Module 2 My home town and my country模块测试题一（含答案）（外研版八年级上册）

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Module 2 My home town and my country模块测试题一
(时间60分钟 总分100分)
一、单项填空（本大题共15小题，每小题1分，共15分）
从下列每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
( )1. —What's your aunt
—She is _______ university teacher. She loves her job.
A. a B. an C. 不填 D. the
( )2. The population of Xi'an is smaller than _______ of Chongqing.
A. this B. these C. that D. those
( )3. Please bring the lunch box _______ you tomorrow.
A. by B. from C. with D. towards
( )4. —It may rain in the afternoon. Why don't you take a(n) _______
—OK. Thank you.
A. umbrella B. bowl C. newspaper D. wallet
( )5. The garden walls are very _______, so the dog can get in there easily.
A. high B. low C. new D. old
( )6. I love reading the works of Stephen Hawking, _______ A Brief History of Time.
A. usually B. luckily C. finally D. especially
( )7. I'm happy that the air in my city is now _______ than it was a few years ago.
A. clean B. cleaner C. hot D. hotter
( )8. Her grandpa enjoys doing sports. He is 65 years old, but he is as _______ as when he was 40 years old.
A. healthy B. healthier C. polite D. politer
( )9. Televisions today are _______ bigger than they were 20 years ago.
A. little B. much C. quite D. still
( )10. Everyone can see that China is _______ richer and stronger.
A. staying B. looking C. getting D. feeling
( )11. President Xi Jinping _______ a speech (演讲) to students and teachers at Tsinghua University on 19th April 2021.
A. gives B. will give C. is giving D. gave
( )12. Remember _______ the opera The Red Boat. It tells stories of the history of the Communist Party of China (CPC) (中国共产党).
A. watch B. watching C. to watch D. watched
( )13. Weifang, the “World Capital of Kites”, is _______ its kites.
A. famous as B. famous for C. good for D. good at
( )14. —_______ is the population of Chengdu
—About 16.6 million.
A. Which B. How C. What D. How many
( )15. —How was your weekend, Liu Yuting
—_______! I went to the countryside with my friends.
A. That's right B. I think so C. Good idea D. Pretty good
二、完形填空（本大题共10小题，每小题1分，共10分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
I was born in Pittsburgh, a city in the east of the US. With its over 400 1 , the city is sometimes called the “City of Bridges”.
Pittsburgh is a big city with a 2 of about 2.3 million. About fifty years ago, there were many steel factories (钢厂) in the city, 3 people today still call it the “Steel City”. Times were 4 after the factories closed, but streets that used to be dirty (脏的) now become very 5 with modern theaters, shops, and restaurants on them.
Pittsburgh is surrounded (环绕) by hills where you can 6 great views (风景) of the city. Many artists, such as Linda Barnicott and Andy Warhol, loved the beautiful views very much and 7 lots of great works. You can find them in the museums in the city. My favourite painting is Linda Barnicott's My Hometown.
I 8 from Pittsburgh ten years ago but I often go back. I miss the people, who are funny and friendly, and I miss the mountains to the east of the city. I also miss my favourite 9 , The Point. I often remember the good days when I played games with my friends there.
People in Pittsburgh have seen good and bad times of the city. Through all the changes, I've always been proud (骄傲的) to call 10 my home town!
( )1. A. banks B. walls C. restaurants D. bridges
( )2. A. price B. population C. part D. team
( )3. A. so B. but C. or D. till
( )4. A. late B. early C. hard D. easy
( )5. A. dark B. busy C. wide D. beautiful
( )6. A. celebrate B. enjoy C. forget D. lose
( )7. A. made B. bought C. found D. compared
( )8. A. came B. heard C. moved D. learned
( )9. A. library B. park C. shop D. hospital
( )10. A. them B. him C. one D. it
三、阅读理解（本大题共10小题，每小题2分，共20分）
阅读下面的材料，从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
A
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This winter at the Club Francais
FRENCH WINTER COURSES
Jan. — Mar. 2022
Adults' Crash Course (成年人的速成课) 9th — 18th Jan.
40 lessons (4 lessons a day)
Each lesson is 50 minutes.
Morning and evening
Price: $600
Adults' Normal Course (普通课) 9th Jan. — 4th Mar.
Twice (两次) a week, 1 hour morning or evening
Once a week, Saturday 9 am — 11 am
Price: $278
Children's Crash Course 11th — 24th Jan.
3 hours a day, 1 pm — 4 pm
Years 8 to 12
Price: $630
Club Francais
27 Claire Street, New York
For more information, call Angela at 860-343-2550.
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( )1. The Club Francais offers (提供) courses _______.
A. in France
B. this summer
C. on the Internet
D. on the French language
( )2. If one takes the Adults' Crash Course, he has to study _______ minutes every day.
A. 50 B. 100 C. 200 D. 250
( )3. If one takes the Adults' Normal Course, how much does he need to pay
A. $278. B. $300. C. $600. D. $630.
( )4. Which of the following children can take the Children's Crash Course
A. 7-year-old Ann.
B. 10-year-old Peter
C. 13-year-old Susan.
D. 16-year-old Dave.
( )5. Which of the following is TRUE
A. The Club Francais is in New York.
B. Angela is the head of the Club Francais.
C. There are no evening classes in the Club Francais.
D. To know more about the Club Francais, one can email Angela.
B
Jia Zhao is from Longnan, Gansu Province. After he left high school, he didn't go to university. His parents and brothers advised him to find a job in a big city.
In 2011, Jia left his home town and went to Guangzhou with his friends. He worked in an electronics factory (电子厂). Even though he sometimes worked more than 10 hours a day, he could only make about 3,000 yuan a month. He was busy and tired.
In 2012, Jia returned to his home town. He borrowed some money and started a chicken farm. Because Jia knew little about farming chickens, his chickens died soon. Just a year later, the chicken farm closed.
But Jia still wanted to do something in his home town. Later, he noticed the government (政府) was encouraging (鼓励) and teaching farmers to grow olive trees (橄榄树). Jia decided to have a try. “Nobody had tried planting olive trees in my home town back then, but I believed I could do it,” he said. This time, Jia succeeded.
Jia makes about 100,000 yuan every year now. With his help, more and more people in his home town are growing olive trees. Olive trees have changed his home town. People there live better (更好的) lives, and many have built new houses.
As for his future, Jia said, “I want to plant more olive trees and help more people.”
( )6. Jia went to Guangzhou _______.
A. to find a job
B. with his brothers
C. with his parents
D. to see his friends
( )7.What did Jia do in 2012
A. He helped his parents build a new house.
B. He went back to his home town.
C. He made a lot of money.
D. He left university.
( )8. What does the underlined word “succeeded” in Paragraph 4 mean in Chinese
A. 公开 B. 失望 C. 成功 D. 消失
( )9. Which is the right order of the following events
① Jia started a chicken farm.
② Jia learned to plant olive trees.
③ Jia worked in an electronics factory.
A. ①②③ B. ①③② C. ③②① D. ③①②
( )10. The writer wrote the passage to _______.
A. tell the story of Jia
B. give advice on choosing jobs
C. show how to plant olive trees
D. ask readers to visit Jia's home town
四、补全对话（本大题共5小题，每小题2分，共10分）
根据对话内容，从方框内选择恰当的句子将对话补充完整。（选项中有两项是多余的）
A: Archie, how was your holiday
B: (1)_______ I went to visit my grandparents in the village and I stayed there for a week.
A: (2)_______
B: Yes. I have lots of cousins in the village. Everyone came to meet me and my family when we arrived, which made me feel warm and welcomed.
A: Wow, that is so cool. (3)_______
B: It's small but very beautiful. It's near a river and across the river there are small hills.
A: What did you do there
B: (4)_______ Then all of my family came together for a picnic by the river.
A: I hope to visit a beautiful village like this.
B: (5)_______
A: Really Excellent!
A. Oh, was it fun B. It was wonderful. C. It rained all the time. D. What is the village like E. You can go there with me next time. F. Did you climb the hills with your cousins G. We enjoyed a trip along the river by boat.
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五、完成句子（本大题共5小题，每小题2分，共10分）
根据所给中文意思完成句子，每空限填一词。
1. 那位全职奶爸来自上海。
That stay-at-home dad _______ _______ Shanghai.
2. 漠河位于黑龙江省北部。
Mohe is _______ _______ _______ _______ Heilongjiang Province.
3. 每年数以百万计的人参观这座古城。
_______ _______ people visit the old town every year.
4. 20世纪80年代她和丈夫去了香港。
She went to Hong Kong with her husband _______ _______ _______.
5. 事实上，中国人民帮助非洲的一些贫困国家修建了铁路。
_______ _______, Chinese people have helped build railways in some poor countries in Africa.
六、任务型阅读（本大题共5小题，每小题2分，共10分）
阅读下面短文，根据短文内容完成句子。
Last week we went on a school trip. We visited a very special place in Turkey — the Hair Museum. There are so many locks (缕) of hair in it.
The story goes that a man's good friend was going to leave him. He asked for something to help him remember her. She cut off a lock of her hair and gave it to him. He put it up in his shop, and he told the story to all the people visiting his shop. Many women enjoyed the story and left a lock of their hair too.
The man started the Hair Museum in 1979. It now has about 16,000 locks of hair. There's also another reason (原因) to leave some hair. Twice a year the museum holds a competition (比赛) and decides which lock of hair is the best. If your hair wins, you can stay for one night in the hotel next to the Hair Museum for free in summer.
A number of people visit the Hair Museum every day. Visitors can walk down the museum seeing the hair in different colours and lengths (长度). If visitors want to leave their locks of hair to the museum, there are pencils, paper and scissors (剪刀) for them. They need to write their name and age on the paper.
1. The man's _______________ gave him a lock of hair before she left him.
2. The Hair Museum started in the year of _______________.
3. The Hair Museum holds a competition _______________ a year.
4. If you win the competition, you can spend _______________ in a hotel for free.
5. If you want to leave your hair to the museum, you need to write your _______________ on a piece of paper.
七、综合填空（本大题共10小题，每小题1分，共10分）
根据短文内容及首字母提示，填写所缺单词，使短文意思完整。每空限填一词。
Nico Hansen is a retired (退休的) police officer from Luxembourg, a European country. His story with China s_______(1) with a tour to a village called Zhadong Village in Hechi, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in 2015.
The f_______(2) time Hansen came to the village, he fell in love with its natural beauty. However, when he entered the houses, he felt s_______(3) to find that people lived a hard life. So he d_______(4) to stay there to help them. At first, it was difficult f_______(5) him, because he couldn't speak Chinese. Later, he got on well with the people there.
Hansen volunteered (自愿做) to help p_______(6) passion fruit vines (百香果), which helped the village get out of poverty. People there thanked him very much. Now to make more m_______(7), they are also planting yellow flesh watermelon, a kind of eggplant and so on.
“I am very happy to notice the great c_______(8) in Zhadong Village. Now there are new houses e_______(9) and people are living a happier life. I'm sure their lives in the f_______(10) will be even better than it is now,” said Hansen.
八、书面表达（本大题共15分）
81. 假如你是李华，来自天津。你新交的加拿大笔友Judy发来一封电子邮件，想了解你家乡的情况。请你根据下面的提示内容，回复她的邮件，向她介绍你的家乡天津。
提示内容：(1) 位于渤海沿岸，有大约1560万的人口；
(2) 是一些著名大学的所在地；
(3) 有许多旅游景点；
(4) 相声表演很受欢迎。
要求：
(1) 语句通顺、意思连贯、语法正确；
(2) 包含所有提示要点，可适当发挥；
(3) 80~100词（电子邮件的格式、开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数）。
参考词汇：天津眼 the Tientsin Eye 瓷房子 China House 相声表演crosstalk shows
Dear Judy,
It's good to hear from you. Now let me tell you something about my home town Tianjin.______________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
How do you like my home town Would you like to visit it
Yours,
Li Hua
参考答案
一、1-5 ACCAB 6-10 DBABC 11-15 DCBCD
二、1-5 DBACD 6-10 BACBD
三、1-5 DCABA 6-10 ABCDA
四、1-5 BADGE
五、1. comes from 2. in the north of
3. Millions of 4. in the 1980s 5. In fact
六、1. good friend 2. 1979 3. twice
4. one night 5. name and age
七、1. started 2. first 3. sad / sorry 4. decided 5. for
6. plant 7. money 8. changes 9. everywhere 10. future
八、One possible version:
Dear Judy,
It's good to hear from you. Now let me tell you something about my home town Tianjin.
Tianjin is a beautiful city in the north of China. It stands on the coast of the Bohai Sea. It has a population of about 15.6 million.
Tianjin is home to some famous universities, such as Nankai University and Tianjin University. There are many famous places to visit here, such as the Haihe River, the Tientsin Eye, China House and Tianjin Water Park. Do you know about the crosstalk shows They're very popular in my home town. People can enjoy them at the teahouses.
How do you like my home town Would you like to visit it
Yours,
Li Hua
21世纪教育网(www.21cnjy.com)