江苏省无锡市天一实验学校2022-2023学年八年级下学期第一次月考练习英语试题

这是一份江苏省无锡市天一实验学校2022-2023学年八年级下学期第一次月考练习英语试题，共12页。试卷主要包含了单项选择，完形填空，阅读理解，阅读还原，单词拼写，用所给单词的正确形式填空，完成句子，短文填空等内容，欢迎下载使用。

1．What a gd time he had ________ a kite in ________ fine weather!
A．t fly; suchB．flying; sC．t fly; sD．flying; such
2．The ld man felt even ________ in the ________ village.
A．lnelier, lnely B．mre lnely, lnely
C．lnelier, alneD．mre lnely, alne
3．Nwadays, peple ________ psting nice phts and wrds nt the Wechat Mments t share with friends.
A．are able tB．are afraid fC．are used tD．are wrried abut
4．There’s nthing in yur left hand, but what’s in yur ________ hand?
A．therB．the therC．antherD．thers
5．—He’s already 8 years ld, ________?
—________. He wn’t g t schl until next year.
A．hasn’t he; Yes, he hasB．isn’t he; N, he isn’t
C．hasn’t he; N, he hasn’tD．isn’t he; Yes, he is
6．I’m ________ hungry and I need t have ________ bread.
A．a little; a bitB．a bit; a little fC．a little; a bit fD．a bit f; a little
7．________ an icn at the bttm f the page and then ________.
A．Picking; click it nB．Picking; click n it
C．Pick; click it nD．Pick; click n it
8．He ________ Wuxi n business fr a week and nw he is preparing fr it.
A．has been away frm B．has leftC．will leaveD．will be away frm
9．He ________ a car as a birthday present, but he wn’t ________ it as it is t expensive.
A．has accepted; receiveB．has received; accept
C．accepts; receive D．receives; accept
10．He thught ________ a gd way t relax himself.
A．itB．it’sC．thatD．that’s
11．Flying t England ________ s much that he had t give up.
A．tkB．cstC．spentD．paid
12．He ________ Japan. Mrever, he ________ there fr 10 hurs.
A．has gne t; has been inB．has been t; has arrived
C．has been t; has gneD．has gne t; has arrived
13．—Wuld yu mind me ________ here?
—________. It’s fr my wife.
A．sitting; Better ntB．t sit, Exactly
C．sitting; Of curse ntD．t sit; Of curse
14．—Smene is kncking at the dr? Wh ________ it be?
—It ________ be Lucy. She’s left fr Japan fr a trip.
A．can; may ntB．may; can’tC．can; can’tD．may; mustn’t
15．The life we have ________ used t ________ a lt nw.
A．gt; changingB．/; has changedC．gt; has changedD．/; changing
二、完形填空
Brwnie and Sptty were neighbr dgs. They lved each ther and played tgether s ften that they had made a 16 thrugh the grass between their huses.
One evening, Brwnie’s family nticed that Brwnie hadn’t cme hme. They went ut t lk fr him but with n success. Brwnie didn’t shw up the next day, and by the next week, he was still 17 .
Sptty went t Brwnie’s huse alne. He barked ludly. But Brwnie’s family was t 18 t care abut him.
Finally, ne mrning Sptty refused (拒绝) t take “n” fr an answer. He fllwed Ted, Brwnie’s 19 , everywhere he went. He barked, then ran tward a nearby empty lt (空地) and lked 20 , as if t say, “Fllw me!”
Ted fllwed the dg acrss the empty lt. The little dg tk the man t a tree a half 21 frm the huse. There Ted fund Brwnie 22 . One f his legs was 23 in a trap (老鼠夹子). Ted wished he had cme earlier.
Then Ted nticed smething amazing. In a circle arund the injured (受伤的) dg, he saw a lt f dg fd. It was the remains f lts f meals.
Sptty had been 24 Brwnie every day. He had stayed with Brwnie t prtect him, snuggling (依偎) with him at night t keep him 25 and nuzzling (用鼻子爱抚) t keep his spirits up.
16．A．radB．pathC．streetD．line
17．A．missingB．disappearC．nwhereD．alne
18．A．happyB．lazyC．busyD．impatient
19．A．fatherB．wnerC．mtherD．friend
20．A．upB．afterC．utD．back
21．A．metreB．inchC．mileD．ft
22．A．liveB．deadC．diedD．alive
23．A．caughtB．cutC．stuckD．hit
24．A．watchingB．prtectingC．feedingD．visiting
25．A．safeB．warmC．relaxedD．cmfrtable
三、阅读理解
Are yu lking frward t a special trip? Have yur vacatin in a tree huse! Yu can find ne in the fllwing places.
In India, there are tree huse bedrms frm 10 t 25 meters up a tree. There’s a bamb lift t carry yu up. The electricity yu see cmes frm the sun. And there are small rads t take a walk and natural swimming pls t swim in. Yu can visit yur neighbur n a bridge made f rpe.
In Kenya, yu can live in a tree huse. It has tw flrs, and the rms have big beds. The windws have clred glass, and the bathrms have shwers. There’s a small kitchen, t. The htel serves fd in yur rm.
In Belize, yu can live with birds under a Guanacaste tree that is abut 30 meters tall. The birds make gd neighbrs because they eat the insects! S it’s a gd place fr birdwatching. A river runs arund the tree huse n three sides. The clear water is gd fr swimming!
The largest tree huse fr vacatin is in Brazil. There are many tree huses. They are all cnnected by wd bridges. Yu can walk thrugh the trees at abut 25 meters high and see the wildlife. Yur neighbr may be a mnkey.
26．What d we knw abut the tree huse in Belize?
A．It has tw flrs.B．It is cnnected by a wd bridge.
C．It’s a gd place fr birdwatching.D．It’s frm 10 t 25 meters up a tree.
27．Where is the biggest tree huse fr vacatin?
A．In India.B．In Kenya.C．In Belize.D．In Brazil.
28．What’s the purpse f the text?
A．T ask fr sme help.B．T prtect the nature.
C．T intrduce the largest tree huse.D．T intrduce the tree huse vacatin.
Dear Mars Prject
The first civilian missin t the Mars is planned t take place in 2040. It’s a chance fr the cmmn peple t fly t the Mars. The mid rcket (火箭) will make a mnth-lng jurney t the Mars and back.
In 2020, a secret businessman bught all the seats abard the rcket. Wishing t give as many talented peple as pssible the pprtunity t g, he plans t take 10 crew members t g with him frm acrss the wrld. He will chse thse wh will imprve “whatever activity” they are int by ging t space and wh are willing and able t supprt ther crew member.
Step 1:
Pre-registratin nline—by August 4th 8:00 p.m. Click here!
Everyne wh pre-registers will receive an e-mail abut the selectin prcess.
Step 2:
Initial Screening (材料审查) by August 10th 8:00 p.m.
Step 3:
Assignment
A particular task will be given.
Step 4:
Online Interview—by August 20th 8:00 p.m.
Step 5:
Final Interview and Medical Checkup—Late August
Step 6:
Training and Preparatin
29．Accrding t the plan, the crew will prbably spend ________ in the rcket.
A．1 mnthB．1 yearC．10 yearsD．20 years
30．Applicants (申请人) will knw abut the selectin prcess ________.
A．frm the websiteB．thrugh nline interview
C．by e-mailD．n the phne
31．Which f the fllwing is NOT necessary fr the applicant?
A．Being physically healthy.B．Knwing different languages.
C．Having a gd team spirit.D．Ding well in a certain field.
32．The text abve is ________.
A．a page frm a guidebk t space travelB．an nline training curse in space flight
C．a piece f news released by the gvernmentD．an advertisement fr the dear Mars Prject
Very sn after Rberta wrte t the ld gentleman, the three children were walking thrugh the tunnel when they heard a cry.
The children ran deeper int the tunnel. Befre lng, they fund a by. He was lying n the grund.
“What happened?” Rberta asked him.
“I’m Jim. I was walking thrugh the tunnel when I tripped（绊倒）. I think I’ve brken my leg.” “The 11:15 train is due（到期）sn,” Peter said. “We must get yu ut f here.”
“I’ve been here fr tw hurs,” the by said. “I was n my way t the statin t catch the train. It’s quicker thrugh the tunnel than alng the rad.”
“It’s als mre dangerus,” Rberta said.
Peter said. “We’ve gt t get yu ut.” Then Peter and Phyllis helped Jim up. It was a difficult jurney, but the children gt there befre the 11:15 train did. Finally, a signalman helped them and tk Jim t Peter’s hme.
Mther called fr a dctr and helped Jim rest. The dctr said Jim needed t stay in bed fr at least a mnth. Mther wrte a letter t Jim’s grandfather. She gave the letter t the dctr, wh prmised t pst it.
“Can he stay with us?” Peter said. “We’d lve t have a friend ur wn age.” “Sure,” said Mther.
A few days later, Jim’s grandfather came t take Jim hme. The children were surprised t see him. “Yu’re ur ld gentleman!” they exclaimed.
“That’s right,” he said. “And I gt yur letter, Rberta.” “What letter?” Mther demanded.
“Rberta wrte t me abut her father,” the ld gentleman said. “I was nt surprised by what she said. I have thught fr a lng time that he was inncent. It was nt pssible that a guilty（有罪的）man culd have such wnderful children. I think I can help yu. Yur father, will sn be free again.”
Tw weeks later, Father came back hme.
—Taken frm The Railway Children
33．Which f the fllwing wrd best describes Peter in the passage?
A．Helpful.B．Humrus.C．Gd-lking.D．Careless.
34．Why was Jim in the tunnel?
A．He wanted t lk fr the signalman.B．It was a faster way t get t the statin.
C．He was trying t pick sme wild cherries.D．He jumped ff a train.
35．What des the underlined wrd “‘inncent” mean accrding t the passage?
A．自私的B．无情的C．贪婪的D．无辜的
36．Which f the fllwing is TRUE accrding t the passage?
A．Jim needed t stay in bed fr at least 2 weeks.
B．Peter wrte a letter t the ld gentleman.
C．Peter asked Mther t let Jim stay with them.
D．Jim’s grandfather didn’t help the children.
Agriculture (农业) has a lng histry in China. Much f the wisdm (智慧) discvered by early Chinese scientists is still useful fr farmers and gardeners tday. One f China’s early agricultural (农业的) scientists was Jia Sixie, wh lived in the sixth century A．D．He spent his time ding research int agriculture. He cllected infrmatin, studied it, did experiments (实验) and learnt frm the experience f farmers.
Arund 540 AD, he wrte a bk called Qimin Yashu. The bk is abut bth-farming and gardening. It includes advice n the fllwing subjects: grwing green vegetables and fruit trees, keeping animals, and fish in lakes. There are als instructins fr making wine. Jia Sixie’s bk is a helpful guide fr farming. Firstly, as a farmer yu shuld d things at the right time f the year. If yu sw seeds and grw yung plants in the fields at the crrect time f the year, yur wrk will be less and the results will be better. But if yu g against nature, and d things at the wrng time f the year, yu will have t d mre wrk and the results will nt be s gd. The cnditin f the sil is als very imprtant. Examine the sil n yur farm carefully. If the cnditin f yur sil is nt gd, yu shuld imprve it. Befre swing r planting crps, yu must clean grund and remve weeds (清除杂草). Let sheep r cws walk n the land t destry (破坏) the weeds r eat them. The best harvest is reached when farmers change the crps in their fields. Fr example, d nt plant rice year after year in the same field. But if yu plant rice in a field ne year and wheat in the field the next year, yu will harvest gd crps. Other scientists said that wheat shuld be planted with space between the plants, but Jia did experiments and shwed that planting wheat clse tgether is better.
37．What can we infer frm the passage abut Jia Sixie?
A．He lived arund 540 BC．
B．He was nt well knwn at that time.
C．He was a famus Chinese agriculturist.
D．He spent little time ding research int agriculture.
38．Which f the fllwing is NOT true abut the bk Qimin Yashu?
A．It is a practical bk fr farming.
B．It was written by Jia Sixie.
C．It includes many useful suggestins n agriculture.
D．It has n instructin n making wine.
39．Which f the fllwing is true accrding t Jia Sixie?
A．Farmers culd sw the seeds at any time f the year.
B．Yung plants culd grw well at any field.
C．It is a better way t plant wheat near each ther.
D．Farmers had better plant rice year after year in the same place.
40．Where is this passage prbably frm?
A．A newspaper.B．A website.C．A speech.D．A diary.
四、阅读还原
从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中的两项为多余选项。
Yur brain cntrls everything yu d. It makes it pssible fr yu t think, learn, create and feel; t blink (眨眼) and breathe and fr yur heart t beat—this fantastic cntrl center is yur brain. 41
Can this small grey rgan (器官), which weighs less than ne and a half kils, really d s much? Amazingly, yur brain cntains abut 100 billin neurns (神经元)—it wuld take yu ver 3, 000 years t cunt them all. 42 Yur neurns create and send mre messages than all the phnes in the wrld. And althugh ne neurn creates nly a little electricity, all yur neurns tgether can prduce enugh electricity t pwer a light bulb (灯泡).
S exactly hw fast des yur brain wrk? 43 Neurns in yur skin send this infrmatin t yur brain at a speed f mre than 240 kilmeters per hur. Yur brain then uses ther neurns t send the message back t yur ft t shake the bee ff quickly. 44 N cmputer has yur brain’s unbelievable ability t deal with the amunt f infrmatin cming frm yur eyes, ears and ther sensry rgans.
But hw des yur brain allw yu t learn things that yu will use in the future? The structure (结构) f yur brain changes every time yu have a new thught, remember r learn smething. 45 Hw? As yu practice, yur brain sends “bike riding” messages again and again. Sn, the actins are learnt and yu are able t ride a bike easily frm then n.
A．Well, imagine this: a bee lands n yur ft.
B．Therefre, it is nt surprising t see that smebdy with average intelligence (智力) can have excellent perfrmances in sme fields.
C．Believe it r nt, the activity in yur brain never stps.
D．It is s amazing that a famus scientist nce called it “the mst cmplex (复杂) thing we have yet discvered in ur universe”.
E．The brain is the bss f the bdy.
F．These neurns can send this infrmatin at mre than 320 kilmeters per hur.
G．Fr example, riding a bike seems impssible at first, but sn yu are able t d it.
五、单词拼写
46．During the COVID-19, many cmmunity wrkers and fficials at the (初级的) level std fast at their psts.
47．Sally hasn’t received an ffer yet thugh she had several jb (面试).
48．My cusin hasn’t gt used t the life in this (欧洲) cuntry yet since he came here.
49．Sandy caught a cld the ther day, but she came t schl n time (即使这样).
六、用所给单词的正确形式填空
50．If yu are interested in it, yu can search fr (far) infrmatin n ur website.
51． (cmmunicate) with each ther ften is becming much easier as the 5G times have cme.
52．The students dn’t like the (rule) f their drmitry (宿舍) because he is hard n them.
53．I’m srry I’m late, Sir. My car (break) dwn n my way here.
54．—I can’t believe yu’ve sld me such a terrible mbile phne. I want my mney back.
—I (listen), Madam. Can yu just slw dwn and tell me what’s wrng?
55．What a clean and beautiful classrm! Wh (tidy) it up?
56．At this time yesterday, everyne except Tm and Jhn (practise) playing basketball n the playgrund.
57．What d yu think (happen) t Jhn if he finds his car missing?
58．Dctrs ften advise the ld man t give up smking, but the man insists that smking (relax) him.
59．—Welcme t ur cmpany! Have yu been used t the life here in Wuxi?
—Thank yu. Life is quite different. Yu knw I (be) abrad in Singapre fr five years.
七、完成句子
60．因为双亲的逝世，玛丽现在不如以前活跃了。
Mary is less active nwadays than she because f her parents’ death.
61．这场大雪使得与外界的沟通联系中断了三天。
The heavy snw the utside wrld since three days ag.
62．你在欧洲几个月，是在上学吗？不，我公务旅行。
—Are yu studying in Eurpe these mnths?
—N, I .
63．在汉唐时期，中国丝绸举世闻名。
In Han and Tang Dynasties, China silk.
64．顺便问一下，这次你妻子要在国外待多久？
By the way, hw lng this time?
65．新加坡紧靠马来西亚的南端。
Singapre lies f Malaysia.
八、短文填空
综合填空。
During the Tang dynasty, Emperr Taizng (唐太宗) asked the prime minister (大臣) Feng Deyi t recmmend talented (有天赋的) peple. H 66 , Feng didn’t recmmend anyne after several mnths.
“I tried my best, but there are n 67 (usual) r well-runded peple at all,” Feng said.
“Peple are like tls,” said the emperr. “What we need t d is 68 (make) gd use f their strengths (才能，才华). Yu shuld blame (责备) 69 (yu) fr nt nticing peple’s strengths. Hw culd yu say that there were n talented peple in ur dynasty?”
That’s true. Each tl has its wn functin (功能). A knife is made t cut things w 70 chpsticks are made t pick up fd. We can’t use a knife as a chpstick.
L 71 a tl, each persn has a special strength. Nbdy is perfect. We can’t expect a persn t be gd at everything.
With this idea in mind, Emperr Taizng fund many talented peple f different backgrunds. He gave them imprtant psitins (职位), which helped them make 72 (much) f their talents. His talented peple helped sciety develp and created a “glden age”.
A gd example is Ma Zhu, wh grew up in a pr family. Ma gave a lt f 73 (use) advice, s Emperr Taizng gave him a psitin and praised him many times.
If a persn is talented in ne field, we shuld give him a chance. 74 same idea can be fund in The Analects f Cnfucius. Treating peple as tls shws gd leadership. Our president nce tld this stry t fficers, 75 (ask) them t treat talented peple crrectly.
九、书面表达
76．假如你叫玛丽，你的笔友汤姆打算到无锡旅游，他想了解无锡的情况。请你根据提示，并适当发挥，写一封邮件介绍无锡的情况。
注意事项：
1.邮件内容根据图示自拟，要求语句通顺、意思连贯、符合题意、不得使用真实信息。
2.词数在90词左右，邮件的首尾已在答题卡上给出，不计入总词数。
Dear Tm.
Glad t hear frm yu. I’m s happy that yu’ll visit Wuxi. Nw let me intrduce this city t yu.
In the past, Wuxi was nly a small city. The streets were nt wide and the traffic was always busy. In recent years, Wuxi has develped very fast. It is becming cleaner and bigger.
There are many places yu can visit in Wuxi. Nianhua Bay is ne f the places f natural beauty. Yu can take a bat trip there. Yu can als visit Yixing Bamb Sea. There yu can see lts f bamb. Wuxi Z is very big. Yu can see different animals in it.
Wuxi is a beautiful city. Yu can pay a visit at any time. But I think the best time is spring and autumn.
Welcme t Wuxi. I’m sure yu can have fun there.
Yurs
Mary