八年级英语上册 Module 4 Planes, Ships and trains特色训练（主题阅读+综合能力提升）（新版）外研版.doc

module 4 主题阅读. 完形填空how do you usually get to school? buy bus? on foot? roby burch, 16, a us student, gets to school a little _1_he goes by horse (马). burch has been riding his white horse 4 miles to and 2 school since(自以来)the beginning of the semester(学期). “every morning, wearing my blue jacket and jeans, im on my way at 6 am.” burch says, “the streets are mostly _3_ at this time of morning. its a nice way to start the day.” the idea was his _4_. his family were enjoying their vacation on their farm this summer, “my dad just said, burch, you _5_ ride your horse to school every day.” says burch. when they got back home, burch asked for permission from the headmaster (校长), joe cox, and surprisingly, he got the green light. cox even _6_ burch to keep the horse next to the headmasters house. then his dad helped burch find the best route to school. it is along back streets and has _7_cars than the others. every afternoon, burch leaves school at 5:45 pm. now as the days grow _8_ and colder, he contuines to ride his horse. “ i will ride my horse even in the coldest weather.” he says. burch says the first time he sat on a horse as a four-year-old boy, he was afraid. _9_ now, “its what i do best.” its no surprise that he wants to be a cowboy (牛仔) when he grows up. “i love riding horses more than _10_ else.” he says, “its really a guy thing.” ( )1. a. normally b. casually c. differently d. actually ( )2. a. for b. from c. on d. after ( )3. a. empty b. crowded c. busy d. awful ( )4. a. sisters b. brothers c. moms d. dads ( )5. a. will b. wont c. should d. shouldnt ( )6. a. invited b. allowed c. taught d. urged ( )7. a. fewer b. few c. more d. many ( )8. a. short b. long c. shorter d. longer( )9. a. so b. or c. and d. but ( )10. a. anything b. nothing c. everybody d. somebody . 从方框中选择合适的单词，并用其适当形式填空。vacation stayhike visit back friend sightsee plan send with tony is always busy at work. but next month he is taking a long 1._ he is going to china with his family. they are going to the great wall and the palace museum. they are 2._ there for two weeks. they have some chinese 3._ there, and they are also 4._ them. then they are going 5._ and enjoying the beautiful parks there. they are 6._ to stay there for a week. next they are going to mount emei in sichuan. they are going 7._ in the mountains. they will 8._ their friends some postcards during the vocation. then they are going 9._ to new york. after the vacation they will have to go on 10._ the busy work.综合提升训练. 单项选择（ ）1.which city is your favorite? hangzhou, of course. its the _ place that i want to visit. a. worse b. worst c. better d .best （ ）2.this dress is ready _ the buttons.a. except b. except for c. besides d. but（ ）3.its so cold today.yes,its_colder than it was yesterday. a.someb.more c.very d.much（ ）4.the more you smile, the _ you will feel.a. happy b. happier c. happily d. more happily（ ）5. which city has _ population, shanghai, hong kong or qingdao?shanghai, of course.a. the smallest b. the least c. the most d. the largest（ ）6. he was late this morning, because the bus was too _ for him to get on.a. quietb. tidyc. crowdedd. noisy（ ）7. 【2011温州】after practicing for several months，i can swim much_now.a.slower b. slowest c. faster d. fastest（ ）8. 【2011广东】steve is good at writing short stories. so he is. but he writes _ than us. so he cant get good grades in writing. a. most carefullyb. more carefullyc. less carefullyd. least carefully（ ）9.nanjing isnt so large _ shanghai, however, its the second _ city in east china. a. like; largest b. as; largest c. like; large d. as; large （ ）10. funtawild adventure is very popular and _ tourists visit it year by year. a. more and moreb. fewer and fewerc. less and lessd. more or less . 完形填空jim green has been in china for more than two years. he has been to many interesting 1 in beijing, but he has not yet been to many other parts of china. last week he went to mount emei in sichuan with his 2 .many people like to travel by train, but the greens think that travelling by train is the best. it is much 3 and far more enjoyable than a rushed journey by air. they had a wonderful train ride to chengdu 4 they went on to mount emei by bus.the train was quite nice and tidy, and there werent too many people in their sleeping car. the greens could stand up and 5 around. it was a long journey, 6 none of them felt tired. they kept 7 the beautiful things out of the window. they talked, laughed and played cards. the conductor kept coming to give them hot water and 8 them newspapers. people nearby 9 with each other. a young man tried to speak english with mr and mrs green. jim thought the train was like a big moving party. he went to sleep quite 10 . he enjoyed listening to the sound of the running train and then fell asleep.( )1. a. schoolsb.places c.villages d.cities( )2. a. friends b.classmates c. father d.family( )3. a. cheaper b.dearer c.dirtier d.quicker（ ）4. a. before b.when c.afterd.while ( )5. a. sit b.walk c.rund. dance ( )6. a. and b.so c.also d.but( )7. a. looking b.drawing c.watchingd.getting( )8. a. reading b.buying c.sellingd.writing( )9. a. talked b.spoke c.told d.said( )10. a. early b.late c.easilyd. hard. 阅读理解 “visitors to the 2010 world expo（世博会） in shanghai will be able to go sightseeing in super cool cars with no drivers,” shanghai city government speaker said recently（近期）. when the six-seat car was shown to the public（公众）, it interested many people. “the car will help visitors feel what high technology（技术）is and help them enjoy the tour of the world expo site,” said a teacher from tongji university. the car, 4.5 meters long, 1.7 meters wide（宽）, and 1.6 meters tall, runs along a white line. the car costs around 300,000 yuan to build and can reach a top speed of 50 kilometers per hour. according to the researches（调查）, visitors will be able to drive the car anywhere in the world expo site by pressing a button（按钮）. if they want to get off or stop the car, all they need to do is just to press the button again. “people can rent （租赁）one of these cars for a whole day or just take a ride in it from one place to another,” the teacher said. about 400 to 500 of these cars will be made for the expo in 2010. the cars will have a radar（雷达）to help them get around. they will mainly use solar（太阳能）batteries. and they have no need of drivers and oil（汽油）, these cars will help save energy and human work, and cause no pollution to the environment.( )1. the new type of car has _ seats. a. seven b. six c. five( )2. according to this passage, which of the following is true? a. the car can reach a top speed of 50 kilometers per hour. b. the car costs about 30,000 yuan to build. c. the car is 4.5 meters long and 1.7 meters tall.( )3. which of the following is not mentioned in this passage? a. people can buy this type of car and drive it in the world expo site. b. this type of car can save energy and human work, and cause no pollution. c. people can press the button themselves when they want to get off or stop the car.( )4. the title（标题）of the passage is probably “_”.a. radar first used in cars b. cool cars with no driverc. tour the 2010 world expo. 根据对话内容，从方框中选择4个恰当的句子完成对话。rick: hello! 1._mary: hello! this is mary speaking.rick: 2._mary: yes. i have nothing to do.rick: can you go to the movies with me?mary: 3._rick: lets go to movie palace. its close to home.mary: but it doesnt have comfortable seats.rick: 4._ its the best theatre in town.mary: thats a good idea. lets meet at the front gate of the cinema at eight. ok?rick: ok. see you.mary: see you.a. well, how about town cinema?b. hi, mary. are you free this evening?c. im sorry to hear that.d. may i speak to mary, please?e. sure. id love to. where?. 用所给词的适当形式填空1. the coming bus is (crowd). please let the old get on first.2. its not so ( easy )as i thought.3. (play) football is much more interesting than running.4. they have just cleaned the windows, so the room looks much (bright).5. the more you eat, the (heavy) youll be.6. the yellow river is the second （long）river in china. 书面表达谈谈你对骑自行车与开小汽车两种交通方式的看法及你通常采用的方式。交通工具 vehicles； 能源energy module 4主题阅读. 【主旨大意】本篇短文讲述的是一个学生骑马上学的事情。短文详细叙述了这个学生选择骑马上学的全过程。1. c 下文句意提示该学生上学的方式与上文提供的方式有点不同，故选c。2. b 3. b 形容街道拥挤用形容词crowded表达，busy 用来修饰traffic。4. d 考查上下文意义对应。由下文他父亲的话提示骑马上学这个主意来自他的父亲。5. c 根据他父亲提建议这一语言环境，可知用情态动词should。6. b 由even提示空格处用动词allow, allow sb to do sth 意为“允许某人做某事”。7. a 因为选择的是“僻静的街 道”，所以应为“更少”，用few 修饰可数名词，下文than 提示 用比较级形式。 8. c 9. d 10. a 是“骑马”这件事和其它事情相比，不是我和其他人相比。用anything else 表示“任何其它事情。” 1. vacation take a long vacation意为“度长假”，为固定搭配。2.staying 句意为“他们将在那里待上两个星期”，故应当用stay，又因为前面是are，故应当用staying。3.friends 句意为“他们在那里有一些中国朋友”，故应当用friend的复数形式，本题答案为friends。4. visiting 从上句中得知，是要拜访他们，故用动词visit，又因为前面有are，故要用visiting。5. sightseeing 本题考查的是固定短语搭配go sightseeing的用法。6. planningplan to do sth 意为 “计划做某事”，又因为前面有are，故应当用planning。7. hiking 从本句句意可知，应当是去山上远足，故用go hiking。8. send 句意为“在假期期间，他们将给朋友寄一些明信片”，又因为是将来时，故will后面接动词原形，即为send。9. back从句意可知，他们将返回纽约，go back to意为“返回”,，故本题答案为back。10. with 本题考查固定短语go on with sth的用法，意思为“继续某事”，故应当用介词with。综合能力提升. 1. d 由句意：“哪个是你最喜欢的城市？”“当然是杭州，它是我想参观的最好的城市。”用最高级best。2. b except for意为“除了”，用来强调肯定大部分，否定其中的一小部分。3. d 比较级前可用much，even，a little等词修饰。4. b “the+比较级.，the+比较级”意为“越，就越”。feel为连系动词，后可跟形容词作表语，不能跟副词。5. d the smallest意为“最小的；最少的”，表示物体最小或人口最少；the least意为“最小的；最少的”，表示物体最小或数量最少；the most意为“最多的”，一般用来表示数量最多；the largest意为“最大的”，表示物体最大或人口最多。6. c quiet意为“安静的”；tidy意为“干净的，整洁的”； crowded意为“拥挤的”；noisy意为“吵闹的”。7. c 根据句意“经过几个月的训练，我现在游得快多了”，比较级前可用much, a little, even 等词修饰。8. c 9. b not soas意为“与不一样”是固定搭配；“the +序数词+最高级+可数名词单数” 意为“第几最”，故答案选b。10. a “比较级+and+比较级”结构，意为“越来越”。. 1. b 2. d 根据第二段第一句话中 的“the greens”可知选d项。3. a 4. a 依据本句可推断他们是在到达峨眉山之前坐火车去的成都。5. b 固定短语的用法。walk around意为“到处走走”。6