江苏省泰兴市新街初级中学2014-2015学年八年级英语下学期第一次月考试题 牛津版.doc

江苏省泰兴市新街初级中学2014-2015学年八年级英语下学期第一次月考试题 二、单项选择(共15小题;每小题1分，计15分）（ ）1. great fun it is to surf the Internet!A. What B. What a C. How a D. How（ ）2. The car was running at such a high speed that the driver couldnt _ it and it crashed into the tree A. save B. control C. order D. print（ ）3. He _a worker in a factory, but he_ a pop star two years ago.A. used to be; has become B. used to be; becameC. was used to be; becomes D. was used to being; has become （ ）4Ann is in hospital - Oh, really? I _know. I _her for a long time. A. didnt ; will see B.dont ;will see C. didnt ; havent seen D.dont ; havent seen（ ）5. He is _ in class and has _ for two hour. He is so tired these days preparing for the mid-term exam.A. asleep ; sleeping B. sleep; sleeping C. slept; asleep D. sleeping; been asleep（ ）6.Jackson _school two years ago and he _for two years. A.leaves;has gone B.left;has been away C.leaves;has been away D.left;has gone（ ）7. You have joined the Singing Club,havent you? _.I like singing,but I dont have any time.A. Yes , I do B.No, I dont C.Yes, I have D.No, I havent（ ）8.Where is Mike ?He _to NewYork on business.He _the airport at five in the morning .A. has gone;has left for B.has been;has left for C.has gone;left for D.has been;left for（ ）9. The light in his office is still on. Do you know _? To prepare for the mid-term exam.A. if he works hard B. why he keeps working C. why is he so busy D. when he will stop working（ ）10.Do you mind my smoking here? _.Look at the sign. It says, “No smoking”.A. Youd better not. B. It doesnt matter C. Yes, please D. No, I dont（ ）11. Can you show me_ to start the computer?A. what B. where C. how D. which三、完形填空（共15小题;每小题1分，计15分）阅读下列短文，从文后各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。 Do you have the ability to live cheaply? Now here's a true story of an American girl, Sarah. _1_Sarah left university, she began to live in New York City on her own. She_2_a job in a publishing house, but the salary(薪水)was _3_$30, 000 a year. Her parents thought her life would be hard, but Sarah_4_live on her salary and still saved $5, 000 in a year. How was that_5_in one of the most expensive cities in the world? Cheap living_6_starts with keeping the big cost small. For most people, that _7_housing. So Sarah chose to share a flat with three other friends. Her next biggest cost was _8_. When she ate out, she went to cheap restaurants. _9_she bought a $9.99 whole chicken at a local restaurant. She then_10_the chicken bones(骨头)home and made soup out of them. Nowadays young people often_11_a lot of money on entertainment(娱乐). But Sarah said, “I enjoy walking_12_in New York City. I love going to museums and parks.” Did Sarah feel poor_13_cheap living? Not really. She even managed to take two trips, one to the Netherlands, _14_to Portland. “Don't think of saving money as something_15_. It's a kind of game,” said Sarah.( )1AUntil BBecause CAfter DUnless( )2Afound Btried Casked for Dlooked for( )3Amore than Bless than C shorter than Dhigher than( )4Acan Bmay Ccould Dmight( )5Adifficult Bpossible CusefulDdifferent( )6Aalready Bsometimes Chardly Dalways( )7Ahelps Bbecomes Cmakes Dmeans( )8Afood Brest Cstudying Dplaying( )9ASoon BFinally COnce DAgain( )10Aprepared Btook CcaughtDpicked( )11Apay Blend CspendDsave( )12Aalong Bup Cdown Daround( )13Aby Bup CatDbetween( )14Aanother Bthe otherCothers Dthe others( )15Ahard Binteresting Cnice Dgreat四、阅读理解(共10小题;每小题2分，计20分）阅读下列内容，从每小题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。ACoffee has become the most popular American drink. Today people in the United States drink more coffee than people in any of the other countries. People drink coffee at breakfast, at lunch, at dinner and between meals. They drink hot coffee or coffee with ice in it. They drink it at work and at home. They eat coffee ice-cream and coffee candy. Coffee is black and very strong. Different people like to drink it in different ways. Some people like coffee with cream or sugar in it. Other people like coffee with both cream and sugar in it. In all ways it is served. Coffee has become an international drink. （ ）1. Coffee is an _ drink. A . interesting B. international C. ice-cream D. American （ ）2. Different people like to drink coffee _. A. at work or at home B. in different ways C. with cream or sugar D. between meals （ ）3. Today Americans drink _ coffee than people in any of the other countries. A. as much as B. less C. more D. most （ ）4. “Coffee is black and very strong.” The word STRONG here means _. A.坚固的 B.淡的 C.清的 D.浓的 （ ）5. _ is the most popular American drink. A. Black tea B. Coffee C. Water with ice D. Whisky BComputers are useful machines. They can help people a lot in their everyday life. For example, they can help people save much time, and they can help people work out many problems they cant do easily. Our country asks everyone to learn to use computers except the old people. Today more and more families own computers. Parents buy computers for their children. They hope computers can help them improve (提高) their studies in school. Yet many of the children use computers to play games, to watch video or to sing Karaoke, instead of studying. So many teachers and parents complain (抱怨) that computers can not help children to study but make them fall behind. So computers are locked by parents in the boxes. In some other countries, even some scientists hate computers. They say computers let millions of people lost their jobs or bring them a lot of trouble. Will computers really bring trouble to people or can they bring people happiness? It will be decided by people themselves. （ ）6. Why do we say the computer is a useful machine? Because _. A. our country asks us to learn it B. it can help us a lot C. we can use it to play games D.it can help us to find jobs （ ）7. What do many teachers and parents complain about? _. A. Their students and children use computers to play games. B. Computers let them lost their jobs. C. Computers make the students and children fall behind. D. Computers bring people a lot of trouble. 五、词汇(共10小题;每小题1分，计10分）A） 根据句意，用括号内所给单词的适当形式填空1. The cute monkey comes from _(非洲).2. He studies in an _(国际的) school.3. There are many beautiful houses along the _(海岸).4. They spend ten _(美元) on the tickets.5. He was one of the _(统治者) when he was very young.B) 用所给的动词适当形式填空6. T he park is a good place _(fly) kites.7. _the baby _ (stop) crying yet?8. We _ (pay) a visit to his farm last week.9. Who _ (break) the glass? It was all right just now.20. My brother often uses his iPad_ (search) for information.六 任务型阅读（(共10小题;每小题1分，计10分）阅读下面的短文，并根据短文内容填表格：What do you think of the most important inventions in the world? The TV? The printing? The telephone? Or the computer? A report shows that they are not the only important inventions. Here are three other important inventions.One of the simplest inventions is the toilet. Before toilets, waste ran into rivers from peoples houses. Illnesses were common in big cities, and it was often difficult to find clean drinking water.Animal food is another important invention. Before the invention, most animals were killed every autumn because there was not enough food for them in winter. After hay became a kind of common animal food, animals could live through the long winter.The third great invention is glasses. Glasses help people read, write and do “close work” after the age of forty-five. Without glasses, the world would be difficult for the people above forty-five.Important 1_Some most important inventionsThe TV, the 2_, the 3_, the computerThree other important inventionsBefore the inventionsthe 4_5_ ran into rivers from peoples houses6_ were common in big citiesIt was often difficult to find 7_ drinking waterhay, animal foodMost animals were killed in 8_ because there wasnt enough food in winter9_Reading, writing and “close work” would be difficult for the people over10 _1_ 2_ 3_ 4_ 5_6_ 7_ 8_9_10_ 七、首字母填空（每空0.5分，共5分）If you go to Egypt, you will see the f_1_ pyramids. The b_2_ of all is the Great Pyramid. It is about 137 m_3_ high and made of over two million big stones. E_4_ stone is about 2.5 tons. It t_5_ more than 100,000 men twenty years to build. Nobody can tell how the men built it w_6_ our modern machines.The Egyptian kings had the pyramids built for t_7_. They thought they had tombs strong enough to k_8_ their bodies well u_9_ they could come back to life.But they had never thought that about 5,000 years later their bodes would be o_10_ show in the museum.1_ 2_ 3_ 4_ 5_6_ 7_ 8_9_10_八、回答问题（共5分）答案11