八年级英语下第二次月考试题班级：姓名：一、单项选择（40）( )1.Our parents often tell us not_______alone in the river in summer.A.swimB.to swimC.swimmingD.swam( )2.This story happened________ a small island.A.atB.onC.inD.of( )3.Uncle Ted was very rich. But now he has no place to_______.A.liveB.live onC.live inD.live with( )4.We found_______necessary to protect animals in danger.A.itB.thisC.thatD./( )5.You should_______smoking. It’s bad for your health.A.get upB.put upC.give upD.look up( )6. Mo Yan is one of ____most popular writers in the world. He was____honest boy when he was child.A.a; aB.a; anC.the; aD.the; an( )7 .The old man was _______angry _______ say a word.A. so, thatB. as, asC. too, toD. very, to( )8. Why _______home tomorrow?A.not goB.not goingC.not to goD.didn’t go( )9.I _________ some mo ney from him, but I’ll _______ it to him in a few days.A.borrow, returnB.lend, borrowC.borrow, keepD.borrow, lend ( )10.It was _________ exciting news for all the students.A.aB.anC.theD. /( )11. I am much better _________ Chinese _________ our teachers’ help.A.in, atB.at, inC.at, withD.with, with( )12._______ high school students in a poor mountain village is a difficult job.A.TeachingB.TeachC.TeachesD.Teachers( )13. Mother couldn’t find her ring. So she wanted to know _________.A.where it isB.where it wasC.where is heD.she was where ( )14.We_____ go on a picnic if it_____rain tomorrow.A.don’t, isn’tB.don’t, stopC. will, doesn’tD.aren’t, doesn’t ( )15.If you don’t want to go swimming, I ______.A.won’t, tooB.also won’tC.won’t, eitherD.won’t , neither ( )16. He was_____ tired ___he couldn’t go on working.A.too…toB.such…thatC.so…thatD.to o…that( )17.What an _______ story! I am much _________ in it.A.interested, interestingB.interesting, interestedC.interesting, interestingD.interested, interested( )18.My life will be ______ than it is now.A.more betterB.much goodC.much betterD.many better( )19.I ______to Hong Kong twice since I came to China 3 years ago .A.wentB.goC.have goneD.have been( ) 20. He is ______ a friendly man that people miss him very much .A.soB.suchC.themD. /( )21.Mother used to__the song“Where’s time going?”.Now she is used to____it.A.hating, listenB.hated, listened toC.hate, listening toD.hating, listening ( )22.Tony studies very ______. He often does his homework until 10:30p.m., but his brother Tom______ does homework.A. hardly, hardlyB. hard, hardlyC. hardly, hardD.hard, hard( )23.You eat _______ junk food. I think you need________vegetables.A.too much, muchB. too many, manyC. too much, lots ofD. too many, lot ( )24. The driver saw an old man _______ on the side of the road .A lie y C. lying D. to lie( )25.How kind you are! You always do what you can____ others.A. helpB. helpingC. helpsD. to help( )26. He _____ lots of money to the people in trouble _______.A.gave out; help them outB. gave away; to help them outC. put out; to help them outD. gave away; to help out them( )27. Could you give me a hand? I want to___the map on the wall.A. put upB. look upC. set upD. mix up( )28 .They need to come______ a good idea.A. on withB. up toC. on toD. up with( )29. When I came home, I ___________ my father ___________ a newspaper.A. find, readB. found, readingC. found, readsD. find, reading ( )30 .Could you please ______ me such boring questions? I’m tired.A. not askB. not to askC. not askingD. don’t ask( )31. I want ______ cr eam cake. It’s delicious.A. otherB. anotherC. the otherD. others( )32.—I’m sorry I ______my bag at home.—You did that last week. Never forget ______ it to school next time.A. forget, to takeB. forget, to bringC. left, to takeD. left, to bring ( )33. The cleaner said, “ __ things we do, __ environment we’ll have” .A. More, betterB. The more, the betterC. Fewer, The lessD. The fewer, better ( )34.Which is _____, German, maths or science?A. more interestingB. the most interestingC. interestingD. the interesting ( )35 .My headteacher saw her ______up some rubbish while he ______ by .A. pick, was passingB.picking, was passingC.was picking, was passingD.picking, passed( )36. The number seventy-eight thousand six hundred and forty-five can be written like this _______A.78,123B. 68,123C.78,645D.78,465( )37. What ____ you ______ at this time yesterday?A. did; doB. are; doingC. were; doingD. did, did( )38. Lin Tao is as ______ as Zhang Hua.A. strongB. strongerC. the strongestD. strongest ( )39. There are five ________ people in the city.A. millionsB. million ofC. millionD. millions of ( )40._______ students in our school enjoy listening to music.A. A number ofB. A number offC. The number ofD. The numbers of二、完形填空（10）One day, Peter had a fight with one of his classmates. Then he went to his grandfather and told him his story ____41___.“He is really bad，”the boy said,“and I 42 him.”The grandfather s aid,“43 me tell you a story. When I was a boy, I too, sometimes hated others for what they did.”As Peter 44 carefully, the grandfather went on.“There are always two tigers inside my he art. One is 45 and kind. He gets on well 46 everything around him. But 47 is bad and unfriendly. Even the smallest thing will make him angry. He fights with everyone all the time, and for no reason. He can’t think carefully 48 he always hates others. It is difficult to live with these two tigers inside my heart. They both try to control me.”Peter looked into h is grandfather’s 49 and asked,“ 50 tiger always controls you, Grandfather?”The old man said slowly and seriously,“The one that I feed. I always feed the good and kind tiger, so I never hate others and seldom（很少）get angry now.”( )41.A.happily B.friendly C.hardly D.angrily( )42.A.love B.hate C.know D.enjoy( )43.A.Make B.Help C.Let D.Ask( )44.A.saw B.felt C.talked D.listened( )45.A.good B.bad zy D.quiet( )46.A.at B.on C.with D.about( )47.A.other B.others C.another D.the other( )48.A.because B.though C.before D.but( )49.A.eyes B.ears C.nose D.mouth( )50.A.Who B.Which C.Where D.When三、阅读理解（30）AOnce there lived an old man. He liked gold better than anything else in the world. He often said, “If I have enough gold, I will be the happiest man in the world.”One day when he was traveling in the desert, the old man lost his way. He was very hungry and thirsty, but there were only rocks and sand around him. Just then, he found a bag lying on the sand. He hoped he would find water and food in it. He took up the bag and opened it. He saw that the bag was full of gold. He was so sad that he threw away the bag and began crying.Now, the old man knew that there was something better than gold in the world. ( )51. The old man liked ____ best before he traveled in the desert.A. foodB. bagsC. goldD. drinks( )52. When he lost his way, he wanted to get _________.A. some food and waterB. some rocks and sandC. bags full of goldD. some food and sand( )53. What did he do with the bag?A. He didn’t take it up.B. He brought it home.C. He threw it away.D. He picked it up.( )54. The old man did not become the happiest man when he got the bag of goldbecause ______.A. the bag was too smallB. the gold wasn’t hisC. he was very hungry and thirstD. he didn’t like gold a ny more( )55. In the end, the old man knew that gold was _________ in the world.A. the best thingB. not the best thing C .better than anything D. not hisBThere was a pilot and four people in a small plane. Suddenly there was something wrong with the machine while it was flying in the air. The smoke was everywhere in the plane. The pilot told the people there were only four parachutes(降落伞). They all became worried and started to make excuses.“I must go and m end the machine,” said the pilot, taking one of the parachutes. There was nothing he could do，so he jumped out.The first person stood up. “I’m a doctor”, he said. “I help peopl e live longer and I save lives.” He also took a parachute and jumped out.The next p erson said, “I must have p parachute. I am a very clever person. I have to go to an important sport match. I know I’ll win the game because I’ll be the cleverest person t here.” He picked up a backpack and jumped out.Two men were left—an old businessman and a young mountain climber. By this time the plane was going down fast. The businessman said, “Young man, I am old but you’re still young. You take the last parachute.”The young mountain climber smiled. “Don’t worry,” he said, “We can both jump to safety because there are still two parachutes. Just now the clever person jumped out with my backpack.”( )56. All the people became worried because ___.A. they coul dn’t find the parachutesB. they saw the pilot jump out firstC. something was wrong with the plane and one of them might dieD. there was too much smoke and they couldn’t jump out from the plane ( )57. The clever man jumped out with ___.A. a parachuteB. nothingC. the backpack of the climber’sD. two parachutes ( )58. All the people thought of themselves except ____.A. the pilotB. the clever manC. the doctorD. the businessman ( )59. From the story we know _____ would be dead.A. the clever manB. the businessmanC. the pilotD. the doctor ( )60. ____ was a kind-hearted man.A. The pilotB. The mountain climber.C.The businessmanD. The doctorC判断正误，正确的写A,错误的写B.Two friends were walking through the desert. They had an argument, the first friend slapped (一记耳光) the other in the face. The other friend was hurt, but only wrote in the sand: “Today my best friend slapped me in the face.”They kept walking, until found a lake. They decided to cool off and swim. The other friend started going down in the lake, but his friend saved him. After he came back to life, he wrote on a stone: “Today my best friend saved me.” The friend, who slapped and saved his friend, asked him: “After I hurt you, you wrote in the sand, and now, you wrote on the stone. Why?” The other friend answered: “When someone hurts us, we should write down in sand, when the winds of time and forgiveness(宽恕) can blow it. But when someone does something good for us, we must write it on the stone. No wind can blow it away.”( )61. The two friends were walking in the forest.( )62. They were going to cool and swim in the lake.( )63. The other friend wrote sentences on the stone every time.( )64. The winds of time and forgiveness can blow the words in the sand.( )65. In fact, they were real friends.四、根据句意和提示写出正确的单词（8）66.To our ___________(使我们惊讶的是), we found the owner of the lost dog.67.The________（感觉）of helping others makes me _______（觉得）happy.68.They went to the mountain to look for ___________ (财富).69.They didn’t achieve great ___________ (succeed) in life.70.People’s liv ing ____________(状况) were very poor in China in the past.71.The old bike ___________(提醒) me of my grandmother. has the largest _____________(人口) in the world.五、用所给词的适当形式填空（7）73. They couldn’t help ____________(cry) when they saw their parents.74. It was interesting _____ (see) so many places of interest from all over the world.75.One of ___________(beautiful) cities in China is Kunming.76. There are some students __________(lead) us to the forest park.77.Let’s go to Zhangjiajie to enjoy the _________(natural) .78.How long has your mother __________(teach) math at this school ?79.Do you know the girl ______ (call) Mary?六.句型转换（10分）80.He has already finished the homework.（改为否定句）He finished the homework .81.Tom is taller than any other boy in his class.（改为同义句）Tom is in his class.82.She has been a teacher for two years.（就画线部分提问）she been a teacher?83.He has been to an English-speaking country.（改为一般疑问句）he an English-speaking country?84.His sister cleans the room.（改为现在完成时）His sister the room.七、补全对话（5）A. Could I invite my friends to my birthday party on Saturday, Mom?B. Of course! 85 ____ ___.A. Yeah, Um…86 ________.B. What for?A. 87_______.B. I am shopping tomorrow. And I can buy some drinks and snacks for you.A. Oh, good. Thank you, Mom.B. You’re welcome. Oh, could you clean your room?A. 88_______.B. You need to clean it again for your party.A. Ok, but I need to do my homework first.B. That’s right. After you finish your homework, let’s clean the room. I cansweep the floor and do the dishes.A. 89_______.B. Yes, sure.八、作文（10）动物是人类的好朋友，没有动物，人类也不能生存，但现在很多动物濒临灭绝，请你就如何帮助动物提出建议。
