八年级英语下册Module2ExperiencesUnit2TheyhaveseenthePyram

They have seen the Pyramids
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Ⅰ.用所给单词或短语的适当形式填空
move, miss, for example,
count down, look forward to
1．Now he is ____________ going back to his home town soon.
2．There are lots of mobile phones in our online store, ____________， Huawei Mate 30.
3．May Day is coming soon. They ____________ the days at the moment.
4．Li Lei ____________ the delicious food of his home town very much when he studied abroad(在国外)．
5．My best friend ____________ to another city far away last year.
Ⅱ.单项填空
( )6.I found it difficult ________ out this maths problem.
A．work B．works
C．to work D．working
( )7.Our company ________ more than 100 people to work in Africa so far.
A．send B．to send
C．have sent D．has sent
( )8. Putting out forest fires is regarded(被认为是) as one of ________ problems in the world.
A．difficult B．more difficult
C．most difficult D．the most difficult
( )9.Many teenagers don't like to talk with their parents. But I am ________ them. I love to share my joy and sorrow(悲伤) with my parents.
A．the same as B．different from
C．interested in D．angry with
( )10.—________ Smiths are used to living in Shanghai now.
—We hope more and more foreign friends live ________ better life in China.
A．/; a B．The; an
C．The; a D．/; the
Ⅲ.根据汉语意思完成句子
11．他们去过许多有趣的地方。

They ________ ________ ________many interesting places.
12．目前电话占线。

The line is busy ________ ________ ________．
13．布朗先生喜欢旅行。

他已经周游世界。

Mr Brown likes travelling. He has travelled ________ ________ ________ ________．
14．这些地方的人们以多种方式庆祝春节。

People in these places celebrate Spring Festival ________ ________ ________．
15．我们为在这次演讲比赛中荣获一等奖而高兴。

We ________ ________ ________ winning the first prize in the speaking competition.
Ⅳ.完形填空
Last month my family and I travelled to Egypt. First we went to the Great Pyramids. They were built for the __16__ of ancient Egypt. When a king __17__， people put him inside a pyramid. They believed that their king would live a(n) __18__ life in a pyramid. They put many of the king's things in the pyramid, __19__ they thought the king would need them in his new life.
__20__， we went to visit the Sphinx(狮身人面像). It has the body of a(n) __21__ and the head of one of the kings of Egypt. I felt __22__ for the Sphinx because its face was broken and it was not as beautiful as it was a long time ago. And it looked very lonely in the middle of the desert(沙漠). The Sphinx was very colourful a long time ago, but now nearly all the colours have __23__．Finally we tried to read the ancient __24__ of Egypt. The language is made of some small pictures. __25__ could understand these pictures until an Englishman and a Frenchman learned how to read them about 200 years ago.
( )16.A.teachers B．visitors C．kings D．doctors
( )17d B．grew C．beat D．agreed
( )18.A.slow B．cheap C．old D．new
( )19.A.so B．although C．if D．because
( )20.A.Often B．Still C．Next D．Last
( )21.A.monkey B．lion C．tiger D．elephant
( )22ppy B．excited C．sorry D．proud
( )23.A.appeared B．gone C．found D．arrived
( )24.A.poem B．newspaper C．book D．language
( )25.A.Anyone B．Someone C．No one D．Everyone
答案
Ⅰ.1.looking forward to
2．for example
3．are counting down
4．missed
Ⅱ
7．D 考查动词的时态。

句意：到目前为止，我们公司已经派遣了100多个人去非洲工作。

so far意为“到目前为止”，所在句子的谓语动词要用现在完成时。

句子的主语是company，故用has sent。

故选D。

8．D 考查形容词最高级的用法。

句意：扑灭森林火灾被认为是世界上最难的问题之一。

“one of＋the＋形容词最高级＋可数名词复数”表示“最……的……之一”。

故选D。

9．B 考查固定短语的用法辨析。

句意：很多青少年不喜欢和他们的父母交谈。

但是我和他们不一样。

我喜欢和我的父母分享快乐和悲伤。

the same as意为“与……一样”；be different from意为“与……不同”；be interested in意为“对……感兴趣”；be angry with意为“生某人的气”。

由题干中的表示转折的连词But可知，是指“我”和他们不同。

故选B。

10．C 考查冠词的用法。

句意：“史密斯一家人现在习惯了在上海生活。

”“我们希望越来越多的外国朋友能在中国生活得更好。

”“定冠词the＋姓氏的复数形式”意为“某某一家人或某某夫妇二人”；第二空表达“一种更好的生活”，表示泛指，better以辅音音素开头，用不定冠词a。

故选C。

Ⅲ.11.have been to
12．at the moment
13．all over the world
14．in many ways
15．are happy about
Ⅳ
17．A 考查动词的用法辨析。

结合语境可知，句意为“当一位国王去世后，人们把他放在金字塔里”。

故用die的过去式died，意为“死；去世”。

故选A。

18．D 考查形容词的用法辨析。

结合语境可知，他们认为人死后会复活重生，故判断句意为“他们相信他们的国王将会在金字塔里开始新的生活”。

故用new，意为“新的”。

故选D。

19．D 考查连词的用法辨析。

句意：他们把国王的许多东西放在金字塔里，因为他们认为国王在新生活中将需要它们。

根据句意判断前后分句是因果关系，后句表示原因，故用because，意为“因为”。

故选D。

20．C
21.B
22.C
23．B 考查动词的用法。

根据上文“The Sphinx was very colourful a long time ago, but now…”可知前后表示对比，由此可知，现在应该是所有的颜色都不见了，故用gone，意为“消失不见”。

故选B。

24．D 考查名词辨析。

根据下文可知，这种语言是由许多小图画组成的。

故判断句意为“最后我们试着读读埃及的古老语言”。

故用名词language，意为“语言”。

故选D。

25．C。