八年级上册Unit 2
一、根据句意和汉语提示写出单词, 完成句子。
1. —Where is Huang Lan —She is taking a ________ test at school. (每周的)
2. The hotel always ________ the best service. (主动提出)
3. Please look ________ the short passage and then answer my questions. (从头到尾)
4. During the race, the ________ finishing time was 9.58 seconds. (获胜者)
5. When you visit a ________ country, it is important to know how to ask for help politely. (外国的)
二、根据句意用所给单词的适当形式填空。
1. Johnson has the ________ bread of us four. (little)
2. With the help of my PE teacher, I run ________ than before. (fast)
3. He has more friends here than me, but he has ________ good friends. (few)
4. I can’t understand your suggestion. Would you mind explaining it ________ (clear)
5. Jane looked ________ at her husband for a football ticket to get closer to her favourite player. (hope)
三、单项选择。
1. —Susan, there is ______ rice and ______ noodles at home. Will you go shopping with me —Sorry, I have to wait for the postman.
A. little; few B. few; little C. a few; little D. few; a little
2. I believe the harder you work, ______ grades you’ll get in exams.
A. the better B. better C. the good D. the best
3. We are happy to see that our city is developing ______ these years than before.
A. quickly B. more quickly C. very quickly D. the most quickly
4. —Did the professor visit your school ______ this afternoon —Yes. He arrived ______ 1:30 p. m. and gave us a talk on writing.
A. in; in B. /; in C. /; at D. on; at
5. The girl is often seen ______ in the art room.
A. practise drawing B. practised drawing C. to practise drawing D. practise to draw
6. —I’m going to Mary’s birthday party. Bye, Mum. —______ , David!
A. Best wishes B. Have fun C. Thank you D. No problem
7. —What do you think of English —It’s a useful ______ so we must learn it well.
A. question B. language C. message D. problem
8. Compared with a 1-day weekend, a 2-day weekend is ______ as we may have enough time for our hobbies.
A. more pleasant B. less pleasant C. the most pleasant D. the least pleasant
9. —Sandy, you’d better ______ your notes before you do your homework every evening. —OK, I will, Mum.
A. look through B. look out C. look after D. look around
10. Each of the students, working hard at his or her lessons, ______ to go to university. So ______ I.
A. hope; do B. hopes; do C. hoping; am D. hopes; am
四、完形填空。
It all started on 16 year old Rick’s first day at high school. Like many proud ___1___ , Carol and Dale, Rick’s mum and dad, saw him off to school with a big wave from the doorstep. That evening Rick complained about how ___2___ they were. This gave Dale, who has an artificial limb(假肢), a great ___3___ .
The next morning as Rick stepped onto the bus outside his house, he could hear all of his school friends ___4___ something. He turned around and to his great surprise, there was his dad, ___5___ as an American football player, complete with the ball and helmet. But that was just a ___6___ . For the next 180 school days, no matter what the Weather was, Dale appeared there in a ___7___ costume. One day he was a king waving his sword, the next a cook in his cooking suit, the following a Wonder Woman. Dale made other members of the ___8___ take part, asking Rick’s younger brother to play Batman alongside his Robin.
___9___ , Dale only spent $ 50 on all of his costumes. He got lots of costumes from the family fancy dress collection and then there were several friends happy to ___10___ .
Some of Rick’s friends didn’t find it ___11___ but most of them looked forward to seeing what Dale would be wearing. And Dale also ___12___ international fans for his dressing up, as each day Carol took a photo of her husband in fancy dress and ___13___ it on their blog, which became a hit on the Internet. Even Rick was finally able to see the funny side and realized his dad was very ___14___ after all.
But all good things must come to an end. On the last day of school, Dale showed up as a soldier and stood next to a sign ___15___ , “It’s been fun waving at the bus. Have a great summer. ” He has no plans to wave Rick off to school next year. Instead, he s going to do something else.
1. A. friends B. neighbors C. teachers D. parents
2. A. frightening B. embarrassing C. disappointing D. tiring
3. A. idea B. lesson C. gift D. dream
4. A. arguing about B. asking for C. laughing at D. showing off
5. A. behaving B. working C. dressed D. known
6. A. start B. sign C. try D. joke
7. A. popular B. traditional C. modern D. different
8. A. school B. family C. company D. community
9. A. Specially B. Suddenly C. Amazingly D. Gradually
10. A. come B. help C. watch D. save
11. A. interesting B. beautiful C. surprising D. wonderful
12. A. paid B. thanked C. found D. satisfied
13. A. posted B. stuck C. typed D. threw
14. A. kind B. brave C. silly D. cool
15. A. suggesting B. saying C. writing D. warning
五、阅读理解。
What time does your school start Do you wish you could get up later every morning You are not alone if your answer is “Yes”. In the US, many middle school students have the same wish.
In America, many schools start before 7:30 a. m. But that may change soon. A new law has been passed in California. According to the law, middle schools should not start before 8:00 a. m. The government hopes school children will have longer time in bed.
Many scientific studies show that teenagers are more active in the afternoon and in the evening. Simply telling them to go to bed earlier doesn’t work well. Most of them don’t get enough seep because of bad seeping habits and early school staring time. They need more sleep in the morning. Scientists suggest middle schools should start at 8:00 a. m. or later. Students can get ready well to learn and they won’t fall asleep in class. ______ The change can help improve students’ grades.
While scientists are happy with the new law, many parents disagree with it. They won’t be able to send their children to school before they go to work. They also fear that later school starting time will lead to later ending time. As a result, their children will have less time to take part in after school activities.
It’s good news that Chinese education experts have noticed the problem and offered some solutions to that, So what’s your opinion Do you expect China to pass a similar law
1. The schools shouldn’t start ______ according to the new law in California.
A. before 7:30 a. m. B after 7:30 a m. C. after 8:00 a. m. D. before 8: 00 a. m.
2. Why don’t most of the teenagers get enough sleep
A. Because their parents need them to do housework. B. Because their sleeping habits are bad and schools start early. C. Because they play computer games till late. D. Because they have too much homework.
3. Which sentence do you think can be put in the blank in Paragraph 3
A. They can put on weight. B. They will like their teachers.
C. They will join more clubs. D. They will pay more attention to classes.
4. What can we know from the passage
A. The government of New York has passed a new law. B. All the parents disagree with the law.
C. Later school starting time may lead to fewer after school activities. D. Teenagers are more active in the morning.
5. From the passage, we can infer(推断) that ______ .
A. students should have enough sleeping time in the writer’s opinion
B. students in California will have less sleeping time
C. Chinese experts aren’t worried about students’ sleeping time
D. China has already passed a similar law
六、根据短文内容及首字母提示, 填写所缺单词, 使其意思完整。
When I was studying in China, my school held a singing competition. 1 took part in it because I really loved s___1___ . I sang with a sweet girl named May. She always had a s___2___ on her face, and she was one of my best friends. However, I was so n___3___ that I forgot the lyrics(歌词) when we sang. I was just standing there, looking pale. We f___4___ failed, and I felt very sorry. May tried to comfort me by saying, “There will be another c___5___ .”
After about a month, our school’s art festival began. I decided to take part in it. The first person 1 thought of to join me was May, although I wasn’t sure if she was w___6___ to. While I was thinking about it, she came to me and said she would join me. We decided to sing the song “See You Again” at the f___7___ since it was a goodbye performance before I left for Serbia.
Finally, the day of the festival a___8___ . As I walked into the class, my classmates started clapping for me. Someone had written “Come on, George!” on the blackboard. After I completed my song, everyone c___9___ me.
It was a really unforgettable and touching afternoon. We enjoyed o___10___ together. I really want to thank all of my classmates who were with me at school in China.
七、书面表达。
初中生活已近尾声, 同学们即将步人高中。请你仔细阅读下表中的内容和所给提示, 从下面两所学校中选择一所你
喜欢的学校, 并根据该校信息写一篇短文。
Items(条目) Purple School Orange School
Schools public, a long history private, well- known
Teachers hard working young and active
Students less homework colorful activities
提示:
1. Which school would you like to go to
2. Why do you choose it
注意:
1. 短文须包括表格中你所选学校的全部信息和提示中的两个要点, 可适当发挥;
2. 文中不得出现真实的地名、校名和人名;
3. 词数80左右(开头已给出, 不计入总词数)。
I would like to go to _________________________________________________________________________________
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八年级上册 Unit 2
一、 1. weekly 2. offers 3. through 4. winner’s 5. foreign
二、1. least 2. faster 3. fewer 4. clearly 5. hopefully
三、1~5 AABCC 6~10 BBAAB
四、1~5 DBACC 6~10 ADBCB 11~15 ACADB
五、1~5 DBDCA
六、1. singing 2. smile 3. nervous 4. finally 5. chance 6. willing 7. festival 8. arrived 9. cheered 10. ourselves
七、One possible version:
I would like to go to Orange School.
I like Orange School better because it is a private school and it is well-known in our city. “There are a lot of new and modern teaching facilities. We can have access to the most advanced equipment and experience the best teaching methods. What’s more, the teachers in Orange School are young and active. I think it is important and helpful for us to develop a good relationship with teachers. And it is good for our study. Last but not least, students there have colorful activities and I hope the school life will be wonderful there.