八年级英语第二学期第二次月考试卷
一、单项选择（共25小题；每小题1分，满分25分） 1. My alarm clock goes _________at 6 in the morning. A. of B. off C. on D. up 2. The sun in the east.
A. rise B. rises C. raise D. raises 3. While I __________a plan, Jenny called me up.
A. am making B. made C. make D. was making
4. Do you remember _______when terrorists took down the World Trade Center on September 11?
A. what are you ding B. what you are doing C. what were you doing D. what you were doing 5. Last night, he left home silence.
A.with B.for C.in D./
6. ---Who __________the tennis game? ---Jack, he _________all the others. A. won, won B. won, beat C. beat, beat D. beat, won 7. All the houses in the flood（洪水）.
A.were taken off B.were taken away C.were taken in D.were taken down 8. His father doesn’t allow him swimming alone. A.goes B.to go C.going D.go
9. It’s raining now. I would like to watch TV at home ________playing soccer outside. A.instead B.instead of C.because of D.afraid of
10. Mary will make a plan as soon as she ____________her homework. A. finishes B. finish C. will finish D. Finished 11. The world’s deepest salt lake is _________.
A. 1025-meters-deep B. 1025 meters’ deep C. 1025 meters deep D. 1025 meters-deep 12. The girl who catches the flowers will be the next to _______. A. get marry B. get married C. marry D. get marries
13. Finally, a god was so ___________ by Yu Gong that he sent gods to take the mountains ____ .
A. moving; away B. moving; off C. moved; away D. moved; off 14. __________ bad people the Monkey King uses a magic stick. A. To fight B. Fighting C. Fought D. Fights
15. He is able to _________________ different animals and objects.
A. turn into B. turn himself into C. change into himself D. turn himself to 16. We can’t work out the math problem ________we are clever. A. when B. if C. unless D. as long as
17. His words reminded us ________the experience in the mountain last year. A. at B. with C. to D. of
18. For us, hard work leads ________good grades. A. to B. with C. at D. in
19. Kate is _____ shy and she spends ______ time in making friends with others.
A. a little, a bit B. a bit of, a bit C. a bit , a little of D. a little , a bit of
20. Bob with his friends _______ a party when the rain started.
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A. is having B. are having C. was having D. were having 21. ---_____ is the population of China?
----It is more than 1.3billion. China has the ______ population in the world. A. How many, most B. How many, bigger C. What, biggest D. What, most 22. We dare to _______ the face of the difficulties. A. in B. on C. for D. with 23. The ______ of the box is 2 pounds.
A. weight B. weigh C. weighs D. heavy
24. How amazing! I’ m almost ______ than you.
A. heavier two times B. two times heavy C. heavy two times D. two times heavier 25. shenzhen is one of ________ in china.
A. beautiful city B. more beautiful cities
C. the most beautiful city D. the most beautiful cities
二、完形填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
A boy was walking in the street 1 a man came over 2 him and 3 him the way 4 the station.
The boy was very naughty(调皮的). He wanted 5 a joke on the man. He pointed to（指向） 6 side of the road and said,“Go down the street until you reach a shop. You can find it on your left!” The man thanked him and went away.
A few minutes 7 , the man came back. He said to the boy that there was only a bookshop there and he 8 find the station.
The boy 9 and said,“ 10 a map in the bookshop, and you’ll find the way!” 1.A.but B.because C.then D.when
2.A.form B.to C.for D.with 3.A.ask B.asked C.tell D.told 4.A.to B.for C.at D.in
5.A.play B.to play C.show D.to show 6.A.another B.the other C.one more D.two 7.A.before B.after C.past D.later
8.A.can’t B.may not C.couldn’t D.mustn’t 9.A.looked B.cried C.laughed D.jumped 10.A.Buy B.Carry C.Show D.Borrow
三、阅读理解 （共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
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A long time ago, there was an emperor. He had a beautiful garden(花园) . In the garden, there was a little nightingale(夜莺) singing very beautifully.
One day the emperor heard about this little bird's beautiful voice. He asked his guards(警卫) to bring her to him. As soon as the emperor heard the nightingale's voice, he said, \笼子), so she can stay and sing for me whenever I want to hear her. \
The little bird was so unhappy about being kept in the cage that she stopped singing one day. The emperor was very angry. He ordered the scientists in his palace(宫殿) to make
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a robot bird for him. The bird could sing very beautifully, too. The emperor was pleased. Soon the robot bird became old. It no longer sang beautiful songs. Just at that time, the emperor became very weak. One morning, while lying in bed, the emperor wanted it to sing once again. But the robot bird couldn't sing any more. Suddenly the nightingale landed on the window. She began to sing her most beautiful song. The emperor was very happy! He became better and better each day.
After the emperor was well，he changed a lot and became kind to his people. From then on, all his people cherished(爱戴) him for his love and kindness. 1. Where did the nightingale live at first ?
A.In a forest. B. In the mountains . C. In the garden . D. In the palace . 2.Who brought the nightingale to the emperor ?
A. The guards. B. The scientists. C. The emperor’s people. D. Another emperor. 3.Why did the nightingale stop singing one day ?
A.Because she was too tired to sing. B. Because she was too sad to sing. C. Because she was too thirsty to sing. D. Because she was too old to sing.
4. What was happening when the nightingale began to sing her most beautiful songs again? A. The robot bird was very angry. B.The emperor was very angry.
C. The robot bird became very weak. D. The emperor became better and better. 5. Which of the following statements is NOT true ?
A.Both the nightingale and the robot bird had a beautiful voice.
B.The emperor kept the nightingale in a golden cage in order to hear her sing at any time. C.The nightingale was very happy after she was kept in the golden cage. D.The emperor learnt from the nightingale what love and kindness was.
B
Mr. Clarke hated to do housework. He wouldn’t stay at home on weekends. His wife always told him to do some washing or cleaning, or he had to cook for his family. So he always made some excuses(借口) on Friday evenings.
Recently Mr. Clarke was interested in playing cards, but he was afraid to let his wife know. So every Sunday afternoon he brought some fish home. It made his wife happy and she never asked where he spent his weekends.
One Saturday morning, Mr. Clarke left home at 7 o’clock. He took a bus and got off at a stop near a small town. His friends were waiting for him in a small hotel. They played cards there. Mr. Clarke didn’t go home until 7 o’clock on Sunday evening. He went in the shop near the bus stop as usual. As soon as the shopkeeper saw him, the man said, “I’m sorry, Mr. Clarke. I have no fish today. What about some chicken legs?”
“Don’t be silly!” said Mr. Clarke, “I can’t tell my wife that I have fished some chicken legs, can I?”
6. Mr. Clarke didn’t want to stay at home on weekends because ______.
A. he didn’t want to do any housework B. he didn’t love his wife C. he was very busy D. he went to his parents’ house 7. What was Mr. Clarke interested in recently?
A. Fishing. B. Playing cards. C. Shopping. D. Doing housework. 8. How long was Mr. Clarke away from his home?
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A. About 24 hours. B. About 36 hours. C. About 48 hours. D. About 72 hours. 9. Mr. Clarke played cards with his friends __________.
A. at home B. in a shop C. in a hotel D. in his office 10. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage? A. Mr. Clarke hardly stayed at home on weekends. B. Mr. Clarke bought some fish in the shop that day. C. Mr. Clarke never told his wife that he played cards.
D. Mr. Clarke usually gave his wife some fish and the fish made his wife happy.
C
Romero has already reached the top of six other world famous high mountains. He climbed the first—Africa’s Kilimanjaro (乞力马扎罗山)—with his parents when he was 10.
Jordan said he had the idea of climbing those mountains when he saw a painting (油画) in his school. The painting showed all seven mountains.
“I just wanted to do something big, and this was something I wanted to do for myself,” he said.
His father, Paul, is an experienced mountain climber.But he said the idea was his son’s. “We’re just packing (收拾) the bags, going after him around the world,”Paul said.
Mount Qomolangma(珠穆朗玛峰) is 8,844 meters high. Jordan would climb with his parents and two guides. He said they would not take big risks. They would turn around if they saw problems such as bad weather. He hopes to reach the top by May.
“This may be the first of many tries,” he said.“It could take a few years, but I’ve made up my mind(下定决心) to do it. If I don’t reach the top this time, I will try next time.”
The youngest person to climb Qomolangma until now was Temba Tsheri, 16, from Nepal (尼泊尔), in 2001.
11. Jordan had his first mountain climbing experience at the age of __________ . A.10 B.13 C.16 D.20 12. Jordan decided to climb Qomolangma with__________ .
A.his teacher B.Temba Tsheri C.two guides D.his schoolmates 13. From the passage,we know that Jordan__________ . A.has reached the highest mountain in the world B.began to like climbing because of a painting
C.will get to the top in spite of(尽管) terrible weather D.would climb the mountain by himself
14. In the passage, Jordan wanted to__________ . A.try his best to reach the top of the mountain B.make his dream come true after May
C.spend several weeks climbing the mountain D.take big risks to find the mountain
15. The passage mainly talks about__________ . A.some famous high mountains B.the youngest mountain climber C.a wonderful adventure
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D.a boy’s dream of climbing
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