江苏省南通市崇川区田家炳初级中学2023-2024学年八年级下学期第二次月考英语试题

这是一份江苏省南通市崇川区田家炳初级中学2023-2024学年八年级下学期第二次月考英语试题，共14页。试卷主要包含了单项选择，完形填空，阅读理解，信息还原，综合填空，短文填空，阅读与回答问题，句子翻译等内容，欢迎下载使用。
21. -- I'm afraid the bag is _______ fr yu t carry. -- Indeed, I'm nt _______.
t heavy; enugh strngB. light enugh; t strng
C. t heavy; strng enughD. enugh light; strnger
22. -- Tm, are yu active in class?
-- Yes, but I ften dn't have _______ t shw myself in a fifty-student class.
A. reasnsB. chancesC. chicesD. abilities
23. He will, n dubt, be recmmended as this Year's Excellent Officer because he is clever, easy-ging. And, ______, hard-wrking.
A. after all B. in all C. at all D. abve all
24. -- D mre exercise. _______ yu may becme ill easily.
-- I knw that, _______, I dn't have enugh time t d exercise.
Otherwise; Instead B. Hwever; Otherwise
C. Otherwise; Hwever D. Instead; Hwever
25. We can cme t a _______ that she has a gd reading habit frm her wide knwledge f the histry.
A. cnversatin B. cmmunicatin C. cnclusin D. cnditin
26. -- Mum, I feel like _______ sme milk.
-- Oh, dear, there is nne ________. What abut sme water?
A. drinking; t leave B. t drink; left
C. drinking; left D. t drink; t be left
27. -- What can we d fr the disabled children in ur schl?
-- What abut _______ a Helping Grup t supprt them?
A. pening up B. setting up C. giving up D. putting up
28. -- Hw lng did yu stay utside last night?
-- _______ the cncert in the square was ver.
A. Nt until B. Since C. When D. Till
29. -- Judy, I hear that yu are friends with Peter wh is always dressed in dd(奇怪的) clthes. Is that true?
-- Yeah. But _______. I think he is a by with excellent persnalities.
A. practice makes perfect B. many hands make light wrk
C. dn't judge a bk by its cver D. a friend in need is a friend indeed
30. The pster is prbably designed t _______.
A. shw manners at a theatre
B. reprt a meeting ntice
C. ffer an nline live cncert
D. intrduce a radi prgramme
三、完形填空(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)
请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
The yearly marathn (a lng-distance running race f 42.195 km) in my twn usually takes place in summer. My jb is t 31 behind the runners in an ambulance(救护车) t see if any ne f them needs 32 help.
“We just need t stay behind the 33 runner, s take it slwly.” I said t the driver, Dug, as the race started.
The frnt-runners started t 34 and then my eyes were fixed n the wman in blue silk running shrts and a white T-shirt.
We knew that we were already watching ur “last runner”. Her 35 were s disabled that it seemed almst 36 fr her t be able t walk, let alne (更不用说) run a marathn. Dug and I watched in silence as she slwly mved frward. 37 she was the nly runner left in sight. At that time, tears 38 dwn my face when I watched with respect 39 she pushed frward with great strength thrugh the last miles.
When we gt t the finish line, rubbish lay everywhere and the 40 peple had gne hme. Hwever, a man was still standing straight there. He was 41 ne end f a ribbn f crepe paper (绉纸带). She slwly crssed thrugh, leaving bth ends f the paper fluttering (飘动) 42 her. I didn't knw this wman's name, but that day she became part f my 43 . Fr her, it wasn't abut
44 the ther runners r winning a prize, but abut 45 what she had started t d. When I think things are t difficult r I get thse “I-just-can't-d-it”, I will think f the “last runner”. Then I realize hw easy the task befre me really is.
31. A. g B. walk C. fllw D. mve
32. A. medical B. typical C. sudden D. strng
33. A. first B. last C. nly D. best
34. A. run B. shake C. disappear D. appear
35. A. cars B. eyes C. arms D. legs
36. A. unnecessary B. impssible C. strange D. prbably
37. A. Hardly B. Unluckily C. Sadly D. Finally
38. A. fell B. watered C. cntinued D. tk
39. A. after B. befre C. as D. until
40. A. nervus B. waiting C. wrried D. busy
41. A. helping B. catching C. hlding D. tying
42. A. behind B. in frnt f C. beside D. under
43. A. dream B. feelings C. idea D. life
44. A. fllwing B. hping C. encuraging D. beating
45. A. winning B. aviding C. dnating D. pushing
四、阅读理解(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)
请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
When studying r wrking abrad fr the first time, yu will prbably experience culture shck. Althugh it can be quite stressful, it's pssible fr yu t vercme it and grw as a result. Let's take a lk at the five stages in culture shck:
46. At first, peple usually feel _______ abut the hst cuntry.
A. excited B. relaxed C. wrried D. serius
47. Peple may _______ in the mst difficult stage.
A. get help easily B. miss their hmetwn
C. get used t hst culture D. ntice the differences in culture
48. _______ may experience culture shck.
A. A bss ding natinal business
B. An exchange student studying in the U. S.
C. A vlunteer wrking in his cmmunity扫描全能王
D. An English teacher wrking at a lcal schl
B
Researchers in Germany fund that fish can d math. They fund stingrays (a sea fish) and cichlids (an African fish) were able t add and subtract—even with n fingers t cunt n. Past research has shwn that many animals, including fish, can tell the difference between larger and smaller numbers. Fr example, msquitfish will chse a grup f fur ver a grup f three. Stingrays and cichlids can see things and tell hw many there are, just as a persn might quickly ntice that there are three ckies n a plate. Researchers wndered if fish culd als wrk ut math prblems.
The team, led by zlgist Vera Schluessel at the University f Bstn, made the fish learn t add and subtract. They used a way that had been used n bees befre. First, they shwed the fish a card with blue r yellw circles n it. Blue meant “add ne”. Yellw meant “subtract ne”. Fr example, if fish was shwn tw blue circles, it shuld lk fr a card with three blue circles. If it saw tw yellw circles, it shuld lk fr ne yellw circle. When the fish tuched its nse t the crrect card, it received a delicius treat.
After that, the researchers gave the fish a test. Abut half f the fish had learned t d the jb. They were able t cunt the number f things, knew if they need t add r subtract, and chse the crrect answer. “It needs cmplex thinking skills,” said Schluessel.
This is s amazing!
49. Why des the writer give the example f Msquitfish in Paragraph 1?
A. T shw mre kinds f fish.
B. T shw they like t live in grups.
C. T shw they are able t tell the difference in numbers.
D. T shw the fish are the cleverest animals in the wrld.
50. Which card shuld the fish tuch if it sees fur yellw circles accrding t Paragraph 2?
51. Which f the fllwing shws the crrect rder f Vera Schluessel's study?
a. The fish saw a card with blue r yellw circles.
b. The fish culd eat smething delicius.
c. The fish lked fr anther card.
d. The fish tuched its nse t the crrect card.
A. a-c-d-b B. a-c-b-d C. d-a-c-b D. d-a-b-c
52. What can we learn frm the passage?
A. Bees are nt as clever as fish. B. Bees can wrk ut math prblems.
C. Fish like jining the largest scial grup. D. Fish can wrk ut math prblems.
C
Mst f us cannt imagine mdern life withut scial media. We use it almst every day in rder t keep up with what is happening in ur friends' lives, r find ut the latest infrmatin. Althugh it has a bad influence if we dn't use it prperly, scial media has dne mre gd than harm.
The greatest advantage is that we can cnnect with peple much mre easily. We are still able t keep in tuch with ur friends if they are far away. With scial media, friendship ges beynd gegraphy. We are able t find friends ld and new. Als, it makes it easier fr us t make friends, especially fr thse wh are afraid f making friends face t face. Are yu shy? If yes, scial media has prbably helped.
Scial media is als ideal fr making yurself heard. Anyne with a vice can express it. Anyne with a talent is free t shw it. Everyne is the new cntent creatr. Mrever, anyne with a smartphne and the Internet can be a reprter. As a result, it has becme much faster t cver the news than ever befre.
Scial media, n the ther hand, can make us less cnfident smetimes. A 2021 study published by the Public Library f Science fund that the mre a persn uses scial media, the sadder he feels abut his wn life. One reasn fr this is that peple arund us put clurful infrmatin and perfect pictures nline in rder t shw ff their best mments. S we ften get a distrted sense f hw wnderful their lives are cmpared t ur wn.
Scial media des nt cause sadness; it simply prvides anther tl fr us t use. Is it gd r bad? Nbel Peace Prize winner Malala Yusafzai says, “What is interesting is the pwer and influence f scial media... We must try t use scial media in a gd way.” After all, yu decide hw yu use this pwerful tl.
53. What is the greatest advantage f scial media accrding t the passage?
A. Expressing ur vices freely. B. Shwing ur talents t thers.
C. Recrding the best side f ur life. D. Cnnecting with peple mre easily.
54. What des the underlined wrd “distrted” prbably mean in Paragraph 4?
A. Clear B. Different C. Incrrect D. Simple
55. Which picture shws the structure f the passage? (①=Paragraph 1,…)
56. Which f the fllwing can be the best title fr the passage?
A. Scial Media: Our Friend r Enemy? B. Scial Media:T Use r Nt t Use?
C. Scial Media: Cnnecting the Wrld D. Scial Media: Making Yurself Heard
D
He was a fine yung man, abut twenty-five years ld, tall and well-built, with a kind face and a nice smile. He had a brwn skin, black hair, bright eyes and strng white teeth. I decided t give him the name “Man Friday”, because I first saw him n a Friday.
When he wke up in the mrning, he ran ut t me. I was milking my gats in the field, and he gt dwn n the grund and put his head near my feet. I understd that he was thanking me, and I tried t shw him that I was his friend.
I began t teach him t speak English, and sn he culd say his name, “Master”, and “Yes” and “N”.
Hw gd it was t hear a man's vice again!
Later that day we went back t my first huse. We went carefully alng the beach, but there were n bats and n wild men. Just bld and bnes all ver the sand. I felt ill, but Friday wanted t eat the pieces f men's bdies which were still n the grund. I shwed him that this was terrible fr me, and he understd.
When we gt t my huse, I gave Man Friday sme trusers, and I made him a cat and a hat. He liked his new clthes very much. Then I made him a little tent t sleep in, but fr a few weeks I always tk my gun t bed with me. Perhaps Friday was still a wild man and wuld try t kill me in the night. At first, Friday was very afraid f my gun. Smetimes he talked t it, and asked it nt t kill him.
Friday was a quick learner and his English gt better day by day. He helped me with the gats and with the wrk in the crnfields, and sn we were gd friends. I enjyed teaching him and, mst f all, having a friend t talk t. This was the happiest f all my years n the island.
Friday and I lived tgether happily fr three years. I tld him the stry f my adventures and abut life in England, and he tld me abut his cuntry and his peple.
I began t think again abut escape. Perhaps Friday wanted t g hme t. Perhaps tgether we culd get t his cuntry. But what then? Wuld Friday still be my friend r wuld his peple kill me and eat me?
— Taken frm Rbinsn Cruse
57. Why did Friday put his head near his master's feet?
A. Because he was afraid f his master.
B. Because his master saved him.
C. Because he wanted t help him.
D. Because there was smething wrng with the feet.
58. What des the underlined wrd “ill” mean in Paragraph 5?
A. Unfriendly B. Unusual C. Unhappy D. Uncmfrtable
59. Which f the fllwing is TRUE accrding t the passage?
A. Rbinsn slept with Man Friday in the same tent.
B. Rbinsn felt very glad t meet Man Friday.
C. Man Friday wanted his master t give him a gun.
D. Man Friday and Rbinsn stayed n the island fr many years.
60. What can yu infer frm this passage?
A. Rbinsn had several huses n the island.
B. Man Friday learned a lt frm his master.
C. Rbinsn wuld take Man Friday t leave the island.
D. Man Friday enjyed staying n the island.
五、信息还原(共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分)
Exams can put us under a lt f stress. 61. ________ S, why d sme students behave better under stress?
It has smething t d with dpamine(多巴胺). 62.________ It has many imprtant rles: influencing memry, attentin and hw we learn.
Our brains wrk best when there is a balance f dpamine—nt t much r t little. Our brains cntrl dpamine in tw ways. 63.________ Exam success can be cnnected t hw fast dpamine ges back t a balance.
What happens when we take an exam? 64.________ The quicker yu are able t g back t a balance f dpamine, the quicker yu can fcus, helping yu d better n a test.
Scientists fund that, during a test, if peple slwly get back t a balance f dpamine, they will scre 8 percent lwer. That's the difference between a gd mark and a bad mark.
65.________ The study als fund that the mre practice yu get, the less stressed yu will be.
A. It either prduces dpamine quickly, r bit by bit.
B. But dn't fear. There is gd news fr every student.
C. If yu becme stressed, yur brain will start t prduce t much dpamine.
D. But sme students d better under stress, while thers d nt.
E. Dpamine is a chemical in ur bdy that sends signals t the brain.
F. T much dpamine is useful fr us t pass an exam.
第 Ⅱ 卷 (非选择题 共60分)
六、综合填空(本题共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)
Frm deserts and beaches t playgrunds, sand is a cmmn sight. But yu might nt knw that sand is als a 66.________(use) resurce.
Sand is the 67.________(tw) mst-used resurce in the wrld after water, the BBC reprted. Hwever the UN said that sand is nt limitless and that we might be running ut f it.
Sand is 68.________ up f very small pieces f rck, sil and minerals(矿物质). It can 69.________ tens f thusands f years t frm. But nw we are using sand 70.________ (quickly) than it is being frmed. Accrding t the BBC, we use abut 15 billin tns f sand every year 71.________ (build) huses, rads and ther things. That's enugh t build a 20-meter-high by 20-meter-wide wall 72.________ the equatr(赤道) every year.
Peple als put sand in the sea t make new islands. Singapre, fr example, is nw 20 percent bigger than it 73.________(be) in 1965. Palm islands are three large man-made islands in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. They tk 94 millin cubic meters f sand t build.
If peple keep using this much sand, it will run ut in many places. Fr example, Vietnam nw has a serius shrtage f cnstructin(建造) sand. Since peple need s much sand, they are trying t mine mre f it. But this is 74.________ fr the envirnment. Mining sand may cause beaches t disappear and mre flds t happen in 75.________ (place) clse t the sea. Als, this may affect the habitats f many plants and animals.
七、短文填空(本题共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)
请认真阅读下面短文，并根据各题所给首字母的提示，写出一个合适的英语单词完整、正确的形式，使短文通顺。
Tday I'm here t talk abut nise pllutin. Nt all nise is nise pllutin. Nise (76)b________ nise pllutin when it begins t harm human and animal life r when it's nt necessary.
Examples f nise pllutin (77)i________ the sunds f cars, buses, lrries, trains and planes. When yu stand near a busy rad, smetimes the nise can hurt yur ears. And peple (78)l________ near airprts ften find it difficult t sleep. Nise pllutin can als be frm machines. We ften use very nisy machines arund the huse r at ur jbs. Factry nise is als a big prblem. Finally, smetimes lud music can be a frm f nise pllutin. Fr example, the music frm a club r frm yur next-dr (79)n________.
We might think that nise pllutin is just a small prblem, but actually it can be (80)d________. Sme peple have becme deaf because f nise pllutin. What's wrse, when peple (81)l________ sleep because f nise pllutin, they becme careless. This can lead t accidents, and peple can get hurt r (82)e________ killed. Finally, nise makes peple feel stress. This can lead t heart disease.
What can we d abut the prblem f nise pllutin? We need strnger (83)l________ against lud nises. The gvernment als needs t put up walls next t rads and airprts t (84)p________ peple frm the nise. Finally, we can all help with the prblem f nise pllutin by turning dwn ur music and TVs, and using a (85)s ________ vice when we talk.
八、阅读与回答问题(本题共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分)
请认真阅读下面短文，并根据短文内容回答问题。
Tday, if we talk abut a clur, we nly need t use a simple name. Fr example, “blue” in Chinese is lan. But in ancient China, there were many beautiful names fr blue, such as yuebai, qielan and shiqing.
Similar t the clur wheel develped by Isaac Newtn, ancient Chinese peple created clurs using the idea f pure clurs and mixed clurs. There were five pure clurs, including ring (blue), chi(red), yellw, white and black. These basic clurs can be put tgether t prduce mixed clurs. Fr example, mixing yellw and blue culd make green. Lts f clurs came int being thanks t this.
As fr naming, ancient Chinese peple paid much attentin t the imaginatin that clurs bring. Fr example, dngfang jibai is a light blue clur. The blue clur describes what the sky lks like early in the mrning. Similarly, the pink clur taya is used t describe blssming(开花的) peach trees. The purple clur mushanzi describes a sunset cvering the muntain.
Meanwhile, a clur was nt just a clur, but a symbl f scial status(地位) in ancient China. Fr example, yellw was lng seen as the symbl f pwer. Only the leader f the cuntry and his family culd use it. During the Tang Dynasty, fficials needed t wear clthes with certain clurs. Only fficials f the tp three grades were allwed t wear purple clthes, while thse f the furth and fifth wre red clthes, and the sixth and seventh fficials wre green clthes. Blue was fr thse in the tw lwest grades.
The clurs that the ancients left us can be seen in sciety tday. Nwadays, sme TV prgrams present traditinal Chinese clurs in clthes and buildings, which excite peple's interest in ancient clurs.
86. What ther names did blue have in ancient China besides lan?
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87. Hw did peple create the clur green by using the pure clurs?
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88. What des the clur mushanzi describe?
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89. Wh culd wear the clur purple in ancient China?
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90. Why d sme TV prgrams present traditinal Chinese clurs in clthes and buildings?
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九、句子翻译(本题共5 小题；每小题2分，满分10分)
91. 如果你挡了他们的路，他们不会碰你或从你身边挤过去。(in ne’s way)
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这个讲座的目的是教学生吃饭的规定。(the purpse f)
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对于李海来说，最重要的事不是赢得一个金牌或银牌，而是参与。(nt…but…)
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94. 与这些特殊运动员密切合作对于我们来说是很棒的。(It's adj. fr sb. t d sth.)
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95. 用这种方式, 他们可以帮助当地人改善他们的生活。(imprve ne's life)
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十、书面表达 (满分20分)
96. 据报道，我国仍有很多山区的孩子因为家庭贫困而上不起学。你们班就如何帮助这些孩子进行了讨论。假如你是李华，请你结合所给问题，写一封信寄给《英语周报》的编辑，希望能够呼吁更多的人伸出援手。
1. Infrmatin abut the children in pr areas.
2. What kind f help d they need?
3. Hw can we help them?
注意：
表达中必须包含所给要点, 可以适当发挥。
词数100左右。
表达中请勿提及真实校名和姓名。
Dear Editr,
I'm a middle schl student. ___________________________________________________
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Yurs sincerely,
Li Hua
初二年级英语集中作业（五月）答案
二、单项选择(本题共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分)
21-25 CBDCC 26-30 CBDCA
三、完形填空（共15小题；毎小题1分，满分15分）
31-35 CABCD 36-40 BDACB 41-45 CADDA
四、阅读理解（共15小题；毎小题2分，满分30分）
46-48 ABB 49-52 CBAD53-56 DCBA 57-60 BDBC
五、信息还原（共5小题；毎小题2分，满分10分）
61-65 DEACB
六、综合填空(本题共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)
useful 67. secnd 68. made 69. take 70. mre quickly
71. t build 72. arund 73. was 74. bad 75. places
七、短文填空(本题共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)
76. becmes 77. include 78. living 79. neighbur(s) 80. dangerus
81. lse 82. even 83. laws 84. prtect 85. sfter/sft
八、阅读与回答问题(本题共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分)
Yuebai, qielan and shiqing.
By mixing yellw and blue. / Mixing yellw and blue culd make green.
The sunset cvering the muntain.
Only fficials f the tp three grades.
T excite peple's interest in ancient clurs.
九、句子翻译(本题共5 小题；每小题2分，满分10分)
If yu’re in their way, they wn’t tuch yu r push past yu.
The purpse f the talk is t teach students rules fr eating.
T Li Hai, the mst imprtant thing is nt t win a gld r a silver, but t take part.
It’s great fr us t wrk clsely with these special athletes.
In this way, they can help the lcal peple imprve their lives.
十、书面表达 (满分20分)
Dear Editr,
I'm a middle schl student. It's reprted that many children in the muntain areas still can't g t schl because f their pr families. They d nt have enugh mney t g t schl. What’s mre, it’s necessary fr them t imprve lcal schl cnditins.
Abve all, we can dnate ur pcket mney t thse children in need. Then cllect sme used bks and clthes fr them s that they can reuse them. Besides, it's imprtant t ask mre peple and scial rganizatins t help and care fr thse pr children.
Many hands make light wrk. If everyne gives a helping hand, they may have a bright future and the wrld will be full f lve.
Yurs sincerely,
Li Hua