第8课时　八年级上册 Modules 7～9

1、.第8课时 八年级上册 Modules 79一、完形填空阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最正确选项。2019·浙江金华中考One morning, when I was leaving for my business, a middle­aged man came up and asked me for help. He said he had no 1 to get food for his large family.“You look 2 . Why don't you work？ I asked. “Simply beca

2、use I cannot get work, sir. “If I give you work, what pay do you want？ “ 3 I can get bread for my family, sir， he answered.I decided to find out if he 4 meant what he said, “OK. I'll give you one pound an hour, if you will 5 a brick砖 under your arm and walk around the square for five hours witho

3、ut stopping. “Thank you, sir. I will.I found a brick and started him on his walk before I went to my 6 . I never thought he would do what he had 7 When I came back five hours later, I saw him 8 walking, with the brick under his arm.I stopped him and gave him 9 pounds. He thanked me and told me that

4、some people had 10 to help him when they knew why he was doing all this. He would go and ask 11 for work. Before leaving, he asked if I would give him the 12 . I did.Several years later, a well­dressed man greeted me on a train. Seeing I was not sure who he was, he 13 that he was the brick man

5、and had his own business now. “You know, I still keep that brick and always value it as the most 14 thing I have as it has brought me luck and success. 15 ， it was not the brick that made the man successful, but his faithfulness坚决 in doing even a very little thing.1A.courage Bmoney Cplan Dtime2A.fun

6、ny Bsick Cserious Dstrong3A.As long as BAs soon asCEven if DEver since4A.certainly Bsimple Creally Dusually5A.break Bcarry Cfix Dhide6A.business Blesson Cprogramme Dresearch7A.planned Bprepared Cpromised Dsuggested8A.also Balready Ceven Dstill9A.four Bfive Csix Dseven10A.continued BforgottenCoffered

7、 Drefused11A.him Bthem Cme Dher12A.brick Bchance Cjob Dbread13A.explained BimaginedCrealised Dsupposed14A.beautiful BexpensiveCimportant Dinteresting15A.As a result BAt lastCIn a word DIn fact二、阅读理解阅读以下材料，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最正确选项。A2019·江西中考A young woman turns around and around quickly, and jum

8、ps high. In the background, a young girl reads a rejection回绝 letter from a ballet school. “You have the wrong body for ballet， it says, “and at thirteen, you are too old. This was one of the most popular advertisements广告 of 2019 and it describes American ballet Theatre's principal主要的 dancer Mist

9、y Copeland.This was not a real letter. But Copeland says it is very similar to letters from her childhood. While many dancers start at the age of three. Copeland only began to study ballet in 2019 as a thirteen­year­old. People often told her that she was too old, or that she didn't ha

10、ve the perfect body type She is only 157 cm tall. Her family moved a lot, and it was sometimes difficult for her to attend ballet classes. But Copeland loved dancing and did not want to give up. She stayed with her ballet teacher during the week and spent time with her family only at the weekend. Th

11、is was a difficult life, but she worked hard and won her first national competition when she was fourteen years old. Copeland joined the American Ballet Theatre in 2019 and performed in many ballets over the next few years. In 2019, she became a solo单独的 performer, and in 2019 she became its principa

12、l dancer.Copeland is now a dancer, author and Broadway performer. She also stars in the 2019 film A Ballerina's Tale. So what's next? According to Copeland, anything is possible, “My career really is just now beginning.1How old was Copeland when she became the principal dancer?A13. B14. C25.

13、 D33.2Why was it difficult for Copeland to attend ballet classes?ABecause her family moved a lot.BBecause she was not a good dancer.CBecause she had no invitation letter.DBecause she had the wrong body type.3Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?ACopeland became successful because

14、of the advertisement.BCopeland had to spend a lot of time away from her parents.CCopeland won her first national competition as a solo performer.DCopeland has ended up her career as an actress on Broadway.4What's the writer's opinion of Copeland?ACopeland sets an example who never gives up.B

15、Copeland was too old to start ballet at thirteen.CCopeland has made her achievements by accident.DCopeland was lucky to get support from the ballet school.B2019·山东临沂中考改编What was discovered by accident? The answer is penicillin青霉素. It kills germs. By killing germs, it saves lives. Suppose you ar

16、e sick. You go to a doctor. She examines you. She says you have a “staph infection葡萄球菌感染. She gives you some medicine. You take it. The medicine knocks out the staph. Soon you are well. Before penicillin, this would not happen. Staph was almost sure death.Everyone wanted a medicine. Laboratories wor

17、ked day and night. They grew the staph in small dishes. Then they tried to kill it. Nothing worked.The laboratory dishes had covers on them. They kept things from falling into dishes. Molds霉菌 were a big worry. They are always in the air. You can't see them. They're too small. There are thous

18、ands of different molds. Molds can make an experiment fail. That's why dishes are covered.Dr Alexander Fleming was working to kill the staph germ. He worked for years. One day he took a cover off a dish. He looked inside. There was a thick growth of staph germ. There was also some mold. Then he

19、saw something strange. Where the mold was, there was no growth of staph. This is what Fleming probably thought. “By accident, I found a mold to kill the dreaded staph.This is how penicillin was found. But here's the real miracle. There are thousands of kinds of molds. But only one kind can kill

20、staph. The mold must have fallen into the dish a few days before. The cover was probably off only a few seconds. In those few seconds the right mold fell into the right dish. Another man might have thrown the dish away. But Fleming was very careful and smart. He understood what the mold did. How luc

21、ky the humans were!5During the experiments to find a medicine for staph infections, .Athe dishes were not coveredBstaph and mold were put togetherCmold was kept in small dishesDstaph was grown in small dishes6The underlined word “dreaded means “ Afamous BscaryChealth Dendangered7The last paragraph s

22、uggests that .Aaccidents happen to everyoneBthe careful person does not have accidentsCthe careless person will miss valuable chancesDluck is enough when doing scientific experiments8This passage is mainly about .Amedicine for a staph infectionBuseful accidentsCDr Fleming's researchDdiscovering

23、penicillin三、语法填空阅读下面短文，在空白处填入一个适当的词，或填入括号中所给单词的正确形式。Once upon a time, there was a lazy poor man living in a small house with spider webs蜘蛛网 on the walls and mice running around. He thought it was poverty贫困 that led to his 1. happy life.One day, the poor man 2. drop in on a wise old man and asked him

24、 3. advice about changing his life. The old man gave him 4. beautiful vase花瓶 and said, “This is a magic vase that will bring you happiness.The poor man looked at the vase 5. surprise. Why would he need a vase in his poor house? However, he didn't want to throw away such a beautiful vase, so he b

25、rought it home and put 6. on the table.“It's not right for something so beautiful to be empty， the poor man looked at the vase and thought. Then he picked some wild flowers and put 7. it into it, making it even more beautiful.But he was still not satisfied. “It is not good for such a beautiful t

26、hing 8. stand next to a spider web. Then he started to do some cleaning in the house and paint the walls.His house turned into a comfortable place immediately. The poor man cheered up. He suddenly realised that in the past it was his 9. lazy that made him poor and unhappy. From then on, he worked ha

27、rd and his life got better 10. better.四、书面表达2019·江苏徐州中考你校英文报组织了题为“我喜欢的英语谚语征文活动，你有意参加。请从下面两句英语谚语中任选一句，写一篇90词左右的短文，参加征文活动。 Many hands make light work.Meaning: If lots of people share the work, it will make a job easier to complete.Practice makes perfect.Meaning: If you keep practising, you will be better at it. 短文内容须包括： 1你喜欢的谚语及其含义；2表达该谚语含义的个人经历。注意：1短文中已给出的部