八年级英语下册 Module 7 Summer in Los Angeles Unit 1 Please write to me and send me some photos（第2课时）同步训练 （新版）外研版.doc

1、Unit 1Please write to me and send me some photos!第二课时.用所给单词或短语的适当形式填空 weigh, prepare, at the end of, pay for, make a list of, write to1Tomorrow is Toms birthday.His mother is _ all the things that they need to buy.2Ive already _ the air ticket. So I dont need to bring too much money.3She has got a p

2、en friend from England.She often _ him in English.4Spring Festival is coming. Can you tell me what _ for it?5The fat boy enjoys eating junk food and he _ about 100 kilos.6We will have a final exam(期末考试) _ this term.单项填空()7.Do you know how much Mary _ all these books? They _ only 200 yuan!Aspent; cos

3、t Bpaid for; spentCpaid for; cost Dcost; spent()8.You have eaten _ sugar, and its _ bad for your health. Atoo much; too much Btoo much; much tooCmuch too; too much Dmuch too; much too()9.How much _ her new trousers? Twenty dollars _ enough. Ais; is Bis; areCare; are Dare; is()10.Were going to Suzhou

4、 Amusement Park in Lindas car. You can come with us _ you can meet us there later. Aand Bor Cbut Dbecause.阅读理解Its no secret that children learn things faster than adults, but what is the best age to learn a new language? A new study has managed to find out the time when it gets more challenging.A ne

5、w study shows that in order to master a new foreign language well, people should start learning before the age of ten. Researchers said children up to the age of 18 remain skilled at learning grammar. Unfortunately, many people would like to pick up a new language after the “critical_period” when la

6、nguagelearning ability starts to go down. A researcher said, “As long as a child under the age of ten is interested in a new foreign language, its quite easy to become bilinguals(会说两种语言的人) Thats the time when youre best at learning languages. Its not really something that you can make up later.”The

7、research was based on the results of 670，000 people taking a 10minute online grammar test. Researchers measured the grammatical(语法的) ability of people who started learning a language at different periods in their life. The test had grammar rules that were likely to be very difficult for nonnative sp

8、eakers. These measured a persons ability to master the grammar of a foreign language.Another researcher suggested older people might be too busy to learn a language. He said after 17 or 18, people leave home, go to university or start work. All of these could affect how well someone learns a languag

9、e.()11.To master a foreign language, a person had better learn it _A. before the age of tenBafter the age of tenCbefore the age of eighteenDafter the age of eighteen()12.Whats the meaning of the underlined phrase “critical period”？A关键期 B冷静期 C沉默期 D瓶颈期()13.What do nonnative speakers think of the gramm

10、ar rules of the test?AEasy. BHard. CNormal. DInteresting. ()14.The passage may come from _Aa humorous story Ba science magazineCa new guidebook Da report on nature()15.Whats the best title of the passage?A. How to learn a foreign language wellBLearning a foreign language is importantCThe best age to

11、 learn a new languageDPeople must master the grammar rules答案 .1.making a list of2paid for3writes to4to prepare5weighs6at the end of.7.C8.B9D考查主谓一致。句意：“她的新裤子多少钱？”“20美元足够了。”how much意为“多少钱”，其后的be动词与后面的主语保持一致，trousers是名词复数，故用are；而“Twenty dollars”在这里看作一个整体，在句中作主语，其后的be动词用单数形式。故选D。10B.主旨大意 一项新的研究表明，为了更好地掌

12、握一门新语言，人们应该在十岁之前开始学习，因为十岁之前是开始学习外语的最佳时期，一旦错过这个时期，学起外语来可能就更具挑战性。11A细节理解题。由第二段的第一句“A new study shows that in order to master a new foreign language well, people should start learning before the age of ten.”可知，要想学好一门外语，最好在10岁之前学。故选A。12A词义猜测题。画线短语后句子的意思是“在这个时期之后，语言学习能力开始下降”，由此推出，该时期为语言学习的“关键期”。故画线短语的意思是“关键期”。13B细节理解题。由第三段的倒数第二句“The test had grammar rules that were likely to be very difficult for nonnative speakers.”可知，这项测试中的语法规则对非母语人士来说非常困难。故选B。14B推理判断题。本文讲的是十岁之前是孩子学外语的关键期。这属于科学研究的范畴，故本文最可能出自科学杂志。15C主旨大意题。本文主要讲的是孩子什么时间开始学习外语最好。由此推出C项最能概括本文主旨。