8A4-6牛津英语(上海).doc

MonthlyTest Paper for Oxford English 8A 2011.12
(满分100分，60分钟完卷，试题全部做在答卷纸上)
Part 1 Listening (25%)
I. Listen and choose the picture for the sentence. (6%)

A B C D

E F G H

III. Listen to the dialogue and choose the best answer to the question you hear. (7%)
1. A. Because of the traffic jam. B. Because of the traffic accident.
C. She was ill. D. She got up late.
2. A. Once a week. B. Once a day. C. Twice a week. D. Twice a day.
3. A. The long skirt. B. The new skirt. C. The jacket. D. The shoes.
4. A. A pencil-case. B. A book. C. Something. D. A pencil.
5. A. Fine. B. Sunny. C. Sunny, then rain. D. Rain, then Sunny.
6. A. The exam was very difficult.
B. The exam was very easy.
C. The exam was difficult, but it was easy for Tom.
D. The exam was easy, but it was difficult for Tom.
7. A. Gork’s eye. B. Captain King’s eye.
C. Nobody’s eye. D. Peter’s eye.
IV. Listen and decide if the following statements are true or false. (6%)
1. The speaker is probably keen on reading books.
2. Many students wear glasses because they read too many books.
3. There are three reasons against watching TV.
4. Reading books can make children think more.
5. In the end, the writer decided to sell the television set.
6. Books should be children’s best friends and the speaker will write more books for his children.
V. Listen to the passage, then complete the table. (6%)
Mr. Grey’s Timetable
Wednesday, January 11th, 2011
Time Arrangement Place
9:00 have a meeting with department managers Room ____1_____

10:00 hear assistant’s _____2_____ Office

12:00 have lunch with CEOs ___3___ Restaurant

13:30 _____4______ a lecture Meeting Room
topic: Business in Southeast 5

___6__ discuss with Ms. Black Meeting Room

Part 2 Vocabulary and Grammar (41%)
I. Fill in the blanks with the words in their proper forms: (5%)
1. By my ________, we made a profit of $20,000 last year. (calculate)
2. You are _________ to come and go as you please. (freedom)
3. Sweets can be _________ to children’s teeth. (harm)
4. This was a very important ________ because it made our life easier. (invent)
5. The new car goes at an ________ speed. (amaze)
II. Choose the best answer: (18%)
( ) 1. He is _____ honest boy, so we all believe in him.
A. an B. a C. the D. /
( ) 2. I have got two tickets _______ Langlang’s concert tonight. Would you like to go there with me?
A. to B. with C. of D. for
( ) 3. Some people enjoy KFC, but ______ prefer McDonald’s hamburger.
A. another B. the other C. others D. the others
( ) 4. _______ of the students like the pop songs.
A. Thirds-fifth B. Third-fifths C. Three-fifth D. Three-fifths
( ) 5. Her wish is ________ a film star in the future.
A. become B. becomes C. to become D. will become
( ) 6. During this Christmas season, several charities（慈善机构） in Britain offered the chance（机会） for people to do ________ for others by buying an animal for a poor family.
A. something B. somebody C. nothing D. nobody
( ) 7. It usually takes me half an hour ________ my homework after school.
A. do B. to do C. doing D. to doing
( ) 8. A photographer takes pictures of a copy of a new early dinosaur. The animal is ________ years old.
A. million of B. two millions
C. two hundred million D. two hundreds million
( ) 9. I’d like to buy __________ scissors.
A. pairs of B. a pair of C. a couple of D. couples of
( )10. Speaking is _________ reading in learning English.
A. so important as B. so more important as
C. as important as D. as more important as
( )11. A: _________ do you go to Europe for business?
B: Twice a year.
A. How many times B. How soon
C. How long D. How often
( )12. A: What's your plan for the coming holiday?
B: I ________ Beijing if possible.
A. visit B. visited C. am going to visit D. have visited
( )13. The roar he gave was so ____ that our blood turned to ice.
A. exciting B. excited C. frightening D. frightened
( )14. Each year at the date that Nobel died, the prizes _________ to people who have done a great job in making a better world.
A. gave B. give C. were given D. are given
( ) 15. We try our best to make our country ________.
A. more beautiful B. more beautifully
C. more beauty D. most beauty
( ) 16. Mr. Wilson is my new English teacher. I have invited both ____ and _____ girl friend to our New Year’s Eve dinner.
A. he, him B. him, his C. his, him D. he, his
( ) 17.This teacher tried his best to be ________ to each student.
A. fair enough B. fairly enough C. enough fair D. enough fairly
( ) 18. -----I am so sorry I broke the window just now. ----- ________. Be careful next time.
A. That’s right B. All right C. You’re right D. That’s all right
III. Choose the right words or an expressions in the box to the blanks of this paragraph：（8’）
A) suitable B) are satisfied with C) be careful to
D) many kinds of E) are good for F) gives
G) For example H) looks I) However
Every year a lot of films are made, but not all of them ___1___us. Most of these films are not ___2___for children. Before we see a film in a cinema or watch a DVD at home, we should ___3___choose a good one.
A good film usually ___4__ us a lesson. ___5____, “Beauty and the Beast” Teaches us to love someone for his/ her good heart but not for his /her__6____. “ The Lion King” teaches us to be brave and be fair to other people.
There are ____7___films. There are adventure films, comedies, horror films, science fiction films, documentaries, action films, love stories and so on.___8___, many of these films are only for adults. So always ask your parents before you see a film.
IV. Rewrite the following sentences as required: (10%)
1. 1. Mr. Smith lived in Shanghai sixty years ago. （改为否定句）
Mr. Smith __________ __________ in Shanghai sixty years ago.
2. It’s about ten minutes’ walk from my home to my school. (对划线部分提问)
_______ ________ is it from your home to your school?
3. Please put your right hand up. （改为反意疑问句）
Please put your right hand up, _______ ________?
4. The child is too short to reach the lock. （句意相同）
The child isn’t ________ ________ to reach the lock.
5. This encyclopaedia consists of ten volumes. (保持句意不变)
This encyclopaedia is __________ __________ of ten volumes..
Part 3 Reading and Writing (39%)
I. Read and finish the tasks. (21%)
(A)
In England, people like eating fish and chips. They sometimes cook this kind of food at home. But there are many fish and chip shops. People usually buy fish and chips in a shop. The food can be put into a paper bag. It is easy for people to take the food home or to their work place. They can even eat it on the road. This“take-away”food is very popular in England. It is welcomed by people there.
Chinese take-away food is also popular. There are all kinds of Chinese take-away food, such as steamed bread dumplings, New Year cakes and so on. Chinese take-away food can be found all over the world: in England, in Australia ,and in the USA. But in the USA, there aren’t so many fish and chip shops. The most popular food is probably (有可能)fried (油煎的)chicken.
( )1 The most popular food in England is fried chicken.
( )2 Englishmen never cook fish and chips at home.
( )3 People can eat the take-away food everywhere.
( )4 Chinese take-away food is also served in other countries.
( )5 Fish and chips in the USA are as popular as that in England.

( B )
Captain Goodfellow
Do your children enjoy interesting stories, funny games, and exciting dances? Captain Goodfellow will be ready to teach all these things to children at the City Theatre on Saturday morning at 10:00, free.
Films at the Museum
Two European films will be shown on Saturday afternoon at the Museum Theatre. See Broken Window at 1:30. The Workers will be at 3:45. For further information , call 4987898.
International Picnic
Are you tired of eating the same food every day? Come to the Central Park on Saturday and enjoy food from all over the world. Delicious but not expensive. Noon to 5: 00 P. M.
Take me out to the Ballgame
It's October, and Saturday night (7:00 – 9:00) is your last chance (机会) to see the Red Birds this year. Get your tickets at the gate. It might be cold ??? Don't forget sweaters and jackets.
Do you want to hear "The Zoo"
"The Zoo", a popular rock group from Australia, will give their first U. S. concert this Saturday night, at 8:00 at Rose Hall, City College.
Choose the best answer according to the passage.(5%)
( ) 1. On Saturday morning, you can ____.
A. go to watch a ball game
B. take children to play games at the City Theatre
C. go to a concert at Rose Hall, City College
D. go to the Central Park for a picnic
( ) 2. The Red Birds ballgame ____.
A. is in the afternoon B. is outside
C. is at the gate D. might be cold
( ) 3. You can eat many different kinds of food from all over the world if you ____.
A. go to the Central Park B. go to the City Theatre
C. buy tickets at the gate D. go to see a film

( ) 4. "The Zoo" is ____.
A. a U. S. concert B. a park with many red birds in it
C. a music group D. going to give their last concert
( ) 5. Mr Turner wants to have a nice Saturday. Which is not possible for him to do?
A. Watching a ballgame and having a picnic.
B. Having a picnic and seeing a film.
C. Listening to a concert and watching a ball game.
D. Seeing a film and listening to a concert.
(C)
Flying to the Moon
Scientists always want to know about other worlds in space. They have looked at them through telescope and found a lot. For example, they know much about the moon. But they wanted to get more information about it. The only way is to send men to the moon.
The moon is about 384,000 kilometres away from the earth. A plane cannot fly to the moon because the air reaches only 24 kilometres. Then there is no air. A plane cannot fly without air to raise its body. But there is something that can fly when there is no air. This is a rocket.
A rocket is made of metal. The metal must not be heavy but it must be very strong. Inside the rocket there is a special gas. It is very hot. The hot gas runs out of the end of the rocket and this pushed the rocket move ahead.
Rockets can fly into space. Rockets with men inside them have already reached the moon. A few rockets, without men inside them, have been to other worlds far away. One day rockets may go anywhere in space.
Answer the questions with less than five words for the blank.(5%)
1. What do scientists always want to know?
Scientists always want to know ___________________.
2. What is the only way to the moon?
The only way ___________________ to the moon.
3. Why can’t a plane fly to the moon?
A plane can’t fly to the moon because __________to raise its body above 24 km in the sky.
4. What can fly to the moon instead of a plane?
____________________________.
5. What is the hot gas in the rocket used to do?
It is used to _________________.
(D)
Choose the words or expressions to complete the passage. (6%)
More than three hundred years ago, about half of the USA's land was covered by forest. But now the forests are almost 1 . They can't stop good land from being sold. Today too many trees are being cut 2 in the USA.
China doesn't want to follow the USA's 3 . So China has built a new Great Wall of trees. It will stop the 4 from blowing earth away and stop the sand from moving towards the rich farmland. It has 5 saved a lot of land. We must plant 6 trees every year. The more, the better.
( ) 1. A. went B. changed C. gone D. covered
( ) 2. A. off B. down C. away D. for
( ) 3. A. forests B. land C. people D. example
( ) 4. A. wind B. sand C. rain D. cloud
( ) 5. A. still B. always C. already D. almost
( ) 6. A. fewer B. much C. many D. more
(E)
Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words. （5%）
Stories of “Sky Gods”
Are there aliens or not? It’s your choice whether to believe. But there is some i___1___ about them.
In a lot of ancient cultures from all over the world, there are stories about strange beings from the sky. Many people will tell s ２ about these “Sky Gods” to children, then the children will pass the stories on to their kids when they get older. From the many stories, there have been books and movies about space creatures（生物）. Somewhere in all this, the word “alien” was invented.
According to some ‘Scientists’, aliens c ３ to Earth several millions of years ago after the dinosaurs were gone, but before humans were here. The aliens made human life with an ape（猿）. Then they put humans in charge of （掌管）their planet (the Earth) and promised that they would some day return.
What do aliens look like? There are d __４___ ideas: bright, dark, small, big, ugly, cute, green… No one r___5___ knows. You can choose to believe what you have just read or not.
1. i________ 2. s________ 3. c________ 4. d_________ 5. r__________
IV. Write at least 60 words about the topic “A great person in my mind ”. 8%

Answer sheet for 8A Monthly Test 2011.12
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项目
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3

听力
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II
III
IV
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II
III
IV
总分
25
5
18
8
10
15
6
5
8
100
得分

Part 1 Listening (25%)
学校 班级 姓名 学号

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I. Listen and choose the picture for the sentence. (6%)
1. ____ 2. ____ 3. ____ 4. ____ 5. _____ 6. _____
III. Listen to the dialogue and choose the best answer to the question you hear. (7%)
1. ____ 2. ____ 3. ____ 4. ____ 5. _____ 6. _____ 7. ______
IV. Listen and decide if the following statements are true or false. (6%)
1. ____ 2. ____ 3. ____ 4. ____ 5. _____ 6. _____
V. Listen to the dialogue, then complete the following passage. (6%)
1. _____________ 2. _________________ 3. __________________
4. _____________ 5. _________________ 6. __________________
Part 2 Vocabulary and Grammar (36%)
I. Fill in the blanks with the words in their proper forms: (5%)
1. _________ 2. __________ 3. _____________4. ___________ 5. ___________
II. Choose the best answer. (18%)
1.______ 2._______ 3._______ 4.________ 5._______ 6.________