二次月考英语试题
学校:___________姓名：___________班级：___________考号：___________
一、根据汉语提示填空
1．Our club had a new _______ (成员) last week.
2．I think good _______ (交流) with people can be difficult sometimes. 3．Is there any ________ (联系) between the two problems? 4．There was a ring on one of her ___________(手指). 5．The examination put a lot of __________ (精神压力) on him.
二、用所给单词的正确形式填空
6．I didn’t know why, but I had a ___________ (feel) that something bad was going to happen.
7．There are several pieces of ________ (break) glass on the floor. 8．The English girl has _________ (difficult) in speaking Chinese well.
9．“We should not laugh at the _____________ (disable) children,” the teacher said. 10．It takes many years of ___________ (train) to be a good doctor.
三、完形填空 Dear Danny, I planned to shop with Jenny last Saturday. But my uncle 11 me the night before. He said my cousin Nina would take part in a speech contest in our city. My uncle worried that Nina would be 12 , so he asked me to go to the contest with Nina. So I sent Jenny a message, “Hey, Jenny. My cousin is coming, 13 I can’t go shopping with you this Saturday.” Jenny didn’t 14 to my message. Today when I met her at school, she didn’t talk to me. 15 our friend, can you help us? I don’t want to lose Jenny. Maria Dear Maria, This isn’t a big 16 . First, tell Jenny you are sorry. Then, 17 why you couldn’t shop with her last Saturday. Jenny is a kind girl. I’m sure she’ll 18 . I’ll also talk about it with her. Why don’t we go to our favorite restaurant and have a good 19
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during the meal after school? It’s important for friends to communicate with each other. Don’t tell me your 20 is coming again. Aha! Just a joke.
Danny
11．A．needed 12．A．crazy 13．A．if 14．A．reply 15．A．For 16．A．deal 17．A．argue 18．A．understand 19．A．dream 20．A．friend
It was Sunday and the five little monkeys had nothing to do. “Why not help me tidy up the house, kids?” Mom found they were 21 and said. “Your grandma is coming for lunch. We must keep the house 22 .”
The little monkeys were glad to do 23 . They cleaned their bedrooms, swept the floor and then 24 the rubbish. After everything was done, Mom asked them to go and 25 strawberries in the forest. Their grandma loved strawberries best. The kids came back with big and delicious strawberries, 26 they also brought lots of mud (泥) back. Mom looked at their dirty clothes and said, “Go and clean 27 up, kids. Your grandma will come any minute now.” The monkeys 28 the living room and ran to the bathroom. They 29 their clothes here and there and made the mud everywhere. Oh, no, the house was in a 30 . And just at that moment, the door bell rang. 21．A．lonely 22．A．warm 23．A．exercise 24．A．took out 25．A．eat 26．A．and 27．A．yourselves
B．sick B．clean B．shopping B．gave out B．sell B．because B．yourself
C．excited C．small C．chores C．put out C．pick C．so C．themselves
D．bored D．quiet D．homework D．got out D．borrow D．if D．ourselves
B．helped B．nervous B．but B．offer B．As B．cloud B．continue B．change B．decision B．cousin
C．showed C．ill C．so C．push C．With C．plan C．explain C．imagine C．rest C．uncle
D．called D．strong D．until D．drop D．By D．opinion D．compare D．decide D．talk D．brother
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28．A．cleaned 29．A．provided 30．A．difficulty
B．repaired B．threw B．situation
C．changed C．folded C．trouble
D．passed D．showed D．mess
四、阅读单选
There is good and bad news about the number of trees on our planet. The good news is that there are seven times as many trees for everyone as we thought. A few years ago, scientists believed that the world had 400 billion trees. However, a new study from Yale University shows that there are around three trillion trees. That's a three followed by 12 zeroes. That means there are about 420 trees for everyone in the world today.
The bad news is that thousands of years ago, the earth had six trillion trees. Humans cut in half the number of trees on the planet. Take Europe for example, it was a large forest thousands of years ago. Now much of it is cities and towns. And another 15 billion trees are lost each year.
Dr. Thomas Crowther is one of the scientists from Yale University. He said the new number of trees from their study would change nothing. \"The study only shows we need to do more to protect our forests,\" he said.
31．The passage is about a study of ________ in the world. A．the kind of trees C．the kind of animals 32．________ is one trillion.
A．10,000,000,000,000 B．1,000,000,000, 000 C．10,000,000,000 33．In the past, we thought everyone had about ________ trees. A．400
B．12
C．60
D．420
D．1,000,000,000
B．the number of trees D．the number of animals
34．Thousands of years ago, ________ covered Europe. A．many mountains forest
35．What can we learn from Dr. Thomas Crowther? A．We still have enough trees to cut down. C．We should do more to protect forests.
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B．We can find more trees in the future. D．We should stop cutting trees down now.
B．a large sea
C．many cities and towns
D．a large
In 2015, seven college students in America started a project (项目) called Spokes. They planned to ride across the United States. Did they start the project for health reasons? No. They did this to get more kids interested in science. On their way, they would stop in small towns and hold classes for younger students. The trip began in Washington, D．C on June 1 and finished in California at the end of August. The Spokes team went to schools. They invited students from grades 6 to 12 to join their classes. Some of their lessons were about engineering (工程学). Others were about computer science. The students learned many interesting things from these classes, such as how to make model planes and robots. They liked the lessons so much. Spokes members were glad to see this. “We can’t teach them programming (编程) in a day,” Bent, a member of the Spokes team, said. “But we can get them excited about programming and show them science is cool. Then, kids might think about taking jobs in science when they grow up.” 36．Why did the college students start the Spokes project? A．To keep healthy.
C．To make friends with kids. 37．How long was the trip? A．Ten days.
B．Eight weeks.
C．Three months.
D．Half a year.
B．To visit beautiful places. D．To get kids interested in science.
38．What can’t we learn from their lessons? A．Making robots. programming.
39．What does the underlined word “this” refer to (指的是) in the third paragraph? A．Students liked Spokes members’ lessons. C．Spokes members liked the students. 40．What’s the best title for this passage? A．Welcome to join Spokes C．Surprising science
Today more and more English people are working to an older age. Around 10 percent of people in their early 70s still work in England. That means over a quarter of a million (百万) 70 to 74-year-olds now have jobs. This is the highest number in history. In 2005, the number was just around 100,000.
A report says people are working to an older age for different reasons.
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B．Future scientists D．Biking for science
B．Students were interested in science. D．Spokes members enjoyed the trip.
B．Making music.
C．Making model planes.
D．Computer
Some people don’t want to retire because they love their jobs. Although they are old, they are healthy and they can do their jobs very well. So they decide to stay in work.
There are also some people who are not so lucky. They are working to an older age because they have to. They don’t have enough money to live on.
The third part is people who retired and started their own businesses. These are usually something they dreamed of doing when they were still young.
The report also says old people should be given more care so that they can decide whether (是否) to stay in work by themselves.
41．Today there are about ________ 70 to 74-year-old people in England. A．250,000
B．2,500,000
C．100,000
D．1,000,000
42．The underlined word “retire” means “_______ ” in Chinese. A．任职
B．加班
C．退休
D．请假
43．Which is NOT the reason for some old people to stay in work? A．They feel happy to do so. on.
C．They want to become richer. true.
44．73-year-old John is a doctor. He still works in the hospital because he likes to help sick people. John is __________. A．the first type (类型) of old people C．the third type of old people
45．This passage is mainly about__________ . A．how to stay in work when you are old B．who would like to stay in work
C．whether people should work to an older age D．why some old English people are still at work
B．the second type of old people D．none of the above
D．They want to make their dream come B．They don’t have enough money to live
五、短文汉语提示填空
Can plants eat people? Probably not, but 46 are many plants that eat meat. Some of them are big. And they can eat small 47 . One famous meat-eating plant is Venus Flytrap (捕蝇草).
Venus Flytrap is 48 very strange plant. It grows in dry parts of the United States. Its 49
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are like the pages of a book.They can open and close very 50 . Inside the leaves, there are three small hairs.If a fly touches one of the hairs, the leaf 51 quickly，so the fly
cannot get out. In about half an hour, the leaf presses the fly 52 it is dead. Then, the plant covers the fly and slowly eats it.
Why do plants do that? Most plants get what they need 53 the sun, the air, and the
ground. In some places, the ground is very 54 . It doesn’t have all these important things, especially nitrogen(氮). Animal meat has a lot of nitrogen,so some plants eat meat to get what they 55 . Let’s hope that bigger plants don’t get the same idea!
六、读写综合
Last summer I volunteered at a nursing home (疗养院) because I saw how lonely some of the old people there were.
I volunteered two days a week. I worked with Mr. Simpsons, and our job was to plan activities for the old people. I read them letters from their children and helped with special days like Ice Cream Day, Summer Picnic Day, and Clown Around Day. I also took the sick people for walks. We also had birthday parties and exercise days.
Through my volunteering I have made a new friend—Irene. She has family, but they live far away and cannot come to visit her often. She grew up in Shelton and lived in Milford before she came to the home. She has two sons who don’t often visit her. Her grandchildren, however, do visit her every weekend. Through our talks, I have found that like me, Irene was a cheerleader (拉拉队队员) in high school.
My volunteer experience showed me that I could bring happiness to the old people. Everyone will have to face having parents and grandparents growing older. Volunteering at the nursing home made me a stronger and more caring person. 56．Why did the writer volunteer at the nursing home?
__________________________________________________________________________ 57．What’s the writer’s job at the nursing home?
__________________________________________________________________________ 58．Who did the writer take for walks?
__________________________________________________________________________ 59．When do Irene’s grandchildren visit her?
__________________________________________________________________________ 60．How does the writer feel about the experience?
__________________________________________________________________________
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B 书面表达。
61．一是觉得和同学相处很难；二是考试时总会紧张， 八年级一班的李磊最近很烦恼。导致成绩不佳。他想写信向学校心理咨询师刘老师求助，请你代他完成这封求助信。
要求： 70词左右。 Dear Mr. Liu
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yours, Li Lei
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