牛津英语八年级上月考试题.docx

1、八年级10月学情监测（英语） .单项选择 （10分）( )1.She looks as _ as usual.A. happy B. happily C. happier D.happiest( )2.The fire _ after the firemen came. A.die out B.died out C. die off D. died off( )3.Jim sold most of his things. He has hardly _ left in the house.A.anything B.everything C. nothing D. something( )4.T

2、he old lady teaches _French in a university.A. a B.the C./ D. an( )5. On May _, _ people travelled round the country.A. The first, millions B. the first, millions of C.fist, the millions D.first,millions( )6. Some boys like playing football _like playing basketball.A. The others B.The other C. Other

3、s D.Other( )7. If you dont know the telephone number, please _ in the telephone number book.A. look it up B. look for it C. look them up D. look for them( )8. _do you know about Leonardo da Vinci?A. What other thing B.What others C.What else D. What else things( )9. You can have _prize if you _ the

4、game.A. Some, won B.any, win C. much, winning D. many, will win ( )10.Our teacher often orders us _ shout loudly in the classroom.A. To not B. dont C. not to D. to dont. 完形填空 （15分）Mr Evans lived in a city. He was a math (11)_ three years ago. He taught well and his students (12)_him. So he decided t

5、o work in the middle school all his life. But a terrible accident (13)_ his life. One spring he took his class to (14)_ a place of interest. The children saw a lot of (15)_ things and had a good time there. But on their way to school., their (16)_ was hit by a track because the young river was drunk

6、. Five students (17)_ and more than half the children were (18)_ in the accident. He didnt know how it had happened and was very (19)_ it and after he came out of hospital, he left the school and became a (20)_. He tried his best to stop the drivers from breaking the traffic regulations. He worked h

7、ard and was strict with the drivers. So they were afraid of him. One afternoon it was very hot. Mr Evans was (21)_ . He was standing at the crossing and watching the traffic. Suddenly he saw a (22)_ rushing the crossing. It ran so fast that it almost hit a man (23)_ a bike. He stopped it at once and

8、 saw a girl in it. (24)_ your license to me, madam, dais Mr Evans. The girl handed her bag to him and said, Please look for it in the bag (25)_. I cant see anything without glasses. ( )11. A. worker B. teacher C. doctor D. farmer ( )12. A. liked B. wished C. helped D. answered ( 1)3. A. beat B. won

9、C. lost D. changed ( )14. A. build B. break C. visit D. find ( )15. A. terrible B. dangerous C. safe D. interesting ( )16. A. bus B. train C. car D. ship ( )17. A. left B. lived C. died D. fell ( )18. A. beat B. injured C. touch D. stopped ( )19. A. sad about B. afraid of C. interested in D. worried

10、 about ( )20.A. soldier B. policeman C. bookseller D. cleaner ( )21.A. in the corner B. at home C. on duty D. in the office ( )22.A. car B. plane C. train D. bike ( )23.A. riding B. selling C. buying D. making ( )24.A. Throw B. Show C. Lend D. Copy ( )25.A. you B. I C. yourself D. myself.补全短文（14分） （

11、A）选词填空Busy find tooth in well ears f our seeBirds can fly and bat6s can too. But a bat is not a ki9nd of bird. They are different animals.A bat has 26 _legs. A bird has only two. Bats have 27_and birds dont. Bat have large ears but birds ears are only hide in the head. All bats like to eat insects.

12、They eat at night and sleep 28_the daytime. In the evening bats are 29_flying and catching insects. Its leg help it to fly. The piece of skin(皮肤) joins them together. It is just like a wing. Some people think bats cant 30_. In fact, it is not true. Bats have eyes, but they cannot see 31_. However, w

13、ith their large 32_, bats can hear better than human beings. The good hearing also helps them 33_food at night. (B)用所给单词的适当形式填空Leonardo da Vinci was an Italian 34(paint)_, inventor, musician, engineer and scientist.Leonardo da Vinci was 35(bear)_in the countryside. From an early age, he showed great

14、 36(intelligent)_ and artistic ability. As he grew 37(old)_, he learnt to do many 38(difference)_ things. He also had many 39(invent)_. For example, his notebooks include some interesting drawings of flying machines.阅读理解（20分） (A)Air Air has no smell Air has no taste But when the wind blows You feel

15、it on your face Look at a kite. Or a plane in the air How do they stay there ? They ride on air How does a balloon Rise in the air And lift people up? It uses hot air We need air to breathe We need air to survive(生存) And when we breathe it It keeps us alive40. Do you think that we can see air?A. Yes

16、, its very nice, B. No.but we can breathe it C. Yes it has taste. D. No, but we can smell it.41. What does the underlined word “They” refer to (指的是)？A. Wind and air. B. smell and taste.C. A kite and a plane. D. Wind and clouds.42. A balloon can lift people up with A. hot air B. soft wind C. smell D.

17、 taste43. What does the poem mainly(主要地) try to tell us?A. We need air sometimes B. Its hard to stay in the airC. Air is too little to waste D. Air is very important to us.44.Which statement is not right?A.We need air to breathe. B.Air is hot.C.Planes need air to stay in the sky. D.Air has no smell

18、or taste. (B)A young officer was at a railway station. On his way home, he wanted to telephone his mother to tell her the time of his train, so that she could meet him at the station in her car. He looked in all his pockets, but found that he did not have the right money for the telephone, so he wen

19、t outside and looked around for someone to help him. At last an old soldier came by, and the young officer stopped him and said, Have you got change for ten pence? Wait a moment, the old soldier answered, beginning to put his hand in his pocket, Ill see whether I can help you. Dont you know how to s

20、peak to an officer? the young man said angrily. Now lets start again. Have you got change for ten pence? No, sir, the old soldier answered quickly. 45. The young officer wanted to telephone his mother to tell her _. ( )A. that he was going to visit herB. when his train would leaveC. when his train w

21、ould arriveD. that he was now at the railway station46. He looked around for help because he _. ( )A. didnt have coins for the phone callB. had no money to make the phone callC. didnt have the local moneyD. wanted to change money47. The old soldier _. ( )A. was glad to help himB. didnt know if he ha

22、d coinsC. didnt want to help himD. was angry48. The young officer was angry because he thought the old soldier _. ( )A. didnt know how to speak to himB. didnt want to help himC. didnt answer him correctlyD. was not friendly to him49. The old soldier in the story was_. ( )A. clever B. stupidC. polite

23、 D. friendly.阅读回答问题（16分） （A） Doyouhaveanickname(昵称)?Mostofusdobyourlooks,clothing,orpersonality.Butforcities,themeaningoftheirnicknameshasmuchmorethanthat.Manybigcitieshavenicknames,suchasNewYorkTheBigApple,LondonTheGreatSmog,andRomeTheEternalCity.Whydocitieshavesuchnicknames?Inthe1920s,therewereman

24、yracesinNewYork.Peoplecalledtheprizes oftheseracesapples.WriterJohnJ.EitzGeraldfirstcalledNewYorktheBigApple,becauseNew Yorkistheplacethatmanypeopledreamedofgoingtothebiggestprizeofall.ForRome,asthenamesuggests,theanswerissimple.Romansbelievedthatnomatterwhathappendtotheworld,Romewouldgoonforever.Ro

25、mehasbeenanimportantcenterofpower(权利)formorethan2,000years. AsforLondon,intheVictorianperiodithadproblemswithitsairLaterin1952,seriousairpollutionmade10,000peoplefallill.ButnowtheairofLondonhasbecomebetter.Soundinteresting?Doesyourcityhaveanickname?50.Howdomostofpeoplegettheirnicknames?51.WhatisLond

26、onsnickname? 52.WhofirstcalledNewYorktheBigApple? 53.HowlonghasRomebeenanimportantcenterofpower?(B)Imagine the situation. You are driving along a desert or on a mountain. You have no idea where you are. You passed the last house two hours ago. Then your car breaks down. It is night and it is cold. Y

27、ou have no mobile phone. What do you do? Well, next time take a GPS with you. This invention may be able to help you. It is a device (装置) which uses satellites (卫星) to find the users position (位置). It can find your position to within 20 metres. A GPS cannot start your car, but at least you will know

28、 where you are.GPS, which means Global Positioning System, is a small radio receiver. It looks like a mobile phone. It is sometimes put into a watch or a telephone. We also find GPS devices in cars, planes, or boats. Some of these devices have electronic maps, so you know where you are. For example,

29、 in a city they can tell you the name of the street.There are three parts to the Global Positioning System. The first part is the receiver. You can hold it in your hand, or have it fixed into your car, plane, etc. The second part is a group of satellites orbiting(环绕运行) the Earth. The receiver contac

30、ts at least four of the satellites and calculates its position. The third part of the system is a network of ground stations. They are all over the world. They control the satellites and make sure they are working well.Some people think that in the future the GPS will be as common as the mobile. The

31、y are becoming cheaper and more and more accurate. Also there will be new uses for the GPS. Perhaps they will become like watches. Everyone will have one and you will never be lost anywhere.54. GPS can help you find your position, cant it?55 What does a GPS look like?56. How many things are mentione

32、d that GPS devices can be put into?57. Why do some people think GPS devices will be popular in the future? .综合阅读（10分）Australias big attractionsAustralia is a very (A)big country. It also has many big attractions.The Big BananaThe Big Banana is in Coffs Harbour. (B) It was made in 1964 by John Landy.

33、 Landy wanted something to make people come to his fruit shop, so he built the Big Banana.The idea worked. Many people visited his fruit shop and (C) 照相 of the Big Banana.Soon people all over Australia (D)began making big things.The Big MerinoThe Big Merino is in the city of Goulburn. Merinos are a

34、type of (E) _. They can live in dry weather. Some places in Australia are very dry, so these sheep are very (F)_to the farmers there. Inside the Big Merino, there is a small museum about the history of wool in Australia. Visitors can also climb up to the Big Merinos head and look at the view through

35、 its eyes. 58. 写出划线部分（A）和（D）的同义词或近义词_ _59. 文中划线部分（B）指代的是_60. 将文中划线部分（C）译成英语_61. 在文中（E）和（F）的空白处分别填入适当的词_ _62. 从文中找出能说明本文主旨大意的中心词语_VI. 作文（15）A阅读短文，然后根据内容选出可以填入文中空白处的正确答案If you want to find out information about something,63_ . This online encyclopaedia comes from thousands of peoples information aroun

36、d the world. Anyone can add or change the information 64_. In this way, everyone can write about a certain subject65_.What is more, WIKIPEDIA includes articles in about 285 languages .66_. By April 2008, there are over 10 million articles on WIKIPEDIA. A quarter of the articles are in English. WIKIPEDIA. Is also 67_.A. Larry Sanger and Jimmy Wales started it in 2001.B a place to find the lastest newsC if they know well about itD the best place to search is WIKIPEDIAE if he or she finds it not correctB.以 Encyclopaedias are _为题写一篇小短文。词数80100 1. 确定主题，并在文中说明原因 2. 围绕主题进行叙述 3. 讲述一段与主题相关的故事或经历