2014-2015学年度上学期八年级英语第一次月考测试卷

2014-2015学年度上学期八年级英语第一次月考测试卷一.单项选择(10分)( )1. I’m going to _____ them something about our new school.A. sayB. tellC. talkD. Speak（)2. Mr. Liu often makes us__________in his class, so we all like him.ughB.to laughughingughed ( )3. I read an article _______ Mo Yan from China.A. withB. atC. ofD. By（）4. The work is too difficult for Mr. Zhu to finish in a week. He needs __________ days.A. more twoB. two moreC. two anotherD. another two（）5. There __________ more air pollution if people use more and more cars.A. will beB. hasC. will haveD. is( )6.---Will you please_______ do that again?---OK, I won’t.A. won’tB. can’tC. don’tD. not( )7. They all think that everyone should play a part in ______the environment.A.savingB.saveC.savedD.saves( )8.The students work hard and their English will be _____better in a few months.A.moreB.muchC.fewD.very( )9.Qiu Zihan helped her mother ____the house during the holiday.A.cleanedB.cleanC.cleaningD.cleans( )10. There ________a class meeting this afternoon..A.will haveB.are going to haveC.is going to haveD.is going to be二、完形填空:（10’)All over the world, people have all kinds of friends. Dogs are people’s honest friends. Cats, elephants, camels, horses, cows are people’s helpful and useful friends. But do you think that computer s are people’s friends, too？Now let me tell you 11 about it.We live in the “computer age”. People, like scientists, teachers, writers and even students, use computers to do 12 work. But more than 30 years ago, 13 couldn’t do much work. They were very big and expensive. Very 14 people were interested in them and knew how to use them. Today computers are smaller and 15 . And they can do a lot of work. Many people like to use them. 16 people have them at home.Computers become very important because th ey can work 17 than men and make fewer mistakes. Computers can 18 people do a lot of work. Writers now use computers to write. Teachers use them to help teaching. Students use them 19 and children use them to play games. Computers can also remember what you put into them. Computers are very 20 and helpful. It is true that they are our good friends. Do you think so?( ) 11. A. anything B. nothing C. something D. little ( ) 12. A. many of B. all kinds of C. a lot D. very much ( ) 13. A. scientists B. teachers C. students D. computers ( ) 14 . A. few B. little C. a few D. a little ( ) 15 . A. cheap B. cheaper C. expensive D.more expensive ( ) 16. A. More and more B. Fewer and fewer C. Less and less D. More or less( ) 17. A. slow B. slower C. fast D. faster ( ) 18. A. help B. make C. use D. stop( ) 19. A. study B. to study C. studying D. to eat ( )20. A. beautiful B. careful C. useful D. wonderful 三．阅读理解(40)ASome children wish to be writers some day. They want to write stories or books for people to read. That’s good! It’s good to write something for people to read! But they should know that they need to be good readers first before they really are good writers. They should read a lot of books. And read for hours every day instead of watching TV and spending a lot of time to do the reading homework. Then you have time to read many other books for fun. Because of more fun in reading , you want to look for more books to read.Before you decide to be a good writer, you’d better say to yourself, “I must read and read and read more and more!”21. This article mainly tells us that_______.A.some children wish to be writers some day.B. it is good to write something for people to read.C. reading can make you a good wr iterD. writers like to read more books for fun.22..Some children want to be writers______.A.because they want to be good readers.B. to write stories or books for people to read.C. to find good work some dayD. to get more money to keep a family23 . It’s good for children________.A. to do a lot of readingB. to watch TV in the eveningC. to have wishes sometimesD. to be good writers right now24. Reading can__________.A. help you to do a good player.B. help you write wellC. make your work betterD. make you watch more TV at home25. From the passage we know that_________.A. all children like to be writersB. people like to read for childrenC. all writers are childrenD. children need to read more and more books.BLife in the future will be different from life today.Between then and now many changes will happen.But what will the changes be?The population is growing fast.There will be more people in the world and most of them will live longer than people live now.Computers will be much smaller and more useful，and there will be at least one in every home.And computer studies will be one of the important subjects in schools then.People will work fewer hours than they do now and they will have more free time for sports，watching TV and traveling.Traveling will be much cheaper and easier.And many more people will go to other countries for holidays.There will be changes in our food，too.More land will be used for building new towns and houses for all the people.Then there will be less room for cows and sheep，so meat will be more expensive.Maybe no one will eat it every day.Instead，they will eat more fruits and vegetables.Maybe people will be healthier.Work in the future will be different，too.Robots will do dangerous and hard work.Because of this，many people will not have enough work to do.This will be a problem.26．In the future there will be ______.A．much more fruit B．fewer peopleC．less vegetables D．less people27．Every family will have at least a ______ in the future.A．robot B．cowC．TV set D．computer28.In the future people don't have to ______.A．wo rk long hours B．work fastC．walk on foot D．eat meat29．People may not eat ______ as much as they do todayA．fruit B．fishC．meat D．rice30．One big problem in the future is that ______.A．many people don't have to workB．many people will not be able to find workC．people have to work fastD．all the work will be done by robotsCA kind of little cars may some day take the place of toda y’s cars. If everyone drives such cars in the future，there will be less pollution in the car. There will also be more space for parking cars in cities，and the streets will be less crowded. Three such cars can fit in the space now needed for one car of the usual size.The little cars will cost much less to own and to drive.Driving will be saer, too, as these little cars can go only 65 kilometers an hour.The cars of the future will be fine for getting around a city, but they will not be usefull for long trips. Little cars will go 450 kilometers before needing to stop for more gasoline(汽油).If big cars are still used along with the small ones，two sets of roads will be needed in the future. Some roads will be used for the big，fast cars and other roads will be needed for the slower，small ones.31. There is much pollution in the car today because________.A. people drive big carsB. people drive little carsC. the cars go 65 kilometers an hourD. the cars can go 450 kilometers an hour32. The usual size of cars today are ____that of future cars.A. much smaller thanB. much the same asC. three times as large asD. a little larger than33. We can learn from the passage that________.A. big cars cost less to own and to driveB. big cars are not useful for long tripsC. the cars of the future will be much smaller than today’s carsD. small cars are faster than big ones34. The street will be less crowded because______.A. there will be fewer cars in the futureB. there will be fewer passengers in the streetC. driving future cars will be safeD. future cars will be much smaller35. Two sets of roads may be needed in the future because ______.A. there will be too many cars in the futureB. more and more people will get around a cityC. big cars and little cars may be used along with each otherD. it looks more beautiful to have two sets of roadsDEvery year there is the Spring Festival in China. Usually it is in January or February. It’s the most important festival in China. So before it comes, everyone has to prepare things. They buy beef, pork, chicken, fruit and many other things. And they often make a special kind of food called “dumplings”. It means “come together” in Chinese. On the day before the festival, parents buy new clothes for their children and children also buy presents for their parents. On the festival eve(除夕), all the family members come back to their home. This is a happy moment. They sing, dance and play cards. When they enjoy the meal, they give each other the best wishes for the coming year36. Which is the most important festival in China? .A. Mid—autumn FestivalB. Spring FestivalC. Children’s DayD. May Day37. The Chinese usually have their Spring Festival in .A. January or FebruaryB. February or MarchC. September or OctoberD. December or January38. What’s the special kind of food for the Spring Festival in China? .A. PorkB. FishC. DumplingsD. Noodles39. The food “dumplings” means “” .A. be de liciou sB. be hungryC. come togetherD. come back40. When the y are having dinner on the festival eve, the Chinese .A. sing, dance and play cardsB. buy each other presentsC. neve r drinksD. give each other the best wishes 四．任务型阅读(10分)A school tripToday we went to Underwater World for our school trip.It took us about 30 minutesto get there by bus.Underwater World is the most famous place in our city，so it attracts（吸引）a lot of tourists（游客）every year.When we arrived there，we were excited to see all kinds of sea animals，such as sharks，dolphins，seals and sea lions.The colors of these animals blended (相称) very we ll with the background，especially the corals (珊瑚)．The sharks in this aquarium（水族馆）attracted most tourists.They swam across the aquarium freely，while smaller fishes had to watch out and fear for their lives.Besides，dolphins are a big attraction，too.We watched a wonderful dolphin show before we left Underwater World.The school trip was very enjoyable，and we learned a lot from the amazing world of animals.根据短文内容回答下面的问题。