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2015-2016外研社初中英语八年级英语上学期

八年级上学期英语模块检测（九）

Module 9

一、单项选择（每小题1分，共10分）

( )1. India is one of the countries _________population.

A. with most B. has the most C. with the largest D. has the biggest ( )2. The population in the countryside is ________than that in the cities in China. A. small B. more C. large D. larger

( )3. Hundreds of workers lost their jobs when the factory_________.

A. close up B. close down C. closed up D. closed down ( )4. _______old man in ____brown coat over there is Mr.Jackson.. A. An; a B. An; the C. The ;a D. The ; the ( )5. There ____enough space for everyone on the earth soon. A. will have B. won’t have be C. won’t be D. aren’t

( )6. It’s vey difficult ________the woman headmaster ______a school like this . A. for; running B. of; running C. for; to run D. for; running ( )7. There are _________people in the world.

A. too much B. too many C. a few D. a little ( )8. There are two _________students on the playground.

A. hundreds B. hundred of C. hundred D. hundreds of ( )9. Arnwick needs better ways ______money to pay for everything. A. raising B. of raising C. rising D. for rising

( )10. ---Can you write the number eighty-five thousand, six hundred and twenty-six?

---Sure.________. A. 85662 B. 58626 C. 58662 D. 85626

二、完形填空（每小题1分，共10分）

It seems that the cities in the future will have to change. Because the world’s population 11 , there will be 12 people in the cities tomorrow.

It may be 13 for any family to live in a house with land around it, There 14 enough space for them. 15 to solve this problem may be the skyscraper (摩天城). The highest building in the world today is in Taipei. It’s about 509 metres high. The skyscraper cities in the future will be many times 16 .

In a skyscraper city about 250,000 people will live. Nearly a million people can 17 in four of these great buildings. Each skyscraper city will have four towns in it and each town will have ten villages. They will live, work and 18 their free time in them. They won’t need to leave the city 19 they want to. They will be able to move about in the city transport controlled 20 computers. Let’s imagine how the life will be then!

( )11. A. has grown B. is growing C. are growing D. have grown ( )12. A. many B. much C. more D. larger ( )13. A. impossible B. possible C. important D. necessary ( )14. A. aren’t B. won’t be C. won’t have D. haven’t

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( )15. A. A way B. A road C. An answer D. An idea ( )16. A. lower B. shorter C. taller D. higher ( )17. A. live B. study C. work D. be ( )18. A. spend B. cost C. pay D. take ( )19. A. until B. when C. while D. unless ( )20. A. by B. at C. with D. in 三、阅读理解（共13小题；每小题2分，满分26分）

阅读文章，从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出能完成句子或回答问题的正确选项

A

There are about 56 million people in the United Kingdom. This is a big population for such a small country. But large parts of the country have few people. Most of the population is crowded into the big cities and industrial (工业的)areas. About 90% of the people live in cities and towns. Only about 10% live in the countryside. Today very few people----less than 2% of the population are farmers and farm workers.

England has the most people. About 46 million live in England. Of these, about 14 million people live in London and the southeast. London is now a city of about 7 million people. Most of Scotland’s population of 5 million live in the middle part. The mountains in the north and the

south have a very small population. Less than 3 million people live in Wales. There are only about one and a half million people in Northern Ireland and one third live in and around the big industrial city of Belfast.

( ) 21. The United Kingdom _________.

A. is a large country B. has many people

C. has a small population D. is a small country without many people

( ) 22. Most of the people live _________.

A. in cities and towns B. in the countryside C. in every part of the country D. near rivers

( ) 23. London is a _________city . A. quite B. small C. crowded D. new ( ) 24. Most people live in the _________in Scotland .

A. northwest B. middle part C. southeast D. northeast

( ) 25. Northern Ireland is _________.

A. the name of a country B. a small city of the United Kingdom C. a country with a smaller population D. one part of the United Kingdom

B

Americans with small families own a small car or a large one. If both parents are working, they usually have two cars. When the family is large, one of the cars is sold and they will buy a van（住房汽车）.

A small car can hold（容纳）four persons and a large car can hold six persons but it is very crowded. A van holds seven persons easily, so a family with three children can ask their grandparents to travel together.

Mr. King and his wife had a third child last year. This made them sell a second car and buy a van. There are seven seats in the van, and two of them are used to put things on, for a family of five must carry many suitcases（手提箱）when they travel. When they arrive at their grandparents’ home, the suitcases are put into the two seats. And then they can carry their grandparents.

Americans call vans motor homes. A motor homes is always used for holidays. When a

family are travelling to the mountains or to the seaside, they can live in their motor home for a few

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days or weeks. All the members of a big family can enjoy a happier life when they are travelling together. That is why motor homes have become very popular. In America there are many parks for motor homes.

( ) 26. From the passage we can learn that a big American family usually _______.

A. travel together by van B. live together C. live in a van D. has three cars ( ) 27. After Mr. King and his wife had a third child, first they ______.

A. bought a van B. sold one of their old cars

C. moved to their grandparents house D. got many suitcases ( ) 28. A motor home is usually owned by a big family with ______.

A. much money B. interest in traveling C. two cars D. a big house

( ) 29. The last sentence “In America there are many parks for motor homes. ”in this passage

means _____”.

A. American families like to visit parks B. There are many beautiful parks in America C. Vans can be parked in many places in America

D. Motor homes can be bought in many places in America ( ) 30. Americans usually drive motor homes to ________.

A. visit their grandparents at weekends B. take their children to school every day C. travel with their family members for a holiday D. do some shopping with their family members

C

Many children feel that most important people in their lives are their friends. They

believe that their family members don’t know them as well as their friends .in large families, it is quite often for brothers and sisters to fight with each other and then they can only go to their friends for some ideas.

It is very important for children to have one or more good friends. Even when they are

not with their friends ,they usually spend a lot of time talking on the phone with their friends. This communication is very important to children’s growth, because friends can discuss something, but it’s difficult to discuss it with family members. However, most parents like to choose friends for their children and some parents even don’t allow their children to meet their good friends.

Who choose your friends? What do you parents think of your friends? Your answers are

welcome.

（ ）31.From the passage, we know that it’s important for children to . A .Make friends B. communicate with friends C. discuss something with their friends D .All of above

（ ）32.When children have something difficult to say to their parents ,they usually . A keep a diary B. fight with their friend

C. discuss it with their friends D. go to their brothers and sisters for help ( ) 33. Which of following is the writer’s opinion?

A. Parents should choose friends for their children.

B. Children should choose everything they like.

C .Parents should understand their children better.

D. Children should only go to their friends for help.

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