八年级英语上册第一学期第一次月考试题

初二年级英语试题 （2008.10）

命题人： 郭芸

试卷Ⅰ(选择题,共55分)

一、 听力（共20小题，每小题1分，计20分）

（一）根据所听句子，选出相应的图片。听一遍（4分）

A B C D

1._______ 2. _______ 3. _______ 4. _______

（二） 听对话，选择正确答案。听两遍（6分）

( ) 5. What’s in the sky?

A. Some birds B. Some kites C. A plane

( ) 6. What does the man ask Sally to look after?

A. His dog B. His rabbit C. His home

( ) 7. What animal does Peter like?

A. Goldfish B. Cats C. Dogs

( ) 8. How heavy is the little cat?

A. 1 kg. B. 0.5kg. C. 1.5kg.

( ) 9. Where is the rabbit?

A. Behind the classroom B. In the hutch C. Under the desk

( ) 10. When did the man feed the fantail goldfish?

A. At 7:00 B. At 7:20 C. At 6:40

（三）选出与听到的句子意思相同的选项。听两遍（5分）：

( ) 11. A. Jason is a teacher .

B.Jason is a worker .

C. Jason is a farmer.

( ) 12. A. Only Mr. Green is in Paris.

B. The Greens are traveling now in Paris.

C. The Greens are going to take holiday

( ) 13. A.It took me two hours to get to the office.

B.I did not get to the office because of the traffic .

C. It took me two more hours to get to my office.

( ) 14. A.Mary bought six silk ties.

B. Mary paid six dollars fifty cents for a silk tie.

C. Mary paid six dollars .

( ) 15. A.The dress is so beautiful!

B. The dress is not so beautiful.

C. This dress is more beautiful.

（四）短文理解，根据你所听到的短文内容，选择最佳答案。听三遍。（5分）

( )16. Yesterday evening, I went to a film with _________ .

A. my sister B. my aunt C. Susan

( )17. I asked the office girl for ________ tickets.

A. one B. two C. three

( )18. There were_______ tickets left in the ticket office.

A. no B. two C. a few

( )19. Just then , a man came to the ticket office to ________his tickets.

A. buy B. sell C. return

( )20. We __________ at last.

A. saw the film B. bought the tickets C. Failed to see the film

二、单项选择（共10小题，每小题1分，计10分）

( ) 21.How _______ the old man feels!

A. happy B. happily C. happier D. sadly

( ) 22.On her way home Lucy saw a thief (小偷)_____in a shop .She stopped ______110 at once.

A. steal (偷，盗窃); call B. to steal; call

C. stealing; to call D. stealing; calling

( ) 23. ______ it is today! Let’s go to fly a kite in the park, shall we?

A. How a fine weather B. What a fine weather

C. How fine a weather D. What fine weather

( ) 24. ----Must I go and do it now?

----No, you ______.We still have two more days.

A. shouldn’t B. can’t C. needn’t D. couldn’t

( ) 25. ----What does your sister look like?

----______________ .

A. She’s lucky B. She’s tall with long hair

C. She would like some tea D. She likes singing

( ) 26.The Rocket ______the game last night.

A. failed B. lost C. fell D. was losing

( ) 27. I hope ______ a doctor like your brother.

A. to be B. being C. you to be D. you were

( ) 28. ----Is Peter here now ?

----No , but he ________ be here soon. He is usually on time.

A. would B. could C. can D. must

( ) 29. When there’s a fire, we can ________ with a blanket.

A. put off it B. put out it C. put it out D. put it off

( ) 30. ----Don’t forget to turn off the lights when you leave.

----__________________ .

A. Yes, I do B. No, I will C. Yes, I will D. No, I won’t

三、完形填空（共10小题，每小题1分，计10分）.

John left the United States in 1969 to work in Africa. Africa was hot. When John 31 to the United States in 1979, he said to himself, “ It’s much 32 here than it was before I left. I’m going to 33 an electric heater(电热器). Besides, everything is much more 34 .”

John went to a store the next day to buy an electric heater. The salesman 35 him three or four

36 kinds and then said, “ And this is our best electric heater. It 37 lot, but it 38 half of your electricity(电), and electricity is very expensive now, isn’t it?”

“Yes, it’s very expensive,” John answered, “and it’s becoming 39 every year.” He looked at the electric heater carefully, thought for a few seconds and then said, “Well, I’ll take 40 of these, then I’ll save all of my electricity.”

( ) 31. A. wrote B. pointed C. listened D. returned

( ) 32. A. hotter B. colder C. better D. noisier

( ) 33. A. buy B. see C. make D. sell

( ) 34. A. modern B. simple C. expensive D. beautiful

( ) 35. A. borrowed B. lent C. sold D. showed

( ) 36. A. old B. bad C. same D. different

( ) 37. A. has B. gets C. costs D. brings

( ) 38. A. saves B. needs C. becomes D. produces

( ) 39. A. better B. worse C. hotter D. cheaper

( ) 40. A. one B. two C. four D. three

四、阅读理解（共20小题，每小题1分，计20分）

A 阅读短文并选择正确答案（3篇，共15小题，计15分）

A

Scientists are trying to make the deserts(沙漠) into good land again. They want to bring water to the deserts, so people can live and grow food. They are learning a lot about the desert. But more and more of the earth is becoming desert all the time. Scientists may not be able to change the desert in time.

Why is more and more land becoming desert? Scientists think that people make deserts. People are doing bad things to the earth.

Some places on the earth don’t get much rain. But they still don’t become deserts. This is because some green plants are growing there. Small green plants and grass are very important to dry places. Plants don’t let the hot sun make the earth even drier. Plants don’t let the wind blow the dirt away. When a little bit of rain falls, the plants hold the water. Without plants, the land can become a desert much more easily.

（ ）41. Deserts ______________.

A. get very little rain

B. never have any plants or animals in them

C. can be turned into good land in the future

D. both A and C

（ ）42. Small green plants are very important to dry places because ______.

A. they don’t let the sun make the earth even drier

B. they don’t let the wind blow the earth away

C. they hold the water

D. A, B and C

（ ）43. Land is becoming desert little by little because ______________.

A. plants can’t grow there B. there’s not enough rain

C. people are doing bad things to the earth. D. scientists know little about desert

（ ）44. Which is the main idea of the first paragraph?

A. Scientists know how to change land into good land.

B. Land is becoming desert faster than scientists can change it back into good land.

C. If scientists can bring water to the desert, people can live there.

D. More and more places are becoming deserts all the time.

（ ）45. After reading this, we learn that ______________.

A. plant can keep dry land from becoming desert.

B. it is good to get rid of (清除) the grass in the desert

C. all places without much rain will become deserts

D. it is good to grow crops on dry land

B

Years ago, many zoos kept all kinds of animals in small cages (笼子). Small cages made it easy for people to see the animals, but a small cage is not a good place for an animal to live in.

Today zoos keep animals in different kinds of cages. The cages are very big and open. They usually have plants and a little lake. The cages look like the animals’ habitats (栖息地).

Zoos help to protect animals in the wild. How do they do this? Zoos teach people how animals live in the wild. Zoos want people to help protect the animals’ wild habitats.

Many plants and animals are going extinct. Mammoths, which are related (有关联的) with Asia elephants, are now extinct. There are no mammoths in the world today. Scientists say that seventy—four different kinds of living things go extinct every day!

Zoos are working together to stop animals from going extinct.

( ) 46. Zoos kept animals in small cages so that people can_______________.

A. protect them B. see them better C. feed them D. save them

( ) 47. Today, zoos keep animals________________.

A. in bigger cages B. in the wild C. in smaller cages D. in the field

( ) 48. To protect animals, zoos_________________.

A. are trying to keep all kinds of animals B. are trying to free the animals

C. teach people more about animals D. want people to feed the animals

( ) 49. A mammoth is a kind of ____________ that has gone extinct.

A. plant B. bird C. animal D. tree

( ) 50. An animal or a plant that is going extinct________________ .

A. never die in the world B. comes into this this world soon

C. becomes very safe D. has fewer and fewer living members

C

One day Mrs. Simpon invited(邀请) many people to her house. She wanted to cook them a good dinner of meat and soup. She had five daughters. They were all busy. Mrs. Simpon was busy, too. She forgot to put any salt(盐) into the soup. So she asked Mary, one of her daughters, to help her. “I can’t, Mum, I’m busy now.” said Mary. She asked the other girls, but got the same answer. So she did it herself.

Now, Mary thought she should help her mother. She put some salt into the soup. One by one, the other girls did the same thing.

Mrs. Simpon put the soup on the table. The friends took a little soup and their eyes opened wide. She took the soup, then she knew. “Which of your girls put salt into the soup?” She asked. “I did, Mum.” All the five said together.

根据短文内容，判定正误, 正确的选A，错误的选 B:

( ) 51. Mrs. Simpon wanted to cook some soup for the friends.

( ) 52. She had five daughters and sons.

( ) 53. They all helped their mother.

( ) 54. Only one of them put some salt into the soup.

( ) 55. The soup was delicious and everybody liked it.

B阅读并完成试卷Ⅱ中的相关任务（1篇，共5小题，计5分）

四、(见试卷Ⅰ阅读理解 B)完成相关任务（1篇，共5小题，计5分）

Arfantee and his friends wanted a big pot（锅）for a dinner party, so he borrowed one from a landlord（地主）. After the dinner party, (1) a ,it ,with ,inside ,pot, small, back ,he ,took . He said to the landlord, “Your pot had a baby while it was with us in our house.” Of course, the landlord was pleased.

A few days later, Arfantee came to borrow the big pot again for another party and the landlord lent it to him gladly.

This time Arfantee didn’t return the pot to the landlord. So a few days later, the landlord went to ask for the pot. When the landlord asked him why he didn’t give it back, Arfantee said, （2）“It died while it was giving birth to（生）another little pot here.”

As soon as the landlord heard this, he became angry, and said, “Pots cannot die!” But Arfantee said, “The pot can give babies. Why can’t it die?”

( 3 ) The landlord said nothing and then left sadly.

56. 根据首字母和课文填词

When seeing the small pot, the landlord was certainly very g_______.

57. 将(1)句按正确顺序写出来

_____________________________________________________ .

58. 将(2)句翻译成中文

_____________________________________________________。

59. 将（3）处The landlord said nothing 写出同义句

The landlord _____________________________

60. From the story, do you think the big pot can give birth to another little pot?

____________________________________________ .

五、词汇

A. 根据句意、汉语提示或首字母和英文释义写出单词。（共10小题，每空1分，计10分）

61.The girl is fond of __________ (收集) stamps for fun.

62. Last Sunday, the girl __________ (迷失) her way in the forest.

63. People have different ____________ (能力) of their own.

64. We shouldn’t talk to the old _____________ ( 粗鲁地 ) .

65. Many foreign ____________ ( 游客 ) came to China during the 29 th Beijing Olympic Games .

66. Suzy is a clever and c___________ ( happy ) girl .

67. It’s d___________（not safe ）for you to cross the road when the lights are red.

68. Sandy’s sister b__________（to clean）her cat’s fur once a day.

69. We don’t know who are the o__________ (a person who owns sth.) of these cars.

70. When I woke up at six, I heard somebody k_________（hit sth.）on my door.

B.选词填空 用方框中所给词语的适当形式填空，使短文正确、通顺、连贯.（每词限用一次）。(共10小题，每小题1分，计10分)

When the world was very young, people 71 only in hot places. They did not live in cold places because they could not 72 warm there.

At first men did not know how 73 a fire. Sometimes trees were 74 by lightning. Then a fire was started. People took some of the fire near their homes. A fire was very 75 for three reasons. It kept them warm. Wild (野蛮的) animals were 76 when they saw it. And when food was cooked, it tasted much 77 .

When they had a fire, they did not let it stop 78 . If it 79 , they could not start it again. They had to wait for lightning to start another fire. Sometimes they had to wait for years.

Now fire is useful in our daily life , but we should be 80 with it .

71. 72. 73. 74. 75.

76. 77. 78. 79. 80.

六、写作

A.翻译句子（共5题，计10分）

81. 她八岁时就能弹钢琴。（be able to）

82. 我们盼望不久收到你的来信。（hear from）

83. Daniel每周三下午练习踢足球。（practise）

84. 务必使水既不要太热也不要太冷。（make sure）

85. 多美妙的音乐啊！（what）

B.书面表达（共1题，计10分）

写一篇报道向学校推荐一名学生获“七年级最佳女运动员奖”(Grade 7 Best Sportswoman Award)，内容如下：

推荐李梅获七年级最佳女运动员奖, 她是游泳俱乐部的成员。她擅长跑步、爬山和打网球。她

常告诉年龄小一些的学生在他们做水上运动时要小心。她动作灵敏并且勇敢。一次鲁太太掉进水里，李梅救了她, 鲁太太非常感激李梅的帮助。假如李梅获取了这个奖项我们会很兴奋。

要求：80个词左右,条理清楚，字迹认真。

Dear Sir

Best Sportswoman Award for Li Mei

I would like to _______________________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________________

Yours faithfully

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