江苏省新沂市第二中学2014-2015学年八年级英语上学期月清检测二试题（无答案）一、单项选择 (共15小题；每小题l分，计15分)在下列各题A、B、C、D四个选项中选择一个能填入题干空白处的最佳答案。1. Did you _ much time watching Li Nas match last night? Yes. It _ me a few hours to watch this match.A. spend; spentB. spend; tookC. take; tookD. take; cost2. Yancheng Wetlands _ food and shelter for many endangered birds. A. protectB. feedC. provide D. prevent3. My friends and I had a good time _ with each other at the party last Saturday.A. chatB. chatted C. chatting D. to chat4. Shall we go to spend the winter holiday in Sanya? _ There must be too many people there. A. I agree with you.B. I hope we can go there together. C. What a good idea!D. Im afraid thats not a good idea.5. - What do you think of the fish? - It looks _,but tastes_.A. good; bad B. well; bad C. well; badly D .good; badly6. - I phoned you at six yesterday afternoon, but nobody answered.- Oh, I _a walk with my parents near the river.A. am taking B. was taking C. tookD. will take7. The sentence structure of “I saw him run into the building” is_.A. S+V+P B. S+V+IO+DO C. S+V+O D. S+V+DO+OC8. - Dont forget _ your homework, John. - OK, Ill do it right now. A. doing B. do C. to do D. to doing9. You can call me _0512-51234567 or e-mail me _lilyerzhong.com.cn.A. on, atB. at, onC. by, on D. by, at10.There are _ bears on the earth because they have _ space on itA. fewer and fewer；less and lessB. more and more；fewer and fewerC. less and less；fewer and fewerD. more and more；less and less11.We should tell hunters _tigers.A. dont killB. not killC. killing D. not to kill12.The temperature can drop _zero when winter comes.A. underB. belowC. at D. over13.Zhalong is an ideal home for wildlife . Many birds can find food _ there . A. too easyB. easilyC. easierD. easy14. I think _necessary for us _the birds. A. it , protect B. its, to protect C. its , protecting D. it , to protect15. Tom was cleaning the room while Jack _TV. A. was watching B.is watching C. watches D. watched二、完形填空 (共10小题；每小题l分，计10分)Therere different kinds of animals in the zoo. We see the zoo keepers give them_1_ to eat. They dont have to_2_food by themselves. They just eat, walk and 3 all day. So many of us may think that the animals there4 happy and lucky. But most5 them are sad. Why? Theyre no longerfree. Animals like elephants, monkeys and tigers 6 live freely and happily in 7 or mountains. Tigers, for example, run, jump, play with their children and catch small animals for food. But now they have to stay in 8 rooms in the zoo. Their life in the zoo is 9 different from their life in the forests. Now many of us think10 animals should go back to forests and mountains so thatthe earth will become better. ( )1. A. meatB. foodC. fruitD. drink ( )2. A. takeB. bringC. findD. get ( )3. A. sleepB. runC. restD. leave ( )4. A. is B .areC. wereD. was ( )5. A. inB. on C. of D. to ( )6. A. never B. usually C. now D. seldom ( )7. A. fields B. zoos C. parks D. forests ( )8. A. good B. short C. small D. tall ( )9. A. tooB. quite C. even D. really ( )10. A. much B. many C. more D. most 三、阅读理解(共13小题；每小题2分，计26分)(A)The price office changes during the year. It is useful for rice farmers to know how the price changes, then they can sell their rice when the price is high. But it was hard for farmers to guess how the price would change from month to month. Last year, the price of rice was very low in November. This was a bad time for farmers to sell their rice. November, December, and January were all bad months. The best month for farmers to sell rice last year was April. July and August were also good times to sell rice. Between August and November, the price of rice were down every month. During other parts of the year, the price went up and down. 1. The price of rice was the highest in_ last year. A. January B. April C. July D. November2. The price office was the same in_. A. April and May B. February and December C. July and August D. March and September3. Which might be the best title of the reading? A. Farmers and Rice B. Buying and Selling RiceC. High Price of Rice D. Changes in Price of Rice（B）To Make Everybody HappyPeters uncle lives in the country. Once in summer, Peter goes to stay with him for a few weeks. Whenever they go for a walk