江苏省2024-2025学年下学期八年级5月月考模拟英语试卷

2024-2025学年下学期八年级5月月考模拟试卷 一、单项选择 1. Why not leave the door ____ ? I think the air in the room smells bad. A. opening B. opened C. open D. to open 2. —Where did you go on holiday this summer holiday? America? —You are ____ . We went on a 10-day tour in Canada. A. correct B. clear C. clever D. close 3. —The secretary’s already on the way to the company, ____ she? — ____ . She was badly hurt in the accident and sent to the hospital. A. hasn’t；Yes B. hasn’t；No C. isn’t；Yes D. isn’t；No 4. —Excuse me, could you tell me ____ ? —Of course. It’s ten minutes’ ride from here. A. where is No. 1 Middle School B. how I can get to the Park C. how far my trip is to the library D. how long will it take me to the hospital 5. A lot of money ____ at the charity show, but the cost of living ____ a lot, so we still need to do much work to help the disabled people. A. was raised；has risen B. was raised；was risen C. rose；has risen D. rose；were raised 6. —Who can help me carry the heavy box? —I think Ted is ____ to do it. But the door is ____ for him to go through. A. too strong；too narrow B. so strong；narrow enough C. enough strong；narrow enough D. strong enough；too narrow 7. Don’t ____ too much from him. He is only a child. A. except B. hope C. expect D. dream 8. Printers ____ in that shop over there. They ____ well. A. are sold；are sold B. sell；are sold C. are sold；sell D. sell；sell 9. He hid himself behind the door to avoid ____ by his brother. A. to see B. to be seen C. being seen D. seeing 10. — ____ will the dinner be ready? —Ten more minutes. A. How much B. How long C. How soon D. How often 11. —The cars made in Germany are more expensive than ____ made in Japan. —Yes, I can’t agree more. But they’re much better. A. it B. that C. those D. ones 12. —Another person was hurt by the tiger in the zoo. —What a pity! That is a lesson to us: we must take rules ____ . A. quickly B. clearly C. carefully D. seriously 13. — I’m sorry to ____ on you, but there are one or two things I don’t understand. — It doesn’t matter. A. cut down B. cut out C. cut in D. cut off 14. —What should we do for the disabled children in the Children’s Home? —You’re supposed to ____ a study group to help them. A. take up B. fix up C. set up D. stay up 15. —I have tried to find a way to solve the problem, but failed. —Why not discuss with Tom? You see, ____ . A. Great minds think alike         B. Two heads are better than one           C. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush     D. It’s better to think twice before doing something 【答案】CDDCA DCCCC CDCCB 二、完形填空 Every day after school, little Joey came to Mr Dow’s store to look around. He loved to look at the pipes (烟斗). One pipe especially caught his __16__ . He imagined some day he would be a __17__ man and could smoke a pipe, just like this one. He looked around. __18__ was looking. He put the pipe in his hand. He just wanted to get the feel of it. Suddenly he heard footsteps behind him. He __19__ quickly. It was Mr Dow, the store owner. “Hello, Joey,” Mr Dow said. Joey struggled (挣扎) to answer but only smiled __20__ as Mr Dow walked away. Did Mr Dow see the pipe in his hand? Was he suspicious (猜疑的)? Joey’s thoughts became __21__ . Suddenly the store seemed very __22__ . He watched his feet begin to move and take him out of the store. Walking around in the street, he felt the cool air outside and it was good, yet he felt an emptiness inside himself, like one walking in his sleep. He pulled the pipe out of his pocket. Joey wondered if Mr Dow had __23__ the police. Perhaps the police were waiting for him at home. He could say he did not __24__ the pipe. No one had seen him do it. Still he himself would know that he did. Then, it was time to go home. His mother would look at him and she would know. She always knew. A hot tear ran down his check. He __25__ the way she said, “You are a little man now, Joey.” Thinking of it made him __26__ . “She trusted me,” he kept saying to himself. The pipe and his __27__ of growing up meant nothing. He knew what he had to do. And he was in a hurry to get it done. When he __28__ the store, Mr Dow was just inside the door. The big man smiled. Joey’s feet felt heavy. Suddenly, he held out the pipe. “Mr Dow,” he said, “I didn’t __29__ to take it.” “Thanks, Joey.” Mr Dow said __30__ . “How about staying around and helping me close up shop?” Joey felt Mr Dow’s big hand on his shoulder. And Joey felt his shoulders had become a little broader and stronger. 16. A. hand B. ear C. eye D. mouth 17. A. grown B. brave C. rich D. strong 18. A. Somebody B. Anybody C. Everybody D. Nobody 19. A. ran away B. turned around C. looked up D. fell over 20. A. weakly B. happily C. loudly D. excitedly 21. A. unlucky B. unclear C. unkind D. unnecessary 22. A. magical B. small C. wet D. warm 23. A. found B. interviewed C. called D. noticed 24. A. take B. buy C. afford D. see 25. A. enjoyed B. remembered C. forgot D. described 26. A. polite B. relaxed C. sad D. serious 27. A. decisions B. purposes C. problems D. dreams 28. A. reached B. searched C. opened D. broke 29. A. fail B. mean C. manage D. refuse 30. A. equally B. angrily C. easily D. gently 【答案】CADBA BACAB CDABD 三、阅读理解 A CHARITY BOOK DRIVE BY FAMOUS FIVE CHILDREN’S CLUB Give the gift of reading! The charity drive (慈善活动) is to support children at Grace Orphanage (孤儿院). Help develop and inspire (激励) our children through reading! 18th & 19th August 2025 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Room 202, Loyang Gardens Clubhouse Donate books suitable for children from 5 to 12 years old! All kinds of books Fiction, Nonfiction, Magazines, Comics, Textbooks, Picture books, etc. Do your part to help these children at Grace Orphanage. We believe you are willing to donate a few of your used books for the charity drive. You can write your name on your books and give them to the volunteers on duty. Not only that, you can also meet some famous people from Mat Yo-Yo children’s program on Youth Sports Channel of Otar Television. They will be giving a wonderful performance on Sunday, 19th August 2025 at 10:30 a.m. Don’t miss this great chance to meet our local performers! Thank you for your kindness! 1. The purpose of the charity drive for Grace Orphanage is to ____ . A. encourage children through reading B. teach children to draw pictures C. introduce some local performers D. raise money for children aged 5 to 12 2. According to the text, we can ____ in the charity drive. A. play yo-yo with the volunteers B. give away used books to kids C. watch performances on Saturday D. enjoy children’s TV programs 3. The text might be ____ . A. a news report B. a meeting notice C. an advertisement D. a science story 【答案】ABC B Every day, someone would knock on our door and ask for food. I didn’t want to share my food with them because after these “guests” finished the meal, only little food would be left. Everyone called them “askers”, but not Grandma. She always told me, “If your dad didn’t get the job in Florida, he could be someone like them.” Not my dad! He would never be untidy like that. Ray was the one to knock on our door today. The days were getting harder because we had not got money from Dad for months. But Grandma still offered Ray the best food. After lunch, Ray made a wooden cat and handed it to me as a gift. He smiled, “You can also find a sign of a cat on your mailbox. It means the family would be pleased to help.” That’s why so many askers knocked on our door! I came up with an idea. “What’s the sign that will make people stay away?” I asked. Ray drew three lines in the air. “It means it’s not a safe place.” After Ray left, I checked the mailbox. I washed the sign of the cat away and drew the symbol Ray showed me. That night, Grandma and I ate alone. I had much food, trying not to think about askers going hungry. “Chet.” Suddenly, I heard someone’s voice. I looked up and found it was my dad. “Dad! You’re back!” I cried. “Yes. I lost my job in Florida. It was a long and difficult journey for me to get back home.” Then Dad noticed Ray’s wooden cat. I told him all about the sign of the cat. Dad nodded, “I kept looking for those signs, too. These signs helped me a lot.” Looking at him in dirty clothes, I kept thinking about how many doors he had knocked on and what I had done to askers like Ray! I couldn’t say a word. When the sun came up, I ran out of the door and did what I knew I had to do. Soon the sign of the cat again showed a kind lady’s welcome. And this time, mine, too. 1. How did Chet feel about the guests at first? A. Unhappy. B. Afraid. C. Interested. D. Confident. 2. People drew the sign of the cat on mailboxes to ____ . A. ask for food B. welcome their family C. offer others help D. stop askers from visiting 3. Chet couldn’t say anything because he ____ . A. hurt the asker Ray badly B. saw his dad again after a long time C. found his life got much worse D. felt sorry for washing away the sign 【答案】ACD C The top-selling album (唱片), Songs of the Humpback Whale, was made public in 1970. This collection of nature recordings changed the way many people thought about whales, and it helped save thousands of whales’ lives. The album might never have been made without a sound engineer named Frank Watlington. In the 1960s, Watlington was making underwater recordings when he noticed some strange, deep sounds. He realized they were coming from whales. Watlington played the recordings for a pair of scientists named Roger and Katy Payne. When they listened, they fell in love with these beautiful voices at once. Katy Payne studied music as well as animals, and she was greatly surprised by how the whales communicated using sounds like an opera (歌剧) singer. She also noticed another interesting fact: the sounds had clear patterns. According to scientists, an animal sound with a repeating pattern is called a song. Some scientists even compared these singing animals to musicians. The Paynes thought that other people should also hear the beauty of the whales’ songs. So Roger made the recordings into an album. At the time when the album came out, whales were often caught, killed and traded for money. Some kinds were even in danger of dying out. Most people had never thought that whales could communicate through songs. But after hearing the album, they began to think differently. The album led people to take action to save whales. Musicians began using whale songs in their music, and whales were included in movies and television shows. In 1982, a ban to stop deep-sea whaling was made. Before it, in the 1950s and 1960s, more than fifty thousand whales per year were killed. After it, the number went down below two thousand. It might seem impossible that just one album could help save the lives of so many whales. But this album told people secrets about whales that had long been hidden under the sea. It allowed whales to finally share their songs with the human world. 1. What is the purpose of the passage? A. To call on people to save whales. B. To tell how a good album was made. C. To show that whales are born singers. D. To introduce an album and its stories. 2. Who first found the special voices of the whales? A. A song recorder. B. An opera singer. C. A sound engineer. D. An animal scientist. 3. What fact about the whales surprised Katy Payne? A. They could talk with scientists. B. They could sing like an opera singer. C. They could repeat interesting sounds. D. They could communicate through songs. 4. Which is one of the values of the album? A. It successfully stopped deep-sea whaling. B. It helped people understand whales better. C. It made some music and movie stars popular. D. It encouraged musicians to work with scientists. 【答案】DCDA D By April, I thought myself quite set indeed. My home was next and I even had an accidental farm. I shot birds and goats. I saved one goat, and it became a pet. I was in my cave one day when the roof began to fall down. I was very frightened and ran out and over the fence. As soon as I was out, I realized that an earthquake was happening. The ground shook many times. A great piece tumbled down the mountain. My fear grew to my heart. Rock could fall on me at any moment. I thought all my work would be destroyed. The rumbling finally stopped, but still I sat on the ground. I was too frightened to return to my home. As I sat, the sky grew cloudy. Then, a terrible storm came. For three hours, the wind roared across the island. Then, it began to rain. It rained so hard that I had to go into the cave. It rained all night and much of the next day. As I waited out the rain, I knew I must move my home. As I checked the beach after the storm, I discovered that it had driven the wreck of my ship back to shore! I spent the next few weeks getting more wood from it. I found a turtle on the shore. It made nice change to my diet of goat and pigeon. This meal was the last pleasant time for weeks as I came down with a terrible fever. I had headaches and I seemed to rock between being icy cold and sweaty (出汗的) with fever. Though I did not die, I was weak for many days. After being so close to death, I turned to one of the Bibles I had rescued from the ship. I hope to find a passage to explain my life. None came, but I got power from it. By mid-July, I was strong and set out to explore the island. I found a small valley with fruit and good water. I was happy to built a small shelter there. 1. What frightened Robinson enough to run out of the cave? A. A. an earthquake B. A terrible storm C. A wild animal D. A bad dream 2. The underlined word “tumbled” in Paragraph 2 probably means “ ____ ” in Chinese. A. 蜷缩 B. 翻腾 C. 发抖 D. 震动 3. Which is the correct order according to Paragraph 2-3? a. The earthquake happened b. I ran out of the cave c. The rumbling finally stopped d. A terrible storm came A. a-b-c-d B. b-c-a-d C. a-b-d-c D. b-c-a-d 4. Robinson lived on the following food on the island, except ____ . A. goat B. pigeon C. parrot D. turtle 5. How did Robinson recover from the disease? A. By eating a lot of fruit. B. By sailing to the sea. C. By self-recovery. D. By reading Bibles. 【答案】ABACD 四、根据短文内容，从短文后的七个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，选项中有两项为多余选项。 A smile will tell people around you that you are a kind and friendly person. __1_______ For example, one of my classmates, Mile, doesn’t have very nice teeth, so that is why he seldom opens his mouth. __2________ So it is very important for us to look after our teeth. In fact, a lot of people have this problem. Some people inherit (继承) teeth problems from their parents, while others’ teeth are damaged because of bad habits, like heavy smoking, eating too much sugar or not brushing teeth often. __3__________ They can help improve your teeth and tell you how to take care of them. Smiling can help you feel more confident and make other people think of you as a more friendly person. __4__________ An Indian doctor called Kataria said that young children should laugh about 300 times a day, while adults should laugh between 7 and 15 times a day. __5__________ A. If you want to keep healthy , you should not only smile but also laugh. B. What teeth problem do they have? C. If your teeth are in bad shape, you should see a dentist and ask for help. D. So please take this chance to smile and laugh now! E. Smile and laugh are different. F. However, many people don’t smile because they think they have ugly teeth. G. He even says that he has lost confidence because of his teeth. 【答案】FGCAD 五、阅读下面短文，在空白处填入一个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。 A tale of light and shadow Chinese shadow puppetry (皮影戏), or shadow play, may be one of __1__________ (ancient) arts using light and shadow. Show puppetry can be found all over China, especially in the countryside. Generally, it is a mix of many art __2__________ (form), including painting, music, open performance and story-telling. More than 2,000 years ago, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was very sad about the death of his favourite concubine (妃子). One day, a minister (大臣) happened __3__________ (see) children playing with dolls, whose shadows were lively on the floor. Then he had an idea — he made a puppet (木偶) of the concubine. As night __4__________ (fall), he invited the emperor to watch a puppet show. This story is believed to be the beginning of shadow puppetry. Show puppetry was widely performed in the Tang Dynasty, and was introduced into West Asian and European countries during Yuan Dynasty. The art form met __5__________ (it) heyday (全盛期) in the Qing Dynasty, when the puppetry was performed in almost every province. However, making puppets is not __6__________ easy job. They are __7__________ (main) made of the leather of animals, such as sheep. That’s __8__________ their Chinese name is piying, which means shadow of leather. The body parts of the puppets are cut separately __9__________ then joined together. During the performances, puppeteers hold the puppets __10__________ sticks connected to their most important joints, so that the puppets could be shown as “moving images” on the screens. They could be so lively that Chinese shadow puppetry is also famous as the “forefather of the films”. 【答案】the most ancient；forms；to see；fell；its；an；mainly；why；and；with 六、阅读与表达。 “What should I we call you?” I asked. “My name is Captain Nemo,” he told us. “The name of my ship is Nautilus.” Captain Nemo showed me the library, the art gallery and the engine room. “It’s a wonderful ship!” I exclaimed. “I love it as if it were my child,” he replied. “It must have cost a fortune!” “Millions of dollars,” he replied. “However, I have billions!” Ned Land and Conseil were as amazed at the ship as I was, but Ned was still interested in trying to find a way to escape. I told him that he should stop thinking about it for the moment. A few days later, Captain Nemo invited me and my friends to go hunting with him in the forests of Crespo Island under the sea. When returned to the Nautilus, we were tired but amazed by what we had seen during the trip. It was an amazing experience. When we entered the Torres Strait, the Nautilus hit a reef and stopped. We had to wait for the high tide to lift the Nautilus off the reef. We three were allowed to use Captain Nemo’s dinghy to go onto the island. We were excited. When we returned to the island the next day, we were attacked by savages. About one hundred savages followed us and tried to come into the ship. Captain Nemo didn’t worry about them. When they put their hands on the rail, they all fell back and ran away. Captain Nemo had put electricity into the rail. Anybody who touched it would receive an electric shock. One day, Captain Nemo asked me to follow him to another room and help one of his men. A man lay on a bed with a very bad head wound. I looked at it. “What happened?” Captain Nemo answered, “Something broke in the engine. A heavy piece of metal hit his head.” “He is going to die soon,” I said. “Nothing can save him.” Tears filled Captain Nemo’s eyes, and he asked me to leave. We sailed through a sea of milk and huge armies of shell sand, sometimes large crowds of sharks. I realized that I did not really want to escape. 1. What does the underlined word “fortune” mean in English? __________________________________________________________________ 2. What does the underlined “it” refer to? __________________________________________________________________ 3. Why did the savages fall back and run away when they put their hands on the rail? __________________________________________________________________ 4. According to the passage, how many times did “I” leave the Nautilus? __________________________________________________________________ 5. What do you think of Captain Nemo according to this passage? __________________________________________________________________ 【答案】 1. 词义猜测题。根据第6、7段“‘It must have cost a fortune!’‘Millions of dollars,’ he replied.（‘这一定花了一大笔钱！’‘几百万美元’他回答道。）”可知，此处划线部分fortune指一大笔钱。故填A large amount of money. / (A lot of ) Money. / Much money. 2. 代词指代题。根据第8段“Ned Land and Conseil were as amazed at the ship as I was, but Ned was still interested in trying to find a way to escape. I told him that he should stop thinking about it for the moment.（奈德·兰和康塞尔和我一样对这艘船感到惊讶，但奈德仍然有兴趣设法逃跑。我告诉他，他现在应该停止想这件事。）”可知，Ned一直想要逃跑，我告诉他现在不是想这个的时候，此处it指代上文提到的“trying to find a way to escape”。故填To escape. / (Trying) to find a way to escape. 3. 细节理解题。根据第10段“When they put their hands on the rail, they all fell back and ran away. Captain Nemo had put electricity into the rail. Anybody who touched it would receive an electric shock.（当他们把手放在栏杆上时，他们都往后退了，跑开了。尼摩船长已经给铁轨通了电。任何触碰它的人都会受到电击。）”可知，当他们把手放在栏杆上时他们都向后倒了然后逃跑了，因为Nemo船长给铁轨通了电，任何触碰它的人都会受到电击。故填 (Because) Captain Nemo had put electricity into the rail. / Because they received an electric shock. 4. 细节理解题。根据第9段“A few days later, Captain Nemo invited me and my friends to go hunting with him in the forests of Crespo Island under the sea.（几天后，Nemo船长邀请我和我的朋友一起去海底的克雷斯波岛森林打猎。）和第10段“We three were allowed to use Captain Nemo’s dinghy to go onto the island.（我们三个被允许使用Nemo船长的小艇上岛。）及最后一段“We sailed through a sea of milk and huge armies of shell sand, sometimes large crowds of sharks. I realized that I did not really want to escape.（我们驶过一片牛奶的海洋和大量的贝壳沙，有时还有一大群鲨鱼。我意识到我并不是真的想逃跑。）”可知，作者一共离开Nautilus三次。故填Three (times). 5. 推理判断题。题目问：根据文章，你对Nemo船长有什么看法？根据第10段“About one hundred savages followed us and tried to come into the ship. Captain Nemo didn’t worry about them. When they put their hands on the rail, they all fell back and ran away. Captain Nemo had put electricity into the rail. Anybody who touched it would receive an electric shock.（大约有一百名野蛮人跟着我们，试图上船。尼摩船长并不担心他们。当他们把手放在栏杆上时，他们都往后退了，跑开了。尼摩船长已经给铁轨通了电。任何触碰它的人都会受到电击。）”可知他富有、聪明，关心他的人。故填He was rich, clever and cared for his men. 第 1 页 共 12 页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$