江苏省常州外国语中学2024-2025学年八年级上学期9月月考英语试卷

这是一份江苏省常州外国语中学2024-2025学年八年级上学期9月月考英语试卷，共7页。试卷主要包含了单项选择，完型填空，六选四，阅读短文回答问题，综合填空，单词填空，每空一词，动词填空，翻译句子等内容，欢迎下载使用。
1. ---What _________ hnest by!---Yes, and he is ne f _________ children in my class.
A. a; the mst famus B. an; the famusestC. a; the famusest D. an; the mst famus
2. ---Is yur cusin in Year ___________? ---N. She is in the __________ grade.
A. Six; fifth B. Sixth; fifth C. Six; five D. Sixth; five
3. My father desn't have enugh time t read newspapers. H usually __________ the titles quickly at night.
A. lks arund B. lks thrugh C. lks fr D. lks ut
4. There aren't enugh cups fr us. Wuld yu please ___________ nes here?
A. bring tw mre B. take mre twC. t take tw ther D. t bring anther tw
5. Wendy and Sandy always ________ and they are _________ students in ur class.
A. wrk hard; the mst hard-wrking B. hard wrk; the mst hard-wrking
C. wrk hard; hard-wrkingest D. hard wrk; the hard-wrkingest
6. As the secnd ________ island in China, the area f Hainan Island is smaller than ________ f Taiwan.
A. larger; it B. large; that C. largest, / D. largest, that
7. ---What d yu think f her ________? ---It ________ very sweet.
A. vice; sunds B. sund; hears C. sund; listens D. vice; hears
8. Of the tw cats, the girl chse ________ ne.
A. the mre cheap B. the mst expensive C. the less expensive D. the least expensive
9. ---D yu like this pht? ---Yes. I have never seen ________ ne befre.
A. a better B. the best C. a wrse D. the wrst
10. The number f the bks in ur library ________ than that in their library.
A. is much mre B. are even larger C. is fewer D. is smaller
11. Schl life in the USA is different frm ________ in Britain.
A. ne B. that C. this D. it
12. These prblems seem ________, but yu can't wrk them ut ________.
A. easy; easy B. easily; easily C. easy; easily D. easily; easy
13. ---Can yu ________ my sn sme stries nw?
---Srry, I am nt free nw. I want t ________ t my brther n the phne.
A. say; tell B. tell; talk C. talk; speak D. tell; say
14. Remember this, children. ________ careful yu are, ________ mistakes Yu will make.
A. The mre, the mre B. The fewer, the fewerC. The mre; the fewer D. The less; the less
15. ---I will have a Math test tmrrw. ---________, Mike.
A. Have a gd time B. Gd luck C. Cngratulatins D. Dn't be sad
DABAA DACAD ACBCB
二、完型填空(每小题1分，共12分)
I have spent much time imprving myself. In high schl and cllege, many times I (16)_______ all night t wrk n papers r cmputer prgrams. And after cllege, I spent many hurs studying new (17)_______ in the hpe f getting better in the wrkplace.
That learning was (18)_______. It enabled (使能够) me t travel t interesting places and t get interesting jbs. And then I fcused much n (19)_______. When I first started wrking after cllege, an lder friend tld me, "When yu meet friends frm cllege later in life, (20)_______ cares what kind f jb yu have. What peple talk abut is wh lks strnger and (21)_______" But I didn't understand hcr wrds.
Over time, I came t realize that my friend's wrds had (a) deeper (22)_______. The things that add the mst (23)_______ t ur lives ften dn't have much t d with ur academic (学业的) r career success. Fr much f my adult life, I think what has best allwed me t feel (24)_______ with my life has been physical activity: running, weightlifting and hiking. These things seem (25)_______ enugh, but yu d have t learn hw t d them (26)_______. Similarly, cking with friends, making handicrafts (手工艺品) and grwing plants can imprve hw yu feel abut yur life.
I'm telling yu this because these types f skills can be very imprtant t yu. Imagine that yu have t live alne. Yu must knw hw t ck fr yurself and tidy up yur huse, And in rder t keep yur bdy and (27)_______ fit, yu shuld nt frget t get enugh exercise. Nw yur parents may be minding all f the chres fr yu. Yu must realize that yu can't depend n them frever fr a healthy and happy life.
16. A. gt up B. wke up C. stayed up D. tk up
17. A. scenes B. marks C. recrds D. subjects
18. A. imprtant B. rapid C. scial D. hnest
19. A. games B. fd C. success D. beauty
20. A. smebdy B. nbdy C. everybdy D. anybdy
21. A. prer B. richer C. fatter D. healthier
22. A. meaning B. shame C. prgress D. research
23. A. frce B. smiles C. bjects D. value
24. A. silent B. silly C. happy D. brave
25. A. free B. simple C. wide D. bright
26. A. safely B. quickly C. angrily D. fairly
27. A. illness B. mind C. nature D. achievement
CDACB DADCB AB
三、阅读理解（每小题2分，共30分） 阅读短文，从各题所给的A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选择最佳选项。
A
28. Which f the fllwing is frm the university that has the lngest histry?
A. Isabela B. SamuelC. Sphia D. Benjamin.
29. Frm the material, we knw that Sphia ____________.
A. is studying GegraphyB. is in a debating sciety
C. is quite interested in engineeringD. ges t the same schl as Herbert Hver
30. Which f the fllwing phrases can best explain the wrd "Fund" in th passage?
A. put up B. fit in C. set up D. build in
31. It seems that students can have debates in all f the universities EXCEPT ____________.
A. Cambridge University.B. Harvard University.C. Stanfrd University. D. Oxfrd University.
32. Yu may read the material frm a ___________.
A. magazine B. strybk C. ntice D. shw
DCCCA
B
Have yu gt many friends arund yu? Have yu ever cmplain abut nt having gd friends in yur life? If yes, d yu think abut yur wn cmpany is nt enugh t make them happy? As a matter f fact, in rder t get alng with thers, the first thing yu need t d is be friends with yurself.
Listen t yur inner vice. Remember that inner vice keeps whispering t yu abut what yu really want and need as well as what yu d nt really want and need. It is time yu start listening t it. In rder t get t knw yurself well, it is imprtant t learn and accept what yu want and what yu d nt want.
Learn t enjy yur wn cmpany. Yu will be surprised t find ut hw many things yu can d by yurself and actually have fun in the prcess. Reading rmantic nvels, petry r science fictins is nly a few f the things that yu can d by yurself, which nt nly can ffer yu hurs f enjyment, but als the chance t get t knw yurself better.
Satisfy yurself. Pay special attentin t yur persnal hygiene (个人卫生). D yur hair and nails ften and experiment with new styles. Fllw a healthy diet and exercise regularly t stay in gd shape. N matter hw busy yu are, always find at least an hur per day fr yurself t relax either by ding abslutely nthing r ding smething that yu enjy.
Learn t respect yur wn bundaries (界线，底线). Find ut what yur bundaries are and learn t respect them. Yu are the nly ne wh knws what yu can and what yu cannt accept. N ne else can pint that ut t yu, r frce yu t cmprmise (妥协).
Only getting alng with yurself will yu succeed in develping healthy relatinships with thers.
33. The writer starts t intrduce the tpic by ____________.
A. telling stries B. giving examplesC. asking questins D. sharing experiences
34. Accrding t the article, which f the fllwing Chinese can be the right meaning f the wrd "cmpany"?
A. 商号 B. 剧团 C. 宾客 D. 陪伴
35. The writer uses the underlined sentences t ___________.
A. draw the readers' attentin B. give advice that readers shuld fllw
C. express the strng feeling f wrry D. Give sme mre knwledge
36. Which is the best title fr the passage?
A. A life with n friends. B. Fur ways t get alng with thers.
C. Hw t be friends f yurself. D. The imprtance f having friends.
37. What is the structure f the article? (①=Paragraph 1 ②=Paragraph 2,...)
A. B. C. D.
C
The Merchant f Venice (《威尼斯商人》) is a famus play written by William Shakespeare. It tells the stry f a Venetian merchant named Antni wh brrws mney frm a Jewish mneylender (放债者) named Shylck.
Antni's friend, Bassani, needs mney t marry n wman named Prtia. Antni agrees t brrw the mney frm Shylck n the cnditin (条件) that if he cannt repay (偿还) the mney, Shylck can take a pund (磅) f his flesh (肉).
Meanwhile, Prtia's father has left a will (遗嘱) stating that any man wh wishes t marry her must chse the crrect casket (精致的小盒子) ut f three, ne gld, ne silver, and ne lead (铅). Many men have tried and failed, but Bassani crrectly chses the lead casket and wins Prtia's hand in marriage.
Back in Venice, news reaches Antni that his ships, which were carrying his gds (货物) and making him mney, have been lst at sea. He is unable t repay his debt (债) t Shylck, wh demands his pund f flesh as agreed.
Prtia, disguised (化装) as a lawyer, arrives in Venice t help Antni. She argues that Shylck must take it withut lsing any bld (血液), as stated in their agreement. Shylck is frced (逼迫) t give up his claim (索要), and Antni is saved.
The stry f the merchant f Venice teaches us the imprtance f friendship, frgiveness, and the pwer f true lve.
---Taken frm The Merchant f Venice
38. Why did Bassani need mney?
A. T buy a new ship B. T marry PrtiaC. T start a new business D. T repay his debts
39. What happened t Antni's ships?
A. They were lst at sea B. They were stlen by pirates
C. They were sld t repay the mney D. They arrived safely in Venice
40. Hw did Bassani win Prtia's lve?
A. By chsing the gld casket B. By chsing the silver casket
C. By chsing the lead casket D. By perfrming a heric act
41. What was the cnditin set by Shylck fr the lan?
A. A pund f Antni's fleshB. Repayment with interest (利息)
C. Antni's shipsD. Shylck's share (股份) in Antni's business
42. Which f the fllwing is the right statement abut the stry?
A. Shylck is generus because he lends the mney t Antni.
B. Many men failed t win Prtia's hand in marriage because they dn't have enugh mney.
C. Antni must be Shylck's enemy (仇人).
D. Prtia is a rich, pretty and famus lawyer in the stry.
四、六选四(每小题2分，共8分)
Sia Gdika was 13 when she saw the bareft (赤脚的) children f building wrkers at a building site (工地) near her huse in a rich neighburhd. "Their feet were bare," says Sia. "They were just walking arund that building site as if it were an everyday practice fr them." ____43_____
"I went back hme, lked at my wn ft and thught,' Ww, I'm 13 years ld. These children are seven r eight." She pened her clset (壁橱) drs and saw shes. She wre many f them nly a few times. They lked very new. She put them int a big bx. Then she hurried t give them all away t the children she saw at the building site.
Later that year, with the help f her parents and cmmunity vlunteers, Sia set up Sle Warrirs, a charity grup, t prvide shes fr thse in need. Sia's dream is: "Give a pair f shes; save a mind".
The idea started in a dinner cnversatin with her parents and it quickly grew. After she psted the idea nline, many peple shwed their wishes l help her. Fr mnths, Sia was busy with schlwrk and her new prject. "I was up till 2 a.m. reading emails t see hw and where we culd raise mney r get shes and call peple."
____44_____ That need, says Sia, is endless. In a wrld where the prest half f the ppulatin wns just tw per cent f the wealth, abut 300 millin peple can't pay fr shes. Of the nearly 24 billin shes made every year, mre than 90 per cent end up in landfills (垃圾场).
In its first vlunteer drive, Sle Warrirs cllected and gave ut 700 pairs f shes. ____45_____ They include the United States, China and Liberia, thanks t the hard wrk f a key team f abut 80 vlunteers.
"Being a 13-year-ld, I did face a lt f prblems because at my age, peple were less willing t hear me ut," says Sia. In 2021, Sia was given a famus award (奖). The award is ne f the mst imprtant hnurs a yung persn can receive fr scial actin r vlunteer wrk. But her wrk isn't dne. She says, "____46_____”
A. At that mment, Sia felt srry fr the children.
B. Our dream has always been t tuch a millin feet.
C. Sia was happy that she culd live a very happy life.
D. In the future, mre buildings will be built in the cuntry.
E. Tday that number stands at arund 28,000 acrss fur cuntries.
F. Nw in its fifth year, the rganizatin still gives shes away t peple in need.
五、阅读短文回答问题(不超过四个词)(第47题1分，第48题2分，第49题2分，共5分)
Chinese schl teachers and headmasters are asked t have meals with students in the dining hall at every meal.
Accrding t the Ministry f Educatin, the intrductin f the law is a way t make sure f fd safety and health standards f schl fd. Schl fficials frm kindergartens t high schls shuld have meals with students during schl meals. The plan will guide them t pay mre attentin t fd safety at schl.
This mve came after several schl fd safety scandals (丑闻) in recent years. Once, fd fund in a primary schl in Chengdu went bad. The news caught the public's attentin. Parents encurage schls t take actin t make sure f fd safety at schl.
Under the new law, schls are required t make public fd surces, suppliers (供应商) and ther infrmatin. The law says schls shuld help students develp healthy eating habits. It als invites parents t eat with students at schl t ease (减轻) their dubt.
In the United States, besity rates (肥胖率) have kept rising ver the past thirty years. Laws intrduced by Michelle Obama pushed schls t make fd with lw calries t help children grw mre healthily.
47. Wh is asked t have meals with students in the dining hall every meal?
_____________________________________________________________
48. What des the Ministry f Educatin think the intrductin f the law can make sure f ?
_____________________________________________________________
49. Hw shuld schls deal with (处理) the infrmatin f fd surces,suppliers and thers ?
_____________________________________________________________
六、综合填空(每小题1分，共10分)
D yu believe that nly bys d well in science? Des it seem t yu that girls have 50.________ (gd) language skills than bys? D yu think bys are better at building things? If yur answer t each f thse questins 51.________ (be) "Yes, yu are right, accrding t an article in Current Science."" There are exceptins (例外), but here are the facts.
Usually, bys get 52.________ (high) pints n tests abut math, but girls d better 53.________ tests abut wrds, spelling and memry. But these 54.________ (different) may nt always be true. In the future, a persn's abilities may nt be decided by sex, As ne scientist says, "Nthing is impssible fr a persn t be r d."
A recent study by Jerme Kagan, a scientist at Harvard University is studying the watching ability f children 10 55.________ (mnth) ld. Baby bys and baby girls are watching a "shw" while seated n their mthers’ laps. In Act I f the shw, an range-clred ball is lifted frm a blue bx and mved slwly. Then it is returned t the bx. This is repeated six times. Act II is almst the same. except that the range ball is smaller. Baby bys d nt seem 56.________ (ntice) the difference in the size f the ball, but girls becme excited 57.________ begin t make nises that sund like language at nce.
It's als knwn that baby girls usually talk at 58.________ earlier age than baby bys d. Scientists believe that the left side f the brain develps faster in girls than in bys. At last, by the time they start t schl, little girls are better than bys, but what have the bys been ding in the year befre 59.________ (start) schl? They have been develping smething called aggressin. An aggressive persn feels strng and independent. He is ften the first ne t start a fight. It is said that aggressin is caused by hrmnes (荷尔蒙). Scientists believe that hrmnes are nt the nly reasn. They say aggressin in bys is als caused (导致) by mthers.
七、单词填空，每空一词(每小题1分，共7分)
60. The _____________ (幽默的) by is ppular in this team, and everyne likes talking with him.
61. When travelling, my father always has a gd _____________ (感觉) f directin.
62. _____________ (几乎) all the peple in this family watched this exciting ftball game.
63. The man _____________ (选择) t becme a dctr and went t a pr village five years ag.
64. The girl n the left has _____________ (straight) hair in the pht than the thers.
65. I want t knw wh jumps _____________ (far) and rums mst quickly in this grup.
66. In Britain, we call it "hliday", but in America, they call it " _____________”.
八、动词填空（每小题1分，共4分）
67. Wh ffered _____________ (carry) all the bags fr him just nw?
68. Keep _____________ (smile) t the prblems, and yu can find the ways t slve them.
69. Thrugh s many years' training, the team _____________ (win) the match n the curt in a year.
70. They spent three hurs having a meeting _____________ (decide) hw t plan fr the trip.
九、翻译句子(每小题1.5分，共9分)
71. 那个有幽默感的男孩常常给我们讲笑话。
The by ____________________________________________________________________________.
72. 你昨天把桌子上的杯子撞到地上了吗？
_______________ yu __________________ n the table __________________________________ yesterday?
73. 学法语可以帮助我们将来某一天更多地了解艺术。
________________________________ can_____________________________________________________.
74. 明年那个英国学生暑假将比我少休几天。
________________________________________________________________ fr the summer hliday next year.
75. 当我们对某事感兴趣时，时间似乎过得比往常快吗?
Des time ___________________________ when we are___________________________________________.
76. 在每节课快结束时，我和学长们讨论一些杂志和报纸。
__________________________________________ each lessn, I _____________________________________.Benjamin
I’m frm Oxfrd University in the UK. It is the ldest university (大学) in the English-speaking wrld and has a histry f ver 800 years. We have many subjects t study. Famus peple like Lewis Carrll studied and taught here. The debating sciety (辩论社团) here, the Oxfrd Unin, is wrld-famus. There, students and ther peple can have debates.
Isabela
I'm a student at Cambridge University, als in the UK. It's rich in histry, starting in 1209! We study lts f hard subjects. Did yu knw Isaac Newtn studied here t? We als have a debating sciety - the Cambridge Unin. It is the ldest student debating sciety in the wrld.
Sphia
I g t Stanfrd University in Califrnia, USA. It was funded almst 150 years ag. It's a great place t learn technlgy and d cl things! Herbert Hver was ne f ur mst famus graduates (毕业生). I think the best club at my university is fr students studying engineering.
Samuel
Harvard University is an ld university and was funded in 1636. It's in the USA. I'm lucky t be part f it. I'm studying Gegraphy. Famus peple like Barack Obama studied here. We als have a famus debating sciety, the Harvard Cllege Debating Unin.