2020-2021 学年英才学校第二学期第一次月考 八年级英语试题 二、语法选择（本题有 5 小题，每小题 1 分，共 5 分） 通读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后按照句子结构的语法和上下文连贯的要求，从每小题所 给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案，并将答题卡上对应题目所选的选项涂黑。 Scientists are very interested in the universe, and they always want to know more about it. Years ago they knew many things about 31 moon. They knew how big it was and how far 32 was from the earth. 33 they still wanted to know more. They thought 34 the best way was to send men to the moon. The moon is about 384,000 kilometers away from the earth. A common plane 35 fly to the moon because the 36 reaches only 240 kilometers away from the earth. But 37 can fly even when there is no air. That is the rocket（火箭）. How can a rocket fly? If you want to know, get a balloon（气球）and then blow it up until it is quiet big. Do not tie up（捆绑）the neck of the balloon, but let it go! The balloon will fly off through the air very quickly. It 38 wings （ 翅 膀 ） like a plane. There is gas（气体）in the rocket, so it can fly out into space. Rockets with men in them 39 the moon. Several rockets, without men in them, have been sent to other places much farther away than the moon. One day, rockets 40 go to any place in space. 31. A.a B.the C.an D./ 32. A./ B.itself C.its D.it 33. A.So B.And C.But D.Or 34. A. that B.if C.how D.what 35. A.couldn’t B.can’t C.mustn’t D.may not 36. A.air B.airs C. piece of air D.airing 37. A.anything B.nothing C.something D.everything 38. A.need B.needs C.don’t need D. doesn’t need 39. A. have been to B. have gone to C. has been to D. has gone to 40. A.be able to B.may be able to C.maybe able to D.can be able to Key:31-35 BDCAB 36-40 ACDAB 三、完形填空（本大题有 10 小题，每小题 1 分，共 10 分） 通读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后在每小题所给的四个选项中，选出一个最佳 答案，并将答题卡上对应题目所选的选项涂黑。 Have you 41 received letters from your parents? What do you think of it? A family letter, which is full of love from our parents, is the bridge of communication between our parents and us. Fulei's Family Letters is a book of letters written by Chinese translator and writer Fu Lei) to 42 elder son Fu Cong,who is a famous pianist . Between 1954 and 1966 , Fu Cong 43 a lot of time away from home training as a piano player. As a result,writing letters became Fu Lei's 44 way of communicating with his elder son. Fu Min, Fu Lei's younger son,edited the letters and the book 45 in 1981. The book displays Fu Lei's family tradition and 46 . To Fu Lei,the purpose of education of a person , as shown in Fu Lei's Family Letters, is to make that person useful to society. Fu Lei praised his son Fu Cong 47 winning a piano competition. Fu Lei wrote, “ We are happy that you 48 our country proud. I am so excited when I think about your future. You will make progress,and serve more people,encourage them and heal them.” In the family letters, Fu Cong was also taught to read famous Chinese texts. When reading these books, Fu Cong was told to link ideas and feelings together, for that would help him become a better person . To Fu Lei, learning to be a good person comes 49 any academic training. In 1954, Fu Lei wrote,"Otherwise（否则），the person will not achieve much, no matter how knowledgeable he or she is. Fu Lei's Family Letters has great influence on people in China. They know 50 book helps many young students understand how they should live their lives. 41. A.ever B.never C.yet D.always 42. A.her B.its C.his D.their 43. A.cost B.spend C.took D.paid 44. A.unusual B.common C.strange D.difficult 45. A.came from B.came out C.came to D.came up with 46. A.history B.information C.humor D.value 47. A.to B.of C.at D.for 48. A. made B. have made C. have been made D. make 49. A.before B. after C. until D. in 50. A.what B.that C. how D.who Key:41-45 ACBAB 46-50 DDBAB 四、阅读理解（本大题有 15 小题，每小题 2 分，共 30 分） 阅读 A、B 两篇短文，从每小题所给的四个选项中，选出能回答所提问题或完 成所给句子的最佳答案，并将答题卡上对应题目所选的选项涂黑。 A Summer sports camps Our summer camp have the following sports: Basketball Football Swimming Tennis Kungfu This summer, we are offering sports camps at Discovery College, Renaissance College, South Island and West Island School from Mondays to Fridays for six weeks. Our summer sports camps are only for children. We want to make sure they get enough exercise during the holiday. We're having a show about our summer sport camps this Friday at South Island school, you can come and learn more about us sign up before June 18 th ( June 27th for for football camps) to enjoy ten percent discount （ 折 扣 ） for our summer sport camps. You can also visit our website www.esf.org.hk or call us at 2711 1128 for more information about our sum