外研八年级英语下Module 8 Time off 学习检测
第一部分 听力（20分）
Ⅰ.听句子，选择你所听到的单词，句子读两遍。
1. A. hardly B. hard C. found D. finally
2. A. thirty B. dirty C. thirsty D. funny
3. A. work B. word C. worm D. wake
4. A. full B. pull C. push D. hall
5. A. fame B. humorous C. famous D. dangerous
Ⅱ.听对话及问题，选择正确答语，对话及问题读两遍。
6. A. German. B. English. C. French. D. Chinese.
7. A. Jack. B. Alice. C. David. D. Nobody.
8. A. By plane. B. By bus. C. By train. D. By bus.
9. A. Yesterday morn ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ing. B. Yesterday afternoon. C. Last night. D. Last week.
10. A. To learn about the weather.
B. To learn about sports.
C. To learn about news.
D. To play computer games.
Ⅲ.听对话，回答问题。对话读两遍。
11. What did Lucy do on Sunday
A. She went to the park.
B. She went to the garden.
C. She visited the zoo.
D. She went to school.
12. Did Lucy see pandas
A. Yes, she did. ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )B. Yes, I don’t. C. No, she didn’t. D. No, she did.
13. What did Lucy see, then
A. A tiger. B. A panda. C. A deer. D. A duck.
14.Where is the elephant
A. There isn’t an elephant.
B. Behind the tiger.
C. In front of the lion.
D. In the park.
15. When did Lucy come back
A. At four. B. At five. C. At six. D. At seven.
Ⅳ.听短文，回答问题。短文读两遍。
16. Where does Miss Brown come from
A. Canada. B. France. C. England. D. America.
17. How old is Miss Brown
A. Thirty-three. ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )B. Thirty-five. C. Thirty-eight. D. Thirty-nine.
18. What is NOT Miss Brown’s hobby
A. Playing ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) tennis. B. Drawing pictures. C. Listening to music. D. Singing.
19. What does Miss Brown think of penguins
A. Shy. B. Cute. C. Lazy. D. Dangerous.
20. What does Miss Brown like doing best
A. Teaching English.
B. Being a reporter.
C. Working with animals.
D. Being a singer.
第二部分 笔试（80分）
Ⅴ.单项选择（10分）
1. ---Would you please eat some cakes, Allen
---Yes, please. And I also want some water. I’m so ______!
A. lazy B. hungry C. sleepy D. thirsty
2. Though he has st ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )udied English ______ for ten months, he can still ______speak it.
A. hard; hard B. hardly; hardly C. hardly; hard D. hard; hardly
3. The little boy ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) said sorry to the teacher and promised ______ to school late again.
A. to come B. not to come C. come D. not come
4. Sanya is famous ______ its beautiful beaches.
A. of B. for C. as D. with
5. Tom, please tidy up your toys. They ______ too much room here.
A. take out B. take up C. take off D. get off
6. They don’t allow people ______ in the river.
A. swim B. swimming C. to swimming D. to swim
7. ---Look at the tall building! It’s so modern!
---Yeah. And there is a garden on its ______. A garden in the air!
A. floor B. ground C. side D. top
8. ---Mum, would ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )you please ______ at six tomorrow morning I must get up early.
---OK.
A. take me off B. look after me C. pick me up D. wake me up
9. I think we should ______ how to go there.
A. agree to B. agree on C. look for D. come out
10. ______ is waiting ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )for you at the gate. He wants to say thanks to you.
A. Somebody B. Anybody C. Everybody D. Nobody
Ⅵ.完形填空（20分）
Some time ago ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ), my wife and I traveled to Sydney to visit my sister. We had taken more clothes than we needed and struggled onto the train.
In front of ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )us, in a face-to-face seat, _ 1 _ six young men in their early 20s. They were strong and 2 , and I disliked them immediately. They were laughing loudly, obviously 3 themselves and they 4 a foreign language.
As we went quickly ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) 5 the countryside, I kept an eye on them as they joked around. Sometimes they took a look in our direction. When two of them got 6 , I relaxed a little. The rest of them 7 to laugh and joke in their own language.
When we finally arr ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ived at our 8 , only one of them was left on the train. He was obviously 9 too and as I struggled towards him with my heavy luggage(行李), he reached out and asked in English: “Want a hand with that, mate ”
He 10 the hea ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )vier bag up the station steps for us. We were pleasantly surprised and very grateful.
1. A. sat B. stood C. lay D. lived
2. A. polite B. quiet C. lazy D. noisy
3. A. helping B. enjoying C. teaching D. devoting
4. A. told B. spoke C. said D. talked
5. A. above B. onto C. over D. through
6. A. off B. up C. along D. on
7. A. wanted B. started C. stopped D. continued
8. A. house B. hotel C. station D. shelter
9. A. bored B. worried C. excited D. frightened
10. A. carried B. left C. brought D. bought
Ⅶ.阅读理解（20分）
A
One day, Thomas Jeff ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )erson, the president of the USA, was crossing a river with a group of travelers. The river was overflowing its banks. So it was very dangerous to cross it on a horse. Each man was fighting for his life! Then another traveler came and he wanted to cross it, too. But he didn’t have a horse. He watched the group and then asked Jefferson to take him. Jefferson agreed immediately. The man climbed on. After they were both safe to the other side of the river, someone asked the man, “Why did you ask president for help Did you know him ” The man was shocked because he didn’t know Jefferson was the president. “All I know,” he said, “on some of your faces were written the answer NO, but there was the answer YES on his face.”
1. Who was Thomas Jefferson
A. He was a businessman. B. He was a teacher.
C. He was a c ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )aptain. D. He was the president of the USA.
2. How did they cross the river
A. In a boat. B. On their horses. C. By swimming. D. By building a bridge.
3. When the travelers were crossing the river, ________.
A. water was flowing out of the river
B. it was windy and very cold
C. there were many empty boats in the river
D. everyone wrote a word on the face
4. At last, __________.
A. both Jefferson and the man were safe to cross the river
B. only Jefferson crossed the river
C. only the man crossed the river
D. Jefferson’s horse died
5. From the passage, we know that _________.
A. all the tra ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )velers were kind B. Jefferson was helpful
C. nobody ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )knew the president D. the man gave Jefferson some money
B
Most Americans enjo ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )y moving from place to place. For example, they often drive their cars 120 to 160 kilometres away just to have dinner with a friend or even fly to London or Paris just to watch a football match. In some states only one person in five lives in a place for more than five years. One may be born in one city, and go to school in another. He may finish his middle school in two or three cities, and then go to college far across the country. When he begins to work, he may possibly move from job to job. Moving from one job to another, which is called “job-hopping”, can be seen in many places in the United States.
Job-hopping does good ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) to workers because every change of a job gives them a chance to get better pay. And job-hopping also gives bosses the chance to get new ideas and skills from him or her.
6. From this passage, we can see Americans often travel to ______.
A. have dinner with their friends
B. go shopping
C. watch a football game
D. enjoy themselves
7. Which of the following is true
A. About 20% of the people stay in one place for over five years.
B. Children have to finish middle school in one place.
C. People go to the nearest college.
D. When people begin to work, they don’t move any more.
8. Job-hopping means “______”.
A. looking for a job B. having a job
C. changing jobs often D. losing a job
9. In the USA job-hopping ______.
A. is very popular
B. helps young people go to college
C. helps workers in traveling
D. helps students begin to work
10. The writer thinks job-hopping _______________.
A. does good only to the workers
B. does good only to the boss
C. must be stopped
D. is helpful
Ⅷ.阅读表达（10分）
Everyone loves ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) holidays because people don’t need to go to school or work during the holidays. (A) All the holidays mean no school no work. (B) go, during, you, out, with, a holiday, friends, you stay at home to eat, talk, and have fun with your family. For example in the US, everyone thinks New Year’s Eve and New Year are both for having parties with friends. Christmas is the time to stay home and exchange(交换) gifts with family members. But the things are(C)______ in Japan. For example, in Japan, New Year is for spending time with the family eating, talking, having fun, and going to the temples. But Christmas is for boy and girl friends to go out and exchange gifts.
Of course, if you w ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ant to know these different holiday customs(风俗), you will learn about different histories and cultures.
1.根据(A)处划线句子对下句进行句型转换，每空一词。
All the holidays mean _____ school _____ work.
2.将（B）处划线句子连词成句。
_____________________________________________________
3.在文章中找到一个单词填入(C)处空格中，使上下文意思连贯。
_____________________________________________________
4.根据文章，回答下列问题。
Why do people like holidays
_____________________________________________________
5. In which country do people go out and exchange gifts at Christmas.
_____________________________________________________
Ⅸ.书面表达（20分）
假如你是杰克，现在在深圳姨妈家探亲。到达深圳几天后，你要用英语发了个电子邮件给父母，内容要点如下：
1.我于上周六下午乘火车抵达深圳，旅途愉快；
2.姨妈全家人身体都好，他们对我非常亲切；
3. 这几天姨兄弟们正带我四处参观这座城市；
4. 谈谈对深圳的印象；
5. 希望长大后能在这里工作。
注意：
1.作出适当发挥；
2. 邮件须包括所有内容要点，要求语句通顺、意思连贯；
3. 词数70个左右，邮件的开头和结尾均已给出，不计入总词数。
Dear Dad and Mum,
…
Uncle and Aunt send you their best wishes.
Love,
Jack
外研八年级英语下Module 8 Time off 学习检测参考答案
第一部分 听力
1-5 ACDBC 6-10 BCACA 11-15 CCACB 16-20 CABBB
第二部分 笔试
单项选择1-5 DDBBB 6-10 DDDBA
完形填空1-5 ADBBD 6-10 ADCCA
阅读理解1-5 DBAAB 6-10 DACAD
阅读表达 1. neither nor
2. You go out with friends during a holiday.
3. different
4. Because people do ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )n’t need to go to school or work during the holidays.
5. In the US.
书面表达
Dear Dad and Mum,
I arrived in Shenzhen ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )by train last Saturday afternoon. The journey was pleasant. Aunt’s family are all well. They are very kind to me. These days my cousins are showing me around the city. Shenzhen is a modern city. There are many tall buildings. Life here is busy and colorful. I love the way people live and work here. I hope to work in this city when I grow up.
Uncle and Aunt send you their best wishes.
Love,
Jack
