Module 9 Life history 单元基础检测卷 2022-2023学年外研版英语七年级下册（无答案）

Module 9 Life history
（测基础）
满分：100分
一、单选题（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
1. William Shakespeare is famous ________ the world.
A. cross B. around C. for D. with
2. June 1st is _____ Day.
A. Children B. Children's C. Child D. Child's
3.—China's Tianwen-1 probe made a historic landing on Mars last week!
—What exciting news! Let's _____ more information about it on the Internet.
A. find out B. hear of C. shut off D. think about
4. He _____ to school yesterday because he was ill.
A. doesn't come B. didn't come C. wasn't come D. didn't came
5. Jenny put on the coat and _____ out.
A. goes B. go C. went D. is going
6. They _____ their holiday in Paris last summer.
A. spend B. spent C. will spend D. are spending
7. The book is interesting. It's well worth _____.
A. to read B. reading C. reads D. read
8.—Does the first lesson begin at 8: 00 am
—Sorry, I don't know the _____ time.
A. free B. exact C. next D. last
9. My two cousins decide _______ a business together.
A. to start B. starting C. start D. started
10. We went to Sanya last summer and _____ many beautiful photos there.
A. take B. took C. to take D. taking
11. I like the novels written _____ Mark Twain.
A. by B. in C. with D. at
12.—Which day is our Chinese _____
—October 1st.
A. May Day B. Teachers' Day C. National Day D. Children's Day
13. The beautiful girl _____ a famous actor three weeks ago.
A. married B. got married C. married with D. got married with
14._____ the age of thirty, Peter went to Australia to look for a job.
A. In B. On C. At D. By
15. Pan Jianwei has become a famous scientist. When he was a child, he liked to __________ how things worked.
A. set out B. find out C. leave out D. bring out
二、完形填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
Chi Li is one of the best known Chinese writers in the West. She was born in the west. She was born in the 1950s. 1 19, Chi entered a medical college in 1976. After she graduated, she 2 as a doctor at a hospital in Wuhan. As she loved 3 much more, she went to Wuhan University to study Chinese language and literature in 1983. She chose 4 as her profession(专业).
During the 1980s, Chi wrote many works full of love. In the 1990s, her works, such as Apart From Love and The Sun Was Born, were 5 lives of young people and everyday problems. Since 2003, Chi has ____6____ a higher level in her works. And many of her novels have received a 7 honor. Life Show is one of her representative (代表) works and 8 has been translated into many languages. The 9 shows the real life of a common woman in Wuhan.
Chi says, "Writers don’t need to be anyone, 10 they should be able to understand everyone." So she often travels alone to get a feel of how the world is and tries to understand people from all social strata (阶层).
1.A. At the age of B. At the moment C. In the beginning
2.A. became B. worked C. enjoyed
3.A. medicine B. travelling C. literature
4.A. teaching B. writing C. nursing
5.A. over B. under C. about
6.A. reached B. arrived C. went
7.A. great B. nice C. bad
8.A. she B. they C. it
9.A. picture B. story C. newspaper
10.A. or B. till C. but
三、阅读理解（共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分）
A
Once upon a time, there was a little boy called Francis. He had five brothers and one sister.
Francis lived a poor life. His brothers all left home to work and only he and his sister were still at home. His parents could not afford(承担得起) to send the two children to school, so they let Francis stay at home.
Francis wanted to learn to read and write. Sometimes he ran to school secretly. He saw his sister was among the pupils. He envied(羡慕) her. Francis had an idea. Francis and his sister looked like each other. So why not dress up as a girl in order to go to school So Francis went to school on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays and his sister went to school on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
1. There were _____ children in Francis' family.
A. five B. six C. seven D. eight
2. Why did Francis stay at home when he was old enough to go to school
A. Because he was a naughty boy.
B. Because his family was poor.
C. Because he did not like school.
D. Because he didn't have any friends.
3. The underlined word "pupils" means "______" in Chinese.
A.工人 B.老师 C .小学生 D.农民
4. Francis' sister went to school on _____.
A. Tuesday B. Wednesday C. Friday D. Saturday
5. From the passage we know _____.
A. Francis' sister did not want to learn to write
B. Francis' sister was two years older than him
C. Francis dressed up as a girl in order to go to school
D. Francis didn't want to go to school
B
Thomas Edison lit up the world with his invention(发明) of the electric light bulb. Without him, the world might still be in the dark. However, the electric light bulb was not his only invention. He also invented the motion picture camera and more than 2,000 other things. About every two weeks he created something new.
Thomas Edison was born in 1847. He attended school for only a few months. His mother taught him at home, but Thomas was mostly self-educated. He started experimenting (做实验) at a young age.
When he was 12 years old, he got his first job. He became a newsboy on a train. He did experiments on the train in his free time. Unluckily, his first work did not end well. They fired him when he accidentally(无意地) set fire to the floor of the train. Then Edison worked for five years as a telegraph operator, but he continued to spend much of his time in experimenting for a vote recorder run by electricity.
Thomas Edison was deaf in one ear and had difficulty in hearing others, but he thought of his deafness as a blessing in many ways. It kept conversations short, so that he could have more time for work. He always worked 16 hours every day. Sometimes his wife had to remind(提醒) him to sleep and eat.
Thomas Edison died at the age of 84. He left a great many inventions that greatly improved the quality(质量) of people's life all over the world.
1. How often did Edison make a new invention
A. About every fourteen days. B. About every seven days.
C. About once a week. D. About twice a week.
2. The underlined word "fired" in the passage means "_____".
A. gave somebody a job
B. set fire to somebody
C. let somebody down
D. let somebody to leave his job
3. Edison considered his deafness as _____.
A. something bad B. a gift from god
C. a kind of ability D. a disadvantage
4. Which of the following sentence is NOT true according to the passage
A. Edison had only 8 hours' rest each day after his deafness.
B. Edison got his education mostly by self-teaching.
C. Edison had his first job in 1869.
D. Edison's inventions greatly improved the quality of people's life.
5. What does the passage mainly talk about
A. The function of the electric light bulb.
B. Edison and his experiments.
C. The importance of inventions.
D. The whole life of Edison.
四、任务型阅读（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
Zhang Xini was born in 1990. (A) When she was 2 years old, she lost most of her hearing in a medical accident (医疗事故). But that didn't stop her from making great success.
Zhang Xini started reading when she was a child. Reading is her favourite now. She reads storybooks. She also reads science books. She likes Chinese stories. (B) She likes foreign stories too. Reading helps her a lot. She likes to write and show her ideas of life. (C) She has written many articles (文章) in newspapers and magazines.
Zhang Xini lives in Shenzhen now, and she loves Shenzhen very much. When she was young, she always told others that (D) 将来她想当一名作家.
1.用一个介词短语替换文中(A)处画线部分。
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2.将文中(B)处画线句子改为否定句。
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3.将文中(C)处画线句子翻译成汉语。
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4. What is Zhang Xini's favourite (根据短文内容回答问题)
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5.将文中(D)处画线句子翻译成英语。
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五、用所给单词的适当形式填空。（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）
1. Most people still enjoy _____(watch) the plays written (写)by Shakespeare.
2. When he was 24, his grandfather_____(die).
3. He_____ (leave) home and bought some flowers for his mother this morning, because today is 20 May.
4. Students will learn how _____ (cook) for one hour a week for one term.
5. At the very heart of Beijing, the Palace Museum is China's largest of all the ancient ________(building).
六、请选择合适的选项补全对话。 （共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
A. It is very popular. B. When was he born C. Certainly. D. What did you do last night E. Did he marry F. I am really looking forward to seeing it. G. What kind of book did you read
A: Morning, Kate.
B: Morning, Zhang Ya.
A: ①______.
B: I read a book.
A: ②______
B: Fiction novel, The Three-Body Problem.
A: Wow! ③______.
B: Yes. The writer is my favourite Chinese writer.
A: It is said that a movie will be made according to the book.
B: I know. ④______.
A: Can you lend me the book after you finish reading it
B: ⑤_____. I think you will love it.
七、书面表达（共1小题；满分25分）
孔子（Confucius）是我国古代伟大的思想家和教育家，儒家学派创始人，世界著名的文化名人之一。请根据以下信息写一篇不少于60词的小短文介绍他的生平。内容提示：
1. 孔子出生于公元前551年的鲁国。(the state of Lu)
2. 当他小的时候，他的父母双亡，但他受到良好的教育。(receive good education)
3. 在他三十多岁时，他开始教学，一直到他去世。(spend the rest of one's lif doing sth.)
4. 55岁时，周游列国寻求正确的行为准则(search for good rules of behavior)，68岁时返回鲁国。
5. 73岁时因病去世。
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