秦淮外国语学校2022-2023学年八年级上学期10月月考英语试卷

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8A 10月月考卷 秦外
一、单项填空 (1’*20=20’)
1. ---Look, there is ______ one-meter-long cookie in the shop.
---Oh, what ______ great fun!
A. a, a B. an, / C. an, a D. a, /
2. ---What do you think of my new dress, Millie?
---It’s more beautiful than ______.
A. anyone else’s B. anyone else C. anyone’s else D. else anyone’s
3. Children all like to play with snow. And the harder it snows, the ______ the children will play.
A. happy B. happier C. happily D. more happily
4. I think ______ with friends is better than ______.
A. chat; watching TV B. chatting; watching TV C. chatting; watch TV D. chat; watch TV
5. He spends as much time as he can ______ English every day.
A. to practise to speak B. practise to speak
C. practise speaking D. practising speaking
6. She didn’t feel ______ last week. But she’s ______ now.
A. good; much more healthy B. well; much healthier
C. well; more healthy D. good; healthier
7. ---Which is ______ of the twins, Lucy or Lily?
---It’s hard to say. Both of them are good at their lessons.
A. the cleverer B. cleverer C. cleverest D. the cleverest
8. ---If there are ______ people driving, there will be ______ air pollution.
---Yes, the air will be fresher.
A. less; less B. less; fewer C. fewer; fewer D. fewer; less
9. During the Dragon Boat Festival, all the Chinese ______.
A. have three days’ off B. have three day’s holiday
C. have three days off D. have three-day holiday
10. ---Isn’t it an interesting film?
---______. I fell asleep when I was watching it.
A. Yes, it is B. Yes, it isn’t C. No, it isn’t D. No, it is
11. You can ______ two more books from the school library at a time, and you can ______ them for two weeks, but you can’t ______ them to others.
A. borrow; lend; keep B. lend; keep; borrow
C. keep; lend; borrow D. borrow; keep; lend
12. ---What are you doing, Sandy?
---I’m reading a newspaper. It says the number of the pandas ______ now.
A. is getting fewer and fewer B. is getting smaller and smaller
C. is getting less and less D. are getting smaller and smaller
13. Which sentence is American English?
A. The shops all have big sales before Christmas.
B. It doesn’t rain often in this city in autumn.
C. He is a popular soccer star.
D. The holiday begins on July 1st.

14. ---How many mistakes did you make in the exam, Millie?
---______. I got full marks this time.
A. No one B. Nothing C. None D. Nobody
15. Jack sings better than ______ in his class. Which answer is wrong？
A. all the other students B. any of the others
C. any student C. any other student
16. ---______?
---He is modest and energetic.
A. What does your monitor like? B. How do you think of your monitor?
C. How do you like your monitor? D. What do you like your monitor?
17. ---I think reading is more important than speaking in our English study.
---I don’t agree. Speaking is ______ reading.
A. not as important as B. so important as C. not important than D. as important as
18. There aren’t enough chairs. Would you please ______ ones here?
A. to bring another three B. bring more three
C. to take three other D. bring three more
19. The whole plan ______ him too much time.
A. took B. cost C. spent D. paid
20. ---Would you like to travel with me after this exam?
---______. I can’t wait.
A. That’s all right B. Of course not C. Me too D. Yes, I’d love to
二、完形填空 (1’*10=10’)
We all need friends. The need to be accepted and be part of a ___21___ is powerful. But too often we choose our friends base on whoever will accept ___22___. And that’s not always good. ___23___, to be accepted by kids who do drugs（吸毒）, all you have to do is to do drugs yourself.
It’s hard, ___24___ sometimes it is better to have no friends for a time than to have wrong friends. A wrong group can ___25___ you down all kinds of paths（道路）you really don’t want to be on. And going back the way you have come can be a long and ___26___ journey. I have a close friend who luckily had enough common sense（常识）to drop his old friends for some new ones. His old friends are ___27___ doing drugs and two of them have died. What a powerful influence friends ___28___ have on our life!
If you don’t know ___29___ you should choose your friends, remember that your friends don’t always have to be your age. Years ago I spoke to a boy who seemed to have very few friends at school, but he did have a grandpa who ___30___ him. It seemed that the friendship void（空白）he had in his life was filled. The long and short of it is, just be wise when choosing friends, because much of your future depends on who you hang out with.
21. A. family B. group C. team D. club
22. A. me B. us C. you D. them
23. A. Of course B. At last C. First of all D. For example
24. A. but B. or C. so D. and
25. A. let B. follow C. lead D. help
26. A. safe B. relaxing C. boring D. hard
27. A. still B. also C. just D. soon
28. A. must B. should C. can D. may
29. A. why B. when C. how D. where
30. A. looked at B. heard from C. looked after D. listened to
三、阅读理解 (1’*20=20’)
A
Welcome everyone! Today let’s meet China’s excellent diplomats（外交官）.

Hua Chunying is a Foreign Ministry Spokesperson. Spokespersons hold press meetings from Monday to Friday. Hua is good at answering harsh questions. China now has three spokespersons and Hua is the only woman.

Liu Xiaoming is China’s ambassador to the UK. An ambassador（大使） is a country’s highest representative sent to another country. Liu speaks fluent English and knows British culture well. He has done so excellent work that he is respected by the British people.

Wang Yi is the Minister of Foreign Affairs. He often visits foreign countries and represents China at international meetings. He also writes articles on newspapers explaining China’s foreign policies. Wang learned Japanese in college and was once the ambassador to Japan.
31. How many spokeswomen does China have according to the passage now?
A. One B. Two C. Three D. Four
32. What is Liu Xiaoming good at?
A. Speaking fluent Japanese B. Answering harsh questions
C. Knowing British culture well D. Explaining China’s foreign policies
33. Who used to be the ambassador?
A. Hua Chunying B. Wang Yi C. Liu Xiaoming D. Nobody
B
SCENE 1: One dollar a week
(The doorway of the house where Chandler has a room. He is dressed in his best clothes, ready for his evening out. He is going out as his friend, Jeff White, comes in.)
WHITE: What are you doing this evening?
CHANDLER (smiling): Tonight I’m going to live like a man with a million dollars!
WHITE: What are you talking about? You haven’t got a million dollars!
CHANDLER: How much money are you and I paid each week, Jeff?
WHITE: Eighteen dollars. Why?
CHANDLER: And how much of that eighteen dollars do you spend each week?
WHITE: All of it , of course.
CHANDLER: Well, I don’t. Each week I save one dollar out of my eighteen. Then, every ten weeks, I can buy myself an evening to remember.
WHITE: What do you do?
CHANDLER: I put on my finest clothes, go to one of the best restaurants in New York, eat the most expensive food on the menu, drink the best wine, and then take a taxi home!
WHITE (______): Why?
CHANDLER: Why? Because it makes me feel wonderful to sit with some of the richest people in America, and to make them think that I’m rich too.
WHITE: You’re crazy!
CHANDLER (laughing): Perhaps I am!
(Mrs Black comes in.)
MRS BLACK: Ah, Mr Chandler, I wanted to see you.
CHANDLER: Good evening, Mrs Black. What a lovely evening!
MRS BLACK: Lovely evening perhaps, but you haven’t paid me for your room this month. When am I going to get the money?
CHANDLER: Soon, Mrs Black. Very soon.
(Mrs Black looks at Chandler’s clothes.)
MRS BLACK: You can spend money on expensive clothes, but you can’t pay for my room. Is that right?
CHANDLER (hurrying away): Good night, Mrs Black!
34. How much money does Chandler spend each week?
A. 1 dollar B. 17 dollars
C. 18 dollars D. One million dollars
35. Which of the following is the most suitable for the underlined part?
A. excited B. scared C. bored D. surprised
36. Who is Mrs Black?
A. Chandler’s best friend B. Chandler’s mother
C. The boss who pays Chandler D. The owner of Chandler’s room
37. What can we learn about Chandler?
A. He is always day-dreaming. B. He is not very confident.
C. He is a man of great wealth. D. He is a man of great wisdom.
C
In 1987, a small company named Huawei was started in Shenzhen. After more than 30 years of development, the company has now beaten Apple and become the world’s second-largest maker of smart phones behind Korea’s Samsung. It has also become the world’s largest supplier（供应商）of 5G.
But recently, Huawei faced some difficulties. The USA government ordered a ban（禁令） on its sales in America. America officials said Huawei gace information that it collected to the Chinese government. At the same time, the USA government planned to stop selling parts and services to Huawei, which was believed that Huawei’s business would be hurt.
“We have never received such request from Chinese government and we have never tried to get into other systems to collect information.” Ren Zhengfei, Huawei’s founder and president said. “The ban from the USA would have little influence on our company. Huawei has enough ability to deal with the problems.” Ren added.
In an interview several years ago, Ren Zhengfei said, “I started Huawei with only 4000 yuan at then beginning, but now it has become a ＄100 billion company. The experience was not as romantic as you imagine.”
Facing the ban of USA, Huawei is growing. Huawei’s smart phone sales around the world rose 50 percent compared to a year earlier in the first three months of 2019. At the same time, sales from both Samsung and Apple declined. So far, Huawei has grown in to the world’s largest telecommunications equipment（电信设备）supplier, selling in 170 countries. It may beat Samsung as the largest phone in the near future.
38. Why did the USA order a ban on Huawei?
A. Huawei refused to supply services to the USA government.
B. They did not want Apple to sell parts and services to Huawei.
C. The sales of Huawei in America were growing faster than Apple.
D. They thought Huawei collected information for the Chinese government.
39. What can we know about Huawei from Ren Zhengfei’s words?
A. Huawei isn’t influenced by the ban at all.
B. Huawei has got into the system of the USA.
C. Huawei can solve the problems they are facing.
D. Huawei is asked to supply information to Chinese government.
40. What does the underlined word “declined” mean?
A. smoothed out B. spread out C. went down D. went up
41. What does the writer want to tell us in the last paragraph?
A. Huawei will grow slowly.
B. Huawei is full of hope.
C. Huawei’s sales will be doubled.
D. Huawei is the largest smart phone maker.
D
For some Chinese high school students, passing Gaokao is the final goal of their careers. They believe that once they enter college, life will be easy. However, getting a college degree will soon require more efforts than before.
According to a document released（发布） recently by the Ministry of Education, it will strengthen measures to control the quality of higher education. For example, college students who failed exams got another chance to pass them before graduation. Many colleges did this so that more students could receive diplomas（文凭）. However, the new document says this practice will be banned.
Such loose（宽松的）policies led to many students skipping class and getting themselves in video games, reported China Youth Daily.
“The assessment standards in universities aren’t very high,” Sang Guoyuan, a professor of education at Beijing Normal University, told The Economic Observer. “Many poorly performing students are given passes by teachers as long as they attend classes.”
As a result, Chinese universities have relatively high graduation rate compared to Western ones. According to a study released by Xiamen University in 2016, among 820 universities in China, both the average graduation rate and the average degree awarding rate had reached about 97%. However, the average graduation rate of top US universities only reached about 89%.
Xiong Bingqi, chief director of the 21st Century Education Research Institute, told China Daily, “US universities keep students under competitive pressure by giving them challenging tasks.”
Chen Xiao, a researcher at Beijing Normal University, hopes the move will improve the quality of higher education.
“A quite common phenomenon in the past was children studying hard in primary schools, middle schools and high schools, but playing hard at college because they thought they had finished the hardest part of their lives,” Chen told China Daily.
“Now it is much better, with colleges strengthening the quality of higher education. But more still needs to be done,” Chen added.
42. How will Chinese education change, according to the article?
A. The Gaokao exam will be more difficult.
B. Students who skip class will not receive diplomas.
C. College students will have to work harder to earn a degree.
D. College students who fail an exam will not receive diplomas.
43. Why did the Ministry of Education release the document?
A. To improve the quality of higher education.
B. To encourage teachers to improve their teaching.
C. To compete with Western countries’ higher education.
D. To prevent students from spending too much time on video games.
44. What does Chen Xiao think of the move?
A. Chinese higher education would improve.
B. The number of university students might go down.
C. College students would be under too much pressure.
D. It will encourage students to work hard from primary school.
45. What will the writer continue to talk about after the passage?
A. More ways to make it difficult to get a college degree.
B. The results of strengthening the quality of higher education.
C. The differences between Chinese universities and US universities.
D. The reasons for improving the assessment standards in universities.
E
When you are shopping for the week’s food, you may get a large box or two of bottled water. On your way to a soccer game, it’s easy to take a cold one out of the fridge, right?
But all those plastic bottles use a lot of fossil fuels（矿物燃料）. In fact, Americans buy more bottled water than any other country in the world, about 29 billion water bottles a year. In order to make all these bottles, 17 million barrels（桶） of crude oil are used. That's enough oil to keep a million cars going for twelve months.
Americans drink bottled water because they think it is better for them than water out of the tap, but that’s not true. In the United States, local governments make sure water from the tap is safe. People love the convenience（便利）of bottled water. But maybe if they realized the problems it causes, they would try drinking from a glass at home or carrying water in a steel container instead of a plastic bottle.
Plastic bottles pollute the environment but recycling can help—instead of going   out with the rubbish, plastic bottles can be turned into useful items. Sadly, for every six water bottles we use, only one makes it to the recycling bin. The rest are sent to landfills. Or, even worse, they end up as rubbish on the land and in rivers, lakes, and the ocean. Plastic bottles take many hundreds of years to disintegrate under the ground.
Betty Mclaughlin, who runs an organization called the Container Recycling Institute, says we should try using fewer bottles: “If you take one to school for your lunch, don't throw it away—bring it home and refill it from the tap for the next day. Refill a bottle as many times as you can before you recycle it.”
Remember this: Recycling one plastic bottle can save enough energy to power a 60-wat（瓦）light bulb for six hours.
46. Which one is NOT the reason why Americans like bottled water?
A. Because it is cleaner. B. Because it is cheaper.
C. Because it is healthier. D. Because it is easier to take with.
47. In Paragraph 2, how does the writer support the fact?
A. By giving numbers.
B. By telling reasons.
C. By expressing opinions.
D. By discussing problems.
48. The word "disintegrate" in Paragraph 4 probably means ______.
A. turn into rubbish
B. become useful
C. break into pieces
D. mix with water
49. Which of the following is an opinion?
A. American buy the most bottled water in the world.
B. Bottled water is much better than out of the tap.
C. Only one of the six bottles is put into the recycling bin.
D. 17 million barrels of oil are used to make bottles a year.
50. What is the writer's main purpose in writing this article?
A. To tell us to give up bottled water.
B. To tell us to save natural resources.
C. To tell us to protect the environment.
D. To tell us to reuse and recycle plastic bottles.
四、填空 (1’*20=20’)
A）根据括号中所给的汉语写出单词，使句子意思完整正确。
51. After __________（讨论）the problem with his teammates, he had a good idea.
52. Read __________（从头至尾）the article quickly and try to find out the main idea of it.
53. Not everyone is as __________（幽默的）as Mike.
54. Do you know the __________（登山者）names in the swimming pool?
55. I have never been to __________（澳大利亚）before, so this summer I plan to go there for a vacation.
B）根据句子意思，用括号中所给单词的适当形式填空。
56. __________ (luck), he got 59 scores and didn’t pass the exam in the end.
57. We should do what we can __________ (keep) wild animals from losing their living space.
58. I think your school life will be wonderful if you make it much __________ (mean).
59. Jerry, together with his workmates, __________ (face) a lot of problems at work now.
60. The prices of the vegetables __________ (drop) a little yesterday.
61. Shenzhen Special Economic Zone（经济特区）celebrated its __________ (40) birthday.
62. I’m surprised that my four-year-old son can work out the maths problem __________ (easy).
63. Timmy and Tommy are good friends and they always keep their secrets to __________ (they).
64. You shouldn’t be __________ (patient) to your daughter. After all she is only five years old.
65. The cold weather makes some birds __________ (fly) south to spend the winter.

C）根据句子内容，从下面方框中选择适当的短语填空，使句子内容完整正确。
in a short time; chatting with; exams; after school; are different from
I have an online friend called Suzy. After ___66___ her on the Internet, I know that American schools ___67___ ours. Students in America also have many subjects like us but they don’t have so many ___68___.There are fewer students in an American class than in a Chinese one. They have more activities ___69___ than we do. They have less homework, so they can finish their homework ___70___. That’s really amazing.
五、阅读填空 (1’*20=20’)
A）任务型阅读
Every student can manage time to get good grades at school. However, how can you manage your time more efficiently(有效地)to study well? Well, you can arrange for time each day to read over notes. You needn’t study each of your subjects every day, but studying something every day will help you improve your grades. Take notes as you study, so you can use those notes to shorten your study time later. Even though studying is important, it doesn’t need to control your time.
After-school activities are an important part of school life for many students. The journey toward good grades doesn’t mean you have to give up these activities. Instead, you need to find your personal balance between study time and after-school activities. For example, if you play on the baseball team and work on the school paper, you may find that two activities are too much, and that you don’t have enough time to study and take part in these activities. If this is the case, you need to prioritize（区分优先次序）and choose just one activity. Therefore, you’ll have time to study.
As you get closer to graduation（毕业）, it becomes easier to think that class attendance isn’t important, especially later in college. Other activities, such as hanging out（聚会） with friends and even working, can feel more important. However, class time is the time when you can ask questions and learn more about the material. Attending your classes regularly makes you get more information and helps you get better grades.
Spending time with your friends and taking part in fun activities are still important; however, you must evaluate（评估）each situation and learn when to say “no” to going out to have fun. For example, if you have a big test the next day, it’s more important for you to say home and study. However, if the test isn’t for a few more days, it won’t hurt to go out for one or two hours. Each person can spend some time in having fun.
Any spare time you have during the day can be used for studying. For example, if you take a bus, use that time to read over your notes, or read your text. Any time in which you would just sit and wait is a good time to work on school work, so you can improve your grades. However, you need to learn to balance school work and relaxation time, so you don’t burn out.









How to manage time to get good grades
Paragraph outlines
Supporting details
71_______ some time taking notes every day.
l It is 72__________ for you to study something every day.
l Taking notes while studying can help save your study time later.
Balance 73_______ time and after-school activities.
l You 74__________ give up after-school activities just to study for good grades.
l You should prevent after-school activities affecting your study.
l You can choose to do the activity that you think is the most 75__________.
Attend class regularly.
l You shouldn’t miss having classes because of some activities.
l You should make good use of 76__________ time to learn more.
Learn to say “no”.
l You should refuse to go out to play if you need to 77__________ at home.
l If your work isn’t heavy, you can go out to have 78__________ for some time.
Use 79_______ time.
l You can study while 80__________ a bus
l You can do school work when waiting to do something.
B）首字母填空
What is a depression（抑郁症）? Some might think it’s not a big deal, just a sad feeling, while some see it as a terrible disease. It’s important to know w_____81_____ it is as it affects a lot of people.
Recently, the Ministry of Education said China would include screening（筛查）for depression in students’ regular health checks, to find and prevent mental（心理的）p_____82_____.
It’s normal to feel moody（闷闷不乐的）or sad at times. But with depression, a sad or bad mood lasts for weeks, months, or even longer because it is a mental i_____83_____.
Depression affects more than a person’s mood. It can affect the w_____84_____ they act and how well they do in school or at work. It can affect their energy, sleep and eating, too. If people are depressed, they lose i_____85_____ in all kinds of things.
Most of all, depression affects how people think and feel about themselves. People going through depression often feel alone. It might seem like no one u_____86_____ or cares. They may feel bad about themselves or blame（责怪）themselves for having a hard time.
But depression is not a person’s fault. It’s also more common than most people think. About 280 m_____87_____ people around the world have depression, according to the World Health Organization.
Depression can start small. For teenagers, friends, family and school can have major emotional（情绪的）effects. But depression can build and get w_____88_____. In serious situations, it may lead to suicide（自杀）.
However, don’t be a_____89_____ of it. Depression can be treated with talk therapy（谈话疗法）, medication（药物）or a combination（结合）of both. If you are u_____90_____ for more than two weeks and have some symptoms（症状）of depression, it is time to look for help from doctors or others.
六、作文 (10’)























答案：
一、单项选择
1-5 DADBD
6-10 BADCC
11-15 DBCCC
16-20 CDDAD
二、完形填空
21-25 BBDAC
26-30 DACCC
三、阅读
A文 31-33 ACB
B文 34-37 BDDA
C文 38-41 DCCB
D文 42-45 CAAA
E文 46-50 BACBD
四、填空
51.discussing 52.through 53.humorous 54.climbers’ 55.Australia
56.Unluckily 57.to keep 58.more meaningful 59.is facing 60.dropped
61.fortieth 62.easily 63.themselves 64.impatient 65.fly
66.chatting with 67.are different from 68.exams 69.after school 70.in a short time
五、阅读填空
71.Spend 72.helpful 73.study 74.neen’t 75.important
76.class 77.study 78.fun 79.spare 80.taking
81.what 82.problems 83.illness 84.way 85.interest
86.understands 87.million 88.worse 89.afraid 90.unhappy