初二英语单元测试(8A Unit3)
一、 单项选择:(共15分)
1. This is ________ useless book for me. But I will still ________ it for 3 days because my sister wants to read it.
A. a, borrow B. a, keep C. an, borrow D. an, keep
2. Jim did his homewo ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )rk ____________ Lily, but he didn’t get the same grade as Lily.
A. as careful as B. as carefully as
C. so careful as D. so carefully as
3. .----We’re ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) organizing a party next Saturday ,and I ’d like you to come .
---- What a pity! ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) I have to ___________ my classmates that day. We will have a meeting.
A. join B. join in C. take part D. take part in
4. ---- It’s dangerous ______________. Don’t do that again.
---- ______________.
A. pull you up t ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )he rock; No, I don’t B. pull you up the rock; Yes, I don’t
C. to pull yourself ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) up the rock; Yes, I won’t D. to pull yourself up the rock; No, I won’t
5. ---- How much did you ___________ the coat
---- 100 yuan.
A. pay on ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) B. take for C. cost to D. spend on
6. Do you know paper is made __________ wood
A. of B. into C. from D. by
7. Sorry. I ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )___________ my homework at home. Could I ____________ it here tomorrow
A. forgot, bring ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) B. left, take C. forgot, take D. left, bring
8. We can’t get the ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) answer to the question from the teacher. Why not work it out_____________
A. for ourselves ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) B. by ourselves C. for yourselves D. by yourselves
9. We ____________ the cinema at 6:00 p.m. last night because we wanted to see the film early.
A. get to B. reach C. arrived at D. arrived in
10. I hope ____________ my birthday party next Sunday.
A. to see you at B. that you came to
C. you to come to D. seeing you come to
11. The weather in ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )Hangzhou is colder than _____________ in Guangzhou now.
A. it B. one C. ones D. that
12. __________ all the students, Jack ran fastest. No one could run _________ he.
A. In, as fast as B. In, as fast as
C. Of, as slowly as D. Among, faster than
13. When he saw the ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) beautiful hill, he ________________ the car to climb it .
A. can’t wait to get ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )off B. couldn’t wait getting out of
C. can’t wait ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )getting off D. couldn’t wait to get out of
14. This is the pla ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )n ________ tomorrow. We will go to the park ________ different flower shows ________ Mr Smith’s support.
A. to, with, on B. for, with, with C. to, for, with D. for, for, on
15. ---- Shall I give you a ride (搭乘)as you look so tired
---- Thank you. ___________________.
A. Don’t mention it B. It is your duty
C. Do as you like D. It couldn’t be better
二、完形填空(共15分)
Lisa has always ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )been overweight. She wanted to lose weight, not just because she wanted to __16 more beautiful and be healthier, but also because it would make life easier. For example, it was 17 for Lisa to find ready-made clothes that would fit. She had to ask a tailor(裁缝) __18 clothes that were large enough. In school, she needed a special chair which was bigger and ___19 than the other chairs. If she went for a walk, she got tired very quickly. She was also unhappy about the way people treated 20 sometimes. “People look at me and even make fun of me. That’s unfair! It’s true that I’m overweight, but I don’t think people 21 treat me differently because I’m big. I can’t enjoy 22 with my friends because I’m afraid of getting fatter.” Her friends and family never made fun of her. They tried to help her 23 . They wanted her to be happy and healthy. Sometimes when Lisa was feeling sad, she didn’t want to speak to 24 .
But now things 25 quite different. Last month her classmates were preparing for the School 26 Week. Someone advised Lisa to play the lead role of the proud Queen(女王) who was tall and fat. Lisa 27 and practiced a lot. Soon after the play, Lisa became the star! She did so well that everybody remembered the ___28__ Queen. They stood around her and said “ 29 ” to her. She even won the School Best Actress Award for her wonderful performance.
Now Lisa doesn ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )’t worry 30 being fat any more. She believes in the English saying “Every dog has its day.”
16.A. see B. watch C. notice D. look
17.A. easy B. difficult C. wrong D. right
18.A. making B. makes C. make D. to make
19.A. stronger B. higher C. longer D. wider
20.A. her B. him C. me D. you
21.A. can B. may C. should D. must
22.A. having dinner ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) B. having parties C. doing sports D. playing games
23.A. however ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) B. instead C. too D. either
24.A. nobody ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) B. someone C. anyone D. everyone
25.A. was B. is C. were D. are
26.A. Sports B. Art C. Science D. Environment
27.A. agreed B. disagreed C. answered D. allowed
28.A. beautiful B. happy C. sad D. proud
29.A. Sorry ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) B. Good luck C. Congratulations D. Good-bye
30.A. with B. about C. in D. for
阅读理解(共30分)
四、阅读理解(30分)
阅读下列短文,从每小题A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。
A
Leeds Castle
One of the most popular places of interest in Britain Opening times
Open a ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ll year round except 7th and 8th November and Christmas Day(25th December)2009.1 April to 30 September 2009
Open:10:30 am—5:30 pm Gates close at 6pm1 October 2009 to 31 March 2010
Open:10:30 am—4 pm Gates close at 5pm Prices
Adults:£16.50 Students:£9.50 Children under 4:free
51.Leeds Castle is ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )closed on _________.
A.7th January B.8th August C.25th December D.1st April
52.John and Mary will take their three-year old son to Leeds Castle.How much should they pay
A.£33. B.£16.50. C.£26. D.£9.50.
53.What time does Leeds Castle close on 29th October
A.6 pm. B.6:30 pm. C.5:30 pm. D.5 pm.
B
Michael Jordan is ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) the most famous basketball player in the world. He was born in Brooklyn, New York. He didn't like to talk to other people about himself. He was also very short. He didn't play very well when he joined the basketball team in his high school at first. But the next year things changed greatly for him as he grew much taller.
Michael Jordan b ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ecame famous when he joined the university basketball team in North Carolina. Michael used his speed and strength (力量) to reach the basket again. He played so well that people called him “Air Jordan”.
After college, Mich ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ael became a basketball team member in the Chicago Bulls. The NBA was very surprised at this high-flying player. He was named “Rookie” (新秀) of the year in 1985 and “Most Valuable (价值的) Player” in 1987. He once set a record (创纪录) by getting 63 points in one game.
54. He began to become famous in _____________.
A. the university basketball team B. the NBA
C. his high school at first D. the Chicago Bulls
55. He is often called“__________”.
A. Rookie B. the NBA C. Air Jordan D. Most Valuable Player
56. The NBA was very surprised at the superstar when _________.
A. he was young ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) B. he joined the basketball team in his high school
C. he joined the u ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )niversity basketball team D. he joined the Chicago Bulls
C
Each morning a rich ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) man found a poor man sitting on a park bench (长凳). The poor man always sat there, looking at the big hotel in which the rich man lived. One day the rich man got out of his car and said to the poor man, “Excuse me, but I just want to know why you sit here and look at my hotel every morning.” “Sir”, said the poor man, “I am a failure (失败者). I have no money, no family, no home. I sleep on this bench, and every night I dream that one day I'll sleep in that hotel.” The rich man said, “Tonight your dream will come true. I'll pay for the best room in that hotel for you for a whole month.
A few days l ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ater, the rich man went by the poor man's room to ask him how he was enjoying himself. To his surprise, he found that the man had moved out of the hotel, back to his park bench. When the rich man asked why, the poor man said, “you see, when I am down here sleeping on my bench, I dream I'm up there, in that big hotel. It's a wonderful dream. But when I was up there, I dreamed I was back to this cold bench. It was a terrible dream, and I couldn't get any sleep at all.”
57. The poor man lived in ________ before he met the rich man.
A. the hotel B. his home C. the park D. the car
58. Every morning, the poor man sat on the bench and __________.
A. waited for t ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )he rich man B. looked at the rich man's hotel
C. looked ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )at the rich man's car D. enjoyed the clean air
59. Every night the poor man dreamed of _____________.
A. sleeping in that hotel B. becoming rich
C. owning that hotel D. being the rich man's friend
60. The poor man moved out of the hotel because __________.
A. he didn't wa ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )nt to live in such a fine room B. he didn't like the rich man
C. he couldn't ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) pay for the room D. he couldn't get any sleep at all there
D
Young people and ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )older people don’t always agree. They sometimes have different ideas about living, working and playing. But in one special programme in New York State, adults and teenagers live together in a friendly way.
Each summer 2 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )00 teenagers and 50 adults live together for eight weeks as members of a special work group. Everyone works several hours each day. They do so not just to keep busy but to find meaning and enjoyment in work. Some teenagers work in the woods or on the farms near the village. Some learn to make things like tables and chairs and build houses. The adults teach them these skills.
There are sever ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )al free hours each day. Weekends are free, too. During the free hours some of the teenagers learn phototaking or painting. Others sit around and talk or sing. Each teenager chooses his own way to spend his free time.
When people live toget ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )her, rules are necessary. In this programme the teenagers and the adults make the rules together. If someone breaks a rule, the problem goes before the whole group. They talk about it and ask, “Why did it happen What should we do about it ”
One of the teenage ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )rs has this to say about his experience, “You stop thinking only about yourself, You learn to think about the group.”
61. In one s ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )pecial programme in New York State, young and older people _______ .
don’t work well together.
are friendly to one another.
teach one another new ways of building houses.
spend eight weeks together, working as farmers..
62. All the members work some time every day mainly to _______ .
A.lead a busy life. B.learn new skills of farming;
C.get used t ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )o the life on the farms D. find value and pleasure in work
63. Living together, _________ .
the teenagers don’t have to obey the rules
the teenagers have to obey the rules the adults make
the members have no free time on weekends
the members are not allowed to break the rules they make together
64. The last progr ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )amme shows that the teenager thinks his experience in the programme is ____ .
A. unpleasant B. tiring C. helpful D. boring
65. The best title for the passage is __________ .
The rules of living together B. Life in New York State
C. Teenagers in the ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) special group D. Free hours in the special work group
第Ⅱ卷(非选择题 共60分)
四、词汇(本题共15小题;每小题1分,满分15分)
A) 根据句意,写出括号内所给单词的适当形式
These _________ (climb) come from the USA.
The long talk made me __________ (bore).
We need no workers. The machine can work by ___________. (it)
The dictionary is _____ (use) to us when we learn English.
5. A good _______________( begin ) makes half success(成功).
6. An ant has two ________________(胃).
7. He took them out instead of _____________(打包)them into the bag.
8. The speaker seems to have a large group of _____________(支持者).
9. Believe ______________(自己). You’re the cleverest students.
10. He showed great _____________(兴趣)in the stamp.
五、任务型阅读(10分)
阅读下列短文,根据短文中的信息完成文后表格。(每空一词)
Here is a 2-way stud ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ent exchange. Fred, 19 , spent last year in Germany with George’s family. In turn, George’s son Mike spent a year in Fred’s home in America.
Fred knew little Ge ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )rman when he arrived. But after 2 months of studying, the language became easy for him. School was very different from what he had looked forward to and it was much harder. Students stood up politely when the teacher came into the room. They took 14 subjects while American students usually took 6 in the US.
Family life, too, was ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )different. The father’s word was the law(法律) . All the children had to do their activities with their family. Fred also missed having a car. In Germany, you should walk to go out to have a good time.
At the same tim ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )e, in America, Mike was forming his own ideas. He says,’ American schools are too easy for our level but I have to say that I like it a lot in Germany , we do nothing except study. Here we take part in many other activities.
Differences between American school life and German school life
Items American students German students
Class rules They don’t have to stand up when their teacher come in They have to __76___ up and show respect(尊敬) to their __77___
____78___life They do their own things alone. They have to listen to their __79__
School ___80___ They have six and they are very easy for them They have 14, but the lessons are much more ___81____ .
Going out They can ___82___ cars They have to _83_____ all the way
School activities They have____84__ other activities They have to ___85__ hard all the time.
六、短文填空(本题共10小题;每小题1分,满分10分)
请认真阅读下面短文,并根据各题所给首字母的提示,写出一个合适的英语单词完整、正确的形式,使短文通顺。
Tim is an English ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) boy. Every year, he and his parents go somewhere nice on their holiday. During this (56)y_________ summer holiday, Tim and his parents travelled to several countries. They first(57) f_________ to Beijing, the capital of China. (58)D________ their stay in Beijing, they went to Tian’anmen Square, the Summer Palace and the Great Wall. They saw many places of(59)i_________ in this famous city. They (60)p_______ to visit the World Park, but they did not have enough time. Then, they flew to Moscow and (61)s________ there for a week. They went to many interesting places and enjoyed themselves very much. The Red Square was the first place they visited in Moscow. Leather(皮革) clothes are very (62)c________in Russia, so they bought some leather coats and a few pairs of leather boots for themselves. After that, they travelled to Rome (63)b__________train. They had a great time there. Tim said China is a (64)g_________ country and he wanted to visit China again one day. If he (65)c_________ again, he will visit many other cities in China, including(包括) Shanghai and Nanjing.
56.____________57._____________58.____________ 59._____________ 60._____________
61. ____________62._____________ 63.____________ 64._____________ 65.____________
七、完成句子
整个世界就在我们面前
昨天参观完博物馆后,我们对无锡有了更多的了解。
这把小刀是金属做的吗?是的。
Simon 和Linda彼此看看。他们保守着秘密。
晚饭之后Daniel独自骑车回到家。
八、书面表达 (共20分)
假设你是Millie,想带她的网友Jane ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )在11月10号加入你们班级去游览南通美景,根据以下内容给Jane写一封信,词数90个左右(已给出的开头文字除外)。内容必须包括以下要点,可适当发挥,不要简单翻译。
要点:
我们将于6:30在学校大门口集合。乘公交车去 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )狼山,将会花半小时到达狼山,登狼山并欣赏美景。然后乘公交车去南通博物馆,在那儿了解许多关于南通的历史。
在那之后,步行到KFC吃午饭。接着步行去濠河,在那儿呆两个半小时, 可在河上泛舟, 也可坐在河边喝咖啡。
于下午3点离开濠河步行去文峰公园。在公园里可以散步、拍照和放风筝。
花费是大约每人30元。
10 November
Dear Jean,
My classmates are planning a day out on Sunday, 10 November.
Here is our plan.
It will be a great day. I hope we will have fun that day.
Best wishes,
Millie
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四、词汇
36. traffic 3 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )7. careful 38. journey 39. rock 40. presidents
41.Luckily 42. Finally 43. themselves 44. meaning 45. shining
46.stops 47. will f ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ind 48. made 49. reached 50. are playing
五、76.stand 77. teachers 78. Family 79. fathers 80. subjects
81.difficult 82.drive 83. walk 84.many 85. study
六、短文填空
56 year’s 57 flew 58 During 59. interest 60. planned
61 stayed 62 cheap 63 by 64 great 65 comes