Unit 5 What were you doing when the rainstorm came? Section A (3a-3c)同步练习题（无答案）2023-2024学年人教版英语八年级下

八年级下册Unit 5 Section A (3a-3c) 同步练习题
一、用括号内所给单词的适当形式填空。
1. When Tom got up, the sun _________ (rise) in the east.
2. ---Guess what! I _________ (break) the record of the 100-meter race. ---Well done.
3. We'll volunteer to sweep away the _________ (fall) leaves after school.
4. Peter, you must be careful when you drive on _________ (ice) roads.
5.With the hard work, the people in poor _________ (area) have a better life than before.
6. From seven to nine this morning, Eric _________ (report)the football game.
二、用方框中所给词的适当形式填空。
1. The eyes are the _________ of the soul(心灵).
2. When you called up yesterday ,Alan _________ the drums.
3. I never use _________ chopsticks(筷子) when I buy takeaway food.
4. ---It's too dark. Could you please take a flashlight or some _________ ---Of course.
5. When I opened the window, a light _________ was blowing through it.
6. The apple tree grows _________ the wall of our house, so we can easily pick apples in autumn.
7. My grandma was lying on the bed _________ all her clothes on when I came in.
8. In physics class, we learn _________ travels faster than sound.
三、用方框中所给短语的适当形式填空。
1. The fishermen are hoping that the storm can _______________ before they go to the sea.
2. There aren't many tickets left for the concert. You'd better _______________ that you get one today.
3. Soft music can help us _______________ faster and wake up less during the night.
4. Tom's room is _______________, and his mom lets him clean it right now.
5. _______________, a light rain began to fall. Then,it became the rainstorm.
四、阅读理解。
It was a very hot day. As I was sitting on the bench, waiting for class to begin, I saw Timothy waving(挥舞) a brown paper bag at Jenna. Happily,the two of them walked away to somewhere.
1______ They stopped at a quieter area behind the library. “Strange," I thought.“They must be up to something!" I watched them from behind a large tree and saw Jenna pass some money to Timothy. Timothy then passed the paper bag to Jenna. Both of them were smiling and seemed very happy. 2______ Timothy must be selling answers to the holiday worksheets to Jenna! It made sense(讲得通)to me as Timothy was an excellent student and Jenna always needed help in her homework. I could not stop myself and jumped out from behind the tree. I cried,“3______ ”
Timothy and Jenna were surprised.“What is happening " Jenna asked. After I told them what I had thought,they laughed. It turned out that in the bag was a special comic book bought by Timothy's brother. 4______ Once I heard the explanation, my face turned red. I wished the ground would swallow(吞下)me then to save me from the shame(羞愧). 5______ I will never jump to conclusions(结论)again.
A. I saw what the two of you had done.
B. I said sorry for my mistake and quickly ran away.
C. A thought suddenly came into my mind.
D. Out of curiosity(好奇心), I followed Timothy and Jenna.
E. Timothy was only collecting money from Jenna for the comic book.
五、语篇填空。
It was 3:40 a.m.Thunder(雷) was making loud noises and the rain was pouring. l__________
my father ran into my room.“Adam! Adam! Get up!"he shouted. That woke me up! I ran downstairs to the basement. It was like a swimming pool and the water was 2__________.
My mother and I started to 3__________ things and take them upstairs as quickly as possible.
Things got 4__________ every minute. Within the next hour, we had moved everything that we
could to the first floor. 5__________ our piano, sofa and washing machine were all still down there. There was 6__________ we could do.
It was bad enough to know that our home was being destroyed (破坏), but it was even worse to 7__________ that we couldn't do anything to stop it. Water had come in through the front door. Life-saving 8__________ were outside in our streets. Mother told 9__________ to take an overnight bag of clothes and leave.
When it wasn't 10__________ to walk outside, all people in the neighborhood got together at the street corner. People became friends and friends became like family.People comforted(安慰) one another.