2023-2024学年江苏省苏州市八年级（上）月考英语试卷（12月份）

这是一份2023-2024学年江苏省苏州市八年级（上）月考英语试卷（12月份），共7页。

笔试部分 (共85分)
一． 单项选择（10%）
1. -- I lked frward t ging t Hangzhu t watch the Asian games, but I failed t buy a ticket.
-- ！
A. What a shame; B. What a surprise; C. What surprise; D. What shame;
2. Suzhu Olympic Center is large enugh fr abut 40,000 peple___ _ at the same time fr a cncert.
A. t stay in; B. t stay; C. staying; D. stay n;
3. --Hi Alice, why are yu in such a hurry?
--_______ my best friend frm Canada at the airprt.
A. Meet; B. Meeting; C. Met; D. T meet;
4. --Why des the sng “ Guyng Zhe” impress yu mst?
--Because it tells us that we_____ d almst anything if we never give up.
A. shuld; B. have t; C. can; D. need;
5. --Red crwn cranes get mre and mre help frm peple.
--Yes, peple in the reserves are ding everything they can _____ these birds.
A. t help ; B. help ; C. helping; D. t helping
6. --Why are yu taking a basket with yu fr shpping?
--The stre desn’t_____ shpping bags fr shppers t prtect the envirnment.
A. lend; B. ffer; C. cunt; D. prvide;
7. ​_____ f us knws a lt abut Australia because we have n time t g there.
A. All; B. N ne; C. Nbdy; D. Nne;
8. --​D yu ften climb muntains?
--Yes, ____ a little exercise, I am ut f shape.
A. getting; B. get; C. gt; D. t get;
9. ​We fund him lying n the grund with his muth_____ and eyes ____.
A. pened, clse; B. pen, clsed; C. pened, clsed; D. pen, clse
10. The girl is very smart. The prblem is____ fr her t wrk ut.
A. enugh easy, B. easily enugh; C. easy enugh; D. enugh easily

二．完形填空（10%）
The day befre my daughter Lra‘s furth birthday, I picked her up frm preschl. On the way, she said, “ I like lder peple best because they walk slwly like I walk slwly and they have sft skin like I have sft skin.” What she said was a _1__ beginning.
The fllwing day, her birthday, again n the way hme, she asked__2__ we culd stp at the stre t buy cakes fr her. Hw culd I say __3__ t a birthday girl? After paying fr the bill, I nticed that Nra was standing up in the cart excitedly, “Hi, ld persn! It’s my birthday tday!” Hwever, the ld man in frnt f her didn’t shw he was___4___ by my talkative child. He replied with a smile, “ Well, little lady! And hw ld are yu tday?” After a few minutes’ chat, Nra ffered t take a pht with the ld man called Mr. Dan, his expressin changed frm surprised t pleased. We exchanged ur phne numbers. There were magic happening in the stre that day, and we culd__5___ feel it.
During ur first visit in Mr. Dan’s hme, we walked with him t his frnt dr. He pulled ut a knife, and ___6___the nly blming red rse. He spent 10 minutes cutting every thrn ff the stem befre handing it t his new friend. Nra keeps that rse, nw ___7___as a bne, under pillw (枕头）fr a lng time.
Nra asks abut Mr. Dan every day. she wrries abut him. She wnders if he’s __8___r cld. She wants him t be OK. She wants him t feel lved. Mr. Dan thinks abut Nra t. After __9___recent visit, He said that he had never had a whle night’s sleep since his wife died. “ Nra has healed me since meeting her.” he said. That left me __10____and my eyes wet with tears.
Smehw, their hearts and suls seem t recgnize each ther frm lng ag. Smetimes, talking t strangers can lead t beautiful new beginnings.
三．阅读理解（20%）
A
Enter t becme a BBC yung reprter
Yung peple, aged frm 11 t 18 are invited t send a stries abut “ me and my wrld” as a part f the BBC Yung Reprter Cmpetitin. Here’s sme infrmatin abut it.
The thing needed
T take part, Yu dn’t need t send us a finished reprt. Just t prvide yur stry idea. Yu can either write it dwn r recrd it as a vide.
The prize fr winners
With the help f BBC prgram makers, winners will prduce and share their reprts n the BBC’s TV and the radi channels and nline.
Mre infrmatin
Visit ur website at tinyurl.cm/TWJ-BBCYungreprter and send yur stry ideas befre June 30.
Which f the fllwing students can take part in the cmpetitin?
Tm aged 6 . B. Lucy aged 10 C. Ben aged 16. D. Emmy aged 20
2. The winners will prduce and share their reprts with the help f_____________.
A. the winners' parents B. BBC prgramme makers
C. the winners' teachers D. BBC interview directrs
3. If yu want t g fr the cmpetitin yu need t______
A. write sngs abut "Me and My Wrld" B . prepare a finished reprt n yur wn
C. read news reprts n the BBC website D. prvide yur stry idea befre June 30
B
The next day, Peter held up a ntice as The Green Dragn came ut f the tunnel twards the cttage ( A small huse in the cuntry). That ntice said, “ LOOK OUT AT THE STATION”.
The ld gentleman saw the ntice. He lked ut at the statin as the train came in. He saw a little girl— it was Phyllis— running twards the his carriage. He std up and leaned ut f the windw f his carriage.
“ Please read this,” Phyllis said and put a letter int his hand.
The train left the statin. The ld gentleman sat dwn and read the letter. It was frm Peter,. That letter said:
Dear Mr. We d nt knw yu name.
Mther is ill , and the dctr says we must give her sme special things. But Mther can’t affrd them. We d nt knw anyne here because Father is away, and we d nt knw where he lives. Father will pay yu, r if he has lst all his mney, I will pay yu when I am a man. I prmise yu. Please get all the things n this list, and give them t the statln master tmrw.
The letter was signed by Peter, Rberta, and Phyllis.
The ld gentleman read the letter and smiled. Then he put it in his pcket and started t read his newspaper again.
That nighu there was a knck n the dr f the cttage. The prter frm the railway statin was there.
“An ld gentleman gave this parcel (包裹) t the statin master,"he said."It's fr yu.”
The parcel was full f everything n the list f special things t make Mther well again. There was a letter frm the ld gentleman. It said:
Dear Pefer, Rberia, and Phyllis,
Here are the things n yur list. I am very happy t give them t yu, and I hpe yur mther is sn better. When she asks where the things cme frm, tell her they are frm a friend. When she is well, yu can tell her the trurh. She may say that yu were wrng t ask a stranger fr these things.
I think yu were right.
The lettr was signed "O.P." and smething that the children culd nt read.
“I think we were right t ask the ld gentleman fr his help," Peter said."The imprtant thing is fr Mther t feel better.”
4. When Mther was ill, Peter, Rberta, and Phyllis tried t get help by
A. meeting the statin master B. lking fr a greater dctr
C. waiting fr Father at the statin D. writing a letter t the ld gentleman
5. What des the underlined wrd "it" in paragraph 6 refer t?
A.The ntice. B.The letter. C.The mney. D.The newspaper.
6. Which is the right rder f the fllwing events?
a.The ld gentleman read the letter frm Peter.
b.Phyllis put a letter int the ld gentleman's hand.
c.The ld gentleman gave a parcel t the statin master.
d.The prter gave the parcel t Peter, Rberta, and Phyllis.
e. Peter,Rberta,and Phyllis read the letter frm the ld gentleman.
A.a-b-d-e-c B.a-e-d-b-c C.b-a-c-d-e D.b-c-d-a-e
7.Which f the fllwing best describes the ld gentleman?
A. Helpful. B. Funny. C. Brave. D. Clever.
C
A man came hme frm wrk late, tired and fund his 5-year-ld sn waiting fr him at the dr.
“Daddy, may I ask yu a questin?” “Yeah, sure, what is it?” replied the man.
“Daddy, hw much d yu make an hur?” “If yu must knw, I make $20 an hur. ” “Oh. ” The little by replied, with his head dwn. Lking up, he said, “Daddy, may I please brrw $10?” The father was angry, “If the nly reasn yu ask is that yu can brrw sme mney t buy sme useless(没用的) tys, then yu, g t bed. ”
The little by quietly went t his rm and clsed the dr. After abut an hur r s, the man calmed dwn. He started t think. Maybe there was smething he really needed t buy with that $10 and he really didn’t ask fr mney very ften. The man went t the little by’s rm and pened the dr.
“Are yu asleep, sn?” he asked. “N, Daddy, ” replied the by.
“I've been thinking, maybe I was t hard n yu earlier. ” said the man, “Here’s the $10 yu asked fr. ”
The little by sat straight up, smiling. “Oh thank yu, Daddy. ” he said happily. Then, reaching under his pillw ( 枕头 ) he tk sme mney. The man, seeing that the by already had mney, started t get angry again. The little by slwly cunted ut his mney, then lked up at his father.
“Why d yu want mre mney if yu already have sme?” the father asked.
“Because I didn’t have enugh, but nw I d, ” the little by replied, “Daddy, I have $20 nw. Can I buy an hur f yur time? Please cme hme early tmrrw. I wuld like t have dinner with yu. ”
8. Hw much mney d yu think was already there under the by’s pillw ?
A. $40 B. $10 C. $20 D. $5
9. What did the by really need?
A. Mre mney t buy lts f tys.
B. Mre mney t buy mre time.
C. Mre time t play with his friends.
D. Mre time t stay with his father.
10. We can learn frm the stry that _______________.
A. the by asked his father useless questins
B. the father didn’t lve his sn very much
C. the father was t busy t have time with his sn
D. the father wrked hard and made a lt f mney
四．信息还原（5%）
The paper mney in yur wallet has sme new friends. China has upgraded the fifth editin (版本) f the renminbi (RMB). The new mney has brighter clrs and new security features (防伪特征). ___1___
In fact, China was the first cuntry t use papcr mney. 2____It was used during the Nrthen Sng Dynasty (960-1279).
Fr abut 1,000 years, paper mney has played a big part in ur lives. But things have changed in recent years.
____3____ Mre peple are paying fr things with the WeChat Wallet and Alipay mbile apps,
Des this mean paper mney will g away ne day? Maybe. But nt fr nw, accrding t The New Yrk Times.
____4____ First f all, nt every cuntry is ging cashless. Paper mney is still widely used in mst cuntries. There is als the danger f hacking. If yu pay fr everything nline, smene culd hack int yur phne and steal yur mney.
S, yu may still want t keep sme paper mney n hand, just in case.
On the rad tward a cashless future, ne cuntry is farther ahead than thers—Sweden. Sweden plans t becme the wrld's first cashless cunty by March 2024. ____5____ They will mstly use bankcards t pay fr things. In fact, many banks in Sweden n lnger have cash n hand already.
五． 单词填空（10%）
She _______ be ding her hmewrk when the bad man brke in. I’m nt sure.
“Mind yur wn business” m paying n attentin t thers' things.
– Tickets fr tday?
-- Srry, we have gt ________ left but we have a few fr tmrrw.
Dn’t get n the bus befre _______ （清点）the ttal number f yur team members.

--Are there ld peple in the band's cncert?
-Very few. The fans arc _ yung bys and girls.
The huse prices in Suzhu are really high, but the huses still ______ well.
Mst peple in this village make a l__________ by fishing.
My mther is r__________hw much mney she spent n her new clthes in the ntebk.
– Can I have sme mre sweets?
-- Ok, but eating t much sugar l______ t bad teeth.
We shuld build mre nature reserves s that animals can live _________ （自由）
六．短文填空（10%）（在空格处填一个合适的单词或用单词或首字母填空）
Bys and girls,
Thank yu fr cming tday t attend the graduatin (毕业) ceremny at ur schl. First f all, I’d like t cngratulate (祝贺）all the students wh are here tday.
The end f junir high schl is the___(begin) f a new life. I dn’t need t tell yu that life in senir high schl will be______(hard), and that yu may have many difficult tasks ahead f yu.
Yu will make mistakes alng the way, but the key is t learn frm yur mistakes and_____ give up. Alng with difficulties, There will als be many _____(excite) things waiting fr yu. Behind each dr yu pen____(be) chances t learn new things, And yu have the ability t make yur chices. Chse ____(wise) and be respnsible (负责）fr yur decisins and actins. I hpe that i___ a few years’ time, yu will cme back t visit ur schl. As yu said, n yur new jurney, Yu shuldn’t frget ________ yu cme frm. The future is ____(yur).
Gd l_____ and hpe t see yu again smetime sn!
七． 阅读表达（6%）
Studying in grups is helpful t ur study. It is becming mre and mre ppular in class and has many advantages (优点). Fr example we can nt nly save time but als encurage each ther when we study in grups.
I still remember when I was in Grade 8, my physics was very pr. I had a really hard time with it . Once in class, the teacher asked us t discuss questins with each ther. Because I was very shy I culd nt d it like what he tld me. My physics teacher encuraged me t talk with smene else bravely. Then I studied with sme classmates tgether. When I did nt understand any questins, they culd give me sme advice and I culd quickly find ut the ways t deal with the prblems. After that I felt very relaxed and asked my classmates a lt f questins abut physics. I did nt feel stressed at all. At last I finished my hmewrk by myself fr the first time. Hw excired I was!
Because f studying in grups, I am nt wrried abut physics leaming any mre. With my classmales’ help, I get mre cnfidence and imprve (改进) myself in many ways. S let's study mre in grups.
What did the writer’s physics teacher encurage him t d in class?
Why did the writer feel excited?
D yu like studying in grups r by yurself? Why?
八．句子翻译（14%）
请同情同情流浪猫吧，没有你的帮助他们可能会死的。
Please _____________________ stray cats. They ________________________________.
事实上，我正面临着一个更严重的问题。
____________, I’m _____________________.
浓雾使所有飞机未能准时到达。
The thick fg ______________________________________________.
当地政府将要制定法律来防止此类事情发生。
______________________________________________________________
5. 我们没有立即采取行动，因此火烧的越来越大了。
We _____________________________. _____________, the fire _____________________.
6. 为了不再犯同样的错误，他把说明书读了一遍又一遍。
______________________________, he ___________________________ again and again.
7. 讲座开始前我们邀请这位作者先介绍自己。
Befre the talk, we ______________________________________ first.
答 案
一．1－10： AADCA DDDBC
二．1－10： BCBDC DCCBD
三．1－10： CBD DBCA BDC
四．1－5: EAGFC
五 1－10： might; means; nne; cunting; mainly; sell; living; recrding; leads; freely;
六 1－10： beginning; harder; never; exciting; are; wisely; in; yurs; luck
七. 1. The writer’s physics teacher encuraged him t talk with smene else bravely.
2. Because he finished his hmewrk by himself fr the first time.
3. 略
八．1. Please have pity n; may die withut yur help;
2. In fact; facing a mre serius prblem;
3. prevented all the planes arriving n time;
4. The lcal gvernment will make laws t prevent this type f things.
5. didn’t take actin right nw. As a result, became bigger and bigger;
6. In rder nt t make the same mistake, read the instructin bk;
7. invited this writer t intrduce himself;1. A. brken
B. beautiful
bring
D. busy
2. A. what
B. that
C. if
D. when
3. A. hell
B. n
C. yes
D. thanks
4. A. treated （对待)
B. trained
C. trapped（困住）
D. trubled
5. A. neither
B. bth
C. all
D. nne
6. A. let
B. get
C. put
D. cut
7. A. wet
B. white
C. dry
D. red
8. A. surprised
B. excited
C. lnely
D. silly
9. A. the ther
B. anther
C. ther
D. thers
10. A. useless
B. meaningless
C. careless
D. speechless
The earliest paper mney was the jiazi.
B. We are sure mre and mre peple prefer t use paper mney.
C. By then, peple will n lnger use cash.
D. Many cuntries use high tech t make nline shpping nt dangerus.
E. Making fake (伪造的) mney will becme even harder.
F. There are a few reasns fr this.
G. In China, paper mney is getting less ppular.