外研八年级英语上Module5学习检测
第一部分 听力（20分）
Ⅰ.听句子，选择该句的最佳答语，每个句子读两遍。
1. A. Yes, I am. B. Never. C. No, I have.
2. A. Romeo and Juliet. B. Teahouse. C. The Sound of Music.
3. A. Shakespeare. B. Lao She. C. Mei Langfang.
4. A. A writer. B. A performer. C. A reporter.
5. A.《哈姆雷特》 B.《骆驼祥子》 C.《罗密欧与朱丽叶
Ⅱ.听句子，选择相同或相近的选项，每个句子读两遍。
6. A. I like the teahouse very much.
B. I hope I can watch the teahouse one day.
C. I hope I can go to the teahouse one day.
7. A. The story lasted 27 years.
B. The story didn’t stop until 1889.
C. The story started in 1916.
8. A. I find it is hard to learn math.
B. I find I don’t like math.
C. I don’t think math is so difficult to learn.
9. A. He has interest in seeing the film.
B. He is very interested in seeing the film.
C. He dislikes seeing the film.
10. A. They understood all the words.
B. It was easy for them to understand all the words.
C. They did their best to understand all the words.
Ⅲ.听对话，根据所听内容选择正确答案，对话读两遍。
11.Who is visiting London
A. Vicky. B. Steve. C. Juliet.
12.What are they talking about
A. What Steve did yesterday.
B. What Steve wants to do tomorrow.
C. What Vicky did yesterday.
13.Which play did Steve and his uncle see that night
A. Lao She’s Teahouse.
B. Romeo and Juliet.
C. The Sound of Music.
14.Did Steve know the play
A. No, he didn’t.
B. Yes, he did.
C. No, he did.
15.Vicky doesn’t hope to see Romeo and Juliet, does she
A. Yes, she does.
B. No, she doesn’t.
C. Yes, she doesn’t.
Ⅳ.听短文，根据所听内容填空，短文读两遍。
I love The Sound of ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )Music. It is the best film I’ve ever seen. It's very romantic. 16______ Maria and Captain von Trapp don't like each other at first, in the end they 17______. There are lots of very funny scenes and conversations. The film 18______ in the mountains in Austria. The family have to 19______the mountains. It's very dangerous, but the mountains are very beautiful. The best thing about the film is the music. Everybody sings beautifully and the songs are 20______. When I feel sad, I watch The Sound of Music. It makes me cry but it also makes me happy.
第二部分 笔试（80分）
Ⅴ.单项选择(10分)
1.We wanted to see Be ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ijing Opera. So our parents ______ to take us there.
A. offering B. offerred C. offered D. offers
2.Would you like us ______ you to Lao She Teahouse
A. to take B. take C. taking D. to taking
3.They are ______ to go to Japan for vacation.
A. planing B. plans C. planned D. planning
4.He was a famous writer and he was famous ______ his play.
A. for B. as C. with D. of
5.The play shows life in China between 1898 ______ 1945.
A. for B. to C. and D. at
6.He was one of the greatest Chinese ______ of the 20th century.
A. writer B. a writer C. writers D. an writer
7.The drink is ______ delicious ______ I enjoy it very much.
A. too ; to B. so ; that C. such ; that D. too ; that
8.The teacher told Lucy ______ too much time ______ computer games.
A. not to spend, play B. to not spend ,on
C. didn’t spend, playing D. not to spend, playing
9.People think ______ more and more ______ to protect the environment.
A. that ; i ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )mpossible B. it ; important C. this ; necessary D. ／ ; interesting
10.I find ______ difficult to finish the work on time. We only have three hours left.
A. it B. that C. its D. this
Ⅵ.完形填空(15分)
Chi Li is one of ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )the best-known Chinese writers 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 very much, she went to Wuhan University to study Chinese language and literature in 1983. She chose 4___ as her profession(专业)。
During the 1980s, ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) 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 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )'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
Ⅶ.阅读理解(20分)
The new book ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is warmly welcomed by the children in China. It sells well across China. You can see and hear the advertisements about the book here and there.
Why is the b ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ook so attractive(吸引人的) to children After reading it, I am deeply attracted by the magic world. I cannot help asking: where is our own Harry Potter
China has a long hi ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )story and colorful culture. With a large market of teenagers, China published (出版) many popular books among children. However, why are the present books not as good as those foreign ones
Firstly, quite a nu ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )mber of children's books are of strong sense of teaching, and they have little interest. Reading them, children often have a feeling of being "educated". Certainly, they don't like them.
Secondly, fewer c ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )hildren like the same stories, but most Chinese books are usually much the same. One knows the ending as early as in the beginning.
Finally, the writers seldom think about children's needs.
First-class Reading ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )for children should be interesting, and written in their language.
1. About the present Chinese children's books, which is NOT right
A. They have little interest value.
B. Our writers seldom know children’s needs.
C. Most of them are the same.
D. They are better than foreign ones.
2. Harry Potter is so popular because _____.
A. it's the same as Chinese books
B. it can lead children into a wonderful world
C. it's not written in children's language
D. it's advertised more often on TV or posters
3. The Chinese mea ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ning of the underlined phrase "First-class Reading" is _____.
A. 第一批读物
B. 一节课的读物
C. 一流的读物
D. 基础的读物
4. "Where is our own Harry Potter " means _____.
A. the writer can't find any books for children
B. Chinese parents should buy Harry Potter for their children
C. our children should learn from Harry Potter
D. Chinese writers should write better books for children
5. The passage mainly tells us _____.
A. ways to read books
B. our children need another magic boy
C. ways to choose books
D. our children need more better books
B
We can see many wal ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ls in the world. But the Great Wall of China is the biggest of all. The Chinese call it "The Ten-thousand-li Great Wall". It is in fact more than 6,000 kilometers long. It is 4-5 meters wide. In most places, five horses or ten men can walk side by side.
When you visit ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )the Great Wall, you can't help wondering how the Chinese people were able to build such a great wall thousands of years ago. Without any modern machines, it was really very difficult to build it. They had to do all the work by hand. It took millions of men hundreds of years to build it.
The Great Wall has ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )a history of over two thousand years. The kings began to build the first parts of it around two thousand seven hundred years ago. Then Qin Shihuang had all the walls joined up. He thought that could keep the enemy out of the country.
Today the Great Wall ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )has become a place of interest. Not only Chinese people but also people from all over the world come to visit it.
6.The Great Wall is the biggest of all walls in __________.
A. China B. Europe C. the world D. Asia
7.How long is the Great Wall
A. It's less than six hundred kilometers.
B. It's over six million kilometers.
C. It's six thousand kilometers.
D. It's more than six thousand kilometers.
8.It took __________ men __________ years to build the Great Wall.
A. millions ; millions
B. hundreds of ; hundreds of
C. millions of ; hundreds of
D. hundreds of ; millions of
9.The Great Wall was built __________.
A. by people all over the world
B. without any modern machines
C. with some other countries' help
D. by all Chinese kings
10.Qin Shihuang thought the Great Wall could __________.
A. keep the enemy out of his country
B. keep his body in it
C. be visited by all the people
D. make his country beautiful
Ⅷ.选词填空（10分）
artist later teach play when bear die write he during
Lao She was 1 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) ___ in Beijing. His father 2______ when he was young. Lao She studied at a teacher’s school. After that he was a head teacher of a primary school. 3______ he was district supervisor. From 1924 to 1929, Lao She 4______ Chinese at a college in London.
Then Lao She return ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ed to China and continued 5______ and teach in different universities. 6______ the Anti-Japanese War period(1937-1945), he wrote a number of plays, and united(团结) many 7______. From 1946 to 1949 Lao She lived in the United States. 8______ the People's Republic of China was founded in 1949, Lao She returned to China. 9______ last novel was The Drum Singers, which was published only in English in 1952. Teahouse, written in 1957, was one of his best 10______. Lao She died in 1966.
Ⅸ.给词填空（10分）
1.I remember ______(put) my keys in my bag, but now I can’t find them.
2.Try ______ (go) to ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) bed earlier, then you won’t be tired in the morning.
3.Don’t forget ______ (bring) your book tomorrow.
4.It made me ______(feel) unhappy and lonely.
5.Thank you very much for ______(give) me some advice.
6.Have you ever ______(hear) about the musician
7.I saw some boys ______(play) football over there.
8.I don’t know whether he ______(be) here or not.
9.We invited some foreigners ______(visit) China.
10.I don’t feel like ______(eat) a big meal now.
Ⅹ.书面表达（15分）
根据表格中所给内容，用正确的格式设计一张海报（部分内容已给出）。
举办单位 巨人中学
剧名 《茶馆》
作者 老舍
海报内容 故事发生在旧北京。演员都是该校学生。
时间 今晚8点
地点 人民剧院
外研八年级英语上Module5学习检测答案
第一部分 听力1-5 BBCAB 6-10 CACCC 11-15 BABBA
16.Although 17.fall i ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )n love 18.takes place 19.travel across 20.wonderful
第二部分 笔试
单项选择1-5 CADAC 6-10 CBDBA
完形填空 1-5 ABCBC 6-10 AACBC
阅读理解1-5 DBCDD 6-10 CDCBA
选词填空 1.born 2.died ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) 3. Later 4.taught 5.to write 6.During 7.artists 8.When 9.His 10.plays
给词填空1.putting 2.to ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )go 3.to bring 4.feel 5.giving 6.heard 7.playing 8.is 9.to visit 10.eating
书面表达
Juren Middle SchoolpresentsTeahouseby Lao SheThis story took plac ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )e in old Beijing. Actors are all students from the school.At 8:00pm tonightThe People’s Theatre
