八年级英语下册M3JourneytospaceUnit2We练测新版

Module 3 Journey to space
Unit 2 第一课时
『自测』
根据课文内容填空，每空一词
1. , we have not found life on any other planets yet.
2. The earth is a planet and it around the sun.
3. Our solar system is a small part of a much group of stars and planets.
4. Scientists have also many other galaxies in the universe.
5. Their light has to travel for many years to us.
『过关』
一、根据句意及中文提示完成句子，每空一词
1. Some people believe that the （宇宙） was made by God.
2. Eight planets travel around the sun in our solar （体系）.
3. As students, we should protect the （环境） of our school.
4. The （光线） is too strong. It’s not good for our eyes.
5. My uncle works （在远方） in Australia. He comes home every three years.
二、用方框中所给单词或短语的适当形式填空
1. None of the seven other planets has an envi-ronment like of the earth.
2. Scientists don’t think there ever life on Mars.
3. Liu Xin’s home is next to mine but it is from yours.
4. students went to the book sale the day before yesterday.
5. The last bus has left, so Jim go home on foot.
三、根据汉语意思完成句子，每空一词
1. 班里没有一个女孩曾经问过这个问题。

the girls in the class this question.
2. 没有男孩旅行远至海南岛。

have travelled to Hainan Island.
3. 为什么没有人和我们交流？
Why with us?
4. 迈克不可能在三分钟内算出这道题目。

Mike work out the problem in three minutes.
5. 地球和其他七颗行星绕着太阳转。

The earth and seven planets sun.
四、用括号中所给单词的适当形式填空
1. there （be） visitors to our planet from others?
2. The Whites （find） the cat yet.
3. Mr Cao （be） to Beijing many times.
4. —I can’t see Ben in the classroom.
—He （go） to the Music Club.
5.Mrs White just （leave） our classroom. She is not here now. 『提升』
一、完形填空
Space travel is nothing new. Scientists 1 the first spaceship into space in 1961. Since then, people have not only travelled into space, 2 many of them have lived there in space stations for some time.
The Soviet Union sent the 3 space station into space in 1971. This space station was
4 Salyut I. The Soviet Union built it
5 a place where people could live when they watched space and did experiments. The first group of
6 lived there for 23 days. The Soviet Union went on to make seven more Salyut space
7 . At about the same time, the United States had
8 own space station, called Skylab.
Astronauts 9 in these space stations for a short time. In the late 1980s, the Soviet Union launched the Mir space station. People began to live in space for a 10 time.
Living in space stations seems to be 11 , but astronauts face many problems. One of them is 12 . All the meals on space stations are put together on the earth
and sent there by 13 . Because the food has to last a long time, people put a lot of food in cans. The space station does not have a fridge, but it has a cool room to keep fruit and vegetables 14 . Astronauts also eat many other foods, 15 dried meat, because this kind of food does not need special care.
（）1. A. set up B. looked up C. put up D. sent up （）2. A. as for B. but also C. as well D. so on
（）3. A. fourth B. third C. second D. first
（）4. A. watched B. seen C. asked D. called
（）5. A. like B. as C. on D. for
（）6. A. policemen B. coaches C. drivers D. astronauts
（）7. A. museums B. airports C. stops D. stations
（）8. A. their B. her C. our D. its
（）9. A. lived B. played C. took D. relaxed
（）10. A. more B. less C. longer D. shorter
（）11. A. fun B. dangerous C. tiring D. bad
（）12. A. money B. water C. medicine D. food
（）13. A. train B. bus C. spaceship D. ship
（）14. A. fresh B. hot C. warm D. clean
（）15. A. such as B. as well as C. instead of D. for example
二、阅读理解
In 2015, US astronaut Scott Kelly and Russian astronaut Mikhail Korniyenko travelled to space. They lived for a year on the International Space Station （ISS）.
▲ Here is a small part of the book.
“I Can Look Down on the Earth”
From the ISS, I can look down on the earth. Some parts of the world are covered by gases（气体） from factories and cars. These parts make the earth look sick.
But one of my favourite parts is the Bahamas, which are islands in the Atlantic Ocean. The ocean is a mix of deep and light blues. I am lucky to see it.
“My Room Is Small”
I’ve been here for three weeks already. Sometimes, I wake up and think I’m upside down.
My room is just big enough for me. I sleep in a sleeping bag.
However, from the outside, the station looks like huge cans（容器） connected to each other. It is about the size of a football field.
“The Hardest Thing Is Putting On Socks”
Getting dressed is a bit hard when you can’t “sit” or “stand”, but I’ve got used to it. The hardest thing is putting on my socks. There is no gravity （重力） to help me bend over（弯腰）. I have no trouble deciding what to wear. I wear the same things every day.
（）1. Which of the following can be put in“▲”?
A. Kelly got along well with Mikhail.
B. Kelly kept on writing when he lived on the ISS.
C. Kelly wanted to write a book about his life in space.
D. Kelly wrote a book about what life is like in space.
（）2. From the part “I Can Look Down on the Earth”, we know .
A. where the Atlantic Ocean is
B. how long Kelly stayed in space
C. what makes the earth look sick
D. what we can do on these islands
（）3. Which sentence tells us why it is hard for Kelly to put on socks in space?
A. Getting dressed is a bit hard.
B. There is no gravity to help me bend over.
C. I have no trouble deciding what to wear.
D. I wear the same things every day.
（）4. Which of the following is TRUE?
A. Kelly thinks he is lucky to see the ocean from the ISS.
B. Kelly didn’t feel well during his stay on the ISS.
C. The ISS is about the size of a basketball field.
D. Kelly lived for a year on the ISS alone.
（）5. In which part of a newspaper can we probably find the reading?
A. NATURE.
B. SCIENCE.
C. ENVIRONMENT.
D. HISTORY.
三、词汇运用
A）用方框中所给单词或短语的适当形式填空。

1. Have you ever seen the movie Interstellar? It’s a great movie about .
2. Lisa Shanghai two days ago.
3. Tony likes to collect all kinds of plane .
4. I find it really hard with my parents.
5. of them could afford a new car.
B）根据汉语提示完成短文。

NASA is thinking about space habitat（宜居地） models. They will offer living
space to astro-nauts to explore the 6 （月球） and Mars.
A（n） 7 （群） of NASA researchers and astronauts have examined（检
查） five working models of space habitats. Companies like Bigelow built them to
give NASA ideas for what a（n）8 （未来的） Lunar Gateway（通道） might
look like.
NASA has described the Lunar Gateway as a small 9 （字宙飞船）. It will
offer a living place to astronauts and they can work there in a laboratory for some
science 10
（项目）.
The programme offers the chance“to test all these structures（测试所有结构）
in a deep-space 11 （环境） before going to Mars”.
Bigelow’s habitat, called the B330, will be launched（被发射） from the 12 （地球）. Once in space, the habitat opens up into a two-floor, 16-metre-long station
that can hold up to six astronauts.
Four other companies are also building model habitats. NASA plans to spend one 13
（十亿） dollars on the lunar space habitat pro-gramme by 2028. Each of the companies has
14 （收到） some money to develop the habitat models. Bigelow has already worked to develop a（n） 15 （系统） that can make astronauts feel at home when they’re in the habitat. But it might not be ready soon.
四、任务型阅读
林倩是一名初二学生。

她有志于成为一位天文学家（astronomer），于是她在网上搜集了许多相关资料。

以下是她在网上搜集的相关信息，请按照正确步骤，帮助她把以下信息整理成正确的流程图。

第一步已经给出。

A. Next, you should buy a good telescope（望远镜） to study the universe. It’s a way to see the stars and the galaxies in the universe.
B. If you do all the above things, I believe you can get closer to your dream.
C. Finally, join an astronomy club. This will allow you to meet others who are interested in astronomy.
D. It’s not enough to do well in these subjects. You should also improve your writing and public speaking skills（技能）. Astronomers do more than just look at the sky all day. They also talk about their ideas and discoveries with others. You will also need to write about your studies.
E. You should first get good marks in high school maths, physics（物理） and chemistry （化学）.
F. Studying the universe with a telescope isn’t enough. Learning how to use science-related software（科学相关的软件） is also important. You might need to use it in your future work.
——★参*考*答*案★——
Unit 2
『自测』
1. However
2. goes
3. larger
4. discovered
5. reach
『过关』
一、1. universe 2. system 3. environment 4. light 5. out
二、1. that 2. has been 3. far away 4. A group of 5 .has to
三、1. None of, has asked 2. No boys, far enough 3. has no one communicated
4. It is impossible for, to
5. other, go around the
四、1. Have, been 2. haven’t found 3. has been 4. has gone 5. has, left
『提升』
一、1—5. DBDDB 6—10. DDDAC 11—15. ADCAA
二、1—5. DCBAB
三、1. space travel 2. reached 3. models
4. to communicate
5. None
6. moon
7. group
8. future
9. spaceship 10. projects 11. environment 12. earth
13. billion 14. got/received 15. system
四、1—5. DABCF。