2020-2021學(xué)年廣東省茂名市高州市第九中學(xué)聯(lián)考集團八年級（下）第一次月考英語試卷

一．語法填空（本大題有 10 小題，每小題 1 分，共 10 分）

• 1．Since the earliest times，people have looked up at the stars，the moon and the planets.Today people use modern machines（1）

  at the sky.This is very different from the situation（2）

  years ago when people could only use their eyes.Perhaps they dreamed of exploring the universe.
     When did humans first go into space？The story began not so very long ago，（3）

  the first astronauts were not people-they were animals.
     Scientists wanted to make travelling to space as（4）

  as possible for humans.So they decided to experiment with animals and test（5）

  in spaceflights.Insects，mice，frogs，dogs and monkeys were some of the animals that first went into space.Many of them（6）

  ，but they helped to make space travel safer for humans.For their great service，we shouldn't forget these animals.
     Albert Ⅱ was the first monkey to go into space in 1949.Sadly he died（7）

  his spaceship landed back on Earth.（8）

  the result was different for Ham the Monkey.His story ended happily when he return to earth in very good health.
     Scientists wanted to know the answer to the important question：Could（9）

  animal like Ham do the same things in space as he could do on Earth？The answer came when Ham was sent into space in 1961.Yes，he did everything well and lived for（10）

  16 years.
  
  

  （1）	A．look	B．to look	C．looking	D．looked
  （2）	A．thousand	B．thousands	C．thousand of	D．thousands of
  （3）	A．a(chǎn)s	B．or	C．but	D．so
  （4）	A．safe	B．safer	C．safest	D．the safest
  （5）	A．they	B．them	C．their	D．theirs
  （6）	A．die	B．died	C．have died	D．will die
  （7）	A．if	B．because	C．a(chǎn)fter	D．since
  （8）	A．Luck	B．Lucky	C．Luckier	D．Luckily
  （9）	A．a(chǎn)	B．a(chǎn)n	C．the	D． /
  （10）	A．a(chǎn)nother	B．other	C．others	D．the others
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二．完形填空（本大題有10小題，每小題10分，共10分）

• 2．Homework can put you in a bad mood（情緒），but that might be a good thing.New research shows that being too happy can sometimes（1）

  your learning performance.
     Researchers wanted to know（2）

  mood would affect（影響）the way children learn.So they decided to do a study.In the study，each child（3）

  20 problems.In each problem a small shape was hidden inside a different，larger shape.The children had to find the small shape while they were listening to either happy（4）

  sad music.
     To measure their mood，the researchers asked the children（5）

  to one of the five faces，from laughing（6）

  crying.Children（7）

  listened to happy music pointed to the smiling faces，showing that they felt（8）

  .Children who listened to sad music pointed to the crying faces instead.
     The researchers found that sad children took less time to find the small shapes.They also correctly found three or more shapes.The researchers think that sadness（9）

  people pay more attention（注意）to small facts.（10）

  people feel unhappy，they are more careful with a problem or difficult situation.
  
  

  （1）	A．hurting	B．to hurt	C．hurt	D．hurts
  （2）	A．whether	B．where	C．that	D．because
  （3）	A．gave	B．is giving	C．was given	D．gives
  （4）	A．nor	B．or	C．a(chǎn)nd	D．but
  （5）	A．point	B．pointing	C．pointed	D．to point
  （6）	A．of	B．to	C．in	D．with
  （7）	A．who	B．whom	C．whose	D．which
  （8）	A．exciting	B．excitedly	C．excitement	D．excited
  （9）	A．make	B．makes	C．is making	D．is made
  （10）	A．So	B．But	C．When	D．Though
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六．讀寫綜合（本大題分為 A、B 兩部分，共 25 分）信息歸納（本題共1小題，每小題10分，共10分）

• 7．Venus（金星） is close to the earth. It is the second planet from the sun. The earth is the third planet from the sun. Venus is similar （相似的） to the earth in size and mass （質(zhì)量）. It is often described as the earth's "sister".
      Scientists have been learning about Venus for a long time. First they looked at Venus through telescopes （望遠鏡）. But Venus is covered with thick clouds. Scientists could not see Venus well through the clouds. So they made guesses about it.
      For a long time， scientists thought that Venus had water and plants. They thought Venus might have animals too. But they didn't know for sure.
      Then scientists found a way to learn more about Venus. In the 1960s， they began sending probes （航天探測器） to Venus. The probes flew through the thick clouds. They took pictures of Venus up close. They found out many things too. The probes sent the pictures and things they found out back to the scientists.
      The scientists learned a lot from the probes. First they learned that most of their guesses were not right. And they learned that Venus is very hot.
      After that， scientists knew they could not send people to Venus. But they still wanted to know more about it. So they sent new probes. These new probes took great pictures of the planet. The pictures showed that Venus has plains （平原） and mountains! And in some ways， Venus looks like the earth.
  
  （1）. How are Venus and the earth similar？
  

  
  （2）. Why is it hard to see Venus well through a telescope？
  

  
  （3）.When did scientists begin to send probes to Venus？
  

  
  （4）. Can the scientists send people to Venus？
  

  
  （5）. What does Venus have ？
  
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七.書面表達，根據(jù)要求完成短文寫作。（15 分）

• 8．假如現(xiàn)在是2050年，你們學(xué)校組織了一次去火星（Mars）的旅行。在火星上你們到處參觀，舉行聚會，與外星人（alien）通電話……總之，你們玩得很愉快。
  請根據(jù)上述材料，以An Exciting Trip為題，以第一人稱的形式描述一下你的火星之旅。要求表達準確，語法正確，行文連貫，可適當(dāng)發(fā)揮，詞數(shù)在80左右。
  An Exciting Trip___________
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