2017_2018学年八年级英语下册Module8Timeoff练习题新版外研版2018060534.doc
Module 8 Time offWritten test part (共95分) . 单项选择(共15分，每小题1分)从各题后所给的四个选项中选择可以填入空白处的最佳答案。( )1. Jack, _ is calling you on the phone.OK. I'm coming.A. everybody B. nobody C. anybody D. somebody( )2. Milly is only ten years old, _ she can speak three languages. A. so B. and C. but D. or( )3. Could you please give me something to drink? I'm very _.A. thirsty B. clever C. proud D. surprised( )4. Her voice was so low that we could _ hear her.A. already B. almost C. still D. hardly( )5. Look at the cloud. It _ like a bear.A. looks B. sounds C. tastes D. smells ( )6. Hurry up! Don't _ any time. The train will start soon.A. save B. waste C. lose D. find( )7. The sofa is too big and it _ too much space of the living room.A. fills out B. depends on C. takes up D. throws away( )8. Dad, I'm going to catch the first bus tomorrow morning. Please _ before 6:00 am.A. wake me up B. cheer me onC. look after me D. think about me ( )9. _ is your city?It's about 800 square kilometres. A. How long B. How far C. How large D. How old ( )10. Why don't we _ football after school?Sounds great!A. play B. to playC. playing D. played( )11. Listen! Can you hear a baby _ near here?A. cry B. cries C. crying D. to cry ( )12. The teacher doesn't allow us _ in class.A. eat B. eating C. to eat D. ate( )13. Yesterday our teacher told us that light _ faster than sound.A. travelled B. travels C. was travelling D. has travelled( )14. Bob said that he _ a scarf for his mother yesterday afternoon.A. buys B. bought C. will buy D. has bought( )15. Linda can't go to the movie with us. She has a lot of homework to do._!A. Good idea B. Hang on a minute C. That's too bad D. Come on. 完形填空(共10分，每小题1分) 先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中选择可以填入空白处的最佳答案。A man was on a flying plane. Suddenly he heard a warning from the pilot (飞行员). The pilot 16 people on the plane to fasten their seatbelts (系紧安全带).The man 17 around the plane and found that many of the people became worried. Later, the pilot said, “We are so 18 that we are not able to serve the meal at this time. There are currents (气流) in front of us.” And then the storm came. The plane shook a lot.The man saw that nearly 19 the people on the plane were afraid except a little girl. The storm meant 20 to her. She just sat on her seat and read a book. Sometimes she closed her 21 to have a rest, and then she would read again. When the terrible 22 came, the child was very calm.The man couldn't believe his eyes. So as soon as the plane finally 23 its destination (目的地), the man went to the girl and asked her 24 she wasn't afraid at all. The sweet child answered, “That's 25 my dad is the pilot and he is taking me home.”( )16. A. told B. took C. allowed D. invited( )17. A. played B. slept C. looked D. went( )18. A. happy B. sorry C. excited D. surprised( )19. A. either B. both C. every D. all ( )20. A. something B. anything C. nothing D. everything( )21. A. mouth B. eyes C. ears D. nose( )22. A. storm B. plane C. book D. story ( )23. A. fell B. landed C. reached D. missed( )24. A. when B. what C. where D. why( )25. A. because B. if C. till D. so. 情景交际(共10分，每小题2分)根据对话内容从方框中选择能填入空白处的最佳选项补全对话，其中有两项多余。 A: Linda, an old friend of mine will visit me tomorrow. I want to show her around.B: That's great. Where will you take her?A: I can't decide. (26)_B: Sure. How about Wenying Park? (27)_A: Yeah, it really has fantastic scenery (景色).B: After that you can take her to Sally's Dumpling House for lunch. (28)_A: But it also has the longest waiting time.B: (29)_ You don't need to wait long and it has delicious food.A: That's true.B: Don't forget Mr Black's Farm. (30)_ It's an interesting place. Your friend will enjoy it.A: OK. Thanks for your ideas.A. It has the best service. B. What does your friend like to eat?C. Then what about Paul's Restaurant? D. Can you give me some advice? E. It'll be a fine day tomorrow.F. It's the most beautiful park in our city. G. You can take her there after you've had lunch. 阅读理解(共20分，每小题2分) A Sunshine Travel Company1-800-555-7000For your next holiday, book a wonderful trip with us!Boston, MassachusettsStay at the Huntley Plaza in Boston, walk the Freedom Trail, visit ancient buildings. You can even go to a Red Sox baseball game! Your children will have a ball! $179* a night Big Sky, MontanaSpend a week at the Big Sky Dude Ranch where you'll learn to ride horses and camp under the stars. That sounds fun! $89* a nightOrlando, FloridaMeet Mickey Mouse! Spend your days at the theme parks (主题公园) and your nights at the show! Restaurants, Beaches, fireworks (烟火) we've got it all! $185* a nightLake Tahoe, CaliforniaSee the most beautiful lake in America! Climb mountains, enjoy the beautiful scenery and go mountain biking. Try the interesting Alpine Slide. It's an experience you'll never forget! $199* a nightNew York, New York StateSee the Statue of Liberty, the Empire State Building, and Ellis Island! Watch a Broadway show and take a carriage (四轮马车) ride through Central Park! You'll have the time of your life! $209* a night*All special prices are not valid (有效的) during the holidays, 16 July and 38 September. 根据材料内容选择最佳答案。( )31. If you go to Big Sky, you can _.A. play baseball B. ride horsesC. go mountain biking D. take a carriage ride( )32. If you are a show lover, how many trips can you choose from?A. One. B. Two. C. Three. D. Four.( )33. How much will you pay to spend two nights in Lake Tahoe in February?A. $358. B. $360. C. $398. D. $418.( )34. If you want to enjoy the special prices, you can go on holiday between _.A. July 23 B. July 45C. September 12 D. September 67 ( )35. Where would you most probably read this material? A. In a diary. B. In a storybook.C. In a report. D. In a newspaper. B Jilly the giraffe lived at the Morgan Zoo. She liked the zoo and was friends with all the other giraffes. There was just one problem. Jilly was too tall. When she walked slowly around the zoo, she had to bend down (俯身) to get past some of the trees. The other giraffes just walked along without any problem. “Why can't I be like them? I get so tired of bending down to get past some of the trees!” she thought. One day Jilly was eating leaves when she saw one of her friends, Granite, struggling (努力) to reach some leaves on the other trees. Jilly went up to him and asked, “What's wrong?” The giraffe said, “I'm having trouble reaching the leaves of these trees. I wish I were as tall as you so I wouldn't have any trouble getting my food.” “You want to be as tall as I am?” asked Jilly. “I always wanted to be shorter so I wouldn't have to bend down to get past all these trees.” With that, Jilly pulled down the leaves for Granite. Suddenly two more giraffes came along and asked if Jilly could get them some leaves. “Sure,” said Jilly. “I would be glad to help you.”After all the giraffes had their food that day, Jilly started back to the other side of the zoo to rest (休息). She felt so happy and proud that she was able to help the other giraffes get their food from the tall trees. “How silly it was of me to want to be shorter like them,” she thought to herself.根据材料内容选择最佳答案。( )36. What was Jilly's problem?A. She thought she was too tall. B. Other giraffes always made fun of her.C. There was something wrong with her neck.D. She had difficulty in communicating with others.( )37. What does the underlined phrase “pulled down” mean in Chinese?A. 脱下 B. 推下 C. 滑下 D. 拽下 ( )38. How many giraffes did Jilly help?A. One. B. Two. C. Three. D. Five.( )39. How did Jilly feel at the end of the story?A. Tired and lonely. B. Happy and proud.C. Funny and excited. D. Surprised and angry.( )40. What lesson can we learn from the story?A. Better late than never. B. Be happy with who we are.C. A friend is easier lost than found. D. Nothing is difficult to the man who will try. 词汇(共10分，每小题1分)A) 根据句意及所给汉语提示语写出所缺单词。41. What's the _(形状) of that cloud?42. There're several _(小路) to the park from our school. 43. There are many beautiful _(景色) to see in my city.44. Daniel _(拉) the door and entered the classroom.45. _(人类) can think and talk, but animals can't. B) 根据语境从方框中选择恰当的短语填空，有的需要变换形式。stay with, make any noise, climb up, go for a swim, point out46. Why not _ on such a hot day?47. Just now Jack _ his school on the map.48. John has _ Mount Tianzi three times.49. I'd like to _ my family at weekends.50. Don't _. Your grandfather is sleeping. . 完成句子(共10分，每小题2分)根据汉语意思完成英语句子，每空词数不限。51. 那张课桌太重了，以至于没人能移动它。That desk is _ nobody can move it.52. 我在山顶拍了一些照片。I took some photos _ the mountain. 53. 高明告诉我昨晚七点他在看电视。Gao Ming told me that _ at 7:00 yesterday evening. 54. 他烦的时候喜欢在房间里走来走去He likes to _ in the room when he's bored.55. 很遗憾你没参加聚会。_ that you didn't go to the party. 综合填空(共10分，每小题1分)根据材料内容，从方框中选择恰当的单词填空，使材料意思完整、通顺，有的需要变换形式，其中有两个词是多余的。lesson, imagine, research, take, but, practise, if, prepare, visit, luck, by, twoDear Rachel,I'm not working today, so I have enough time to write to you! I'm writing in English because I want to (56)_. You know, I need to improve my English. This time, I'll tell you about what I do every week so you can (57)_ my life here. I work five days a week at the museum and have most weekends off (休息). I go to work (58)_ underground every day. It (59)_ me about 40 minutes to get to the museum, and I work from 9 am to 5 pm. There will be a big art exhibition (展览会) next month. These days we're very busy (60)_ for it. The work is really hard, (61)_ I like the challenge (挑战) and I can learn a lot from it.After work, I sometimes go out with my colleagues (同事), or I just go home. (62)_, one of my new colleagues is a piano teacher, so I'm learning to play the piano! I have (63)_ from him on Mondays and Wednesdays.At weekends, I go touring in London. There are so many interesting places to (64)_ here beautiful parks, ancient buildings and so on. But, best of all, it's summer here now my (65)_ summer this year! Looking forward to hearing from you! Best wishes!Yours, Sarah. 书面表达(10分) 小米打算暑假去英格兰旅游，于是她给英国的笔友Emma发去电子邮件，向她咨询英格兰的旅游景点。假如你是Emma，请你根据以下提示回复小米的电子邮件。80词左右，电子邮件格式已给出，但不计入总词数。Lake District National Park (the biggest park in England)Location (位置)In the north of EnglandSize2,300 square kilometresFamous forScafell Pike (the highest mountain in England), Windermere Lake (England's biggest lake) Dear Xiaomi,_Yours,Emma 附 加 题 (共10分) Michael Morpurgo is a much-loved writer from Britain. He was born on 5th October 1943 and grew up in the south of England. French was his favourite subject at school and he studied it at university. After that, he became an officer (军官) in the army (军队), but he soon left and became a primary school teacher. This is when he found that he had a talent (天赋) for storytelling and soon began writing stories for children. “I could see there was magic in it for them, and realised (意识到) there was magic in it for me,” he said.Michael Morpurgo gave up (放弃) teaching after 10 years and bought a farm with his wife. Together they began a charity (慈善机构) called Farms for City Children. They now have three farms where children from cities can come to spend time looking after animals.Michael Morpurgo has written over 100 books, mostly for children. He writes about children and their relationships with older people and animals. Many of them have won prizes and several are now films or plays, including War Horse, which is now well known around the world. Another popular book is Kensuke's Kingdom. He wrote it in 1999.根据材料内容补全信息，每空词数不限。Information cardName: Michael MorpurgoDate of birth: (1)_Favourite school subject: (2)_First two jobs: Army officer and (3)_Name of the charity: (4)_ Number of books written for children: Over 100Popular books: (5)_, Kensuke's Kingdom and so on参考答案笔试部分. 1-5 DCADA 6-10 BCACA 11-15 CCBBC. 16-20 ACBDC 21-25 BACDA. 26-30 DFACG. 31-35 BBCCD 36-40 ADCBB. 41. shape 42. paths 43. sights 44. pulled 45. Humans 46. go for a swim 47. pointed out 48. climbed up 49. stay with 50. make any noise. 51. so heavy that 52. at the top of 53. he was watching TV 54. move about 55. It is / was a pity. 56. practise 57. imagine 58. by 59. takes 60. preparing 61. but 62. Luckily 63. lessons 64. visit 65. second. One possible version:Dear Xiaomi,I'm glad to hear that you're coming to England on holiday this summer. Now let me tell you the best place to visit here Lake District National Park, the biggest park in England. The park is in the north of England, about 2,300 square kilometres. Here, you can enjoy the highest mountain in England, Scafell Pike. And you can
