江苏省常州市钟楼区田家炳初级中学八2022-2023学年八年级下学期第二次月考试卷

2022-2023学年常州市钟楼区田家炳初级中学八年级下第二次月考试卷（8BU5-8）

一、单项选择

1. --- I hear the teacher has chosen five of us as volunteers. You ________, right?

    --- Yes. Some of us are chosen, _______ Tom, Jim and me.

A. have included; including                    B. are included; including

C. are included; include                             D. have included; include

2. He is seen _______ the meeting room. Where has he gone?

A. leaving                      B. leave                C. to leave            D. left

3. A report says that the world's natural gas deposits(储存) _______ early in the next century.

A. will run out                     B. will be run out  C. will use up                      D. will be cleaned up

4. Jim is _______ tired _______ finish the work.

A. very; to                      B. so; that              C. too; to                D. too; not to

5. To them, the most important thing is _______ make much money, _______ get together.

A. not to; but                  B. not; but             C. not; but to             D. not to; but to

6. The poor woman _______ that the company couldn't afford _______ her work in the end. She couldn’t believe her ears.

A. told; paying for             B. was told; paying  C. told; to pay                      D. was told; to pay for

7. _______ of the children in the poor areas can't afford to go to school and _______ are girls.

A. Most; mostly            B. Most; most              C. Mostly; most     D. Mostly; mostly

8. --- Did the doctors save the boy?

    --- Yes. He _______ on the morning of May 10th. And now he is out of danger.

A. was operated             B. operated                 C. operated on        D. was operated on

9. This kind of pen _______ and is also very cheap. I think you can buy some.

A. writes well                B. writes good          C. is written well       D. is written good

10. You'd better buy some magazines before you get on the train. You will spend 24 hours _______.

A. in board                    B. in the board          C. on board              D. on the board

11. Smartphones can be used to _______ for information. But I am not used to _______ information on such a small screen.

A. search; reading         B. searching; reading   C. search; read          D. searching; read

12. --- Perhaps we can go to the home for the elderly to do some voluntary work.

      --- _______ We should give the elderly a warm hand as often as possible.

A. I can't agree more.        B. Do you think so?  C. Are you serious?         D. You must be joking!

 

二、完形填空

"Hey, how are you doing? I'm Courtney. What grade are you in? What's your favorite book? Elephant and piggy? Yeah, I got it."

If you think you have walked into a library with a ___13___ like that, you are exactly wrong. ___14___, you've entered the workplace of Courtney Holmes, know mas the Storybook Barbe(理发师).

Two years ago, this small town held its first yearly Back to School Party, offering needy families a ___15___ to learn about free resources in the community. Holmes, a warm-hearted barber agreed to take part. Though he was very busy, he chose to donate his ___16___ to give free haircuts to needy kids so that they'd look tidy on the first day of school. Suddenly, a(n) ___17___ went through his mind, "The kids should go on getting their free haircuts by having to read a book to me."

The idea was so interesting that he continued it for the next two years. Kids aged 5-10 would grab a favorite book, sit in the barber chair, and ___18___ while Holmes was snipping(剪). If they stuttered(结结巴巴地说) over a word, Holmes was there to ___19___.

After the haircut, they'd read the books, from the characters and vocabulary to the themes-just like in school, only more fun.

Holmes realized that not every ___20___ had the time to read with their kids. He had a talk with his neighbour Mr Smith, "You have four kids, and you are so ___21___ that sitting down and listening to them is the last thing you have time to do. Just bring in your kids and let them read to ___22___."

Holmes added, "I ___23___ the free snip-and-reads too. Last month, there was a seven-year-old boy, Bob, who tried hard to read through his book, stuttering over words, and then asked the boy to take the book home and practise. ___24___ the kid came back a few days later, he read it with no problems. That inspires(鼓舞)me."

13. A. surprise         B. question             C. greeting                     D. suggestion

14. A. As usual         B. In fact                C. In general                 D. Above all

15. A. job                B. thought              C. possibility                 D. chance

16. A. money          B. books                  C. time                           D. hair

17. A. courage        B. imagination         C. story                          D. idea

18. A. read aloud    B. have chats          C. have fun                    D. think hard

19. A. stop              B. beat                     C. help                          D. laugh

20. A. barber          B. neighbour           C. teacher                      D. parent

21. A. happy           B. busy                   C. worried                      D. energetic

22. A. me                 B. you                     C. us                                D. them

23. A. know           B. enjoy                  C. need                           D. join

24. A. Since           B. When                  C. Before                       D. Until 

三、阅读理解

A

We usually believe what our brain tells us, but there are some amazing facts which show that the brain tricks us. As a result, we think we can see something that is not actually there or we ignore(忽视) things that actually are there.

Scientists Daniel Simons and Christopher Chabris have researched this phenomenon(现象), which they call "change blindness". Their experiments show how we sometimes just do not see what is in front of our eyes because ___28___.

Here is one of their most famous experiments(实验). In this experiment, the participants were shown a video of two groups of people (one group in white T-shirts and one group in black T-shirts) who passed basketballs around in a hallway. Each group had three members. Simons and Chabris asked the participants to count how many times the white team passed the ball. While the two teams were passing their balls around, a person dressed up as a big bear walked through the group and stopped to look at the camera. Simons and Chabris found that about half of the research participants did not notice the big bear.

25. What do Daniel Simons and Christopher Chabris do?

A. Scientists.          B. Astronauts.              C. Engineers.               D. Directors.

26. How many people did the experiment need in the video?

A. Three.                B. Four.                        C. Six.                           D. Seven.

27. What percentage of the participants noticed the big bear?

A. Less than 25%.   B. About 50%.            C. About 75%.               D. Almost 100%.

28. Which is the most suitable to complete the last sentence in the second paragraph?

A. we are not interested in it

B. we are too confident to see it

C. we are depending on other people

D. we are paying attention to watching something else

29. What's the meaning of the underlined word?

A. 参观者                B. 路人                         C. 参与者                      D. 组织者

 

B

Peter was the richest in town. He had earned himself a bad name because he was too proud of his money. One day, Peter became blind. Only by doing a cornea transplant surgery(角膜移植手术) could he see again, but there was no donor(捐献者). Peter had to wait in the hospital sadly.

One afternoon, Peter wanted to sit in the sun, so he felt his way for the little square before the hospital. He raised his head to enjoy the sunshine. However, he saw nothing but the whole darkness.

Just as Peter felt hopeless, someone hit him hard all of a sudden. That angered Peter, so he shouted loudly, "Don't you