四川省绵阳东辰国际学校2021-2022学年八年级下学期第二学月月考英语试题

四川省绵阳东辰学校2022年春季八第二学月月考英语卷

一、阅读理解

A

I am an Inuit boy named Kayla.Inuit are the people who live in cold Arctic(北极的)lands.In my language, Inuit means “the people”.Some people called my people Eskimos in the past. We wish to be called Inuit.

I live with my mother, father and two brothers. We live at the most northern part of the part of the world. It’s made up of the Arctic Ocean and the land all around it.For months the sea is covered with thick ice.The land is covered with snow and ice most of the year,too.

Winter is long and very cold.It lasts from October to March.It is dark twenty-four hours a day. The sun does not come up to warm the water and land. When the north winds blow, it is even colder There are days when the temperature is 50°F below zero.My family is prepared. We wear watertight(防水鞋).We put on many warm clothes.Outside we always wear a thick warm jacket that has fur inside. I'm not afraid of the cold winters. I guess I`m just used to them.

My family and I look forward to each summer.So much happens in a short time.The

temperature usually stays around 50°F.During the summer the sun shines all day and night. This is why the Arctic is called the “land of the midnight sun”.

根据短文内容判断正误。 正确“A”,错误“B”。

1.Kayla is a boy who lives in cold Arctic lands,the most northern part of the world.

2. There are four people in Kayla’s family.

3. In Kayla’s hometown, winter lasts from October to March without sunshine

4. Kayla is afraid of the cold winters when the temperature is 50°F below zero.

5.The passage mainly tells us something about Kayla’s family life.

B

At my primary school, was one of the smartest kids there.I never studied but always got perfect scores.I thought I was born clever. At least I believed so.I was also a prodigy in music according to myself.I could sing better than almost anyone else in my school.I was pretty sure that once I got to the seventh grade, everyone would be surprised by me

But actually, they weren't.

When I arrived at my new class, I couldn't wait to show everyone what I could do.However. there was always someone else who could do them better.My grades began to suffer. More talented girls often sang solos(独唱).I believed I wasn't smart. I believed I wasn't talented.I believed I was a failure.

Over the next two years, I had to work very hard. Every prize for the singing competition was given to me for hard work and efforts.Grades were still very low but improving little by little. l worked really hard. However,I was never the best at everything.

I haven't realized until recently that I really don't have to be the best at everything.I was too hard on myself.In fact, when I did badly in a test, my classmates never laughed at me.

No one is perfect.There will probably always be someone better than me at something. Anyway. there are about seven billion people in this world.I will never be the number one at everything, and that's really okay.

6.What does "a prodigy" probably mean in English?

A.A smart kid.    B.A crazy fan.    C.A common child.   D.A lazy girl.

7. When the writer was at the new class,          .

A.she lost her interest in music       B. she had difficulty in learning

C.she surprised everyone in solos     D. she got separated from friends

8. What happened to the writer during the next two years?

A.She won many prizes without any effort.    

B.She found the best way to become perfect.

C. She gave up trying because of the low scores.

D.She failed to be perfect though she worked hard.

9.What has the writer realized recently?

A.There is no success without effort.     B.Being talented is the key to success.

C. Don't expect too much of yourself.    D. It's not necessary to care about the result.

10.Which would be the best title for this passage?

A. No one is perfect.         B. My past life as a young girl.

C.Hard work doesn't work.     D. What to do when you're not perfect.

C

On January 23, the Winter Olympic Villages opened to prepare for the coming games. Many new things of the Winter Olympic Villages have caught the attention ofpeopleincluding lots of cool technologies(科技).Among them,the smart beds in the Winter Olympic Villages are one of the most exciting examples.

The smart beds in the Winter Olympic Villages are made ofmemoryfoam(记忆棉)and have their own alarm clocks. After setting the time, the smart beds will go up and down by themselves when the time comes to remind players to get up. Besides, if the player snores(打呼噜)when sleeping, they can change the height of the bed to make players more comfortable. The smart beds with a remote(远程的) control can change the sleeping and sitting conditions of players according to different situations. Even ifa leaf falls on the bed, it can be felt by the smart bed.

The player Tessa Maud in the USA team is a big fan of the beds. She shared a video about the beds on February 3rd on the Internet. The 18-year-old girl, who competed in her first Olympic Games in Beijing this year, said the beds were “so fabulous” She also said she loved the high-tech beds so much that she would like to get some for home.

“It’s so comfortable and I slept so well last night,” she said. In the video, Maud showed the bed in its “breathing mode(呼吸模式)”where two sides of the bed were “lifted up” She also showed how the bed worked in different kinds of modes. Until now, the video has got over 255,000 views(观看)at the time of writing.

11.The smart beds in the Winter Olympic Villages have their own

12. How can the smart bed make snoring players more comfortable?

A.By changing its height.      B.By changing the sleeping time.

C.By giving medical advice.    D.By changing different conditions.

13. What does the underlined word “fabulous” probably mean in Paragraph 3?

A.smart  B.expensive  C.common     D. perfect

14. What can we learn from the last paragraph?

A. The player can control sleeping conditions.

B.The special bed has different kinds of modes

C.There are some suggestions for improvement of the beds.

D. There are some differences and advantages about the beds.

15. What will probably be written in the following part?

A.Introducing how to make the smart bed.

B.Showing different working modes of the bed.

C. Recalling the process of Tessa Maud’s sleeping.

D. Explaining the feelings of the athletes after sleeping in bed.

D

In recent years, researchers have begun to study how interest develops, what makes things become interesting, and how we students can develop interests in ourselves and even understar other people’s interests. And they have some meaningful findings(调查结果).

Interest can keep us in a good condition: It influences our thinking a lot.When we’re interested in what we’re learning, we may pay more attention to it.When we use more useful learning method(方法)，like critical(批判性的)thinking,we will have a deeper understanding

Interests powerfully influence our choices as well.Harackiewicz’s study showed that students interests in a course predicted whether they would study well in the subject or not. Interest test results are even more exact than students’ grades. “In general”,Harackiewicz said, “Research has found that interest is a more powerful point of future choices than their achievements.”

So what can we do to improve children’s interests? Parents and teachers can do this by making students meet different kinds of topics, especially what they didn’t know before.

Parents and educators can also develop kids’ interests by showing their own passion(热情) for subjects. For example, a study of 260 musicians found that 90% of them thought their first teacher was their passion -the ability to pass on their love for music through playing well.

Parents and educators can also develop kids’ interests by supporting their feelings of self-efficacy(自我效能).Weaker learners may need more time to find and keep their interests, while stronger learners can be pushed in the direction of increasing self-direction(自我导向). The goal in each case is to develop interests so that we can get achievements with them.

16. What will happen if we are interested in what we’re learning?

A. We'll make great progress in it.     B. We'll pay more attention to it.

C. We'll have more ways to learn it.    D. We'll put it into use better.

17. How can parents and teachers do to develop children’s interest?

A. By asking experts for help.            B By making them meet different topics.

C.By forcing them to have more classes.    D. By asking them more strictly to work hard.

18. How many musicians thought their first teacher was passion according to the study?

A. 26.    B.90.    C.234.    D. 260.

19. What can’t be inferred from the passage?

A.We should develop our interests in daily life.

B.Interests are more important than achievements.

C.The choices we make are determined (决定).

Different levels of learners need different support in self-efficacy

20. How does the writer organize the passage?(①=Paragraph 1; ②=Paragraph 2; ③=Paragraph )

二、完形填空

A

__21 _is an important rule when you are with others. Never cheat your friends because that will make you lose them and you will feel lonely. Don’t tell lies to your parents, or you will  22  them. If you are a teacher or a pa rent, you`d better always tell the __23__ to your students or children. That can make them belie eve you and respect you. If you make a  24  , don’t try to hide it. Face it and correct it. That make s people like you better than before_25__they think you are honest.

21. A. Laziness    B. Fairness    C.Honesty     D.Independence

22. A. hurt       B.care        C. hit          D. love

23.A.answer      B. reason     C. secret       D. truth

24. A. decision    B. mistake    C.problem      D. friend

25. A. but       B. because     C.so           D. although

B

Ma Li is a dessert shop owner in Yinchuan, Ningxia. On cold morning , she got an online_26___but it took an hour for her to wait for the deliveryman.When the deliveryman came, Ma was a little__27 . “It's too cold outside and my motorcycle didn't work", said the deliveryman. After hearing his words, her anger was 28 . She invited him to 29_ for a while and offered him a cup of hot water.

At that moment, Ma saw that his face and hands were dark purple because he worked outside for too long. She felt sorry for him. While they were talking,Ma knew that the deliveryman wanted to buy her daughter a 30_, but he thought it was a little expensive.

After the deliveryman left, Ma_31__what happened just now on her Wechat Moments with two photos of the deliveryman.

Heartwarming comments poured in, such as “Life is not easy but 32 of us give up!”“Thumbs up for hard-working people.” and “Showing understanding to deliveryman.” Some_33_money for a cake.

The next day, Ma got in touch with the deliveryman and invited him to her shop. When they met, Ma expressed people’s kindness to him and gave him a cake for his daughter’s birthday. The deliveryman was__34__. Ma received over 600 yuan in donation(捐款)__35__her friends and customers. She said she would use the money to offer some help to people in need.

26. A. gift        B. order        C. ticket         D. invitation

27. A. excited     B. sad          C. angry        D. happy

28. A. gone       B. stopped      C. lost          D. broken

29. A. stand      B. sit           C. sleep         D. lie 

30. A. school bag  B.birthday cake   C. new coat      D. new computer

31 A. found      B. shared        C. heard         D. remembered

32. A. each      B. all            C. most          D. none 

33. A. even      B. never        C. hardly      D. ever

34. A. helpful    B.careful        C.thankful    D. wonderful

35. A.from      B. for           C.with       D. to

三、语法填空

Wang Yaping    36     (be)our national hero since her last flight in space in 2013.

She’s also    37     first Chinese woman to live in the Tiangong station, also known   38    

Heavenly Palace.She is very happy to return to the motherland and wants to tell her little daughter that "mom has returned after   39    (reach) for the stars'

The 3 astronaunts spent 183 days in an orbit about 400 kilometers above the Earth. They have set a new record for China’s longest spaceflight almost doubling the previous record of 92 days. Wang    40   (take)part in the first spacewalk on Nov 7becoming the first female Chinese spacewalker.

The crew members also carried out two science lectures for Chinese students.In  41   (that) lectures the astronauts showed viewers how they live and work inside the, space station. In one experiment,Wang used a Bing Dwen Dwen toy, the popular mascot of Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games    42    (introduce) how objects fly in weightless

environment.

The three astronauts have    43   (succeed) completed the Shenzhou XI mission.“We wish to thank President Xi for his care and      44     (encourage). We thank all the

Chinese people for their support.It is the power and strength of our country that built the high-flying space station.We’re    45    (pride)of our great motherland”.Says Zhai Zhigang, the the mission commander.

四、信息摘录

 You’ve probably seen castles in movies. Their walls are very tall.Flags fly from their towers. Many castles were built in Europe during medieval(中世纪的) times, from abut 1100 to about 1550 Castles were the homes of a lord(勋爵),his family and his servants.Some ofthe lord’s soldiers(士兵) might have lived there, too

People built castles during medieval times for a few reasons.One was that there were no police to keep them safe. Another reason was to show how rich they were.

A castle's high walls allowed guards to see for miles.Many castles were also surrounded bv a ditch(壕沟) of water called a moat. To get into the castle, visitors had to cross the moat from a bridge The bridge was lowered to let people in and raised to keep them out of the castle.

There were few windows in a castle’s high stone walls. That was to keep out enemies and to keep out the weather. Windows had no glass, only wooden shutters to keep out the wind and the rain. Castles were cold and damp.The heat came only from fireplaces.Light came from the sun or from torches.

Most medieval castles had a room called the Great Hall.Meals and meetings were held there Large castles might also have ponds, gardens, and houses for horses. Usually, the cows, sheep. and pigs were kept outside the castle.

Today, you can visit ruined(毁坏的)castles in many countries in Europe.If you look carefully you can probably imagine a king and queen feasting in the Great Hall.

五、作文

假如你是李华， 请给Gina写一封回信。

要求:1.词数:100左右。开头结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

2.要点齐全，行文连贯。

Dear Li Hua，

How is it going with you? I’m so worried these days.I have to do housework at home. I have to make the bed, do the dishes, take out the trash.... But you know the geography and biology test is coming soon. Do you think it’s necessary for middle school students to do housework at home? What can I do?

I'm looking forward to your reply Best wishes!

Gina.

Dear Gina.

Everything goes well with me.

Yours Li Hua

答案

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21-25:CADBB  26-30:BCABB   31-35:BDACA  

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