江苏省南通第一初级中学2024-2025学年下学期八年级英语第一次月考试卷

2024-2025南通第一初级中学初二英语下学期第一次月考 二、单项选择 （每小题1分，共10分） 21. Which sentence is the most suitable for the blank in the text? __________ She goes cycling twice a week and often goes mountain climbing on Sundays. She learns baseball on Saturdays, and now she plays it very well. A. Lucy’s favourite sport is cycling. B. Lucy likes sports very much. C. Lucy is a good mountain climber. D. Lucy does well in playing baseball! When you walk through a storm Hold your chin up high And don’t be afraid of the dark At the end of a storm is a golden sky And the sweet silver song of a lark 22. Read the lyrics（歌词）of a Broadway musical called Carousel. Its theme is about __________. A. the beauty of nature B. difficulties in life C. the weather of a day D. hopes for the future 23. -- I will miss my family when I go abroad for further study this autumn. -- Don’t worry. You can __________ them by email. A. come up with B. get along with C. make friends with D. keep in touch with 24. -- I’m going to Dalian for my May Day holiday and I have __________ a seaside hotel. -- Really? The air is fresh there. A. booked B. bought C. had D. prepared 25. Nothing in the world is __________ if you set your mind to do it. A. impossible B. wonderful C. interesting D. necessary 26. -- Is Liu Jun fit for the job? -- Wait a moment. I’ll tell you __________ what I think of it. A. correctly B. highly C. exactly D. nearly 27. The idiom（成语）“Mengzi’s mother makes three moves” tells of a mother who did all she could to provide the best __________ for her child. A. experience B. instruction C. environment D. information 28. Read the sentence “I think they’re not coming since they haven’t replied to the inviation.” The underlined word “since” is used to __________. A. show time B. express a result C. show a cause D. give an example 29. The Xiaomi SU7 has become popular recently, but some people are still worried that the electric power might __________ when they’re driving. A. run out B. cut out C. set up D. give up 30. -- How did you like your trip to Hong Kong? -- _________. And it was a pity that I couldn’t stay there longer. A. Nothing could be worse B. It was just fantastic C. A terrible experience D. We found it with my parents’ help 三、完形填空（本题共15小题，满分15分） 请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 Once a farmer had a fight with his neighbour. During the fight, the farmer got so angry that he said many bad and ____31____ words to his neighbour. After some time, the farmer ____32____ his mistake and wanted to take his words back but didn’t know ____33____ to do. Just then, he got to know that a saint（圣人）was ____34____ his village. So, he decided to go to the saint and ask for the ____35____. He went to the saint and told him ____36____ and asked him to tell him a way to take his words ____37____. The saint said to the farmer, “First, go and collect a lot of feathers in a(n) ____38____ basket and then keep in the middle of the village and go home.” The farmer did so and the next day he went to see the saint again. The saint said, “Now go and bring those feathers to me.” The farmer went to get those feathers, but when he got there, all the feathers had ____39____ away because of the wind. The farmer returned to the saint with his hands ____40____ and told him, “I couldn’t bring back those feathers because there was none left in the ____41____ as they were all blown away by the wind.” The saint told him, “The same thing ____42____ to the words spoken by you. You can ____43____ say them but cannot take them back even if you want to. Before saying something bad to someone in ____44____, you should always remember that your words can never be taken back. Therefore it is better to keep ____45____ in the situation.” Words can hurt others. So always think before you speak. 31. A. happy B. special C. important D. rude 32. A. remembered B. realized C. complained D. continued 33. A. what B. when C. where D. who 34. A. searching B. checking C. visiting D. changing 35. A. answer B. excuse C. exercise D. example 36. A. something B. everything C. nothing D. anyone 37. A. down B. away C. off D. back 38. A. closed B. locked C. open D. old 39. A. run B. flown C. walked D. washed 40. A. full B. clean C. dirty D. empty 41. A. basket B. school C. room D. pocket 42. A. agrees B. adds C. happens D. donates 43. A. carefully B. easily C. slowly D. properly 44. A. trouble B. danger C. fear D. anger 45. A. relaxed B. angry C. silent D. happy 四、阅读理解（每题2分，满分30分） 请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 A It’s time for a trip in Guangzhou on the city’s first sightseeing bus! Good news! Six double-decker sightseeing buses were put into use early this year! They are all British style, showing a special taste. They are all painted in orange. It means wishes for “lucky”. They are designed to be environmental-friendly. The buses are 10.6 meters long, 2.55 meters wide and 4.2 meters high. To the convenience of the passengers, the shortest distance（距离）from the bus to the ground is only 15 centimeters high, so it won’t be difficult for the old and children to get on the bus. There is one tour guide on each bus. They explain the places of interest on the route of the bus. The route Zhujiang Water Park — Sun Yat-sen University — Guangzhou Tower — Yuejiang — Pazhou — Huangpu Village The route is 11.7 kilometers long and has nineteen bus-stops. On the way of the route, you can change to subway Line APM, Line 3, Line 4 and Line 8. More information Work hour: 7:00 am to 9:00 pm, every thirty minutes. Ticket: Three yuan for each person. Children can get on the second floor of the bus only when an adult is by his/her side. 46. The color orange for the buses means __________. A. good luck B. good health C. good family D. good job 47. It’s easy for the old to get on the bus because __________. A. the driver will help B. there is an elevator C. they have wheel chairs D. the bus door is quite close to the ground 48. Which of the following is NOT mentioned? A.You can take the bus at 9:00 am. B. A child’s ticket price is half of an adult’s. C. The buses are not bad for the environment. D. You can change to subway on the way of the bus route. B One day, a woman bought a parrot（鹦鹉）from a pet store. However, the woman decided to send the parrot back to the store the next day. “This bird doesn’t talk.” she told the pet store owner. “Does he have a mirror?” the owner asked. “Parrots enjoy watching themselves in it.” So the woman bought one and left. The next day, she came back, saying that the bird still didn’t say anything. “How about a ladder（梯子）? Parrots love ladders.” the owner said. The woman bought a ladder and left. But the next day, she went back a third time. “Does your parrot have a swing? No? Well, once he starts swinging, he’ll talk a lot happily,” the owner said. The woman then bought a swing and left. When she walked into the store the next day, she began to cry and said sadly, “The parrot died.” The pet store owner was surprised at what she said. “What? I’m sorry. Tell me, did he ever say anything?” he asked. “Yes, right before he died,” the woman answered in a low voice, he asked me weakly, “Don’t they sell any food at that pet store?” Sometimes we forget what’s really necessary in life. We sometimes have lots of things to do at once, but we forget to do with the most important things first. We have to remember to “feed the parrots” in our lives. 49. The passage most probably comes from the __________ column（专栏）in a magazine． A. science B. sports C. story D. health 50. The parrot died because __________. A. he couldn’t fly in the sky like others B. he couldn’t enjoy himself in the mirror C. the woman gave him nothing to eat D. the woman was angry and killed him 51. The story follows the order of __________. a. the woman went back to the store b. the store owner gave her advice c. the woman bought a parrot from a store d. the parrot asked a question and died A. a-c-d-b B. c-a-d-b C.c-a-b-d D.d-c-a-b 52. The woman went back to the store for __________ times. A. one B. two C. three D. four C You may charge（充电）your phone every day, but do you clean your phone as much? Whatever your hands touch, your phones touch. It has been discovered that some phones have 18 times more bacteria and viruses（细菌病毒）than any surface in a public restroom. So it won’t surprise you that a 2011 University of London study found that one in six of our phones have bacteria and viruses on them. The research on bacteria and viruses led to the invention of PhopeSoap. It is not actually liquid（液体）. It is a phone charger that uses the electromagnetic radiation（辐射）to-kill 99.9 percent of bacteria and viruses, cleaning your phone while it charges. “Certain types of bacteria and viruses are really on our phones,” says Wes Bamer, the PhoneSoap founder. “It would be the fastest, most powerful way to kill them.” PhoneSoap looks like a little metal suitcase. Your phone rests in to charge and get cleaned at the same time. Instead of plugging your phone into the wall, you’d plug it into the PhoneSoap charger box. The process only takes a few minutes but, Barnes says, “The idea it that you can leave it in there overnight if you want to keep charging. And it cleans the phone fully.” The founder found the right companies and then started shipping the product in late November. By last week’s International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, PhoneSoap was very popular with people. The founder has left his present job and is selling PhoneSoap without a stop. “We sell out PhoneSoap every day, and we will try to provide enough PhoneSoap” Bamnes says, “It’s been a great challenge.” 53. We can learn from the first paragraph that __________. A. phones can be very dirty B. phones are where bacteria are born C. most phones are attacked by bacteria D. phones store more bacteria in a restroom 54. According to the passage, PhoneSoap __________. A. takes a whole night to kill bacteria B. deals with bacteria with radiation C. is a kind of liquid D. has to be plugged into the wall to work 55. From the last paragraph, we can infer that __________. A. PhoneSoap is in great need now B. PhoneSoap is really hard to use C. they won’t produce enough PhoneSoap D. they’ll make improvements to PhoneSoap 56. What’s the passage mainly about? A. Methods of cleaning phone. B. Tips on charging phones quickly. C. A phone charger keeping your phone clean. D. Soap killing harmful bacteria on phones. D You eat to stay fit and keep your body working, right? Then reading is food for your mind and soul. Reading informs you of what’s happening around. Reading encourages you to think and imagine, think out of the box and imagine the impossible. In the past, people just read books, only books. Today, we have books online, which makes reading easy. The web, our new storehouse of information is just a click away. But this in no way has stolen the magic of reading books, the sound of their pages’ flutter（翻页）and their smell...You can lie in bed with a book, but with a computer you possibly can’t. No matter how you read, reading is important. Remember those bedtime stories? We read fun facts about animals, plants and the universe. We ask “whys” and “hows”. In books, we find their answers. Children who are introduced to reading at an early age are seen to have a better understanding of phonics（语音学）. They master language skills easily, have a richer vocabulary and have greater reading abilities. Children, who grow up reading good books, mostly stand out. The way they think and act is very different from those who have never been introduced to reading. Reading not only adds to their knowledge but also shapes their personalities. Reading has a great influence on one’s life. Teenagers are easily influenced by whatever they read. If inspirational stories and life experiences are read in one’s teens, they can change a person for the better. They stay with him and keep encouraging him to achieve his goals and choose the right against the wrong. The more you read, the more creative and imaginative you will become. Reading develops vocabulary（词汇）, improves language skills and sharpens your problem-solving abilities. It leads to a better understanding of self. Reading gives you knowledge, it makes you more confident. The more you read about others’ lives and experiences, a better decision-maker you will become. Reading about the importance of reading should lead you to read more, and more, and more. So choose a book you like and don’t stop reading until you reach the end. And even after that read as much as you can. 57. According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE? A. Teenagers should think and act differently from others. B. Parents should tell their children stories every day. C. Children should start reading at a young age. D. Students should find answers to their questions in books. 58. In Paragraph 2, the writer wants to tell us that __________. A. reading online can’t take the place of reading paper books B. reading paper books is less interesting than reading online C. reading paper books is no longer a pleasure to people D. reading online can’t be difficult for people 59. What can we infer（推断）from the passage？ A. No people read paper books now. B. What children should learn first is phonics. C. What children read may affect their future. D. More practice makes reading easier. 60. What’s the best title for the passage? A. What should teenagers read? B. Why is reading important? C. How is reading ability improved? D. When should children start reading? 五、信息还原 （每题2分，满分10分） What would you do if your home computer breaks down? _____61_____ However, there are some basic things that you can do to try to solve the problem on your own. Here is a simple guide for you. Check the connections（连接）. The smartest thing that you can do when you run into a computer problem at home is check your connections. Many network problems are as simple as a bad connection. They can be solved quickly. Begin by restarting your router（路由器）. _____62_____ If this doesn’t solve the problem, check additional connections, like the ones to the power source. Restart your computer. Turn your computer off and on again. _____63_____. Many simple computer problems can be solved in this way. Pay attention to error（错误）messages. Error messages are very important for solving computer problems. _____64_____ This way, you can look them up online later using your smartphone. You will also be able to talk to a computer repairman with better accuracy. Do some simple tests. Search online for a list of things that could be the root（根源）of your problem. _____65_____ Once you’ve found the cause of your problem, you can do further research to try to solve it. You can also tell your computer repairman your findings so that he or she will find the ways more easily to fix your broken machine. A. In most cases, your computer will correct itself. B. Many people would feel helpless. C. Write them down as they appear. D. We can solve most of the computer problems we meet. E. Test each of them, one by one, to rule out unlikely ones. F. Check all network cables（线缆）, both those to the router and those to the computer. 61. _________ 62. _________ 63. _________ 64. _________ 65. _________ 六、词语运用（10分） Heading for Ohio from Kentucky, I was enjoying the ____66____(beautiful) of the Appalachian Mountains when a big piece of coal flew from a truck onto my road. There was a great noise, and soon I was on the side of the road with a flat. I had changed tires（轮胎）before, but I had no tire that ____67____(match) the small jack in my car. As I stood there complaining about my bad luck, an old gentleman in a car pulled up and motioned for me to follow ____68____(he). Some might not believe in a ____69____(strange) at that moment, but I didn’t have much choice. I followed him to his house, where I met his ____70____(love) wife. As he changed my tire outside, she poured some coffee and we sat in the kitchen ____71____(chat) and laughing. Their ____72____(kind) didn’t end there. Since my spare was good only for a short drive, the man had me ____73____(follow) him into a repair factory. Although it was hot, he ____74____(quick) put on a new tire. After ____75____(pay) not much money, I was back on the road. Sadly, I never learned their names or even what town I was in. But US Route 23 in north-central Kentucky has a special place in my heart. It’s not just because of its beauty, but also because of the people who live along it. 66. _________ 67. _________ 68. _________ 69. _________ 70. _________ 71. _________ 72. _________ 73. _________ 74. _________ 75. _________ 七、首字母填空（10分） Building a country is never easy. But how about making one disappear? A new report said a long time of climate change could do that. It a____76____ said Tuvalu would be the first country to be completely lost because of climate change. Tuvalu, a Pacific i____77____ country with many small islands, is near Australia, lying in the South Hemisphere（南半球）and there are only 12,000 people in this country. Now, 40 percent of the area in its capital is underwater. They don’t want to lose their country, so they plan to build a new o____78____ in the metaverse（元宇宙）. It is a digital country that only shows online. No matter where Tuvalu pcople live in the real world, they will still have their nationality and “live” in its o____79____ country. For example, if a Tuvaluan misses the beautiful butterflies and the soft wind in their hometown, he can enter their digital country online and enjoy them. This news made people in Tuvalu e____80____. But Li Zuxi, a director of the metaverse lab, said, “Though the digital country belongs to Tuvalu, it’s built on a metaverse platform（平台）. Now, the metaverse is not perfect, which may bring some p____81____. He gave us an example. If someone from other countries enters the space of the digital country, how can the system tell if the person truly belongs to that country. In several similar s____82____, the safety of this digital country can’t be made sure of.” H____83____, many island countries disagree with Li Zuxi. They say that building a digital country may be new, but this is the only way for people in those island countries to be connected. Why not have a t____84____? Actually, whether people will build it or not, saving the real world and creating a better living e____85____ should be paid the most attention to. 76. _________ 77. _________ 78. _________ 79. _________ 80. _________ 81. _________ 82. _________ 83. _________ 84. _________ 85. _________ 八、任务型阅读（10分） A rooster（公鸡）is shown washing a mahjong tile（麻将牌）with the Chinese character “Fa”. This work was created by Zhang Mingxiang, 26, also known on social media as “Wo Shi Chao Ren CR”. It reminds people of the popular Chinese phrase “gongxifacai”, through a clever use of homophony（谐音）. Zhang skillfully mixes traditional Chinese painting skills with the use of homophony. His creativity has got him over 1 million followers on Bilibili. The unique style was not found in one stroke（一笔）, however. “I grew up with picture books,” Zhang said. “The more I read, the more I want to draw myself.” Without any professional training, he used to draw by himself in the classroom during his middle school years. The inspiration（灵感）to focus on cute animals hit him in 2018 after he saw people selling Chinese calligraphy on Douyin. “The black and white seemed a bit boring to me,” Zhang said. “I remembered the cartoon books I read as a child. Suddenly, images（形象）of cute animals came to mind, and that’s when I found my inspiration.” Once, he was trying to draw a Chinese story about Wu Song fighting a tiger. Then an idea hit him: Why not draw five squirrels, which could be referred to as “wu song”? Since then, he has begun to use homophony in his wordplay. Now, Zhang also creates different kinds of cultural products showing his artwork including T-shirts. He hopes that his unique style and intellectual property will go abroad and win the hearts of people around the world some day. 86. How many followers does he have on Bilibili? 87. When did Zhang have the inspiration to focus on cute animals? 88. What made images of cute animals come to his mind? 89. How did Zhang express Wu Song? 90. How do you like Zhang Mingxiang? 九、句子翻译（10分） 91. 我们过去一起打牌下象棋。（used to） 92. 整个乘坐过程我们尖叫着大笑着。（scream, laugh） 93. 澳大利亚的季节和我们的是相反的。(opposite) 94. 她和她的父母亲出国已经十年了。（abroad, for ten years） 95. 在寒冷且下雪的日子攀爬高山或者小山是危险的。（it...to climb...） 十、书面表达（20分） 科技的进步带来了旅行方式的变化。假如你是李华，请你根据下面的信息谈谈你喜欢的其中一种旅行方式并阐述理由，同时对这种旅行方式提出你认为不足的地方。 Travelling around the real world Travelling on the Internet Get knowledge of history and geography Experience（体验）the local culture and customs Enjoy beautiful views and make new friends Relax the body and mind Disadvantages...（自拟1-2点） Any place with the Internet A flexible（灵活的） timetable No exhausted（疲惫的）journey Safe and relaxing Disadvantages...（自拟1-2点） 注意：1. 内容涵盖所有要点，可适当发挥；2. 词数90左右，已给出的词不计入总词数： 3. 文中不得出现真实个人信息。 With the development of technology, we can travel not only in the real world but also on the Internet. I would like to _______________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ 初二年级英语集中作业答案 二、单项选择（每小题1分，共10分） 21-25 BDDAA 26-30 CCCAB 三、完形填空（每小题1分，共15分） 31-35 DBACA 36-40 BDCBD 41-45 ACBDC 四、阅读理解（每小题2分，共30分） 46-48 ADB 49-52 CCCD 53-56 ABAC 57-60 CACB 五、信息还原（每小题2分，共10分） 61-65 BFACE 六、词语运用（每小题1分，共10分） 66-70 beauty matched him stranger lovely 71-75 chatting kindness follow quickly paying 七、首字母填空（每小题1分，共10分） 76-80 also island one online excited 81-85 problems situations However try environment 八、任务型阅读（每小题2分，共10分） 86. Over 1 million. 87. In 2018 after he saw people selling Chinese calligraphy on Douyin. 88. The cartoon books he read as a child. 89. By drawing five squirrels. 90. Clever and creative. 九、句子翻译（每小题2分，共10分） 91. We used to play cards and Chinese chess together. 92. We were screaming and laughing through the ride. 93. Australian seasons are the opposite of ours. 94. Her parents and her have been abroad for ten years. 95. It is dangerous to climb the mountains or hills on cold and snowy days. 十、书面表达（20分） With the development of technology, we can travel not only in the real world but also on the Internet. I would like to travel around the real world. I prefer traditional traveling because it allows me to experience the local culture and customs, enjoy beautiful scenes, and make new friends. Face-to-face communication is also an important part of traditional traveling, which helps me to better understand the local people and their way of life. However, traditional traveling also has its disadvantages. It can be tiring and time-consuming, and sometimes it’s not safe to travel to certain places. In contrast, traveling on the Internet is more flexible and convenient, and it doesn’t require a lot of physical effort. However, it lacks the authenticity and depth of experience that traditional traveling offers. -1- 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$