上海市金山区张堰第二中学2023-2024学年八年级上学期12月英语月考试卷（含答案）

2023年上海市金山区张堰二中8年级上学期12月英语月考试卷
III. Choose the best answer. (选择最恰当的答案)
Some dinosaurs were fierce.Which of the following is correct for the underlined word in the sentence
A./f s/ B./fe s/C./f z/D./f s/
23.Which of the following is WRONG
A. Where are you going to the coming holiday 升
B. Oh,I haven't decided yet.降
C. Would you like to go to the Disneyland with me 升
D. Yes,I'd love to.降
24. The giant panda is Asian animal .It lives in the bamboo forests in China.
A. a B. an C. the D. /
25. leave the window .It is cold outside.
A. Not,open B. Don't opened C. No, opened D. Don't,open
26.Because the boy always tells lies , believed him.And he has no true friends here.
A. nobody B. anybody C. everybody D. somebody
27. This book is too difficult for me.Could you piease give me one
A. other B. another C.the other D.others
28. More than students took part in the sports meeting yesterday.
A.hundred B. hundreds C. hundreds of D. two hundred
29.They are not twins,but they look like each other and Lucy is as as Lily.
A. taller B.the taller C. tall D. the tallest
________ good advice the teacher gave us!
A. What a B. What C. How D. How a
I was late for school this morning, ________ worse, I forget to bring my school bag.
A. even B.ever C.else D.more
You did quite well in the final exam. You made ________ mistakes in it.
few B.a few C.little D.a little
________ we were tired, we still continued our journey. Finally, we reached the top of the mountain.
As B.If C.Though D. While
He was taught that the way________ was to learn as much as possible.
to happy B.to be happy C.happiness D. happy
If it is necessary, you should ________ the unknown words in your dictionary while reading.
give up B. look up C.put out D. work out
Come on! We must go ________ the forest before it gets dark, or it’ll be dangerous.
Across B. into C.over D.through
--You may catch a cold. You’d better have more water.
--________.
Thank you! I will. B. That’s all right.
C. You are welcome. D. You are wrong.
Ⅲ. Complete the following passage with the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. (将下列单词填入空格，每空格限填一词，每个单词只能填一次。) （共7分）
A. signs B. solved C. showed D. looking
E. hundreds of F. to teach
Jean Champollion was very good at languages .He learnt twelve languages in his life . When he was eighteen , he began (38) history(历史) at university . He was younger than many of his students .
Jean was very interested in ancient Egypt and in 1821he began to study the Rosetta Stone(罗塞塔石碑) . A group of soldiers found this stone at Rosetta when Jean was still a young boy . It was under the sand for (39) years before the soldiers dug it up (挖出来) . There was a lot of strange writing on the stone . The writing was a message in three languages . One of the languages was ancient Egyptian . No one could read it at that time . But Jean (40) its secret .
The ancient Egyptian was not a language with letters and words like English . It was full of (41) . According to many experts (专家) ,these signs showed things and ideas . Jean did not completely agree . He thought some of them (42) sounds . He found 15 signs of this kind in his study of Rosetta Stone . Today, it is possible to understand ancient Egyptian from 4,000 years ago because of Jean’s discovery (发现).
plete the sentences with the given words in their proper forms. (用括号中所给单词的适当形式完成下列句子
43. The dancing room is on the floor of that building.You can go from here.(five)
44.People like Mickey Mouse but dislike real (mouse)
45. The computer is one of the greatest in the world.(invent)
46. I think you should leave .Don't keep others waiting for you.(immediate)
47. All the people are to see so many mice in such a small house. (frighten)
48.Every day ,I spend at one hour finishing my homework.(immediate)
49.Perhaps, this kind of plant will out in the future.We should do something to protect it.(dead)
50.He told us an story just now and we all laughed.(amuse)
V. Complete the following sentences as required. (根据所给要求，完成下列句子)
Tim had his 18th birthday party Last Friday in his own house.（改为一般疑问句）
________ Tim ________ his 18th birthday party Last Friday in his own house
It seldom snows in Shanghai now. （改为反义疑问句）
It seldom snows in Shanghai now, ________ ________
There is a little orange juice in the bottle. (对划线部分提问）
________ ________ orange juice is there in the bottle
The bag on the sofa was big enough for you to put the books in. (保持原句意思不变）
The bag on the sofa was ________ big ________ you could put the books in it.
Smoking is bad for your health and you’d better stop smoking now. (保持句意不变）
Smoking is ________ ________ your health and you’d better stop smoking now.
borrow,could,encyclopedia,library,the,you,the,from. （连词成句）
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Part 2 Reading and Writing
(第二部分 读写)
Ⅶ．Reading comprehension（阅读理解）（共34分）
A: Choose the best answer（根据短文内容，选择最正确的答案）：（共5分）
There is nothing like chocolate. Just thinking about it can make your mouth water. September 13 is the International Chocolate Day, which gives us a good reason to celebrate the world’s most popular sweet.
Chocolate comes from a civilization（文明）called the Maya .They had a special food called cocoa. The word cocoa means“gift from God”. About five hundred years ago, the Europeans found the Mayans and used cocoa to make chocolate.
For centuries, only the rich could enjoy chocolate, and normal people could not get hold of it. All this changed when European companies started to produce chocolate bars in the 19th century. Chocolate comes in different colors and sizes. People often eat white, dark and milk chocolate. The biggest chocolate bar was ever made in Italy in 2011 and weighed almost 6 tons! That’s as big as an elephant.
There are also different shapes of chocolate and people often take them as holiday gifts. Chocolate bunnies（小兔子）and eggs are popular on Easter, chocolate coins are common on Christmas Day, and chocolate hearts are great gifts for Valentine’s Day. At certain parties and wedding ceremonies(结婚典礼), chocolate fountains always surprise guests.
Lots of people say chocolate is bad for your health. Not necessarily so! Scientists now say it is good for people’s heart and can make the body release chemicals that actually make us happy and make us feel better. But don’t eat too much of it.
57. Only could enjoy chocolate for hundreds of years in the passage.
A. the Mayans B. the rich
C. the poor D. the Europeans
58. What does the underlined word ”normal” in paragraph 3 mean
A. special B. famous C. common D. strange
59. Chocolate has different .
A. colors only B. sizes only C. shapes only D. colors, sizes and shapes
60. Which of the following is NOT TRUE
A. The Mayans made chocolate by using cocoa.
B. The word “cocoa” means “gift from God”.
C. September 13 is the International Chocolate Day every year.
D. Normal people started to eat chocolate in the 19th century.
61.From the passage we can know that .
A. Chocolate is the sweetest food in the world.
B. The biggest chocolate bar was made in France.
C. people never take different shapes of chocolate as holiday gifts.
D. guests are always surprised to see chocolate fountains at certain wedding ceremonies.
62. Now scientists think .
A. chocolate is bad for our health.
B. chocolate is good for our health.
C. chocolate is good for people’s heart, but we’d better not eat too much of it.
D. chocolate can make people feel good and we should eat as much as possible.
B: Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage （选择最恰当的单词或词语，完成短文) ：（共6分）
I was once a fat girl . I weighed 336 pounds and looked as big as my fridge. I was never 63 it. But one day I had a medical examination（体检）. The doctor told me that I was having heart trouble. It 64 me up. I began to feel nervous. Then I decided to do something!
In a year and five months, I 65 104 pounds. What a great thing I did ! I didn’t have any expensive food, medical treatment（治疗）or camp-style（训练营式的）exercise. What was the secret to my success
First I looked through the Internet for do-it-yourself 66 that people could follow on losing weight. Of course I saw countless(无数的) ads which tried to get me to buy their products. But I bought nothing. The only thing I did was to change my bad 67 . The following are what I have done. You can try these. Stop drinking something with too much sugar in it. Refuse(拒绝)sweet cakes. Eat green vegetables. Use only vegetable oil. Never eat after 6:30 pm. Also, do light exercise for 15 to 20 minutes five days a week.
Then I kept doing what I should do. People sometimes say,“You don’t need to tell me 68 to do. I know it already!”But the fact is that knowing what to do and doing what you know are totally 69 . The important thing is to know what to do and then just keep doing it.。
63. A. excited about B. worried about C. proud of D. happy with
64. A. gave B. cheered C. dressed D. woke
65. A. borrowed B. lent C. lost D. got
66. A. advice B. news C. food D. medicine
67. A. grades B. look C. habits D. wish
68. A. how B. what C. why D. whether
69. A. easy B. difficult C. similar D. different
C. Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words（在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺，每空格限填一词，首字母已给）：（共12分）
On a Friday night, a poor young violinist was playing his violin at the entrance of the subway station. He played such great music that people slowed down to (70)l and put some money into his hat.
The next day, the violinist came to the entrance again. He put down his hat as usual. Beside the hat was a piece of paper with some (71)w on it. It said, "A George Sang has put an important thing into my hat by mistake. Welcome to claim (认领) it." Soon the people were all attracted by the words and wondered (72)w it could be. After a while a man rushed through the crowd, took the violinist's shoulders and said, "I knew you would certainly come here." The violinist asked, "Did you (73)l anything " "Lottery (彩票)." The violinist took out a lottery ticket with Sang's name on it. Sang took it and danced happily.
Sang was an office worker. He bought the lottery and (74)w a prize of ＄500,000.But when he gave ＄50 to the violinist for his wonderful music, the lottery ticket was thrown in, too. The violinist was a college student. That morning, he was going to fly to Vienna for high-education. However, when he (75)f the ticket, he put off the flight and went back to the entrance.
Later someone asked the violinist why he didn't take the lottery ticket to pay for his high education. He said, "Although I don't have much money, I live (76)h . If I lose honesty, I won't be happy forever."
70. ________________ 71.________________ 72.________________ 73.________________ 74.________________ 75.________________ 76.________________
D. Answer the questions（根据短文内容回答下列问题）:（共10分）
While Li Ming was in America, he went with his class to visit a space centre. There he heard an astronaut, Piers Sellers, talk about his journey into space. Piers told them all about his trip on the space shuttle Discovery. When Li Ming saw Piers, he had just returned to earth after a 13-day journey to the International Space Station. Astronauts have to spend years in training before they can go into space. Piers waited a long time before the ‘big day’. Piers had been excited but also very nervous before the take-off. He said, “It’s difficult to keep calm(平静的) and relaxed during the count-down（倒计时）.The take-off was very frightening.” Piers said that being in outer space was amazing. He saw the sun and all the planets. He saw the galaxy（银河）with its billions of stars. Unfortunately（遗憾地），he couldn’t see China’s Great Wall. When Yang Liwei, China’s first astronaut, went into space, he couldn’t see it either. But the earth still looked ‘very beautiful’. Life was different in space. The food tasted fine but it was like baby food. The astronauts had to eat out of a toothpaste tube（牙膏管）. It was difficult to brush their teeth or have a shower. Water floats（漂浮） in bubbles（气泡） in space. There was a special ‘air toilet’. Besides all the work Piers had to do, they exercised on exercise bikes and rowed for about two hours every day. Piers also kept a diary. A German astronaut stayed at the International Space Station to work for another six months. Piers had to return, but he was glad to be back. His journey into space was a wonderful experience. But he said that now he just wanted to spend time with his family and have a good meal without if floating away! Answer the question 77. What was Pier’s job 78. Did Piers wait a short time before the “big day” 79. How was the take-off in Pier’s opinion 80. What couldn’t Piers see in outer space 81. What was the food like in space 82. Would you like to have a trip in space Why
Writing .(作文)
假设下周是你校的健康生活周，请你根据下面的要点提示写一篇短文，至少60个单词，谈谈自己为拥有一个健康的生活方式所做出的努力。（开头已给，不计入总字数）
睡眠 早睡早起，保证充足的睡眠
饮食 饮食均衡，多吃蔬菜和水果
运动 合理运动，每周运动三、四次
22-37 AABDABDCBAACBBDA
38-42 FEBAC
43-50 fifth mice inventors immediately frightened least die amusing
51 - 56 did,have; does it; how much; so,that; harmful to; You could borrow the encyclopedia from the library.
57-62 BCDDDC 63-69 B D C A C B D
70.listen 71.words 72.what 73.lose 74.won 75.found 76. happily
77. An astronaut.
78. No, he didn’t.
79. Frightening.
80. He saw the galaxy with its billions of stars.
81. The food tasted fine but it was like baby food.
82. Yes, because life is different in space.