Edwards Sims was born in 1892

Edwards Sims was born in 1892篇一：上海市金山区金盟中学2014-2015学年八年级英语上学期10月月考试题

上海市金山区金盟中学2014-2015学年八年级英语上学期10月月考

试题

II.Choose the best answer(选择最恰当的答案)（共20分）

1.Tom comes from _______ European country.

A)a B)the C)/ D)an

2.The Korean football players felt quite _______ after they won the game.

A)luck B)lucky C)luckily D)unlucky

3.---How tall is jack?

--- He is about ___________.

A)six feet long B) six foots long C)six foot tall D)six

feet tall

4.My parents _________ about 10,000yuan for my school education each year.

A)spend B)cost C)pay D) take

5.Shanghai is one of _________in China.

A)the modern city B)the most modern cities C)modern cities D)the

modern cities

6.Jane usually goes to see her grandfather__________ Saturday afternoon.

A)in B)at C)on D)from

7 George’s ambition is to go travelling with our friends during our holidays!

A)to become B)to becoming C)become D)will become

8.______ great fun it is to go to travelling with our friends during our holidays!

A)What a B）What C）What an D）How

9.Parents are responsible _____ their children’s safety.

A)at B)about C)to D)for

10.It’s already 11:30 p.m. It’s time ___________.

A)to go to bed B)for getting up C)to have breakfast

D)for lunch

11.His father seldom read newspapers,________ he?

A)does B)did C)doesn’t he D)didn’t

12. ________ is it from your school to your home?-- About 10 minutes’ ride.

A)How long B)How soon C)How far D)How much

13.They look forward to__________ the Great Wall again next summer holiday.

A)visit B)visiting C)visits D)visited

14.Which of the following is right?

A)where are you from?(升调) B)May I open the window to let in some

fresh air?(降调)

C)I’m afraid I can’t return the book before Friday.（升调） D)Excuse me, sir.

（升调）

15.A:Why not join us in the game, Kitty? B:__________, but I have to do my homework

first.

A）Let’s go B)I’d like to C)Yes,please D)It’s a pleasure

III.Complete the following passage with the words or phrases in the box.Each one

can only be used once(将下列单词或词组填入空格。每空格限填一词，每词或词组只能填

一词)（共8分）

This summer holiday, I paid a ___1____ to Britain. During our first week in

Britain, we stayed at Embassy Summer School in Bristol. We had classes and activities

together with students __2____ all over the world. We had to communicate in English

____3___ we come from different countries. It provided me with a great

____4____improve (提高) my oral English skills. We also learnt about different

London is a very beautiful city ___5______ a long history. On the first day in

London, we were lucky ___6__ to have time for the London Eye and Westminster. I must

say Westminster Abbey was definitely worth the 30-minute wait. I could easily

____7______ it as my favourite place in England. The church which has stood for

centuries is now ____8____ holding weddings and funerals. It was a great experience

which I will keep in my heart forever.

IV.Complete the sentences with the given words in their proper forms(用括号中所

给的单词的适当形式完成下列句子)（共8分）

1.Let’s introduce _______ first,shall we?(we)

2. The children quickly got______ with staying indoors.（bore）

3. Do you know the _______of the Oriental Pearl TV Tower?(high)

4.As you ______ know, I’m going to change my job soon.(probable)

5.Grandpa Wang usually goes to the supermarket _____ to buy daily necessaries.(near)

6. Miss Wei, our ________ teacher, has worked in our school for quite a few

years.(physical)

V.Rewrite the following sentences as required (根据所给要求，改写下列句子。62-67

题，每空格限填一词。)（共14分） 1. I was born in Newcastle in 1996.(对划线部分提问)

____________and __________were you born?

2.The new flat cost me a lot of money.(改为否定句)

The new flat_________ cost me_____________ money.

3. Susan danced beautifully at the party.(改为感叹句)

__________ ______________ Susan danced at the party.

4.The Asian Games are held once every four years.(对划线部分提问)

______ _________ are the Asian Games held?

5. He studies so hard that he always passes an exam.(保持原句意思)

He studies so hard that he __________ _________an exam.

6. John hopes that he will get a letter from his penfriend soon.(保持句意基本不

变)

John hopes to __________ ____________ his penfriend.

68.interesting,teachers,once,a,the,or,places,visit,week,twice,us,take,to(连词成

句)

Part 3 Reading and Writing（第三部分 读写） VI. Reading comprehension（阅读理解）

A. Choose the best answer (根据论坛内容，选择最恰当的答案): (共 12 分)

Last week, we published(发表) an article about modern marriage（婚姻）. A

recent research showed that in England 51% of married women go out to work. Peo

ple were asked what they thought of “working wives”. The results were as

follows:

We asked readers to write and tell us their opinions. Here are some of the hun

dreds of letters we got.

Ms Brown — I’m a woman photographer(摄影师). I make plenty of money, trave

l a lot, and see a lot of people. I enjoy my work, and wouldn’t have to stay at

home. I would never marry a man who wanted me to give up my work.

Ted Stubbs—At present there are over 1, 000, 000 men who were out of

work in Britain. If a woman gets a job, she puts one more man out of work.

Perhaps that man has a wife and twelve children to support. Let women stay at

home where they belong.

Susan Steward — I am the mother of twelve children. When I go to work, my

husband looks after the children. He is good with children and enjoys staying a

t home with them. And I enjoy job as a bus driver.

1. Last week an article about _________ was published.

A.marriage of recent times B.working women

C.working wives D.a strange marrige

2._______ of men are on the side of working wives.

A. Most

B. None C. 100% D. A few

3.The woman photographer won’t marry a man who_______.

A. has less money than her

C.hates to stay at home B.likes staying at home D.wants her to stay at home

4.Ted Stubbs thinks that woman going out to work _______.

A. is meaningless

B.will be better than men

C.will make men lose chances for work

D.will weaken the right of the husband at home

5. When the bus driver goes to work,_______.

A.her children take care of themselves

B.a nurse looks after her children instead of her

C.her husband looks after her children

D.she has to have everything ready for the children

6. According to the passage,which of the following is NOT true?

A. Ted thinks women shouldn’t go out for work.

B. Susan’s husband doesn’t like to stay at home looking after the children.

C. In England about half of married women go out to work.

D. The photographer makes much money and likes to travel very much.

E. Answer the questions (根据短文内容回答下列问题)：（7分）

Edward Sims was born in 1892. He was the fifth child and only son of Herbert

and Dora Sims. Herbert was a carpenter(木匠) , and did a successful business making

furniture. He decided that his first-born son would be a carpenter just like him.

For this reason, Edward was kept away from school and worked with his father.

However, Edward was not born to be a carpenter. Although he had a fit body,

he didn't have strong arms like his father. When he tried to find another job, he

found it difficult because he had never learnt to read or write.

One day, he went for an interview at a law office. The job was a runner, taking

papers from the office to other offices in the city. The lawyer was pleased to see

that Edward was physically fit, but when he discovered that the young man couldn't

read or write, he decided not to employ him. "How can you deliver documents to other

offices," he asked, "if you can't read the addresses on them?"

Greatly disappointed, Edward left the building and went to wait for a bus to

take him back home. Next to the bus stop, a man was selling newspapers from a stand

(摊位) .

"Excuse me, young man?" he said. "Would you look after my stand for a moment?"

For the next 20 minutes, Edward sold newspapers, lots of them. When the man

came back, he was so happy to see his new assistant's honesty that he offered him

a job. Edward took it immediately. .

In the next few months, the two men progressed from working on newspaper stands

to selling newspapers, cigarettes, candy and other goods in a shop. Then they opened

a second shop, and a third. Finally, they had a chain of 25 shops in three cities.

Edward became very rich, so he employed a private teacher to teach him read

and write. The teacher was amazed at what Edward had achieved. "Imagine what you

could do if you were able to read and write when you were younger!" he said.

1. What was Edwards' father? .

2. Why was Edward kept away from school?

Because his father______________________________________ .

3. Was it easy for Edward to find another job? .

4. How did Edward feel when he was refused by the lawyer? .

5. What did the man selling newspapers ask Edward to help him?

He asked Edward___________________________________________.

6. How long did it take the two men to progress from working on newspaper stands

to selling newspapers and other goods in a shop? .

7. What do you think Edward could do if he was able to read and write when he was

younger?

.

B. Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage (选择最恰当的单词或

词语完成短文) (共7分)

Super boys are a group of five boys from Taiwan, and they can sing and dance really

___1____! These clever boys are young and they are really proud of it. They think

__2__ is impossible for them. They can dream and are not __3__ afraid of losing.

They work very hard __4__ they don't want to waste the best years of their lives

and they want to be as good as they can at singing, dancing and acting.Sometimes

they __5__18-hour days! They will __6__ stop growing and improving when they are

still young. When they aren't performing, everyone is busy learning new skills, such

as playing instruments or writing lyrics. They hope to play for __7__ on stage one

day.So, to those of you who have just found out about the Comic Boyz, go check out

their new CD.

1.A. best B.well C.good D.

badly

2.A.nothing B. everything C.something D.

Anything

3. A. aware B. in charge C. careless D. afraid

4.A. so B. because C. then D.

though

5.A. work B.play C. enjoy D.

waste