八年级（下）英语第一次月考试题(I) 听力部分（30分）一．听句子，选择最佳答语。
（10分）1. A. He is very tall. B. He doesn’t like it at all. C. He likes to go sailing.2. A. Good luck. B. It’s great. C. I’ll try it.3. A. My favourite subject is history.B. My hobby is reading history books.C. I like history best of all my subjects.4. A. He often goes swimming B. Yes, he does. C. Once a week.5. A. By bus B. On Friday. C. To Hainan.二．听对话，选择正确答案。
（10分）6. What’s Tom’s hobby?A. He likes collecting kites.B. He likes collecting stamps.C. He likes collecting tickets.7. What does Lucy think about the new stamp?A. She doesn’t like it.B. She thinks it’s very beautiful.C. She has no idea.8. How did Tom get the new stamp?A. He bought it.B. A classmate game it to him.C. Lucy bought him the stamp.9. Has Lucy learned a lot from the tickets she collects?A. Yes, she has.B. No, she hasn’t.C. The dialogue doesn’t tell us.10. What about Lucy’s classmates’ hobbies?A. Her classmates don’t have any hobbies.B. They like collecting stamps, too.C. They have many kinds of hobbies.三．听短文，根据短文内容选择正确答案（10分）11. Where was the dance held?A. At Mary’s home.B.At a school.C. At John’s home.12. Who went to the dance last Saturday?A. John and Brown.B. Mary Brown and John BrownC. Mary Smith and John Brown.13. What did they do after the dance?A. John took Mary to his home.B. John took Mary home.C. Mary went home alone.14. Who talked about the dance?A. John , Mary and Mrs BrownB. John, Mary and Mr Smith.C. John, Mary and Mary’s mother. 15. When did they go to bed?A. After midnight.B. At 10:00pm.C. At 12：00pm.（II）．笔试部分（120分）一、单项选择（15分）1. that moment , my mother was watering the flowers.A.InB.ForC. AtD. With2. The weather in China is different that in Australia.A. fromB. toC. forD. like3. There is with your watch. Time is not right.A. wrong somethingB. something wrongC. nothing wrongD. wrong nothing4. She parked(停) her car outside the door , but the next morning she found it missing(丢失的).A. as usualB. at leastC. usualD. so5. －Welcome to China. , where are you from?－England.A. This wayB. On the wayC. In the wayD. By the way6. Don’t make me this or that. I’m too busy.A. to doB. doC. doingD. done7. Those stories are very , so Betty is in them.A. interest ,interestingB. interested, interestingC. interesting, interestedD. interested, interest8. －do you visit your grandmother?－Once a month.A. How oftenB. How longC. How farD. How soon9. The teacher wanted to know she was late for school again.A. thatB. ifC. whichD. weather10.Many students began to enjoy The Harry Potter.A. readB. to readC. readingD. readed11.－I don’t know they will go swimming or not.－You’d better ask Mrs. Li.A. ifB. \C. thatD. whether12. I don’t think he will come.A. thatB. ifC. whenD. how13. Please tell me where now.A. he livedB. does he liveC. he livesD. did he lived14. Could you tell me ? I want to post a letter.A. where is the post officeB. where the post office isC. how can I get to the cinemaD.how I can get to the cinema15.－Do you know the MP3 player last week?－Sorry, I have no idea.A.how much did she pay forB. how much will she pay forC.how much she paid forD. how much she will pay for二、完型填空（10分）John lived with his mother in a very big house, and after she 1 , the house became too big 2 him, so he bought a 3 one in the next street. There was a very nice, old clock in his 4 house ,and when the man came to take his things to the new house, John thought,”I’m not going to let them 5 my beautiful old clock in their truck. Perhaps they will break it, and then it will be very expensive to repair it.” So he 6 and began to carry it down the road in his arms.It was heavy ,so he stopped two or three times to have 7 .Then suddenly a small boy came along the road. He stopped and looked at John for 8 seconds. Then he said to John,”You’re a 9 ,aren’t you?10 don’t you buy a watch like everyone else?”1.A. worked B. studied C. died D. played2. A. at B. with C. about D. for3. A. larger B. bigger C. nicer D. smaller4. A. second B. third C. first D. new5. A. to carry B. bring C. to take D. carry6. A. picked it up B. picks it up C. picks up it D. picked up it7. A. a look B. a drink C. a walk D. a rest8. A. a few B. few C. little D. a little9. A. great B. fool(傻子) C.clever D. bright10. A. where B. Why C. How D. When三、阅读理解（共40分每题2分）Awe each have a memory(记忆力). That’s why we can still remember things after a long time. Some people have very good memories and they can easily learn many things by heart, but some people can only remember things when they say or do them again and again. Many of the great men of the world have got surprising memories.A good memory is a great help in learning a language. Everybody learns his mother language when he is a small child. He hears the sounds, remembers them and then he learns to speak. Some children are living with their parents in foreign countries. They can learn two languages as easily as one can , because they hear, remember and speak two languages every day. In school it is not so easy to learn a foreign language because the pupils have so little time for it, and they are busy with other subjects , too.But your memory will become better and better when you do more and more exercises.1.Some people can easily learn many things by heart because .A.they always sleep very wellB.they often eat good foodC.they read a lot of booksD.they have very good memories2. Everybody learns his mother language .A.at the age of sixB.when he is a small childC.after he goes to schoolD.when he can read and write3. Before a child can speak, he must .A.read and writeB.make sentencesC.hear and remember the soundsD.think hard4.In school the pupils can’t learn a foreign language well because.A.they have no good memoriesB.they have no recordersC.they have too much time for itD.they are busy with other subjects5.Your memory will become better and better .A.if you have plenty of good foodB.if you do more and more exercisesC.if you do morning exercises every dayD.if you get up earlyBDo you know the name—Rain? Yes, he is a popular star of South Korea. Rain’s music teacher gave him that name. His real name is Jung Ji Hoon. The 27-year-old singer is very good at dancing, too. His eyes are bright and his smiles are sunny.When he was a child, Rain was very quiet. But in Grade Six, Rain surprised all of his classmates. He danced for them. After the excellent dancing, everyone looked at him in a different way.Rain’s songs sell well, and he acts(扮演) in a few TV shows., Rain doesn’t want to sing forever. “When I stop singing, I’d like to design(设计)clothes. Being a designer is my childhood dream,” he said.（）6. Where does Rain come from?A. ChinaB. JapanC. South KoreaD. America( )7. Who gave him the name Rain?A. His fatherB. His classmateC. His teacherD. His mother( )8. Why did Rain surprise his classmates?A. Because he was good at singing.B. Because he danced well.C. Because he got a good mark.D. Because he worked hard.( )9. What did Rain want to be when he was a child?A. A singerB. A dancerC. A starD. a designer( )10. What does the passage tell us?A. Rain is a very popular star.B. Rain is a popular designer.C Rain was very active when he was a child.D. Rain will stop singing next year.CWhen Mary Smith was a student, she always wanted to become a teacher because she liked children. When she was twenty-one years old, she began teaching in a primary school. She was a good teacher, and she got on well with the children in her class. They enjoyed her teaching and she enjoyed teaching her class.One day one of the girls in her class asked her, “Miss Smith, why does a man’s hair become gray much earlier than his mustache and beard?”Mary smiled and said, “I’m sorry I don’t know. Is it true that a man’s hair becomes gray before his mustache and beard do?”“Yes, Miss Smith,” answered Helen. “It has happened to my father.” Hearing this the other children in the class laughed aloud.Then one of the boys rose and said, “I know, Miss Smith. Men’s hair becomes gray first because it’s sixteen years older than their mustaches and beards.”( ) 11. Mary Smith decided to _________when she was young.A. like childrenB. love her workC. be a teacherD. teach only in a primary school( ) 12. Mary Smith was a very good teacher because she ___________.A. was very youngB. enjoyed teachingC. got on well with the childrenD. both B and C( ) 13. Helen’s question was _________ for the teacher to answer.A. too hardB. so easyC. happyD. very good( )1 4. The students in Mary Smith’s class are __________.A. naughtB. cleverC. very badD. good( ) 15. —Which of the following is RIGHT?—_________________________.A. The students didn’t like Mary SmithB. The boy’s answer to the question was quite right.C. Helen’s father had gray hairD. All the children could answer the question correctlyDFebruary 11th is the birthday of the most famous American inventor, Thomas Alva Edison. Edison was born in 1847. He was not a good student when he was a young boy. His teacher said he was one of the most dumb-headed students. He did badly in many subjects and left school after only three moths. So his mother took him home and taught him herself. Edison didn’t like school at all, but he lived science. He liked to ask questions.One day his father found him sitting on some eggs. His father asked him why. The boy didn’t answer. He asked his father instead, “Why can’t I hatch chicken, but hens can?”Edison invented 1328 things in his life, and these things made our lives more comfortable and the world more beautiful. People will never forget him.( ) 16. Edison was born _________.A. in winterB. more than one hundred years agoC. in CanadaD. in January( ) 17. Edison’s teacher said ________.A. he was one of the cleverest boysB. he was a good studentC. he was not a good studentD. he could learn many things( ) 18. Edison’s mother __________.A. taught him at homeB. taught him at schoolC. was a teacherD. took him to another school( ) 19. One day Edison sat on some eggs. He __________.A. liked to sit thereB. wanted to break the eggsC. wanted his father to see himD. wanted to hatch chickens( ) 20. We now know Edison ___________.A. was a good studentB. was a dumb-headed manC. was very cleverD. wasn’t famous四、从方框中选择适当的句子完成对话（有多余选项 5分）。
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