1、江苏省无锡市钱桥中学学年八年级英语下学期第一次月考试题牛津版江苏省无锡市钱桥中学2015-2016学年八年级英语下学期第一次月考试题注意：请把客观题答案用2B铅笔填涂在答题卡上，主观题答案写在答卷上客观题一听力部分（共20分）第一节听下面10段短对话，每段对话后有一个小题，从题中A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话读两遍。听第1至10段材料，回答第1至10题。( ) 1. How will the girl go to school today?A. B. C.( ) 2. What will Tommy do?A. B.
2、 C. ( ) 3. Where are they talking?A. B. C. ( ) 4. How much is the grey shirt?A. B. C. ( ) 5. Whats the weather like now? A. Sunny. B. Windy. C. Cloudy.( ) 6. Which city does the girl like best? A. Beijing. B. Shanghai. C. Hangzhou.( ) 7. Who is Jane going to visit? A. Her mother B. Her father. C. He
3、r grandfather( ) 8. What will Toms father buy him? A. A cap. B. A shirt. C. A T-shirt.( ) 9. What colour is Lucys raincoat? A. Yellow. B. Black. C. Red.( ) 10. Which sweater is more expensive? A. The yellow one. B. The brown one. C. The blue one.第二节听对话和短文，回答问题。你将听到一篇对话和两篇短文，每篇对话或短文后各有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、
4、C三个选项中选出最佳答案。读两遍。听一段对话，回答11至12小题。( ) 11. Where are the man and woman now? A. In the street B. In a restaurant. C. In a shop( ) 12. What do they decide to eat?A.Potato chips. B.A hamburger. C. Jiaozi.听第一篇短文，回答13-15小题( )13.What would James Herriot like to be ? A. A doctor. B. A feeder. C. An animal do
5、ctor. ( )14.How did the people feel when their dog were healthy again? A. They felt very sad. B. They felt very happy. C. They were sick. ( )15.Why did James Herriot said To help animals is helping people.? A. Because pets can help people work. B. Because pets can look after the people. C. Because p
6、eople wont feel lonely if pets are with them. 听第二篇短文，回答第16至20题。( )16. What does Mr. Black never forget? A. His old house. B. The old days. C. His life now.( )17. Where did Mr. Blacks favourite birds spend the winter? A. In the south. B. In the north. C. In the west.( )18. Who built the homes in the
7、trees? A. Mr. Black. B. Some people. C. The birds.( )19. Why did people cut down the trees? A. Because they wanted to put up more buildings. B. Because they wanted to catch the birds. C. Because they didnt like the birds.( )20. Why dont the birds come any more?A. Because people have built homes for
8、them somewhere else.B. Because there are no places for them.C. Because they dont like the people here.二、单项选择 在A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并将该选项填入答卷上相应的空白内。（本大题共14分，每小题1分）( )21. All the students agreed to go to Qingdao by _ sea and camp by _ sea. A. the; a B. / the C. /; / D. a; the( )22. Do you know
9、 how long the meeting has _? A. lasted B. held C. over D. begun( )23. Now mobile phones are not so expensive as they _ to be. A. use B. used C. are used D. were used( )24. I wont go to the concert because I _ my ticket. A. lost B. have lost C. will lost D. lose( )25. Italy is famous for _. A.the Eif
10、fel Tower B.the Pyramids C. the Leaning Tower of Pisa D. the Times River( ) 26. - Do you know Tom very well? - Yes, he and I _ friends since we met in Jiangyin the year before. A. made B. became C. have made D. have been( ) 27.- Where _ you _? - I went to see the football match. A. have; been B. hav
11、e; gone C. are; going D. will; go( ) 28. How long _ you _ the bad cold? Since last week. A. do; catch B. have; had C. have; caught D. did; catch( )29. Could you tell us how long he has _? For about two hours. A. gone to sleep B. fell asleep C. fallen asleep D. been asleep ( )30. He has _ to Tibet ma
12、ny times. This time he _ Tibet for two weeks. A. been; has been in B. been; has gone to C. gone; has gone to D. gone; has been in( )31. Why not stop _ a rest? Oh, its so exciting that I cant stop _ the kite. A. having; flying B. to have; to fly C. having; to fly D. to have; flying( )32. Yesterday An
13、dy _ his dictionary to me, and said I could _ it for a week. A. lent; borrow B. borrowed; have C. lent; keep D. gave; keep( )33.Cutting down too many trees _it _for people to protect wildlife in the world. A. make, impossible B. makes; possible C. make; possible D. makes; impossible( )34.Lucy _ a go
14、od teacher and the cinema near her school _ a big garden now. A. has become; has turned into B. becomes; becomes C. has become; has become D. has turned into; has become 三完形填空 先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后在每小题所给的四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并将该选项填入答卷上相应的空格内。（本大题共10分，每小题1分）On the evening of last Sunday while I was revie
15、wing my lessons in my room, it suddenly began to rain. 1 as usual, I stopped to listen to the rhythm (韵律) of the rain. For many years, whenever it rains, I couldnt 2 listening to it and thinking of the garden where I spent my childhood in my hometown. When I was a little girl, my family lived in a b
16、ig house with a big garden in the countryside. The garden was full of flowers and 3 , with some bamboo in front of the wall. Whenever it rained, I 4 to sit in the front of the house, listening to the rhythm of the rain and watching the 5 raindrops. When small drops of rain fall from the heaven (天国)
17、in a row, they became a curtain made up of pearls (珍珠); when the raindrops 6 the ground, a lot of small sprays (水花) will splash (溅出) and then 7 slowly. I have 8 been interested in watching such a scene. As the Indian poet wrote in his novel, “The raindrops kissed the earth and whispered. We are the
18、homesick children, Mother; we come back to you from the heaven.” Listening to the rhythm of the rain, I feel peaceful in my heart. This feeling makes me think a lot about life. We are the 9 of the earth, and one day we will embrace (拥抱) our earth and stay with her forever (永远). Life is short and we
19、should treasure it. Listening to the rhythm of the rain, I learn to understand the 10 of life.( ) 35. A. Surprised B. Sad C. Excited D. Angry( ) 36. A. stand B. stop C. like D. think( ) 37. A. leaves B. animals C. children D. trees( ) 38. A. happened B. wanted C. wished D. used( ) 39. A. falling B.
20、singing C. dancing D. breaking( ) 40. A. see B. get C. reach D. cover( ) 41. A. come B. disappear (消失) C. cause D. rise( ) 42. A. always B. never C. sometimes D. seldom( ) 43. A. children B. owner C. friends D. master ( )44. A. length B. meaning C. number D. quality四阅读理解 阅读下面的短文，然后根据短文内容，在每小题所给的四个选项
21、中选出最佳选项，并将该选项填入答卷上相应的空格内。（本大题共10分，每小题1分）A根据短文内容，选出正确答案。（10分） AirlineFlightnumberDestination（目的地）DeparturetimeGateAirCanada137Beijing10:12 a.m.24JapanAirlines320Tokyo10:30a.m.18BritishAirways405Paris11:00a.m.20Pan Am226London11:20a.m.12Pan Am12Beijing11:43a.m.15Air Canada178Tokyo12:32p.m.21CAAC289Hon
22、g Kong12:32p.m.14( ) 45. If you want to fly to Paris, you should take _.A. Flight 137 B. Flight 320 C. Flight 226 D. Flight 405( ) 46. Flight 289 to Hong Kong leaves at _.A. 11:43 a.m. B. 10:12 a.m. C. 12:32 p.m. D. 10:30 a.m.( ) 47. A lady wants to take Flight 12 to Beijing, she should go to Gate _
23、.A. 14 B. 15 C. 12 D. 18BMany Chinese people who have been to the United States think that Americans pay a little part of their money for food each day. Yet, in the latest 13 years, food prices have gone up 30% for most American families. Everyone agrees that the cost of feeding a family has risen s
24、harply. But who is really responsible（有责任的）? Many people say the farmers who produce the vegetables, fruit, meat, and eggs are responsible. But farmers say that the rise in food prices is very small compared to (和相比) the rise in their cost of living. Farmers think middlemen（中间人）have got much more mo
25、ney than they do. Middlemen are those people who stand between the farmers and the people who buy and eat the food. For example, truck drivers, owners of food stores and so on. Are middlemen really responsible for higher food prices? Economists（经济学家）dont think so. They have found that the money that
26、 meat packers（包装商）and food stores get is less than 1% in all. They say that food costs more now because modern housewives have jobs outside the home. They have less time for cooking after a days work. They like to buy food which has already been prepared before it reaches the market. They want to bu
27、y many kinds of food that can be put on their dining tables easily and quickly. But of course they must be prepared to pay for the services of those who make their work easier. It seems that the answer to the question of rising prices is not an easy one. Quite a number of people share the responsibi
28、lity for the sharp rise in food costs.( ) 48. Farmers speak for themselves because _. A. the middlemen have had the biggest share of profit（利润） B. the cost of their products have risen sharply too C. their cost of living has gone up a lot, too D. theyve got very little in the rise of food prices( )
29、49. Economists blame (责怪) _. A. farmers B. middlemen C. housewives D. storeowners( ) 50. Whats the writers opinion (观点)? A. He agrees with the economists. B. He doesnt think farmers are responsible. C. He thinks the middlemen might get a lot of profit. D. He thinks all those people should be respons
30、ible.CToday I want to introduce a writer Greg Mortenson to you, especially one of his works called Three Cups of Tea. It has been one of the best sellers. Why can it be so popular?Greg Mortenson was born in the state of Minnesota and grew up near Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania. Mortenson later became a nurse. He loved to climb K2 in Pakistan, the second highest mountain in the world. One day, he failed to reach the top of K2, and he became separated from his climbing group on the way down. He was very tired, sick and lost. He had no food, water or shelter(住所).Morte
