广东省广州市第八十九中学2023-2024学年八年级单元质量检测（10月月考）英语试题
初二年级 英语试卷
本试卷分第I卷和第II卷两部分，共90分。考试时间90分钟。
第I卷（选择题 共55分）
注意事项：
1、 答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、考号等信息填写在答题纸上。
2、 答案必须填写在答题纸的相应位置上，答案写在试题卷上无效。
一单项选择题 (每题0.5分，共10分)
1 The king and the old man __________ for a long time.
A. play the chess B. played the chess C. play chess D. played chess
2. --- Sam, you must be hungry. Would you like ________ to eat?
--- Yes, I want to have some noodles.
A. everything | B. something | C. anything | D. nothing |
3. The film star is going to spend __________ on a new dress for the coming party.
A. three thousand dollar B. thousands of dollars
C. three thousands of dollars D. thousands of dollar
4. His dream is to be a great ________ and have many ________ in the future.
A. inventor, inventors | B. invention, inventors |
C. inventor, inventions | D. invention, inventions |
5. --Can you make sure of ______ the visitors right now?
--Please give me five more minutes. There are ________ them.
A. a number of; the number of B. an amount of; a large amount of
C. the number of; a large number of D. the amount of; an large amount of
6. --- Is there ________ in today’s magazine?
--- Yes. A very rich man saw ________ “stay-home children” ________ May 25th.
A. anything special; hundreds of; on | B. something special; hundreds of; in |
C. special anything; hundred of; on | D. anything special; hundred of; in |
7. Most people now use their mobile phones ______ information on the Internet.
A. to get B. getting C. get D. got
8. --- What do you think of the latest film The Eight Hundred?
--- I think it’s as _____ as Me and My Motherland. They are both worth watching.
A. wonderful | B.more wonderful | C.most wonderful | D. wonderfully |
9. We should talk to each other ____ a polite way.
A. on B. in C. at D. to
10. She felt tired. ________, she washed all the clothes before going to bed.
A. But | B. So | C. However | D. And |
11. Mike is only 15 years old. He is not ______ to get a driver’s license.
A. old enough B. enough old C. young enough D. enough young
12. Everything _________ ready for his birthday.
A are B is C am D be
13. ---Excuse me, sir. Here’s a package for Chen Tao. Which room does he live in？
---__________.
A. 308 Room B. Room 308 C. The Room 308 D. The 308 Room
14. -- How many new words are there in _________ lesson?
-- There are only __________.
A. eighth; nineth B. the eighth; nine C. the eighth; ninth D. eight; the ninth
15. The coming School Arts Festival makes the students ________.
A. exciting B. excited C. excitedly D. excitingly
16. I bought ______ butter but I didn’t buy _______ bread.
A. any; some B. some; any C. some, some D. any; any
17. Good habit and hard work _______ success.
A. led to B. leads to C. lead to D. led for
18. If you don’t know the meaning of the words, you can look ____ in the dictionary.
A at them B after them C them up D up them
19. This army（军队） started from four to five________ soldiers.
A. hundreds of B. thousands C. thousands of D. thousand
20. The first Mars rover Zhurong(火星车) is____. It landed on the Red Planet on May
A.1.85-metre-long B. 1.85-metres-long C. 1.85 metre long D. 1.85 metres long
二、语法选择（共10个空格，每个空格0.5分；满分5分）
阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，从21—30各题所给的A、B、C和D项中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Who designed the first helicopter? Who __21__ the most famous pictures in the world? Who knew more about the human body than most people? There is an answer __22__ all these questions --- Leonardo da Vinci.
Leonardo may have been__23__genius in the world. He was __24__Italian painter,inventor, and scientist around the year 1,500, but many of his __25__ looked modern to us today. For example, one of his notebooks has drawings of a helicopter. Of course, he couldn’t __26__ a helicopter with the things he had. Scientists say his idea was great.
__27__ , Leonardo wasn't just an inventor. He was one of the greatest artists of his day. By the time he was twenty years old, people called him a master (大师) painter.As he got older, he became __28__ more famous.
Many of Leonardo's excellent paintings are still with __29__ today. You may know one of his most famous paintings the __30__ woman --- Mona Lisa.
21. A. paint | B. paints | C. painted | D. painting |
22. A. to | B. of | C. for | D. from |
23. A. great | B. greater | C. greatest | D. the greatest |
24.A. a | B. the | C. an | D. / |
25. A. invention | B. inventions | C. invent | D. invented |
26.A. makes | B. to make | C. made | D. make |
27. A. However | B. But | C. Or | D. Because |
28. A. very | B. much | C. hardly | D. little |
29. A. we | B. us | C. our | D. ours |
30. A. smile | B. smile | C. smiling | D. smiles |
三、完形填空（共10个空格，每个空格0.5分；满分5分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从31—40各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
King Akbar was in the habit of putting riddles and puzzles to his people. He often asked strange 31 . His people had to use words in a 32 way to answer these questions.
Once Akbar asked a very strange question. He looked at his people. 33 he looked,
one by one the heads began to hang low in search of an answer. It was at this moment that Bribal entered the palace. Birbal 34 the habit of the king. He understood the situation at once and asked, “May I know the question so that I can 35 for an answer?”
Akbar said, “How many crows(乌鸦) are there in the 36 ?”
37 even a moment’s thought, Birbal replied, “There are fifty thousand five hundred and eighty nine crows, My Lord.”
“How can you be so 38 ?” asked Akbar.
Birbal said, “Make your men 39 , My Lord. If you find more crows in the city, it means some have come to visit their relatives here. If you find 40 crows, it means some have gone to visit their relatives somewhere else.”
Akbar was pleased very much by Birbal’s wise answer.
31. A.questions B.help C.promises D.advice
32. A.common B.friendly C.clever D.silent
33. A.Though B.Because C.If D.As
34. A.knew B.developed C.hated D.doubted
35. A.ask B.wait C.try D.reach
36. A.country B.town C.world D.city
37. A.Before B.Without C.Through D.In
38. A.smart B.brave C.funny D.sure
39. A.catch B.discuss C.count D.visit
40. A.fewer B. larger C.faster D.older
三、阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分；满分30分）
A
Here are some pieces of information from an encyclopedia.
Protozoa
Protozoa are the smallest animals. We can’t see them, but they do a lot for us. Protozoa are useful for fish and other animals. Some protozoa are good for human beings by eating dangerous bacteria(细菌), but some parasites (寄生虫) make human beings ill. 
Fish
There are over 20,000 different kinds of fish. Some of them are very small, but some are big. For example, the whale shark is over 60 feet long. Most fish breathe through gills. Gills make them get oxygen in water. Most fish use fins and tails for swimming.
Amphibians
Amphibians have eggs in water, and young amphibians are like small fish. The tadpole lives in water. It has a tail and gills. So it can breathe under water. When it becomes a frog, it doesn’t have the gills or the tail, but then it has legs for walking on land. Most amphibians can both walk on land and swim in water.
41. The passage is about _______.
A. human beings B. plants C. animals D. water
42. _____can both walk on land and swim in water.
A. All amphibians B. Few amphibians C. Not all amphibians D. Every amphibian
43. What does the underline word “gills” mean in Chinese?
A. 尾巴 B. 心脏 C. 肝 D. 鳃
44. Which of the following is NOT TRUE?
A. Young amphibians are fish.
B. Most fish use fins and tails for swimming.
C. Fish and little amphibians have gills.
D. We can’t see protozoa because they are small.
45.which subject can you find this article from encyclopedia.?
A. Art B. History C.Science D. Music