《2025年通城学典活页检测八年级英语下册外研版》

一、根据句意及汉语或首字母提示完成单词。（10分）
1. Although monkeys walk like ________（人）, they are still animals.
2. Mrs Smith ________（醒来）up three times last night.
3. Our playground is about ten thousand ________（平方的）metres.
4. Bob was so t________ that he drank three glasses of water at one go.
5. — What’s the s________ of your playground?
— It’s a circle.

答案： 1. humans 2. woke 3. square 4. thirsty 5. shape

二、用所给单词的适当形式填空。（10分）
1. The teacher told us that the earth ________（travel）around the sun.
2. Joe said that he ________（see）a new film last night.
3. Jim doesn’t know that there ________（be）a meeting in five days.
4. I hope Joe ________（come）back soon.

答案： 1. travels 空处是宾语从句的谓语动词，从句陈述的是科学事实，所以时态只能用一般现在时，从句的主语是the earth，所以谓语动词用第三人称单数形式。2. saw 3. will be 4. will come

1. （宿州砀山县模拟）My home town is famous ________ its excellent views and delicious food.
A. with B. from C. as D. for

答案： 1. D be famous for因……而出名，符合语境。

2. （天津和平区期末）It’s raining so ________ that we can ________ go out.
A. hard; hardly B. hard; hard
C. hardly; hard D. hardly; hardly

答案： 2. A 

3. — It’s reported that the government is carrying out a new policy to reduce the students’ pressure.
— Great. Homework ________ too much of the students’ spare time.
A. takes up B. gives away
C. depends on D. puts up

答案： 3. A take up占用；give away捐赠；depend on依赖于；put up张贴。根据too much of the students’ spare time可知，家庭作业占用了学生太多的业余时间。

4. We all believe ________ we can travel to the moon one day.
A. that B. if C. this D. why

答案： 4. A 

5. — Do you believe that humans could live on Mars?
— I don’t think ________.
A. if it comes true
B. that it will come true
C. why it will come true
D. how it comes true

答案： 5. B

四、完成句子，每空一词。（20分）
1. 他和他的朋友们正站在山顶上。
He and his friends are standing ________ ________ ________ ________ the mountain.
2. （西安新城区期末）不要叫醒她。她昨晚熬夜工作了。
Don’t ________ her ________. She stayed up working last night.
3. （天津河北区期末）科林已经指出了单独游泳的危险性。
Colin has already ________ ________ the dangers of swimming alone.
4. 这个男孩承诺他上学不会再迟到了。
The boy promised he wouldn’t be late for school ________ ________.

答案： 1. at the top of 2. wake; up 3. pointed out 4. any more

五、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。（20分）
         Franco lives in New York City. He likes travelling in his free time. Last summer, he decided to take a 1. t________ to California. He didn’t want to go by plane. He really wanted to 2. t________ around the United States.
        He decided to take the train. His 3. t________ left New York City on Monday at 10:00 pm. Franco tried to 4. s________ that night, but he couldn’t. He was too excited 5. b________ he knew this would be a wonderful trip. During the long trip, he often looked 6. o________ of the window happily. He saw large cities, small towns, and of course the beautiful countryside.
        7. F________ about four days, Franco stayed on the train. At last, at 2:45 pm on Friday, the train stopped in San Francisco. Franco was happy to 8. l________ the train. He called some of his friends and they had dinner at an Italian restaurant. On Saturday he 9. v________ a museum. On Sunday, Franco took a plane back to New York City. He looked out of the window of the 10. p________ and imagined the mountains, farms and cities below him. After a few minutes, he closed his eyes and started to make plans for his next summer holiday.

答案： 1. trip 2. travel 3. train 4. sleep 5. because 6. out 7. For 8. leave 9. visited 10. plane

六、（天津河北区期末）任务型阅读。（20分）
        My name is Wang Juan. I am from Guilin, Guangxi. Many people know about Guilin for its beautiful mountains and rivers. But Guilin also has many historical sites（历史古迹）. Lingqu Canal（运河）is one of them.
        Lingqu Canal is one of the oldest canals in the world. Its history goes back more than two thousand years. The canal connects the Xiang River and the Li River. It is one of the world’s earliest projects on connecting two rivers through a canal. Qin Shi Huang ordered（命令）a man named Shi Lu to build it. He wanted to build a canal for grain transport（粮草运输）. At the same time, it would help people go to Lingnan much more easily. It could also help farmers get water to their farmlands.
       Lingqu Canal has a great name in the world history of canals. It is a great example of old canals in China. And it shows the world that Chinese people are highly talented（有才能的）. Now, it is getting more and more popular with visitors. I think that summer is the best time to visit the canal. You can walk on the streets along the canal, see old bridges and buildings, or take a boat ride. There is a lot to do for fun.
根据短文内容，完成下列句子。
1. Lingqu Canal has a history of over ________ ________ years.
2. Lingqu Canal is one of the world’s earliest projects on connecting two rivers ________ a ________.
3. Lingqu Canal also helped farmers ________ ________ to their farmlands.
4. Lingqu Canal shows the world that Chinese people are ________ ________.
5. Wang Juan thinks that ________ is the ________ time to visit Lingqu Canal.

答案： 1. two thousand 2. through; canal 3. get water 4. highly talented 5. summer; best