人教版八年级上册Unit 7 Will people have robots? 单元测试练习题（无答案）

Unit7
一、单项选择(每小题1.5分,共15分)
1. Nora opened the box. To her surprise, _______was a gold watch.
A. outside B. inside C. beside D. behind
2. It’s believed that playing computer games too much does ______ harm than good.
A. many В. much C. more D. most
3. The earth is our home. We should play a part in_______the earth.
A. save B. to save C. saving D. saved
4. Listen! Someone is calling for help. He must be______.
A.in the danger B. in danger C. out of danger D. dangerous
5. The man is a famous musician. He has written______of songs for the singers.
A. hundred B. hundreds C. a hundred D. two hundreds
6. -How was your vacation in America -It couldn’t be worse! I don't ______want to talk about it.
A. even B. hardly C. ever D. mainly
7. Some old houses______ in my hometown last summer.
A. fall down B. fell down C. write down D. wrote down
8.--Will there be more people in 100 years --________.
A. No, there isn't В. No, there aren't C. No, there won't D. No, they won't
9. When Mary didn't find her mother, she began to cry and _______her.
A. look for B. look after C. look at D. look out
10. There_______ great changes in Chengdu in the next ten years.
A. are B. were C. will be D. are going to have
二、阅读理解(每小题3分,共15分)
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 doesn’t 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 world's robots. A few robots have their own thoughts and they're trying to get out of humans’ control(控制)! Of course these robots’ dream doesn’t come true. Humans work hard to control their robots again and they succeed at last.
The story happens in
A.2010 B. 2020 C.2035 D. 2040
22. The phrase " depend on in this article means
A.依靠 B.悬挂 C.相信 D.取决于
23. Spooner is a______and Susan is a ______.
A. scientist; professor B. bank clerk; police officer C. policeman; doctor D. police officer; scientist
24. Susan thinks that one day_______.
A. robots can't get on well with humans
B. robots will help humans to get better
C. robots will have their own thoughts
D. robots will control the world
25. Which of the following is NOT TRUE according to this article
A. The movie I, Robot talks about the future.
B. People use their robots to do everything.
C. A few robots want to get out of humans’ control.
D. At last humans succeed in controlling the robots again.
三、完形填空(每小题1.5分,共15分)
Time capsules (胶囊) are small collections of things or information that are stored (储存) somewhere safe. They can __11__ by people in many years and give future people a view of life in the past.
They may have newspaper articles, popular music recordings and photos. Historians can use time capsules to__12__ more about people that lived in the past.
One of __13__time capsules was the Detroit Century Box. On December 31, 1900, the city put several photos and letters in a box. The box wasn’t opened __14__ people took it out on December 31, 2000.
The things inside the capsule __15__us a look at Detroit in the past. There __16__ photos of people and places, as well as letters written by local people. Some of them even made __17__ or the future. For example, one person predicted that Detroit would have a population of 4 million by 2000. But __18__, the population of the city was 951,000 that year, according to .
Humans have__19__ sent time capsules into space! The US sent two capsules into space on the Voyager spacecraft (航天器) in 1977. They’re called the Voyager Golden Records. They contain (包括) sounds and pictures that show human life and culture. For example, they have __20__ by classical musician Beethoven and pictures of plants, insects and landscapes(风景). The Voyager spacecraft has traveled far away from our solar system(太阳系). It is hoped that aliens might find the time capsules some day and learn about humans.
11. A. open B. opened C. be opened D. be open
12. A. change B. learn C. take D. worry
13. A. earliest B. the earliest C. earlier D. the earlier
14. A. until B. when C. after D. since
15. A. thought B. made C. caught D. gave
16. A. was B. are C. were D. will be
17. A. questions B. inventions C. predictions D. suggestions
18. A. in fact B. at first C. in total D. at last
19. A. never B. even C. hardly D. seldom
20. A. sports B. paintings C. rock D. music
四、词汇运用(每小题2分,共10分)
选择恰当的单词并用其适当形式填空
believe ,Japanese , plant , pollute , possible
26. These visitors are from ______ so they can't speak Chinese.
27. Trees can help protect the environment in many ways, because they are ______ fighters.
28. _______ it or not, the little boy can sing many beautiful songs.
29. It is very necessary for us_______ more trees.
30. I'm busy these days. It is almost ______ for me to hang out with friends.
五、任务型阅读(每小题3分,共15分)
阅读下面的短文,将文中画线部分译成汉语或英语
When we watch movies about the future, we sometimes see robots. (31) Some robots are very human-like. (32) 它们能像人一样走路和跳舞 。Some scientists think that in the future they will make robots more like humans. However, some scientists think although we can make robots move like people, it will be difficult to make them really think like a human. For example, scientist James White thinks that (33) robots will never be able to wake up and know where they are. (34)但是许多科学家不赞同怀特先生。They think that robots will even be able to talk like humans in 25 to50 years. (35) We never know what will happen in the future.
31._____________________________________________________
32._____________________________________________________
33._____________________________________________________
34._____________________________________________________
35._____________________________________________________
六、书面表达(30分)
请以“My life in ten years"为题,根据以下提示,用英语写一篇100词左右的短文。
提示(短文须包含下列要点):
1. What do you want to be in ten years And why
2. Where will you live in ten years And why
3. Say something about your family or your free time activities in ten years.
4. What should you do to achieve your dream
My life in ten years
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