江苏省南通市启东市长江中学2023-2024学年八年级上学期12月月考英语试题

这是一份江苏省南通市启东市长江中学2023-2024学年八年级上学期12月月考英语试题，共8页。
一．单选选择题（20分）
( )1.---What d yu think f ______ nature reserve yu visited last weekend?
----It’s great. It is _______ ideal hme fr wildlife.
the; a B. the; an C. a; an D. an;an
( )2.---Did yu find it ___ t finish making the mdel ship?
---Well, I finished everything ___ at first ,but later it was getting hard.
easy; easy B. easily; easily C. easily; easy D. easy; easily
( )3.----Red-crwned cranes need mre peple’s help.
-----Yes. Peple wrking in the reserves are ding everything they can ____ these birds.
save B. saving C. t save D. t saving
( )4.Which sentence has the same structure as ‘’We call the cat Xia Bai’’ ?
Sme f them cry sadly.
They are very tired.
Teenagers have many prblems.
They find their English teacher funny.
( )5.The price f the vegetables _______ a lt because f the sudden snwstrm last week.
fell B. drpped C. rse D.raised
( )6.---After he drank ____ water, he still felt ____ thirsty.
a bit; a bit B.a little; a bit f C.a bit ; a little D. a bit f; a little
( )7.Thank yu fr _____ let me ____ swimming tday.
agree t; g B. agreeing; ging C. agreeing t; g D.agree; t g
( )8.Yu can call me ______ 1234567 r email me ____ 123@4567.cm.
n ; at B. by; at C. by; n D. n;n
( )9.I think _____ necessary fr us ___ the endangered animals and plants.
it; prtect B its; t prtect C. it’s; prtecting D.it; t prtect
( )10.The rich man ____much fd ___the pr families during the hard time.
A.prvides; fr B. prvides; with C. prvided; with D.prvided;fr
( )11.----May I ______ yur bk hme t read?
---N prblem. But please ____ it back here tmrrw.
bring; take B. take; bring C. bring; bring D. take; take
( )12.I ____ in the kitchen yesterday evening when the telephne _____.
A.cked; was ringing B cked; rang
C. was cking; rang D.was cking;was ringing
( )13.Peple shuld wear masks t ___themselves ___plluted air n fggy days.
A. prevent; frm B. prtect; frm C. keep; frm D. stp; frm
( )14.---Did yu watch the first match f the Russian Wrld Cup?
----Of curse! We were s _____ t watch the _____ match.
exciting; excited B. excited; excited
C.exciting; exciting D.excited;exciting
( )15.The weather in English is different frm ______ in China .It changes quickly.
ne B. it C. this D.that
( )16.There are nt many peple ______ in the village, and 80 percent f them _____ ld peple and children.
left; is B. leaving; are C. left; are D. leaving; is
( )17.---I've______ finished the English paper. What abut yu?
---I finished it ________ t.
just; just nw B. just nw; just C. nly; just nw D. almst; just
( )18.The sft music made the child feel _______, sn he fell________.
sleepy; asleep B. asleep; sleepy C.asleep; asleep D.sleepy; sleepy
( )19.---_________ have yu had this car?
---Since five years ag.
Hw lng B. Hw many C. Hw much D. Hw ften
( )20.----I think keeping dgs will nt make yu feel lnely.
-----___________. In my pinin, dgs smetimes brings yu a lt f truble.
Nt exactly B. Take it easy C. I agree with yu D. That’s a gd idea
二．完形填空（15分）
A bird went t lk fr its happiness in a faraway place.
It flew and flew when it suddenly saw a little dying(垂死的)flwer, whse face was 21 f smile. Nt knwing why, the bird asked the little flwer, “Yu’re ging t die. Why are yu still s 22 ?
“Because I will achieve(实现) my 23 ,” said the little flwer.
“ 24 is yur dream?”
“T prduce (生长出)sweet fruit.”
Then the little bird saw it: happiness is a 25 in the heart.
The bird cntinued flying and saw a lame(瘸的)duck 26 a little duck find the way back hme. Althugh(尽管)it was disabled, it had a smiling face.
“I’m happy because I can help 27 ,” said the lame duck.
S the bird saw it: happiness is a lve in the heart.
The bird kept flying and suddenly saw a spider(蜘蛛) climbing up a 28 . The spider fell ff the wall halfway, but it kept 29 again and fell ff again. Even s, the spider didn’t 30 . The little bird asked the spider in surprise, “yu 31 again and again, why dn’t yu have sadness 32 happiness n yur face?”
“As lng as I never 33 trying, I’m able t climb up it. 34 this, I’m s happy,” said the spider.
The little bird saw it: happiness is a faith(信念)in the heart.
S the little bird 35 lked fr happiness because it knew the truth: happiness is nt in the faraway place but in yur wn heart.
21. A. filledB. lstC. fullD. empty
22. A. richB. shyC. sadD. happy
23. A. wishB. questinC. dreamD. plan
24. A. WhatB. HwC. WhenD. Where
25. A. changeB. ruleC. hpeD. stry
26. A. helpB. wantC. askD. bring
27. A. nneB. nbdyC. thersD. all
28. A. treeB. hillC. wallD. chair
29. A. climbingB. dingC. wrkingD. falling
30. A. cme upB. give upC. stay upD. take up
31. A. wnB. lstC. failedD. tried
32. A. andB. rC. butD.s
33. A. keepB. frgetC. enjyD. stp
34. A. Instead fB. Because fC.As frD. Withut
35. A. neverB.n mreC. stillD. finally
三．阅读理解（50分）

A
The Star
By Jane Taylr
Twinkle, twinkle, little star!
Hw I wnder what yu are.
Up abve the wrld s high.
Like a diamnd (钻石) in the sky.
When the burning sun is gne.
When he nthing shines upn.
Then yu shw yur little light.
Twinkle, twinkle all the night.
The dark blue sky yu keep.
And ften thrugh my curtains peep (偷看).
Fr yu never shut yur eyes.
Till the sun is in the sky.
It’s yur bright and tiny spar.
Lights the travelers in the dark.
Thugh I knw nt what yu are
Twinkle, twinkle, little star!
( )36. Hw d the first fur sentences f this pem rhyme?
A. aabbB. ababC. abbaD. abbb
( )37. Which f the fllwing uses “persnificatin (拟人)”?
A. Hw I wnder what yu are.B. Till the sun is in the sky.
C Fr yu never shut yur eyes.D. Like a diamnd in the sky.
( )38. The underlined sentence shws that the stars are ________.
A. generusB. patient C. helpful D. hnest
B
There are lts f sprts lvers in India. Many peple are crazy abut imprtant events in sprts. Sme even went miles t watch a sprts game t celebrate the FIFA Wrld Cup. Here’s what they did.
A grup f seventeen ftball fans frm Kchi, Kerala, bught a huse n sale t watch the FIFA Wrld Cup matches tgether. In Mundakkamugal, a small village in Kchi, the deal (交易) was clsed fr abut $28,000 (¥200,000), s the fans culd watch the games tgether.
One f the buyers, named Shefeer, said, “We planned t d smething special fr FIFA Wrld Cup 2022. Seventeen f us purchased a huse already n sale fr abut $28,000 and decrated it with flags f FIFA teams. We als planned t gather tgether here and watch matches n a big-screen TV.”
The grup didn’t just buy the huse， they als cmpletely changed the lk f the huse by painting the team flags n the walls. The buyers painted the huse with clrs f Brazil, Argentina and Prtugal flags. They hung many flags n the rf f the huse. Besides, they painted the sprting legends (传奇人物) n the walls.
Accrding t reprts, the grup f ftball lvers had develped a traditin t watch ftball games tgether, lng befre even planning t buy a huse. Only this time they decided t buy the huse t watch FIFA Wrld cup tgether. Talking abut the future f this prperty, “In the future, ur next generatin (一代人) can als enjy this gathering and their unity will cntinue” Shefeer said.
( )39. Why did the seventeen ftball lvers buy a huse?
A. T celebrate their friendship.B. T play ftball tgether.
C. T develp a traditin.D. T watch games tgether.
( )40. What des the underlined wrd “purchased” mean?
A. Sld. B. Bught. C. Expected.D. Accepted.
( )41.What is the furth paragraph abut?
A. Why the ftball lvers watched games tgether.
B. Hw the ftball lvers met each ther.
C. Wh sld the huse t the ftball lvers.
D. What the ftball lvers did t the huse.
( )42. What’s the best title fr the passage?
A. Fans Buy Huse t Watch FIFA Wrld Cup.
B. Every Indian Ges Crazy fr FIFA Wrld Cup.
C. FIFA Wrld Cup Is Ppular Arund India.
D. Special Huse Is Built fr FIFA Wrld Cup.
C
Rick was a yung by wh was angry at everything arund him. T calm Rick dwn, his mm came hme with a canvas (画布) and paint. “Whenever yu feel bad abut smething, paint it instead f getting angry.” Thugh he was nt s happy, Rick gave it a try. After creating many paintings, he tk his artwrk t his mm.
“Tell me, Rick. What are these paintings abut?”
“The first is abut hw sme kids shw ff (炫耀) their new clthes. The next is abut my teacher wh always tells me abut hw I’m ding things wrng. And the last painting is abut hw ne f my schlmates said I shuld change my attitude (态度). They all make me s angry.”
Rick’s mm tk Rick by her side and tld him, “Dn’t yu see, Rick? Yu’re getting s angry, but yu never try t understand why.” Then she explained carefully, “All the peple yu were angry at did nthing wrng. The kids were shwing ff their gd clthes but never laughed at yu fr being pr. Yur teacher sclded yu but that was because yu caused truble in class. And yur schlmate was nly trying t help yu crrect yur mistakes.”
“Next time yu get angry, take a deep breath and walk away fr a cuple f secnds. And when yu cme back, talk t the persn yu’re angry at. Yu might calm dwn in this way.”
Rick tk his mm’s advice and became less angry. He even started t feel happy arund ther children.
( )43. Why did the mm give Rick a canvas and paint?
A. T celebrate Rick’s birthday.B. T test Rick’s painting skills.
C. T help Rick with his anger.D. T learn frm great artwrks.
( )44. In Paragraph 1, what des the underlined wrd “it” refer t?
A. Getting angry.B. Painting.
C. Canvas and paint.D. Changing the attitude.
( )45. What did the mm think f Rick’s situatin?
A. The kids laughed at Rick’s clthes.
B. The teacher didn’t treat her sn fairly (公平地).
C. The classmates shuld change their attitude.
D. Her sn didn’t have a clear understanding f it.
( )46. What can we learn frm this passage?
A. Dn’t believe a kid’s wrds.B. Dn’t be afraid f making mistakes.
C. Dn’t give in (屈服) t anger easily.D. Never lk dwn n yurself.
D
The panda is ne f the animals mst in danger. There are abut 1,000 pandas living in nature reserves tday. Zs and research centers lk after abut 160 pandas. Scientists are studying hw they live and mre baby pandas are brn in the z.
Pandas live in the frests and muntains f suth-west China. They mainly live n bamb, and each panda needs t eat a lt f bamb every day. The area f bamb is becming smaller and smaller fr many different reasns, s pandas have less and less land t live n. Pandas dn’t have many babies, and baby pandas ften die. The situatin is becming very serius.
Our gvernment is wrking hard t save pandas. There are mre than 30 nature reserves t prtect pandas but these are nt enugh. The gvernment has made a new plan t help pandas. The nature reserves will be bigger and bamb will grw better. Then the pandas will have enugh fd t eat and enugh places t live in Pandas brn in the zs may g back t live in the nature reserves.
Mst peple lve pandas. The panda is ne f the mst famus animals in the wrld. It is the symbl (象征)fr the Wrld Wide Fund fr Nature. The WWF wrks t prtect all animals in danger, s the panda has becme the symbl f all the animals in danger. There is still a lng way t g t save the panda. Think f ther animals in danger, such as tigers, whales, turtles and elephants-we need t save the pandas, and we need t save them, t.
( )47. The number f pandas is________in nature reserves tday.
A. ver 2000 B. less 1000 C. abut 1000 D. mre and mre
( )48. Paragraph 2 is mainly abut_______.
A. why pandas are in danger B. why baby pandas ften die
C. hw t prtect all animals D. hw t plant mre bamb
( )49. The gvernment is trying ______t help the pandas.
A. t build mre zs B. t send mre scientists
C. t make bigger nature reserves D. t ask the WWF t wrk in China
( )50. What is the symbl fr the Wrld Wide Fund fr Nature?
A. The tiger B. The panda C. The elephantD. The whale
E
Wild animals are ur friends, but the number f them is getting smaller and smaller. We shuld try t prtect them. The fur animals belw are nw in danger.
Tibetan Antelpes: Tibetan antelpes (藏羚羊) are medium-sized animals. They mainly feed n grass. They are usually fund in grups f abut 20. They are killed fr their wl, which is warm, sft and fine and can be made int expensive clthes. Althugh peple can get the wl withut killing the animals, peple simply kill them befre taking the wl. The number f them is drpping year by year. There are less than 75,000 Tibetan antelpes left in the wrld, dwn frm a millin 50 years ag.
Glden Mnkeys : Glden mnkeys are mainly fund in Sichuan, Gansu, Shanxi prvinces and Shengnngjia muntainus area f Hubei Prvince. Glden mnkeys have glden-range fur. They mve arund in the daytime, usually in grups f as many as 100 t 200 heads, r 20 t 30 heads. They feed n fruits and yung leaves f bambs. But peple are destrying the envirnment where they live. Trees and bambs are disappearing, s glden mnkeys have less and less t eat.
Elephants: Elephants are very big and strng. They are bigger than any ther animals n land. They are grey and have lng trunks and tusks. They have pr eyesight, but very gd hearing and smell. They can lift heavy things and break dwn branches with their trunks. Elephants are very friendly twards each ther and twards their neighburs. Nrmally, they live in a grup fr many years. Yung male elephants d nt leave the grup until they are abut 12 years ld. Nw, there are very few elephants in the wrld. The number f them is becming smaller and smaller because their living areas are used fr farming. Als, peple hunt them fr their tusks.
Wlves: Wlves are nt very big. They have grey fur. Wlves have very gd eyesight, hearing and smell. Wlves’ fd is varius. They eat animals, insects and snails. They are friendly t each ther and never attack peple. They d nt kill fr fun. Wlves are in danger, t. They are lsing their living areas because peple cut dwn frests. Sn they will have n hme r fd.
( )51. What d glden mnkeys live n?
A. Grass B. Insects C. Meat D. fruit and bamb leaves
( )52.Tibetan antelpes usually live in grups f abut _______.
A. 20 B. 30 C. 100 D. 200
( )53.Which f the fllwing animals are the biggest n land?
A. Tibetan antelpes. B. Glden mnkeys. C. Elephants. D. Wlves
( )54.Which f the fllwing sentences is right?
A. There are less than 7,500 Tibetan antelpes left in the wrld nw.
B. Glden mnkeys usually mve arund during the night.
C. Elephants have gd eyesight, but very pr hearing and smell.
D. Wlves are friendly t each ther and they never attack peple.
( )55.What can be the best title f the passage?
A. Wild animals in danger B. Hw t hunt wild animals
C. Animals in the z D. Hw t train the animals
第二 卷 （65分）
四．词汇（20分）
A.根据句意和汉语或首字母提示写出单词。
1.In which _______（方向）are yu ging ,nrth r suth?
2.A stne ______（击中）the windw f ur classrm and it was brken.
3.There is an _________(释义：terrible）smell in the kitchen.
4.The weather reprt says the daytime temperature will be 15 t 21 d______.
5.The picture is s ______（释义：the best）that all f us like it.
6.Japanese gvernment’s plan t put nuclear water int the sea ______(引起)a strng ppsitin(反对) arund.
7.Xuzhu is in the n_____________ part f Jiangsu Prvince.
B.选用方框内所给单词的适当形式填空。
1.D yu knw thse _________ names wh will cme t visit the Palace Museum tmrrw?
2.Can yu tell me the ________ f learning English well?
3.Mst animals are _______in the winter, they ften sleep thrugh it.
4.The radi says it will be much_________ than tday.
5.It is a sunny, ht day tday with the temperature in the ________.
6.Annie has a ________, s she is ging t see her dentist（牙医） this week.
7.Please get yurself ready as ________ as pssible. The bus is cming.
scream harvest happen fly nt wear wait
C.选用方框内所给动词的适当形式填空。
1.Kitty waved t us while she _________ fr the taxi n the rad.
2.When peple saw the famus star, __________ with excitement.
3.My mther advised me ___________ wear leather shes t wetlands.
4.I saw a traffic accident ___________yesterday.
5.---May I speak t Mike?
---Srry, he _______ t Paris and will return in tw weeks.
6.In middle autumn,farmers are busy ________ crps in the fields.
五．首字母填空（15分）
Scientists are trying t make the deserts int gd land again. They want t bring water t the deserts, s peple can live and g__1___ fd there. They are learning a lt abut the deserts. H__2__, the fact is that mre and mre land is becming deserts, and that scientists may nt be able t change the deserts in time.
W__3____ is mre and mre land becming deserts? Scientists believe that humans are t blame(受责备) fr sme f their activities; peple are deserts m___4____.
Sme places n the Earth dn’t get much r___5___. But they still dn’t becme deserts. This is because sme green plants are grwing there. Small green plants and grass are very i__6___ t dry places. They nt nly s___7___ the ht sun frm making the earth even drier, but als stp the w___8___ frm blwing the dirt away. When a bit f rain falls, the plants hld the w__9___. Withut plants, the land can becme desert mre e__10____.
六．任务型阅读（10分）
Canada geese d nt live nly in Canada. They spend spring and summer in Alaska and nrthern Canada. In autumn, many f the geese migrate t warmer places. They usually fly t nrthern Mexic, but lately many began t fly t the USA. This maybe because it is warmer there nw than it was in the past.
Canada geese fly very fast. They can fly as fast as 100 kilmeters per hur. The geese usually travel in grups f abut 100, but grups f 1,000 are cmmn. On cludy days, the geese will fly lwer, but n sunny days they can fly as high as 2,500 meters.
Canada geese knw when t migrate by checking hw lng and hw warm the days are. They als wait until the yung geese learn t fly. When the day becmes shrter and the temperature gets lwer, they knw it is time t leave. This is usually at the end f August. A few days befre leaving , all the geese get very excited. They start hnking and making lts f nise.
The Canada geese make a “V” shape in the sky when they fly suth. This helps them fly mre easily thrugh the air. The first gse pushes thrugh the air, and this makes it easier fr the ther geese t fllw. Each gse takes turns t be the first gse.
N ne is sure hw the geese find their way. Sme scientists think that geese use the stars at night t help them knw where they are.
1.Where d Canada geese spend spring and summer?_________________________
2.Why d sme geese nw fly t the suth f the USA?________________________
3.Hw many geese fly in a grup?_________________________________________
4.What d the geese d when they fly n cludy days？________________________
5.Why d the geese fly in a “V” shape?______________________________________
七．书面表达（25分）
所有生物都是地球的主人，然而人类却对自然肆意破坏。假如你要参加学校举办的“拯救地球”征文活动，请根据提示，以“Save the Earth!”为题，用英语写一篇80字左右的短文。
要求：1.表达清楚，语法正确，上下文连贯；
2必须包括所有要点，并适当发挥；
3.标题和开头已给出，不计入总词数。
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问题
人们随意砍伐森林，结果很多野生动物没有地方可住或没有食物可吃；捕杀动物，取它们的皮毛或骨头，很多动物身处危险之中；地球变脏、变暖，自然灾害比以前更多；人们到处扔垃圾；越来越多的汽车使得空气污染越来越糟糕

建议
政府：------（自拟一点内容）

我们学生：-------（自拟一点内容）

你的愿望
如果大家都能明白保护地球的重要性，那么世界将会变得更美好。