八年级英语第二次月考试题

2013-2014学年第一学期第二次月考

八年级英语试卷

一．听力部分（20分）

（一）听句子，选择适当的应答语

1. A .They are enjoyable.

B. They are watching TV.

C. They are at home.

2. A. You’re right. B. Me, neither. C. I am ill.

3. A. I like it. B. In London. C. He is ill.

4. A. Thank you. B. Congratulations! C. Not at all.

5. A. On Monday. B. In September. C. On June 1st.

（二）听五段对话，根据问题选择最佳答案。

6. A. She loves them. B. She can’t stand them.

C. She doesn’t mind them.

7. A. Yes, he does. B. No, he doesn’t. C. He watches them.

8. A. Tv shows. B. Talk shows. C. Soap shows.

9. A. Because she is free. B. Because she doesn’t like them.

C. Because she is busy.

10. A. A teacher. B. A doctor. C. An actor.

（三）听一段长对话，选择正确答案

听一段长对话，回答11-12小题

11. What’s wrong with Peter

A. He was reading. B. He liked riding.

C. His leg was broken.

12. How long does he stay in hospital

A. Two days. B. A few weeks. C. A week.

听第二段对话，回答13-15小题

13. How does Sue like working in this company

A. Very much. B. She doesn’t like it.

C. She can’t stand.

14. When will they have dumpling

A. On Monday. B. On Wednesday. C. On Friday.

15. What does Sue like to eat

A. Noodles. B. Rice. C. Dumplings.

（四）短文理解，根据录音选择正确答案

16. Where is David from

A. China. B. America. C. england.

17. What’s his favorite subject

A. Math. B. Music. C. Science.

18. Does David like playing football A. Yes, he didn’t. B. No, he doesn’t. C. Yes, he does.

19. How does David go to school

A. On foot. B. By car. C. By bike.

20. What does David want to be

A. A doctor. B. A farmer. C. A writer.

二．单项填空（10分）

( ) 21. --Did you go ___ ___ with your brother last weekend, Tina

--No ,we just stayed at home and watched TV.

A. anywhere interesting B. interesting anywhere

C. somewhere interesting D. interesting somewhere

( )22. The weather is fine. It rains here. It’s usually

sunny

and warm.

A. hardly B. always C. often D. usually

( ) 23. –How often do you visit your grandparents, Tom --__________.

A. Half an hour B. Three hours C. Twice D. Hardly ever

( )24. Mary tries ____ vegetables eleven or twelve times a week because

she wants to be ____.

A. eat; healthy B. eating ; health C. to eat ;health D. to

eat ;healthy

( )25. --_____ did you ________the summer vacation

-- It was terrible . I have too much homework to do .

A. What; like B. How , like C. How; think of D. What ;

think

( ) 26. _____ it is raining, _____ he is still working outside.

A. Although; but B. Although; / C. But; although D. /;

although

( ) 27. Who listens _____,Tom, Jack, or Bill

A. the most careful B. the most carefully

C. more careful D. more carefull

( ) 28. ---How______ is it from here to the bookstore

--About 20 minutes by bus.

A. long B. soon C .far D. often

( ) 29. I don’t like action movies. I think they’re ________.

A．boring B．difficult C．interesting D．exciting

( )30. —Why did Mr Smith _____ your place to give us a talk,Mr White

—______ I had a bad cold.

;Because ;Because of

;Because ;Because of

三．完形填空 （10分）

Life in 30 years will be __31____because many changes will take place,

but what will the changes be

The population is growing fast. There will be _32____people in the

world and most of them will live longer than before. Computers will

be__33____ smaller and more useful, and there will be at least one in

every home. And computer studies will be one of the most important__34____

in school.

People will work fewer hours than they are doing now, and they will

have more free time for sports, watching TV and traveling . Traveling

will be much cheaper and__3_5___ .And many more people will go to other

countries _____36_ holidays.

There will be changes in our food, too. More land will be used

for___37__ new towns and houses. Then there will be less__3_8___ for cows

and sheep, so meat will be more expensive. Maybe people won’t eat it

every day, they will eat more vegetables and fruit instead .Maybe people

will be healthier.

Work in the future will be different ,too. Dangerous and hard work

will __39____ by robots. Because of this ,many people will not have

____40___to do. This will be a problem.

( ) 31. A .same B. different C. difference D. difficuty

( ) 32 .A. little and little B. less and less C. many and many

D. more and more

( )3 3. A . much B. many C. more D. most

( )34. A. subject B. subjects C. way D. games

( )35. A. easily B .more easily C. easy D .easier