八年级上学期英语12月月考试卷
一、单项选择
1. He’s going to _____ an engineer when he _____ up.
A . do; grows
B . be; grow
C . be; grows
2. I’m going to travel _________.
A . a interesting place
B . somewhere interesting
C . interesting somewhere
3. —How are you going to become a write?
—I’m going to keep on _______ stories.
A . writing
B . to write
C . to writing
4. I don’t know _____ a banana milk shake. Maybe you can teach me.
A . what to do
B . when to make
C . how to make
5. The blender is too noisy. Would you please ______?
A . turn off it
B . turn it off
C . turn it on
6. —What would you like to drink, girls?
—______, please.
A . Three cups of coffees
B . Two cups of coffee
C . Two cup of coffees
7. There two pieces of turkey on the table and there some butter on the pieces.
A . are, are
B . are, is
C . is, are
8. —He got an A in last week’s math test.
—It is ______！His math is always the worst.
A . possible
B . simple
C . impossible
9. —What will the future ______？
—No one can predict exactly.
A . be like
B . be
C . like
10. —How many students went to plant trees last year？
—It’s hard to say. ______ people, I think.
A . Hundreds of
B . Hundred of
C . Two hundreds
11. I _______ in Shanghai 10 years ago.
A . live
B . lives
C . lived
12. —Will there be any paper money?
—No, _____.
A . there won’t
B . they won’t
C . there will
13. The scientist believes there will be____ cars and______ dirty air.
A . less; fewer
B . fewer; less
C . few; fewer
14. The old man is very healthy. I think he will live ______.
A . to be 100 years old
B . 100 years old
C . in 100 years old
15. All the ingredients are in the bowl. Please mix .
A . it up
B . up them
C . them up
二、完形填空
16. 阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Life in the year 2050 will be 1from today. Between then and now many changes will take place. But what 2the changes be?
The populationis growing fast. There will be 3people in the world and most of them will live 4than people live now.
Computers will be much 5and more useful, and there will be at least one in every home. And computer studies will be one of the most important subjects in 6then.
People will work 7hours than they do now and they will have more free time for sports, 8TV and traveling.9will be 10cheaper and easier. And more people will go to other countries on 11.
12will be changes in our food, too. More land will 13for building new towns and houses. Then there will be less land for keeping cows and sheep, so meat will be more expensive. Maybe no one will eat it every day. Instead they will eat more fruit and vegetables. Maybe people will be healthier.
Work in the future will be different, too. Dangerous and hard work will be done 14robots. Because of this, many people will not have enough work to do. This will be a 15.
（1）A . sameB . differentC . the same（2）A . doB . willC . would（3）A . fewerB . muchC . more（4）A . longB . longerC . the longer（5）A . smallerB . smallC . bigger（6）A . A、computersB . homesC . schools（7）A . fewB . fewerC . less（8）A . watchB . to watchC . watching（9）A . Going to the cinemaB . TravelingC . Shopping（10）A . muchB . moreC . very（11）A . vacationB . businessC . watch（12）A . ItB . TheyC . There（13）A . useB . be useC . be used （14）A . toB . ofC . by（15）A . questionB . problemC . wrong三、阅读理解
17. 根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。
A kind of little cars may some day take the place of today’s cars. If everyone drives such cars in the future，there will be less pollution There will also be more space for parking cars in cities，and the streets will be less crowded. Three such cars can fit in the space now needed for one car of the usual size.
The little cars will cost much less to own and to drive. Driving will be safer, too, as these little cars can go only 65 kilometers an hour. The cars of the future will be fine for getting around a city, but they will not be useful for long trips. Little cars will go 450 kilometers before needing to stop for more gasoline.
If big cars are still used along with the small ones, two kinds of roads will be needed in the future. Some roads will be used for the big, fast cars and other roads will be needed for the slower, small ones.
（1）There is much pollution in the car today because ________.
A . people drive big cars
B . people drive little cars
C . the cars go 65 kilometers an hour
（2）The usual size of cars today are that of future cars.
A . much smaller than
B . three times as large as
C . a little larger than
（3）We can learn from the passage that ________.
A . big cars cost less to own and to drive
B . the cars of the future will be much smaller than today’s cars
C . small cars are faster than big ones （4）The street will be less crowded because ______.
A . there will be fewer cars in the future
B . driving future cars will be safe
C . future cars will be much smaller
（5）Two kinds of roads may be needed in the future because____.
A . there will be too many cars in the future
B . more and more people will get around a city
C . big cars and little cars may be used along with each other
18. 根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。
Are you able to send a letter with pictures and sounds to someone somewhere in the world without a stamp on it? Using a computer you can send e-mails quickly and easily. The post is much slower than e-mail. E-mail can send its message to the other side of the world in seconds.
E-mail is easy to use and it saves time and money. The differences in time in different parts of the world do not matter when sending e-mail. It’s twenty-four-hour service that you can send e-mail at any time of the day or night. No one has to be there to get e-mail. It does not matter if your friends are in beds when you send e-mail to them, or you are seeing a movie at the movie theater when they send e-mail back.
（1）We can use a to send e-mail.
A . robot
B . computer
C . letter
（2）E-mail is the post.
A . faster than
B . as fast as
C . not so fast as
（3）It takes to send e-mail to the other side of the world.
A . minutes
B . seconds
C . seven days
（4）You can send e-mail at any time .
A . in the daytime
B . on weekends
C . of the day or night
（5）send e-mail to your friends when they are sleeping.
A . You can’t
B . You can
C . You shouldn’t
19. 根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。
Wildwood School Library Guide
This will offer you some information about our school library.You can use this guide to help your kids use our library.
Service hours:
3∶00 pm—5∶30 pm on school days;8∶30 am—11∶00 am on weekends On school days, your kids may borrow or return books during opening hours only when his classroom teacher allows him to. At the weekend, our library is open to both you and your kids.
Borrowing
Each student can borrow one or two books at a time:More books can be borrowed only for class reading activities and school research.
Returning
Books borrowed from the library can be kept for 15 school days. The books must be returned before the due date or the kid can not borrow other books.
Damaged or Lost Books
When a book is returned in a damaged condition, the kid will have to pay three dollars for the damage. Full price must be paid if a book is lost. We encourage students to carry their library books in plastic bags to protect them from rainy weather.
Please call us at 3362—1323 for more information.
（1）Students can borrow more than two books at a time __________.
A . for sending exams
B . to do school research
C . for after-school activities
（2）________ must be paid when a student loses the book he borrows.
A . Three dollars
B . Half the price of the book
C . Full price of the book
（3）The students should _________ to prevent rain.
A . carry their library books in plastic bags
B . cover their library books with raincoats
C . keep their library books in their classroom
（4）This library guide is for _______.
A . teachers from Wildwood
B . visitors to Wildwood School
C . parents of the Wildwood School students
（5）Which of the following is NOT true?
A . Students’ parents can go to the school library on weekends.
B . Students can go to the library during opening hours as they like.
C . Students can keep the books that they borrow for fifteen school days.
四、补全对话
20. 从方框中选出适当的句子，完成对话，有两项为多余选项。
A：Will you go there?
B：For a whole week.
C：How are you going there?
D：When are you going there?
E：Sounds great. I hope to visit them, too.
F：Who are you going with?
G：Where are you going?
A：Hi, Zhang Fan! You look so busy.
B：Yes, I am busy preparing for my vacation.
A：________
B：To Qingdao.
A：Qingdao? ________
B：Tomorrow. I’m going there wi th my family.
A：How long are you staying there?
B：________We are going to lots of places to do some sightseeing.
A：We all know the beaches of Qingdao are very beautiful. ________
B：Of course. When I lie on the beaches, I will feel so cool and relaxed.
A：________
B：I’m sure you’ll love them.
五、任务型阅读
21. 阅读下面短文，简要回答所给问题。
A long time ago, there was a big apple tree.A little boy liked playing around it every day.
As the little boy grew up, he no longer played around the tree.One day the boy came back to the t ree.He looked sad. “What’s troubling you?” asked the tree.The boy answered, “I want my own house. I need money to buy it.”
“You can pick my apples and sell them. Then you will have money.”
A few years later, the boy returned. He told the tree that he wanted to go sailing around the world.
“Use my branches to build your boat. You can sail far and be happy.” So the boy cut the branches to make a boat. He went sailing and didn’t return for a long, long time
Many years later, the boy returned. ”Sorry, but I don’t have anything for you anymore,” the tree said, crying.
“All I need is a place to rest. I am tired after my travels.”
The tree replied, ”Good ! Old tree roots are the best place to rest.” The boy sat down and the tree was glad.
The tree in this story is like your parents. Your parents are reliable and giving, like a tree, and will always love you, no matter where you are.
（1）Did the boy play around the big tree when he grew up?
（2）How did the boy get the money?
（3）What did the boy use the branches for?
（4）How did the boy feel the last time he returned to the tree?
（5）What does the write compare the tree to?
六、选词填空
22. 根据所提供的语篇内容，用方框中所给出的词的正确形式填空，使短文意思通顺、正确、连贯。方框中有两个词是多余的。
what，like，job，I，soon，most，take，do，come，building，our，study What will the world be like in the future? In ________idea, a lot of what we see in science fiction films ________true.
I think there will be flying cars for people to park on—top of ________, lf this happens, there won’t be any more traffic jams! I believe that
________hou ses will be green, as we’ll only use the energy ________wind and solar power . In the future, I think robots will do most of our ________, so life will be easier. There will be robot teachers too, and children will ________laptop computers to school instead of books. No one really knows ________will happen. All we need to do is to believe in ________. After all, as Albert Einstein once said,”I never think of the future, It comes ________enough.”
七、书面表达
23. 新年就要到了，通过今年的学习和生活，你对新的一年有何打算？业余时间打算学点什么？根据所学知识，谈谈你的想法。词数在70词左右。