Unit 5 单元小测 2024-2025学年人教版英语八年级上册
满分100分 时间100分钟
一、单项选择 (每题1分 共10分)
1.—I wonder __________. —About 15 minutes.
A.how long it takes to walk there B.how far it is from here
C.How soon the meeting will end D.How often it appears
2.My parents ____________ me to get better grades.
A.hope B.forget C.expect D.give
3.Sun Yingsha, a world famous table tennis player, says, “As a player, you ________ be as hard-working as you can.”
A.may B.must C.can D.need
4.—________ does it take you to practice speaking English every day —For about an hour.
A.How far B.How long C.How many D.How much
5.—Mom, I want to be a doctor like Zhong Nanshan when I grow up.
—That’s great. But you must achieve your dream by ________. It’s useless to talk.
A.luck B.action C.thought D.mind
6.— What do you think of the first-ever video lecture (首次视频课) from space by Wang Yaping
— It’s so wonderful! I hope ________ to space one day!
A.to fly B.flying C.fly D.flew
7.—Could I hang out with my friends after dinner, Mom
—________I need your help with some chores.
A.Yes, sure. B.No, thanks. C.No problem. D.Sorry, you can’t.
8.—________ does your son take —Large.
A.What colour B.What size C.What food D.Why
9.— In a soccer game, it’s important for players to play together and _________ the best in each other.
— I can’t agree more.
A.come out B.work out C.bring out D.find out
10.The tape is still on in the toilet. Remember ___________.
A.to turn off it B.turning off it C.to turn it off D.turning it off
二、完形填空(每题1分 共10分)
Can you cut an apple with a playing card?Can you write with one 11 and draw with the other?Well,some people can,and they all show their 12 talents on the television program,China's Got Talent.
The TV program is getting more and more 13 in China.Many people watch it every week because they 14 how talented one can be.They also want to relax themselves by watching these shows.
Talent shows 15 in England.And now there are similar shows in lots of 16 around the world.China's Got Talent is a new one,but it is special and 17 others.When people show their talents,they also 18 their stories.Some of them don't want to be 19 or popular.They just want to make their family and others happy.
Everyone has a 20 .It may be big or small.What's your talent?Maybe you can be the next star on China's Got Talent!
11.A.hand B.ear C.eye D.nose
12.A.serious B.scary C.special D.slow
13.A.boring B.necessary C.beautiful D.popular
14.A.take B.wonder C.hope D.want
15.A.began B.became C.won D.lived
16.A.farms B.houses C.stores D.countries
17.A.afraid of B.different from C.across from D.good for
18.A.enjoy B.read C.share D.write
19.A.famous B.bored C.sad D.poor
20.A.talent B.family C.question D.hear
三、阅读理解(每题2分 共40分)
阅读短文,根据短文内容,从下面各小题所给的四个备选项中,选出最佳选项。
A
Every country has its favorite food. Italians like to eat pizza. Indians like to eat hot food. Japanese like to eat fish. Often they don’t cook it.
In England, one of the most popular kinds of food is fish and chips. People usually buy it in a fish and chip shop. They put it in paper bags, and take it home, or to their workplace. Sometimes they eat it in the park or on the road.
The world’s favorite food is American fast food. If you go to some important cities in the world, you can find people eating hamburgers and chips.
Fish and chips, and Chinese take-away food are very popular in England. But they are less popular in the USA.The Americans eat take-way food, too, like chicken. But the most popular kind of take-away food is the hamburger. It looks like bread with meat in it. Ham (火腿 ) is a kind of pork(猪肉), but the hamburger does not have any pork in it. There’s usually beef inside. Hamburgers are delicious. They are also popular in England and Australia.
21.Fish and chips are the most popular in ________.
A.Australia B.England C.the USA D.Canada
22.The underline word “take-away food” in Paragraph 4 means ________ in Chinese.
A.外卖食品 B.夹层面包 C.腐烂的食物 D.带肉的比萨
23.In different countries people eat ________ food.
A.the same B.delicious C.different D.same
24.In America, the most popular kind of take-away food is the ________.
A.hamburger B.chicken C.fish D.chips
25.Which of following statements is “NOT TRUE”
A.Every country has its favourite food.
B.If you go to some important cities in the world, you can find people eating hamburgers and chips.
C.The hamburger in the USA does not have any pork in it.
D.One of the most popular kinds of food in England is pizza.
B
The year 2021 is the Year of the Ox(牛). The ox means the spirit of hard work and selflessness(无私). We often say that the ox is enduring(耐久的)and generous(慷慨的). But they can be stubborn(固执的)sometimes. Some people think people born in the Year of the Ox are like the ox.
Chinese people like the ox a lot. It is one of man’s best friends. Oxen help people grow plants. Cows give people milk. Yaks(牦牛)help people carry things around.
People write poems(诗)about it and draw pictures of it. They also make paper-cuts of it to decorate(装饰)their homes during important festivals. In the well-known Chinese story, The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl(《牛郎织女》), a loyal cow helps a man marry a fairy(仙女). Later, it gives its skin(皮)to the man to help him meet his wife over the Milky Way(银河).
Lu Xun, one of China’s most famous writers, liked cows. He wrote, “Cows eat grass, but give milk.” In Chinese, we use the term “laohuangniu” to describe those who help others and ask nothing for themselves. We should learn from the ox.
26.Which is the disadvantage(缺点)of the ox
A.Stubborn. B.Selfless. C.Generous. D.Hard-working.
27.Which of the following is NOT true
A.Oxen help people grow plants.
B.Yaks help people carry things around.
C.Cows give people milk.
D.Oxen also help people meet their family.
28.The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl is a well-known Chinese _________.
A.story B.poem C.picture D.paper-cut
29.The underlined word “term” means “________” in Chinese.
A.学期 B.主题 C.词语 D.期限
30.What’s the best title of the passage
A.The ox can help people a lot.
B.Learn the spirit of the ox.
C.The Year of the Ox comes.
D.People born in the Year of the Ox are hard-working.
C
Spiderman is one of the most famous comic book heroes of all time. He was created by Stan Lee in 1963 and was first introduced to the world in the pages of Marvel comic books.
Spiderman’s story is the story of Peter Parker, a child who lost his parents and lives with his aunt and uncle. Peter is a shy, quiet boy wearing glasses and has few friends. One day, on a high school class trip to a science lab, he gets bitten by a special spider. Soon Peter realizes he has amazing powers: He is as strong and quick as a spider and also has a type of sixth sense. He no longer needs his glasses and he can use his super power to fly through the city streets! Remembering something his Uncle Ben has told him,that “with great power,there must also come great responsibility (责任)” . Peter decides to use his powers to fight enemies who do cruel things to people. And so, Spiderman is born.
Life is not easy for Peter even though he is a superhero. He is in love with Mary Jane but cannot tell her about his amazing powers. Besides, his best friend Harry hates Spiderman! Peter is also short of money and time. He has to sell photos of Spiderman(himself!) to a newspaper and he keeps losing his other jobs because he’s so busy saving people! Yet he has to fight different kinds of cruel enemies.
31.Who created Spiderman
A.Stan Lee. B.Marvel.
C.Peter Parker. D.Superman.
32.What happened to Peter Parker after he was bitten by the spider
A.He could not see with his eyes.
B.He became a spider.
C.He developed spider-like powers.
D.He was sick.
33.What does “with great power,there must also come great responsibility” mean
A.Powerful people can do whatever they like.
B.People with power are always good.
C.Powerful people should have a responsibility to do good.
D.Powerful people are to blame for all the bad things that happen.
34.In what areas does Peter have problems that are similar to normal people
A.Money, time, studying, reading.
B.Money, work, time, relationships.
C.Relationships, sport, money, work.
D.Money, work,time,sleep.
35.What may be the best title for this passage
A.Peter Parker B.Spiderman
C.Responsibility D.Power
D
阅读下面短文,根据短文内容,从下面方框中的A-E选项中,选择适当的选项补全短文。
Do you like watching old movies Maybe you will see one with Carole Lombard. She was a famous actress in the 1930. She died when she was only 34. 36
Lombard’s real name was Jane Alice Peters. In 1921, she was playing baseball in the street near her home. 37 She was only 13 at the time. The movie was one of the last movies without sound. 38 . At 16, she left school to act.
39 The Studio gave her a new name, and she acted in several films. Then at age 18, she was in a bad car accident. The accident left scars on her face. The studio broke the agreement, but she did not give up. She continued to act.
It was Paramount Studio that made Lombard a star. She made many movies for the studio. 40 Lombard was married to actor William Powell for only 23 months. But seven years later, she married the great love of her life, actor Clark Gable. It was a great Hollywood love story
A.She acted so well that she won the hearts of some people.
B.She also married two of their stars.
C.In her short life she made 70 movies.
D.In 1925, she had an agreement with a film studio, 20th Century Fox.
E.She wanted to live a simple life.
F.A movie director saw her and decided to put her in a movie
四、完成句子(每题2分 共10分)
41.大多数初中生能够充分利用自己的业余时间。
Most of the Junior students make good use of their free time.
42.Jill has piano lessons twice a week. (对画线部分提问)
does Jill have piano lessons
43.What is the price of the bats (改为同义句)
are the bats
44.did, you, what, last, weekend, do
45.I had some friends.(改为一般疑问句)
have friends
五、选词填空(每题1分 共10分)
阅读短文,从方框中选择适当词并用其正确形式填空,使短文通顺、意思完整。每空限填一词,每次限用一次。
smooth, business, pretty, why, scarf, must, they, customer, protect, appear
People’s opinions about dressing are changing all the time. In the very old days, people dressed to 46 their bodies well only. They used animal skins and tree leaves to make clothes. Later, they slowly found that suitable clothes can make women 47 and men handsome. Slowly, dressing becomes fashionable. That’s 48 people spend much money on clothes nowadays.
With the help of fashion designers, many different styles of clothes 49 every day. When you walk along the street in towns or cities, you must find many new styles of clothes in the shops easily, from silk 50 , leather jackets to cotton blouses and so on. Of course, everyone likes to choose 51 own ways of dressing. Perhaps the most popular clothes are casual ones, such as a cotton shirt. It feels soft and 52 . So the young and the old both enjoy wearing it.
But sometimes we have to wear formal clothes. When police officers are at work, they 53 wear uniforms. Bank clerks(职员)wear uniforms when they’re serving their 54 . Businessmen need to wear formal clothes when they’re having a 55 meeting.
Different people wear different clothes. As the saying goes, “You’re what you wear.”
六、读写综合
请阅读下面这篇文章,根据所提供的信息,回答5个问题。要求所写答案语法正确、语义完整。(每题2分 共10分)
Do you love watching movies If so, you must hear of the word “Hollywood”. For many people, the word “Hollywood” has two meanings. Hollywood is a place in Los Angeles, California, the USA.Hollywood is also the home of American movies.
Hollywood was just farmland(农田)at the beginning of the 20th century. Early American movies were made in New York and Chicago.
In 1917, a director made a movie in Chicago. The weather was so terrible that he couldn’t finish the movie. He had to find a warmer place. He decided to take a trip to the south of California and found it was sunny all year round there. The director thought the south of California was the best place for making movies. The next year, his company set up a movie studio(电影制片厂)in Hollywood. Soon, almost all important American studios were in Hollywood, Los Angeles.
The next thirty years were Hollywood’s greatest years. Quite a lot of movies were made, most by a few large studios. Directors, actors, and writers worked for these studios.
Do you know much about Hollywood movies What do you think of the movie Avatar Now, you can already enjoy the movie Avatar 2. It was on in December, 2020. There will be many other Hollywood movies on in the future. Don’t miss them.
56.How many meanings does the word “Hollywood” have
57.Where did early Americans make films
58.Why did the director decide to take a trip to the south of California
59.When did the director’s company set up a movie studio in Hollywood
60.Which movie was on in December, 2020
61.书面表达:(10分)
假如你是李明,近日你校英语网正在征稿,请你以“My Favorite TV Program”为题,用英语写一篇短文,向网站投稿。
内容包括:
1. 介绍你最喜欢的电视节目(节目名称、内容、观看时间等);
2. 说说你喜欢该电视节目的原因(至少两点)。
作文要求:
1. 不能照抄原文,不得在作文中出现学校的真实名称和学生的真实姓名。
2.语句连贯,词数80个左右。作文的开头已经给出,不计入总词数。
I enjoy watching TV programs, and I have my favorite one.
参考答案:
题号 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
答案 A C B B B A D B C C
题号 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
答案 A C D B A D B C A A
题号 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
答案 B A C A D A D A C B
题号 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40
答案 A C C B B C F A D B
1.A
2.C
3.B
4.B
5.B
6.A
7.D
8.B
9.C
10.C
11.A 12.C 13.D 14.B 15.A 16.D 17.B 18.C 19.A 20.A
21.B 22.A 23.C 24.A 25.D
26.A 27.D 28.A 29.C 30.B
31.A 32.C 33.C 34.B 35.B
36.C 37.F 38.A 39.D 40.B
41. are able to
42. How often
43. How much
44.What did you do last weekend
45. Did you any
46.protect 47.pretty 48.why 49.appear 50.scarves 51.their 52.smooth 53.must 54.customers 55.business
56.It/the word “Hollywood” has 2/two meanings. 57.They/Early Americans made films in New York and Chicago. 58.Because he/the director wanted to find a warmer place to finish his movie. 59.It/His/The director’s company set up a movie studio in Hollywood in 1918. 60.It/The movie was Avatar 2. 61.例文:
I enjoy watching TV programs, and I have my favorite one. My favorite TV program is Animal World. You can easily tell what the program is about from its name. It shows the living habits and eating habits of different kinds of animals around the world. I watch it once a week, usually on Saturday evening. I like Animal World best because I’m interested in animals. Also, I think the animals in the program are very beautiful. I can learn so much about animals from this program and know that we should save the animals in danger.