上海市2020-2021学年八年级上学期10月月考英语试题含解析

One day last year, four children were waiting for their school bus on a street corner. It was dirty. There were old bottles, parts of old bikes, and 1 soda cans everywhere. The trees were brown and had no leaves, and there were not any flowers at all. It was ugly.

One Friday, one of the children looked at the corner and decided to do 2 about it. The next Monday, she bought a bag and 3 old bottles. On Tuesday, she spent another ten minutes picking up parts of old bikes, while her best friends picked up soda cans and put them in a different bag for recycling. On Wednesday, all the children 4 in the work. The corner soon became clean.

The corner looked better but it was 5 ugly. So the next day the girl brought some flowers seeds. She planted the seeds, watered them, and then watered the trees, too. She did that ten minutes a day but that was enough.

A few months later, this corner became a beautiful 6 with pretty flowers and healthy trees.

It only took ten minutes a day. Do you have ten minutes a day to help your city?

1 ． A ． full B ． empty C ． cheap D ． expensive

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

3 ． A ． gave B ． offered C ． bought D ． collected

4 ． A ． put B ． joined C ． fought D ． agreed

5 ． A ． so B ． yet C ． even D ． still

6 ． A ． city B ． neighbourhood C ． garden D ． street

We always celebrated Dad’s birthday on Thanksgiving Day, even after he entered a nursing home. When we knew it might be his last birthday, the whole family decided to come together for a huge birthday celebration at the nursing home.

Dad was a good storyteller. But this time I told Dad that it was now his turn to listen to some stories for a change. One after another, people told old stories from their hearts, while Dad listened with tears in eyes. People recalled kinds of stories-stories about when they were little, stories about when Dad was young, and stories that shared family treasures.

Everyone seemed to have more than one story. Even the little grandchildren couldn’t wait to tell Dad why they loved him. For a man who had been kind to so many hundreds of people in his life, here was a chance to tell him how much we love him. A few months later, at Dad’s memorial service, we more fully realized what we had given to Dad that night. Those are the stories people normally tell at a funeral( 葬礼 )after a loved one is no longer alive to hear his life, and we had told them through laughter, together with hugs and joy. He had them to hold and enjoyed them from time to time in his mind during his last days and months.

That’s the way to give back love and that’s our chance to celebrate to a person in his or her life.

1 ． The whole family decided to have a huge birthday celebration because ________

A ． Dad was to leave the hospital. B ． It might be Dad’s last birthday.

C ． They would celebrate Thanksgiving Day. D ． Dad was at the nursing home.

2 ． They celebrated Dad’s birthday by ________.

A ． listening to Dad about his story. B ． singing and dancing at the party.

C ． telling stories about Dad from hearts. D ． sharing family presents with Dad.

3 ． The writer fully realized what they had given to his father that night ________.

A ． when Dad was still alive B ． at Dad’s memorial service

C ． from time to time in his life D ． after Dad entered a nursing home

4 ． Father enjoyed the memories of love and held them in his last days, didn’t he?

A ． Yes, he did. B ． No, he didn’t C ． Yes, he didn’t D ． No, he did.

5 ． We can learn from the passage that ________

A ． We can tell stories to celebrate Thanksgiving Day.

B ． We should show our love to those people we love in his or her life.

C ． We should tell our love to those people we love when they are dying.

D ． We should give back love to those people we love after their death.

On May 11, heavy hail( 冰雹 )came down to an Australian beach. It turned the beach into a sea of white.

It made for an unusual sight and got us wondering, “what causes hail?”

Hail is a type of water in the atmosphere( 大气 ). A piece of hail is called a hailstone. A hailstone begins as a small water drop or a round snowflake in a cloud. The drop grows by collecting many cloud drops. When it is down by a strong wind inside the cloud, the little drop meets with some very cold water drops. These supercooled ( 过冷的 ) drops are still liquid water, even though the temperature is below freezing. When the little drop and these very cold drops merge( 融化 ), the little drop has now become a hailstone.

The little hailstone is thrown up inside the cloud, still collecting other cold drops. The hailstone gets bigger and bigger until it goes to the top of the cloud. Then, because there is no more wind, it falls back down through the cloud. While it is falling, it can hit the earth at a speed of up to 144 kilometers per hour. So it is very dangerous to people, animals, buildings and many other things on the ground.

In Australia, hail can occur( 发生 )at any time of the year. But large hail often happens during spring and early summer.

1 ． When did the hail mentioned in paragraph 1 happen in Australia?

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2 ． What helps the little water drop meet with some extremely cold water drops?

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3 ． Are the supercooled drops liquid water or solid water?

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4 ． What does the little hailstone collect while it is thrown up inside the cloud?

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5 ． If hailstones fall down at the speed of 144 kph, are they very dangerous? Why?

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I am going to visit ________ European country with my parents this summer.

A ． a B ． an C ． the D ． /

Tom’s father works ________ an architect in London.

A ． as B ． for C ． at D ． like

It’s raining. Our teacher tells us ________ in the playground.

A ． don’t run B ． not run C ． not to run D ． to not run

My ambition is ________ an engineer.

A ． be B ． to be C ． being D ． to being

Two boys saw ________ in the street.

A ． something strange B ． anything strange C ． strange something D ． strange anything

I’m ________ playing golf.

A ． keen on B ． enjoy C ． fond on D ． interested at

Jenny talked with a friend of _____ on the Internet for a long time yesterday.

A ． her

B ． she

C ． hers

D ． herself

The manager continued ________ even if it was very late.

A ． talked B ． talk C ． talks D ． talking

The music sounded so ________ that everyone in the hall clapped all the time.

A ． badly B ． well C ． nicely D ． wonderful

He seldom asks others to assist him, ________ he?

A ． do B ． does C ． doesn’t D ． don’t

She ________ much time to sleep.

A ． doesn’t need B ． needn’t C ． don’t need have D ． needn’t to have

________ great fun it is to have a spring outing with my friends!

A ． What a B ． What C ． How D ． How a

A: Excuse me, ________ is Century Park from our school?

B: About 10 minutes’ walk.

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

David is responsible ________ the sales in the company.

A ． to B ． in C ． on D ． for

The problems are difficult to solve. Please give me________.

A ． some advices B ． an advice C ． some advice D ． many advice

A: Would you like to go out to play football with me?

B: ________. But I should finish my homework first.

A ． Yes, I do B ． I like C ． Of course not D ． I’d love to

Every year in the U.S., April 12 is celebrated as the National Drop Everything and Read Day. It is a day to celebrate books and reading. And it’s also the birthday of the author Beverly Cleary.

Beverly Cleary is a f 1 ． writer of children’s books.  Some of her best-known books are Ramona the Pest , the Mouse and the Motorcycle , Henry Huggins and Dear Mr. Henshaw .

Ms. Cleary was slow to learn to read herself. She was born in 1916, and found the books of the time boring. Later on, Ms. Cleary became a librarian( 图书管理员 ). One day a student asked her where he could find books about children like h 2 ． . She realized there weren’t many books about ordinary kids, and she set out to write them.

Ms. Clearly wrote u 3 ． she was 83, creating over 40 books in all. This April 12, she turned 103. More than 91 million copies of her books have been sold, and the stories have been translated( 翻译 ) into many different l 4 ． .

One of Ms. Cleary’s most popular characters is Ramona Quimby, also known as Ramona the Pest. In the book Ramona Quimby, age 8, Ramona talks about a reading activity in her class c 5 ． “Drop Everything and Read(D ． E.A ． R)”. During D ． E.A ． R, students can go wherever they want in a classroom and read whatever they choose to read.

Since then, D ． E.A ． R Day has been celebrated on Ms. Cleary’s birthday, and Ramona has been used to promote( 推广 ) it. Over time, D ． E.A ． R Day has t 6 ． into D ． E.A ． R Month. Now, in some classrooms, D ． E.A ． R has become a daily activity.

Is the art of conversation dying? The other day, my wife and two teenage children did something we haven’t 1 ． for ages. It didn’t require the Internet, a TV screen, batteries or anything else for that matter. But we all enjoyed it so much we’re thinking of doing it again 2 ． .

We had a conversation. The kind of real, live conversation that was 3 ． when I was growing up, but which seems all too rare these days. Today we have chat rooms, text messages, e-mails but we seems to be losing the art of communicating face-to-face. Young people spend most of that time 4 ． their mobile phones. And teenagers nowadays seems to prefer communicating 5 ． their friends by sending text messages rather than actually speaking to them.

If we carry on like this, in the future, we’ll lose the use of our voice. What do you think? E-mail me, and who knows? Maybe we could even have a real conversation about it!

After dinner, Wendy continued working on her homework. ( 保持句意 )

After dinner, Wendy ____ ____ working on her homework.

We are going to visit the Disneyland Park next Monday.( 划线提问 )

____ are you going to ____ next Monday?

The travelers will climb up to the top of the cliff in a few minutes . ( 划线提问 )

____ ____ will the travelers climb up to the top of the cliff?

My father goes to work by car every day. ( 一般疑问句 )

____ your father ____ to work by car every day?

An accident happened in our street last night. ____, no one was injured. (luck)

It’s ____ for her to get to school so late today because she is always the first one to get into the classroom. (usually)

If you always read books in this way, you will ____ need to wear glasses in two years. (probable)

Michael told us that he had made friends with a few ____ on the WeChat. (Germany)

Let’s go ____ together! (ski)

Wuhan Diary by Fang Fang has caused a heated ____ on the Internet. (discuss)

playing the piano, takes, Wendy, to practice, an hour, it   ( 连词成句 )

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Write at least 60 words about the topic “My best friend’s daily life”

Suggested line:

1.Who is your best friend?

2.What does he/she do at school and after school every day?

3.What do you think of his/her daily life and what can you learn from him/her?

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Where did you go____ [ˈdjuəriŋ] the summer vacation?

I’d like to know the ____ [haɪt] of the mountain.

Your hobbies are ____ [ˈsimələ] to mine, so we can be best friends.

Although he ________ [iksˈpleind] the reason why he was late, his mother still got angry.

To be ____ [səkˈsesful], you have to work hard all the time.