学年外研版八年级英语下册 Module 2 随堂小测.docx

1、学年外研版八年级英语下册 Module 2 随堂小测Module 3 随堂小测时间：40分钟分值：100分.单项填空(20分)1.Whats the news?Its still about COVID-19 all over the world.A.on B.in C.at D.of2.Columbus America in 1492.A.found B.discovered C.looked for D.invented3.Mary has finished her homework, but she hasnt made her bed .A.just; already B.alread

2、y; yet C.yet; ever D.already; already 4.Shes not strong enough climbing.A.to go B.going C.go D.went5.He had to find another job make a living in the city.A.in order to B.so that C.in order D.in order that6.In the school, I asked one boy and two girls about the name of their headmaster, but of them c

3、ould help me.A.neither B.none C.both D.all7.It was already two oclock when I Hong Kong.A.arrived B.got C.came D.reached8. to the US?No, never. But I went to Canada a few years ago.A.Have you been B.Have you gone C.Did you go D.Will you go9.Could you please clean your room?!A.Me, too B.What a pity C.

4、See you D.No problem10.? Im making a birthday card for my father. A.How are you B.Do you like a birthday card C.What are you up toD.What do you want .完形填空(20分) Since the earliest times, people have looked up at the stars, the moon and the planets. Today people use modern machines 11 at the sky. This

5、 is very different from the situation 12 years ago when people could only use their eyes. Perhaps they dreamed of 13 the universe.When did humans first go into space? The story began not so very long ago, 14 the first astronauts were not peoplethey were animals.Scientists wanted to make travelling t

6、o space as 15 as possible for humans. So they decided to experiment with animals and test them in spaceflights. Insects, mice, frogs, dogs and monkeys were some of the animals that first went into space. Many of them 16, but they helped to make space travel safer for humans. For their great service,

7、 we 17 forget these animals.Albert II was the first monkey to go into space in 1949. Sadly he died 18 his spaceship landed back on the earth.Luckily, the result was different for Ham the Monkey. His story ended happily when he returned to the earth 19 very good health.Scientists wanted to know the a

8、nswer to the important question: Could an animal like Ham do the same things in space as he could do on the earth? The answer came when Ham was sent into space in 1961. Yes, he did everything well and lived for 20 16 years.11.A.look B.to look C.looking D.looked12.A.thousand B.thousands C.thousand of

9、 D.thousands of13.A.explore B.to explore C.explored D.exploring14.A.as B.or C.but D.so15.A.safe B.safer C.safest D.the safest16.A.die B.died C.have died D.will die17.A.shouldnt B.may not C.dont have to D.neednt18.A.if B.because C.after D.since19.A.at B.on C.in D.for20.A.another B.other C.others D.th

10、e others.阅读理解(20分)The worlds largest radio telescope was finished on Sept. 25, 2017 in China. FAST is a five-hundred-metre telescope. It is also called Tian-yan(“The Eye of Heaven”), with a dish the size of 30 football grounds, deep in the mountains of southwest Chinas Guizhou Province. The giant di

11、sh is built on a bowl-like valley. The surrounding area has “radio silence” as there are no towns or cities within a 5-kilometre radius(半径范围) and only one county centre within 25 kilometres.FAST is made up of 4,450 panels(面板). The second largest radio telescope is in Russia. The bigger dish will be

12、able to pick up weaker signals(信号).The radio telescope is like an ear, listening to tell meaningful radio messages from white noise in the universe. With the help of the telescope, we can receive weaker and more radio messages far away in space. It will help us to search for intelligent life outside

13、 of the Galaxy and explore the origins(起源) of the universe. “Any of its discoveries will lead to a Nobel Prize,” said Joseph Taylor, a Nobel Prize winner.The FAST project began in 2011. And the telescope is expected to remain the global leader for the next 10 to 20 years.21.Where was FAST developed?

14、A.In China. B.In Russia. C.In America.22.The underlined word “giant” probably means “” in Chinese.A.神秘的 B.巨大的 C.宽广的23.FAST is used to . A.explore the origins of human beingsB.receive distant radio messages from the universeC.watch the beautiful scenery of the Galaxy24.From the passage, we can know t

15、hat .A.FAST is the largest radio telescope all over the world so farB.noisy towns are around the telescope within a 5-kilometre radiusC.the second-largest radio telescope is made up of 4,450 panels25.How long did it take to finish the FAST project?A.About twenty years.B.About ten years.C.About six y

16、ears.任务型阅读(20分)Men have always wondered about the earth they live on and about the sky above them.When early men looked at the night sky, they asked themselves a lot of questions. They looked at the moon, and wondered what this strange bright object in the sky was. They did not understand why it cha

17、nged its shape from night to night. They looked at the stars and planets. They also wondered why some of them changed their positions, while others did not.They also thought about the shape of the earth. Most early people believed the earth was flat. In different parts of the world, there were diffe

18、rent ideas about the universe. The ancient Greeks were the first people to study the universe more scientifically. In the sixth century BC Pythagoras put forward the idea that the world was round. However, he could not explain why people at the bottom of the world did not fall off.It was not until t

19、he sixteenth and seventeenth centuries that scientists found the answers to some important questions. With the help of Galileos telescope, people could see the sky more clearly, and find the positions of the stars and planets. Finally in 1665, Isaac Newton explained to the world what gravity(重力) was

20、 and people at last understood why they did not fall off the earth.根据短文内容,完成下列各题。26.What did most early people believe the earth was like?27.Please list two questions that men asked them-selves when they looked at the night sky.(no more than 10 words per sentence)28.Please translate the underlined s

21、entence into Chinese.29.Complete the statement using a word from the passage.Isaac Newton changed the way we the world, so he was a great scientist. 30.What do you know about the universe?.书面表达(20分)同学们,你们见过彗星吗?彗星到底是什么呢?彗星是在夜空中移动并且闪耀的东西,它像行星一样,本身没有光,它闪烁的光来自太阳光。科学家们认为彗星可能是一块大的岩石。或许很多人见过彗星,但是没有人知道到底有多少

22、颗彗星。根据你的了解及上面的描述,写一下彗星的情况。词数:80左右。提示词:comet 彗星; shine 闪耀; sunlight 阳光; rock 岩石详解详析.1.A答语中的about“关于”提示用介词on意为“在播放中；关于”。 句意：“新闻在播报什么？”“仍然是关于全球新冠肺炎的新闻。”2Bfind 意为“找到”，强调结果；discover意为“发现”，强调发现已存在而不为人知的事物；look for 意为“寻找”，强调过程；invent 意为“发明”。 由句意可知选B。3B4.A5.A6B考查代词。由but可知表示转折，其后应该是否定，排除C、D，neither用于否定两者，上句中

23、提到三个人，故排除A，因此选B。7D8A由答句可知，问句句意为“你去过美国吗”，故选A。9D10.C.11.Buseto do sth.意为“使用做某事”，动词不定式作目的状语，故选B。12D13Ddream of意为“梦想”，of为介词，后面跟动名词形式，故选D。14C15.A16.B17A根据上一句“因为它们的巨大贡献”可知此处表示“我们不应该忘记这些动物”，故选A。18C句意：令人伤心的是，它在宇宙飞船降落到地球之后死了。用after引导时间状语从句，表示“在之后”。19Cin good health意为“身体好”，是固定短语，故选C。20A根据上一句“它所有事情都做得很好”可知此处表示

24、“它又活了16年”，用another表示“又一；再一”。故选A。.21.A由短文的第二段内容可知，FAST建在中国的贵州省。故选A。22B由句子“with a dish the size of 30 football grounds”可知FAST有30个足球场那么大。giant意为“巨大的”。故选B。23B根据倒数第二段中“With the help of the telescope, we can receive weaker and more radio messages far away in space.”可知FAST是用来从遥远的宇宙中收集远程无线电信息的。故选B。24A根据第一段中

25、“The worlds largest radio telescope was finished on Sept. 25, 2017 in China.”可推断FAST是世界上最大的射电望远镜。25C根据第一段中“The worlds largest radio telescope was finished on Sept. 25, 2017 in China.”可知2017年FAST建成；而最后一段中“The FAST project began in 2011.”说明人们于2011年开始建造FAST，由此可推断共计花费了约6年的时间。.【主旨大意】 文章是一篇说明文。文章重点说明了人们过去

26、对宇宙的认识，说明了人们观点慢慢变化的过程。26It was flat. 27(1)What is the strange bright object in the sky?(2)Why does the strange object change its shape at times?28世界的不同地方存在着对宇宙的不同看法。29understood 30The earth moves around the sun in space.(答案不唯一，合理即可).One possible version：About CometsWhen you look up at the sky at nig

27、ht, and see something moving and shining, it might be a comet. A comet sometimes looks like a star. Like a planet, a comet has no light of its own. It receives sunlight and shines. Like the earth, a comet goes around the sun. If a comet isnt a star, what is it then? Some scientists think it is perhaps a big piece of rock. Many people perhaps have seen a comet. However, no one knows how many comets there are. There may be millions of comets, but only a few are close enough for us to see.