平原县第五中学2015-2016学年八年级上学期九月份月考英语试题（满分120分，考试时间120分钟）一.选择题( )1.Watching English films is a good way English. A. learn B. to learnC. learning D. learned( )2. Would you like , Tony? No, thanks. Thats all. A. else somethingB. elseC. something else D. else anything ( )3.Mary practises Chinese every day, so her Chinese is good now. A. speaks B. to speakC. speak D. speaking ( )4.Mr Yangs daughter is pretty good drawing pictures.A. at B. forC. in D. with ( )5.You should the word in your dictionary when you dont know how to spell or read it. A. look for B. look afterC. look at D. look up ( )6.The English story is very easy for us because there are new words in it. A. a few B. a littleC. few D. little ( )7. Jim, can you this word in English? Yes, I can a little English. A. tell; speak B. speak; sayC. talk; say D. say; speak ( )8.I find interesting to learn a foreign language.A. it B. that C. this D. /( )9. Next week my parents and I are going to Hong Kong for a holiday. . A. Dont worryB. Youre welcomeC. Thank you D. Enjoy yourselves( )10. Miss Li spoke too fast so I couldnt understand every word. Try to catch some important words. A. Sounds great! B. It doesnt matter.C. Of course. D. Good idea! 三. 阅读理解 (20分) 阅读下列材料，从每小题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项。ALaura and her brother John were shopping. They saw this sign (标志). Bananas 5 kilos for $3.00. Buy some and enjoy their delicious flavour (滋味)! Looking at it, Laura laughed. “Whats funny?” asked John.“They didnt spell flavor right,” said Laura.“No. They used British English,” said John. “Both of them are right.”“What do you mean?” asked Laura.“American and British English are different,” said John.“What are the differences?” asked Laura.“One big difference between American and British English is the word. For example, pants are called trousers by the British.”“How different!” said Laura.“British people also speak with a different pronunciation from American people. Some words are also spelled differently by the British. They put o and u together in some words like colour, favourite, and flavour,” said John.“But which one is right?” asked Laura.“Both two kinds of English are correct. Smart people always remember this,” said John.“How do you know so much about English?” asked Laura.“Haha, you know Im a reporter. I went to many countries and met many interesting people and things,” said John.( )1. Laura laughed at the sign because .A. the sign was right B. her brother was funnyC. there was a funny picture next to the signD. she thought they spelled the wrong word ( )2. There are kinds of English mentioned (提到) in the passage.A. one B. twoC. threeD. four( )3. One big difference between American and British English is the .A. grammar B. wordC. spelling D. pronunciation( )4.John knew so much about English because .A. he liked speaking EnglishB. he studied EnglishC. he went to many countriesD. he was an English teacher( )5. Which of the following is TRUE?A. Laura and John were in the school.B. American people speak with the same pronunciation as the British.C. American people put “o” and “u” together in some words.D. The British spell “color” as “colour”. BDo you like telling jokes in your English study? Jokes can make your words colourful and interesting. If (如果) you make people laugh, you can know that people are interested in your topic.In order to get jokes, you can watch comedies or talk shows on TV. When you hear David Lettermans jokes in his programme, youd better write them down. Then you can have more jokes to tell when you talk with others. If your English is good enough, you can also write your own jokes to tell at a party or to break the ice before a speech.How to make your jokes more interesting? Not all the English words sound funny. Some English words sound funny by themselves, while others can get a laugh only in phrases and sentences. You have to choose. Different people may have different feelings on a joke. So dont be sad if others dont laugh after you tell a joke. After all, telling English jokes is just a way to help you with your English study.( )6. Jokes can make our words .A. badB. colourfulC. boring D. easy( )7.If people laughed after you told a joke, they might be your topic.A. bored with B. sad aboutC. interested inD. good at( )8. From the passage, we can guess that David Letterman may be a(n) .A. movie actorB. English writerC. language learnerD. host (主持人) of a talk show( )9.Which of the follo