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八年级上学期英语模块检测（八）
Module 8
一、单项选择（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
( ) 1. ______ Linda was waiting for the train, she killed time by going for a walk.
A. While B. When C. Until D. After
( ) 2. While he ________ to the music, the teacher suddenly came in.
A. is listening B. was listening C. listened D. listens ( ) 3. Don’t _____ behind the door. I have seen you.
A. hide B. to hide C. hiding D. hid ( ) 4. Do you have ________to tell me?
A. important anything B. anything importance C. importance anything D. anything important ( ) 5. _______ do you need for your trip? ________. I’ve packed everything.
A. What else; Something else B. Where else; Nothing else C. What else; Nothing else D. Where else; Anything else ( ) 6. It’s very dangerous to run ________ the street.
A. cross B. to crossing C. across D. crossing ( ) 7. We are ________ at his ________success.
A. surprising；surprising B. surprised；surprised C. surprised；surprising D. surprising；surprised ( ) 8. We were in time _______ the bus.
A. to catch B. catch C. catches D. catching
( ) 9. Tony said he would be here at four o’clock. But he didn’t _______ until six.
A. go B. appear C. move D. start
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( ) 10. We have worked for three hours. Now let’s stop_______ a rest.
A. had B. have C. to have D. having 二、完形填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
One day，a boy had a fight with one of his classmates．Then he went to his __1__ and told him his story angrily．“He is really bad，” the boy said，“and I __2__ him．”
The grandfather said，“__3__ me tell you a story．When I was a boy，I too，sometimes hated others for what they did…”
As the boy __4__ carefully，the grandfather went on，“There are always two tigers inside my heart．One is __5__ and kind．He gets on well __6__ everything around him．But __7__ is bad and unfriendly．Even the smallest thing will make him angry．He fights with everyone all the time，and for no reason．He can’t think carefully __8__ he always hates others．It is difficult to live with these two tigers inside my heart．They both try to control（控制）me．”
The boy looked into his grandfather's __9__ and asked，“__10__ tiger always controls you，Grandfather?”
The old man said slowly and seriously，“The one that I feed．I always feed the good and kind tiger，so I never hate others and seldom（很少）get angry now．” (
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11．A．mother B．father C．teacher D．grandfather (
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12．A．love B．hate C．know D．enjoy (
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13．A．Make B．Help C．Let D．Ask (
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14．A．saw B．felt C．talked D．listened
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15．A．good B．bad C．lazy D．quiet (
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16．A．at B．on C．with D．about (
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17．A．other B．others C．another D．the other (
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18．A．because B．though C．before D．but (
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19．A．eyes B．ears C．nose D．mouth (
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20．A．Who B．Which C．Where D．When
三、阅读理解（共13小题；每小题2分，满分26分）
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A taxi hit a truck. A policeman spoke to the taxi driver and to the truck driver. He also spoke to Tom. He was a witness(目击者). This is what they said.
TRUCK DRIVER: I was driving from the airport to Newton. A car crossed the road, so I slowed down. I did not stop. A taxi hit the back of my truck. Nobody was badly hurt but both cars were damaged.
TAXI DRIVER: I was driving behind a truck a few kilometers from Newton. The truck stopped suddenly. The driver did not give me a warning. I was driving very slowly. I could not pass the truck because there were two cars coming near from Newton. My taxi hit the truck, and some glass cut my left hand.
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TOM: I was watching the traffic about a kilometer from the airport. A truck was going to Newton. It was not going very quickly. There was a taxi about two hundred meters behind the truck. It was going fast. When the truck slowed down, the taxi hit it. The taxi driver was not looking at the truck. He was looking out of the window at something. My friend saw the accident, too.
Tom's friend spoke to the policeman and agreed with Tom. ( ) 21.How many people are mentioned(提及) in the story?
A．Three. B．Four. C．Five. D．Six. ( ) 22.The truck was going______.
A．to Newton B．to the police station C．to the airport D．home
( ) 23.From the story, we know______didn’t tell the truth. A．the truck driver B．Tom
C．the taxi driver D．Tom's friend ( ) 24.In fact, Tom's friend was also a ______ .
A．witness B．driver C．policeman D．cleaner ( ) 25.What's the best title for this passage?
A．A Taxi Driver B．A Traffic Accident C．A Story of Tom D．A Truck Driver
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Last week Bill went to New York. It was his first time there, and he didn’t know his way around the city. He had a meeting at 10:00, and he wanted to be on time. The meeting was in the Peterson Building on 34th Street, but Bill didn’t know there. Two men stood on the corner. He asked them the way to the Peterson Building.
“Pardon me,” he said, “but can you tell me how to get to the Peterson Building on 34th Street?” “Sure,” answered one of the two men. “You can get there in five minutes. Go to the next corner and turn left. Walk three blocks and there you are.”
But the other man said: “There’s a better way. Get on the bus here at this corner. It stops right near the Peters Building.” “Not Peters,” Bill told them,