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2014年春学期八年级下英语第二次月考试题
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第一部分 英语知识运用（共三节，满分35分）
第一节 词语释义（共5小题，每小题1分，满分5分）
( )1. Excuse me, where is the closest clothing shop?
A. best B. friendliest C. nearest D. cleanest
( )2 The girl often keeps an eye on her sick grandmother at home on weekends.
A. looks for B. looks after C. take care D. plays with
( )3Look out, David! A car is coming.
A. Don’t run B. Walk fast C. Be careful D. Take care of
( )4. Li Yunding is a famous Chinese pianist.
A. good B. great C. big D. well-known
( )5. Laura became a skating champion when she was ten.
A. ten years old B. at the age of ten C. for ten years D. ten years ago
第二节 单项填空（共20小题，每小题1分，满分20分）
( )6 --- How was your school trip?
--- .
A. it’s pretty good B. OK C. It was great D. That sounds interesting
( )7 He was at home .
A. last night B. tomorrow C. now D. in two days
( )8. Mary was born the evening of January 1st, 1996.
A. in B. on C. at D. for
( )9Did you had fun in the rain last Sunday?
A. camp B. camping C. camped D. to camp
( )10. There is a supermarket “The moon”.
A. called B. call C. calling D. to call
( )11. --- Were there any sharks at the aquarium?
--- No, .
A. they wasn’t B. they didn’t C. there weren’t D. there wasn’t
( )12 --- has he been here?
--- For over two years.
A. How B. How long C. How much D. How far
( )13. The boy is young go to school.
A. very, to B. too, to C. to, too D. so, to
( )14. We have worked for a long time. Let’s stop a rest.
A. to have B. having C. has D. had
( )15. She said she was going to find a ?
A. part tome job B. part-time work C. part-time job D. part time-job
( )16. --- What beautiful shoes you’re wearing! They must be expensive.
--- No, the shoes only me 10 yuan.
A. spent B. took C. paid D. cost
( )17There a football game this afternoon.
A. will have B. is going to be C. has D. is going to have
( )18. He is going to a pilot when he up.
A. do, grow B. do, grows C. be, grow D. be, grows
( )19. I’m going to move .
A. interesting somewhere B. somewhere interesting
C. interesting anywhere D. anywhere interesting
( )20 To be engineer is my dream. I’m going to study very .
A. an, hard B. a, hard C. an, hardly D. a, hardly
( )21. --- Who washed the dishes on the table
--- Lily .
A. was B. did C. had D. would
( )22 --- Could you please sweep the floor?
--- .
A. Yes, I can’t B. Sorry, I can C. Yes, sure D. I don’t know
( )23. My sister is very hard-working. She is not only good at her subjects but also she often helps my parents .
A. do the dish B. do chores C. do laundry D. do homework
( )24. Tom is of the three.
A. the funnier B. funniest C. the funniest D. the most funny
( )25. The Chinese farmer are getting .
A. rich and rich B. rich and richer C. richer and richer D. more and more rich
第三节 完形填空（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）
Bill Gates 26 on October 28th, 1955. He 27 in Seattle, Washington. his favorite subjects at school were science and math. 28 he was 13 years old, Bill started to play with computes. Computers at that time 29 very large, but he was interested 30 it. He 31 lots of time doing unusual things with computers. In the end, he and some of his friends worked out a software program（软件程序）with an old computer. He 32 it for ＄4,200 dollars. In 1973, Bill 33 Harvard University（哈佛大学）. He left there in the third year to work for a company called Microsoft. In 1975 Bill began his company 34 his friend Paul Allen. They developed software for personal computers. They improved（改进）the software to make it 35 for people to use computers.
( )26. A. is born B. was born C. did born D. born
( )27 A. grow B. grew C. grew up D. has grew up
( )28. A. At B. Until C. When D. At the moment
( )29 A. is B. are C. was D. were
( )30 A. at B. in C. on D. for
( )31. A. took B. put C. paid D. spent
( )32. A. sell B. sale C. sold D. bought
( )33. A. went B. went to C. want D. wanted
( )34A. and B. with C. for D. by
( )35. A. easy B. easier C. difficult D. more difficult
第二部分 阅读理解（共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分）
A
It was half past five in the evening when Sarah came home from work. She walked into the living room and looked at her three children. The children were fourteen, thirteen and nine years old. They were watching TV.
The room was dirty and untidy（不整洁的）.There were empty glasses and dirty clothes on the floor. There were cakes on the sofa. Toys were everywhere.
Sarah got angry. “ How dirty and untidy this place is! ” She said to her children. “ I can’t work all day and then do housework all evening. I’m not doing the housework!”
And so, Sarah didn’t do the housework. She didn’t clean. She didn’t do the dishes, she didn’t wash the clothes. Every evening she sat in the sofa and watched TV.
Two weeks later, every dish in the house was dirty. All the children’s clothes were dirty, too. Every trashcan was full. The whole house was dirty and untidy.
Then one day Sarah got very surprised when she came back from work. The kitchen
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was clean. The children has cleaned the kitchen.
The next day, the living room was clean, and the children were washing their clothes.
Sarah told the children. “ OK, I’ll do housework again. But you must help me. ”
Now Sarah and her three children do the housework together. Then they all sit in the sofa and watch TV.
根据短文内容，判断以下句子的正误。对的在题前括号内填“T”，错的填“F”。
( )36 Sarah has three children.
( )37. She was unhappy to see the dirty and untidy room.
( )38. One day Sarah got home to find the children cleaning the kitchen.
( )39 After Sarah did the housework again, the children stopped doing it.
( )40. The children finally learnt that they should share（分担）the housework.
B
Many people have to work on the weekend. Some people do not mind. Other people think it is terrible（可怕的）.
One man thinks that working on the weekend can be dangerous. He is Graham Coates. Mr. Coates works in an office in Brighton, England.
On Saturday, May 24th, 1986, he went to the office to do some work. When he got on the elevator（电梯）, it stopped between floors. Mr. Coates could not get out of the elevator. He started to shout, but no one heard him. Then Mr. Coates remembered that it was a holiday in England. No one was going to come to work until Tuesday.
There was nothing for Mr. Coates to do. He had to wait until one of co-workers came to work and found him. With nothing to eat or drink, Mr. Coates ended up sleeping for most of the time.
Early on Tuesday morning, the vice president（总统）of the company came into work and found the elevator was not working. When the elevator was opened, Mr. Coates came out cold, weak, and tired. He had been in the elevator for 62 hours!
Now Mr. Coates says, “I only use elevator if they have telephones in them.”
根据短文内容，选择正确答案，并将其代号填入左边的括号内。
( )41. Why could Mr. Coates not get out of the elevator?
A. It was broken. B. It was the weekend.
C. It was in an office. D. It was a holiday.
( )42 In the elevator, there was no .
A. food B. water C. telephone D. all of the above
( )43. What did Mr. Coates do in the elevator?
A. He shouted. B. He waited. C. He slept. D. All of the above
( )44 How long was be in the elevator?
A. For 62 hours B. On Sunday. C. For the weekend. D. Never
( )45. Who helped him get out of the elevator?
A. His co-worker. B. His office. C. His mother. D. The elevator.
C
Before you go to another country, it is great help if you know the language and some of the customs（风俗）of the county.
When people meet each other for the first time in Britain, they say “ How do you do?” and shake hands. Usually they do not shake hands when just meet or say goodbye. But they shake hands after they haven’t met fot a long time or when they will be away from each other for a long time.
Last year a group of German students went to England for a holiday. Their teacher told them that the English people hardly shake hands. So when they met their English friends at the station, they kept their hands behind their backs. The English students had learned that German people shake hands as often as possible. So they put their hands in front and got ready to shake hands with them. It make both of them laugh.
根据短文内容，选择正确答案，并将其代号填入左边的括号内。
( )46. It is if you know the language and some of the customs of the country.
A. not useful B. not helpful C. very helpful D. very bad
( )47 English people usually shake hands when they .
A. meet every time B. meet for the first time
C. say goodbye to each other D. say hello to each other
( )48Usually English people don’t shake hands when they .
A. when they will be away for a long time B. when they say “ How do you do?”
C. when they just meet or say goodbye D. after they haven’t met for a long time
( )49. Which is right（正确的）？
A. German people shake hands as often as possible.
B. English people like shaking hands very much.
C. German people hardly shake hands
D. Neither English people nor Germans like shaking hands.
( )50 This story is about .
A. shaking hands B. languages C. customs D. languages and customs
第三部分 写作（共三节，满分35分）
第一节 根据句意，用括号中所给词的适当形式填空。（共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分）
51 The pretty girl the first prize in yesterday’s singing competition. (win)
52. It rained yesterday. , I took an umbrella. (lucky)
53. The fish can’t live water. (with)
54 Many come to China every year all over the world. (visit)
55. She is an girl because she could swim when he was four. (usual)
第二节 将下列句子中的汉语部分译成英语，注意使用适当的形式。（共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分）
56 David Beckham is a great British .（足球运动员）
57 On school days, we often our homework.（从事，忙于）
58 Working hard is of great important, but you must do some exercise to keep fit.（同时）
59. Last weekend, we went hiking. It was tired, but we all reached the top of the mountain.（最后）
60 My sister is going to be a student at an in Pairs.（艺术学校）
第三节 书面表达（满分15分）
Everyone has his own dream. Do you have a dream? What are you going to be when you grow up? And what will you do to make it come true?
美好的梦想成就远大的理想，让我们一起放飞自己的梦想，成就我们的未来，成就我们的理想。以“My dream”为题，写一篇小文章谈论自己的理想，和为实现理想打算要做的事，词数不能少于60－80词。