Unit 8 拓展训练
一、完形填空。
More and more Americans go to work by bike.Do you know 1 We can answer the 2 in different ways.First, bikes don’t 3 gas (汽油).So people can save 4 money.Also, bikes do not need 5 room on the road.So it is 6 to find a place for them.And riding a bike is good for one’s 7 .
That’s why more and more Americans are now riding to work 8 their bikes.
( )1.A.where B.why C.when D.who
( )2.A.matter B.thing C.problem D.question
( )3.A.need B.want C.take D.ask
( )4.A.many B.a few C.much D.little
( )5.A.many B.some C.any D.much
( )6.A.difficult B.hard C.easy D.cheap
( )7.A.health B.hands C.head D.legs
( )8.A.by B.on C.at D.in
二、阅读理解。
A
There are four seasons in a year, and each (每一个) season has three months. Spring is the first season of a year. The weather in this season is warm and sunny. I like to fly kites (放风筝) in the park in spring. The season after spring is summer. It has three months. They’re June, July and August. It’s hot and rainy in this season. We can play outside. We can go swimming.
The next season is autumn. The weather is windy and cool. The last season is winter. Winter has three months, too. They are December, January and February. We can see white snow in winter. We can make snowmen (雪人). I like to make them very much.
( )1.There are three in each season.
A.seasons B.days
C.years D.months
( )2.We can often play outside and go swimming in .
A.spring B.summer
C.autumn D.winter
( )3.In summer, the weather is and rainy.
A.warm B.cold
C.hot D.cool
( )4.Autumn is the season in a year.
A.first B.second
C.third D.fourth
( )5.The writer (作者) likes to in winter.
A.make kites B.fly kites
C.make snowmen D.go swimming
B
Mr Lee is from China.Now he lives in the United States.He speaks Chinese.And he also speaks English very well.Many people learn to speak English in a school in New York.Some come from Japan and Italy.Some come from Brazil and India.Mr Lee works in the school.He likes the students and the students like him, too.He helps them with their English.One of his students is from China.He speaks Chinese to Mr Lee but Mr Lee only speaks English to all the students.They soon learn to speak English very well.Mr Lee is a good teacher.
根据短文内容,判断正(T)误(F)。
( )6.Mr Lee is Chinese and he lives in the U.S.
( )7.Mr Lee is teaching Chinese in New York.
( )8.No students are from Brazil and India.
( )9.Only two students are from China.
( )10.Mr Lee doesn’t speak Chinese to his students.
C
Big Ben is not the name of a man.It is the name of a big clock in London, the capital city of England.This clock has four faces.So, no matter where you stand, you can read the time on the face of Big Ben.Each face is the size of a bus.The minute hand is about four metres long.If you go to London you may find Big Ben sits at the top of the clock tower in the Houses of Parliament (国会大厦).You will hear it or see it.The big clock makes “ding dong, ding dong”.The name of Big Ben comes from a great builder.
( )11.Big Ben is .
A.a bus B.a clock
C.the name of a man D.a house
( )12.Big Ben is in .
A.China B.the U.S.
C.Japan D.England
( )13.The underlined word “hand” means “ ” in Chinese.
A.手 B.标志
C.指针 D.发条
( )14.Each face of the clock is as big as .
A.a car B.a train
C.a bus D.a dog
( )15.The name of Big Ben is from .
A.a man B.a city
C.a bird D.a country
三、任务型阅读。
People in different countries have their own different traditional clothes. In Scotland, you can see a man wearing a skirt with a shirt in the street. Those are their traditional clothes. The Indian women wear the Sari. It looks dignified (高贵的). They wear it in their daily life. In Japan, people wear western clothes when they go out for a party and Japanese clothes when they are at home.
1和2题判断正(T)误(F);3和4题简略回答问题;5题将画线句子译成汉语。
( )1.The men around the world wear a skirt with a shirt.
( )2.The Sari is Indian women’s traditional clothes.
3.Can you often see the Japanese wearing Japanese clothes in the street now
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4.What will Japanese wear when they are ready for a party
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四、书面表达。
根据下面表格中的信息,以“Different Places, Different Weather”为题写一篇英文短文,介绍不同的人物在不同的天气下进行的各种活动。
Name Place Weather Activity
Jim Moscow snowy and cold watching TV
Mary Beijing sunny and warm cooking
Joe Boston rainy and windy playing the guitar
Different Places, Different Weather
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参考答案
一、
1.B 2.D 3.A 4.C 5.D 6.C 7.A 8.B
二、
1.D 2.B 3.C 4.C 5.C
6.T 7.F 8.F 9.F 10.T
11.B 12.D 13.C 14.C 15.A
三、
1.F 2.T
3.No, I can't.
4.They will wear western clothes.
5.在不同国家,人们有他们不同的传统服装。
四、
Different Places, Different Weather
I have four friends. They live in different places now. My friend Jim is in Moscow. The weather there is snowy, so it is very cold outside. He has to stay at home and watch TV. But Mary is lucky. She is in Beijing and the weather in Beijing is sunny and warm. Now she is cooking in the kitchen happily. Joe is in Boston, and he is playing the guitar. He always plays the guitar when it is raining. Oh! It is raining heavily right now.