人教版2019-2020学年八年级上学期第二次月考英语试题

人教版2019-2020学年八年级上学期第二次月考英语试题姓名:_ 班级:_ 成绩:_一、单选题1 . How old is your sister? Shes _. This evening well have a party for her _ birthday.Aninth; ninthBnine; ninthCninth; nineDnine; nine2 . Henry and his wife are working in China but they Christmas the way they do in England.AthinkBcelebrateCdreamDspit3 . What will happen if there is a fire in the building?The fire alarm will_ at once.Aturn offBgo offCpull downDturn on4 . Helen is talking _ me _ the movie she saw last night.Awith; forBto; aboutCto; withDwith; of5 . Toms home is ten kilometers _ school.AawayBtoCaway fromDfar from6 . I _ his invitation because I had to look after my sister.Aturned onBturned downCturned off7 . Its reported that the Chinese White Dolphins have_ living areas. Instead, the number of fishing boats in Yangtze River is getting_.Aless and less; moreBfewer and fewer; largerCfewer and fewer; moreDmore and more; larger8 . Whatever you do, you need to try your best _ you can succeed.Aso thatBin orderCnot untilDonly if9 . -Dad, I was the first to reach the top of the hill.-Good job, Tom. Im _ of you.AconfidentBsuccessfulCcreativeDproud10 . Can you help me clean the classroom?_.AMy pleasureBWith pleasureCNever mindDThanks a lot11 . I hear Mr Green is your new teacher._He is very friendly but a little strict.AWhat does he like?BWhat is he like?CWhat does he look like?DHow is he?12 . （题文）The book Journey to the West is very popular. Yeah, more than_ students in our school bought it.Athree hundredBthree hundredsChundred of13 . Its everyones job to take action to _ our environment.AenjoyBimproveCpolluteDcheck14 . The latest Strawberry Music Festival wasthe afternoon of Friday, January 8th. Everyone could go to the concerts tickets. They were free.Aon; withBon; withoutCin; without15 . Theres _ 800-metre-long river behind _ hospital in the town.Aan; anBa; aCan; theDa; the二、补全对话6选5阅读对话，从所给的AF六个选项中，选出正确的选项填空，使对话通顺、内容完整。16 . Dick is six years old. David is five. The other two are Dean and Denis and they are four. The boys dont go to school. They play soccer every day. 17 . Mrs. Black has to wash clothes for them.Today is Sunday. Mrs. Black is washing clothes for her sons. Dean comes in and asks her, 18 . It is May 15th, says Mrs Black, and its next month.Will we have a birthday party, Mom?Of course, she says. 19 . What gift do you want for your birthday? asks the little boy.20 . Oh, I see. Then I will have another four brothers! And we can play soccer together, the boy says happily.AFour clean boys.BMom, when is your birthday?CIt will be a big and great party.DSo their clothes are always very dirty.E. Mrs. Black has three sons.F. Mrs. Black has four sons.三、补全短文5选5Choose the right sentences to complete the article. The Taj Mahal is a love story, a sad and beautiful one.21 . . Three hundred years ago, there lived an Indian emperor called Shah Jahan. His wife was a beautiful and bright woman whom he loved greatly. Her title was Mumtazl Mahan: its shortened form Taj Mahan, means “pride of the palace”. In the year 1630 this beloved wife of the emperor died. 22 . . He decided out of his love for his wife, to build her the most beautiful tomb that had ever been seen.23 . . It took more than twenty thousand men working over a period of 18 years to build the Taj Mahan, one of the most beautiful buildings in the world.The building itself stands on a marble platform 29 meters square and 6-7 meters high. 24 . . The Taj itself raises another 61 meters into the air. It is an eight-sided building made of white marble.The emperor planned to build the same tomb (坟墓)of black marble for himself. 25 . . However his son put him into a prison in the palace before he could finish, and for the rest of his life, he could only gaze across river at the tomb of his beloved wife.AIt sets on the other side of the river connected by a silver bridge.BHe was so brokenhearted that he thought of giving up his throne.CIf it didnt exist, we would easily imagine that the story of its construction was simply a fairy tale.DTowers rise from each of the four corners.EHe organized the best artists and architects(建筑师) from India, Turkey, Persia and Arabia and finally, the design was complete.四、完型填空Haire, 19, with five friends, got into his car at around 10 p.m., and went to a party. Theyd driven on the streets often,_they couldnt find the house, and Haires iPhone GPS wasnt working.He had to drive into a parking place by a small lake to see_his cars GPS could help. Before Haire could stop the car, his friend Sawin, 19, looked up from the backseat and saw a pair of_lights from the water about fifty yards away. “There is a car in the water!” he cried.In the darkness, the boys could hardly see_through the windows. “We thought we had to get this man out of there now, or he was going to die,” says Haire.He and Sawin jumped into the cold water and_hard to the sinking car. Inside, Miguel Hernandez was holding the steering wheel and looking up in fear.Haire_the car first and helped Hernandez roll down the window, and he opened Hernandezs seat belt. Then water began_into the car, causing it to go down to the bottom of the 15-foot-deep lake.Haire and Sawin_Hernandez out of the car and took him back to the shore as the_car went down completely into the darkness below.“Some things happened sometime, and it was hard for people to_,” says Haire. “We left my friends house at a certain time, didnt have to stop at any red lights, and got_” Sawin agrees, “If we had showed up 30 seconds later, he probably would have been dead.”26 . AbutBsoCorDand27 . AthatBwhatChowDif28 . AdarkBstrangeCblackDinteresting29 . AclearlyBslowlyCquicklyDloudly30 . AranBdroveCswamDjumped31 . AreachedBarrivedCdroveDstopped32 . AdroppingBpouringCthrowingDbringing33 . AsawBturnedCsentDpulled34 . AenterBexpectCexploreDexcuse35 . AlostBfoundCworriedDpleased五、阅读单选Tommys Bumper StickerA little kid came to me after he knew about the Childrens Bank. “My name is Tommy. I am six years old and I want to borrow money from your Childrens Bank.” I said, “Tommy, thats what we will do, to loan(贷款) money to kids. And all the kids have paid it back. What do you want to do?”He said, “Since I was four I wanted to help bring peace(和平) to the world. I want to make a bumper sticker(车尾贴) that says, PEACE，PLEASE！DO IT FOR US KIDS.”“I support that,” I said. Tommys dad whispered in my ear, “If he doesnt pay the loan back, are you going to accept his bicycle for the loan?”I said, “Every kid is born with honesty. I believe hell pay us back.”“Always start selling at the top, such as some famous people,” I suggested. Then he made his first try at Ronald Reagans home. There, he gave a persuasive(有说服力的) sales speech on his bumper stickers. The gatekeeper was moved. He gave him $1.50 for his sticker and helped him meet the former President Reagan. Later, he sent a bumper sticker to Mikhail Gorbachev. Gorbachev sent him back $1.50 and a picture that said, “Go for peace, Tommy,” and signed it, “Mikhail Gorbachev, President.”Later on, Joan Rivers called Tommy to be on her TV show which has millions of audience(观众).Tommy went on Joan Rivers show. He told such great persuasive stories that people took out money to buy a bumper sticker on the spot(在现场). At the end of the show, Joan asked, “Tommy, do you really think your bumper sticker will cause peace in the world?”Tommy smiled and said, “So far I have had it out two years and got the Berlin Wall down. I am doing pretty well, dont you think so?”36 . Tommy came to the writer to _.Aborrow moneyBgive out bumper stickersCsell his bicycleDcall for the world peace37 . At Ronald Reagans home, Tommy gave a speech on _.Ahis true storyBgoing for peaceChis bumper stickersDsome famous people38 . How did Tommy feel when Joan asked about his try for the world peace?AHe was tired.BHe felt shy.CHe was relaxed.DHe felt proud.AMillie：I usually ride my bike to schoo1It takes me about twenty minutesSometimes，my father drives me to school in his carff：My sister Mona and I like running to schoolRunning is good for usUsually we leave home at half past sevenThen we get to school at seven fiftyAlice：I dont like getting up early in the morningSo I have no time for breakfast at homeI usually have it on the school busI like my is ride because in the thirty minutes，I can eat my breakfast and walk with my friendsMike：My home is ten kilometers from my schoolEvery morning Iget up earlyAfter breakfast l walk to the subway stationThattakes about ten minutesThen I take the subway to schoolIt takestwenty minutes39 . Millie usually goes to school by _ AbikeBbusCcarDsubway40 . Mona usually leaves home at _A7：00B7：15C7：30D7：5041 . Where does Alice have her breakfast?AAt homeBAt schoolCIn the carDOn the school bus42 . It takes Mike about _to get to school from his homeAten minutesBtwenty minutesChalf an hourDforty minutes43 . The four students tell us _Awhere they liveBhow they get to schoolCwhen they have breakfastDwhat time they get up六、阅读判断Life in the future will be different from life today. But what will the change be?The population is growing fast. There will be more people in the world and most of them will live longer than people live now.Computers will be much smaller and more useful and there will be at least one in every home. And computer studies will be one of the important subjects in school then.People will work fewer hours than they do now and they will have more free time for sports, watching TV and travel. Traveling will be much cheaper and easier. And many more people will go to other countries for holidays.There will be changes in our food, too. More land will be used for building new towns and houses for all the people. Then there will be less room for cows and sheep, so meat will be more expensive. Maybe no one will eat it every day. Instead they will eat more fruits and vegetables. Maybe people will be healthier.Work in the future will be different, too. Dangerous and hard work will be done by robots. Because of this, many people will not have enough work to do. This will be a problem.根据短文内容，判断下列句子正误。正确的用“A”表示，不正确的用“B”表示。44 . In the future there will be more people.45 . Every family will have at least one robot.46 . In the future people dont have to work long hours.47 . People may not eat meat as much as they do today.48 . One big problem in the future is that many people dont have to work.七、填写适当的单词补全句子在下列各句的空白处填入一个适当的单词, 使句子意思完整，语法正确。49 . Graces parents always let her do lots of homework. They are strict _ her.50 . My father is taking a holiday in America, so I _ him very much.51 . Pandas are in great _. We should try to save them.52 . Its cold (冷的)_. Put on your coat before you go out.53 . Dont be _ of making mistakes(错误). You can learn a lot from them.八、用所给单词的正确形式填空54 . That is the man to _(who) we were speaking.55 . “Help yourselves, please,” said the waiter_(polite).56 . In a little while we lost our sense of_(direct).57 . Have you ever heard that song sung in_(Italy) ?九、完成句子58 . 他周末有没有空?_he _the weekend?59 . 她善于搞定那群孩子。She is_those children.60 . 我会讲故事,也会唱歌。I can_ stories and I can_ sing.61 . 我能不能和你交个朋友?Can I_ friends_ you?62 . 他参加了学校音乐社团。He_the school music club.十、单词填空阅读下面短文,然后根据括号内所给汉语意思写出单词的正确形式(每空一词)。Cooking was once regarded as a necessary part of education in England. But in recent years, it has become less important in schools. As a result 63 . (基础的) cooking and food preparation skills are being lost. It is also making more children overweight, as parents use too much fast food that is 64 . (有害的) to their health.The government is worried and is looking for ways to 65 . (解决) the problem. A new law has been passed. All secondary schools should offer cooking 66 . (课程 ) to students aged from 11 to 14 years old. They hope that this will encourage people to cook instead of eating 67 . (准备好的) meals, fast food and snacks.Students will learn to cook for one hour a 68 . (星期) for one term. They will learn to use simple and fresh ingredients(原料) to prepare healthy, tasty food, following 69 . (说明). These cooking skills will be helpful in their future life. Schools are also setting up cooking clubs all over the country. The clubs will 70 . (提供) more children with the chance to learn to cook.There are still difficulties. Head teachers are worried about the things they will need for the cooking. And about 15% of schools do not have 71 . (厨房) ) and there are not enough teachers.The speaker from the government72 . (允诺) to train 800 teachers and to give schools million pounds a year to help children from poorer families to pay for ingredients.十一、回答问题I was a schoolgirl in Grade 7 when Danny came to my school and became one of my classmates. He was handsome with blonde hair. so many girls in my class liked him very much. Every day, his parents picked him up in an old car. We all realized he was from a poor family. One day, Our teacher, Mr. Sims said that we would have a school trip. We decided to go to an amusement park. My classmates were excited. To my surprise, Danny stood up and said simply, “I wont go with you, My dad hurt his back and lost his job. I am not asking my parents for money.”“Danny, Im very proud of you for understanding the situation that your parents are in.” Mr. Sims replied. “But the trip is at the end of the month, we have plenty of time to raise money for it.” While walking home from school that day, I noticed three boys talking with Danny. I was a little worried that they were giving him a hard time. But as I got closer, I found they were only discussing how to raise money for the trip.By admitting（承认）he was poor, Danny changed my life. I will remember his courage and honesty forever.73 . Why did many girls like Danny in the class?_74 . Where did the students decide to go for the field trip?_75 . What was the matter with Dannys father?_76 . Did the three boys fight with Danny after school?_77 . What did the writer learn from Danny?_十二、书信作文78 . 假设你是Dick，请根据内容提示给John写一封电子邮件，邀请他与你一起参加Ann的生日聚会。提示：Time：6：30 p.m.，Wednesday，October 9th Place: Anns house，Heping Street要求：1. 根据内容提示可适当发挥；2. 词数不少于60，开头及结尾已给出，不计入总词数。Dear John，How are you? _Hope to receive your reply soon！Yours，Dick第 16 页 共 16 页参考答案一、单选题1、2、3、4、5、6、7、8、9、10、11、12、13、14、15、二、补全对话6选51、三、补全短文5选51、四、完型填空1、五、阅读单选1、2、六、阅读判断1、七、填写适当的单词补全句子1、八、用所给单词的正确形式填空1、九、完成句子1、十、单词填空1、十一、回答问题1、十二、书信作文1、