. C.Five.
( )20. What des Jasn play in the band?
The pian. B. The guitar. C. The vilin.
第二部分 阅读理解(共两节，满分30分)
第一节 阅读理解(共11小题；每小题2分，满分22分)
阅读下面的材料，从每题所给的A、B、C三个选项中，选出最佳选项回答问题或完成句子。
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21.Which animals in the passage eat fish?
A. Lemming and Plar bear. B. Plar bear and Lemming. C.Arctic tern and Plar bear.
22.What is the size f Lemming?
A. 0.15 m lng. B. 35 cm lng. C. 1.8 m lng.
23.What can black skin help Plar bear?
A.It can keep Plar bear dry. B.It can help Plar bear warm.
C.It can help Plar bear dig hles easily.
B
There are many deserts n the earth. And the fllwing are sme facts yu may find interesting.
What are deserts like?
Deserts can be ht and dry places. Rain may nt fall there fr mnths r years. Sme deserts are sandy(含沙的) and stny(多石的). Deserts can als be very windy places. The wind can change the shape f the deserts. It mves sand arund frm place t place.
Temperatures in the desert can be enrmusly(非常) different. During the daytime, the temperature may reach 40℃ even in the shade(阴凉处). At night, deserts can becme very cld. In winter, there may even be a frst(霜冻)in the early mrning.
Living in the desert
The camel(骆驼) is smetimes called "the ship f the desert". It stres fd in its hump (驼峰)and can g fr days withut water. It has large feet which help it nt t fall int the sft sand. Its lng eyelashes(睫毛)keep ut the sand during sandstrms.
An asis(绿洲) is an area f the desert where water may be fund. The water may be in pls r under the grund. Peple and animals visit an asis fr water and fd. Plants grw at an asis. Sme farmers are able t grw crps here.
The Arabian Desert
The Arabian Desert lies between the Red Sea and the Arabian Gulf(波斯湾). In sme parts f the desert, it is t ht fr peple t live. Oil was discvered under parts f the desert and in the Arabian Gulf. This il has made sme cuntries in the area very rich. Much f the mney has been spent building fine cities with lvely parks and lakes, and peple live a cmfrtable life there.
( )24.Which f the fllwing can best describe deserts?
A. Ht and dry. B. Sandy and rainy. C. Wet and stny.
( )25.The camel has lng eyelashes t .
A. stay cl in deserts B. g fr days withut water C. keep ut the sand during sandstrms
( )26.Accrding t the passage, peple and animals visit an asis fr .
A. frst and crps B. water and fd C. mney and il
( )27.What is the theme(主题)f the passage?
A. Nature. B. Educatin. C. Sprt.
C
The Frbidden City（紫禁城）is in the heart f Beijing, als named as the Palace Museum. It's nw ne f the mst famus places f interest in China.
Lking dwn frm the Frbidden City, yu'll be surprised t find that it's a symmetrical layut(对称布局).The Taihe Hall, the Zhnghe Hall and the Bahe Hall make up the Frbidden City's central line. There are mre than 70 palaces with ver 9,000 rms n bth sides f it. Yellw is its dminant clr, and many things are painted with this clr.
The Taihe Hall is the biggest palace f China, and it is made f wd. There is wide pen space in frnt f it, cmmnly knwn as yuetai. The lwer part f the Taihe Hall is built f stne with a height f 8. 13 meters, surrunded by railings(栏杆).Under the railings, there are sme stne dragns. During the rainy seasn, yu can see a wnder f thusands f dragns spitting water.
In recent years, the 600-year-ld Frbidden City has becme famus thrugh the Internet. A“Digital(数字的)Frbidden City" has als been created--it has allwed peple t visit the palace like being there n the Internet and see it in different views. Als, it shws thusands f cultural and artistic bjects. These bjects are very ppular with peple.
28. What is the Frbidden City named t?
A. The Great Wall. B.the Summer Palace. C.the Palace Museum.
29. What des the underlined wrd “dminant”mean in Chinese?
A.多变的 B.神秘的 C.首要的
30. Why has the Frbidden City becme famus thrugh the Internet in recent years?
①.A“Digital(数字的)Frbidden City" has als been created.
②.It has allwed peple t visit the palace like being there n the Internet.
③.It has allwed peple t see it in nly up -t- dwn views.
④.It shws thusands f cultural and artistic bjects.
A.①②③ B.②③④ C.①②④
31. What des the last paragraph mainly talk abut?
A.The Frbidden City is very ppular.
B. The Frbidden City has many wrks f art.
C.The Frbidden City has used digital technlgy.
第二节 语篇补全(共4小题；每小题2分，满分8分)
阅读下面短文，从所给的A-E五个选项中，选出正确的答案填空，使短文通顺，内容完整。其中选项中有一项是多余的。
D yu knw a famus stry Sima Guang Brke the Vat(缸)? 32_______________________________ He was very clever and kind.
One day, he was playing hide-and-seek(捉迷藏) with ther children in the garden. 33__________________________________. When everyne hid, the friend wh cvered eyes just nw began t lk fr them. The little friend lked fr everywhere.
Suddenly, he made a plp(扑通声)and then they heard smene shuting fr help! There was a big vat full f water. 34__________________________ But Sima Guang and his friends culdn't reach the vat at all. They culdn't save the little ne wh drpped int it.The ther little nes were scared away. Sme f them were shuting t their parents as they were running. Sima Cuang was nt frightened. He picked up a stne and threw it at the vat.It was pened. The water in the vat flew ut and the little friend was safe.
35__________________________________ and try t find ways t slve the prblems when wemeet difficulties, like Sima Guang.
第三部分 语言运用(共两节，满分25分)
第一部分 完形填空(共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分)
通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出一个最佳选项。
False Bay（海湾）is in Suth Africa. It is ne f the 36.________ places in the wrld t see great white sharks. The great white shark is knwn fr its 37.________--- the largest sharks can grw t six meters in length and ver 2,000 kilgrams in weight. Great white sharks are meat-eaters. They hunt fr 38.________in the sea like tuna(金枪鱼),seals(海豹) and even whales. Great white sharks als 39.________ bats. Simn, a British researcher, was lucky t get away safely 40.________ a shark bit (咬) int his bat. Abut three peple are killed each year by great white sharks.
The sharks cme t hunt 60,000 seals that live in False Bay. In rder t find fish, the seals have t crss the deep water f the bay - this is where the sharks 41.________. Great white sharks are very gd hunters. They wait belw the seals and then swim 42.________ and crash int（撞到）them by surprise at the speed f 40 kilmeters per hur, killing 43.________with ne bite.
Will a shark attack smething that 44.________ like fd? Sme researchers put a carpet (地毯)in the shape f a seal 45.________. Mst f the time, the sharks can't tell the difference.
These researches shw that great white sharks are dangerus hunters which will attack anything that lks and acts like a fish, which means humans can als get bitten by mistake.
B. better C. best
37.A. clr B.size C. shape
B. insects C.fd
B.prtect C.lve
40. A. because B. when C. unless
41. A. wait B. rest C. sleep
42.A. arund B. alng C. up
B. it C. them
44.A. lks B. sunds C. smells
45.A. n the grund B. in the sky C. in the water
第二节 语法填空(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)
阅读下面的短文，在空白处填入适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式(部分空需要填多个单词)。
Once 46.__________ a time, there was a farmer living in the State f Sng. He grew crps(庄稼)in a big field very hard every day. There std a big tree stump(树桩)in the field. One day, he was wrking in the field when he saw a rabbit run int the stump, its neck47.__________(break)by the stump and died accidentally(意外地).
48.__________(happy), the farmer tk the rabbit hme and cked a delicius meal fr himself. That night he thught, "There is n need fr 49. __________(I) t wrk s hard every day. All I have t d is t wait by the tree stump and pick up the rabbit that runs int it." S frm then n he stpped farming and just sat by the tree stump waiting fr anther 50.__________ t cme and run int it.
Day in and day ut, he waited and waited. Crps died and his field 51.__________(becme) waste gradually(逐渐地). But never did he see anther rabbit run int the tree stump.
In the stry, this farmer wanted t live a better life by hping fr gd luck, but he was t lazy and silly. As the saying ges,"n pain, n gain." N ne can gain anything 52.__________ he wrks hard.
Nwadays, peple use the phrase "waiting fr rabbits by a tree stump" 53.__________(describe) thse wh just dream f reaping(收获)withut wrking. We shuld realize that the harder we wrk, 54.__________ （gd）we live.We shuld als keep in mind that it is 55.__________ waste f time waiting fr smething that nly happens accidentally in ur life.
第四部分 综合技能(共两节，满分25分)
第一节 阅读表达(共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分)
阅读下面的短文，按要求完成后面各个小题。
Last summer vacatin, I visited a wnderful place with my parents. It is well knwn as the “Flating City(漂浮的城市)”.Can yu guess where it is? Yes, it's Venice, in Italy.
When we reached the city, the first thing that came t ur eyes was prbably its beautiful canals(运河). It tk us a lng time t visit the city. In the mrning, we started ur trip with a bat ride thrugh the Grand Canal fr a nce-in-a-lifetime experience. I saw a lt f beautiful things alng the way, and then I had a gd time n the bat. After that, we tk a lk at St. Mark's Square, the city's main square. There are many great buildings.
In the evening, we went t see a shw at the Teatr la Fenice, Venice's wrld-famus pera huse. It was first built in 1792 t replace a theater that had been burned dwn. It was given the name La Fenice, meaning “The Phenix”fr it culd rise frm the ashes(灰烬).The name wuld be prper because it has been burned dwn and rebuilt twice. Finally, the mdern theater lately pened in 2003. 它的广场是最漂亮的.
All these things are waiting fr us in the Flating City. I think the trip is wnderful and the city is well wrth visiting.
56. Where des the Flating City lie?
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57. Hw did the writer crss the Grand Canal?
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58. When did the “Teatr la Fenice”lately pen?
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59. 将短文中划线的句子翻译成英文。
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60. 将短文中划线的句子翻译成中文。
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第二节 书面表达(满分15分)
61. 假如你校英文报“保护动物”专栏正在向全校学生征稿。恰好你阅读到一则有关流浪狗（street dg）的新闻，了解到它们的生存现状。请你写一篇英语短文向该专栏投稿，借此机会呼吁同学们救助流浪狗。
Dear Chief Editr,
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Yurs,
Li MingChampin(冠军) f the cld
Arctic tern(北极燕鸥)
Size: Abut 35 cm lng Fd: Fish and shells(贝类)
Skill:We spend summer in the Arctic. When it is winter in the Arctic, we fly t Antarctica(南极). We hld the recrd fr the lngest migratin(迁徙) in the wrld!
Lemming
(旅鼠)
Size: 15 cm lng Fd: Grass
Skill :We grw hard " shells" n ur claws(爪子). We can dig hles easily in the hard and icy land
Plar bear
Size: 1.8 t 2.5 m lng Fd: Seals and fish
Skill:Our thick and waterprf fur (防水毛皮) cat keeps us warm and dry after swimming. Under ur fur, we have black skin(皮肤). This helps us take in the sun's heat.
A. All the kids felt t wrried t d smething t save their friend.
B. There was a little by called Sima Guang.
C. Accrding t the stry, we knw that we shuld stay cl
D. One f the children cvered his eyes and ther friends quickly hid.
E. The little friend fell int it carelessly.
生存现状
缺少食物（shrt f); 没有温暖的地方睡觉;没有医疗护理（medical care）；死于疾病（illness）...
流浪原因
弃养（be given up by its wners）；迷路...
救助措施
善待（be kind t）流浪狗; 寻找狗狗主人（wner）;如果在大街上碰到流浪狗，我们可以给他们一些食物和水；建立动物收容所（animal shelter）；制作（make）短视频(shrt vides)教人们怎样去照顾流浪狗...