2020-2021-2湘一青竹湖八下第一次月考英语练习题

2020-2021-2湘一青竹湖八下第一次月考

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6、本学科试卷中听力材料以中速朗读两遍。

试卷分四个部分，71小题，时量100分钟，满分120分。

I．听力技能（两部分，共20小题，计20分）略

II．阅读（共三节，满分50分）

第一节 （共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

阅读下列材料，从每题所给的A、B、C三个选项中，选出最佳选项。

A

21. Jimmy wants to go to Guilin with his mother, and they’d like to take a plane back. They will pay _______ for the tour.

 A. 1600  B. 2000  C. 2400

22. From the ads we know that _______.

 A. visitors can only call the travel agency to book the trip

 B. on March 14, visitors should have dinner by themselves

 C. if you aren’t available on March 7, you don’t have another chance to join in the trip

B

23. Tony, a six-year-old boy, should learn to _______.

 A. wash the dishes  B. make breakfast  C. do shopping

24. According to the chart, which of the following is TRUE?

 A. A 3-year-old girl should dress herself every morning.

 B. A primary school student can’t make breakfast without help.

 C. Students in Grade 9 can clean the window and do the dishes.

25. This chart wants to tell us _______.

 A. kids can study better if they can do chores

 B. kids can help with housework from very young

 C. parents should make kids do all the housework at home

C

He was an old man who fished alone in a boat in the Gulf Stream and he had gone eighty-four days now without getting any fish. In the first forty days a boy had been with him. But after forty days without a fish the boy’s parents had told him that the old man was now unlucky, and he finally would be so. The boy had gone at their orders in another boat which caught three good fish the first week. It made the boy sad to see the old man come in each day with his boat empty and he always went down to help him carry either the lines or the fish hook (钩子) and the sail (帆). The sail was repaired with flour bags, which looked like the flag of forever failure.

The old man was very thin with deep wrinkles (皱纹) in the back of his neck. The brown spots (斑点) of the skin cancer the sun brings from its reflection were on his cheeks and the sides of his face. His hands had the deep scars (伤痕) from handing heavy fish on the ropes. But none of these scars were fresh. Everything about him was old except his eyes — they were the same color as the sea and were cheerful.

“Santiago,” the boy said to him as they climbed the bank from where the boat stopped. “I could go with you again. We’ve made some money.” The old man had taught the boy to fish and the boy loved him. The boy said, “Can I offer you a beer on the Terrace and then we’ll take the stuff home.”

“Why not?” said the old man...

26. _______ days had gone before the boy took a fish.

 A. About 40  B. About 84  C. About 124

27. The boy left the old man and went to another boat to fish because _______.

 A. the old man liked to fish alone

 B. the boy’s parents ordered him to do so

 C. the old man’s sail meant a forever failure

28. From the second paragraph we can know that _______.

 A. all about the man was very old

 B. the old man probably caught big fish in the past

 C. the old man was hopeless and would stop keeping on

29. What might happen at last?

 A. The old man would take the stuff home alone.

 B. The old man would refuse the boy’s invitation.

 C. The old man would have a good time with the boy.

30. The Old Man and the Sea probably wants to tell us _______.

 A. no pain no gain  B. seeing is believing  C. never give up

D

Have you ever wondered why we need so much sleep? Humans spend about one-third of their lives sleeping. We could use this time to do other things, like looking after our families and working. Some scientists believe sleeping helps recharge (再充电) the body. But now a study shows a new theory. It says that we may sleep to forget some of the millions of new things we learn each day.

The research was published in the journal Science in February. It explained that there are tiny fibers (纤维质) called dendrites (树状突) in the human brain. They grow and connect at points called synapses (突触). This is how we learn new things. The larger the dendrites grow and the more synapses we have, the more information we will remember.

Researchers said that we learn so many things each day that the dendrites grow too large and we become confused (迷惑的). Sleeping helps the dendrites become smaller. We sort through the information and only keep the most important memories.

The team did an experiment on two groups of mice over a four-year period. One group of mice was allowed to sleep, while the other group was kept mostly awake. The team found that the sleeping mice had nearly 20 percent fewer synapses.

Most researchers believe clearing our brains is not the only purpose of sleep. Resting our minds and bodies can stop us from getting sick and help us digest (消化) our food. There’s one thing scientists all agree on: a good night’s rest is important for our health and happiness!

31. It takes humans _______ to sleep every day.

 A. 6 hours  B. 7 hours  C. 8 hours

32. The underlined word “theory” means _______.

 A. 研究  B. 推测  C. 目的

33. The experiment on two groups of mice shows that _______.

 A. sleeping helps to clear the brain

 B. the more we sleep, the more information we can keep

 C. sleeping can stop us from getting sick and help us digest our food

34. What can we infer from the passage?

 A. If you sleep all day, we will forget everything.

 B. If we want to stay healthy, we just need to have a rest.

 C. If we want to keep the most important memories, we just need to sleep.

35. What is the best title of the passage?

 A. Sleep and Health  

 B. Sleep and Memory  

 C. Synapses and Information

第二节 语篇补全（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。

It is a cold and dry winter morning. When you wake up, you suddenly feel that your throat hurts. 36. __________________. You must have a cold! Wait a second. Could it just be a common cold or the flu that’s been going around?

Usually, you feel better after a week. A cold gives you a runny nose and cough. But it’s usually easy to deal with. Some take medicine such as aspirin while others try home treatments like herbal tea or chicken soup.

37. __________________. It usually gives you fever. Sometimes it can be deadly. The worst flu, the so-called Spanish Flu of 1918 to 1919, killed about 50 million people, according to The Atlantic.

Don’t worry. Getting a flu vaccine (疫苗) can protect you from the virus (病毒). Flu vaccines work by giving the body a small amount of flu viruses. 38. __________________. So next time you get the flu, the antibodies should help protect you.

39. __________________. Therefore, there are so many types of flu, such as H1Nl and H5N1. The antibodies for one type of flu can’t protect us against all types of flu. That’s why we need to get the vaccine every year.

However, good health habits may also help to prevent you developing a cold or flu. Washing your hands often helps protect you from viruses. Getting regular exercise and eating healthy food is also important. 40. __________________.

第三节 阅读表达（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）

According to the Chinese lunar calendar, 2021 is the Year of the Ox. Many Chinese people believe it will be a good year. It makes them think of a strong body, good luck and a better life.

The ox plays an important role and is a symbol of hard working in Chinese culture. We often say that the ox is patient and kind. The phrase “the spirit of ox” still refers to beat anything in the way. The term “laohuangniu” means those who help others and ask nothing for themselves. Just as Chinese writer Lu Xun once wrote, “Cows eat grass, but give milk.” When someone gets a great achievement through hard work, people often use “niu”, meaning “wonderful”, to describe him or her.

But in the west, people have a different opinion about this animal. “Bullheaded” people are very stubborn (固执的) and will not listen to advice. If you search on the internet for the word “bull”, you’ll also find other interesting English expressions. For example, if someone behaves “like a bull in a china shop”, he or she behaves in a clumsy (笨拙的) way when they should be more careful.

At the beginning of the year, we hope that all of our students will work just as hard as the ox does. Keep away from anything that might make you as angry as “a red flag to a bull”. We hope you can always “take the bull by the horns (不畏艰险)” when you have to face a difficult situation.

41. Where do people think the ox patient and kind?

42. What’s the spirit of ox?

43. When can a person be described as “niu” in China?

44. Daniel is very stubborn and never accepts advice from others, what can people call him?

45. In the writer’s eyes, should students learn from the ox?

III．语言运用（共三节，满分35分）

第一节  词语填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C三个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

Years ago, if a teenager had some problems in his life, he might write them in a diary. Now a teenager   46   the same problems might get on the Internet and write them in his blog. In many ways, a diary and a blog are almost the same. So, what makes a blog   47   from a diary?

The biggest difference is that a blog is much more public   48   a diary. Usually, a teenager likes hiding his diary book and treats it as a book of   49  . Both diaries and blogs tell what happened to the writer that day.

A blog has both good and bad points. The biggest problem is that anyone can read what you write in your blog. If you are not satisfied with a friend during school and write something about him in your diary, he will never know it.   50  , if you do this on the Internet, that friend may read your blog and get   51  . So we have to be careful of what we write.

A blog has good points, of course. People choose to write in blogs, they know that their friends will read what they write. If you are   52   sad one day and write in your diary, no one will know about it. If you write the same words in your blog, your friends may quickly   53   back to comfort you or offer their help. Blogs help people stay close and let them know what their friends are doing.

  54   it’s a good way to write blogs about everyday life, I still   55   my old diary.

46. A. in  B. with  C. from

47. A. difficult  B. different  C. important

48. A. as  B. for  C. than

49. A. secrets  B. articles  C. words

50. A. How  B. However  C. Whenever

51. A. happy  B. excited  C. angry 

52. A. finding  B. looking for  C. feeling

53. A. read  B. listen  C. write 

54. A. Though  B. Because  C. As if

55. A. watch  B. remember  C. like

第二节 语法填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

The wind usually blows 56. _______ (strong) on cold winter nights. Most of us stay inside our warm homes. Few of us think about the homeless. Some of them are 57. _______ poor that they have no money to buy food.

A young man in Birmingham, England, made a 58. _______ (decide) to do something. Every night, he puts on a Spiderman suit and gives food to the 59. _______ (home) people he meets.

The man refuses 60. _______ (make) his name public. He hopes his action will show others that everybody deserves (应得) a helping hand. The 25-year-old man 61. _______ (start) his night activities in 2015. Every night at nine, he buys some sandwiches. Then, he finds a quiet alley and puts on his “uniform”. After that, the “Spiderman” starts handing his food out to people in need. Now he is used to 62. _______ (help) the people.

The man said, “I wear the Spiderman suit to get attention. Without the suit, few people took a second look at me when I was handing out food. When people see the “Spiderman”, however, they come over and ask 63. _______ I am doing.”

“The Birmingham Spiderman” is very popular now. Many people give away money to him. But the young man never accepts the money. Instead, he encourages people to go out and help people in need by 64. _______ (they). He said, “If everyone does what he can 65. _______ (care) for others, the cold winter nights won’t be so cold.”

第三节 语篇翻译（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）

阅读下面的短文，将划线部分译成英文或中文。

What’s available everywhere, mostly free, and can benefit other people? The answer to this question is volunteering. 66. Volunteering means spending some of your free time, your energy or your talent to help others.

December 5th is International Volunteer Day. The United Nations announced the special day in 1985. 67. The Volunteer Day calls for more and more people around the world to volunteer to help those in need.

68. 人们用不同的方式来志愿帮助别人。The most traditional way is donating free time to help people in need. Volunteers visit homes of older people and left-behind children, or care for homeless people. In Shenzhen, China, some school students volunteer to teach children with cerebral palsy (脑瘫). Their classes include painting and learning numbers. “69. 当我教他们绘画时我获得了一种强烈的满足感,” Chen Shiying, an 15-year-old volunteer from Shenzhen Middle School.

Besides, a person can volunteer to protect the environment. You can join non-governmental organizations (NGO, 非政府组织) and volunteer to plant trees, recycle rubbish and clean neighborhood.

Although volunteering is hard sometimes, it shows our care for others. When people benefit (受益) from your help, it can change the way you look at yourself. Sometimes it’s easy to worry about grades or get angry because you don’t have the most expensive shoes or the newest computer game. During volunteering we help many people in need, 70. 并且，同时我们也学会了与其他志愿者一起合作。

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IV．写作（共1小题，满分15分）

71. 教育历来是最受关注的民生议题之一。教育部近日表示不得要求家长检查、批改作业。家长们反应不一。有些认为家长不应该代替老师去做老师的工作。也有人认为家长不批改作业，无法真正了解孩子的学习情况。对此，你有什么看法? 请以 “I think / don’t think parents should help out with kids’ homework?” 为题，写一篇80词左右的短文。

要求：1. 仔细审题，把握文章结构。

2. 注意分段，80词左右。

2020-2021-2湘一青竹湖八下第一次月考

（参考答案）

Ⅰ．听力技能 略

Ⅱ．阅读技能

第一节  阅读理解

21—25  CBACB

26—30  ABBCC        31—35   CBABB（第34题可选B或C）

第二节  语篇补全

36—40  BDAEC

第三节  阅读表达

41. In China. / In Chinese culture.

42. Beating anything in the way. / It refers to beat anything in the way.

43. When he / she gets a great achievement through hard work.

44. Bullheaded.  / a bullheaded person.

45. Yes (, they should).

Ⅲ. 语言运用

第一节  词语填空

46—50  BBCAB        51—55   CCCAC

第二节  语法填空

56. strongly

57. so

58. decision

59. homeless

60. to make

61. started

62. helping

63. what

64. themselves

65. to care

第三节 语篇翻译

66. 志愿者工作意味着花费一些你的空闲时间，精力或者特长 / 天赋去帮助别人。

67. 志愿者日号召世界上越来越多的人去志愿帮助有需要的人。

68. People volunteer to help others in (many) different ways.

69. I get a strong feeling of satisfaction when I teach them to paint.

  / I got a strong feeling of satisfaction when I taught them to draw.

70. and we learn to work with other volunteers at the same time. (注意小写)

Ⅳ. 写作技能 略