Module 4 Planes, ships and trains . 语篇填空练习2023-2024学年外研版英语八年级上册（含答案）

Module 4 Planes, ships and trains
语篇填空练习
A
In China, most of students in cities usually 1. ________(ride)bikes or 2. ________ (take)buses to school every day. But in the countryside things are 3. ________(difference). Most students there can only 4. ________(walk) to school. Their home is always near to school. In some places students even go to school by 5. ________ (boat). There is lots of water around them.
In North America, most schools have their own 6. ________ (bus)for the students. These buses 7. ________ (start)on time every morning from Monday to Friday to fetch （带回）the students and take them 8. ________(home) in the afternoon.
Things are different in other 9. ________(part) of the world. For example, most students go to school by train in Japan. They think it is the fastest and safest traffic. In America and Britain, the 10. ________(yellow) buses are for school boys and girls.
B
Nowadays we can 1.________ (see) more and more electric bikes in the street. Electric bikes are easy 2.________ (ride). They run fast and make no pollution. So they become very popular in many big 3.________ (city) in China. But the electric bikes also cause more traffic accidents. So China plans to make a new rule for the electric bike riders. If an electric bike is 4.________ (heavy) than 40 kilos and can go faster than 20 kilometres 5.________ hour, its rider must get a license. It means riders have to pass driving tests before they ride 6.________ (they) electric bikes on the road.
People have 7.________ (difference) ideas about the plan. Some welcome the plan 8.________ 8 they think it 9.________ (make) the street much safer. But some are not happy with the new rule at all. One rider said, “I don’t want to get a license or 10.________ (something). That’s too much trouble. ”What’s your idea
C
Betty was late for school today because there was a road 1.a________ and the traffic was very heavy. Nobody in her class was late, 2.e________ her.
Betty and her mother are talking about the 3.w________ to go to school. Betty wants to go to school by taxi.
Her mother thinks it’s the most comfortable way, but it’s also the most 4.e ________. And taxis are 5.s________ in heavy traffic too. Betty thinks maybe she can go to school by bike because most of her classmates go to school by bike. Her mother thinks it’s a good 6.c________, but a bit dangerous. Her mother asks her how her classmates go to school.
Betty says Tony takes the 7.u________ because he lives the 8.f________ from school. Lingling’s home is the 9.c________ to school, so she walks there and Jessica goes to school by bus. At last, her mother agrees that she can ride her bike to school, but she must be 10.c________ all the time.
D
Sam will have a trip to Beijing with his 1. ________ (同班同学) this weekend. His dad will go there to have a meeting, too. This is a great 2. ________(旅程) for Sam and he is very 3. ________(兴奋的). Sam knows little about taking a plane. It is his first time to take a plane. 4. ________(然而), his father often goes to other places by plane.
In the morning, they arrive at the 5. ________(机场) early. It is very 6. ________(拥挤的). Sam's dad tells Sam what to do. They sit 7. ________(紧挨着) and wait there for a few minutes. It will 8. ________(花费) them about four hours to get to Beijing. They have already booked a hotel 9. ________(远离) from the Summer Palace because they have no 10. ________(选择). All the other hotels are full.
E
At 7 am, we got on the state-of-the-art Fuxing Hao train at Shanghai Railway Station. We stored our 1._________ (背包) and found our seats.
Unlike other trains which start with a shake and much 2.________ (噪音), this train felt so smooth that if you were not looking out of windows, you could 3.________ (几乎不) tell we were moving.
Soon, the towns of 4._________ (东部的) China were rushing by. I saw my wife smiling and 5.__________ (指向) to a coin she had balanced on the table.
She took another coin and balanced it next to the first, and then another, until she had a 6.________ (行) of coins. They stood there on the table for more than 20 minutes before one finally fell over.
After that, we 7.________ (两个都) went back to reading and enjoying the beauty outside. We felt quite 8.________ (放松的).
Then, before we knew it, we heard the announcement that we were arriving in Beijing. For 1,318 kilometers, we 9.________ (花费) only 4 hours and 38 minutes. Thanks to high speed trains, we can travel in China much more conveniently. No 10.________ (疑惑), they will also bring the people of the country closer together, and in time bring about deep social changes, the full nature of which no one can fully guess.
参考答案
A
1.ride 2.take 3.different 4.walk 5.boat 6.buses 7.start 8.home 9.parts 10.yellow
B
1. see 2. to ride 3. cities 4. heavier 5. an 6. their 7. different 8. because 9. will make 10. anything
C
1.accident 2.except 3.ways 4.expensive 5.slow 6.choice 7.underground 8.farthest 9.closest 10.careful
D
1. classmates　2. journey　3. excited　4. However　5. airport　6. crowded　7. close　8. take　9. far　10. choice
E
1.backpack/backpacks/bag/ bags 2.noise 3.hardly 4.eastern/ East 5.pointing 6.line/row 7.both 8.relaxed 9.spent 10.doubt