1、第一部分 教材知识研究八年级（上）Units 7-8（限时：60 分钟满分：68 分）一、完形填空 （15 分） （2017 原创） I think Ive always been interested in food. My grandparents_1_ on a farm in Lincolnshire and had a good cook. She could make fantastic English_2_. Her roast beef was out of this world. I used to love going down to the_3_ and watching
2、 her work, so I learned_4_ about cooking from her. I realized that I wanted to be a cook when I was about 12. When other boys_5_to do sports after school, I helped with cooking at home. By the time I was 15, I had_6_ to be a cook. However, I knew my parents wouldnt allow me to be a cook. I had to te
3、ll them about it_7_.I told them that I wanted to take up a cookery course, and stayed for a month in a hotel in Torquay. I enjoyed_8_ so much that I couldnt put off telling my parents any longer. _9_ I brought the topic up one night over dinner. At first there was silence, and then my father asked m
4、e_10_. I explained that cooking was_11_ painting a picture or writing a book. Every meal was a work of creation（创造） . I could see that my father disagreed, but he was not_12_. He just looked at me and smiled. My mother kissed me. And now I have my own restaurant, and it goes_13_. I can see my parent
5、s are_14_ of me. However, my grandfather thinks Im mad to_15_ farming.Hold on to your dreams, no matter how big or small they are. The path to dreams may not be smooth and wide, even more sacrifices（牺牲）are needed, but keep going on to the end. You will find there is no greater happiness than making
6、your dreams come true.1. A. succeeded B. achieved C. compared D. lived2. A. advice B. food C. picture D. style3. A. restaurant B. hotel C. farm D. kitchen4. A. everything B. nothingC. something D. anything5. A. chose B. refused C. hated D. failed6. A. decided B. agreed C. managed D. turned7. A. easi
7、ly B. softly C. slowly D. quietly8. A. her B. him C. them D. it9. A. But B. So C. Or D. While10. A. when B. which C. why D. how11. A. with B. like C. between D. against12. A. patient B. satisfied C. calm D. angry13. A. instead B. loudly C. well D. clearly14. A. proud B. afraid C. normal D. careful15
8、. A. stay up B. give up C. break up D. put up二、任务型阅读 （5 分） （2017 预测） 下面是对未来生活的描述，请将描述与上面图片配对。1._Planes will be very large so flying will be very cheap. Fuel（燃料）will be expensive. Everyone will have a small car.2. _It will be hot all the year round, so the winter will be very short. It will get warm
9、at the North Pole, so the seas will be very rough（不平静的）. The summer will be hot and the winter will be warm. And there will be bad weather in spring and autumn. There will be heavy rain and strong wind.3. _Homes will be warm in winter and cool in summer, so theyll be very comfortable. Well use the s
10、un to heat（给 加热）our homes. No one will be cold and there ll be lots of hot water.4. _Computers will be very small, so theyll be very light. People will do many things on the Internet.5. _Machines will do the dull（无趣的）jobs on farms and in factories and offices, so no one will do heavy work. People wi
11、ll work three days a week. Theyll have long holidays and lots of free time.三、阅读理解 （8 分） （2016 南京改编） A new report shows what life might be like in 100 years from now. It describes skyscrapers that are much taller than todays buildings, underwater “bubble” cities and holidays in space. The report is f
12、rom a company. It asked experts（专家）on space and architecture, as well as city planners, to give their ideas on the life in 2116. They said the way we live, work and play will be totally different to how we do these things today. The experts used the Internet as an example. They said that 25 years ag
13、o, people could not imagine how the Internet and smart phones would change our lives. The Internet has completely changed the way we communicate, learn and do daily things. The experts said the changes in the next century would be even more unbelievable.Researchers questioned 2,000 adults about the
14、predictions（预言） they thought were most likely（很可能的）to happen in the future. They predicted that in the future, few people will go to an office but will work from home and have work meetings online. People will have highly developed 3-D printers that will let you download（下载） a design for furniture o
15、r a food recipe and then“print” the sofa, table or pizza at home. There will also be less need for visits to the doctor. We will all have a home health instrument that will tell us what the problem is and give us treatment. We will also be going into space for holidays and to get resources that we h
16、ave used up on Earth. A prediction that is missing is whether people will still need to study English.1. The writer uses the example of the Internet in Paragraph 1 to show_.A. the Internet was often usedB. the Internet has developed fastC. people will not believe the changesD. technology will change
17、 peoples life2. According to the passage, the missing prediction is_.A. how people will workB. where people will get resourcesC. what people will have at home to treat illnessD. whether people will still need to learn English3. The passage is mainly about_.A. the life in 2116B. holidays in spaceC. t
18、he history of the InternetD. medical treatment4. The passage is most probably from_.A. an advertisement B. a newspaperC. a detective story D. a health report 四、词汇填空 （10 分） （2017 原创） What will our lives be like in ten years? Different people have different ideas about it. Here 1_（是）opinions of two st
19、udents.Tom, a 16-year-old boyI imagine my life in the future ten years will be free. My life will be different in one way from now that I dont have to be tied to a job. I can 2_（旅行）around the world, go anywhere I want, see different things, and meet different people. I dont have to confine（限制）3_（我自己
20、） to just one place. I can go to France, South Africa, South America and lslands in the Pacific. In addition, I can be a freelancer（自由作家）, live on my royalties（稿费）. I will have plenty of time to write novels and read all the 4_（古典文学）. This is what I imagine my life will be 5_（在 以后）ten years.Lucy，a 1
21、5-year-old girl The life in my 6_（想象）in ten years is living in a new environment, being a freelancer, and owning more time to enjoy my life rather 7_（而不是）being tied to work day and night. I can read more books, from classic literature to romantic novels, from 8_（历史的）records to modern affairs, enrich
22、ing my knowledge and 9_（开阔）my eyes. Besides that I can also take up a musical instrument, at least be able to play several songs when I am blue. Music always helps me feel the 10_ （美）of the world. This is what I imagine my life will be in ten years.五、语法填空 （10 分） （2017 预测） Plenty of people dream of g
23、oing to Mars（火星）. 1_ different from those people, 13-year-old Alyssa Carson has been working 2_（happy）for that dream since the age of 4, according to a new report which 3_（produce ）by the BBC not long ago.Alyssa tells the BBC,“I hope 4_（go）to Mars because it is a place that no one has been to before
24、. I want to take that first step.”According to the BBC, she 5_（attend） USAs three world space camps so far. Her father, Bert Carson, tells the BBC that Alyssa plans to be on the first long journey to Mars, which is expected to take place in 6 year of 2033. “We take great pride 7_her.” he says. “We h
25、ave the next seventeen 8_（year ）to plan.” One of those plans is Alyssa will attend the International Space University.Of course, Alyssas dream will come true with 9_（big ）sacrifices（牺牲）than others. If Alyssa goes to Mars, 10_may be very difficult for her to return to the earth. Still, her father say
26、s, “If thats the only choice she has, she still wants to go.”Alyssa agrees.六、书面表达 （20 分） （2016 衡阳改编） 荣光学校九年级（2）班就“环境问题”召开了一次班会，并且以“Our Environment in Ten Years: Better or Worse?”为题进行了一次讨论。许多同学对未来表示乐观，但也有些同学对未来有些担心。请根据表格中的内容提示，用英语写一篇短文。乐观者的观点： 1. 越来越多的人将成为环保主义者;2. 政府将采取更多的措施改善环境。消极者的观点： 1. 大量的树木仍将被砍伐
27、;2. 私家车将越来越多。你的观点及打算： 学生自拟（至少两点）提示：1. 短文中不得出现真实的人名和地名;2. 短文中应包含至少 4 个要点;3. 书写工整、语句通顺、连贯，词数 80-100。4.文章开头已给出，不计入总词数。参考词汇：optimistic adj. 乐观的 pessimistic adj. 悲观的 government n. 政府 take measures 采取措施 private adj. 私有的Our Environment in Ten Years: Better or Worse?Many students are optimistic about our en
28、vironment in ten years. _答案八年级（上）Units 7-8一、 【主旨大意】本文是一篇记叙文。主要讲述了我从小酷爱烹饪，长大后想当一名厨师。我一直坚持自己的梦想，说服了父母，克服重重困难，最终开了属于自己的饭店。1. D 2. B 3. D 4. C 5. A 6. A 7. C 8. D 9. B 10. C 11. B 12. D 13. C 14. A 15. B二、 【主旨大意】本文是一篇说明文。主要介绍了在未来交通、天气、生活、科技等方面的情况。1. D 2. B 3. E 4. A 5. C 三、 【主旨大意】本文是一篇说明文。文章主要讲述了 100 年后
29、的生活，包括摩天大楼、水下泡沫城市、太空度假以及人们认为的最可能发生的预言。1. D 2. D 3. A 4. B 四、 【主旨大意】本文是一篇记叙文。对未来生活，不同的人有不同的看法。本文主要介绍了 Tom 和 Lucy 两个人对未来生活的观点和想象。1. are 2. travel 3. myself 4. classics 5. in 6. imagination 7. than 8. historical 9. opening 10. beauty五、 【主旨大意】本文是一篇说明文。讲述了一个 13 岁小女孩 Alyssa 的火星梦。她从四岁开始就开始规划，预计 2033 年能到火星上
30、去。Alyssa 的家人也为她自豪并支持她的梦想。1. But 2. happily 3. was produced 4. to go 5. has attended 6. the 7. in 8. years 9. bigger 10. it六、Our Environment in Ten Years: Better or Worse?Many students are optimistic about our environment in ten years. They think there will be more environmentalists in the future. Wh
31、ats more, our government will take measures to protect the environment. So they are sure that our future will be better.However, others are pessimistic. They think trees will still be cut down by people. Besides, with the development of our society, there will be more private cars. Thus the environment will be even worse than it is now.In my opinion, I feel optimistic about our environment in ten years. Because some developed countries have already done well in the protection of their environment. We can also make it.
