江苏句容市八年级上学期12月月考英语试卷

This is         one-month-old baby. The baby can’t look after         .

—Mum, must I stay there the whole day?
—No, you        . you         come back after lunch, if you like.

The girl in red is Lucy. She is          of the twins.

—The social worker spent nearly two hours          the plan. He said he would discuss with you about it these two days.
— Really?         is fine.

—There was little milk in the fridge,         ?
—       , please go and buy some.

I couldn’t complete          the house          your support.

—Please don’t smoke here! Look at the sign.   —       .

Shanghai is bigger than         in Jiangsu and bigger than         in China.

Not only my friends but also my brother and I         interested in those plays at that time.

Sandy,         too much TV, for it’s bad for your eyes.

—Remember not to         until the bus stops. — OK, I will.

My father is a good driver. He has a pretty good         of direction.

—You speak good English, I hope         us with our English． — No problem.

Please keep the secret to        , children! Don’t let anybody else know it.

—Some more milk, please.  —Sorry, there’s          left in the fridge.

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A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项.
A good dictionary is an important tool. It will tell you not only what a word means but also how it is used. A dictionary needs to be printed again about every ten years. Languages develop and a good dictionary must show these new changes.
A new English dictionary will only tell you         most people use the language today. It will not tell you what is right         wrong. It may tell you the right time to use a word. If only________ people use a word, a dictionary will          tell you this or not list it.
Every dictionary will tell you many interesting facts. If you type a word and the word is too long, look it up in your dictionary. All dictionaries show you          to break a word. And they also show you how a word        .
Every dictionary, of course, tells you what a word means. But some words, like “get” or “take”, may have lots of meanings. In some dictionaries, the main meanings are often listed first. In  ________  , the newest meanings are listed last. So before you use your dictionary, you should always   ________ the front part. This part explains how to use it.
Some dictionaries also show you where a word comes from. Do you know that the word “brand” (标记) comes from an old word? This old word means “to burn”. This is because hundreds of years ago people burned their names on tables or boats to show who  ________  them. They also burned their own names on their farm animals  ________  they would not be stolen.
Your dictionary also has a lot of other interesting facts in it. After you have learned to use a dictionary, it can become your best useful book.

A．how B．what C．why D．if

A．and B．or C．but D．not

A．a little B．many C．a few D．a lot of

A．neither B．nor C．both D．either

A．when B．where C．why D．which

A．speaks B．is spoke C．be spoken D．is spoken

A．another B．the other C．others D．other

A．see B．watch C．look D．read

A．builds B．makes C．built D．made

A．when B．in order to C．so that D．Before

Here’s an advertisement from the newspaper. Read and choose the right answer to each question.

 
On Friday, the babysitter will        .

Which is not part of the job?

The babysitter must

Which of these sentences is true?

The best babysitter for the job

Life is like four seasons. Now I am very old, but when I was young, it was the spring of my life. I was born, I played a lot, and then I started school. I learnt many new things. Like a flower, I grew bigger every day. There were happy days and sorrowful days： some days the sun shone, and some days it didn’t.
In my twenties, I had a good job. I was strong and happy. Then I married and had a child. In those days, I didn’t have much time to think. Every day I was busy and worked very hard. And so, I started to get some white hair. The summer of my life passed quickly.
Then the days got shorter. Leaves fell from the trees. My child was a university student, and then an engineer. My home was much quieter. I started walking more slowly. One day I stopped walking. I had more time. I understood this was my autumn, a beautiful time when the trees change color and give us delicious fruits.
But the days kept getting shorter and colder. Winter has come. I am getting older and older. I know I do not have many days left, but I will enjoy them to the end and try to make my winter a warm one.
The writer started walking more slowly in the          of his life.

According to the passage, which of the following ages is during the summer of the writer’s life?

What does the underlined word ”sorrowful” in the first paragraph mean?

Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

The best title for the passage can be         .

There are lots of popular writers in China, for example Han Han, FengJical, Tie Ning, Guo Jingming and so on. In my mind, Mo Yan is one of the most famous writers in China, because he is not only from Weifang but also good at writing.
Mo Yan was born in Gao Mi, Wei Fang. Now he is a 57-year-old writer. His real name is Guan Moye. Mo Yan is his pen name. It means “no speaking”. He began writing at the age of 26 and in 2011 his novel The Frog won the Mao Dun Prize in Literature. Since then, he has won lots of prizes.
In 2012, Mo Yan won the Nobel Prize in Literature. I’m proud of him, because I like writing. So I joined a writing workshop to improve my level of writing and I made lots of friends there.
Who is your favourite writer? Can you tell me?

How many writers are mentioned in this passage?

Where was Mo Yan born?

What does “Mo Yan” mean?

Why did the writer join a writing workshop?

Which one is not TRUE?

词汇运用
Many nature reserves        (提供)food  and cover to a lot of wildlife some years ago.
They need to have further        (讨论)before they decide where to go.
How many        (科学家) names can you think of?
Do you show interest in the new        (装饰)of the new house?
      (catch )the early bus,they have to get up early.
All the students were so brave when        (face)the problems.
Among all the boys, Tom did the        ( bad ).
The chairperson did as much as he could        (prevent) the bad things .
Can you tell me when he        (arrive)this afternoon?
He was so        (terrible) hurt that he couldn’t walk any more.
30 percent of the homework        (seem) difficult.
I heard them        (chat) on the phone when I walked past their bedroom.
      (Do) morning exercises every morning is so important for your health.
We all need to eat and live        (health).
The girl with her family members        (sit) at the table when I saw them yesterday.

任务型阅读。（阅读以上信息,每空一词。每题1分）
This is a young girl’s homework for the evening. English： Read three chapters and write a report. Math： Complete 30 problems. Science： Do a worksheet, front and back. French： Study new words for tomorrow’s test. It’s going to be a long night.
This happens to students in America. Do students in the United States receive too much homework? According to the National Education Association, a student should be assigned (布置) no more than 10 minutes per grade level per night. For example, a first grader should only have 10 minutes of homework, a second grader, 20 minutes, and so on.
It’s no good giving students too much homework. According to research, kids are developing more illness at school, such as stomachaches, headaches and sleep problems than before.
Everybody knows that teachers are the ones who assign homework, but they are not the only ones to blame (受责备). “Many teachers are under greater pressure (压力) than ever before,” says Kylene Beers, President of the National Council for teachers of English, “Some of it comes from parents, some from the wish for high scores on tests.” Teachers who are under pressure feel the need to assign more homework.
Some people have different ideas, saying that homework prepares kids for doing better in high school, better in college, and getting better job in the future. But too much homework is sapping students’ strength, curiosity（削弱学生的个性和好奇心), and most importantly, their love of learning, is that really what teachers and parents want?

Something about homework
The girl’s homework for one evening	There are four    , including English, Math, Science and French.
The time of completing homework according to the National Education Association.	The first grader       no more than 10 minutes on homework.
The     of too much homework	It can make the kids      more illness, such as stomachaches, headaches and sleep problems.
Ideas about homework from           people	Advantages： It’s good for the kids to get further study and the better jobs in the future. Disadvantages： It may sap students’ strength, curiosity and so on.

缺词填空
There is nothing more i     to life than the sun. W    the sun, all living things on the earth would die. The sun is a star. In the sky there are t   of stars like the sun. They are as large as the sun and as hot as the sun. At night you can see many stars, but in the daytime you can o   see one star—the sun.
The sun is much n   to us than the other stars. That is w    it looks the biggest and brightest of all the stars. The distance (距离) of the sun from the earth is as m     as 150,000,000 kilometers. Most stars are thousands of light-years a   from the earth.
Do you know what a light-year is? N    in the world travels faster than light. It travels 300,000 kilometers per second. And one light-year is the distance that light can travel in one y   .

作文部分
请根据下面提示，写一篇介绍镇江的文章.要求：表达清楚，语句通顺，意思连贯。词数80个左右。
1. 镇江位于江苏省的南部，是一个古老而美丽的城市。
2. 镇江人勤劳而又善良，喜欢野生动物。但是过去很多人捕杀动物为了他们的皮毛和骨头。现在他们知道了保护动物的重要性，采取措施建立自然保护区并且立法来保护他们了。
3. 保护动物协会(WWF)在镇江需要更多的人来帮助记录动物的总类和他们数量上的变化。
4. 如果大家什么都不做，那么世界上可能没有什么野生动物了。
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