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2023-2024学年八年级上学期12月第三次月考(泰州卷)
英语
注意事项:
1.本试卷分第一部分选择题和第二部分非选择题,满分120分;时间100分钟;
2.答题前,考生务必将自己的学校、姓名、班级、考场号、考试号、座位号用0.5毫米黑色墨水签字笔填写在答题卡相对应的位置上,并用2B铅笔认真正确填涂考试证号下方的数字;
3.答选择题时必须用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑.如需改动,请用橡皮擦干净后,再选涂其他答案;答非选择题必须用0.5毫米黑色墨水签字笔写在答题卡指定的位置上,不在答题区域内的答案一律无效,不得用其他笔答题;
4.考生答题必须答在答题卡上,答在试卷和草稿纸上一律无效.
一、单项选择 从下列每题所给的四个选项中, 选择一个最佳答案。 (共10小题;每小题1分, 满分10分)
1.— What do you think of _________ nature reserve you visited last week?
— It’s great. It is ________ ideal home for wildlife.
A.the; a B.an; an C.a; an D.the; an
2.—Who is the man over there? Is it Mr. Wu?
— It ________ him, but I am not quite sure.
A.may be B.maybe C.is D.must be
3.Jiangsu Province is ________ the east of China, and Japan is ________ the east of China.
A.in; to B.to; in C.in; in D.on; to
4.We young people are doing what we can ________ our environment and wild animals.
A.protect B.protecting C.to protect D.protected
5.—What did he do to help the poor family?
—He ________ much food ________ the poor family during the hard time.
A.provided; to B.provides; with C.provided; with D.provided; for
6.—What’s the matter, Mary?
—As a true friend, I can see the sadness in her eyes, ________ everyone else believes the smile on her face.
A.while B.because C.before D.until
7.—I think cycling isn’t as exciting as climbing.
—That’s because you can’t ride well. ________, both of them are interesting.
A.In the beginning B.In fact C.As a result D.At last
8.The number of the volunteers in our city ________ 2,000. And sixty percent ________ teachers and students.
A.is; is B.is; are C.are; is D.are; are
9.With the help of his classmates, he ___________the difficult maths problems easily.
A.gave out B.acted out
C.put out D.worked out
10.—My mother says that we won’t go on a trip to Malaysia because it is too dangerous.
—______. You were looking forward to it.
A.Never mind B.Don’t worry about it
C.Enjoy yourselves D.What a pity
二、完形填空(共15小题;每小题1分, 满分15分)
阅读短文,从每题所给选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
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