2020-2021学年江苏省泰州市泰兴市西城初中教育集团八年级（下）第一次月考英语试卷

一、单项选择（共 10小题；每小题1分）

• 1．The UK is _______ European country and it's also ______ island country．（　　）

  A．an； an

  B．a； a

  C．an； a

  D．a； an
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• 2．- Must I return the book this week？
  - No， you ____________． You can ____________ it for 20 days．（　　）

  A．mustn't； keep	B．needn't； borrow
  C．don't have to； keep	D．mustn't； lend
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• 3．         on the icon， and you          visit Asia and Africa in only two hours!

  A．Click； will	B．To click； can
  C．Clicking； /	D．To click； /
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• 4．I didn't know          the wall， Amy didn't know         .

  A．which to paint colour； either

  B．which to paint； too

  C．which to colour paint； too

  D．which colour to paint； either
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• 5．British people won't touch you or          you if you are         .

  A．bump into； on their way

  B．push past； in their way

  C．cut in on； about their way

  D．push in； of their way
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• 6．Daniel is          to help his friends         .

  A．enough kind； all the time

  B．such kind； at times

  C．too kind； at a time

  D．kind enough； from time to time
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• 7．-______did your uncle leave his hometown？
  -Many years ago． In fact he ________for nearly twenty years．（　　）

  A．When； has left

  B．When； has been away

  C．How long； has left

  D．How long； has been away
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• 8．- She's never late for school，          ？
  -        ，she always arrives here on time.

  A．has she；Yes	B．is she；Yes
  C．has she；No	D．is she；No
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• 9．Lily's mother is too busy _______ housework _________ her with her homework．（　　）

  A．to do； helping	B．doing； helping
  C．to do； to help	D．doing； to help
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七、短文填空（共1小题；每小题10分）根据短文内容及首字母提示，补全空格内单词，使短文完整、通顺。

• 27．Gulliver's Travel was written by Irish writer Jonathan Swift in 1726.The book （1）

  popular as soon as it came out.S（2）

  then，it has never been out of print.
     At the b（3）

  of the book，Lemuel Gulliver tells about his life and history before his travels，in the style of books of the time.He enjoys traveling，although his love of travel causes his downfall.During his first travel，Gulliver is washed to the beach after his ship crashes a（4）

  the rocks and found himself caught by an a（5）

  of tiny people，less than six inches tall，who live in the island country of Lilliput.After saying that he will not do a（6）

  bad，he is given a big house in Lilliput to live in.And Gulliver becomes a favourite of the court.He is also free to go around the city only if he does not hurt people there.
     Gulliver helps the people of Lilliput to beat their neighbours，the Blefuscudians.H（7）

  ，he doesn't want to turn the island country -Blefuscu into part of Lilliput.This makes the king
  u（8）

  .Gulliver is charged with treason for urination（小便） in the capital，though he was putting out a fire and saving a large number of lives.The court decides to make him lose his ability to see，but w（9）

  the help of a kind friend，he runs away to Blefuscu.Here he finds a boat with nobody on it and s（10）

  the sea for a few days.Finally，he asks a passing ship to take him back home.
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八、书面表达（10分）

• 28．当前，泰兴市西城初中正开展"好书伴我成长"活动。亲爱的同学们，你们喜欢阅读吗？请以"Growing up with good books"为题用英语写篇80词左右的文章。
  提示：（1）.当前存在的现象（上网，聊天，玩游戏……）
  （2）.良好的读书习惯很重要……
  （3）.读书的益处；
  （4）.有关阅读的做法与打算。
  Growing up with good books__________
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