2023-2024学年江苏省南通市第一初级中学八年级（下）3月月考英语试卷一、单选题：本大题共10小题，共10分。1.What do you think of _ film Article 20? Wonderful! What about seeing it with me _ second time?A. a; theB. the; theC. a; aD. the; a2.Nowadays, new energy vehicles have become very popular. This kind of car can travel _ top speed _ a very short time.A. with; inB. with; onC. at; inD. at; on3.With the development of technology, people have many more ways of _, but they dont get as close as before.A. conditionB. communicationC. conversationD. competition4.My uncle _ a beautiful lady in 2010. He and his wife _ for 13 years.A. got married with; have been marriedB. married; have been marriedC. married to; have got marriedD. got married to; have got married5.I am feeling bad today and I feel nothing goes well。 Take it easy. _,tomorrow is another day.A. InsteadB. HoweverC. OtherwiseD. Anyway6.Is everyone here, Jonathan? No, Sir. Millie is absent. She _ for two days.A. has been illB. has fallen illC. was illD. fell ill7.In the past five years, great changes _ in Nanjing.A. take placeB. took placeC. have taken placeD. have been taken place8.Why are the couple not at home today? They _ Tibet. Thats the place they dreamt of travelling to before.A. have gone toB. have been toC. have been inD. are going to9.Mum used to _ a walk after supper, but now shes used to _ fitness exercises at home.A. take; doB. taking; doingC. taking; doD. take; doing10.So you gave her your mobile phone? _. She said shed return it to me after she had hers fixed.A. My pleasureB. Not exactlyC. With pleasureD. No problem二、完形填空：本大题共15小题，共22.5分。Not long ago, my daughters favourite leather shoes were cut by a knife. She cried. I took the shoes to a shoemaker to get them repaired. The young apprentice (学徒) took a look at the cuts quickly and said, “There is 11I can do but change the uppers (鞋帮).”His master looked at 12and said to me, “If you trust me, I will add more cuts to both of the shoes on purpose for special style.”I didnt fully understand him, 13I decided to leave the shoes.Two days later, I went there to get the shoes. At the first sight I found there were indeed five or six 14on each shoe, but all of them were covered by soft red leather sewed (缝) with thick thread (线). The shoes looked more special and interesting than ever. I 15stop praising (称赞) the master for his skill.Another time, my wifes 16had an opening on the back. My wife checked it carefully, and then said, “Ill 17it myself.”Three days went past, and I was very 18to see it again: the 19was sewed up by thin and white thread and it looked like the ice crystal (晶体). She 20made a lovely snowman and a wooden house on the blouse. I said with praise, “Its just as beautiful as a piece of 21 .”“I learned from the master. Patches (补丁) can be 22to look perfect.” replied my wife.Her words taught me even more: perfection is 23to achieve in everything; patches are unavoidable (不可避免的), so is humans life, which will appear in the form of wound, disability or disease. 24you cant change that, all you can do and have to do is to cover the wound by patches and try your best to make a most beautiful flower on the wound, and that is 25life teaches us. Once you understand it, you can enjoy your life better.11.A. nothingB. somethingC. anythingD. everything12.A. himB. itC. themD. me13.A. becauseB. butC. soD. or14.A. marksB. coloursC. flowersD. cuts15.A. wouldntB. couldntC. mustntD. neednt16.A. skirtB. dressC. blouseD. shirt17.A. cleanB. repairC. sellD. paint18.A. luckyB. sadC. worriedD. surprised19.A. cutB. injuryC. woundD. opening20.A. evenB. onceC. reallyD. just21.A. artB. iceC. woodD. leather22.A. drawnB. attractedC. designedD. bought23.A. unhelpfulB. necessaryC. importantD. impossible24.A. AsB. SinceC. UnlessD. While25.A. howB. whyC. whatD. where三、阅读理解：本大题共15小题，共30分。AQ is the worlds most popular Chinese travel search site. It helps travelers to find travel products and information. When you find a ticket you want, it will lead you to book on the airline. It offers the fastest service, no more cost.JDcom is an online shopping mall for books, clothes, computers, TV sets and so on. If you dont want to buy something fake, you are sure to buy here. Sometimes it may be a little expensive.G is an American search engine, famous as baidu in China. It was set up on Sept 7,1997. It is a good website to use when you want to search some information you want online.M is a group buying website. It offers products and services at lower prices. You can get friendliest service cheaper fro