八年级英语第三次月考试卷(2)

“Wait，Mum，”Joe said，“I ll call．After that，I m going to be a businessman now．” Joe s mother ．

21．A．teachers B．parents

C．classmates D．friends 22．A．said B．told C thought D．spoke 23．A．spring

B．summer

C．autumn

D．winter 24．A．because B．when C．while

D．after 25．A．newspaper B．bikes C．computers D．tools 26．A．now B．right C．just D．only 27．A．on

B．to

C．of D．for 28．A．take

B．catch

C．carry

D．get 29．A．friendly B．kind

C．possible D．wrong 30．A．at B．about C．before D．after 31．A．taught B．gave C．made D．asked 32．A．that B．when

C．what

D．where 33．A．smiled B．shouted C．cried D．worried 34．A．big B．large C．great D．bad 35．A．sadly

B．happily C．politely

D．angrily

三、阅读理解（共18小题，A节每题1.5分，B节每题1分，共25分）

( A )阅读短文，然后根据内容从A、B、C、D中选出最佳选项（30分）

Mrs．Smith is a shop assistant．She s very busy．She only rests on Sundays．Yesterday evening，she returned home at ten past eight．When she got home，her mother was watching TV．The old woman likes TV plays very much．Her father was reading a newspaper while her husband was playing chess with her little son，Jimmy．Her daughter Lana was doing her homework．She works very hard because she is going to college next year．Mrs．Smith has a happy family． 36．Mrs．Smith works days a week．

A．five B．six C．seven D．four

37．Mrs．Smith got back home at __________ yesterday evening． A．7：50 B．8：10 C．10：08 D．18：00 38．Jimmy was __________ when his mother got home． A．doing his homework B．playing chess C．watching TV D．reading a newspaper 39．There are __________ people in Mrs．Smith s family． A．six B．five C．four D．sevn

( B ) You Don't Know How to Eat It

A foolish man went to a butcher's（屠夫） shop to buy a piece of meat. As he did not know how to coo k meat, he asked the butcher to tell him the way of cooking it. The butcher told him how to cook it. “But I cannot remember your words,” the foolish man said, “Would you please write t hem down for me?” The butcher was kind enough to write them down for him. The man went home happily with a piece of meat in his hand and the note in his pocket. A dog followed him on the way. It jumped at

him, took the meat away from him and ran off. The foo lish man stood there not knowing what to do. Then he laughed and said, “Never mind. You don t know how to eat it. The note is still in my pocket.” 40. A foolish man went to a butcher's shop ______. A to buy a meat B for a piece of meat C to cook a piece of meat D to send a piece of meat 41. The butcher told the foolish man how to ______.

A buy meat B eat meat C cook meat D get meat 42. A dog took ______ away from the foolish man.

A the meat B the note C the pocket D the hand 43. The dog really didn't know how to eat meat, did it? ______.

A Yes, it doesn t B No, it did C No, it doesn t D Yes, it did 44. At last the note was still ______.

A in his hand B in his pocket C in his room D in the butcher s shop ( C )

Panda is the name of an Asian animal. A panda is a large, black and white bear-like animal. It lives in bamboo forests on upper mountain slopes of south-western China.

The giant panda has a white chubby body with black legs and a broad band across the shoulders. It has a large round head, small black ears and a white face with a black patch round each eye. The panda grows from 1metre to 1.5 metres tall and has a short tail. Most weigh from 90 to 136 kilos. Giant pandas are like bears in shape and size and in the slow clumsy way they walk. Like bears they can stand up on their hind legs. The female gives birth to one or two cubs once a year.

A giant panda eats mainly bamboo shoots, though it eats other plants as well. A giant panda may eat as much as 9 kilos of food a day.

Giant pandas are rare and are protected by law in China. 45．Giant pandas live in____.

A. South-western China B. South-eastern China B. North-western China D. North-eastern China 46. A giant panda looks like ___ in shape.

A. a cat B. a bear C. a tiger D. a deer 47. What do you think a panda likes to eat best?

A. bamboo leaves B. bamboo shoots C. bamboo branches D. bamboo roots 48. A mother panda may give birth to one or two cubs ___a year.

A. once B. twice C. three times D. four times 49. If a person kill a panda in China, he will _______.

A. pay for it B. gets lots of money C. learn laws D. go to jail（坐牢） ( D ) 下面短文由6个段落组成，开头和结尾已给出，其余的4个段落是随机排列的。请根据逻辑关系用A、B、C、D重新排列。

( )50. They sat there all the afternoon, eating and smiling, but they said nothing. When it grew dark, the boy decided to leave. But before he had gone more than a few steps, he turned around, ran back to the old woman and gave her a hug. The woman gave him her biggest smile ever.

( )51 He knew it was a long trip to where Love lived, so he got his things ready with some pizzas and drinks and started off. When he passed three streets, he saw an old woman sitting in the park and watching some birds. She looked very hungry. The boy gave her a pizza. She took it and smiled at him. The smile was so beautiful that he wanted to see it again, so he gave her a Coke. She smiled once again. The boy was very happy.

( )52. “I ate a pizza in the park with Love,” she said, “and he is much younger than I expected.” ( )53. When the boy opened the door of his house, his mother was surprised by the look of joy(快乐)on his face and asked what had made him so happy. “I had lunch with Love. She has got the most beautiful smile in the world.” At the same time, the old woman s son was also surprised at his mother s

（ A ）

Once upon a time .there was an island. All the feelings lived there such as Happiness Sadness, and love. one day the feeling heard that the island would sink. They

All repaired their boats and left except Love. Love wanted to stay until the last possible moment . just as the island begin to sink , Love decided to ask for help. Miserliness(吝啬) was passing by Love in a big boat. Love said: “Miserliness, can you take me with you?” Miserliness answered: “No, I can t. There are a lot of silver(银子)in my boat. There is no place for you here.”

Love decided to ask Vanity(虚荣)who was also passing by in a beautiful boat. “Vanity, please help me!” “I can t help you, Love. You are all wet. You ll make my boat dirty,” Vanity said.

Sadness was close by, so Love asked for help, “Sadness, let me go with you.” “Oh…Love, I am so sad that I need to be alone by myself!”

Happiness passed by Love too, but she was so happy that she did not even hear Love call her. Suddenly, there was a voice, “Love, I will take you.” It was an old woman. Love felt so lucky that he even forgot to ask for her name. When they got to dry land, the old woman went away. Love asked Knowledge, another old woman, “Who helped me?”

“It was Time”, Knowledge answered.

“Time?” asked Love. “But why did Time help me?”

Knowledge smiled with deep wisdom(智慧)and answered, “Because only Time can understand how great Love is.”

54. Where did the feelings live?

55. How did the feelings leave the island except Love?

56. What was there in Miserliness s big boat?

57. All the feelings refused to take Love with them, didn t they? 58. Why did Time help Love?

( B )

January 1998 two pigs escaped from west of London. The pigs were going to be killed for meat . for almost a week , they hid in the woods around the town of Malmesbury.

When the local police begin to look for the figs, newspaper reporters rom all over the country joined them. Soon people everywhere were reading about the adventures of Butch and Sundance with great interest. The ower of the pigs said that if they were found ,he would sell them to anyone who would give thm a home.A number of newspaper tried to buy the pigs ,and finally The Daily Mail paid a lot of money for them .

One rainy night, six days after the escape ,a reporter from The Daily Mail and some people from the town found Butch in the woods. They caught her and put her in a cage . The next day ,Sundance was caught,too.

The pigs were sent to a zoo. They were no longer free,but they were alive! 59. Do the pigs have names? What are they?

60. Where did the two pigs hide for almost a week?

61. Who joind the local police in looking for the pigs?

62. What do you know The Daily Mail is?

63. Why did the pigs escape ?

（ C ）

A woman was having some trouble with her heart, so she went to see the doctor., Bob. Bob was a new doctor. He wanted to help people. But he didn t know the woman. So he asked. “What s your name?” and “ How old are you?”

“ Well,” she answered. “My name is Jones. But I don t remember my age, doctor. Let me see.” She thought hard for a few minutes and said, “ OK, I remember now, doctor. When I got married （结婚），I was twenty-two and my husband was thirty-two. Now my husband is sixty-four, I know. And that is twice thirty-two. So I am twice twenty-two. That is forty-four, isn t it?” 64. Why did the woman go to see the doctor?