南京市河西外国语学校2020-2021八年级上学期10月英语月考试卷及答案

南京市河西外国语学校2020-2021八年级上学期10月月考

英语科目

I. Multiple choices（单项选择）1%x15=15%

1. --- How did you feel when you watched the raising of the national flag at Tian'anmen Square？ 

--- It made me _______ proud. 

A. feel B. to feel C. felt D. feeling

2. Peter is one of my best _______ and everyone in my class thinks he is very _______ because he always says hello to others.

A. friend; smart B friends; polite C. friend; clever D. friends; clever

3. --- Wow! You look _______ than before! How tid you lose _______？

--- I ran for an hour eyery day last year.

A. slim; weigh B. slimmer; weigh C. slim; weight D.slimmer; weight

4. Our English teacher always talks with us gently and we all like her sweet _______.

A. sound B. voice C. ring D. noise

5. This English-Chinese dictionary is not expensive. And the price of it is the _______ of the three.

A. smallest B. cheapest C. least D. lowest

6. --- _______？ --- He is very kind and helpful.

A. What does Allan look like？ B. How does Allan look？

C. What's Allan like？  D. What does Allan like？

7. There are many flowers and fruit trees on _______ sides of the river.

A. all B. both  C. every  D. each

8. --- I feel stressed from time to time. I don’t know what to do.

--- _______ listening to music and going to bed early？

A. Why don't you B. Why not C. Would you like D. What about

9. Which of the following statement is right according to the text？

A. When Juliane woke up, her right arm was cut and she couldn't see in both eyes.

B. Nine days after the crash, Juliane found a small hut by the river

C. Juliane didn’t eat the fruit on some trees because the fruit tasted terrible.

D. It was Juliane’s father who taught her how to survive in the jungle.

10. In the wild, cats hunt _______ they can get, and most of the animals they kill are small.

A. what B. whatever C. wherever D. where

11. In order to pass the test, Pete worked so _______. He _______ has any rest.

A. hard; hard B. hard; hardly C. hardly; hard D. hardly; hardly

12. --- Would you like some milk in your coffee?

--- _______. I prefer（更喜欢）black coffee.

A. No, thanks B.Yes, please C.Sounds good D. Sorry

13. He will _______ the post as the headteacher of our school at the end of next month.

A. take up B. take away C. take off  D. take back

14. --- I'm afraid it _______ rain this aftermoon.   --- I guess so. Look at the dark and cloudy sky.

A. will B. is going to C. isn't going to D.should

15. There are _______ stars shining in the night sky.

A. billion of B. a billion of C. two billions D. billions of

II. Find out the mistakes in each sentence.（找出划线部分的错误）1%x10=10%

16. The plane arrived lately because of the heavy snow and we had to stay in the airport for

                A      B                         C                 D

another hour.

17. He didn't do well in the text. But it was not his fault. Most of the questions were so difficult for him to

              A                         B      C                   D          

answer.

18. There are going to have many festivals in our school next term.

               A        B     C                 D

19. Jimmy Cliff is one of the most famous reggae musician of all time.

             A          B                  C    D

20. Though your bedroom s no very big, it is much tidier than me.

      A                   B             C         D

21. --- Tod, remember to knock the door before you enter it.  --- I will.

             A           B              C         D

22. Among all the girls, Amy spends little time practising playing the piano because she has so many lessons

         A                       B      C           D

after school.

23. Lucy is a honest friend. She shares happiness and worries with me.

             A              B           C           D

24. It was such a long meeting that we all felt extremely boring.

         A                       B      C     D

25. --- What's the girl look like？

                    A

--- She is a shy girl with a ponytail.

           B     C      D

II. Cloze test（完形填空）1%x10=10%

Once, a king showed two men a large basket in the garden. He told them to fill it with water from a well（水井）. After they   26   their work he left them saying, "When the sun is down, I will come and see your work."

Then one of them said, "What's the use of doing this foolish work？We can   27   the basket."   28   man answered, "That is none of your business he first man said You may do as you like, but I am pot going to do such   29   thing." He   30   his bucket（水槽）and went gway. The other man said no word, and kept on carrying   31  . At last the well was almost   32  .

As he poured the last bucket of water into the basket, he   33   a bright thing in it. He picked it up. It was a beautiful gold ring. Just then the king came.   34   he saw the ring, he knew that he had found the kind of man he wanted. He told him to keep the ring for himself. "You have done so well in this little thing   35   now I know I can believe you with many things."

26. A. finished B. did C. began D. had

27. A. ever B. never C. easily D. no

28. A.The other one B. Another C. One D. A second

29. A.usefully B. useful C. uselessly D. useless

30. A. picked up B. put away C. took away D. threw away

31. A. water B. basket C. well D. work

32. A. full B. empty C. filled D. clean

33. A. noticed B. will notice C. notices D. is noticing

34. A. But B. As soon as C. Before D. While

35. A. what B. why C. when D. that

IV. Reading comprehension（阅读理解）1%x15=15%

A

Read the information on some travelling brochures（旅游宣传册）below.

36. Ifyou are interested in history and coulture, which of the following probably ISN’T your type？

A. Royal Ortario Museum  B. Ripley's Aquarlum of Canad

C. Parlianent Hill  D. Casa Loma

37. What CAN’T you see in Cass Loma？

A. vintage cars B. city view C. tunnels D. jellyfish

38. Which of the four is in Ottawa？

A. Royal Ortario Museum  B. Ripley's Aquarlum of Canad

C. Parlianent Hill  D. Casa Loma

39. Where is the Ryal Ontario Museum？

A. 288 Bremner Boulevard, Toronto ON MSV 319 B. 100 Queen's Park, Toronto, ON MSS 2C6

C. 301Wellington Street, Ottawa, Ontaric D. 1 Austin Terrace, Toronto ON MSR 1x8

40. It's 9 am and you are in Toronto, where can you visit first？

A. Royal Ortario Museum  B. Ripley's Aquarlum of Canad

C. Parlianent Hill  D. Casa Loma

B

Hundreds of years ago, news was carried from place to place by people on foot or by horse. It took days, weeks and sometimes months for people to receive news. Now it is Dossible to sena words and pictures around the world in seconds. Billions of people learn about fewsj of their country and all over the worid every day, either by watching TVor reading newspapers.

Newspapers have been an important part of everyday life since the 18th century. Many countries have hundreds of differeet-newspapeis. How o newspaper editors decider whiets news to print？Why do they print some stories and not others？What makes a good newspaper story？

Firstly, it's important to report news. TV stations can report news much faster thain newspapers. Yet, newspapers give more about the story. They may also look at the story in another way, or they may print totally different stories from those on TV.

Secondly, a news story as to be interesting and unusual. People don't want to read-stories of everyday life. As a result, many stories are about some kind of danger and seern to be “bad” news.

For example, newspapers never print stories about planes landing safely, instead they print stories about plane accidents. Another factor（因素）is also very important. Many people are interested in news in foreign Countries, but more prefer to read stories about people, places and events in their own country. So the stories on the front page in Chimese newspapers are usually very different from the ones in British, French and American newspapers.

41. Newspapers have been an impotant pertof erday life since ________.

A. the 1900s B. the 1800s C. the 1700s D. the 1600s

42. To make a good newspaper story, how many factors does the passage talk about？

A. Two. B. Three. C. Five. D. Six.

43. Which is NOT TRUE in the passage?

A. Newspapers may print different stories from those on TV.

B. People like to read interesting and umusual news ltke plane accidents.

C. People learn about news both by watching TV and reading newspapers.

D. Most people are usually more interested in foreign news than news in their own countries.

44. Which one is the disadvantage of newspaper news, commpared with TV news？

A. Newspapers report news much more slowly than TV news.

B. Newspapers give more about the story.

C. Newspaper stories are unusual and interesting.

D. Newspapers look at the story in a different way.

45. Which of the following stories might be on the front page of a newspaper in Nanjing?

A. Germans were defeated in Normandy in 1944.

B. Granny Wang had her 70 birthday last week.

C. Prime Minister of U.K watched a football game in Liverpool yesterday.

D. An actress was found murdered in her apartment.

C

When it's summertime, swimming becomes popular. Take a deep breath while you're underwater.

How long can you hold it？Perhaps 30 or 40 seconds？The Bajau（巴瑶族）people can hold their breath for several minutes at a time. What is their secret？

Scientists from the University of Copenhagen and the University of Califormia, Berkeley, have found that it is probably because they have bigger spleens（脾脏）.

The Bajau people live in the waters of Malaysia and Indonesia. They are famous for their amazing free diving abilities. They can dive over 70 meters underwater for several minutes while collecting shellfish, according to the BBC.

When we dive, several things happen inside our body. One important thing is that the spleen contracts（收缩）. The spleen stores red blood cells which carry oxygen（氧气）. When it contracts, it squeezes out the oxygen and sends it to important organs（器官）. This is like giving the body an "oxygen boost", which allows you to hold your breath for longer.

Scientists found that the Bajau have spleens that are about 50 percent larger than those of other people. But this is not the result of training underwater over time. Scientists believe that gemnes（基因）might have influenced the size of their spleens. Of course, most of us don't have big spleens. But we cam still enjoy free diving with the help of professional training. The key is self-control. You need to let go of amything that makes you feel good or bad, free diving instructor Emtna Farrell told the BC.

Diving is fum, but it can also be dangerous sometimes. One should not try it without profssional（专业）training.

46. Why can the Bajau people hold their breath longer than others？

A. Because they get training underwater over time. B. Because they live in the water all their life.

C. Because they have bigger spleens. D. Because they are good at free diving.

47. Which of the following statemerts is NOT corret？

A. The Bajau people can dive over 70 meters underwater.

B. The Bajau people have spleens whic irè about 1.5 times larger than those of other people.

C. Normal（普通的）people can hold their breath underwater for at least 40 seconds.

D. Bigger spleens allows you to hold your breath longer.

48. Which could be the Chinese meaning of the undertined word"boost"？

A. 增加 B. 削减 C. 转化 D. 储存

49. What's the right order？

① You dive into the water.

② Your spleen contracts essa

③ You take a deep breath.

④ The spleen squeezes out the oxygen and sends it to important organs.

A. ①③④② B. ③①④② C. ①③②④ D. ③①②④

50. What can you do to improve your diving skills？

A. Get professional training. B. Practice diving more often.

C. Let go of your worries and feelings. D. All of above.

卷II（满分50分）

V. Complete each sentence.The first letter of the word is give.

（根据所给单词首字母完成句子）1%×5=5%

51. A thunderstorm is a storm with thunder and l­­­__________ and a lot of heavy rain.

52. I couldn't see anything from my window this moming. It was really f­­­__________ outside.

53. New Year is a time for making r­­­__________, but it seems not so easy for us to keep them.

54. Leehom Wang is good at many m­­­__________ instruments, especially the piano and violin.

55. After falling down, he felt a sharp p­­­__________ in his knee.

VI. Complete the sentences with the given Chinese.

（用所给词的适当形式填空）1%x5=5%

56. She entered a singing ­­­__________（竞赛，比赛）and got the first prize.

57. According to the Guinness World Records, the tallest man in the world was 2.72 meters in h­­­__________（身高）.

58. There is nothing better than seeing the ­­­__________（微笑）face of a good friend.

59. Miss Li is my favorite teacher because she is always kind and ­­­__________（耐心的）.

60. Drawing a ­­­__________（笔直的）line without a ruler can be very difficult.

VII. Complete the sentences with the proper forms of the given words.

（用所给词的适当形式填空）1%x5=5%

61. Driving is as ­­­__________（danger）as diving.

62. She is one of the fastest teenage ­­­__________（swim）and has won several gold medals for our school.

63. The more fried food you eat, the ­­­__________（fat）you will be.

64. He often makes us ­­­__________（happy）by laughing at our mistakes.

65. Their show was so ­­­__________（humour）that everyone laughed.  

VIII. Complete the sentences with the right forms of the given verbs.

（用所给动词的正确形式完成句子。）1%x5=5%

66. The volunteer teacher spent as much time as he can ­­­__________（help）the students indeed.  

67. Some people think making friends on the internet is much easier than ­­­__________（chat）with people in the real world.  

68. The student on duty should remember ­­­__________（keep）the door and windows closed when he leaves.

69. At last the kind boy ­­­__________（choose）the smaller apple to eat and left the bigger one to his mother.

70. What are your future plans for the ­­­__________（develop）of your company？

IX. Sentence transformation（句型转换）0.5%x10=5%

71. There are no other things in the fridge.

There is ­­­__________ ­­­__________ in the fridge.

72. The living room is the tidiest one of all the rooms in my house.

The living room is tidier than ­­­__________ ­­­__________ ­­­__________ in my house.

73. My best friend is very kind and helpful.（对划线部分提问）

__________ ­­­__________ your best friend __________？

74. "The Sound of Music" is my favorite musical.

I __________ "The Sound of Music" __________ of all the musicals.

X. Choose a proper phrase to complete the sentence and change its form if necessary.

（选择词组并用其正确形式填空）1%x5=5%

not really       give up       in a minute       think of       be similar to

75. --- But you quite enjoy your job, don't you？

--- __________. I feel I want a change.

76. --- James？Can you help me cook dinner？

--- __________. I'm working now. I'll do it later.

77. Our teacher's teaching style __________ that of most other teachers.

78. I can't __________ the name of the hotel we stayed in.

79. We spent half an hour looking for the keys, but finally __________ and went home.

XI. Complete each sentence according to the Chinese given.（根据所给中文完成句子）0.5%x10=5%

80. 她一个人走回家，被强盗袭击，她所有的东西都被抢走了，包括身份证，幸运的是，她没有受伤。

She walked home __________ and some robbers __________ her. All her stuff was taken, __________

her ID card. __________, she was not hurt.

81. 再喝点咖啡怎样？

What about __________ __________ coffee？

82. 每当我感到无聊时，她便和我交谈，给我讲有趣的笑话.

Whenever I feel __________, she talks __________ me and tells me funny __________.

XII. Fill in the blanks according to the short passage.（根据文章填写表格）0.5%×10=5%

Most of us want to make friends easily. However, few people are natural this way. The good news is that you can learm how to make powerful friendships, just as you can learn how to drive a car.

If you want to make friends, you first need to put yourself out to meet people. If you are good at playing a kind of sport, just join a sport team, enjoy the sport and support your team, and you will make new friends there. If you can play instruments or sing, try joining a band or choir（合唱队）.

Once you've started making friends, remember to do your part（e.g taking part in activities together, remembering birthdays）. A good friend always encourages（鼓励）his or her friend.  

Never make fun of or laugh at your friends in front of others.

Do you hear of fair-weather friends？They are happy to be around you when things are going well, but they aren't there when you really need them.Please prepare to use your time and energy to help out your friends, because it is a part of being a friend. If a friend needs help or just needs ashoulder to cry on, be there. Try to do all the things you can do to help him/her. So, you will have friends to the end.  

XIII. Read the passage.Fill in the blanks with the correet forms of the proper words. The first letter is given.

（首字母填空）0.5%×10=5%

There are over 800 boarding（寄宿）schools in the UK with students from home and f  93   countries.

B  94    boys and girls from the age of 7 to 18 can go to boarding schools.

W  95   to do

In the UK, boarding schools have three terms in a school year, with about 13 weeks in each term. Students study and live t  96  . They can't go outside if they are not allowed（允许）to. In some schools, each student has his or her subject plan.

What to w  97 

Nearly all the students at boarding schools wear school u  98  . Boys u  99   wear a shirt and a tie, and girls wear a white blouse, sometimes also a tie, and a skirt. As students get o  100  , the rules become less strict（严格的）.

What to eat

Boarding schools provide students with nice food.They can c  101   to have a full English break fast or simply bread. They can also choose between meat and vegetarign mels at lunch and dinner. Students can also make themselves s  102   to eat at any tithe nya kitchen, or drink tea or have a snack between meąls.

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