20xx-20xx八年级下学期英语第一次月考
（120分，100分钟）
一、单项选择（20分）
（ ）1. He is happy that he _____in a tall apartment next year.
A. live B. lives C. will live D. will living （ ）2. people robots in their home in 100 years ?
A. Will , have B. Do , have C. Did , have D. Have , have （ ）3.-Do you like the city life or the country life?
-It's hard to say. In the city the life is _____interesting, but in the country there is _____ pollution.
A. less; more B. more; less C. more; fewer D. much; much （ ）4. He found it difficult ----- the kitchen by himself.
A clean B cleaning C cleaned D to clean （ ）5. He home until he finishes his homework.
A won?t go B will go C didn?t go D goes （ ）6. Luckily，Mr Johnson saw __________ at that time.
A. what was happened B what is happened C what was happening D what is happening
（ ） 12 We should ------ the things to others in time. Then we can ---- them again
when we need.
A borrow; lend B return ; lend C return; borrow D lend ; return （ ）13 He really doesn?t know ___ to do. Can you give him some ___ ?
A how; advice B what; advice C how ;advices D what; advices
（ ）14 It?s difficult for him to wear _____ clothes _____ his friends.
A same; as B same; like C the same; as D the same; to
（ ）15 What will the weather ____ in Zhengzhou tomorrow?
A like B be like C looks like D is
（ ）16. He often helps his mother ____ the housework, but he never ____ .
A. with, get bored B. with, gets boring C. to do, get bored D. with, gets bored
（ ）17. It ____ her ten years to make money ____ the big house.
A. takes, to pay B. take, pay for C. took, paid D. took, to pay for
（ ）18. ____ seems very hard to work out this problem.
A. That B. This C. I D. It
（ ）19. There is only ____ time left. We must hurry.
A. little B. a little C. few D. a few
（ ）20. Do you think ____ a football match tomorrow?
A. there will be B. will there be C. there will have D. there are going to be
二. 完形填空（共10小题，每小题1分，计10分）
（ ）7 It will take years to make robots the most unpleasant things .
Life in the year 3044 is very different life in the 21st century. We still do many
A. hundred , do B. hundreds of , to do
C. two hundreds , do D. hundreds of , do
and keep us company. An e-friend is a machine that looks just a human being. It
（ ）8. What ______ you _______ when she came in?
can walk and talk and can do almost（几乎） we humans do. My e-friend is a lot
A. did, do B. are, doing C. do, do D. were, doing
like me and we have fun together. She helps me my homework and we
（ ）9 While she _____ TV in the living room, the bell _____.
often go swimming. She can take care of me when anything , so I always feel safe
A watches; rings B is watching; rang when we are together. She can also send me messages, just like old-fashioned e-mail, and
C was watching; rang D watched; was ringing
（ ）10 The woman couldn?t see her son ________. She?s very worried. A. anywhere B. somewhere C. nowhere D. where
（ ）11 Just now she saw the man ________ into the room. A. go B. went C. goes D. to go
I can download(下载) information from her memory（存储器）. It?s great an
e-friend – I am never lonely and I always have someone to talk .
I would like to tell you more about life in the year 3044, but I have to send my e-friend to clean up my room. Maybe I will be able to travel back in time and visit you.
（ ）1. A. of B. from C. in D. with
（ ）2. A. different B. difference C. differently D. differences （ ）3. A. like B. for C. at D. up
（ ）4. A. something B. anything C. nothing D. everything （ ）5 A. many B. a number of C. a lot of D. the number of （ ）6. A. with B. at C. on D. doing
（ ）7. A. will happen B. happens C. happened D. is going to happen （ ）8. A. have B. having C. to have D. has
（ ）9. A. to B. about C. with D. Both A and C （ ）10. A. one day B. in one day C. after one day D. with one day 三 阅读短文，选择最佳答案（40分）
A
When the Americans were getting ready to send their first men to the moon , an old Australian was watching TV in a restaurant . There was an Englishman in the restaurant , too , and he said to the Australian , “The Americans are clever , aren?t they ? They are going to send some men to the moon . It is a very long way from our world .” “Oh , that?s nothing ,” the Australian answered quickly . “ Our country is going to send some people to the sun in a few months . That?s much farther away than the moon , you know . “ “Oh, yes ,it is , “ the Englishman said , “ but the sun is too hot for people to go to .” The Australian laughed and said , “ We won?t go to the sun in the day , of course . We?ll go there at night . ”
1、Who were going to send their first men to the moon ?
A、The Americans B. The Australians C. The Englishmen 2、Where were the Australian and Englishman watching TV? A、In the cinema B. Outside a shop C. In a restaurant 3. The Englishman thought .
A. the Americans were clever B. the Australians were clever C. the Englishmen were clever.
4. Both the Englishmen and the Australian knew that . A. the moon was much farther away from our earth than the sun B. the sun was much farther away from our earth than the moon C. the sun was much hotter in the day than at night 5. The Australian thought that .
A. the sun was very hot at night B. the sun is not hot at night C. the sun was too cold for people to go to at night
B
Tom and Fred are talking about the year 2020. “What will our world be like in the year 2020?” “I don't know,” says Fred. “What do you think?” “Well, no one knows, but it?s interesting to guess.” “In the year 2020 everyone will carry a pocket computer. The computer will give people the answers to all their problems. We shall all have telephones in our pockets, too, and we?ll be able to talk to our friends all over the world. Perhaps we?ll be able to see them at the same time. ” “A lot of people will live and work under the sea. Perhaps there will be big towns, factories and farms under the sea, too. ” “Machines will do most of the work, and so people will have more holidays, perhaps they?ll work only two or three days a week. They?ll be able to fly to the moon by spaceship and spend their holidays there. ” “I?m looking forward（期待）to the year 2020. I hope to go to the moon! ” “And 1 hope I?ll be able to live under the sea.” says Fred. “Won?t that be very interesting? Just like a fish! ”