2023-2024学年译林版八年级上学期英语12月月考模拟试卷（含答案解析）

2023-2024学年第一学期八年级12月月考模拟

英语试卷

注意事项：

1．考试时间：90分钟，试卷满分：140分。答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。

2．回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。回答非选择题时，将答案写在答题卡上。写在本试卷上无效。

3．测试范围：八年级英语上册Unit 5~6（译林版）。

4．考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。

六、单项选择（共15分）

21．—What do you think ofnature reserve you visited last weekend?

—It’s great. It is ________ ideal home for wildlife.

A．the ; a              B．the; an                   C．a; an                      D．an; an

22．—The doctor advised me ________ too much because it’s not good for my health.

—The doctor is right. The less you drink, ________ you will be.

A．don’t drink; the healthier

B．not to drink; the healthier

C．not to drink; the more healthier

D．don’t drink; healthier

23．We should do what we can ________ the hunters ________ the animals.

A．to prevent; killing                                B．to prevent; to kill    C．prevent; killing  D．prevent; to kill

24．— _______ I watch TV now, Mum?

— No, you _______ finish your homework first.

A．must; needn’t   B．Can; may               C．May; must              D．May; mustn’t

25．Reading is fun. ________, it can help us learn a lot about the world.

A．Moreover         B．However                C．Otherwise               D．Instead

26．—Have you heard of the singer called Zhou Shen?

—Yes. His beautiful music has brought ________ to people all over China.

A．difficulty         B．weather                  C．pleasure                  D．danger

27．“Reading Pavilion”, which entered the City Library last spring, has made it ________ for people to enjoy the pleasure of reading than before.

A．easy                 B．easily                     C．easier                     D．more easily

28．—What else can we ________ to the children in poor areas?

—We can ________ them with some clothes.

A．offer; provide   B．provide; offer         C．offer; give              D．give; offer

29．—What if you have two days_______?

—I’d like to go_______ a trip_______ Suzhou.

A．of; for; to         B．off; on; for             C．off; on; to               D．of; for; for

30．—Would you please look after my pet cat while I am on holiday in Yangzhou?

—_______.

A．With pleasure   B．My pleasure            C．That’s OK               D．You are welcome

31．The terrible earthquake hurt_______ people and_______ them got badly hurt.

A．thousands of; two hundreds of

B．two hundred; two hundreds

C．thousand of; two hundred of

D．thousands of; two hundred of

32．English is very _______ and all the students know the ______ of the English study.

A．important; importance

B．importance; important

C．importance; importance

D．important; important

33．—How long do you spend ________ your homework?      

—For half an hour.

A．finishing to do  B．finishing doing       C．to finish to do         D．to finish doing

34．It will be______ tomorrow, so there will be a lot of_______ tomorrow.

A．rain, rain          B．rainy,  rain             C．rain, rainy              D．rainy, rain

35．The boys made ______, so their teacher got very _______.

A．much noise, angrily

B．much noise, angry

C．many noise , angrily

D．many noise, angry

七、完形填空（共10分）

Ivan sat on the floor covered with sand deep down in the sea. He was bored and    36   . He watched other pretty fish swimming in and out of rocks. They were laughing and dancing    37   . He said to himself, “why am I so different?”

“You are an octopus（章鱼）, Ivan. That is special.” The sweet    38    of Peter, a beautiful white dolphin, made Ivan feel better. Ivan looked up at the white dolphin and smiled. Peter said, “Let’s play games together.”

They were having a lot of    39    and they didn’t know they swam far from home. Suddenly Peter saw a large shark swimming next to them. “It is Big White…the biggest, most    40    shark in the sea,” he shouted to Ivan. Peter looked at Big White    41   . Peter was very afraid and he couldn’t swim. Just at this moment, Big White rushed down towards them. An idea came to Ivan. He quickly sprayed（喷）a very dark cloud of black water to the shark’s eyes. Then Ivan and Peter swam away    42    got home safely.

“Are you OK?” asked Ivan. “Yes. That was the most interesting trip ever! You saved me just now, I am lucky to have you as my    43   !” Ivan’s face turned red. “I guess being different from others can be so    44    sometimes,” Ivan said. “That is what I try to     45     you,” Peter said.

36．A．happy             B．unhappy                 C．nervous                  D．trapped

37．A．in the river      B．in the lake              C．in the sea                D．on the beach

38．A．sound              B．noise                      C．shout                      D．voice

39．A．trouble            B．care                       C．shame                    D．fun

40．A．kind                B．terrible                   C．friendly                  D．small

41．A．hopefully        B．hopelessly              C．carefully                 D．carelessly

42．A．and                 B．but                        C．or                          D．after

43．A．pet                  B．family                    C．friend                     D．listener

44．A．bad                 B．sad                        C．pleased                   D．cool

45．A．tell                 B．say                        C．speak                     D．talk

八、阅读单选（共30分）

A

46．How long does the river tour in the Cambridge College Backs take?

A．Half an hour.    B．Forty minutes.        C．Fifty minutes.         D．One

47．An 11-year-old boy wants to have a river tour in Cambridge with his parents. How much should they pay online?

A．￡28.               B．￡34.                     C．￡44.                     D．￡49.

48．Where is the passage probably from?

A．A travel poster.  B．A film report.     C．A science talk.    D．A story book.

B

When Ariel rode her bike to the riverside, she saw a beautiful swan lying near the riverside. Ariel worked at the Wild Bird Fund rehab centre（康复中心）and knew that swans could be aggressive. So she should be careful to prevent herself from being hurt. But as she went near this one, she found that it was badly hurt. “I should help it, or it will die.” she thought.

Ariel put her jacket over the bird’s hand to keep it calm first. She picked it up softly, and held it in her arms. And then she thought, “What should I do now? ” Her best choice was to take the swan to the rehab centre, but that was across the river and on the other side of the city. How was she going to take a 17-pound swan on her bike all that way?

Luckily, when some drivers saw her, they were willing to offer her, her bike and the swan a ride to a nearby underground station. Ariel called the rehab centre on the way, and then an animal-care manager picked her up at another underground station. When they got to the centre, the manager checked and treated（治疗）the swan. They took good care of the swan.

Now, the bird makes many swan friends in the centre, and it is enjoying a happy life. It’s really a happy ending. “If an animal needs help, I would like to do whatever I can. I always feel happy to do this,” Ariel said.

49．What does the underlined word “aggressive” probably mean in paragraph 1?

A．Ready to hurt others.

B．Easy to take care of.

C．Possible to run away.

D．Interesting to play with.

50．The swan was lying near the riverside because ________.

A．it needed a rest

B．it waited for friends

C．it was badly hurt

D．it was trapped nearby

51．Paragraph 3 mainly tells us ________.

A．the swan was very happy in the rehab centre

B．some people were willing to save the swan together

C．Ariel knew how to look after the swan very well

D．the driver sent the swan to an animal-care manager

52．Which word can beat describe Ariel?

A．Generous.        B．Hard-working.        C．Kind.                     D．Humorous.

C

China successfully sent up 22 new satellites in one go on Sunday morning. This really set a new national record.

A Long March-8 carrier rocket blasted off together with the 22 small satellites at 11:06 a.m., and after flying for more than 15 minutes, they all ran into their designed orbit.

The satellites were built by seven institutes and companies; each of them has their own tasks including collecting commercial remote-sensing data, environmental research, forest fire prevention and disaster reduction.

“You can call it a ‘shared rocket’ if you want,” said Xiao Yun, the commander of the satellite sending. “We prepare one or two types of rockets every year for that. If there are many satellites to send up, we use a big rocket. If only a few to send up, we have smaller rockets.”

Today’s launch marks the 409th mission of China’s Long March rocket series.

This is the second launch of the Long March-8 rocket, and it was designed by the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CALT) aiming at commercial launches. The first mission was finished in late 2020.

It’s clearly noticeable in the video that the two boosters cannot be found in the new rocket. It tells that the design is one step closer to making the first stages reusable like Space X’s Falcon 9.

Reusable design can save launch costs and help achieve better commercial success.

“The Long March-8 can carry 3 tonnes of satellites and send them up to low Earth orbit (LEO) or medium Earth orbit,” said Wu Yitian, chief designer of the rocket. “Such rockets are greatly needed by the market, especially to launch Earth observation satellites.”

A China Media Group report said the Long March-8 will hopefully become the main type for future LEO missions.

53．The underlined word “they” in the second paragraph refers to ________.

A．the rockets       B．the designers           C．the astronauts          D．the 22 new satellites

54．Which of the following are the satellites’ tasks?

A．Environmental research and forest fire prevention.

B．Environmental research and collecting UFO information.

C．Forest fire prevention and life search.

D．Searching for life in space and disaster reduction.

55．Why do we call the Long March-8 carrier rocket a “shared rocket”?

A．Because it can send several or many satellites once.

B．Because many countries can use it.

C．Because it can be used in many ways.

D．Because countries can share its information.

56．What is the Long March-8’s future plan?

A．It will be used in many ways.

B．It will send more satellites up in one go.

C．It will go further in space.

D．It will be used for future LEO missions.

D

Taking a bus or underground or paying on the Internet—these activities can help turn China’s deserts into forests if you are using Ant Forest.

Ant Forest is a part in the Alipay mobile payment app. It records users’ low-carbon(低碳的) activities—taking a bus or walking to work, for example, and gives users “green energy”. When the user’s green energy gets high enough, Ant Forest and its partners will plant a real tree for the user.

Ant Forest received the 2019 Champions of the Earth Award, the UN’s highest environmental prize, for encouraging people to live greener lifestyles and protect the environment.

About half a billion(十亿) people have used Ant Forest since it came out in August 2016. Ant Forest and its partners have planted over 122 million trees in China’s driest areas, including parts of Inner Mongolia, Gansu, Qinghai and Shanxi. The trees cover a total area of 112,000 hectares. This makes Ant Forest China’s largest treeplanting roject started by a private company.

Executive director of the United Nations Environment Programme said that Ant Forest shows us how we can use technology to solve environmental problems.

57．You can get “green energy” in Ant Forest by ________.

1. taking a busb. paying online   c. walking     d. planting trees      e. opening the app

A．a b c                B．b d e                      C．a c d                      D．b c e

58．Ant Forest received the Award because ________.

A．it helps people to save money

B．it is the first company to plant trees

C．it encourages people to protect environment

D．it solved a main environmental problem

59．What can we learn from Paragraph 4?

A．Alibaba plants trees in poor areas.

B．Alibaba planted millions of trees.

C．More than half of China’s population is using Ant Forest.

D．The trees planted by Alibaba covered China’s whole deserts.

60．What is the main idea of the passage?

A．Planting trees is really a good way.

B．There’re many low-carbon activities.

C．Ant Forest is the best part of Alipay.

D．Alibaba helps to protect our earth.

九、用所给单词的正确形式填空（共10分）

61．My best friend Mary often makes me______ (laugh).

62．Our government has taken action______  (make) life in the countryside better.

63．In the very______ (begin), the boy was very excited about the strange place.

64．Many people went to visit Dr. Ma during his______ (ill).

65．Thousands of ______ (tour) come to the Great Wall every year.

66．He advises his wife______ (not put) such a strange picture on the wall.

67．Many people haven’t realized the______ (important) of the wetlands.

68．Don’t give up______ (provide) food for the children in poor areas.

69．My friend Simon didn’t go to school because of his______ (ill) this morning.

70．______ (sad), we didn’t win the football match at last.

十、阅读回答问题（共10分）

There are many kinds of amazing animals in the world. Have you ever watched one of them Canada geese(雁)? They can teach us a lesson about teamwork.

In autumn, Canada geese have to fly to the warm south to get away from Canada’s cold winter. When they leave the ground and rise into the air, they fly in no order. Then they quickly form a V shape, with one bird leading the group.

The V shape allows Canada geese to save energy(精力). The head bird moves its wings(翅膀) up and down. The resulting force of the air helps lift the next bird. Each bird will do so until they get to the southern part. The bird at the head of the group has the hardest job. When it gets tired, another bird moves to the front and takes its place(代替它). By sharing this job, the group can travel great distances.

Canada geese flying in a V shape can fly seventy percent farther without having a rest than the birds flying alone.

During the long flying journey, Canada geese communicate with one another. They honk(鸣叫) to encourage the birds up front to keep up the speed. They also cheer one another up while working toward the same destination(目的地).

What have we learned from the lovely Canada geese’s experience and skills? Work together! Whether in our personal lives or our jobs, we need the spirit of teamwork!

71．Why do Canada geese fly to the warm south in autumn?

72．Do they form a V shape to save energy when they fly?

73．What happens when the head bird gets tired?

74．How do Canada geese communicate with one another?

75．When we are in our personal lives and our jobs, what do we need?

十一、短文首字母填空（共10分）

根据短文内容和首字母提示，在下文空格处填入适当的词使短文完整。（每空一词）

When the doctor arrived later that morning, he was very surprised. Colin was sitting on the sofa looking at one of his books. He was talking to Mary.

“So, you were i    76     last night, Colin.” he said.

“I’m better now, much better.” Colin answered in his young Rajah voice. “I’m going out in my wheelchair soon if it is f    77    , I want some fresh air.”

The doctor l    78     without saying anything else. That night Colin slept well. He d    79     about the garden again, and Dickon and his animals.

Early the next morning Mary ran into his room.

 “Dickon and his animals are here, sir.” Mary said Just then Martha opened the door. Colin stared as Dickon gave him the new born lamb. Colin looked very e    80     . Then Colin and Mary asked Dickon questions about the names of flowers, he k    81      exactly which one were already growing in the secret garden.

“I’m going to s    82     them.” cried Colin. “I can’t believe it!”

The next day Colin sat in the wheelchair and Dickon p    83     slowly and carefully to the garden.

Mary walked next to it. They went a    84     the lawn to the long path near the wall.

“This is where 1 walked up and down looking for the door!” whispered Mary. Then Mary whispered again: “The robin f    85     over the wall here and there.” She said, pointing under a big bush in the flower bed. “Is where I found the key”.

Then Dickon stopped pushing the chair.

“And look!” Mary moved the ivy branch. “Here is the door.”

—Taken from The Secret Garden

十二、完成句子（共10分）

86．厚厚的白雪覆盖了一切，湖泊和河流都结冰了。

Everything_______in deep white snow, and the lakes and rivers are frozen.

87．很多人一直生活在淮安，而有些只来这儿短暂停留。

Many people live in Huai’anall the time, while some come here only for _______.

88．许多鸟常年住在扎龙。

Many birds live in Zhalong _______.

89．大熊猫正处于危险之中，我们应该立刻采取行动。

Giant pandas are now in danger. We should_______right away.

90．在这张地图的帮助下，你在这座城市也许不会迷路。

_______ this map, you may not_______in this city.

十三、材料作文（共25分）

91．你的朋友Sandy是一名英国的交换生，也是野生动物俱乐部的一名成员，请以“My friend Sandy”为题，用英语写一篇80词左右的短文。

包括以下要点：

（1）外貌：长直发，总是面带微笑。

（2）爱好：喜欢旅行，曾游览过许多名胜；着迷于DIY……

（3）是野生动物俱乐部的一名成员，知道大熊猫现在濒临危险，数量越来越少，想出了两点措施来保护大熊猫……

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参考答案

六、单项选择（共15分）

21．B

【详解】试题分析：句意：你怎么认为上周你参观的自然保护区？–好极了，是野生动物的理想家园。特指上周参观的所以用定冠词the，一个理想之家ideal是元音音素故用an，根据题意可之选B。

考点：考查冠词的用法。

22．B

【详解】句意：——医生建议我不要喝太多，因为这对我的健康不好。——医生是对的。你喝得越少，你就会越健康。

考查非谓语动词和比较级。advise sb. not to do sth.“建议某人不做某事”，第一空应为not to drink。第二空考查句式“the+比较级, the+比较级”句式，healthy的比较级是healthier。

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