重庆八中初2018级初三（上）第一次月考
英语试题
第I 卷
I 听力测试。 II 单项选择。（每小题1分，共15分）
从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案，并把答题卡上对应题目的答案涂黑。 21. ---There’s _______ useful word in this sentence. Do you know its meaning?
---Sorry, I don’t. But I can _______ in the dictionary soon. A. a, look up it B. an, look up it C. an, look it up 22. ---Excuse me, is there a _______ near here? I want to buy some books.
---Sure, go along Center Street and turn left, then you can find it.
D. a, look it up
A. library B. restroom C. restaurant D. bookstore 23. If you want to learn a language _______, you should pay more attention to _______ it.
A. good, use B. well, using C. good, using D. well, use 24. It’s no nice _______ you to help me with my _______ English.
A. of, spoken B. for, speaking C. of, speaking D. for, spoken 25. You’ll remember _______ you have learned _______ it’s a little difficult for you.
A. what, because B. that, though C. what, although D. that, if 26. ---_______ nice weather it is today! Why not _______ out for a walk?
---That sounds good. A. What a, go B. What, go C. How a, to go D. How, going 27. ---One of the drivers _______ in this car accident already. ---Sorry to hear that. A. has died B. have dead C. has been died 28. Because he ate _______ junk food, he _______ three pounds last month.
A. too much, put on B. much too, put up C. too many, put off 29. ---Look! There’s an old man _______ on the ground.
---Let’s go and see what _______. A. lay, happened B. lying, happened C. lied, has happened 30. ---He warned us _______ in the deep river.
---Yes. I hear that whoever swims in it will end up _______ his life.
D. have been dead D. many too, put down
D. lying, was happened
A. don’t swim, losing B. not swim, lost C. not to swim, losing D. not to swim, to lose 31. ---Have you read the novel _______ A Christmas Carol?
---Yes, I _______ it a month ago. A. named, have read B. called, read C. is named, have read D. is calling, read 32. ---I wonder _______ the man is a businessman?
---That’s for sure. He often goes _______ business across the country. A. that, for B. if, on C. whether, to D. that, in 33. Asking for help _______ this way sounds more _______.
A. by, politely B. at, polite C. on, politely D. in, polite 34. ---Excuse me, could you please tell me _______?
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---Sure, go along Center Street and turn left, the bank is across from the supermarket. A. how can I get to the bank B. how to get the bank C. which is way to the bank D. where is the bank
35. ---How about dressing up as ghosts on Halloween? ---_______. What should we do to prepare for it? A. Have a good time B. I don’t think so C. That sounds like fun D. That’s too scary III 完型填空。（每小题1.5分，共15分）
根据短文内容，从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个能填入相应空格内的最佳答案，并把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。
Most of us have three meals a day. We take food for granted(理所当然的), and we don’t think about it. 36 experts agree that a serious food problem is coming. This problem is going to make us 37 the way we think about food.
Food is in great need ___38___ a growing of the world population. By 1960, the population was three billion. It doubled to six billion by 1999. by 2050, this planet will need to feed at least nine billion people. ___39___ a result, the food prices get higher and higher.
So what can a hungry, crowded world do? One suggestion is to eat ___40___ meat. Meat uses more natural resources(资源) than grains. We need more ___41___ to produce(制造) one pound of meat than to produce one pound of grains. It also requires between 5 and 10 times more water than vegetables. So eating less meat will ___42___ more land for farming, and it will save water.
To eat less meat, people need to change their eating habits. That will not be ___43___. Americans, for example, have always loved meat. In general, they eat twice as much as people in other countries. At the same time, in developing countries like China and Brazil, sales of meat have doubled in the last 20 years and ___44___ will double again by 2050. Growing need of meat will continue to put pressure on natural resources.
World population is increasing, resources are becoming fewer, and food prices are rising. Therefore, we need to rethink ___45___ we eat every day. For meat lovers, we don’t need to give up meat completely, and maybe we will solve the food problem. ( )36. A. And B. But C. Or D. Until ( )37. A. change B. get C. tell D. search ( )38. A. instead of B. because of C. thanks for D. as for ( )39. A. To B. In C. For D. As ( )40. A. less B. more C. fewer D. many ( )41. A. time B. land C. people D. situations ( )42. A. provide B. want C. give D. buy ( )43. A. important B. hard C. easy D. necessary ( )44. A. it B. they C. we D. one ( )45. A. how B. when C. what D. where
IV 阅读理解（每小题2分，共30分）
阅读下列材料，从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个能填入相应空格内的最佳答案，并把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。
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A
Hello, welcome to Global Travel. The seven-day holiday is coming. There are the UK and European travel routes(路线), as well as cheap holidays to Thailand and New Zealand, We’re sure you will enjoy yourselves if you join us. 36 dollars Farmhouse in Majorca Seven nights’ self-catering(提供饮食) stay for up to six people at Can Corso, near S’Horta. Tel: 08658008080 129 dollars Self-catering in Portugal Set off on March 15 for seven nights at the Mourabel Apartment; flights are included Tel: 087145239645 260 dollars Family trip to Morocco Eight days’ hiking in the Atlas Mountains. Accommodation(住宿) is included but flights are not included. Arrive on April 25. Tel: 08002950066 450 dollars Family trip in Florida Seven nights at the Westfate Inn, Kissimmee. Set off on March 21. Tel: 08712301555 610 dollars A week in Thailand Arrive on March 28th for seven days’ stay, room only at the Regent Chalet, Cha Am Tel: 08716660278 46. Mr. Green will travel with his five friends but he wants to spend as little money as possible, so he should go to _______.
A. Portugal B. Thailand C. Majorca D. Florida 47. In the Atlas Mountains, people can _______ according to the passage. A. swim B. fish C. hike D. cook 48. We can call _______ to book tickets to Florida. A. 087145239645 B. 08712301555 C. 08002950066 D. 08716660278
B
Some people are not good at remembering the direction. And I am one of them. I have visited a place many times but I may still get lost there the next time.
When I was a little girl, I never dared ask strangers the way. And so I used to walk round in circle and
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hope that by chance I would get to the place I was going to.
Now, I am no longer too shy to ask people for directions, but I often receive helpless or even wrong information. So I try to avoid(避免) giving people wrong directions. If anyone asks me the way somewhere, I would say, “Sorry, I am a stranger here.”
Once on my way to work I was stopped by a man. He asked me if I could tell him the way to the
Friendship Building. I gave him my usual reply. But just as I walked on only a few steps, I realized that he had asked the way to my office building. However, I had no time to turn back and look for him. I was rushing to meet with someone at my office and I didn’t want to keep him waiting.
When I just got to my office, the secretary showed in the man who had asked me for directions. Imagine how embarrassed I was and how surprised he was when we saw each other at the first sight! 49. The writer always refuses to give people directions because _______. A. she is a stranger to the city B. she doesn’t know the people C. she has no time to help others D. she’s afraid of giving wrong directions. 50. A man stopped the writer on the way to _______. A. ask for the directions B. ask for the time C. make friends with her D. sell her something 51. The Friendship Building is the place where the writer _______. A. lives B. studies C. works 52. From the passage, we can infer(推测) that _______. A. the writer felt sorry for not showing the man the way B. the writer knew she would see the man again C. the writer and the man knew each other well D. the writer used to be good at giving directions
C
A year ago, I made a decision to let my son choose his costume(服装) for Halloween. He chose Daphne instead of Scooby Doo. A few parents at his school hated his clothes very much. I wrote a blog(博客) about it on the Internet, and in a very short time, my article got 47,000 comments(评论) and it led to a national discussion about gender identity(性别认同).
My son loved Scooby Doo, the cartoon very much, but he had already dressed up as Scooby Doo, the dog, for the past Halloween. So last year the good choice to him was Daphne---oange wig(假发), a purple dress---He couldn’t get much more fun than that.
However, the rest of the world, starting with some of the mothers at his school, saw things differently. The moms were upset because I let him wear the clothes to school. Someone even called the police station where my husband worked and asked them to take my child away just because of the clothes.
It is certainly parents’ job to teach children, but I think it’s OK for children to be different and they can learn something from the differences. My son loved this photo of him dressed as Daphne very much and he often tells the story of dressing like Daphne for the last Halloween. This year, my son made the bold decision to dress up as... Elsa, the main character in a cartoon named Frozen. Does he worry about last year’s discussion will happen again this year? Of course not. He is only 6. If someone says that it is a “girl” costume, I believe he will say, “What do you care? It’s just a costume, not for a boy or a girl. Just a set of clothes.” And that is true.
53. The writer’s husband worked_______.
D. teaches
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A. In a school B. in a clothing store B. C. in a police station D. in a hospital 54. The underlined word “bold” means _______. A. 胆怯的 B. 犹豫的 C. 积极的
D. 大胆的
55. According to this passage, we can know that Elsa is _______. A. a girl B. a boy C. an actor D. a dog 56. What’s the best title for this passage? A. My Dear Son B. Scoopy-Doo---My Favorite Cartoon C. My Son and I D. Why Can’t We Be Different
D
Hiphop Planet
You can find Hiphop everywhere you go. Countries like France, Brazil and even Japan have their own hiphop culture. But where did this strange speaking singing style come from? Many centuries ago, in West Africa, traditional storytellers played musical instruments(乐器) while they were telling stories. When this tradition travelled from West Africa to the USA, it developed into different musical styles, such as blues and jazz. ___①___ And in the 1970s, there were many poor areas in New York. There wasn’t any money for the music lessons in schools, so kids made their own music. Teenagers from America and DJs here played their records outside in the streets. Everybody joined in. They had rapping(说唱) competitions. Every week, there were talented new dancers and new DJs. That is now hiphop was born.
Once in 1980, I was at a party in New York. There was a young DJ at the party. He was playing records. While he was putting a record on, a kid picked up a microphone(话筒) and began records. Some other kids were break-dancing to the music. It was loud and boring, and I hated it. I preferred jazz.
During the 1980s, hiphop became popular all over the USA. Today’s successful American artists like Missy and her friend Tim heard it on the radio when they were growing up.
The last time I heard hiphop, I was in West Africa. I was writing a book about African-Americans. I was going to interview a traditional storyteller when I met a young hiphop artist. He told me there are hundreds of rap groups in Africa today. We live on a hiphop planet. 57. Where was hiphop born? A. America. B. Japan. C. France. D. West Africa. 58. Which sentence is the best choice for ___①___? A. I remember the first time I heard hiphop.
B. Many Americans gave music lessons to poor children.
C. These styles all started in poor African-American areas. D. Some people don’t like hiphop because of its spoken words. 59. When did hiphop become popular in America? A. In the 1970s. B. In the 1980s. C. In the 1990s. D. In 1980. 60. What does the underlined sentence “ We live on a hiphop planet.” mean? A. Everyone likes singing hiphop.
B. There are hundreds of different styles in hiohop. C. Many famous artists are fans of hiphop.
D. People can find hiphop no matter where they go.
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