英语八年级上册 Units 7—8单元测试卷

英语八年级上册 Units 78单元测试卷姓名:_ 班级:_ 成绩:_一、完型填空It was a cold and snowy morning after the winter vacation. Actually, it was my _ day at my new school. I was walking slowly and _ about lots of things. It was early and there werent many people on the road. A _ on a bike passed me quickly. She was _ on ice when suddenly she fell off her bike a few steps in front of me. She was trying hard to get up but _ again. Without thinking, I _ and helped her stand up. She said “_” with a smile and then rode away. The words “Thank you” _ me and this small event made me feel less nervous about my new _. Finally, I got to school. The teacher led me to the classroom and asked me to sit down beside a girl. I was so nervous. I knew some of the students were looking at _ but I didnt dare to look at them. Soon the first class started. It was English. They used a(n) _ textbook from my old school and I didnt have a copy. As I was wondering what to do, a _ appeared in front of me. “Lets _, ” the girl next to me said. “And hi, Im Carrie.” I looked up. It was the girl I helped this morning. What a _!_, we became good friends. She was my first and best friend at my new school. Helping her also helped me find a friend.1 . AonlyBfirstClastDpersonal2 . AworryingBtalkingCreadingDhearing3 . AboyBgirlCteacherDfriend4 . AwalkingBskatingCridingDrunning5 . AtriedBpassedCrodeDfell6 . Awent awayBwent overCgot upDgot over7 . AExcuse meBGood morningCThank youDGoodbye8 . AwarmedBwarnedChurtDbeat9 . AschoolBteacherCclassmateDfriend10 . AhimBmeCherDthem11 . AdifferentBsameCnewDold12 . ApictureBsmileCcardDbook13 . AseeBshareCgoDmake14 . AcopyBpityCsurpriseDgirl15 . AFrom then onBFor the first timeCFrom time to timeDFor the beginning二、阅读单选The Eastern Star overturned (翻倒) on the night of June 1st in the Yangtze River. More than 400 people died. How can we save ourselves when we meet the same accident (事故)? The following can help us a lot.It depends on water temperature that how long we can live after falling into water. And there are two other things we can do to make us live longer. Dont struggle in water. Just relax your body and try to float (漂浮) on the water with the help of a life jacket. If you dont have a life jacket, find something to make you float.Never give up. Your survival thought (求生意志) is the most important. It sometimes can defeat (战胜) everything.16 . When did the ship accident happen?AOn the night of June 1st.BOn the afternoon of June 1stCOn the night of July 1st.DOn the morning of July 1st17 . How many people died in the ship accident?ALess than 400.B400.COver 400.DMore than 500.18 . How long can people live when the water temperature is between 10 and 15?AMore than ten hours.BLess than two hours.CLess than six hours.DBetween six and ten hours.19 . What does the underlined word “struggle” mean in Chinese?A呼喊B挣扎C下沉D求救20 . What is the passage mainly about?AHow to save ourselves in ship accidents.BHow to float on the water when you fall into water.CHow important a survival thought is in ship accidents.DWhat happened on June 1st.Many students think that learning a new language is very hard. Now think how hard it is to learn English when your brain is only the size of a birds brain! The following is what some birds can do.Many different kinds of birds can copy the sounds of language. African grey parrots (鹦鹉) are the most famous for this. Every December in London, the National Cage and Aviary Bird Show (全国宠物鸟展览) tries to find the best “talking” bird in the world. One bird named Prudle stood out among the “talking birds”. She won this prize for twelve times.Prudle was taken from her nest in Africa. She was sold to Iris Frost in England. Prudle knew almost 800 words in English. Prudle was also the oldest bird in the world that lived in a cage. Ms. Frost took care of the bird until Prudle died when it was 35 years old.A different kind of bird named Puck was tested about the English words she knew. She knew more than 1,700 words.If a bird can do it, anybody can do it.21 . What can African grey parrots do?ASpeak like a person.BSing like a person.CCopy the sounds of language.DHave conversations with a person.22 . What does the underlined phrase stood out mean in Chinese?A随机应变B挺身而出C站了起来D脱颖而出23 . How many times did Prudle win the prize for “talking birds”?A6 times.B12 times.C15 times.D35 times.24 . Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?APrudle knew more than 800 English words.BMs. Frost took care of Prudle.CPuck could speak English better than a person.DPrudle and Puck died when they were 35 years old.25 . Who was Iris Frost?APucks owner.BPrudles owner.CA parrot.DAn English teacher.Do you know the movie I, Robot? It tells us a story about the future. The year is 2035 and robots are just as common as mobile phones. People depend_on their robots to do lots of things, for example, babysitting, cooking, doing chores and taking their dogs for a walk. Robots have to follow humans orders, because humans make them do so. A police officer called Spooner dislikes robots. He doesnt think humans can get on well with their robots at all! But the scientist Susan has different ideas. Susan works on robots mind and she thinks one day robots will become stronger than humans and help humans to get better. When Spooner and Susan work together, they find that something is wrong with the worlds robots. A few robots have their own thoughts and theyre trying to get out of humans control(控制)! Of course these robots dream doesnt come true. Humans work hard to control their robots again and they succeed at last.26 . The story will happen in _.A2010B2020C2035D204027 . The phrase “depend_on” in this article means “_”.A依靠B悬挂C相信D取决于28 . Spooner is a _ and Susan is a _.Ascientist; professorBbank clerk; police officerCpoliceman; doctorDpolice officer; scientist29 . Susan thinks that one day _.Arobots cant get on well with humansBrobots will help humans to get betterCrobots will have their own thoughtsDrobots will control the world30 . Which of the following is NOT TRUE according to this article?AThe movie I, Robot talks about the future.BPeople use their robots to do everything.CA few robots want to get out of humans control.DAt last humans succeed in controlling the robots again.Life in the future will be different from life today. Between then and now many changes will happen. But what will the changes be? The population is growing fast. There will be many people in the world and most of them will live longer than people live now. Computers will be much smaller and more useful, and there will be at least one in every home. And computer studies will be one of the most important subjects in schools then. People will work fewer hours than they do now and they will have more free time for sports, watching TV and traveling. Traveling will be much cheaper and easier. And many more people will go to other countries for holidays.There will be changes in our food, too. More land will be used for building new towns and houses for all the people. Then there will be less room for cows and sheep，so meat will be more expensive. Maybe no one will eat it every day. Instead, they will eat more fruit and vegetables. Maybe people will be healthier.Work in the future will be different, too. People will work fewer hours than they do now. Robots will do dangerous and hard work. Because of this, many people will not have enough work to do. This will be a problem.31 . In the future there will be _.Amore peopleBless fruitCfewer vegetablesDmore cows32 . Every family will have at least a _ in the future.ArobotBcowCTV setDcomputer33 . In the future people dont have to _.Awork long hoursBwork fastCwalk to workDeat meat34 . People may not eat _ as much as they do today.AfruitBfishCmeatDrice35 . One big problem in the future is that _.Amany people dont have to workBmany people will not be able to find workCpeople have to work fastDall the work will be done by robots三、用单词的正确形式完成句子B. 请根据句意，用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空。36 . More and more Chinese people like travelling abroad, and a lot of Chinese _ can be found around the world.37 . Look at _ in the mirror. How dirty your faces are!38 . The two boys fell off his bike, but _, they werent hurt.39 . I need to buy myself a coat. The temperature will be much _ next week.40 . Though he failed in the test and was upset, he gave us a _ face.四、单词填空根据短文内容及首字母提示，填写所缺单词，使短文意思完整。每空限填一词。If you are a little afraid when you walk alone at night, you can phone your family to make sure they know you are s41 . . But making calls may make you the target (目标) for bad people.Now there is an app and i42 . lets your family know your journey. And it will call for help when it feels youre i43 . danger. The app is c44 . Companion(同伴). Before you start your journey, you input your starting place and your finishing place. Then you s45 . them to your companion. The companion can be anyone in your phone book, and they dont n46 . to have the app.The app will tell your companion w47 . you are at any time. And it will show a button(按钮) on your phone screen every few m48 . , asking “Are you OK?” If you dont press the button in 15 seconds(秒), your companion will get an alarm(报警). And the app will be ready to call the police for h49 . .With the app, you will never be w50 . about going home alone.五、语法填空In November 1979, pupils in England 51 . (be) able to watch a new TV program called Monkey. Most of them were hearing this story for the 52 . (one) time. However, this story is not new to Chinese children. The Monkey King or Sun Wukong is the main character in the traditional Chinese book Journey to the West.The Monkey King is not just any 53 . (normally) monkey. In fact, he sometimes does not even look like a monkey! This is because he can make seventy-two 54 . (change) to his shape and size, turning himself into different animals and objects. But unless he can hide his tail, he 55 . (can) turn himself into a man. To 56 . (fight) bad people, the Monkey King uses a magic stick. Sometimes 57 . (him) can make the stick so small that he can keep it in his ear. 58 . (at) other times, he is able to make it big and long.The Monkey King 59 . (excite) children of China for many years. And as soon as the TV program came out more than 30 years ago, Western children became interested in 60 . (read) this story because the clever Monkey King keeps fighting to help the weak and never gives up.六、信息归纳In order to learn how the students in our school spend money, we made a survey(调查) by asking them some questions. First, we asked them how much money they spent last month. And then we asked how much money they spent on junk food, books, movies, computer games, phones, transportation(交通) and other things last month. Our math teacher helped us make a graph(图表) of their answers as follows. Total (one month): about 100 yuan per studentJunk food22%Books6%Movies18%Computer games18%Phones10%Transportation14%Others12%阅读以上内容,并完成下面的调查报告,每空不超过两词。In our school, each student spent about 61 . yuan on average(平均) last month. According to the graph made by our 62 . teacher, we know how much money the students spent on different things in our school. As the graph shows, they spent most on 63 . , covering 22% of all. It was followed by computer games and movies. Each of them was 64 . . But to our surprise, the students spent 65 . on books, only 6%.七、材料作文66 . 在我们的日常生活中，互联网起着越来越重要的作用。请根据下面的表格提示，以“On the Internet”为题，写一篇80词左右的短文。国际互联网的主要用途信息看国内新闻，获取其他信息通讯发电子邮件，打电话学习上网络学校，阅览各种书籍，自学外语娱乐欣赏音乐，观看体育比赛，玩棋牌游戏生活购物、聊天、交友第 10 页 共 10 页