北京市第五十六中学八年级英语上学期第一次月考试题 外研版 .doc

北京市第五十六中学2013-2014学年八年级英语上学期第一次月考试题 外研版 考试时间： 100 分钟；满分：100 分 第一部分 语言知识运用（共25分）一、 单项选择（共15分，每小题1分）( )1. hangzhou is famous _ the west lakea.as b.for c.to d.with( )2.if we cant know these words, we can _ in the dictionary.a.look it up b.look up it c.look them up d.look up them ( )3.the red pencil is _ than the green one.a.short b.shorter c.nice d.the shortest ( )4.every year, _ farmers go to big cities to work.a.million b.millions c.million of d.millions of( ) 5. -miss li, could you give me _ on english learning?-certainly. first you should speak english every day.a some advices b.an advice csome pieces of advices d.some advice ( )6.as we all know, smoking is bad for us, _ for children.a.especially b.recently c.probably d.nearly ( )7.beijing is old, but xian is much _.a.old b.older c.new d.newer ( )8.i have _ to tell you.a.good something b.something good c.anything good d.good anything ( )12. -why not _ john a toy car for his birthday? -good idea!he is crazy about cars.a buy b.buying c.to buy d.you buy ( )13.-nancy, remember _ the window before you go to bed! -ok,mom!a.close b.closing c.to close d.closed( )14.-_ the population of china? -its about 1.3 billion.a.whats b.how many is c.how much is d.what are( )15.it took me two weeks _ reading the novels written by guo jingming.a.finish b. to finish c.finishes d.finishing二、完形填空(每小题1分，共10分)music is an important subject(科目) that every child should study. scientists say that music helps children _16_ language learning. singing songs is good for_17_ .music improves the ear-and we know that children who have studied music can learn foreign languages more easily and pronounce them _18_ better. students who have learnt to play music are also better 19_ math. playing music with other people also teaches children to work _20_ and get to know the importance of teamwork (团队精神). children who play in school bands(乐队) and orchestras enjoy school more and do not _21_ out of school early. you need a lot of practice to play a(n) _22_ , and sometimes you need to spend hours playing the piano or the guitar. so music practice should be an everyday habit,_23_ do not make the practice too long. practice should also be fun. it is also a good idea to finish the practice with a _24_ of music that you like. then learning music will be a (n)_25_ part of the day.( )16. a. on b. in c. at d. with( )17. a. childrenb. girls c. boysd. parents( )18. a. moreb. much c. veryd. little( )19. a. in b. onc. at d. with( )20. a. aloneb. together c. by themselvesd. hard( )21. a. drop b. getc. god. leave( )22. a. ballb. showc. game d. instrument ( )23. a. because b. butc. ord. so( )24. a. pairb. placec. pieced. glass( )25. a. boring b. hardc. wonderful d. excited 第二部分 阅读理解（共30分）三、 阅读理解(每小题2分，共26分)a carol and susan were good friends. they were in the same class at school, and they often visited each other at the weekend. when they were both eight years old, carols mother had another baby. carol was happy to have a little sister and was always talking about her to susan, who had no brothers or sister. at first susan was very interested in the new baby, but after some time she began to get quite unhappy with carols talking. she also felt a little jealous(妒忌的 ). one morning when the two girls were in the school playground, carol said to susan happily, “do you know, sue, my baby sister got two hundred grams(克) this week.” “thats not very much,” answered susan. “ i know a baby that gets five kilograms（千克） a day.” “oh, that cant be true!” answered carol. “whose baby is it?” “an elephants,” said susan.( )26. carols parents have _children. a. one b. two c. three d. four( )27. carol and susan were not _. a. sisters b. friends c. classmates c. students( )28. susan began to _ the baby after some time.a. be interested in listening to the story aboutb. be tired of listening to carol talking aboutc. get unhappy withd. be jealous of( )29. what did carol tell susan one morning?a. she got nearly two hundred grams in a week.b. her baby sister got nearly two hundred grams in a week.c. a baby elephant got five kilograms in a week.d. her baby sister got five kilograms in a week.bcan animals talk? they cant say hello or speak when were sad. people say that just because we cant understand them. in fact, animals can talk, too! they speak to us through body languages. take a close look at your pet (宠物)(if you have one). do you notice your cat is closing her eyes happily as you pet her? not only animals at home can communicate and speak to you, but wild animals also can. crickets make short high sounds to tell you warm weather. a bird will call out to other animals to let them know that people are coming. a horse with their ears back and neck arched tells you to keep away. a wolfs cry to his friends means “im over here. im lonely. ” the wolf waits for them to join him. animals will never lie. if you want to know the honest truth(事实), look at your pets or the wild animals around you. if they love you, they will let you know in their own way. you just have to understand them.( )30. the writer thought people can guess animals ideas from _.a. animals languages b. peoples languages c. animals body languages d. peoples body languages( )31. what does the word “cricket” refer to?a. a kind of animal. b. a kind of language.c. a kind of sound. d. a kind of weather. ( ) 32. when you see a horse with their ears back and neck arched, you should _.a. touch (触摸)its ear and neck b. be close to its neck and earc. keep away from it d. give food to it( )33. what will the birds do when they see people are coming? a. they will cry to their friends. b. they will put their ears back. c. they will make short high sounds to tell them. d. they will call out to other animals to tell them. ( )34. what is the main idea of the passage?a. animals bodies. b. animals languages.c. animals friends. d. animals hobbies. cforty years ago, about 60 percent (百分比) of american kids walk to school. in 2009, only 13 percent of students walk to school. today, the most popular way of going to school is in the family car. “if children walk one day a week, it is good for health, traffic and the air.” says gabe graff, program (项目) manager for safe routes to school. the program in the city of portland hopes to increase (增加) the number of kids walking and biking to school. gabe graff visits five schools. he asks parents and students why they drive to school.ryan, a middle school student, lives only two miles from school. but he never walks, bikes or takes the bus. instead, he goes to school in his mothers car on her way to work. ryans father picks him up in the afternoon. “its quick and easy to drive.” says ryan. like many students, ryan gets out the car in front of the gate of the school. “parents block (堵塞) the streets when dropping off or waiting for their kids. there are safe(安全的) problems. now many schools in the city join our program, but we still have a lot of work to do.” gabe says. 四、阅读还原 （4分）animals with six legs are called insects. _ some insects such as locusts (蝗虫) eat crops. they are not farmers friends but their enemies. we all know there are other animals that eat insects. birds eat insects, and fish eat insects, too. _but do you know there are some kinds of insects that eat other insects? they are also friends of farmers. the dragonfly (蜻蜓) is one of them.many people are afraid of the dragonfly. but it is a friendly insect. it helps to kill flying insects, especially mosquitoes (蚊子). _ some dragonflies eat while flying, but others like to come down to the ground before eating their meal.the dragonfly cant walk, because all its legs are at the front of its body. but it has two pairs of strong wings so it can fly very fast. the dragonfly is one of the fastest insects in the world. the dragon fly can see very well. _ but the life of dragonfly is short. it cant live in the cold weather.第三部分 书面表达（35分）a. a dragonfly may have as many as one hundred mosquitoes in its mouth at a time.b. there are more insects than any other kind of animals.c. it can see a moving insect far away.d. they are farmers friends.e. it can fly in the sky.五、用括号内所给词的适当形式填空。（10分）1. which city is _(big) shanghai or beijing ?2. i write them down, but i forget them _ ( quick ).3. which is _(interesting ) ,this story or that one ?4. i like english _(good ) than maths . 5. its a good idea _ (read ) english in the morning.6. he always _ (clean) hi