20xx-20xx学年牛津版英语八年级下学期第一次月考试题1

20xx-20xx学年牛津版英语八年级下学期第一次月考试题1内容摘要：

ne night, a lady asked him to sing a song. I can39。 t sing, said the man. But the lady told the waiter, I39。 m tired of listening to the piano. I want the player to sing! The waiter shouted across the room, Hey, friend! If you want to get paid, sing a song! So he did. He had never sung in public before. Now he was singing for the very first time! Nobody had ever heard the song ‘Mona Lisa’ sung so beautifully! He had talent(天赋 ) he was sitting on! He may have lived the rest of his life as a noname piano player in a noname bar. But once he found that he could sing well, he carried on working hard and became one of the bestknown singers in the US. His name was Nat King Cole. You, too, have skills and abilities. You may not feel that your talent is great, but it may be better than you think. With hard work, most skills can be improved. Moreover, you may have no success at all if you just sit on your talent. ( )54. Why did the lady want to listen to a song ? A. She likes singing. B. She wants to play a trick on the piano player. C. She’s tired of listening to the piano. D. She doesn’t think the piano player plays well. ( )55. The words sit on in the last paragraph mean _______. A. 搁置 B. 列席 C. 发展 D. 展示 ( )56. What happened to the piano player later? A. He became a famous pianist. B. He became a famous singer. C. He became a noname piano player in a noname bar. D. He became a noname singer in a noname bar. ( )57. From the story we know if you have some talent, you should_______. A. hide it and wait B. ask others for help C. pay no attention to it D. work hard to improve yourself C Little stream(小河） ran down from a high mountain through many villages and forests. Then it reached a desert. “I went through so many should have no problem crossing the desert,” she thought. As she started, she found herself slowly disappearing(消失 )into the sand. After many tries, she still failed. “Maybe I can’t reach the ocean,” she said sadly to herself. At this time, a deep voice said, “If a breeze( 微风 )can cross the desert,so can a river.” It was the voice of the desert. But the little stream answered, “That’s because a breeze can fly, but I cannot.” “That’s because you stick to what you are. Let yourself evaporate(蒸发 )into the breeze, and it can take you across,” said the desert. “Give up what I am now? No!No!” The little stream could not accept this idea. “The breeze can carry the vapor(蒸汽 )across the desert and let it leave as rain. The rain will form a river again,” said the desert. “And whether you’re a river or vapor, your nature never changes.” Hearing this,the little stream went into the open arms of breeze. It carried her to the next stage of her life. The course of our lives is like the experience of the little stream. If you want to go through difficulties in your life to head for success, you should also change the way you are sometimes. ( ) the stream reached the desert, she didn’t _______. A. believe in herself any difficulties to cross the desert about the journey to the ocean ( ) encouraged the little stream when she felt sad? A. The breeze sun mountain desert ( ) does the underlined phrase “stick to” mean? A. 粘贴 ( )’s the main idea of the passage? A. Give up what you have to cross the desert means success little stream and the desert D Spring cleaning is a tradition in America. People clean up and tidy up their houses in springtime. Before the invention of the electricity(电 )， people used a lot of coal and wood in winter to heat their houses. Those things left behind a lot of dust(灰尘 )on everything in the rooms. At that time,people always weled spring because when the weather started getting warmer, they could stop using coal and wood and get everything cleaned up. Later spring cleaning became a tradition. Nowadays we don’t use coal and wood so at the end of winter our houses are not dirtier than they were in the past. People don’t nee d to remove a lot of , they have a new problemcl。