八年级英语月考试题单项选择（20分）( ) 1. –I’ve never been to a water park. --______A. Me, too.B. Me, neither.C.So do I .D. Me both.( ) 2. –______ have you been studying English? –Since 2002.A. How oftenB. How longC. How many timesD. How old( ) 3. I’m a new comer here, so I had a lot of problems _______ the bus stop.A .to find B. finds C. find D. finding( ) 4. China has the _______ population in the world.A. largestB. mostC. moreD. highest( )5. You can’t find _______ in such a small place.A. something to eatB. nothing to eatC. anything to eatD. anything eating ( )6. The temperature is almost the same all year in Singapore because it’s so close to ____.A. the earthB. ChinaC. the equatorD. the sea( )7. We haven’t seen the film .A. alreadyB. everC. yetD. since( )8. Mary isn’t here. She the shop.A. has been toB. has went toC. has gone toD. has been( )9.——Anna，have you ___ seen China’Got Talent(达人秀）？—— Of course,I____ it last weekend.A. never;sawB. ever;sawC. ever;have seenD.never;have seen ( )10. She supper. She is not hungry.A. has haveB. have hadC. has hadD. doesn’t have( )11. The movie for ten minutes till now.A. has beganB. has been onC. has begunD. began( )12. Has Mary what she would do?A. decideB. decidedC. decisionD. decides( )13. Foxes and lions are during the night, and we can see them walking.A. awakeB. aloneC. asleepD. wake( )14. Mary the book for two weeks.A. borrowedB. has hadC. keepD. has bought( )15.Tina told me that she would eat the junk food_______.A. any moreB..not longerC.any longerD.no longer( )16. Mrs Wang has lived in Haikou_____1992.A. inB. forC. sinceD. after( )17. Li Hong has _____the army for 2 years.A. joinedB. Joined toC.been inD. joined in( )18. I like to walk ______the trees on the farm.A.onB. inC.amongD. between( )19.Tom ______TV at this time yesterday.A. has watchedB. watchC.were watchingD. Watches ( )20.Teachers often encourage us ________hard.A.studyingB.studyC. to studyD. studies完形填空(10分)Beethoven was one of the greatest musicians in the world. He was born in 1770 and _1__ in 1827.Beethoven's father was a singer. _2__ the boy was only four, his father decided to make him a _3__ .So Beethoven had to play hour after hour on different musical instruments. He learned so fast that hecould go around __4__ give concerts when he was only 11. When he was 17, he won high praise fromMozart,a great _5___.A few years later Beethoven went to Vienna to __6___ under Haydn, another .great musician. Soon hecould write a lot of __7___himself. But he was often poor and ill during his life. After one illness, hesuddenly found ___8___ deaf. At that time he was only 31. But this did not_9___ Beethoven. The surprisingthing is that he wrote some of his_10____ , his most beautiful pieces such as Destiny, after he became deaf.( )1. A. worked( )2. A. When( )3. A. worker( )4. A. while( )5. A. singer( )6. A. live( )7. A. music( )8. A. itself( )9. A. make( )10. A betterB. taughtB. ThenB. musicianB. andB. painterB. studyB. novelsB. himselfB. workB. goodC. diedC. BeforeC. teacherC. butC. musicianC. listen toC. booksC. heC. stopC. wellD. livedD. AfterD. dancerD. orD. travelerD. watchD. articlesD. itD. helpD. Best三、阅读理解(20分)AMy brother, John, is a college student. Last year he went to Italy and stayed for two months. I was surprised that John was able to have such a long holiday, because he never had any money. “How did you manage it, John?” I asked. “I thought you were going to stay for two weeks.”“It was easy,” John answered. “I got a job.”“A job?” I asked in surprise. “What did you do?”“I gave English lessons to a shop manager,” John answered.“His name is Luigi. We have beco me good friends.”“But you’ re not a teacher,” I said.“I told Luigi I couldn’t teach,”John explained. “But he insisted on having conversation (会话) lessons. He wanted to practice his English. He had a lot of American customers, so it was important for him to speak English. I spent three hours a day talking to him. In return he gave me a room, three meals a day and a little pocket of money.”“Did your pupil learn much English?” I asked.“I don’t know,” John said, “but I learnt a lot of Italian.”( ) 1.The writer was surprised that John was able to stay in Italy for ______.A. a weekB. two monthsC. two weeksD. two years( ) 2. John was able to have a long holiday in Italy because ______.A. he was a shop managerB. he had a lot of moneyC. he taught a shop manager to learn EnglishD. he worked in a shop as an assistant( ) 3.Why did the shop manager ask John to teach him English?Because______.A. he was an ItalianB. he liked English very muchC. he was a shop manager D .he had many American customersBOne evening three men came to a station and asked a porter(搬运工)，“What time is the next train for London? ”The porter said, “You’ve just missed one. They go every hour. The next one is at ten o’clock. ”“That’s all right, ”they said, “We will go and have a drink. ”So they went to a refreshment room (茶点室). A minute or two after ten o’clock they came and said to the porter, “Has the train gone? ”“ Yes. It went at ten o’clock, ”h e said.“That’s all right. ”They said，“We will go and have another drink. ”So they went back again.They missed the eleven o’clock train in the same way, and the porter said, “Now the next train is the last one; if you miss that, you won’t get to London today. ”Twelve o’clock came, and the three men ran quickly out of the refreshment room.Two of them got into the train just as the train was leaving, but the third one didn’t run fast enough, and the train went out. The porter went up to the thi rd man and said, “I told you this was the last train. Why didn’t you come earlier? ”The man stood there and laughed for a long time. Then he said, “I was going to London; they only came here to see me off. ”( )4 . The three men came to the station because _______.A. they wanted to have a drink thereB. they wanted to talk with a porterC. they wanted to find out when the next train was for LondonD. they wanted to see a friend off( )5 . They went to the refreshment room because _______.A. they could know when the next train cameB. the porter asked them to do soC.they could drink there when they were waiting for the trainD. they had to do so( )6 . Why did they go to have another drink?A. Because they were so thirsty.B. Because they didn’t want to leave then.C. Because the train hadn’t arrived.D. Because they missed the ten o’clock train.CMost people want to be happy, but few know how to find happiness. Money and success alone do not bring lasting happiness. Aristotle, a Greek thinker, said, “Happiness depends upon ourselves.” In other words, we make our own happiness. Here are a few suggestions to help yoube happier.The first secret of happiness is to enjoy the simple things in life. Too often, we spend so much time thinking about the future—for example, getting into college or getting a good job—that we fail to enjoy the present. You should enjoy life's simple pleasures, such as reading a good book, listening to your favorite music, or spending time with close friends. People who have several close friends often live happier and healthier lives.Another secret to living a happy life is to be active. Many people go dancing to play sports. People can forget about their problems and only think about the activities.Finally, many people find happiness in helping others. Studies show that people feel good when they spend their time helping others. If you want to feel happier, do good things for someone. You can help a friend with his or her studies, go shopping to buy food for an elderly person, or simply help out around the house by washing the dishes.( )7. The best title(标题) of this passage is ________.A．The Secrets of HappinessB．Money Makes You HappyC．Ideas for Helping Other People to Be HappyD．Good Friends Make You Happy( )8. The second paragraph tells us that ________.A．the more friends you have, the happier you'll beB．we shouldn't think about our futureC．happiness is to enjoy the simple things in lifeD．some people fail to live a happy life( )9. The passage gives us ________ pieces of advice on happiness.A. one B．two C．three D. four( )10. The writer thinks that ________.A．everyone knows how to live a happier lifeB．it's wrong to spend time on workC．hobbies take up too much timeD．doing good things for someone can make you happier补全对话（10分）Yang Mei: Hi,Laura! ___1___Laura: Oh,I’ve been to many places,such as Xi’an, Hangzhou,Shanghai,Guilin and Tibet.Yang Mei:___2_______Laura: Really?What places have you been to?Yang Mei:Very few.I’ve only been to Pingyao.Laura: __3____Yao Mei:It’s in Shanxi.It’s a small place,but it has a long history.It’s one of the oldest towns in China. There you can see a well-known city wall.Laura: __4____ I’ve just seen a lot of natural beauties but not much old Chinese culture yet.Yao Mei:___5__五、完成句子。