外研版八年级下册英语月考试卷（无答案）(001).docx

1、一、单项填空（共 16 分） 知识运用（共 31 分） 从下面各题所给的 A、 B、 C、 D 四个选项中，选择可以填入空白处的最佳选项。（共 10 分， 每小题 1 分） 1. I cant find my favorite book. Can you help ? A. mine B. I C. me D. my 2. - Do you like the dress? - Yes, it very soft. A. sounds B. tastes C. turns D. feels 3. We have lived in Beijing two years ago. A. for B.

2、since C. until D. / 4. - How can I wake up so early? - Set the alarm at 6 oclock, youll make it. A. or B. and C. so D. but 5. - Have you ever Beijing to see the Great Wall? -Yes, I have. A. went to B. gone to C. been in D. been to 6. Both her parents look so sad. Maybe they _ whats happened to her.

3、A. knew B. have known C. must know D. will know 7. - you your homework yet? -Yes. I it a moment ago. A. Did; do; finished B. Have; done; finished C. Have; done; have finished D. Will; do; finish 8. - have you been in China, Betty? - I have lived in China for 10 years. A. How long B. How soon C. How

4、far D. How often 9. - What have the doctors heard? - Theyve just heard a _ from the emergency room. A. news B. information C. note D. message 10. - Have you been to Shanghai? - No, I havent. A. just B. never C. even D. ever 从下面题所给的 A、B 两个选项中，选出可以填入短文空白处的最佳选项。（共 6 分，每 小题 1.5 分） A Rivers play an impor

5、tant part in the lives of people. Since the beginning of history, people 11. rivers for crops and recreation. However, large cities and industries that are located on rivers often cause problems. As the water becomes polluted with chemicals and other materials, people are learning the 12. of doing m

6、ore to keep their rivers clean if they want to enjoy the benefits of this natural resource. 11. A. used B. have used 12. A. importance B. important B We often think of future. We often wonder what the world will be like in a hundred years time. Think of space. So far scientists 13. some space statio

7、ns. Perhaps in the near future people will be able to visit the moon as 14. _. Cheap rockets for space travel will be developed, permitting long journeys through the solar system. When that time comes, people will take holidays in space and visit other planets. 13. A. have set up B. set up 14. A. to

8、urs B. tourists 二、完形填空 (共 15 分，每小题 1.5 分) 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从短文后各题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选择最 佳选项。 Throughout history, humans have always run. Thousands of years ago, they 15 to hunt food. In the 1800s, school sport became an important part of childrens education. After the modern Olympics began later that c

9、entury, athletes (运动员) became famous. People admired them and wanted to be like them. 16 , until about forty years ago, watching running races was more popular than running. Most people enjoyed cheering for the athletes running to the finish line. Now this has changed. More and more people are start

10、ing to know the health benefits of exercise, and are 17 their running shoes! It is a well-known fact that exercise is good for you. Studies have shown that it can help prevent many types of illness, including heart disease and cancer. It will also help you live 18 . Studies show that exercise can ad

11、d up to 5 years to your life. Of course, there are many 19 to exercise. Running is just one of them. If you find you feel better after exercise, theres a good 20 for it. Running makes your body release ( 释 放 ) feel- good chemicals ( 化 合 物 ) called endocannabinoids. As a result, no matter how 21 you

12、feel, running will cheer you up. In fact, a 2012 study found that just 30 minutes of running per week for three weeks helped people sleep better and 22 their mood ( 情 绪 ). If youre interested in taking up running, its important to do it properly. Here are some tips that will help. Keep your head 23

13、. Look straight forward, not down at your feet. Relax your neck and shoulders, hold your body tall and lift your chest, as this will help you breathe more 24 . If you lean (倾斜) forward, you will hurt your lower back. Short distance runners lift their knees to run, but for distance running, keep them

14、 low, or you will use up all your energy. 15. Alived Bmoved Cran Dliked 16. ABesides BHowever CAnyway DYet 17. Apicking up Bdressing up Ctrying on Dputting on 18. Abetter Blater Clonger Dwider 19. Achances Bways Cgroups Dneeds 20. Areason Bexample Csystem Dmodel 21. Anice Bstrong Cbad Dweak 22. Atra

15、ined Bincreased Cimproved Dcorrected 23. Aup Bdown Cunder Daway 24. Ahardly Beasily Cbadly Dsoftly 阅读理解（共 32 分） 三、阅读下列短文，根据短文内容，从短文后各题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出最佳选 项 。 （共 22 分，每小题 2 分） A 1. Posted by: Monica, Canada April 24 10:41 Black bread with honey A friend of mine stayed in a hotel in India and the m

16、anager gave this to her for stomachache. It really worked. Just take a piece of bread and toast it until its black. Then put honey on the bread and eat it. It doesnt look good, but it can really help. So if you get stomachache, try this therapy (疗法). 2. Posted by: Norma, USA April 24 9:25 An onion I

17、f you get a high temperature, use an onion. It sounds strange but it helps. Cut one large onion into halves and tie the half onion to the bottom of each of your feet. You shouldnt wear socks of course! I use this on my kids and it works every time. The therapy came from a relative from down south. 3

18、. Posted by: Hell, Australia April 23 18:03 A wet teabag Here is my tip for toothache. You should put a wet teabag on the sore tooth. I always have a wet teabag in the fridge so its there when I need it. 4. Posted by: Lameed, England April 23 16:15 Salt water When I was a child, I got a lot of heada

19、ches and my grandmother always did this for me. Put a few drops of warm salt water in your ears. Dont use really hot water. Do this three or four times for both ears. Then lie down and close your eyes for about ten minutes. 25. The above advice is about . A. food and drinks B. home therapies C. home

20、 problems D. medicine 26. gave a tip for a headache. A. Lameeds grandmother B. Hell from Australia C. Norma from America D. A friend of Monicas 27. According to the postings, you can if you have a toothache. A. tie half an onion to your feet B. drop warm salt water in your ears C. eat a piece of bre

21、ad with honey D. put a wet teabag on your sore teeth B The Hubble Space Telescope (HST) is one of the most famous telescopes. It is the first optical space observatory telescope (光学空间天文望远镜). Being above the atmosphere means it can see the sky more clearly than a telescope on the ground. The main mir

22、ror is 94.5 inches (2.4 meters) across. The telescope can take pictures of things so far away that it would be nearly impossible to see them from anywhere else. It completes a full orbit of Earth every 97 minutes. That means it travels at 5 miles (10 km) per second. If you were going this speed on E

23、arth, you would be able to get from New York to San Francisco in 10 minutes. The Hubble itself is the size of a large school bus, but is still small enough to fit inside the cargo bay of a Space Shuttle. The telescope was launched in 1990 by a space shuttle. When it entered orbit, everything seemed

24、fine. But when the HST took its first pictures, astronomers found a problem with the telescopes mirror. Another space shuttle was soon sent up to repair the space telescope. The repair was not easy. It took five days of space walks. Finally, Hubble was fixed. Hubble Space Telescope have experienced

25、five repairs and it becomes even better as technology improved. During the past few years, Hubble has made great discoveries. In 2004, Hubble looked back several billion years to the first galaxies. It was able to help find out the age of the universe at about 13.7 billion years. Before the Hubble,

26、scientists only knew it was between 10 and 20 billion years old. It also took the first picture of a planet outside our solar system, and was able to find what type of atmosphere other planets might have. In the future, the James Webb Space Telescope will replace Hubble and will be located even furt

27、her from Earth. There are now other telescopes in orbit around the Earth, like the Herschel Space Observatory and the Kepler Spacecraft, which was specially made for finding Earth-like planets around other stars. 28. How far can Hubble travel per second? A. 2.4 kilometers B. 10 miles C. 5 miles D. 9

28、4.5 inches 29. Why did astronomers have to repair the HST? A. Because they were already able to take space walks. B. Because they wanted to take more pictures from space. C. Because the technology has improved after its launch. D. Because there was a problem with the telescopes mirror. 30. From the

29、paragraph 3, we can learn about . A. why we should take space pictures B. how to fix a space telescope C. what the Hubble has done for us D. whats next about the Hubble 31. Which of the following is NOT true? A. The Hubble is not the only telescope in the space. B. The universe is about 20 billion y

30、ears old. C. Scientists know a lot about space with the help of Hubble. D. The Hubble is as large as a big school bus. C “What are you afraid of?” Mr. Miller asked the class. Clayton tried not to laugh. Fear was for babies, not a tough kid like him. “Snakes,” Rebecca said. “Spiders,” Michelle added.

31、 “Okay,” Mr. Miller said, “but I was actually talking about bigger things.” “Like sharks?” Joe asked. “Theyre really scary with their sharp teeth and ” Mr. Miller held up his hand, “Im talking about the things that scare you in life. Things like failing math or not making the basketball team.” Hands

32、 flew up all around Clayton. His classmates named everything from not being popular to losing a loved one. Clayton was not listening. He didnt want to because every fear his classmates mentioned was something he worried about, too. Hed always thought he was fearless, but here he was afraid of every

33、single thing mentioned in class. “What about you, Clayton?” Mr. Miller asked. Clayton crossed his arms and looked out the window. “Im not afraid of anything.” “Nothing?” Mr. Miller asked. “You have to be afraid of something,” Joe said. “What about the science test we have coming up?” Clayton had bee

34、n studying every night, and he still had trouble remembering everything. “Nope.” “Isnt your grandfather in the hospital?” Rebecca asked. “You must be worried about him.” Grandpa Mike had to have open heart surgery (外科手术) . The doctors said hed fully recover (康复，恢复) , but Clayton couldnt stop thinkin

35、g about how much older Grandpa Mike had looked in the hospital. “Hell be fine.” “You know,” Mr. Miller said, “theres another fear that many people have.” He sat down on the edge of the desk and stared at Clayton. “Some people are afraid of fear. Theyre afraid to admit (承认) when something scares them

36、 because being afraid makes that thing seem so much more real.” Clayton looked at Mr. Miller. “Are you like that?” “I was.” Mr. Miller walked over to Claytons desk. “But then I learned that facing my fears allowed me to do something about them. I could take control, even if only in a small way.” He

37、leaned down and looked Clayton in the eyes. “When my grandfather was in the hospital, I visited him every day and read the newspaper to him just because it made him smile. His smile made me feel better, less afraid.” Grandpa Mike liked to read the newspaper, too. “I should do that for my grandpa,” C

38、layton said. “Facing your fear is much braver than pretending you arent afraid,” Mr. Miller said. Clayton nodded, determined to face his fears. 32. Clayton didnt want to answer the question because . A. he was a tough kid B. he was afraid of nothing C. his classmates thought he was fearless D. every

39、 fear mentioned was what he worried about 33. Clayton worried about Grandpa Mike because . A. Grandpa Mike couldnt read newspapers now B. Grandpa Mike did not fully recover C. Grandpa Mike would have a surgery D. he couldnt visit Grandpa Mike every day 34. From the passage we know that Mr. Miller .

40、A. lived with his grandpa B. had fears like the students C. read newspaper to his grandpa every day D. loved to discuss fears with the students 35. The story mainly wants to tell us that . A. its OK to have fears B. we should be afraid of nothing C. sometimes we cant control our fears D. kids dont l

41、ike to talk about their fears. 四、阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题。（共 10 分，每小题 2 分） When 19-year-old Sophia Giorgi said she was thinking of volunteering to help the Make-A-Wish Foundation (基金会)，nobody understood what she was talking about. But Sophia knew just how important Make-A-Wish could be because this special o

42、rganization (组织) had helped to make a dream come true for one of her best friends. We were interested in finding out more, so we went along to meet Sophia and listen to what she had to say. Sophia told us that Make-A-Wish is a worldwide organization that started in the United States in 1980. “Its a

43、charity (慈善机构) that helps children who have got very serious illnesses. Make-A-Wish helps children feel happy even though they are sick, by making their wishes and dreams come true,” Sophia explained. We asked Sophia how Make-A-Wish had first started. She said it had all begun with a very sick young

44、 boy called Chris, who had been dreaming for a long time of becoming a policeman. Sophia said lots of people had wanted to find a way to make Chriss dream come true - so, with everybodys help, Chris, only seven years old at the time, had been a “policeman” for a day. “When people saw how happy Chris

45、 was when his dream came true, they decided to try and help other sick children too, and that was the beginning of Make-A-Wish,” explained Sophia. Sophia also told us the Foundation tries to give children and their families a special, happy time. A Make-A-Wish volunteer visits the families and asks

46、the children what they would wish for if they could have anything in the world. Sophia said the volunteers were important because they were the ones who helped to make the wishes come true. They do this either by providing things that are necessary, or by raising money or helping out in whatever way

47、 they can. 36. Did Sophia know how important Make-A-Wish could be? 37. How does Make-A-Wish help children feel happy? 38. What was the name of the first child Make-A-Wish helped? 39. Why were the volunteers important according to Sophia? 40. What is the passage mainly about? 书面表达（共 20 分） 五、根据中文和提示词写

48、句子。（共 10 分，每小题 2 分） 41. 她的声音听起来很美。(voice, sound) 42. 大明迫不及待地想要骑他的新自行车。(cant wait, ride) 43. 冬天很容易得感冒。（it is, cold） 44. 到目前为止，他们已经花了八百万元建造这座大桥。(spend, million) 45. 自从去年搬到北京，我的身体就一直很好。(move to; good condition) 六、文段表达（共 10 分） 46. 根据中文和英文提示，完成一篇不少于 50 词的文段写作。文中已给出的内容不计入总词 数。所给提示词语仅供选用。 假设你是李华，最近新冠肺炎疫情期间

49、，你的美国笔友迈克居家学习，因每天用电脑时间过 长，久坐且缺乏锻炼，导致经常感到眼睛酸痛、全身乏力。医生建议他适当放松、运动。请结合 你前一段时间的运动经验,给迈克提一些好的建议，并说明理由。请根据提示问题，给他回一 封邮件。 提示词语：exercise, eyes are sore (酸痛), weak, advise, jump ropes, do a plank (平板支撑), do sit-ups (仰卧起坐), wear a mask, open space (开放空间) 提示问题: 1. What do you think is Mikes problem? 2. What spo

50、rts did you do in the last few months? 3. What do you advise Mike to do? Why ? Dear Mike, I am sorry to hear that you dont feel very well. I hope this helps. Looking forward to seeing you again when everything gets back to normal! Yours, Li Hua 附加阅读（共 12 分） 七、阅读短文，掌握其大意，然后从方框所给的词中选出最佳词，并用其正确的形式填空。每个