外研版八年级下学期第一次月考英语试题2013-2014

三、阅读理解。（30分）(每题2分)

(A)

In the old times ,there was a man. He wanted to buy a pair of new shoes for himself. He measured(量) his feet with a straw(稻草) ,and then he went to a shoe shop in town.The man in the shop took out a pair of shoes, and let him try them on. But when he looked into his pockets ,he found that the straw wasn't there. So he said,\home to get it back.\his home the shoe shop. When he got back home, he was very tired.

With the straw in his hand ,he went back to the shoe shop again .But the shop was closed.

Someone near the man said,\on the shoes with your feet?''

( ) 1. One day a man wanted to _______. A. buy a pair of shoes B. buy a a straw

C. get to town D. measure his feet

( ) 2. Where was the straw?

A. At the man's home B. In the field . C . In the man's pockets . D. In the shop. ( ) 3. Why did the man go back to his home ? A. Because he didn't take money with him.

B. Because he had something to do at home .

C. Because the shop was closed.

D. Because the straw was at home.

( ) 4. What do you think of the man?

A. He was a bad man . B. He was a fool (傻瓜).

C. He was a good man. D. He was a kind man. ( ) 5. Who asked the man a question at last?

A. An old man . B. An old woman . C. Someone near him. D. No one.

(B)

What do you want to be in the future? Do you have any ambitions(抱负，理想)? Everyone in our class has his own ambition . Let me tell you about them . Jim wants to be a lawyer(律师).He wants to be rich. He thinks lawyers are rich . Bob is good at helping others, so Li Ming thinks he might be a doctor. But Bob wants to be movie star , he likes watching movies . Many students like to be teachers because they love children.

Last night I had a dream(梦) ------ I was forty years old . I was sick in hospital . A lot of my classmates came to see me in the hospital . Jim was a lawyer . He was very rich . Bob became a famous actor . He made a lot of movies . And he sent us some of his wonderful DVDs . Krista became a doctor . She wore long ,white clothes. She was helping the sick people . I dreamed of many other people . But I didn't remember all of them . It is an interesting dream .

( ) 1.Jim wants to be a lawyer because _______________

A. he likes talking very much . B. he loves to have a lot of money. C. His father is a lawyer . D. lawyers are not very tired . ( ) 2. Bob likes ______ , so he wants to be movie star . A. helping others . B. driving police cars C. watching movies D. Teaching students ( ) 3. In my dream , I__________.

A. was very young B. became very old

C. became an English teacher . D. was forty years old . ( ) 4. In my dream ,_________ was a doctor.

A. I B. Li Ming C. Krista D. We don't know . ( ) 5. What do you think of the dream ?

A. A sad one .B. A surprised one . C. A wonderful one .D. A dull (枯燥的，乏味的)one .

(C)

Thanksgiving Day is a holiday in Canada and the United States..Nobody goes to work or school on Thanksgiving Day . Thanksgiving Day is not on the same day every year,but it is always in the same month. In Canada , Thanksgiving Day is on the second Monday in October. But in the US, it is on the fourth Thursday of November.

Thanksgiving began in the US in 1621. In 1620, over one hundred people sailed across the Atlantic Ocean (跨过大西洋) to live in the New World . Their first winter in the New World was hard .They arrived too late to grow any crops ( 庄稼). Without food ,half the people died.The Indians taught them how to grow crops .The next year ,in the fall（秋季）,there was a great harvest(收成). These people were very thankful so they had a feast(筵席)to celebrate the great harvest .That was the first Thanksgiving Day .People in Canada began cerebrating it in the 1750s .Families make special food and eat them together.They eat the roast（烤制的）turkey and pumpkin pies .After the dinner they like to play games together.

( ) 1. Thanksgiving Day is a holiday in ______.

A.the world . B. China C. Canada and the US D. Europe ( ) 2. Thanksgiving celebrates the ______.

A. Indians B. crops C. Feast. D. harvest ( ) 3. The first Thanksgiving began in _____.

A. 1620 B. 1621 C. 1750 D. late November ( ) 4. The underlined words \ A. 新世界 B. 新大陆 C. 新家园 D. 新国家 ( ) 5. Which of the following is true?

A. Canadians and Americans celebrate Thanksgiving in the same month .

B. Thanksgiving Day isn't a holiday in Canada.

C. After Thanksgiving dinner people often went to the stores .

D. Canadians and Americans all have Thanksgiving dinner with the families.

四、根据要求变换句子。（10分）

1、We have seen the film three times.( 画线提问) How ______ ______ have you seen the film? 2、He has learned English for three years. (画线提问) ______ _____ has he learned English ?

3、I have already taken some photos. (改为一般疑问句) _____ you taken any photos______ ?

4、I am a farmer. He is a farmer ,too. (用both....and连接成一句) ____ I and he _____ farmers.

5、I have been a teacher for 20 years. (用since改写为同义句) I have been a teacher _______ 20 years _______. 五、补全对话。（10分） A

根据对话内容，从方框内选择正确的句子完成对话，使对话意思完整 。