广东省东莞市东华初级中学2023-2024学年八年级下x学期英语月考试卷

2023一2024学年第二学期八年级英语单元过关测试题 (考试时间75分钟满分90分) 一、语法选择（本大题共10小题，每小题1分，共10分） Every day assooaCora Castle goes back home,she will serhfor informationa website called Fuel Up to Play 60.The website asks people to eat 1 and do enough exercise.The 14-year-old girl records what activities she has played2 that day. In fact,Castel's classmates are doing the same thing as Castle.If the website finds heir habits unhealthy,it will give them some advice such as eating more vegetables,running and so on.The owner of the website says he hopes these students can learn to take care of 3 rough the website.If they do something good,the website will give them a star.4 helpful wesite it is! Castle's health teacher set up5 competition to see which student could get nost stars Castle 6 thirty stars three days ago.7 people ask Castle why she likes th food and activities,she says,"We should 8 our best to keep healthy. It's interesting to see all of the different choices that we have.""There is lots of badood in our meals,"Bartlett,one of the 9 of Castle's said."This helps all of us to eat 10 food than before,"another student added.Are you interested in the website? ()1.A.healthy B.healthily C.health ()2.A.in B.at C.on ( )3.A.they B.them C.themselves ( )4.A.What B.What a C.How ()5.A.a B.an C.the )6 A.got B.is getting C.gets ()7A.Because B.Before C.When ()84y B.to try C.trying )9A.classmate B.classmate's C.classmates )10.good B.better C.the best 二、完形填空（本大题共10小题，每小题1分，共10分） Dear Sir or Madam, I don't like doing chores.But Ihave no choice()but to do them because doingchores is a 11 in our family.When I come back from school,my mom always says, “Coule you12 the rubbish?"or"Could you help me with 13?"I know she's just trying to make me more 14 and teach me how to take care of myself.But why does she make me do all the h sework? OK.Iknow I am the oldest and I should do chores.But it's15 for me.My sister should do them,too. Yesterday I did all the chores again.My parents went to visit my aunt wilmy16 yesterday momning.They left me 17 at home because I had to do my homewok. When I finished my homework,I found it was really a 18at home.They didn't do any hores.SoI cleaned the rooms,19 the dishes and watered the garden.Oh!I must 20 aervant( A).What should I do?Ihate doing chores all alone.Could you give me some advice please? John ( )11.A.dream B.rule C.business D.match ( )12.A.put off B.throw down C.take out D.tumn on ( )13.A.cooking B.dancing C.teaching D.running ( )14.A.1azy B.excited C.lonely D.independent ( )15.A.hard B.unfair C.strong D.heavy ( )16.A.sisters B.brothers C.cousins D.grandparents ( )17.A.alone B.quickly C.quietly D.clearly ()18.A.job B.matter C.problem D.mess ()19.A.bought B.borrowed C.carried D.washed V ( )20.A.look for B.look at C.look like D.look through 三、阅读理解（本大题共10小题，每小题2分，共20分） A Dear neighbors, Next Saturday is the Volunteer Day of our community().Here is the plan 7:30a.m Meet at the Community Center for breakfast. 8:00a.m.-8:30am Decide which of the following organizations you'd like to work for.You can begin thinking about what you may want to do now. Happy Homes:It provides home repairs for people in need. Elder Care:It sends volunteers to old people's home.Volunteers can play games with the old people there or talk with them. City Parks Association:It needs volunteers to help plant flowers and pick up trash( in city parks.These are outdoor activities,so remember to bring some drinking water. Love and Learning:It helps disabled children.Read books out loudly to groups of children and help them with their homework. 8:30a.m.-9:00am Meet the other volunteers who are in the same organization and ride with them to your activity site(地点). 9:00a.m.-12:00pm. Work as a volunteer. 12:00p.m.-1:00p.m Share lunch with your volunteer group. 1:00p.m.-3:30p.m. Go on with your volunteer work until finishing all work. 3:30p.m. Get on the bus that will take you back to the Community Center.You can talk with other volunteers and share your experiences. To know more information, please call 718-3847.We are looking forward to your joining. Central Community ( )21.What do volunteers working for Happy Homes do? A.They repair something. B.They clean up homes C.They visit old people's home. D.They care for children at home alone. ( )22.What does a person need to bring if he or she chooses to work for City Parks Association? A.Some bread B.Some drinking water. C.Ahat. D.Some flowers. ()23.How will volunteers go to their activity sites? A.By bike. B.By car. C.By bus. D.On foot. )24.When will volunteers finish their work? A.At 1:00 p.m. B.At 1:30 p.m. C.At 3:00 p.m. D.At 3:30 p.m. ()25.Why does the writer write this passage? A.To ask people to do Volunteer Day activities. B.To show the importance of volunteering. C.To describe a volunteering experience. D.To tell people how to be a volunteer. B Sam has to do some housework every day.For example,on Mondays,Wednesdays and Fridays, he has to sort()all the rubbish into different kinds and take it out.That's because his parents think it's good for the environment.He also cleans his own room once a week.Sometimes he even has to look after his little sister.On weekends he always washes his father's car. Sam has a foreign friend at school.His name is Kumar.Doing chores in Kumar's family is diverse.In the house,only the girls do housework.His sisters make all the beds and clean all the rooms,too.His mother always cooks the meals,and his sisters help her go shopping and cook the food.His sisters work hard at home and do all the chores with their mother.So when Kumar talks to his friend Sam about chores,he feels lucky. One day,Sam had an idea.He asked Kumar,"Could I borrow your sisters?He wanted them to help him clean his room,but Kumar's sisters didn't agree.Instead,they asked Sam to teach their brother how to do housework so that Kumar could make his own bed. Sam and Kumar are good at science.They dream of becoming scientists in the future.They want to make robots to do housework.Then everyone will be happy because they don't need to do housework. )26.What does Sam always do on weekends? A.He always takes out the rubbish. B.He always cleans his sister's room. C.He always washes the car. D.He always looks after his little brother. ( )27.What does the underlined word "diverse"mean in Paragraph 2? A.Difficult. B.Normal. C.Different. D.Same. ( )28.Who does housework in Kumar's family? A.Kumar's grandparents. B.Kumar's father. C.Kumar and his sisters. D.Kumar's mother and sisters. ()29.Why do Sam and Kumar want to make robots in the future? A.Because they want to be scientists. B.Because they want to make money. C.Because robots do housework quickly. D.Because robots can help them do housework. ()30.What is the passage mainly about? A.The way of making robots. B.The daily life of Sam and Kumar. C.The difficulties of doing housework. D.The school life of Kumar's sisters. 四、单词拼写，请根据句意及中文提示用单词的正确形式填空，每空一词。（本大题共10小 题，每小题1分，共10分) 31.The policeman asked all of the (乘客)to get off and waited for the next bus.. 32.Children shouldn't play with (刀子)，they're dangerous for them 33.He made a (决定)to cut off his right arm to save his life. 34.People have (强烈的)feelings about how to take care of homeless cats and dogs. 35.I love animals and having a dog at home is an (令人激动的)dream for me.. 36.Members can (five books from the library at any one time. 37.Doing housework is not a (of the students time,it can improve their living skilIs. 38.If you (something somewhere,you should put it back where it was. 39.When you want to ()with your parents,it's right to sit down and talk about your feelings with them. 40.Let's go out to play soccer on a (多云的)day 五、翻译句子.（本大题共5小题，每小题2分，共10分） 41.他应该去看医生，因为他发烧了 42.她尽全力去帮助妈妈干家务。 43.你能放学后和我一起出去吃晚餐吗？ 44你为什么不和父母出去散步呢？ 45.对很多学生来说，与他人相处融洽是不容易的。 六、短文填空（本大题共10小题，每小题1分，共10分） 请从方框内选择适当的词并用其正确形式填空，使文章完整连贯。注意每空一词，每词仅用 一次，有两词为多余项。 relation old compete worry hang money spend he the when on interest Dear Abby, Im a helpless mother.My son is 15 years old and studies in Junior Three.I find out that he grows 46,we talk less.I feel very 47 and really need help. My first problem isabout his hobbies.He much time on come games.Assoon as he gets home,heayu4thmurcothe door and lcks oherouHyynftheueforimethumovng mhat itget worse,sec50his English eacheroeht ewayfailed nhEnglish exam and sometimes felt sleepy in class.' Secondly,it seems that he is 51 in the new technology )However,to be honest,I don't have enough 52 and I can't afford (all the things he wants. Recently,Ive found that53 seems tobeways alone.I've never seen him talk t his friends on the phone or 54 out with anyone on weekends.That is 55 latest problem I have.Do all the boys behave()this way?What should I do to help him?A helpless mother 46. 47. 48 49. 50. 51. 52. 53 54 55. 七、读写综合，（本大题分为A、B两部分，共20分） A.回答问题（本题共5小题，每小题2分，共10分） 请阅读下面短文，根据所提供的信息，回答5个问题。要求所写答案语法正确、语义完 整切题，并把答案写在横线上。 Mothers often do all kinds of things for their families and their kids.And they have little time for themselves.But do you know how much time they spend on different kinds of things in their daily lives?A new study shows the daily timetables()from 100 mothers.From the timetables,we know something amazing. The mothers spend 70 hours a week doing chores and looking after their families. They spend more than ten hours cooking,cleaning the house,getting children ready for school and helping with homework every day.Cooking needs about one hour and nine minutes a day.Washing the clothes takes about 61 minutes.Mothers also spend about 55 minutes getting children ready for school,about 53 minutes helping them fall asleep and about 47 minutes helping with their homework.However,mothers with children under 16 get less than six hours'sleep at night.83%of the mothers are not happy because they have less than an hour of their own time every day.Only 17%are happy with this kind of life. Our mothers are busy and tired every day,so we should do something to show our love to them. 56.Who are the daily timetables from? 57.What do the mothers spend 70 hours a week doing? 5 58.What takes the mothers about 61 minutes to do a week? 59.How many mothers are not happy? 60.Why should we do something to show our love to our mothers? B.书面表达（本题10分） 为了响应国家劳动教育的号召，提高同学们劳动的积极性，培养自我生活的独立性，你们学 校正在开展主题为“我爱做家务”的英文演讲比赛。请你根据以下思维导图内容提示写一篇演 讲稿。 我爱做家务 爱做家务的原因 一次做家务的经历 我的感受 1.帮助父母休息 1.上周五，我比父母早到家 父母容易有幸福感 2.… 2 3. 注意： (1)可在思维导图内容提示的基础上适当拓展信息， (②)不能照抄原文：不得在作文中出现真实校名和学生的真实姓名。 (3)语句连贯，词数80左右。作文的开头和结尾已经给出，不计入总词数。 Hello,everyone.I enjoy doing housework.