人教版2019-2020学年八年级第一学期第二次月考英语试卷

人教版2019-2020学年八年级第一学期第二次月考英语试卷姓名:_ 班级:_ 成绩:_一、单选题1 . Tomorrow is Mums birthday. What are you going to buy _ her?Im going to buy her a pair of shoes.AtoBforCinDfrom2 . My mother always tells me _ out alone at night.AgoBnot goCnot to goDdont go3 . Have you asked the policeman _?Yes. He told us to turn left onto Main Street. Its on the right.Aif there is a bank near hereBhow can we get to the nearest bankCwhere can we find a bankDwhen we can go to the nearest bank4 . The girl used to _ the dark, but now she is used to _ at home alone at night.Ais afraid of; stayBbe afraid of; stayingCis afraid to; stayingDbe afraid; to stay5 . A: I think Jane will possibly be a secretary in the future.B: _AThats right.BThats all right.CI think so, too.DYou are all right.6 . _ cool your new ipad 3 is! I want to have one but I cant afford it.AWhatBWhat anCWhat aDHow7 . Scientists have collected_- about the ocean.Amany informationBa lot of informationCquite a few informationsDa lot information8 . He spent a lot of time _English yesterday.AlearnBto learnClearnedDlearning9 . Yao Ming_a basketball player.Ais famous asBis famous forCis famous to10 . - Excuse me. May I speaking to Jill, please? - _.AYes, Im Jill.BSpeakCIm speaking.DThis is Jill speaking.11 . He is_ the Music Club. He_ music.Aon; enjoy listeningBon; enjoys listenning toCin; enjoiesDin; enjoys listening to12 . We were all so _ at the length that kangaroos jumped.AsurprisingBsurprisedCsurpriseDsurprises13 . If you leave the water running _ you are brushing your teeth, you might waste a lot of water.AbutBwhileCduringDand14 . 一I called you just now, but you didnt answer it.一Sorry! My phone was on silent mode. Ia DIY course.AtookBwas takingCam takingDtake15 . My classmates often _ to school _ busAwalk, byBgo , byCgo, inDgo, by a二、补全短文5选5Sunny is a happy girl with a kind heart. One day her mother gave her some money to buy her favorite ice-cream. When she arrived at the ice-cream shop, 16 . . The man looked hungry. Sunny thought he was the poorest man in the world. Sunny looked at the ice-cream shop and the man for a while. 17 . . The man smiled and said, “Thank you, little girl. You are very kind. 18 . In fact, Im the richest man in this town and sometimes I wear old clothes to see what people will do.” Then the man took Sunny to a big shop and said to her, “19 . . You can choose any of them, even the most expensive one you want.”Sunny asked, “20 . ” “Of course,” said the man. Sunny took a big cup of ice-ream for herself, and a new coat for the man.根据材料内容，从下面五个选项中选出能填入文中空缺处的最佳选项，使短文意思通顺、内容完整。AChoose a gift for you.BThen she decided to give the money to the poor man.CBut Im not a poor man.DCan I choose two?E. she saw a homeless man outside the shop.三、完型填空A man died and was on his way to another world, either heaven or hell(天堂或地狱). He saw a very beautiful palace halfway and the owner of the palace asked him_ in the palace.The man said, “I have been working hard _ my life and now I just want to eat and sleep without any work.” The owner said, “If so, there is nowhere else_ than here for you. There is a lot of delicious food in my palace and you can eat _ you want. You can have a good rest and _ needs to be done by you. ” Then the man stayed in the palace.At the beginning, the man felt very_. But gradually(渐渐地), he felt a bit lonely and bored. So he went to the owner and asked, “It is boring to live _ just eating and sleeping every day. Could you help me find a_ ?”The owner replied, “Sorry, there is no job here.”Several months later, the man couldnt _ the present life and went to the owner again, “I am really fed up with（厌倦） this kind of life. _ you dont offer me a job, I would rather（宁愿）go to hell instead of living here.”The owner of the palace smiled, “Do you think it is heaven here? It is hell!21 . Ato stayBstayingCdont stayDstay22 . AtoBduringCatDbefore23 . AbiggerBbetterCworseDcleaner24 . AwhereverBwhoeverCwheneverDwhatever25 . AsomethingBanythingCnothingDeverything26 . AangryBhappyCboredDworried27 . AasBbyCatDwithout28 . AfriendBchildCjobDpet29 . AstandBrefuseCfollowDimagine30 . AIfBUnlessCSoDBecause四、阅读单选Plants are very important. This is because plants can make food from air, water and sunlight. Animals and man cannot make food from air, water and sunlight. Animals can get their food by eating plants and other animals. Man gets his food by eating plants and animals, too. So animals and men need plants in order to live. This is why there are so many plants around us. There are two kinds of plants: flowering plants and non-flowering plants. Almost all the trees around us are flowering plants. You can know some trees from their flowers and fruit. Non-flowering plants do not grow flowers. You can not see many non-flowering plants around you. If you look carefully at the plants around you, you will find that there are many kinds of plants. Some plants are large and some are small. Most of them are green. Thanks to the plants around us, we can live on the earth. 根据短文内容，选择正确答案。31 . We need many plants around us because _.Aplants can grow easilyBplants are greenCwe can get what we need from plantsDwe like all kinds of plants32 . There are so many plants around us because _.Aman doesnt need any plantsBmost animals dont eat plantsCmen and animals need plants to liveDthe earth will become more beautiful33 . There are _ non-flowering plants than flowering plants around us.Amuch fewerBmuch moreCmuch largerDmuch better34 . Which of the following does NOT come from a plant?ABasket.BBread.CCabbage.DStone forest.35 . Which is the best title (题目) of this passage?APlants around UsBMan and AnimalsCLive on EarthDFood and PlantsDear Tony, Thank you very much for your letter. Shanghai certainly sounds beautiful! Im fine. And Im very busy with my lessons. I have seven classes every day, four in the morning and three in the afternoon. Yes, I like English very much. But I dont like Chinese. Chinese is very hard. Im trying my best to learn it, but Im not very good. I like PE best because its very interesting. I can play football and basketball. By the way, do you like English? Can you speak English well? What do you think of England? Welcome to London. I hope you can come to London one day.Love,Plum36 . Who writes this letter?AMum.BTony.CPlum.DLove.37 . What is the writer doing in Shanghai?AThe writer is busy with some work.BThe writer is having a meeting.CThe writer is studying.DThe writer is learning English.38 . The writer likes _ best of all.AsportsBEnglishCChineseDfootball39 . We can guess the writer is from _.AShanghaiBAustraliaCthe USADBritain40 . This passage is mainly about _.Athe writers home town in EnglandBthe writers schoolCthe writers work in ChinaDthe writers reply (回复) to TonyThere are many kinds of music in the world, pop music, classical music, folk music and so on Do you know country music? Its a traditional kind of music from the southern states of America.I like it very much! It will take me away for a while after I am tired.The guitars and songs will take me to mountains and fields.Country music usually talks of everyday life and feelings.Its the spirit of America, easy to understand, slow and simple.Country music developed in the Southern United States.It was the folk music of American countryside.Many of songs tell about the lives of farmers.They talk about love, crops(庄稼)or death.The life of the countryside can be hard, so the words in country music are often sad.At first, people played the music only at family parties.But it became more popular later.In the 1920s, people played country songs on the radio, and they made them into records.When people in the countryside moved to towns and cities to look for work, they took their music with them.Country music continued to change and became popular across America.John Denver was one of Americas most famous country singers in the 1970s.His song Take Me Home, Country Road is famous and people still play it today.41 . where did country music develop?AIn John Denvers city.BIn the northern United StatesCIn the Southern United StatesDIn the Western United States42 . What is country music usually about ?AWorkers feelingsBFarmers feelingsCThe lives of workersDEveryday life and feelings.43 . Why did country music become popular in America?ABecause city people liked the music.BBecause city people liked the country.CBecause farmers moved to cities with their music and it continued to change.DBecause country music talked about city peoples lives.44 . From the passage we know that_.Acountry music isnt the spirit of America.Bcountry music is always happy.Cpeople began to make country songs records in 1920.DJohn Denver is famous for the song lake Me Home, Country Roads.Game: Describe and guessIn Describe and guess, players take turns choosing（选）a Word Brick and then describing(描述) one of the words on the brick without saying the actual word. The goal is to get the other players to guess the word.InstructionsHave students(the players)sit in groups of 35 and give each group some Word Bricks.In their groups,players take turns choosing one Word Brick.Each player shoud not let anyone else see his or her brick.Each player examines both sides of his or her Word Brick and chooese one of the words.In turns,each player describes his or her word without saying that word.The other players guess until one guesses the word.After all of the playerswords have been guessed,do steps 24 again with new Word Bricks.End the game after the specified amount of time.“Player Talk” in Describe and guessThe player picks a brick with the word one on one side and the on the other side.He or She chooses to describe the.Describer:Okay,this is a small word. Its very common in English.Guesser 1:Is it and?Describer: No.We often use it before the word sun,ocean and weather.Guesser 2: The.Describer: Right45 . Which is NOT true about how to play the game?AYou can play the game in groups of 4.BYou cant let others see your word brick.CThe describer cant say the word.DTheres only one word on each word brick.46 . The second part is to _.Atell you about another gameBteach some word storiesCshow how to play the gameDteach some small words47 . Which might be the right word brick according to the second part?AABBCCDD五、语法填空Last weekend, Jerrys family 48 . (go) shopping. The shops 49 . (be) very crowded and Jerry 50 . (get) lost. It made his parents 51 . (feel) worried. Luckily, a kind man 52 . (find) him at last.六、根据图画及所给单词写出句子Read and write（看图，选词填空）(put,soil) First,53 . the vase.(plant)54 . ,55 . In the soil.(add, the rest) Next56 . into the vase.(water)57 . ,58 . .七、汉译英：整句中译英59 . 我正打算往河里跳时水里出现一条蛇。_60 . 下个月的今天我们将乘飞机去南美洲。_61 . 据报道，另一颗人造卫星将在酒泉被发射。_62 . 她本打算今年暑假去欧洲旅行，但金融危机使她丢了工作。_63 . 我的朋友告诉我他下个月就开始他的研究计划。_八、材料作文64 . 随着扬州市“五个一百工程”的推进，我们深刻地感受到阅读带给我们的乐趣。请根据以下问题要点，以 “Reading is fun” 为题用英语写一篇短文，与同学们分享你的阅读体会。要点：1. Why do you usually read books? (Two reasons)2. Which book do you want to recommend to your classmates? 3. Why do you recommend this book to your classmates? (Two reasons)4. What advice can you give to your classmates on reading books? (Two pieces of advice)要求：1）表达清楚，语法正确，上下文连贯；2）必须包括提示中的所有信息，并按要求适当发挥；3）词数：100词左右；4）不得使用真实姓名、校名和地名等。Reading is fun_第 14 页 共 14 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、补全短文5选51、三、完型填空1、四、阅读单选1、2、3、4、五、语法填空1、六、根据图画及所给单词写出句子1、七、汉译英：整句1、八、材料作文1、