湖北省黄石市有色中学2025-2026学年八年级上学期12月月考英语试题（无答案）

2025-2026有色中学八年级12月英语检测卷 笔试部分 一、完形填空 Today,let`s tell you something about a kind of birds--the cuckoo(杜鹃). Over time, the cuckoo has learned to get other birds to care for its babies.The cuckoo is an 1 bird. 2 birds lay their eggs and look after them until their babies hatch out.Then they feed their babies until they are ready to 3 the nest. Some birds are not such good 4 .Cuckoos lay their eggs in the nests of 5 birds and do not care for their own babies.The cuckoo gets other birds to act 6 the parents.The other birds are left with the 7 of bringing up the young cuckoos as well as their own babies! If the cuckoo egg hatches first, the 8 cuckoo will often push the other eggs out of the nest so that it can get all the love from its new mother.The young cuckoo sometimes 9 pushes the other babies out of the nest.The young cuckoo has a loud cry and is often 10 than the other baby birds.It will 11 all the food and the space in the nest. A cuckoo lays around 25 eggs each year in the nests of other birds.This 12 that many other birds spend all their time looking after young cuckoos 13 their own babies.Some birds 14 to recognize (识别)the cuckoos' eggs and they push them out of their nest.But the cuckoos have 15 found ways of fooling the other birds.They can change their egg to make it look just like the other birds' own eggs. 1.A. honest B. exciting C. alive D. awful 2.A. Few B. Most C. Little D. Much 3.A. build B. Make C. break D. leave 4.A. birds B. friends C. parents D. neighbors 5.A. another B. other C. others D. the other 6.A. for B. at C. to D. as 7.A. help B. support C. work D. heat 8.A. father B. mother C. Friend D. baby 9.A. sadly B. slowly C. even D. finally 10.A. bigger B. smaller C. easier D. weaker 11.A. buy B. eat C. take D. fight 12.A. means B. advises C. bets D. speaks 13.A. because of B. instead of C. in front of D. in face of 14.A. flown B. played C. worked D. learned 15.A. too B. almost C. nearly D. also 二、阅读理解 第一节、阅读三篇文章 A Great Music Center Musical Instrument（乐器）Classes for Children Are you interested in playing musical instruments？Choose the one you like and learn with us! Saxophone Age：9﹣12 Time：every Sunday 10：00am﹣11 ：30 am Place：Causeway Bay Center Price： ＄1，500/month Violin Age ：9 and older Time：every Saturday 2 ：00 pm﹣3 ：00 pm Place：Causeway Bay Center Price： ＄2，000/month Members（会员） can get a 20% discount（折扣）. Trumpet Age：6﹣9 Time：every Friday 6：00 pm﹣7：00 pm Place：Causeway Bay Center Price：＄1，250/month Flute Age：9﹣12 Time：every Sunday 9：30 am﹣﹣10：30 am Place ：Causeway Bay Center Price： ＄1，000/month For more information please visit www.greatmusic.com. 16 How long does the saxophone class last？ 　 　 A．For one hour. B．For one and a half hours. C．For two hours. D．For two and a half hours 17 Members of Great Music Center can take the violin class at the price of 　 　 . A．1，250/month B．1 ，500/month C．1，600/month D．2，000/m ... ...