2025-2026学年常州钟楼外国语八年级上学期第一次月考
一、听力
略
二、单项选择（共10小题;每小题1分,满分10分）
1. My friend Nick is ________ enough to help me with English until I understand the difficult points.
A. polite B. patient C. generous D. honest
2. Katherine is popular with her classmates. They find her ________.
A. easy to get on well B. difficult to get along
C. easy to get on with D. easy to get along with her
3. Do you have anything to ________? If something ________ you, do you know who ________?
A. worry; worries; to go B. worry about; worries; to go
C. worry; worries about; can go to D. worry about; worries; to go to
4. There are four ________ and two ________ in our group.
A. Japaneses; Germen B. Japanese; Germen C. Japanese; German D. Japanese; Germans
5. According to the following poster, which word fits best in the blank?
CRY has 3 letters, but so does JOY
HATE has 4 letters but so does LOVE
LYING has 5 letters, but so does TRUTH.
ENEMIES (敌人) has 7 letters, but so does FRIENDS.
You always have a choice, and choose the ________ side
A. better B. farther C. easier D. funnier
6. —Why is this store full of people?
—Because things in this store are ________ in other stores
A more expensive than those B. as expensive as that
C. not as expensive as that D. not so expensive as those
7. Jack seems ________ these days than you ________ ready for the exam.
A. more busily; to get B. busier; getting C. busier; to get D. more busily; getting
8. ________ you do your homework, ________ mistakes you will make.
A. The more careful; the less B. The more carefully; the fewer
C. The more careful; the fewer D. The more carefully; the less
9. There was still ________ water left, which made the thirsty girl ________ cheerful.
A. a little bit; a bit B. a little; a bit of C. a little; a little bit D. a bit; a little
10. —A group task takes too much time.
—________, but it helps with our teamwork skills.
A. Well done B. I hope so C. That’s all right D. You have a point
三、完形填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
My oldest brother is an engineer. He is really good at ___11___. My second brother is even better at math—he’s a building designer. But me? I’m never good at math. I always thought it was too ___12___.
One day, my second brother sat me down at the ___13___ and showed me how math is part of music. There are 12 notes in a music scale (音阶), and they repeat ___14___. Then he showed me how chords (和弦) are made up of notes. ___15___, math didn’t seem so hard!
I thought it was interesting, ___16___ I didn’t want to learn the piano. I wanted to be an engineer, like my brother. But from then on, I started to ___17___ math in other things.
That summer, we went to an ___18___ and saw a drawing on show by a famous artist. The lines began at a small point and went out in all directions. The artist drew the houses to fit the lines perfectly. Math was in art!
Before school started, we went to the beach. My brother picked up seashells (贝壳) and showed me ___19___ they grow in mathematical patterns (数学模式), going from small to large. Math again!
Now I grow up. What do I do? Do I build things like my brothers? Well, I ___20___ math every day in my job. I count, add, divide (除) and work with patterns.
What’s my job? I write music! I guess I’m more like my brothers than I thought.
11. A. music B. math C. art D. science
12. A. easy B. good C. interesting D. hard
13. A. beach B. piano C. theatre D. door
14. A. faster B. higher C. more D. better
15. A. Suddenly B. Sadly C. Luckily D. Usually
16. A. so B. and C. but D. or
17. A. look for B. look out C. look after D. look through
18. A. underground station B. information centre C. animal hospital D. art museum
19. A. what B. which C. how D. who
20. A. learn B. read C. teach D. use
四、阅读理解（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
A
Boys and girls, let’s do an experiment (实验) in today’s lesson.
Materials:
Instructions:
(1) Fill the glass or jug about 2/3 full with water.
(2) Drop the egg carefully into the glass and watch it going down towards the bottom.
(3) Take the egg out and add about 5 spoons of salt. Test to see if your egg goes up.
(4) Add more salt if the egg is still at the bottom.
The science behind it:
Things go down in the water when they are denser than the water, and by adding salt we make the water denser. Once the water is denser than the egg, it goes up.
You can also try other things to see if you can have the same result.
21. What kind of lesson are the students having?
A. Maths. B. Biology. C. Physics. (物理) D. Geography.
22. Which of the following is the result you can see after adding salt in water?
A. B. C. D.
23. What does the underlined word “denser” in Part 3 probably mean?
A. Faster. B. Slower. C. Lighter. D. Heavier.
B
Roberta, Peter and Phyllis lived in a large house in London. Father worked hard in a government office. He was never angry and always ready for a game. Mother was almost at home, ready to play with the children, and help them do their home lessons.
These three lucky children always had everything they needed: pretty clothes, good fires, a lovely playroom and a dog called James. They had a happy life, but they did not know how happy the pretty life in the large house was over.
Peter had a toy engine and it broke. After dinner, Peter showed Father the engine. Father looked it over and promised to do it on Saturday.
At that moment two men came to see Father. Minutes passed. Father’s voice came out from the study, loud and angry. More time passed. Then Mother came in and said, “Father’s been called away on business.”
A week after their father went away, their mother said, “Now, we’re going to move to the country. A pretty little white house, called Three Chimneys.”
