2009年3月八年级月考试卷

初二英语3月月考试题

Part 1 Vocabulary and Grammar

Ⅰ. Complete the sentences with proper words according to the given meanings. The first letters

are give（根据括号内的英语解释，填入所缺的单词，首字母已给出） (5%)

1. Daisy f___________( stopped moving suddenly) in front of the audience when she made a

speech for the first time.

2. Tomorrow is National Day. We should give the school a ____________ (complete) cleaning. 3. ---Will she come with me?

--- Yes, I s____________(think) she will go with you.

4. Because the water from the mountain is not mixed with anything else, it is p__________(not

polluted by any industrial wastes) and sweet. 5. Scientists are doing research to make cars r______________ (let a chemical, gas, etc. flow

out) fewer harmful gases into the air.

Ⅱ. Fill in the blanks with the given words in their proper forms （用括号内单词的适当形式填入空格） (8%)

1. “Tony, you should do your homework!” said his mother loudly; the voice sounded

____________(patience).

2. Some old people are used to doing morning exercises ____________(day).

3. Fruits and gold are the most important ______________ of South Africa. (produce) 4. I prefer to see animals living in their ______________state. (nature) 5. A modern 40-storey building will_____________ the old houses. (place)

6. Trees are very important to us because they produce oxygen which keeps us

___________(live).

7. He sat ____________ in the sofa, enjoying his tea. (comfortable)

8. Dolphin can communicate with each other by producing a great kind of ___________(noisy) Ⅲ. Choose the best answer（选择最恰当的答案）(20%)

( ) 1. The guide wondered what the woman tourist meant __________ saying that? A. for B. by C. with D. to ( ) 2. No one could live _________ water for a few days. A. with B. without C. by D. for

( ) 3. I’d like to book a room with a good _______ so that I can enjoy the wonderful scenery

of the sea.

A. view B. flat C. drain D. plant ( ) 4. Water is more valuable than gold. We ________ waste it. A. needn’t B. mustn’t C. need D. must

( ) 5. It’s not _______ for the young people to understand the works of Shakespeare. A. easy B. easily C. difficult D. difficulty

( ) 6. The government warned some factories ____ the water again, or they will be punished.

A. pollute B. to pollute C. not pollute D. not to pollute

( ) 7. Our earth will be ______ if we go on cutting down millions of trees every year. A. in great danger B. danger C. dangerously D. out of danger

( ) 8. The son thanked his mother ______ helping him ____ his lessons and he gave his

mother a kiss.

A. for…with B. with…in C. of… about D. on…at

( ) 9. At the top of the high mountains, there is very _______ oxygen in the air. A. a little B. a few C. little D. few ( ) 10. A: I’m sorry. I left your MP3 in the classroom. B: ______. I will fetch it later.

A. All right B. That’s all right C. You’re right D. That’s right ( ) 11. She works _______, but she ____ goes to bed very late.

A. hardly… hard B. hard… hardly C. hard… hard D. hardly… hardly ( ) 12. The photos always make me ____ the trip to the UK.

A. to remember B. remembering C. remembered D. remember ( ) 13. We must learn how to protect ourselves ____ danger in our daily life. A. of B. with C. from D. for

( ) 14. We are trying our best to make Shanghai ____ to welcome tourists . A. busier B. more convenient C. noisier D. more beautiful ( ) 15. The engineers add ___ chemicals to the water to test its use. A. a little B. little C. a few D. few

( ) 16. Beijing has ____ many buses that there is often a traffic jam in rush hours. A. so B. very C. too D. much

( ) 17. We are going to have a picnic. We’ve got ___ bread, fruit and water, but we’ve got

only _____ sweets and chocolates.

A. a lot of; a few B. much; much C. many; many D. a few; a lot of ( ) 18. Who ____ this paint brush _____?

A. does; belong to B. is; belong to C. is; belonging to D. has; belong to ( ) 19. The soup tastes ____ and we all want to have some more. A. delicious B. deliciously C. nasty D nastily ( ) 20. There _____ too much snow last month. A. was B. were C. is D. are

Ⅳ. Rewrite the sentences as required (根据要求完成句子) (20%)

1. She went to sleep after she brushed her teeth. (保持原句意思不变)

She ________ go to sleep _______ she brushed her teeth .

2. The waterfall speeds down the mountain to the lake.（根据时间状语改写句子)

The waterfall ________ _______ the mountain to the lake many years ago. 3. Trees not only cool the air but also clean it (保持原句意思不变)

Trees cool the air _____ ______ _____ clean it. 4. Trees are very important. (改为感叹句)

________ important the trees _______ !

5. There were almost no people in the street then. (保持原句意思不变)

There were ________ _________ people in the street then. 6. You need 100 ml tomato sauce. (对划线部分提问)

_________ _________ tomato sauce do we need?

7. Let’s save water and never waste it, (改为反意疑问句)

Let’s save water and never waste it, __________ ________?

8. We should drink eight glasses of water every day to keep healthy. (对划线部分提问)

_________ ________ we drink eight glasses of water every day? 9. There are a few swimmers in the pool. (保持原句意思不变)

There are _______ ______ swimmers in the pool.

10. Susan usually has two eggs for breakfast. (对划线部分提问)

_____ ______eggs does Susan usually have for breakfast?

Part 2 Reading and Writing

Ⅰ. Reading comprehension（阅读理解）: A

We are paying more attention to many environmental problems than before. One of them is the water shortage（短缺）. Long time ago, we didn’t notice that we were in a situation that the water on the Earth was less than before, and the problem was continuing.

Until recently, we have started to acknowledge(承认) that we should make an effort to save water. Saving water from every single person is important. That is why we should save water at home. If every one of us saved water at home, the water saved would be a huge amount. And I have some suggestions: we could recycle the water we just used to wash clothes, to water the plants or to flush the toilet. When we wash our hands, we could turn the tap off when we put soap on our hands, etc.

Tell whether the following statements are True or False.（判断下列句子是否符合原文意思，符合的用T、不符合的用F来表示，填在括号内） (5%)

( ) 1. Water shortage is one of the environmental problems we are facing now. ( ) 2. Long time ago we realized that we didn’t have enough water ( ) 3. We have started to know that we should try our best to save water. ( ) 4. Saving water at home only means recycling the water we used. ( ) 5. We should turn off the running tap when we put soap on our hands. B

There are many kinds of trees, but they are alike in some ways. All trees have trunks（树干）. All trees have branches. All trees have leaves or needles. All trees have roots. Trees have many shapes. Some trees look like a circle. Some trees look like a triangle.

All trees have trunks. The trunk of a tree gets bigger as it grows. All trees have branches. The branches grow from the trunks. All trees have leaves. The leaves of all trees do not look

alike. Many trees lose their leaves in the fall. They grow new ones in the spring. The needles stay green all the time. When the needles fall off, some new needles grow. All trees have roots. The roots help hold the tree in the ground. The water from the soil goes into the roots to help the tree grow. All trees have seeds. They do not all look alike. New trees grow from the seeds.

Some animals use the seeds for food. Some animals make their homes in the trunk of a tree. Birds make their home on the branches of a tree. Trees can keep us cool. It is much cooler to sit in the shade of a tree than it is to sit in the hot sun. Many trees are cut down for us to use. We use the wood in our fireplace so we can keep warm. We use the wood to make paper We also use the wood from trees to build houses. Children use trees for fun, too. Choose the best answers: (6%)

( ) 1. Trees are alike because they all have _____.

A. trunks, branches, roots, leaves and needles. B. Trunks, branches, shapes, roots and leaves C. Trunks, branches, roots, leaves or needles D. Trunks, branches, sizes, shapes and roots. ( ) 2. _____ grow from the trunks.

A. The leaves B. The roots C. The branches D. The needles

( ) 3. Which shape of trees is not mentioned in the passage?

A. Circle B. Square C. Triangle D. Both A and C ( ) 4. People use the wood from trees to _____.

A. build houses B. have their seeds C. make needles D. stay cool ( ) 5. The underlined word fall in the second paragraph probably means _____. A. spring B. summer C. autumn D. winter

( ) 6. Which of the followings is TRUE, according to the passage?

A. Trees use the soil for food. B. Birds use the seeds for home. C. Children use trees for fun. D. The leaves of all trees look alike Ⅱ. Cloze test（空档填充）;

A. Read the passage and choose the best words or expressions to complete the passage（选择最恰当的答案，填入空档内） (6%)

Air pollution influences our health in many ways. Young children and the old often suffer from air pollution. People with (1) ______ problems may also suffer more when the air is polluted. Air pollution can do harm to people’s eyes, nose and (2) _____ . Air pollution can also lead to lung cancer, heart disease, and even be (3) ____ for the brain! In the great London fog in 1952, 4,000 people (4) ____ in a few days because of air pollution! It is said that half a million people die each year in India because of indoor air pollution!

Remember to open windows for 15 to 30 minutes every day. Turn off the (5) _____ when it is not too hot or cold and (6) ____ environment-friendly products. ( ) 1. A. Maths B health C. difficult D. different ( ) 2. A. hands B. feet C. mouth D. throat

( ) 3. A. bad B. good C. excellent D. important

( ) 4. A. arrived B. disappeared C. died D. cried

( ) 5. A. lights B. air-conditioners C. radios D. TV sets ( ) 6. A. design B. create C. use D. take

B. Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words （用合适的词填入空档内，首字母已给）(7%)

Do you know water clocks? It was a very old kind of clock. It could be used on cloudy days, at night and in the rooms. Such clocks were probably first used in Egypt about 2000 B. C. It was also used for many y____1_____ in Arabia, India, China and all of Europe.

The simplest water clock needed just two parts--- a small bowl and a large bowl. The small bowl had a very small hole in the b____2_____; the large bowl was with the lines as marks(标志). First they filled the small bowl with water. Very small drops of water f____3___ slowly down into the large bowl. Usually it took an hour for the water to rise from one line to the n____4___ in the large bowl.

A beautiful water clock was made in Persia（波斯） over one thousand years ago. It was a present to the Emperor（帝王） of France. This water clock could be h____5_____ as well as seen. The face of the clock was made up of twelve doors, each door was for an hour. Every hour a door opened, and the proper number of balls d_____6____ onto a plate to strike（敲） the hour. At twelve o’clock, twelve figures o____7_____ the horseback would come out and closed all the doors. This was probably one of the first striking clocks.

1. y_____ 2. b________ 3. f_________ 4. n________ 5. h________ 6. d_________ 7. o_______ Ⅲ. Read the passage and answer the questions（回答问题） (5%)

Millions of years ago, there were lots of trees on the earth, because summer lasted all year round. A forest covered the earth like a green carpet.

What was that forest like? It is not difficult to find out, because parts of that ancient forest still stand. It is known as the rain forest. Here, even in fine weather water drips through leaves. One of the largest rain forests is in South America. It covers about a million square miles. All the trees are very tall. The young trees are up to 60 feet high. But it is not easy for some to grow taller, because very little sunlight reaches them.

The grown-up trees are about 60 to 120 feet high. Some are even taller. The tallest trees can be 200 or more feet high.

In this forest of all trees, animal life as well as plant life is also very rich. At different heights live different animals. By the many noises they make you know where they are. 1. Why were there lots of trees on the earth millions of years ago?

___________________________________________________________________ 2. Nowadays, parts of the ancient forest are still alive, aren’t they?

_____________________________________________________________________ 3. In fine weather, water can drip through the leaves of trees in rain forest, can’t it?

____________________________________________________________________ 4. How high are most of the young trees in the rain forest of South America?

_____________________________________________________________________

5. How do you know there are different animals in different heights of the forest?

_____________________________________________________________________

Ⅳ. Translate the following phrases into English according to the Chinese meaning(根据括号内的中文完成句子) (10%)

1. Don’t forget to ____________________________ (关灯) when you leave.

2. Computers can store ________________________________(大量信息)information.

3. Although they live in different countries, they often _____________________________(互

相交流) by phone or e-mail.

4. Eating more vegetables and fruit will ____________________________(使我们保持健康). 5. Three trees __________________________ (能起到…作用) 15 air conditioners running

almost all day.

6. Simon _______________________ (对… 感兴趣) outdoor sports such as running and

walking.

7. Don’t worry, there is ____________________(一点时间) left.

8. Bill ate _______________________(太多辛辣食物) and he had a stomachache. 9. _______________________(多少笔记本) are there in your schoolbags?

10. Judy __________________________________(采访雷博士), a scientist, about trees at the

moment.

Ⅴ. Writing (8%)

Use “Save paper, save more trees” as a title to write a short passage at least 60 words（根据提示，以““Save paper, save more trees”为题写一篇作文，至少60字）

Suppose you have used one side of a piece of white paper, will you throw it away or make

good use of the other side of the paper?

1. Do you often use paper? What’s your paper used for? 2. What’s the importance of saving paper?

3. How do you get into the habit of saving paper? Save paper, save more trees

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