八年级下学期第一次月考英语试卷

八年级下学期第一次月考英语试卷

一、单项选择

1. — Do you want to be chess player when you grow up?

— Of course not. I play chess just for fun.

A . a; aB . a; theC . a; /D . the; /

2. —How long _______ you _______ Lily’s English-Chinese dictionary?

— For two weeks.

A . did; borrowB . have; borrowedC . have; keptD . did; kept

3. — I can’t _____ my old friends after my cell phone was stolen.

— What a pity!

A . keep in touch withB . be in touch withC . get in touch withD . catch up

with

4. —When did your parents _______? — They _______ for 20 years.

A . marry.; got marriedB . get married; have got married:C . marry; have got

marriedD . get married; have been married

5. There have been no buses _______ half an hour.

A . afterB . forC . inD . since

6. I used to_______ after 8:00, but now I’m used to _______ before 7:00.

A . getting up; getting upB . get up; get upC . getting up; get upD . get up;

getting up

7. John’s never flown to Canada, _______?

A . is heB . isn’t heC . has heD . hasn’t he

8. Andy, with his parents, to Hong Kong, and they will stay there for a

week.

A . have goneB . have beenC . has beenD . has gone

9. My father _____ bus to work and it takes a long time ____ for one.

A . by, to waitB . takes a, to waitC . takes, to lookD . by, look

10. ____ some ways, his classmates are all kind ____ him .

A .By, ofB . On, withC . In, toD . Of, by

11. ---Have you written anything on Chinese traditional food so far?

---________, but I have a plan for it.

A . Ever sinceB . Later onC . Not yetD . From now on

12. ---Where’s my key?

--- It was on the desk an hour _______.

A . beforeB . laterC . afterD . ago

13. ---Were you very when you saw the parade coming towards you?

--- Of course. It was the most moment.

A . excited; excitedB . exciting; excitedC . excited; excitingD . exciting;

exciting

14. ---I don’t like my life in this school. I sometimes feel so_____ and

helpless.

--- I don’t think so. You are never____ because all your classmates are

ready to help you.

A . lonely; aloneB . lonely; lonelyC . alone; aloneD . alone; lonely

15. ---The beef in this restaurant tastes nice.

---You can’t find better beef in any other restaurant.

A . Why?B . I can’t agree.C . Are you sure?D . Exactly.

二、完形填空

16. Tom is the son of a farm owner. One New Year’s Day, when he was 15,

his father 1him to work on the farm for one year when he was free. Tom was

2with his father’s idea.” That isn’t my job. I have 3 school work to do.”

Hearing this, his father said, “I promiseto give you the best present if you

4finish one year’s work.” Tom thought for a while and 5 .

Starting one Saturday, the boy got up early and worked 6 till evening, just

like any other farmer. Time passed quickly. Tom’s crops grew well. 7 the last

day of the year, the father said, “I’m happy to see that you have worked very

hard the whole year. Now, tell me 8you want.”

The boy smiled and showed his father a big piece of bread made from his

wheat.” I’ve already got the 9 present. No pains, no gains. I think this is what

you wanted 10 to know.”His father was quite pleased to hear that.

（1）A . askedB . letC . madeD . stopped（2）A . happyB . unhappyC .

excitedD . sorry（3）A . much tooB . so littleC . too muchD . a lot（4）A . shallB .

mustC . needD . can（5）A . saidB . answeredC . agreedD . began（6）A . hardB .

hardlyC . slowlyD . difficult（7）A . AtB . OnC . InD . By（8）A . whereB . whichC .

howD . what（9）A . leastB . worstC . bestD . fewest（10）A . mineB . I C . myD .

me三、阅读理解

17. 阅读理解

Our village carpenter（木匠）, John Hill, came one day and made a dining

table for my wife. He made it just the right size to fill the space between the

two windows. When I got home that evening, John was drinking a cup of tea

and writing out his bill（账单）for his job.

My wife said to me quietly, “That’s his ninth cup of tea today.” But she

said in a loud voice, “It’s a beautiful table, dear, isn’t it?” “I’ll decide about

that when I see the bill,” I said. John laughed and gave me his bill for the work.

I read:

One dining table 10th November, 2011

Cost of wood ＄17.00

Paint ＄1.50

Work, 8 hours ＄8.00

Total ＄36.50

When I was looking at the bill, John said, “It’s been a fine day, hasn’t it?

Quite sunny.”

“Yes,” I said. “I’m glad it’s only the 10th of November.”

“Me, too,” said John, “you wait—it will be a lot colder by the end of the

month.”

“Yes, colder—and more expensive! Dining tables will be ＄20 more

expensive on November 30th, won’t they, John?”

John looked hard at me for half a minute. Was there a little smile in his two