江苏省南通市启东折桂中学2023-2024学年八年级上学期第一次月考英语试卷

2023-2024学年度第一学期 第一次质量检测

八年级英语试题

二.单项选择(共21分)

21.- What do you think of__tour around the city? --Oh, what___different Nantong! I like it very much.

A.The; a B.a;a C.the;/ D.a;/ 

22. They will protect their families if there's ___.

A.dangerous B.in danger C.danger D.in dangerous

23.Tom shouted, "The apple is brown. I had better ____it in the air."

A. don't leave B. not leaving C. not leave D. not to leave 

24.____news report about saving the wild tigers!

A.What useful B.What a useful C.How useful D.How a useful

25. It was really a good time__a trip in the park. We all had a good time___ kites there.

A. having; flying B.to have ; to fly C.to have; flying D. having; to fly 

26.-Good morning,sir. I'm so sorry that I __ my mask in my Dad's car just now.

-That’s OK.Here is a new one for you. Don't forget___ one here tomorrow. 

A. left: to take B. forgot: bringing C.left: to bring D.forgot; taking

27.-Millie, why do your classmates _____so many pictures of wild animals on the walls of the hall? -To let more people know them and protect them.

A.put out B.put in C.put on D.put up 

28.--Somebody is under the tree. Is it Mr. Lee?--It__be Mr. Lee.He left for Beijing this morning

A.may not    B.mustn't  C.can't  D.won’t

29.Boys, I’ll tell you ___,and you can do it______.

A. how to do; by yourself B. what to do; by yourself

C.how to do; alone D.what to do; on your own

30._____people have visited the ______stone bridge. 

A.Millions of:200-year-old B.Five million:200-years-old 

C.Five millions of:200-year-old D.Millions of:200-years-old

31.-I'm hungry. Is there any bread in the fridge?

-____ ,but we have some cakes. Would you like to have one?

A.Some B.Much C.None D.Nothing 

32.They decided go outside_____the bad weather.

A. not to; because of B.to; because C.not to:instead of  D.to; instead

33.If you want a double room, you will have to pay___ 50 yuan.

A.another B.other C.more D.each

34.Did you_____ much time watching Li Na's match last night?

-Yes. It_____me a few hours to watch this match.

A.spend;spent B.spend;took C. take; took D.take; cost 

35._____time you spend using your mobile phones,____mistakes you will make in your homework. 

A. The less; the fewer B.The fewer; the less C.Fewer; less D.Less; fewer 

36.Are you still reading the book Gulliver’s travels?

-Yes,it is____long.I still need_____time to finish it.  

A. a bit; a bit of B. a bit of; a bit of C.a bit; a bit D.a bit of;a bit 

37.The number of the factories in our hometown is getting __.and more and more people come to work here.

A.less and less B.fewer and fewer C.larger and larger D. smaller and smaller 

38.When the bus stopped,some people____the bus and some others

got it off, got on it B got off, got it on C got off, got on it D got it off, got it on 

39.Shanghai is bigger than ____ in China? 

A. any other city B.any other cities C.any city D. other cities 

40.-Shall I give a ride as you live so far away ? --Thank you,___.

A.It couldn't be better.B.I'm afraid not.C.If you like D.It's up to you 

三.完形填空(共15分)

People see a stranger in trouble, they may have two 41 .Some people are willing to give a hand. But others may choose to take no 42 .If I were in this situation I would help the stranger without thinking twice.

Some people may think it is 43 to do this. We have all heard stories about people who have been blackmailed(敲诈) after offering help to a 44.But on the other hand, helping others is a 45 virtue.There is a Chinese saying."Give roses to 46 and the lasting fragrance(香味) will remain in hand.”.- Indeed, helping others just 47 helping ourselves. Any of us could end up in a situation where we need help from family, friends or even strangers.

More 48 , when we help strangers, we can pass on the spirit of 49 to them.

A story might explain it better. Once, an old man and his wife were travelling and wanted to find a 50 where they would stay for the night. However, when they walked into the only hotel they could find, they were told that no rooms were available(可获得). The couple was disappointed(失望) and said 51 .But before they left, the clerk said, "Would you perhaps be willing to sleep in my room? it's not exactly too big, but it will be good enough to make you comfortable for the night." The old man turned back and offered money, which the clerk 52. Many years later, the clerk had almost forgotten the thing when he received a letter inviting him to a hotel in New York. When he got there, he saw the old man, who told him that the hotel had been 53 in his name because of the kindness he showed that night.             

We all have our own 54 to help others. It doesn't matter what they are, as long as we give a helping hand.Don't be afraid to touch someone's life. You never know whose 55 you may be touching.

四.阅读理解(共40分)  

A

Chinese painting is one of the oldest art forms in the world.Painting in the traditional style is known to in Chinese as Guohua.

Traditional Chinese painting is done with a brush dipped(浸) in black or colored ink.Paper and silk are needed for painting.The finished work can be put on scrolls (轴).Traditional Chinese painting includes landscape(山水) painting,figures,birds and flowers.Landscape painting is the highest form of Chinese painting.

Chinese folk music is an important part of Chinese culture.It has a long history.One of the Confucianism Classics Shi Jing, contains many folk songs.They are much loved by people up to now.

Traditional Chinese musical instruments are symbols of Chinese culture. such as guqin,guzheng.pipa.erhu, xiao and chime.Sheng and sunna are also popular in northern villages in China.Xi an drum music is large traditional drum music.It is a valuable(有价值的)part of Chinese ancient music,and is regarded as the"living fossil(化石)of Chinese ancient music"in the world.

56.People usually use__for doing traditional Chinese painting.

①brushes ②ink③colour pencils ④paper ⑤silk

A.①②③④ B.②③④⑥④ c.①②④⑤ D.①②③⑤ 

57.Which of the following is known as"living fossil of Chinese ancient music"?

A.Folk music. B.Country music. C.Ancient music. D.Xian drum music. 

58.What is the information of the passage about?

A.Chinese music.B.Chinese culture.C.Chinese history. D.Chinese painting. 

B

For most first - year students at a university or college, August is the month for military training(军训).It offers a good chance to meet our classmates and get ready for the new school life.

Our school's training took place from August 23 to 29.First, we would make a blackboard newspaper for our new classroom. When I found out that I was in charge of(负责)this project, I was nervous.Could I manage to both finish this project and prepare for the closing concert? What if my classmates wouldn't obey my rules?

The project began on August 24.The three other girls in the group have different abilities.My group gave up our lunch break so that we would have more time to work.One girl in my group asked about my design,saying that we should shorten the text and leave more space for pictures.The arguments(争论)between us made me sad from time to time, but whenever there was an argument, I tried to stay calm.I thought hard about whether or not to take her suggestions and then made some changes.I found that she had a lot of good ideas.As time went by,even when I couldn't take part in practice.I wasn't worried about leaving the project to her.

Finally, it was time for our project to be shown.Our teacher said that no matter what the results might be, our efforts (努力)would not be wasted.

Our class finally won first prize in the competition.Our teacher was right. The result was not the most important.I had never seen a class with such a strong sense of group honor, and at that moment,I realized that I was working with a great group of students.

59.What do we know about military training from the passage ?

A.It asks all the students to take part in its each term.B.It usually takes place from August 23to 29.

C.It allows students to get to know each other. D.It always ends with a school concert. 

60.What is the third paragraph mainly about ?

A.How the writer prepared for the concert. B.How the writer chose her group members. 

C.How the writer got through military training D.How the writer's group prepared for their project.

61.How did the writer's feeling change about the project?

A.nervous -hopeless-confident-sad  B.nervous --worried --calm-proud 

C.confident-worried-sad -proud D.nervous- worried-angry-sad 

62.What might be the best title for the passage?

A.Team work is important   B.Never let a chance go by 

C.Try to get the first prize D.Hard work makes a difference 

 C

As a small kid, what did you want to be when you grew up? Like most of the children, you may let your imagination run wild. Maybe you dreamed(梦想) of flying into space or being a famous writer.Then perhaps over the years, your dreams became more realistic. Or you might have given up all your dreams.

It's important to have a dream because dreams can give us the energy to succeed in life.Dreams can inspire(激励) us. The great thing about dreams is that there's no pressure to finish them at once. They might take a few years or they might take a lifetime to reach. The important thing is that you're always working for your dream. And the best way to do that is by setting goals(目标).

What is the difference between a dream and a goal? It's said that dreams are the final destination(目的); goals are the small stops along the way. Dreams can be very general. But the steps you take to reach them should be very clear. Your dreams mean what you want, but goals tell how you'll get there. That makes goal setting a necessary step in reaching your dreams.

Many successful people have spoken about dreams.Former US Secretary of State Colin Powell stressed the importance of working for your dreams. "A dream doesn't become reality through magic; it takes determination and hard work." Writer Les Brown told us that dreams have no age limit, "You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream."

If you've been dreaming about doing something for years, start today. Write down your dream, and set your goals. Then you'll be on your way to making your dreams come true.

63. To reach your dream, what is the most important?

A.To work for the dream.B.To make a great plan. C.To raise pressure. D.To dream a goal

64. The underlined word “pressure" means "___". A.困难B.压力 C.自信 D.成功

65.What's the main purpose of Paragraph 4?

A.To tell people you are never too old to set another goal.

B. To tell people a dream doesn't become reality through magic.

C.To show the importance of working for your dreams.

D.To show some successful people's ideas about dreams.

66.According to the article, which of the following is NOT true?

A. Dreams are the small stops along your lifeway.B.You may take a lifetime to reach your dream.

C.It's never too old to learn. D.You can set some goals to reach your dream.

D 

The Shenzhou -15 crewed spaceship was launched(发射)successfully from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Northwest China on the evening of November 29.2022.

The spaceship took three astronauts (Fei Junlong.Deng Qingming and Zhang Lu) to carry out the Shenzhou -15 spaceflight mission(任务).This is the second time Fei has gone into space."Fei is the commander."said J Qiming,the director of the CMSA.

After entering orbit(轨道). Fei's team made the first in - orbit shift with the three Shenzhou -14 crew.Then, the Shenzhou -15 spaceship entered the country's space station.There,Fei Junlong.Deng Qingming and Zhan Lu met with another three astronauts of the Shenzhou - 14 spaceship.This was a historic time,because this was the first time that as many as six Chinese people were travelling in space at the same time.They took a group picture with their thumbs up.The six astronauts lived and worked together for about five days to finish planned tasks and handover work.After that.the Shenzhou - 14 crew flew back to the Earth.

The Shenzhou - 15 crew will stay inside the Tiangong space station and carry out three to four spacewalks through the mission.Their main tasks include unlocking,installing and testing 15 scientific equipments(设备) doing more than 40 scientific experiments (实验)and so on.They are going to return to the Earth in May.2023.

As the final step in the building of the Tiangong space station.the Shenzhou -15 mission also marks the first step in the operation (运行)of the space station.The Tiangong space station turned into its largest size after the arrival of the Shenzhou -15spaceship.Weighing nearly 100 tons, it is one of the largest space - based structures mankind has ever built in outer space.Maybe it will be open to foreign astronauts in the near future,according to the CMSA.

67.The Shenzhou - 15 crew will stay___inside the Tiangong space station. China's space station is always worth(值得)looking forward to.Keep up the good work.             

A.three months B.six months C.nine months D.twelve months 

68.The Shenzhou-15 crew will finish the following tasks EXCEPT(除了)___.

A.taking several spacewalks   B.doing scientific experiments 

C.testing some equipments of the space station D.opening the space station to foreign astronauts

69.What does the underlined sentence mean ?___

A.The Tiangong space station will turn much larger in size.

B.The Tiangong space station will welcome more foreign astronauts.

C.Chinese people will leave more and more footsteps in outer space.

D.Chinese people will finish the building of the Tiangong space station.

70.The passage is mainly about the__of the Shenzhou - 15 spaceship.   

A.mission B.arrival  C.launch D.future 

E

A tree has roots(根).People have roots too. If you get to the root of a problem, you will solve it. It's the same thing with words. Dig deeply into a big, unfamiliar word and you will understand where it came from.

As readers, especially those reading in a second language, we need to deal with the text as if we were detectives(侦探) looking for information to unlock the unknown. Like any good detective arriving on the crime(犯罪) scene, the first thing to do when meeting a new and difficult word is to judge(判断)the situation(情况), to look at everything that is known and see if it helps us to understand what it means.             

As you know. prefixes and suffixes can be added to the beginning or end of words to change the meaning.

Know them, and you will have the word building power. But root words are the key. Take time to learn a few of these, put them in your memory, and you will become a master word detective.

Let's look at one common root word used in English. “Alter" from the Latin word means "other".When you meet this root word, you know that the bigger word has something to do with "other".Examine the word "alterate". Can you find the Latin root in it?

Learn as many root words as possible in the language you are studying. Then use your "rooting for words"skills.Like any new skill,practice and hard work are always paid back.

71. What does the underlined word "it" in panagraph 2 refer to?

A.The situation. B. The crime scene. C. A new and difficult word.D. Everything that is known.

72.If Jim and Lily go to the movies, which one below is "altermating paying"?

A. They each pay half. B. Jim pays every time.

C. They take turns to pay. D. Their parents pay for them.

73. How does the author explain his ideas about root word?  

A. By giving a fact. B. By taking an example. C. By telling a story.D. By having a discussion. 

74.“Sen” from the Latin word means "old". Which word uses this Latin root?

A.My brother is my senior by two years. B. He was ill so he was absent from school. 

C.A criminal was sentenced to death by law.D.60 students were present at the sports

75.Which of the following shows the structure(结构)of the passage?(①=paragraph 1，②-paragraph 2,...)

五.词汇(共20分)

A.根据句意及提示,完成下列句子中所缺的单词。

1.When little Mary_____________(finish) the card, there was paint everywhere.

2.--Do you know who was the first ____________of America? --George Washington.

3.He________(take something willingly) this job and worked very hard to make money,

4. ---How can I use the new camera?---Why not read the____________(指示)?

5. My English teacher was ill,so Mr Black gave us a lesson___________yesterday.

B.从方框内选择合适的单词，并用其适当形式填空。(每词限用一次)

6.My family held a big party for my grandmother's______________birthday.

7.Both of them scored at____________10 points for their class in this year's sports meeting.

8.Amy is an animal lover. She often touches the lovely cat as__________as she could. 

9.We enjoyed our trip to Sanya while they enjoyed __________trip to Thailand.

10.The _______________of the great scientist made the people all over the world sad.

11.The writer was born in Inner Mongolia. He often __________a horse when he was young.

12.He will call me when he __________Shanghai tomorrow.

13.-Where is your brother Tom?- He with his friends________________up his room.

14.There______________________little pollution in the near future in China,is there?

15.--You look so nervous. What's wrong?-I went to a maths competition yesterday and I______________for the result.

六、根据首字母提示，补全短文中所缺单词。(共10分)

Reading for pleasure is the easiest way to become a better reader in English. It is also the most important way. Some students say they don't want to read for f 1 .They want to use their time to learn new words and the rules of the language.

Dr Stephen Krashen, a famous expert on language l 2 , says that pleasure reading can h 3 you learn many important things about English.Students learn more words and grammar points w 4 they read for pleasure. They can also learn more about good writing. Dr Krashen tells us that pleasure reading helps each student in a d 5 way. Each student should learn all k 6 of knowledge. Pleasure reading makes it p 7 for each student to learn what he or she needs.

Reading for pleasure is not the s 8  as common studying. When you read for pleasure, you can c 9  any book you like, and you don't have to remember e 10 .There are no tests on your pleasure reading books. In all, pleasure reading will help you a lot in many ways.

1. ___________2.__________3.____________4.______________5.___________

  6.___________7.__________8.____________9.______________10.__________

七.阅读短文，回答问题。(共10分)

Life skills are important and should be taught as part of labor education(劳动教育).On June 3,2020. the Ministry of Education (MOE)(教育部)gave a revised course for high schools across the county.Labor education,also called education on the hardworking spirit, covers housework, school labor and community voluntary services.

"Labor education must be carried out with the purpose to develop the view of the world, life and values and develop an interest in doing housework." said Zheng Fuzhi,a Vice- Minister of Education.

According to China Youth Daily,the labor course will take six credits (学分)-the same as English and physics,Voluntary service,as part of labor education,would take two credits.The MOE also asks schools to make sure 40 hours of voluntary service during the full three school years.

According to Xinhua,the young in our country do too little housework and that they think labor jobs aren't important.Because of a lot of school stress, schools think the educational course is more important, and parents sometimes think that housework wastes their kids' time.

According to a survey, primary and middle school students in China only spend 12 minutes a day on housework, compared with 72 minutes in the US,42 minutes in South Korea and 30 minutes in France.

However ,doing housework does not take young people's attention away.Instead, it is necessary for developing a strong working spirit. The earlier you start, the better.." the writer of  How to Raise an Adult said.             

(1)  What does labor education cover?

(2)  What is the purpose of labor education?

(3)  How many credits can voluntary service take?

(4)  Who spends the most time on housework according to the survey?

(5)  What do you think of labor education? Why?(请自拟一句话作答)

 八.书面表达(共20分)

青少年杂志决定举行一次以“My best friend"为题的英语征文比赛。假如你的最好的朋友是Sandy,请结合以下的要点写一篇90词左右的短文，可适当发挥。文章的开头已给出，不计入词数。

身份 Sandy是15岁的女生，在一所混合学校8年级学习。 

外貌 长发，圆脸，是班里最苗条的女生。 

性格 慷慨大方,乐于助人。 

爱好 1.喜爱旅行，因为可以了解到很多不同的文化。

2.对 DIY很着迷，享受制作新东西的乐趣..... 

3.热爱动物，去年加入了野生动物俱乐部，因为......

梦想 长大后想成为....因为..... 

注意:1.语言规范，信息完整，结构连贯，书写工整。

2.内容必须包括表格中所有信息，并作适当的发挥。

3.不得透露学校、姓名等任何个人信息。

My best friend

Sandy is fifteen years old___