Unit 8 随堂小测
[时间:40分钟 满分:100分]
Ⅰ.单项填空(20分)
1.—Who taught you to skate
—Nobody. I learned it by .
A.me B.myself C.my D.I
2.He is not old enough to school.
A.gone B.going C.went D.to go
3.Readers is a wonderful TV . It is very popular in China.
A.set B.concert
C.program D.meeting
4.—Miss Wang, I’m sorry I am late because I to catch the early bus.
—It doesn’t matter. You’d better come to school earlier next time.
A.failed B.interviewed
C.appeared D.attended
5.Bob is a boy. He often works out maths problems easily.
A.stupid B.smart C.strong D.weak
6.The young man doesn’t work hard. He always dreams having much money.
A.with B.for C.of D.without
7.Mr. Black’s speech is . It helps us have a better understanding of life.
A.silly B.awful
C.excellent D.terrible
8.After a short break, Mr. Zhang continued .
A.to writing B.writes
C.wrote D.writing
9.I didn’t buy it I didn’t have enough money.
A.because of B.but
C.so D.because
10.Tony a card from his cousin, but he didn’t it.
A.got; accept
B.accepted; get
C.got; get
D.accepted; accept
Ⅱ.完形填空(20分)
Dear Michael,
I am glad to learn that you have been chosen(被选择) to study in China. Your dream has come true!
I can well remember that you 11 China for the first time when you were nine. Since you returned, you have been interested in Chinese culture and have 12 a lot of time learning Chinese. When you first started to learn Chinese, I 13 it was nothing but a passing fad(一时的狂热). However, you didn’t 14 halfway, but kept on learning and did a good job in the HSK(汉语水平考试). Now you finally got what you had 15 for a long time. You got the chance to 16 life in China for one year. You should have it, my son, for chances only come to those who are 17 .
When you study there, you will have to face 18 in daily life that you have never experienced before, but after a year abroad(在国外), you will return with a new look at life—and at 19 .
Your mum and I are both 20 you. Keep it up, my son!
Love,
Dad
11.A.built B.visited C.missed D.changed
12.A.taken B.brought C.spent D.cost
13.A.thought B.agreed C.forgot D.added
14.A.wake up B.grow up C.turn up D.give up
15.A.written B.wanted C.hated D.broken
16.A.introduce B.experience C.invent D.imagine
17.A.ready B.stupid C.spare D.round
18.A.examples B.meetings C.challenges D.dreams
19.A.yourself B.myself C.himself D.herself
20.A.different from B.bad for C.good at D.proud of
Ⅲ.阅读理解(15分)
Middle school can be hard for school teenagers. They would like good grades, have their own hobbies, keep cool and make friends. But it’s difficult for some students to do all the things well at the same time.
Jane is in Grade 9. She is good at her lessons and gets good grades in exams.But she hates school clothes. She likes fashionable clothes very much.She also likes to listen to pop music every day.However, she is too busy with her lessons at school.And she has too much homework to do at weekends.So she has little time to keep her hobbies.And heavy schoolwork makes her feel tired and unhappy.
Bill is a good example. He is now in Grade 8. He loves his school life. He did best in his class in Grade 7. This year he gets interested in playing football. Although he plays football every day, he does better in his study than last year.
Everything can go well if you use your head.
21.The underlined word “teenagers” means “ ” in Chinese.
A.儿童 B.青少年
C.大学生 D.成人
22.Jane is interested in .
A.pop music B.school clothes
C.sports D.football
23.Bill feels at school.
A.tired B.unhappy C.happy D.nervous
24.Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage
A.Jane gets good grades in exams.
B.Jane loves her school life very much.
C.Bill is in Grade 8 now.
D.Bill does better than before.
25.What’s the best title of the passage
A.How to Get Good Grades
B.How to Keep Your Own Hobbies
C.How to Keep Cool
D.How to Be a Successful Student
Ⅳ.任务型阅读(15分)
Dear Marcia,
How are you Are you busy at school I hope you did well in your history exam. Did you take any other exams this week I’m enjoying my visit to Canada. My friends take me out for shopping and sightseeing every day. Do you remember Aunt Mary She is my old friend from school. I’m staying at her house. She puts beautiful flowers in my room and every day she cooks all the food I like. She’s very thoughtful.
Aunt Mary’s husband, Uncle Alex, tells me a lot of good stories about Canada. He’s a very interesting person. Aunt Mary tells jokes. She is very funny. She always makes me laugh. Dick is Aunt Mary’s son. He’s very clever and gets very good grades at school.He’s the best player on the basketball team.He also plays baseball and tennis. He’s the most active person I have ever seen. He has a lot of friends, too, because he is very outgoing. He says I should bring you to Canada next year.
Everyone here says hello to you. Remember, you have to begin studying for your English exam so that you will get a good result next week. However, you mustn’t stay up too late.
Be a good girl, Marcia. I’ll write to you again.
Mum
26、27题完成句子;28题简略回答问题;29题找出并写下第一段的主题句;30题将文中画线句子译成汉语。
26.Marcia’s mother is visiting now.
27.Marcia will have an next week.
28.Who is Aunt Mary
29.
30.
Ⅴ.基础写作(30分)
A.连词成句。(10分)
31.unique, person, sister, is, your, a
32.I, about, written, have, things, many, myself
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33.early, supposed, we, to, arrive, are, there
.
34.excellent, writer, enough, are, you, to, a, be
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35.of, mistakes, spelling, failed, exam, the, Tony, because
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B.书面表达。(20分)
你的好朋友有什么特殊才能或个人特长呢 请你写一篇英语短文来介绍一下你的好朋友Mike的才能或特长。
要求:1.围绕某个才能或特长展开,注意扩展;
2.70词左右。
答案
Ⅰ.1.B 2.D
3.C 句意:《朗读者》是一个很好的电视节目。它在中国很受欢迎。TV set意为“电视机”;concert意为“音乐会”;program意为“节目”;meeting意为“会议”。结合语境可知选C。
4.A 句意:“王老师,对不起我迟到了,因为我没赶上早班车。”“没关系。你最好下次早点来学校。”fail意为“失败”; interview意为“采访”;appear意为“出现”;attend意为“出席”。fail to do sth.意为“没能做成某事”,迟到的原因是没能赶上早班车。
5.B stupid意为“愚蠢的”;smart意为“聪明的”;strong意为“强壮的”;weak意为“弱的”。由后句“他经常容易地解答出数学问题”可知,此句意为“鲍勃是一个聪明的男孩”,
6.C
7.C 由后句“它帮助我们更好地理解生活”可推断,布莱克老师的演讲非常精彩。silly意为“愚蠢的”;awful意为“糟糕的”;excellent意为“精彩的”;terrible意为“可怕的”。
8.D 9.D 10.A
Ⅱ.11.B build意为“建设”;visit意为“访问,参观”;miss意为“错过,想念”;change意为“改变”。这是爸爸写给儿子的信,信的开头提到儿子Michael有机会到中国学习,此时爸爸还能记得在Michael九岁时就参观过中国。
12.C
13.A think意为“认为”;agree意为“同意”;forget意为“忘记”;add意为“增加,补充”。由下文“but kept on learning and did a good job in the HSK”可知,Michael努力学习通过了汉语水平考试。由此推知本句句意:在你开始学习汉语时,我以为你仅仅是一时的狂热。
14.D
15.B write意为“书写”;want意为“想要”;hate意为“讨厌”;break意为“打破”。儿子通过了汉语水平考试,而且现在被挑选到中国学习。由此推知,儿子最终得到了自己想要的东西。
16.B 17.A 18.C 19.A
20.D be different from意为“与……不同”;be bad for意为“对……有害”;be good at意为“擅长”;be proud of意为“以……为骄傲”。儿子学业有成,作为父母肯定会以儿子为骄傲。
Ⅲ.21.B 22.A 23.C 24.B 25.D
Ⅳ.26.Canada 27.English exam
28.She is Marcia’s mother’s old friend from school.
29.I’m enjoying my visit to Canada.
30.他是篮球队里最好的队员。
Ⅴ.A.31.Is your sister a unique person
32.I have written many things about myself
33.We are supposed to arrive there early
34.You are excellent enough to be a writer
35.Tony failed the exam because of spellingmistakes
B.One possible version:
Everyone has his or her special talents or personal strengths. So does my friend Mike. His main talent is playing basketball. He has played basketball for about five years. And now he is one of the best basketball players on his school basketball team. Their team has won many matches in the past three years. In the future, Mike would like to be a basketball player and play for the national basketball team.