江苏省无锡市丁蜀学区2017_2018学年八年级英语下学期第一次月考试题牛津译林版

江苏省无锡市丁蜀学区2017-2018学年八年级英语下学期第一次月考试题一．选择题（20）

( )1. ——When did you start to go to school? ——_____________.

A. For Two months

B. In two months

C. After two months

D. Two months ago

( )2.——Have you been to Hong Kong before?

——Yes, I _____ there in 1997.

A. have been

B. has been

C. went

D. have gone

( ) 3. New Year’s Day is coming. I will ________ Chongqing for the family get-together soon.

A. return back to

B. go back

C. return to

D. return

( )4---.What do you think of the model plane? ---Oh, I’ve never seen________.

A. the better one

B. a better one

C. the best one

D. a best one

( )5. - How _______ is it from Xi'an to Dunhuang?

- It's less than 3 _______ flight.

A. long; hour's

B. far; hour's

C. long; hours'

D. far, hours'

( )6. - Where is your father?

- He _______ Australia and he _______ Sydney for two weeks.

A. has been to; has been in

B. has gone to; has been in

C. has been in; has. been to

D. has gone to; has been to.

( )7. It’s almost eight years _______ we saw each other last time .

A. since

B. before

C. after

D. when

( )8. Never forget to visit_______ when you go to the USA, Lin Tao.

A. the Statue of Liberty

B. the Leaning Tower of Pisa

C. the Little Mermaid

D. the Tower Bridge

( )9. ---How clean the bedroom is! ---Yes, I am sure that someone ______ it.

A. cleans

B. cleaned

C. has cleaned

D. is cleaning

( )10. —My father’s just come back from work, __________?

— __________. He is having a rest in the room.

A. hasn’t he; Yes, he has

B. has he; No, he hasn’t

C. isn’t he; Yes, he is

D. is he; No, he isn’t

( )11. —________did Mr. Chen l eave his hometown ?

—He ______ for nearly twenty years.

A. When; has left

B. When; has been away

C. How long; has left

D. How long; has been away

( )12. When did your father_____ your mother?

A marry

B marry to

C marry with

D get married

( )13. —Do you mind if I turn up the radio? I can’t hear clearly.

—________, my baby is sleeping..

A. Of course not

B. Not at all

C. Better not

D. Never mind

( )14. All of us have been to the park ________ because both of you are ill at home.

A. except you and he

B. except him and you

C. except he and you

D. except you and him

( )15.Mo Yan is famous _______ a writer ________his articles in China.

A. as; for

B. as; by

C. for; as

D. by; for

( )16. Mary ______ to see the films because she ______ it twice.

A. won't go; saw

B. won't go; will see

C. won't go; has seen

D. didn't go; sees

( )17. —Have you finished your housework________, Lin Tao?

—Yes. I’ve done that________．

A. yet; already

B. already; yet

C. ever; never

D. still; just

( )18--Did you hear the strange noise next door around ten o’clock last night?

--No, I_______ my favourite TV programme in my bedroom.

A. watch

B. watched

C. was watching

D. am watching

( )19.I haven’t seen him for ________months. Where has he gone?

A. a little

B. a bit of

C. much

D. several

( )20.--Do you know Susan?--Of course. We______ friends since we______ at primary school.

A. have been; are

B. have made; were

C. have made; are

D. have been; were

二．完型填空（10）

One Saturday afternoon when I was surfing the Internet for an online tour, a net friend __1__a meaningful story with me. One day, three people were going out for travelling. One of them took a(n)__2__,one took a walking stick, and __3__one took nothing. When they got back home in the evening. they looked different. The person with an umbrella was__4__from head to toe as if he finished swimming just now. The one with a walking stick fell on the way and hurt himself__5__.However,the last one with nothing looked very well.__6__?The first two men felt very surprised. They asked the third man. “Why are you so good with nothing?” The third man smiled and __7__,“When the rain came, I tried to find a place to__8__from the rain; when the road was not good, I walked very carefully, That’s the __9__why I’m still good.” This story tells us that sometimes a sense of advantage(优越感)makes us __10__and no such sense usually reminds people of the bad things in our lifetime.

( ) 1.A. wrote B. shared C. told D. heard

( ) 2. A. keyboard B. mouse C. umbrella D. map

( )3. A. other B. others C. the other D. another

( )4. A. dry B. wet C. warm D. cold

( )5. A. worse B. badly C. good D. well

( )6. A. why B. what C. when D. where

( )7. A. asked B. spoke C. answered D. called

( )8. A. fly B. go C. hide D. walk

( )9. A. cause B. reason C. message D. course

( )10. A. careless B. helpless C. hopeless D. useless

三．阅读理解（30）

A

"Where is the university?" This is a question that many visitors to Cambridge ask. But no one can give them an exact answer, for there is no wall to be found around the university. The university is the city. You can find classroom buildings, libraries, museums and offices of the university all over the city. And most of its members are the students and teachers

of the thirty-one colleges(学院).

Cambridge was already a town long before the first students and teachers arrived 800 years ago. It grew up by the river Granta, and the river was once called the Cam. A bridge was built over the river as early as 875. So the town got its name "Cambridge".

In the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries more and more land was used for college buildings. The town grew much faster in the nineteenth century after the opening of the railway in 1845. Cambridge became a city in 1951 and now it has a population of over 100，000. Many young students in other countries expect to study at Cambridge. A large number of people from all over the world come to visit the university. It has become a famous place all around the world.

( )1.According to the passage, Cambridge University is made up of colleges.

A. 31

B. 15

C. 875

D. 800

( )2. From the passage, we know that .

A. the town grew much faster before 1845

B. the city had a population of 100,000 in 1951

C. many young students dream of studying at Cambridge University

D. Cambridge University has a history of more than 1, 000 years

B

Practicing yoga(喻伽)is a helpful, popular way to keep fit. It has many followers around the world. There are many kinds of yoga. You may have heard of "hot yoga" before. Now, in India, a new kind of yoga, water yoga, is becoming more and more popular among the local people.

In the city of Agra, people practice yoga in water. It is more difficult to practice yoga in water than on land. But practicing yoga in water can be good for your flexibility(灵活性).

Harish Chaturvedi，a lawyer, teaches people water yoga for free-even the poor people can learn from him. "Water yoga can become more popular than other Kinds of yoga，because the body does not get tired so quickly, " he said. "Everybody can learn to swim, but if they learn yoga at the same time, they will never feel tired."