江苏省常州外国语中学2023-2024八年级上学期10月月考英语试卷（含答案）考试试卷

2023-2024常州外国语中学八年级上学期10月月考试卷（含加卷）
一、单项选择(每小题1分，共15分)
1. My cousin is only _______ 8-year-old boy, but I believe him because he's _______ honest kid.
A. a; a B. an; a C. a; an D. an; an
2. ---_______ great time we have _______ the piano!
---Yes. I can be _______ at it this way.
A. What a; playing; well B. How; to play; good C. What; to play; better D. What a; playing; better
3. It's _______ to see so many places of _______ around the world.
A. interesting; interests B. interested; interest C. interested; interests D. interesting; interest
4. Your hometown is really nice! The air is as fresh as _______ of Sanya.
A. the one B. one C. that D. those
5. It was too cold outside. When the bus _______, we _______ at once
A. arrived; got it on B. arrived; got on it C. reached; got on it D. reached; got it on
6. Children like to play with snow. The harder it snows, the _______ the children will play.
A. happy B. happier C. more happily D. happily
7. You need to _______ the shopping list before you go to the supermarket.
A. look through B. look up C. look after D. look for
8. ---Did you enjoy _______ in Chengdu last week ---Yes, we had great fun there.
A. myself B. ourselves C. yourselves D yourself
9. The number of the men teachers in our school _______ becoming _______.
A. is; smaller and smaller B is; fewer and fewer C. are; smaller and smaller D are; fewer and fewer
10. ---Sally's hair is _______ than _______. ---That's why Sally looks like a boy student.
A. much longer; Millie's B. much longer; Millio C. much shorter; Millie D. much shorter; Millie's
11. Learning drawing _______ her several years and she also _______ much money on it.
A. took; cost B. took; spent C. cost; spent D. took; paid
12. Don't just believe the advertisement. The bicycle is _______ it says.
A. as good as B. not as well as C. not as good as D. as well as
13. Different from Englishmen, Americans use “_______” instead of “biscuit”.
A. soccer B. cookie C. yard D. truck
14. ---Can you give me some advice on bow to be slimmer ---Eat _______ meat and _______ cakes.
A. less; less B. fewer; fewer C. less; fewer D. fewer; less
15. ---Miss White, I'm afraid I have got low marks in the exam.
---_______, dear! Take it easy, I'm sure if you try your best, you will do better next time.
A. You're welcome B. Come on C.All right D. Great
二、完形填空（每题1分，共10分）
When I was a boy, we lived across a river from the main road next to a set of rail road tracks. The only way to our house was across a (16)_________. Our only neighbour, Frankie, lived in a(a) (17) _______ house on the hillside behind our home. His house, (18) _______, was over a hundred years old.
Frankie was nearly 80 years old when I was (19) _______. He was a first generation (代) Italian immigrant (移民) who never married. He worked on the railroad for over 40 years before retiring (退休), but still worked hard every day. I would watch him amazedly grow plants on hillsides. Frankie was smelly by today's standards (标准). He had no electricity (电) or running water and would bathe once a week with water he boiled. But I never seemed to mind the smell when I visited him. His English was so broken after all his years in America but I never had any trouble (20) _______ him.
Frankie also (21) _______ me in my spiritual (精神的) growth. He did this mainly by (22) _______. He never lectured (告诫) or taught. He just showed me how to live with honesty, kindness and goodness. He showed me the joy of nature, the peace that can come from just sitting outside on a sunny day.
When Frankie (23) _______, we found he had over 40, 000 dollars in the bank, from a lifetime of saving. It was sent to his brothers and sisters living in Italy.
We often wondered why he didn't use it to buy a better home and live more (24) _______. Looking back now, however, I know the answer. He had food, cover, clothes, and warmth both in his house and in his spirit. He (25) _______ nothing more to be happy in his life.
16. A. street B. board C. map D. bridge
17. A. open B. empty C. old D. dark
18. A. in fact B. at first C. above all D. as usual
19. A. taught B. born C. prepared D. educated
20. A. understanding B. finding C. believing D. knowing
21. A. hurt B. guided C. held D. stopped
22. A. nature B. choice C. order D. example
23. A. failed B. returned C. lived D. died
24. A. actively B. comfortably C. safely D. quietly
25. A. succeeded B. changed C. needed D. explained
三、阅读理解（师题2分，共24分）
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ProgramDetails Thursday evenings from 5:30 pm-7:30 pm, April 13 to May 4. Beacock Library (1280 Huron Street). Families must be able to attend all 4 sessions.
More information Please contact Emily Fowler at emily@lusocentreorg or call (519)452-1466.
26. How long does the session last
A. About 4 weeks B. About 2 months. C. About 2 hours. D. About 21 days.
27. Which statement is TRUE
A. Only students can take part in the program.
B. Fun ways are used to interest students in Math
C. The program charges (收费) nothing or the sessions but a little for meals.
D. Emily words for Beacock Library.
28. Where can the poster be seen
A. On a community notice board. B. On a school notice board.
C. On a library's wall D. In a newspaper.
B
How quickly can you finish a 50-meter run How long does it take for girls to complete the 800-meter race What about boys in the 1,000-meter race
Once there was a teenage boy who was known as a fast runner in his village. He only cared about winning every race and becoming more successful.
One day, the boy took part in a running race in his village. He won the 200, 100 and 50-meter races without any problem. He was proud of himself and received great applause (掌声).
But his grandfather stepped in and challenged (挑战) him to a race with two unexpected competitors, an old man and a blind girl. The boy thought it was unbelievable but accepted.
In the race, the boy finished first, while the old man and the blind girl were still at the starting line. With toy, he waved his hands at the crowd (观众). But they kept silent.
“Why are people not cheering for me like before ” he asked his grandfather.
“Start the race again with them. But this time, all of you should cross the finishing line at the same time," the grandfather replied.
The boy was surprised but agreed to the race.
During the second race, the boy took the hands of the old man and the blind girl and walked slowly with them to the finishing line. The crowd gave them a standing applause.
The boy asked his grandfather, "For whom are the people cheering Is it for me, or them " The grandfather smiled and said, “The crowd did not cheer for any one of you. They cheered for how you alll ran the race together".
Facing the race of life, what matters (要) is not just winning, but how you win the race.
29. How did the boy react (反应) when his grandfather challenged him to the race
A. He refused to take part in the race. B. He thought it was strange but agreed to race.
C. He kept silent and didn't take it as a real race. D. He thought his grandfather looked down on him.
30. What's the right order according to the passage
a. His grandfather asked him to a race with an old man and a blind girl.
b. the boy won the 200,100 and 50-meter races without any problem.
c. During the second race, the boy took the hands of the old man and the blind girl and walked slowly with them to the finishing line.
d. In the race, the boy finished first, while the old man and the blind girl were still at the starting line.
e. The crowd gave them a standing applause.
A. bcdea B. badce C. adceb D. dcabe
31. What does the writer want to tell us in this story
A. Winning races is the only way of success.
B. Effort (努力) in every competition leads to final success.
C. The importance of having unexpected competitions in a race.
D. The importance of how we run the race of life goes beyond (超过) winning.
C
Confucianism (儒家思想) has been followed by Chinese people for more than two thousand years. To help people understand how to behave towards others, Confucianism teaches the Five Constants (五常). These are ren, yi, li, zhi and xin. They are general virtues (美德) around the world. The most important two are ren and li.
Ren is the feeling of care and love we should have for others. Confucius explained ren could best be understood as loving others. He is famous for teaching people "What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others". It is quite similar to what is known in the West as the Golden Rule (treat others as you wish to be treated).
While the meaning of ren is easy to understand, li is a little harder to express. It can be thought of as duty or even respect. Generally, li is the way we should connect with people in our everyday life. In Confucian writings, discussions about li include the proper way to drink tea and how to remember ancestors (祖先). While ren is mostly about our opinions and feelings, li is about how we express our opinions and feelings towards others and towards the world around us.
Perhaps the most well-known Confucian virtue is xiao. This is the duty children have to their parents. Xiao means loving, respecting, obeying and taking care of one's parents in their old age. In Confucianism, xiao is important for a harmonious (和谐的) society: Without it, the whole world would fall into a mess.
32. Which are the most important of the Five Constants
A. Ren and yi. B. Ren and li. C. Li and xin. D. Yi and zhi.
33. What is the best Chinese for the underlined sentence in Paragraph 3
A. 博学于文，约之以礼。 B. 学而不思则罔，思而不学则殆。
C. 己所不欲，勿施于人。 D. 君子和而不同，小人同而不和。
34. Which of the following is an example of li
A. Building a peaceful society. B. Taking care of one's children.
C. Obeying rules for drinking tea. D. Learning all through one's life.
D
Characters: I-Gulliver, the King-the ruler of Lilliput
I was careful to behave (表现) as well as possible, to ask the King to give me my freedom. Lilliputians soon began to lose their fear of me. They called me the Man-Mountain. Sometimes I lay down and let them dance on my hand, and from time to time children came to play games in my hair. By now I was able to speak their language well.
One day the King invited me to watch the regular entertainments, which are greatly enjoyed by him, his family, and his lords and ladies. I was most interested in the rope-dancing. A very thin rope is fixed thirty centimeters above the ground. People who want to become the King’s most important officials jump and dance on this rope, and whoever jumps highest without falling gets the best job. Sometimes the King orders his lords to dance on the rope, to show that they can still do it. This sport is, of course, rather dangerous, and there are occasional deaths as a result. It seems a strange way of choosing officials.
There was another interesting entertainment. The King holds a stick in front of him, and sometimes moves it up and down. One by one, people come up to him and jump over the stick or crawl under it. They go on jumping and crawling as the King moves the stick. The winner is the one who jumps and crawls for the longest time, and he receives a blue ribbon to wear round his waist. The second best receives a red ribbon, and the third best gets a green one. Many of the Lilliput lords wear their ribbons proudly at all times. I had certainly never seen entertainment like this in any of the countries I had visited before.
---Excerpted from Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift
35. What is the purpose of the rope-dancing competition in Lilliput
A. To have fun. B. To show physical fitness.
C. To choose the King’s officials. D. To impress (给……留下印象) Gulliver.
36. What is the prize for winning the stick-jumping competition in Lilliput
A. A job as a King’s official. B. A blue ribbon. C. An invitation to the party. D. A gold medal.
37. What did Gulliver think of the entertainment in Lilliput
A. Surprised. B. Bored. C. Excited. D. Worried.
四、六选四句子还原(每小感1.5分，共6分)
Parents can be very important teachers in our lives. However, they are not always the best teachers. Parents may be too close to their children emotionally (感情上). Sometimes they can only see their children through the eyes of a protector. (38)___________ However, it might seem too dangerous for a parent.
Another problem is that parents may expect their children's interests to be similar to their own. (39)___________ But what if their children's true love is art, or writing, or car repairing
Parents usually want to pass on their values to their children. But should children always believe what their parents do (40)___________ But when they get older, they will have different ways of thinking.
The most important thing to realize is that we all have many teachers in our lives. Our parents teach us, our teachers teach us, and our friends teach us. (41)___________ All of them are valuable.
A. If they love Chinese, they may try to force their children to love Chinese, too.
B They may argue with their children when they have different opinions.
C. Teachers are always ready to help their students.
D. Books and newspapers and televisions also teach us.
E. For example，a teacher might see a trip to a big city as a valuable experience.
F. When children are young, they believe that their parents are always right.
五、 综合填空（每小翘1分，共10分）
Frederic Chopin (1810-1849) was a great composer and an excellent pianist. He composed twenty-four short 42._________ (piece) for the piano called preludes. The 43._________ (long) one, Prelude no. 15, is better known by its nickname, the "Raindrop" Prelude. How did it get its nickname
One day in 1838, when Chopin' s lover George Sand went out in a rainstorm, Chopin became 44._________ (worry). While he was waiting for Sand, he wrote Prelude No. 15. When Sand came back, Chopin played 45._________ (she) the music. Sand thought the notes sounded like raindrops. She let Chopin 46._________ (listen) to the raindrops falling on the roof. This made Chopin 47._________ (happy). He insisted that he never 48._________ (pay) attention to those sounds or copied them.
However, like Sand, many people hear raindrops in this prelude. Some notes repeating throughout the piece sound like raindrops. The flow of the music is like rain, too. The piece starts 49._________ (soft), but it gets louder, like rain getting 50._________ (heavy). Then the music gets quiet and finally 51._________ (end), like rain when it stops.
六、阅读短文，回答问题。（答案不超过5个词，请注意标点规范。第1题1分，第二、三题每小题2分，共5分）
Located tn the heart of Beijing, the Forbidden City is a must-see for any traveler. If you happen to go past its northern gate, you will arrive at a place called "Xi San Suo" In the past, it was known as the "Cold Palace". Now it is the Palace Museum's conservation (保护) department (部门) People working for the department are the craftsmen (工匠) in the Forbidden City. They are responsible for the conservation and restoration of over 1.8 million cultural relics (文物), such as the gold-plated clock which belonged to Emperor Qianlong and the world-famous Chinese painting Along the River During the Qingming Festival. Their work needs not only skill but also patience, Sometimes, it may take a year to restore just three to four paintings. Masters in the Forbidden City, a TV programme (节目) about the craftsmen in the Palace Museum, became popular. The masters are now heroes in people's eyes. More and more young people today are willing to learn their crafts.
52. Where is the Forbidden City
________________________________________________
53. What was the conservation department famous as in the past
________________________________________________
54. What does the masters' work need
________________________________________________
七、单词填空(每空一词、每题1分，共10分)
A)根据句意和所给中文写出正确的单词
55. ________ (物理) is not difficult to study if you put your heart into it.
56. Why not use an __________ (橡皮) to wipe out the mistake on the paper
57. Different countries have different ___________ (文化).
58. I want to know what life in a ___________ (外国的) country is like
59. We will never forget the ___________ (旅程) around the world because they are so exerting.
B)根据句于意思，写出所给单词的正确形式
60. I go jogging around the lake every Sunday morning. It's my ________ (week) exercise.
61. Sandy is very thin and weak. She eats the __________ (little) food in our class.
62. Don't always worry about us, Mum! We are old enough to look after __________ (we).
63. I need more food, because I feel even ___________ (hungry) now.
64. __________ (France) is much easier to learn if you learn English well.
八、动词填空(每空1分，共8分)
65. What great fun it is for the students _________ (play) trick or treat at Halloween!
66. The number of the students _________ (be) bigger next year, isn't it
67. Jim seldom ________ (worry) about his math scores at first.
68. More people choose _________ (discuss) what they hear and see with their friends on QQ.
69. Ma Long hopes he __________ (win) the first prize again in the next Olympic Games.
70. _________ (take) an umbrella with you as it is raining outside, will you
71. It's so noisy outside. I wonder what __________ (happen).
72. I wanted to see the Beijing Opera, so Tom offered __________ (take) me to watch an opera.
九、翻译句子（79，80题需加标点。每小题1.5 分。共 12分）
73. 美国学生暑假休息的星期比中国学生多。
American students have ____________________ the summer holiday than _______________________.
74. Nancy每天至少花半个小时练习下棋。
Nancy spends ___________________________________________________________________ every day.
75. 当我们读有趣的书时，时间似乎过得更快。
Time _________________________________________________________ when we are _____________.
76. Jim看上去像他爸爸一样强壮，但他踢足球不如他爸爸好。
Jim ________________________________, bur he can't _________________________________ father.
77. 我的英语老师要求我继续用英语写我的日常生活。
My English teacher asked me _______________________________________________ in English.
78. 一到公园，他们就迫不及待地攀岩了。
They _______________________________________________ as soon as they got to the park.
79. 当他们看到这么多模型飞机时，他们无法相信他们的眼睛。
When they saw __________________________________, they ______________________________.
80. 连词成句 how; did; plane; long; it; you; to; a; trip; Beijing; take; take
___________________________________________________________________________________
加卷
一、单项选择（1’*3=3’）
1. CFS 21th anniversary ceremony __________ soon. Every detail ___________ a lot when organizing the ceremony.
A. will hold; matters B. will take place; matters
C. will be held; mentions D. will be taken place; mentions
2. They __________ a notice to tell the students about the writing competition.
A. put in B. put away C. put up D. put on
3. ---How beautiful this piece of furniture looks!
---Yes, it is made _________ rosewood (红木) ________ Hainan province.
A. of; from B. from; of C. by; in D. from; in
二、翻译句子(1.5"*2=3")
1. 你花了很长时间取得成功吗？
Does _________________________________________________________________________
2. 杰克是三个学生中住得离市中心最远的。
Jack ____________________________________________________________ the city center.
三、六选四阅读。（1.5’*4=6’）
Criticism (批评) is everywhere in life, so you need to learn how to deal with it.
You cannot stop what people say. (1)_____________ At the criticism, to accept or refuse To be happy or to be sad It all depends on you.
(2)_____________ Will you lose something important because you are criticized Surely not! So, don’t worry about it. Instead, some criticism do help you improve in fact.
Don’t be afraid to accept criticism. No one likes to be told that he is wrong. (3)_____________ Realize that it’s normal (正常的). You may have received some strong criticism, but it doesn’t mean that you are foolish, or that you don’t have the ability to do something properly. If you can learn to be active, you will reduce some stress and nervousness about what people think.
Consider where the criticism comes from. It may help you find out what causes the criticism. Is the person just trying to offer useful criticism Then think it over and get what is useful for you. On the other hand, there are persons who offer their advice just to be useless. (4)_______________ You needn’t be angry about that.
Do your best. And if someone doesn’t like what you’ve done, so what It’s either valid (有效的) criticism or invalid criticism. But you have the power to decide how you will allow it to influence you.
A. Well, it isn’t worth your attention at all.
B. It’s impossible that you are liked by everyone.
C. Ask yourself how the criticism influences you.
D. What you can do, however, makes a difference.
E. Don’t pay much attention to whatever others say.
F. Yet, every person has ever been criticized for something.
四、综合填空。(1*8=8)
On March 2, 2019, the interpreter (口译员) Yao Mengyao (1) __________ (catch) the attention of many people with her quick reaction and exact translation at the-press (新网界) conference.
Yao began to study English in primary school. She often talked with her teacher about English-related topics. Some of them were (2) __________ beyond (超出) the ones in her English books.
Like Yao, Zhang Lu is an interpreter for China's top (3) ___________ (lead) including Premier Li Keqiang and former Premier Wen Jiabao. Her wonderful translations of ancient poems won high praise.
At the press conference during the two sessions of 2010, Premier Wen used a sentence (4) __________ the poem Li Sao. With excellent translation skills, Zhang interpreted the sentence as follows "For the ideas that I hold near to my heart. I'd not regret a thousand times to die (亦余心之所普兮，虽九死比犹未悔).”
Their (5)__________ (succeed) mainly depends on their hard work. Usually the interpreters follow a very strict timetable. They listen to foreign media such as BBC or VOA through TV or radio for their (6)__________ (far) training. According to China Radio International, a month before the two sessions, the interpreters got notice of the spokesperson that they worked for. They then make full use of this month to prepare (7)__________ (they).
They try (8)_________ (guess) the questions that might be asked and consider the literary quotations (典故) the spokesperson might use at the conference.
In fact, there is no secret to their success: It's all a matter of hard work and perfect skills.
答案
单选：DDBCB CACAD BCBCB
完形：DCABA BDDBC
阅读：CBA BBD BCC CBA
六选四：EAFD
综合填空：pieces; longest; worried; her; listen; unhappy; paid; softly; heavier; ends
回答问题：In the heart of Beijing; The “Cold Palace”; The skill and patience
词汇填空：Physics; eraser; cultures; foreign; journeys; weekly; least; ourselves; hungrier; French
动词填空：to play; is going to be; worried; to discuss; will win; Take; is happening; to take
完成句子：more weeks off for; Chinese students
at least half an hour playing chess
seems to go faster; reading interesting books
looks as strong as his father; play football as well as
to keep writing about my daily life
couldn’t wait to pull themselves up
so many model planes; couldn’t believe their eyes.
How long did it take you to take a plane trip to Beijing
加卷：
单选：BCA
翻译：it take you a long time to get success
Among the three students; lives farthest from
六选四：DCFA
综合填空：caught; even; leaders; from/in; success; further; themselves; to guess