外研版英语八年级下Module-8-Time-off-单元检测试卷.doc

外研版英语八年级下Module 8 Time off 单元检测试卷第一部分 听力（20分）.听句子，选择你所听到的单词，句子读两遍。1. A. hardly B. hard C. found D. finally2. A. thirty B. dirty C. thirsty D. funny3. A. work B. word C. worm D. wake4. A. full B. pull C. push D. hall5. A. fame B. humorous C. famous D. dangerous.听对话及问题，选择正确答语，对话及问题读两遍。6. A. German. B. English. C. French. D. Chinese.7. A. Jack. B. Alice. C. David. D. Nobody.8. A. By plane. B. By bus. C. By train. D. By bus.9. A. Yesterday morning. B. Yesterday afternoon. C. Last night. D. Last week.10. A. To learn about the weather. B. To learn about sports. C. To learn about news. D. To play computer games.听对话，回答问题。对话读两遍。11. What did Lucy do on Sunday? A. She went to the park. B. She went to the garden. C. She visited the zoo. D. She went to school.12. Did Lucy see pandas? A. Yes, she did. B. Yes, I dont. C. No, she didnt. D. No, she did.13. What did Lucy see, then? A. A tiger. B. A panda. C. A deer. D. A duck.14.Where is the elephant? A. There isnt an elephant. B. Behind the tiger. C. In front of the lion. D. In the park.15. When did Lucy come back? A. At four. B. At five. C. At six. D. At seven.听短文，回答问题。短文读两遍。16. Where does Miss Brown come from?A. Canada. B. France. C. England. D. America.17. How old is Miss Brown? A. Thirty-three. B. Thirty-five. C. Thirty-eight. D. Thirty-nine.18. What is NOT Miss Browns hobby? A. Playing tennis. B. Drawing pictures. C. Listening to music. D. Singing.19. What does Miss Brown think of penguins? A. Shy. B. Cute. C. Lazy. D. Dangerous.20. What does Miss Brown like doing best? A. Teaching English. B. Being a reporter. C. Working with animals. D. Being a singer.第二部分 笔试（80分）.单项选择（10分）1. -Would you please eat some cakes, Allen? -Yes, please. And I also want some water. Im so _! A. lazy B. hungry C. sleepy D. thirsty2. Though he has studied English _ for ten months, he can still _speak it. A. hard; hard B. hardly; hardly C. hardly; hard D. hard; hardly3. The little boy said sorry to the teacher and promised _ to school late again. A. to come B. not to come C. come D. not come4. Sanya is famous _ its beautiful beaches. A. of B. for C. as D. with5. Tom, please tidy up your toys. They _ too much room here. A. take out B. take up C. take off D. get off6. They dont allow people _ in the river. A. swim B. swimming C. to swimming D. to swim7. -Look at the tall building! Its so modern! -Yeah. And there is a garden on its _. A garden in the air! A. floor B. ground C. side D. top8. -Mum, would you please _ at six tomorrow morning? I must get up early. -OK. A. take me off B. look after me C. pick me up D. wake me up9. I think we should _ how to go there. A. agree to B. agree on C. look for D. come out10. _ is waiting for you at the gate. He wants to say thanks to you. A. Somebody B. Anybody C. Everybody D. Nobody.完形填空（20分）Some time ago, my wife and I traveled to Sydney to visit my sister. We had taken more clothes than we needed and struggled onto the train.In front of us, in a face-to-face seat, _ 1 _ six young men in their early 20s. They were strong and 2 , and I disliked them immediately. They were laughing loudly, obviously 3 themselves and they 4 a foreign language.As we went quickly 5 the countryside, I kept an eye on them as they joked around. Sometimes they took a look in our direction. When two of them got 6 , I relaxed a little. The rest of them 7 to laugh and joke in their own language.When we finally arrived at our 8 , only one of them was left on the train. He was obviously 9 too and as I struggled towards him with my heavy luggage(行李), he reached out and asked in English: “Want a hand with that, mate?” He 10 the heavier bag up the station steps for us. We were pleasantly surprised and very grateful.1. A. sat B. stood C. lay D. lived 2. A. polite B. quiet C. lazy D. noisy 3. A. helping B. enjoying C. teaching D. devoting 4. A. told B. spoke C. said D. talked5. A. above B. onto C. over D. through 6. A. off B. up C. along D. on 7. A. wanted B. started C. stopped D. continued8. A. house B. hotel C. station D. shelter9. A. bored B. worried C. excited D. frightened10. A. carried B. left C. brought D. bought.阅读理解（20分）AOne day, Thomas Jefferson, the president of the USA, was crossing a river with a group of travelers. The river was overflowing its banks. So it was very dangerous to cross it on a horse. Each man was fighting for his life! Then another traveler came and he wanted to cross it, too. But he didnt have a horse. He watched the group and then asked Jefferson to take him. Jefferson agreed immediately. The man climbed on. After they were both safe to the other side of the river, someone asked the man, “Why did you ask president for help? Did you know him?” The man was shocked because he didnt know Jefferson was the president. “All I know,” he said, “on some of your faces were written the answer NO, but there was the answer YES on his face.” 1. Who was Thomas Jefferson?A. He was a businessman. B. He was a teacher. C. He was a captain. D. He was the president of the USA. 2. How did they cross the river? A. In a boat. B. On their horses. C. By swimming. D. By building a bridge. 3. When the travelers were crossing the river, _. A. water was flowing out of the riverB. it was windy and very coldC. there were many empty boats in the riverD. everyone wrote a word on the face 4. At last, _. A. both Jefferson and the man were safe to cross the riverB. only Jefferson crossed the riverC. only the man crossed the riverD. Jeffersons horse died5. From the passage, we know that _. A. all the travelers were kind B. Jefferson was helpfulC. nobody knew the president D. the man gave Jefferson some money BMost Americans enjoy moving from place to place. For example, they often drive their cars 120 to 160 kilometres away just to have dinner with a friend or even fly to London or Paris just to watch a football match. In some states only one person in five lives in a place for more than five years. One may be born in one city, and go to school in another. He may finish his middle school in two or three cities, and then go to college far across the country. When he begins to work, he may possibly move from job to job. Moving from one job to another, which is called “job-hopping”, can be seen in many places in the United States.Job-hopping does good to workers because every change of a job gives them a chance to get better pay. And job-hopping also gives bosses the chance to get new ideas and skills from him or her.6. From this passage, we can see Americans often travel to _.A. have dinner with their friends B. go shopping C. watch a football game D. enjoy themselves 7. Which of the following is true?A. About 20% of the people stay in one place for over five years. B. Children have to finish middle school in one place. C. People go to the nearest college. D. When people begin to work, they dont move any more. 8. Job-hopping means “_”.A. looking for a job B. having a job C. changing jobs often D. losing a job 9. In the USA job-hopping _.A. is very popular B. helps young people go to college C. helps workers in traveling D. helps students begin to work 10. The writer thinks job-hopping _.A. does good only to the workers B. does good only to the boss C. must be stopped D. is helpful.阅读表达（10分）Everyone loves holidays because people dont need to go to school or work during the holidays. (A) All the holidays mean no school no work. (B) go, during, you, out, with, a holiday, friends, you stay at home to eat, talk, and have fun with your family. For example in the US, everyone thinks New Years Eve and New Year are both for having parties with friends. Christmas is the time to stay home and exchange(交换) gifts with family members. But the things are(C)_ in Japan. For example, in Japan, New Year is for spending time with the family eating, talking, having fun, and going to the temples. But Christmas is for boy and girl friends to go out and exchange gifts.Of course, if you want to know these different holiday customs(风俗), you will learn about different histories and cultures.1.根据(A)处划线句子对下句进行句型转换，每空一词。All the holidays mean _ school _ work.2.将（B）处划线句子连词成句。_3.在文章中找到一个单词填入(C)处空格中，使上下文意思连贯。_4.根据文章，回答下列问题。Why do people like holidays?_5. In which country do people go out and exchange gifts at Christmas._.书面表达（20分）假如你是杰克，现在在深圳姨妈家探亲。到达深圳几天后，你要用英语发了个电子邮件给父母，内容要点如下：1.我于上周六下午乘火车抵达深圳，旅途愉快；2.姨妈全家人身体都好，他们对