天津市第八中学2023-2024学年八年级上学期第一次大单元练习（月考）英语试题（月考）

天津八中2023-2024学年第一学期初二年级

第一次大单元(英语)练习

启用前保密等级

时间：45分钟；满分100分

注意事项：

1．答题前填写好自己的姓名、班级等信息

2．请将答案正确填写在答题卡上

一.单项填空（本大题共20题，每小题2分，共40分）

(   )1. -Look! It's raining heavily. ____________take a raincoat with you?

-Well, I'll take one right now.

A. Why don't            B. Would you mind  

C. Would you like         D. Why not

(   )2. I would like to give my thanks to Mr. Wang because he has given me lots of ______on my English study.

A. advices    B. advice   C.an advice   D. advise

(   )3. Be careful or(否则) you will______________.

A. play games        B. practise speaking  

C. make a mistake      D. improve your pronunciation

(   )4. __________ did you get on your 15th birthday?

A. What else   B. What also C. How else       D. When else

(   )5. –Why not write the correct words next to the mistakes?

–_____________.

A. You are right        B. Good idea

C. You’re welcome      D. I’m sorry

(   )6. This is my phone number. Please __________ in your notebook and call me when you need help.

A. put them on      B. put it on 

C. write it down        D. write them down

(   )7. Little Tom is __________ and he is afraid to speak to his new classmates.

A. clever     B. strong   C. angry      D. shy

(   )8. You can __________ help whenever you need it.

A. look for           B. agree with  

C. ask for         D. chat with

(   )9. Hainan is the second largest___________　in China.

  A. mountain    B. coast     C. island       D. village

(   )10.— Is John heavier than Mike?

  — Yes. He is ___________　heavier than Mike.

  A. many         B. too        C. much      D. very    

(   )11.Mr White enjoys doing morning exercises ___________ he is very healthy.

  A. so           B. or         C. but           D. if  

(   )12.The population of Shanghai is ___________ than ___________ of Tianjin.

  A. larger; it     B. more; that   C. larger; that     D. more; it

(   )13.This museum is very famous. About___________ people visit it every year. 

  A. seven millions of      B. seven millions

       C. seven million       D. seven millionof

(   )14.— Lily, don’t forget to bring your ___________. It is rainy (下雨的).

  — OK, Mum.

  A. umbrella   B. book         C. bag     D. pencil

(   )15.This ruler is as ___________　as that one. I will buy it.

  A. longer     B. much longer   C. the longer    D. long

(   )16.— ___________　　, Li Nan?

  — It has about 100, 000 people.

  A. Where is your home town

  B. How do you like your home town

  C. How old is your home town

  D. What’s the population of your home town

(   )17.— How was your weekend, Susan? 

  — ___________.　　

  A. Good idea! B. Pretty good!  C. Sorry.      D. I don’t know.

(   )18. The river is about five metres ___________.

  A. short        B. high          C. wide      D. tall

(   )19. — Is that girl Linda?

  — No, that’s Mary. Linda is ___________　than Mary.

  A. fat       B. more fat      C. very fat     D. fatter

(   )20. — ___________is your home town?

  — It’s about 700 years old.

  A. How old  B. How many  C. How long  D. How tall

二. 完形填空（本大题共10题，每小题2分，共20分）

Many students ask for advice ____21____ English learning. Here are three __22___ questions.

The first question is about English films and songs. Li Hao from Hubei wrote, “I like ___23____ English films and listening to English songs, __24___ I don’t understand very much. What can I do?”

Watching films and listening to songs are great ways __25___ English! Watch and listen __26___ times, and guess the meaning of the new words. Each time you will learn something new. I also ___27____ you to talk about the films or songs with your friends.

The ____28____ question is about speaking. My advice is smiling before starting a conversation. And don’t be shy.

The third question is about remembering new words. It is ___29____ to forget new words! I ___30____ that you improve your vocabulary with four or five new words every day.

(   )21. A. in    B. about     C. /     D. at

(   )22. A. difficult   B. dangerous   C. basic    D. expensive

(   )23. A. watch    B. watches    C. watched   D. watching

(   )24. A. so    B. and     C. but    D. on

(   )25. A. to learn   B. learn     C. learns   D. learning

(   )26. A. twice    B. several    C. third    D. much

(   )27. A. advice   B. advise       C. suggest   D. help

(   )28. A. two    B. second    C. important   D. twice

(   )29. A. good    B. great     C. natural   D. bad

(   )30. A. suggests   B. advice    C. advise   D. suggest

三. 阅读理解（本大题共10小题，每小题2分，共20分）

   阅读下面的材料，从每小题所给的A﹑B﹑C﹑D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

A

We are learning English, but how can we learn English well? A student can know a lot about English, but maybe he can't speak English. If you want to know how to swim, you must get into the river and practice a lot. And if you want to be a football player, you must play football.

    So you see, you can learn English only by using it. You must listen to your teacher in class. You must read your lessons every. You must speak English to your classmates and also you must write something sometimes. Then one day you may find your English very good.

(   )31. You know a lot about English, but maybe ______ it.

A. you can speak      B. you can study  

C. you can't use      D. you can't remember

(   )32. You must get into the river ______.

A. to learn how to swim B. to catch a fish 

C. to go boating      D. to play with water

(   )33. If you want to be a football player, please ______.

A. buy a good football         B. play football 

C. watch others play football  D. put your football away

(   )34. If you want to study English well, you must often ______.

A.speak English       B. write in English 

C. listen to English       D. A, B and C

(   )35. The article (文章) tells us ______.

A. how to learn English well  B. how to swim  

C. how to play football        D. how to go boating

B

        London has a population of about 7000000. From about 1800 until World WarⅡ. London was the biggest city in the word, but now there are many cities which are much bigger.

      London is famous for many things. Tourists come from all over the world to visit its famous buildings and hear the famous clock, Big Ben.

      Like many big cities, London has problems with traffic and pollution. Over 1000000 people a day use the London underground, but there are still too many cars on the streets. The air isn't clean. but it is cleaner than it was 100 years ago.

     For me, the best things about London are the parks. There are five in the city centre. But my children's favorite place is Hamleys, the biggest toy shop in the world!

(   )36. What's the Chinese for "population" in this passage?

     A. 污染    B. 人口 C. 车辆       D. 流行

(   )37. What’s the population of London now?

     A. About seven million B. Over 7000000   

C. About 700000 D. More than 7000000

(   )38. What's Big Ben in London?

     A. It's children's favorite toy shop

     B. It's the best park in the city centre

     C. It's a famous clock

     D. It's a nice museum

(   )39. How many people use the London underground every day?

     A. 7,000,000                    B. More than1,000,000

     C. 1,000,000                    D. 1800

(   )40. How was the air in London one hundred years ago?

    A. It was much cleaner            B. It was the same

    C. It was the cleanest             D. It was dirtier than it is now

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四. 完成句子（本大题共5小题，每小题2分，共10分）

    根据所给中文完意思完成句子，每空限填一词。

41. 对不起，我不同意你的意见。

Sorry, I don’t __________ __________ you.

42. 为什么不写下她的电话号码。

Why not __________ __________her phone number ?

43.天津以美食著名。

Tianjin is  _________ _________ delicious food.

44.我的家乡是上海。

My _______ _________ is Shanghai.

45.请在字典中查一下这个词。

   Please _______ _________ the word in the dictionary.

五. 综合填空（本大题共10小题，每小题1分，共10分）

根据短文内容及首字母提示，填写所给单词，使短文意思完整。每空限填一词。

When you are reading something in English, you may often meet with a new word. What’s the best way to k___46____ it?

You may look it up in the English-Chinese d_____47____. It will tell you a lot about the word: the pronunciation, the Chinese meaning and how to u_____48____ the word. But how can you know where the word is in thousands of English words? How to find it in the dictionary both q_____49____and correctly?

First, all the English words are arranged(安排) in the letter order(顺序). In the dictionary you can first see the words b_______50______ with letter A, t_____51____B, C, D…. That means, if there are two words both beginning with the s___52____ letter, you may look at the second letter. Then the third, the fourth… For example, “pardon” is before “play”, “judge” before “just”, etc.

Do you u___53____how to look up in the dictionary?

The dictionary will be your good f___54____. I hope you’ll use it as often as p___55____ in your English study.

46. __________  47. __________  48. __________  49. __________  50. __________

51.__________  52.__________  53.__________   54.__________  55. ___________