八年级(下)英语Unit4动词填空专项练习
一、动词填空
1. Mrs Li heard her daughter ___________ (chat) with somebody on the phone when she came back home.
2. So far, most of the students ___________ (learn) English for nearly five years.
3. You have to spend as much as you can ___________ (practise) before the driving test.
4. A lot of people ___________ (move) out of the mountains in the past twenty years.
5. Mr White hasn’t decided where ___________ (spend) the holiday with his wife.
6. What a surprise! I___________ (not know) you would be back today.
7. The beautiful lady didn’t know which dress ___________ (choose) in this clothes shop
8. The father looked very happy when ___________ (talk) about his son.
9. ___________ (improve) your English, you should spend more time on it.
10. --- Where is your father ---He ___________ (write)a report for a newspaper.
11. Zhou Ming studied hard this term and managed _______________ (pass)the exam in the end.
12. We spent about three hours ________________ (climb) over that mountain yesterday,
13. I__________________ (do) my homework the whole afternoon that day.
14. Mr Black is a very good doctor. He________________ (work) in that hospital since 1997.
15. His car_________________ (crash) into a tall tree and fell over in the heavy rain last night.
16. Can you see the sun________________ (rise) little by little in the east
17. I failed________________ (go) to sleep last night because of the loud noise next door.
18. Don't make so much noise. Father _______________ (fall) asleep.
19. Who can offer me some advice on how _____________ (get) away from so much homework
20. I was tired out after _______________ (swim) for such a long time.
21. The great changes in her hometown made her _______________ (feel) surprised.
22. Please take an umbrella with you. It________________ (rain) hard outside.
23. --- How long ________________ Mr Zhang ________________ (teach) in our school
--- For over twenty years, I think.
24. After dinner, my father continued________________ (work) till midnight.
25. When we got there that day, the sun________________ (shine) brightly.
26. Only one of my friends ________________ (be) to the Great Wall twice, and I will go there next year.
27. How many times _______________ you _______________ (be) to Beijing so far
28. He made so many mistakes when _________________ (translate) this novel.
29. Sorry, I didn't hear you clearly. I ________________ (think) about the exam.
30. I________________ (not believe) it until I see it with my own eyes.
31. The writer hasn't decided where _________(publish) his book because he is still working on it.
32. Thousands of people refused _________________ (pay) their taxes.
二、阅读理解
Americans with small families own a small car or a large one. If both parents are working, they usually have two cars. When the family is large, one of the cars is sold and they will buy a van(住房汽车).
A small car can hold four persons and a large car can hold six persons but it is very crowded(拥挤的). A van holds seven persons easily, so a family with three children can ask their grandparents to travel together.
Mr King and his wife had a third child last year. This made them sell the second car and buy a van. There are seven seats in the van, and two of them are used to put things on, for a family of five must carry many suitcases(手提箱)when they travel. When they arrive at their grandparents home the suitcases are put under the two seats. And then they can carry their grandparent
Americans call vans motor homes. A motor home is always used for holidays. When a family are traveling to the mountains or to the seaside, they can live in their motor home for a few days or weeks. All the members of a big family can enjoy a happier life when they are traveling together. That is why motor homes have become very popular. In America there are many parking places for motor homes.
1. From the passage we can learn that a big American family usually ___________.
A. travel together by van B. live together
C. live in a van D. has three cars
2. After Mr King and his wife had a third child, first they ____________.
A. bought a van B. sold one of their old cars
C. moved to their grandparents’ house D. got many suitcases
3. Americans usually drive motor homes to ______________.
A. visit their grandparents at weekends
B. take their children to school every day
C. travel with their family members for a holiday
D. do some shopping with their family members
4. The last sentence “In America there are many parking places for motor homes." In this passage means __________.
A. American families like to visit parks
B. there are many beautiful parks in America
C. vans can be parked (停车) in many places in America
D. motor homes can be bought in many places in America
三、完形填空
According to (根据) a new American study, having dinner with children may help to reduce (减少) the number of problems in parent-child communication. The ____1____ was done on about 5,000 middle school students in Chicago schools.
The experts study the students at the beginning and the end of sixth grade and again at the end of seventh and eighth grades. They asked the students ____2____ they ate dinner with their parents and ____3____ asked how often their parents had a talk with them that lasted more than 10 ____4____,praised (表扬) them when they did well, asked then where they were going and asked what they were doing in school. The study ____5____ that children who often ate dinner with their parents had ____6____ problems of communicating than children who ____7____ ate dinner with their parents.
“Family meals are a good chance (机会) to keep in ____8____ with children,” said Jayne, a member of the study team.“You can get to know what’s going on in their lives better.
However, she also ____9____ that parents choose suitable themes. Themes ____10____ grades and homework are not good choices(选择).
1. A. report B. study C. plan D. communication
2. A. what B. how C. how often D. how much
3. A. also B. even C. ever D. either
4. A. seconds B. minutes C. hours D. days
5. A. said B. thought C. hoped D. showed
6. A. fewer B. more C. many D. much
7. A. often B. always C. seldom D. usually
8. A. party B. way C. meal D. touch
9. A, agreed B. believed C. advised D. called
10. A. for B. like C. with D. from
Keys
一、动词填空
1. chatting 2.have learned 3.practising’ 4.have moved 5. to spend
6. didn't know 7. to choose 8. talking 9.To improve 10.is writing
11. to pass 12.climbing 13.was doing 14. has worked 15.crashed
16. rising 17. to go 18. has fallen 19. to get 20.swimming
21. feel 22. is raining 23. has, taught 24.working/to work 25. was shining
26. has been 27.have; been 28. translating 29. wan thinking 30. won't believe
31. to publish 32. to pa
二、阅读理解
1-4 ABCC
三、完形填空
1-5BCABD 6-10 ACDCB