江苏省启东市20xx-20xx学年八年级12月月考第二次独立考试英语试卷

江苏省启东市20xx-20xx学年八年级12月月考第二次独立考试英语试卷内容摘要：

you doing, father?‖ he asked and Anansi told him. ―Why don’t you carry the basket on your back instead?‖ his son said. Anansi put the basket on his back and climbed the tree easily, but he wasn’t happy. ―I walked all over the village and collected so much wisdom that I am the wisest person , but my baby son is still wiser than me. Take back your wisdom!‖ he said. And he threw the basket of wisdom into the air and went home. And that’s how wisdom went all over the world. ( )56. Anansi went around the village because___________. A. he knew he was very clever B. he wanted to show his good luck C. he hoped to meet his son D. he thought he wasn’t wise enough ( )57. Anansi wanted to get his wisdom from___________. A. his son B. his father C. the villagers D. the neighbors ( )58. The underlined word―it39。 ’in Paragraph 2 refers to(指的是 )___________. A. the tree B. the basket C. the luck D. the wisdom ( )59. The passage above is_________. A. a report B. a story C. an advertisement D. a diary ( )60. The best title for the passage would be__________. A. Anansi’s wisdom B. The wisdom of Anansi’s son C. Anansi and his son D. Anansi and the villagers (B) Plants are very important. This is because plants can make food from air, water and sunlight. Animals and man can’t make food from air, water and sunlight. Animals can get their food by eating plants and other animals. Man gets his food by eating plants and animals, too. So animals and man need plants to live. This is why there are so many plants around us. There are two kinds of plants: flowering plants and nonflowering plants. Almost all the trees around us are flowering plants. You can know some trees from their flowers and fruits. Nonflowering plants do not grow flowers. You can’t see many nonflowering plants around you. If you look carefully at the plants around you, you will find that there are many kinds of plants. Some plants are large and some are small. Most of them are green. Thanks to the plants around us, we can live on the earth. ( )61. We need many plants around us because__________. A. Plants are green. B. We like all kinds of plants. C. Plants can grow easily. D. We can get what we need from plants. ( )62. What are the two kinds of plants? A. Nonflowering plants and fruits. plants and nonflowering plants. C. Trees and vegetables. D. Flowering plants and fruits. ( )63. Why are plants very important? A. Because they are flowers. B. Because they can give us shade.(阴凉 ) C. Because plants can make food from air, water and sunlight. D. Because we can get money from plants. ( ) are______ nonflowering plants than flowering plants around us. A. more B. fewer C. larger D. better ( ) best title(标题 )for this passage is__________. A. Food from Plants B. Man and Animals C. Plants Around Us D. Plants Make Food (C) James Michener, a famous American writer donated at least 90 per cent of what he made from his 43 novels. He seemed to donate more than this. At his death, in October 1997, he had gave away US＄ 117 million. Michener made a good example, not just in how much he gave, but in his style of giving. The writer worked hard at doing good (行善 ). He usually follows up his donations to see how the money was used and he had a lot of fun in doing so. Michener was 90 when he died. He was the only writer on the list of American’s top 25 philanthropists (慈善家 ). He gave his donations to the college he went to. Michener gave to his college–US＄ 72million to Swarthmore. He said, ―I am from a family without any money, the college made me from darkness into light.’’ Michener was married three times, but he had no children. For his last 15 years, he lived quietly in Austin, Texas. He moved there to write the 1,000page novel. The film called South Pacific was inspired (改编 ) by his first book, Tales of the South Pacific, written when he was 40. ( )66. Michener died in __________. A. 1991 B. 1994 C. 1997 D. 2020 ( )67. Michener cared about __________ after he donated. A. how much money he gave away B. how the money was used C. when the money was given back D. how much fun he had ( )68. Michener came from a __________ family. A. rich B. poor C. big D. small ( )69. What’s the name of the college which Michener went to? A. Austin B. Texas C. Oxford D。