人教版2019-2020学年八年级下学期英语3月月考试卷（I）卷

第 1 页 共 14 页 人教版人教版 2019 20202019 2020 学年八年级下学期英语学年八年级下学期英语 3 3 月月考试卷 月月考试卷 I I 卷 卷 姓名姓名 班级班级 成绩成绩 一 一 完形填空 完形填空 每小题 每小题 1 1 分 共分 共 1515 分 分 共共 1 1 题 共题 共 1515 分分 1 15 分 完形填空 There was once a young man in a town He liked puppets 木偶 so much that he became an apprentice 学徒 to a great puppet maker Sadly the young man was not so clever and people around him always said he had no 1 for making puppets However he enjoyed it so much that he worked day after day to 2his skills Though he was hard working they would always find something wrong with his puppets The young man was 3 but he wasn t going to give up After thinking for a few days he 4 to spend all his time making just one kind of puppet As long as he found a fault 缺陷 in his puppet he would throw it away and start again Years passed he was much 5 at making puppets than any other apprentice but he kept making improvements Living 6 that the man wasn t making any money Many people laughed at how poor he was By the time he was an old man his puppet was 7 wonderful Finally after so many years of work he finished his puppet and said 8 wrong with it this time It s perfect 完美的 And for the first time in all those years he didn t throw his puppet and felt so happy The man s name was Geppetto 9 he made the perfect puppet he got more happiness than any other famous puppet maker His 10 tells us how important it is to keep on something So never give up the things you really enjoy 1 A mistake B talent 第 2 页 共 14 页 C ticket 2 A improve B appear C cover 3 A excited B upset C careless 4 A decided B refused C replied 5 A bigger B better C worse 6 A before B than C like 7 第 3 页 共 14 页 A truly B hardly C quietly 8 A Everything B Nothing C Something 9 A So B Though C Because 10 A future B advice C experience 二 二 阅读理解 每小题阅读理解 每小题 2 2 分 共分 共 2626 分 分 共共 3 3 题 共题 共 2626 分分 2 10 分 阅读短文 从各题所给的 A B C D 四个选项中选择最佳选项 Studies have shown that a good night s rest helps us stay healthy Researchers say sleep is probably the best tool we have for memory and learning Getting a good night s sleep is important for the learning and memory process It s important because it stores 储存 the training and learning exercises into our memory forever while we re sleeping 7 8 hours in bed And then the next morning when we wake up our mind is better prepared to act on that information Twery an expert on the science of sleep said 第 4 页 共 14 页 But what about getting rest during the middle of the day Past studies have shown that napping can help babies and young children learn better In fact napping can help older adults with their brain performance and may also help this group of people fight off age related 年龄相关 memory loss The researchers studied 3 000 people and found that those who took an hour long nap did much better on mental 智力的 tests The hour long nappers also did better on the tests than those who napped for shorter and longer periods But researchers note that these findings are for those over 65 and for young healthy adults an hour long nap may be too long At present we re suggesting that we try to nap for about 30 minutes or less Thirty minutes is enough to remove 消除 the pressure and will help us feel more awake If we nap longer we will get trapped into 陷入 the deep sleep which can be hard to get out of Twery said This feeling is called sleep inertia 迟钝 the period when you awake from a very deep sleep For a time you are unable to think clearly 1 From Paragraph 1 a good night s sleep A is usually 7 8 hours B makes people become smarter C makes people wake up early in the morning D helps with people s learning and memory 2 The underlined word napping in Paragraph 3 means A a short sleep during the day B a good sleep during the day C a deep sleep at night D a long sleep at night 3 What does the result of the study show A The time of napping should be controlled 第 5 页 共 14 页 B The hour long nappers are much smarter C Young adults need more napping time D The deeper you sleep the longer you ll sleep 4 What is the passage mainly about A How does napping influence people s health B Napping may improve learning and memory C The importance of having a good night s sleep D How long should people take a nap during the day 5 In which part of a newspaper can we find the passage A NATURE B SPORTS C HEALTH D CULTURE 3 6 分 阅读理解 Who were your best friends five years ago Is there anyone you would really like to see again In 1999 Julie Pankhurst a computer programmer from London was thinking about her past and especially the people she used to go to school with Julie looked on the Internet for a website to help her find her old school friends But there was nothing So Julie and her husband Steve started their own website They called it Friends Reunited The site grew slowly at first but soon they received their first thank you email The man wrote Thank you so much Using your website I found an old friend from thirty years ago Julie and Steve were very excited about this and continued to improve their website By the end of 2000 there were 3 000 members 第 6 页 共 14 页 The next year was really hard work for the couple In January a national radio station mentioned their website Their membership doubled in one week People were talking about the website all over the country and it became a full time job for Julie and Steve In a year they had four million members Now over fifteen million people in lots of different countries use Friends Reunited to find old school friends work colleagues and neighbors Some of the stories which people tell Julie and Steve are amazing For example David Webster lost his memory in a car crash He used the website to find old school friends and they helped him remember his past Julie s simple idea gave us a national obsession 痴迷 getting in touch with old friends and hearing their news And it made her and Steve very rich in 2005 they sold Friends Reunited for 120 million 1 Julie and Steve started the website because A Julie wanted to find some old friends B they knew it was an original idea C Julie was bored in her job D they wanted to make new friends 2 In 2001 Julie and Steve A both appeared on a radio show B got four million new members C found all their old school friends D worked on the website almost every day 3 David Webster used Friends Reunited to A organize a school reunion B help people injured in car accidents 第 7 页 共 14 页 C set up a new radio station D find people who know about his past 4 Now Julie and Steve are A no longer the owners of Friends Reunited B TV stars in England C have over 15 million fans on their micro blog D working on a new website 5 The main topic of the passage is A a woman who met her husband on the Internet B a couple who wanted more friends C a website that helps you find old friends D a man who needs help in a car accident 4 10 分 阅读理解 When we exercise hard we burn fat But have you ever wondered where exactly the fat goes Some doctors think that fat is changed into heat and given off in the air Others think the body burns it Some even joke that someone comes and takes it That s why you always weigh less in the morning Now a new study from Australia solves the mystery 迷 The correct answer is that most of the fat is breathed 呼吸 out as CO2 It goes into the air says the study Scientists followed the atoms 原子 in 10 kilograms of fat as they are lost They found that 8 4 of those kilograms are breathed out as CO2 through the lungs 肺 The other weight 1 6 kilograms becomes water and leaves the body None of this is easy to understand because we can t see the CO2 we breathe out said the study s lead expert 第 8 页 共 14 页 Does that mean you can lose more weight by breathing more It is not as easy as you think Breathing more than the body s metabolic rate 新陈代谢速度 can make you uncomfortable You may feel dizzy 眩晕的 and become unable to see move or feel according to the study So how can people lose weight healthily The key is to eat less and move more You may have heard this many times During a day a 70kg person breathes out about 200g of CO2 So if the same person wants to lose weight he or she can do some light exercise for example walking fast This can help lose 240g of CO2 1 Where is the new study from A Japan B Australia C Canada D America 2 According to the new study where does our fat go when we exercise a lot A The body burns it B Someone comes and takes it C It is changed into heat and given off in the air D Most of it is breathed out as CO2 3 What will happen to people if they breathe more than the body s metabolic rate A They will lose weight healthily B They will feel comfortable C They may become unable to move D They may become healthier 4 Which of the following is the best way to lose weight 第 9 页 共 14 页 A Sitting still and breathing more B Sleeping a lot and breathing more C Eating less and exercising more D Eating more and doing some light exercise 5 The passage mainly tells us A where fat goes when we exercise B why we can lose weight healthily C how we should do some exercise D what we should do to become fat 三 三 选词填空 每小题选词填空 每小题 1 1 分 共分 共 1010 分 分 共共 1 1 题 共题 共 1010 分分 5 10 分 用方框内所给词的适当形式填空 discuss east nature million more than 1 Shanghai is a large and modern city in China 2 There are of living things on the earth 3 My aunt stayed here for a week eight days in all 4 Mountain Tai is one of the greatest wonders in China 5 They had a to about when to have the party 四 四 语法填空 语法填空 每小题 每小题 1 1 分 共分 共 1010 分 分 共共 1 1 题 共题 共 1010 分分 6 10 分 阅读下列短文 根据文章大意用所给单词的适当形式填空 未提供单词的 限填一词 使文章意 思完整 正确 Why do people wear clothes To make me warm and to cover my body will probable be the answer That s why people wear clothes but people also want to look attractive and appear success to others 第 10 页 共 14 页 If people only wore clothes for warmth and to cover their bodies most clothes would be simple and cheap In many countries clothes are sometimes very expensive The main reason for that be not the cost of the materials or the cost of make clothes The clothes are expensive because they are fashionable Successful businessmen for example often wear very expensive suits shirts and ties Sometimes they pay thousands of dollars a suit and several hundred dollars for tie It s still just a suit and a tie but they pay these prices because of the famous designer Fashion is changing It means that people want to be fashionable have to buy new clothes every few months even if last month clothes have been worn only once or two Some people have wardrobes 衣柜 full of clothes but some of these clothes have never been worn These clothes are no longer in fashion though they are still new 五 五 根据所给字母或中文填空 根据所给字母或中文填空 每小题 每小题 1 1 分 共分 共 9 9 分 分 共共 9 9 题 共题 共 9 9 分分 7 1 分 These pairs of shoes don t fit me They re too big too small 填连 词 8 1 分 We all felt that the young people had too much 权力 9 1 分 I have a n 咳嗽 and have to see the doctor 10 1 分 The box is too h to carry Can you help me 11 1 分 There are so many people with guns these days It s really fr