2016 2017新目标人教版初中英语八年级上第二次月考试卷

第二次月考试题八年级英语

（时间70分钟，共100分）

一．单项选择(本题有15小题，每小题1分，共15分)

（）1. ______ you are a student, you should do your homework before you go

to bed.

D. Until

C.Since

A. At

B. For

_________good advice Jim has offered!

—）2. （

Yes. He always has so many good ideas.

—D. How a C. How B. What a A. What Excuse me. Would you mind my using your dictionary for a short time? ）3. —（

—________.

. It's my pleasure. B A. No, you can't.

D. Not at all. Help yourself. C. Yes, please.

—You look so worried, what's wrong? ）4. （

More and more people like me become to worry about the __________ —) appeared in Beijing and some other cities in after the haze (雾霾pollution China.

D. soil C. noise A. water B. air

（）5. —How was your interview with the boss?

—_____. He seemed interested in my experience, but he didn't ask for my recommendation letter.

A. Perfect

B. I'm not sure

C. That's right

D. Couldn't be better

( )6. —Students these days are sometimes busier at weekends than weekdays.

—Yes. They have __________ homework and __________ after-school classes.

A. too many; much too

B. much too; too many

D. too much; too many

C. too many; too much

( )7. —Do your brother get up early or late?

—He used to ________very late, but now he is used to __________ early.

A. get up; getting up

B. got up; get up

D. getting up; got up

C. getting up; get up

The next day, they all looked at me __________.

—)8. (

—Really？What happened？D. surprising

A. to my surprise

B. in surprise

C. surprised

)9. ( —My parents don't allow me to watch TV , what should I do?1 —____________

A. I don't think this is fair.

B. You could say sorry to them.

C. Hope things work out.

D. You could sit down and communicate with them. （）10. They agreed their son and agreed the zoo with him.

A. with；with visiting

B. to；to visiting

C. with；to visit

D. to；with visiting

（）11. The air pollution caused the of many trees in this area. We

should take care of the environment.

A. die

B. died

C. death

D. dying

（）12. Jan is in that book.

A. interesting；interesting

B. interested；interested

C. interested；interesting

D. interesting；interested

（）13. His words made possible for me in the city.

A. it；to work

B. it；to working

C. that；to work

D. that；to working

（）14. —Look! She's skiing so fast!

—Hard to her legs were once broken.

A. know

B. realize

C. imagine

D. find （）15. She asks me if it tomorrow. If it tomorrow, she

will go camping with me.

A. will rain；won't rain

B. will rain；doesn't rain

C . rains；doesn't rain D. rains；won't rain

二．完形填空(本题有10小题，每小题1分，共10分)

Mark was a farmer. He lived in a village far away. One day he became very ill

and everyone knew he would 16 soon. They sent for a doctor. Two days 17

the doctor came and examined the sick man. 18 asked for a pen and some paper

to write down the name of the medicine. But there was no pen 19 paper in the

village, because no one could write.

The doctor 20 up a piece of burnt wood from the fire and wrote the name of the

medicine on the door of the house. “Get this medicine 21 him,”he said, “and

he'll soon get 22 .”

Mark's family and friends did not know 23 to do. They could not read the strange words. Then a young man 24 an idea. He took off the door of the house, put it on his carriage and drove to the nearest hospital. He bought 25 there, and

Mark was soon well again.

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D. live C. die （）16. A. be sorry B. cry

D. before C. ago B. late （）17. A. later

D. The farmer C. The doctor ）18. A. The sick man B. Mark （D. also

B. or

C. then （）19. A. and

D. looked

C. made B. held （）20. A. picked

D. for

）（21. A. to B. with C. at

D. good C. bad B. worst 22. A. better （）

D. which C. when B. what ）23. A. where （D. came up with C. called up 24. A. thought ） B. caught （D. the village C. the medicine 25. A. the paper ） B. the house （

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分2分，共40(三、阅读理解本题有20小题，每小题A

Mr. Harris used to work in Dover, but then he changed his work, and he and his

wife moved to another town. They did not have many friends there, but they soon met a lot of interesting people. After a few weeks, they often went to dinner or to parties at other people's houses.

Then Mrs. Harris said to her husband, “We've been to a lot of other people's houses, and now we must invite them to our house, mustn't we?”

“Yes, certainly,”answered her husband, “A big party will be the easiest thing, won't it? Then we can start to invite people to dinner in small numbers next month.”So Mrs. Harris said, “Yes, I'll invite all our friends here to a big party on 5th December.”

“How many will that be?”Mr. Harris asked. “Don't invite too many.”

Mrs. Harris was beginning to write the invitations when her husband saw that she was writing, “Party: 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.”

“That isn't very nice, is it?”he said. “You're telling our guests that they must go at 8:30.”So Mrs. Harris just wrote “Party: 6:30 p.m.”

A lot of guests came, and they all had a good time, so they did not go home at

8:30. In fact they were still there at mid-night when the door bell rang and a policeman arrived. He said, “You must stop making a noise, because someone has complained(抱怨).”

Mr. Harris said he did not want to quarrel with the policeman, so everyone went home. They were sorry to have to go.

When Mr. and Mrs. Harris were alone again, she said to him. “That was a surprise, wasn't it? Who complained about the noise?”

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“I did,”Mr Harris answered in a tired voice.

（）26. Why did Mr. Harris and his wife move to another town?

A. They wanted to make some new friends.

B. Mr. Harris changed his work.

C. They wanted to meet a lot of interesting people.

D. They enjoyed going to parties and visiting other people's houses.21·*

（）27. What made Mr. and Mrs. Harris hold a party at their house?

A. It was easy to hold a big party at home.

B. They could ask people to dinner in small numbers.

C. They had gone to other people's parties many times.

D. They liked making friends with others.

（）28. How long would Mrs. Harris like the party to last?

A. From the morning till night.

B. About fourteen hours.

C. About two hours.

D. Till midnight

（）29. When did the party end that evening?

A. At about 8:30.

B. When the policeman talked with Mr. Harris on the phone.

C. At about twelve o'clock.

D. When someone telephoned the police station. （）30. Why did Mr. Harris telephone the policeman about the noise?

A. Because someone rang his door bell many times at mid-night.

B. He did not want his friends to stay late that night.

C. His friends had a good time that night and also felt tired.

D. Because he hated the noise.

B

There are many kinds of cars in this world. My grandfather thinks this is because cars are like their drivers. He says, “Rich people have expensive cars, big people have

large cars, and old people drive old cars.”But I don't agree with him.

My neighbor, Mrs. Hill, is 82 years old. She drives only on Tuesday, and then she drives only to the bank. She never drives more than 30 kilometers an hour. Do you think Mrs. Hill has a very old and small car? No! Her car is new. It's very large, and it can go 200 kilometers an hour!

My friend Mike is an artist. He paints beautiful pictures with lots of colors. But

his car is black. Mrs. Bates has a very, very old car. It often has some trouble. Does she drive that kind of car because she is poor? No, she has four restaurants and two

million dollars in the bank. My uncle Joe has a very small car. Every Sunday, he drives to the country with his wife, his three children, his mother and his dog. 4

Now, you have read about my friends and their cars. Do you agree with my grandfather? Maybe you have a car. Does it say something about you?

( ) 31. The writer's grandfather thinks ___.

A．different people have cars of the same kind

B．poor people have large cars

C．a person has the same kind of car as himself (herself)

D．artists have black cars

( ) 32. Mrs. Bates has an old car ___.

A．because she is poor B．because she is rich21

C．because she likes old cars D．the passage doesn't tell us why ( ) 33. Though Uncle Joe has a very small car, ___.【：21 】A．he has a dog B．he has few members in his family C．he has no children D．he has a large family

( ) 34. The writer's friend Mike paints ___.

A．pictures in black B．pictures with only a few colors C．colorless pictures D．colorful pictures1

( )35. The writer thinks ___.

A．his grandfather's idea about cars is right

B．cars are often the same as their drivers in many ways

C．artists shouldn't drive black cars

D．a car doesn't say anything about its owner

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（）36. Why does Angel write to Dr. Jackson?

A. Because her parents make her happy.

B. Because her parents can't understand her.

C. Because her friends don't like her parents.

D. Because her parents don't think she is good at school.

（）37. Angel has than her friends.

A. more fun

B. less freedom

C. more freedom

D. less clothes （）38. What advice does Dr. Jackson give to Angel?

A. Be different from the other teenagers.

B. Don't tell her parents what she wants to do.

C. Take no notice of her parents and do whatever she likes.

D. Discuss her problem with her parents.

（）39. What does the underlined word “restrict”mean in Chinese? A. 限制 B. 保护 C. 放纵 D. 抛弃

（）40. Which of the following is TRUE?

A. According to Dr. Jackson, Angel's problem isn't usual.

B. Angel's father likes the music that Angel likes.

C. Angel should show her parents that she is a responsible person.

D. Angel doesn't love her parents at all.

D

Long ago there was a man with the name Smith. He made a living by making

caps. One day he went to sell his caps. He went through a forest. There were many monkeys in it. It was very hot and the man wanted to have a rest. He came up to a large treeput his caps on the groundtook one of them and put it on his head .Then

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he lay down and soon fell asleep.

“Where are my caps”Smith cried when he woke up. He looked up and saw ？many monkeys in the tree and each monkey had a cap on its head.

“Give me back my caps”the man shouted at the monkeys. But the monkeys ！didn't understand him. They only laughed. The man got angrytook off his own cap，，threw it on the ground and cried“If you want all my capsyou may take this one，，，too”！And what do you think happenedThe little animals did the same. Each monkey took ？off its cap and threw it on the ground. The man was very glad. He quickly collected

all his caps and went on his way.

( 41.The cap- maker was so tired ______.

A. to have a

B. that he wanted to sell his caps in the forest

C.that he had to stop for a rest

D. that he wanted to return home

( )42. He ______ and lay down and fell asleep soon.

A.put all his caps on his head

B.put all his caps on the ground

C.put all his caps in the tree

D.put one of his caps on his head

( )43. When the man woke uphe found ______.

，A.each monkey had a cap on its head. B.some monkeys were stealing his caps C.the monkeys were laughing at him D.a monkey had stolen his cap and tried it on ( )44.The man cried and told the monkeys ______.

A.to return his caps

B.not to get away with his caps

C.to buy his caps

D.not to laugh at him

( )45.At last the monkeys threw the caps on the ground because ______.

A.they took pity on him

B.the man had got angry

C.they didn't like the caps

D.they liked to do the same as the man did

Do you want to be happy? Yeah! Everyone wants to be happy but few people know

46 to find happiness(). Aristotle, a Greek thinker, said, “Happiness depends 幸

福on 47 .”In other words, we make our own happiness. Here are two （取决于）good 48 to help you feel happy.

The first way is to 49 nice things in life. In your free time, you can read a good book, listen to your favorite music, or 50 time with close friends.