《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. Look! The ten - year - old boy is working hard in the ________（录音室）.
2. During the summer vacation, Jim wants to find a ________（兼职的）job.
3. The p________ of his coming to Beijing is to find a good job.
4. Sarah has written some good a________ about friendship.

答案： 1. studio 2. part - time 3. purpose 4. articles

二、用所给单词的适当形式填空。（10分）
1. A true friend is someone that is a good ________（listen）.
2. The girl sat by the window, ________（read）a book on health.
3. The watch was my ________（one）real present.
4. My mother usually relaxes herself by ________（chat）with her friends.

答案： 1. listener 2. reading 3. first 4. chatting

1.（池州模拟）— Although the man is in his eighties, he grows vegetables ________ person in his garden.
— Then he must be very healthy!
A. of B. in C. for D. to

答案： 1. B

2.（天津中考）Don't speak loudly on the bus. You should keep your ________ down.
A. body B. voice
C. interest D. service

答案： 2. B body身体；voice嗓音；interest兴趣；service服务。根据“Don’t speak loudly on the bus.”可知，不要大声说话，所以要小点声。

3. The woman took a ________ as a doctor, but she wanted to be an astronaut when she was a child.
A. job B. age
C. size D. colour

答案： 3. A

4. Linda and Alice are now ________ their weekend.
A. talking to B. talking with
C. talking about D. speaking to

答案：  4. C 

5. — Look at the dark clouds, and the wind is blowing strongly.
— It ________ that a big storm is coming.
A. sounds B. seems C. feels D. smells

答案： 5. B

四、完成句子，每空一词。（20分）
1. 托马斯挨着他妈妈坐着听故事。
Thomas sat ________ ________ his mum, listening to the stories.
2. 他十八岁时离开学校并开始工作。
He left school and began to work ________ ________ ________ ________ eighteen.
3. 我害怕从山顶往下看。
I'm afraid to ________ ________ from the top of the mountain.
4. 随着年龄的增长，我对篮球的兴趣增加了。
As I grew older, my ________ ________ basketball grew.
5. 我将向你们解释整件事情。
I'll ________ the whole thing ________ you.

答案： 1. close to 2. at the age of 3. look down
4. interest in 5. explain; to

五、从方框中选择正确的单词，并用其适当的形式完成短文，每词只能用一次。（20分）

          Maybe a letter of encouragement will change someone's life. I'm one of them. In my first job, I worked as a sports editor 1. ________ a small newspaper. I never got a letter from my readers, so I was 2. ________ that there was a letter on my desk one morning. It was from the most popular newspaper.
          When I opened it, I found a note and it 3. ________, “You did a good job. Go on!” The note was written by  Danny, a famous sports editor. As I was a green hand, his words made me 4. ________. I kept the note in my desk drawer. Whenever I didn't know if I 5. ________ a good editor, I would read Danny's note and become 6. ________ again.
        Danny, the note writer, and I knew each other after that. I learned that he often wrote notes 7. ________ young people. “When I make others 8. ________ happy,” he told me, “I feel happy too.” However, why are there few note writers like Danny in our life? In my opinion, many people are afraid that they cannot be well understood. Also, 9. ________ takes more time and it is easier to pick up the phone. If you call other people, it won't last a long time, but a note is a good way of records and our words can be read more than once.
         So, when you find some people around you need help, please write a note 10. ________ them more confidence. Making others feel happy makes you feel happy too.

答案： 1. for 2. surprised 3. read 4. excited 5. was
6. confident 7. to encourage 8. feel 9. writing
10. to give

六、完形填空。（20分）
        Do you want to be a TV news reporter? People often ask me 1. ________ I love my job. Well, it's very exciting. I'm the first to 2. ________ important news stories. I travel around the world and I talk to people. I 3. ________ what is happening in different places. I talk to some important and famous people. I've talked to people in the government, and 4. ________ famous sportsmen, sportswomen and film stars. I ask people to tell me about 5. ________ lives. I want to know how they feel.
         A lot of people want to work in TV stations, 6. ________ you have to be energetic and creative. You have to show that you can do it. You must 7. ________ how to use a video camera to do reports, and to speak to the camera. What's the best way to learn? Your school TV station is a good place to start, but you have to get a job.
          Most people 8. ________ an unpaid job, so they can learn. The best place to learn is 9. ________ a small station. There aren't many people, and as a result, you get 10. ________ experience. I had an unpaid job at a small station, and one night, when everyone else was busy, I read the news on air. I did well, and as a result, I got my first paid job!
1. A. what B. why C. how D. when
2. A. worry about B. argue about
C. know about D. move about
3. A. put out B. look out
C. work out D. find out
4. A. interviewed B. depended
C. encouraged D. provided
5. A. our B. your C. their D. her
6. A. and B. so C. or D. because
7. A. show B. learn C. avoid D. seem
8. A. agree with B. write about
C. start with D. connect with
9. A. on B. of C. over D. at
10. A. less B. fewer C. better D. worse

答案： 1~5. BCDAC 6~10. BBCDC