Unit 2 I'll help to clean up the city parks 练习（含解析）人教版八年级英语下册

Unit 2练习
一、单项选择。
1. —How do you talk with your old friends, Grandpa
—I used to ________ letters to them, but now I am used to ________ WeChat.
A. write; use B. write; using C. writing; use D. writing; using
2. —Does Jimmy often volunteer in his free time
—Yes. He often fixes up ________ computers for others.
A. bright B. fallen C. broken D. weak
3. Mo Yan won the 2012 Nobel Prize for Literature ___________ the age of 57.
A. in B. at C. on D. to
4. I heard him ___________ the piano in the room last night.
A. played B. plays C. to play D. playing
5. More and more rich people have promised to ___________ their wealth after death to help the poor and the disabled.
A. give away B. give up C. give out D. give off
6. The strange man lives ________ in a(n) ________ island. Nobody knows what he does.
A. alone; alone B. lonely; lonely C. lonely; alone D. alone; lonely
7. The Internet has made ________ possible for us to learn a lot from other countries.
A. this B. it C. that
8. You could visit the sick kids in the hospital to ________.
A. cheer up them B. cheer them up C. take after them D. look them for
9. Yesterday our head teacher made such an ________ speech that we all felt ________.
A. exciting; exciting B. excited; excited
C. exciting; excited D. excited; exciting
10. —Lucy, please help me ___________ the garden.
—OK! I’m coming, Dad.
A. clean up B. fix up C. cheer up D. put up
二、完形填空。
I used to be a very self-centered person, but in the past two years I have really changed. I have started to think about other people ____1____ I think about myself. I am glad that I am becoming a ____2____ person.
I think my ____3____ started when I was at Palomar College. At first, I just wanted to finish my study and be left alone. I thought I was smarter than everyone else, so I ____4____ talk to others in my classes. By the end of my first term, I was really ____5____. It seems as if everyone but me had made friends and was having fun. So I decided to ask people around me how they were doing and if they were having trouble I offered to help. That was really a big ___6___ for me. By the end of the year, I had several new friends, and two of them are still my best friends today.
A bigger cause of my new attitude (态度), however, came when I took a part-time job at a Nursing Home. One old lady there who had Alzheimer’s disease (阿兹海默症) became my ____7____. Every time I came into her room, she was so happy because she thought I was her daughter. Her real daughter never visited her, so I ____8____. The old lady really let me ____9____ that making others feel good made me feel good too. When she died, I was heartbroken, but I was also grateful to her.
I think I am a much better person today than I used to be, and I hope I will not forget these experiences. They have _____10_____ me to care about other people more than about myself. I like who I am today, and I could not say that a few years ago.
1．A．since B．before C．unless
2．A．famous B．simple C．different
3．A．tour B．change C．education
4．A．always B．usually C．hardly
5．A．lonely B．careful C．successful
6．A．step B．dream C．problem
7．A．guide B．friend C．partner
8．A．called her up B．took her place C．woke her up
9．A．see B．guess C．explain
10．A．forced B．ordered C．taught
三、阅读理解。
Dear Daniel,
I’m a helpless mother. My son Henry is 15 years old. I find that the older he grows, the less we talk. I feel very sad and I really need help. My first problem is about his hobbies. He spends almost all his spare time on computer games. When he gets home, he always turns on the computer and closes the door. I’m getting worried about him, especially when his English teacher tells me he always gets low marks in the English exams. Second, he likes new technology, but I don’t have enough money and I can’t afford all the things he wants. Recently, I’ve found that he is always alone. I’ve never seen him talking to his friends on the phone or going out with anyone on weekends. That is the last problem I have.
What should I do to help him Please give me some advice.
1. The helpless mother has ______ problems.
A. two B. three C. four D. five
2. Henry ______ for almost all his spare time at home.
A. plays computer games B. talks with his mother
C. does his homework D. practices typing（打字）
3. From the passage we know that Henry’s mother ______.
A. is not worried about Henry B. feels very happy
C. is not rich D. likes new technology
4. The helpless mother asks Daniel to ______.
A. play with Henry B. talk to Henry
C. buy what Henry wants D. give her some advice
5. Which of the following is TRUE about Henry
A. He is 14 years old. B. He is not good at English.
C. He often phones to his friends. D. He likes going out on weekends.
四、根据汉语意思完成句子，每空一词。
1. 空气污染对我们的健康有很大影响。
The air pollution ________ a big ________ to our health.
2. 我相信你能帮助他走出困境。
I believe you can ________ him ________.
3. 因为下雨他们推迟了运动会。
They ________ ________ the sports meeting because of the rain.
4. 如果你想实现你的梦想，你就必须努力学习。
If you want to make your dream _________ _________ , you must study hard.
5. 她提出了一个新计划。
She ________ ________ with a new plan.
一、单项选择
答案：B
解析：“used to do sth.” 表示 “过去常常做某事”，第一空用动词原形 “write”；“be used to doing sth.” 表示 “习惯于做某事”，第二空用动名词 “using”。所以答案选 B。
答案：C
解析：A 选项 “bright” 意为 “明亮的；聪明的”；B 选项 “fallen” 意为 “倒下的”；C 选项 “broken” 意为 “损坏的”；D 选项 “weak” 意为 “虚弱的”。根据 “fixes up”（修理）可知是修理损坏的电脑，答案选 C。
答案：B
解析：“at the age of...” 是固定短语，表示 “在…… 岁时”，所以选 B。
答案：D
解析：“hear sb. doing sth.” 表示 “听到某人正在做某事”；“hear sb. do sth.” 表示 “听到某人做了某事”。结合语境 “last night” 可知，这里强调昨晚听到他正在房间里弹钢琴，用 “playing”，答案选 D。
答案：A
解析：A 选项 “give away” 意为 “赠送；捐赠”；B 选项 “give up” 意为 “放弃”；C 选项 “give out” 意为 “分发；公布”；D 选项 “give off” 意为 “发出（光、热、气味等）”。根据 “to help the poor and the disabled” 可知是捐赠财富，答案选 A。
答案：D
解析：“alone” 强调 “独自，单独”，作表语或后置定语；“lonely” 强调 “孤独的；偏僻的”，可作定语或表语。第一空表示 “独自居住”，用 “alone”；第二空修饰 “island”，表示 “偏僻的岛屿”，用 “lonely”。答案选 D。
答案：B
解析：“make it + 形容词 + for sb. to do sth.” 是固定句型，其中 “it” 作形式宾语，真正的宾语是后面的 “to learn a lot from other countries”，答案选 B。
答案：B
解析：“cheer sb. up” 表示 “使某人振作起来”，代词作宾语时要放在中间；“take after” 意为 “与…… 相像”；“look for” 意为 “寻找”，没有 “look them for” 这种表达。答案选 B。
答案：C
解析：“exciting” 常用来修饰物，表示 “令人兴奋的”；“excited” 常用来修饰人，表示 “感到兴奋的”。第一空修饰 “speech”，用 “exciting”；第二空修饰 “we”，用 “excited”。答案选 C。
答案：A
解析：A 选项 “clean up” 意为 “打扫干净”；B 选项 “fix up” 意为 “修理；解决”；C 选项 “cheer up” 意为 “使振作起来”；D 选项 “put up” 意为 “张贴；搭建”。根据 “the garden” 可知是打扫花园，答案选 A。
二、完形填空
答案：B
解析：根据前文 “I have started to think about other people” 以及后文 “I think about myself” 可知，这里表示在考虑自己之前先考虑别人，用 “before”，答案选 B。
答案：C
解析：A 选项 “famous” 意为 “著名的”；B 选项 “simple” 意为 “简单的”；C 选项 “different” 意为 “不同的”。根据前文 “I used to be a very self - centered person” 以及现在的转变可知，作者变成了一个不同的人，答案选 C。
答案：B
解析：A 选项 “tour” 意为 “旅行”；B 选项 “change” 意为 “改变”；C 选项 “education” 意为 “教育”。根据前文 “I have really changed” 可知，这里说的是改变开始于在帕洛玛学院的时候，答案选 B。
答案：C
解析：A 选项 “always” 意为 “总是”；B 选项 “usually” 意为 “通常”；C 选项 “hardly” 意为 “几乎不”。根据 “I thought I was smarter than everyone else” 可知，作者几乎不和班里其他人说话，答案选 C。
答案：A
解析：A 选项 “lonely” 意为 “孤独的”；B 选项 “careful” 意为 “仔细的”；C 选项 “successful” 意为 “成功的”。根据 “It seems as if everyone but me had made friends and was having fun” 可知，作者到第一学期末时很孤独，答案选 A。
答案：A
解析：A 选项 “step” 意为 “步骤；改变”；B 选项 “dream” 意为 “梦想”；C 选项 “problem” 意为 “问题”。根据前文作者从不和别人交流到主动询问别人情况并提供帮助，这对作者来说是一个很大的改变，用 “step”，答案选 A。
答案：B
解析：A 选项 “guide” 意为 “向导”；B 选项 “friend” 意为 “朋友”；C 选项 “partner” 意为 “伙伴”。根据后文描述可知，这位老妇人成了作者的朋友，答案选 B。
答案：B
解析：A 选项 “call sb. up” 意为 “给某人打电话”；B 选项 “take one's place” 意为 “代替某人”；C 选项 “wake sb. up” 意为 “叫醒某人”。因为老妇人的女儿从不来看她，所以作者代替她女儿来看望她，答案选 B。
答案：A
解析：A 选项 “see” 意为 “明白；看到”；B 选项 “guess” 意为 “猜测”；C 选项 “explain” 意为 “解释”。这里表示老妇人让作者明白让别人感觉好也会让自己感觉好，答案选 A。
答案：C
解析：A 选项 “force” 意为 “强迫”；B 选项 “order” 意为 “命令”；C 选项 “teach” 意为 “教；使明白”。根据语境可知，这些经历教会作者更关心别人而不是自己，答案选 C。
三、阅读理解
答案：B
解析：根据文中 “My first problem is about his hobbies.” “Second, he likes new technology, but I don’t have enough money and I can’t afford all the things he wants.” “Recently, I’ve found that he is always alone.” 可知，这位母亲有三个问题，答案选 B。
答案：A
解析：根据 “He spends almost all his spare time on computer games.” 可知，亨利几乎把所有业余时间都花在玩电脑游戏上，答案选 A。
答案：C
解析：根据 “Second, he likes new technology, but I don’t have enough money and I can’t afford all the things he wants.” 可知，亨利的母亲不富有，答案选 C。
答案：D
解析：根据 “What should I do to help him Please give me some advice.” 可知，这位母亲请求丹尼尔给她一些建议，答案选 D。
答案：B
解析：A 选项，根据 “My son Henry is 15 years old.” 可知，亨利 15 岁，不是 14 岁，A 错误；B 选项，根据 “especially when his English teacher tells me he always gets low marks in the English exams” 可知，亨利英语不好，B 正确；C 选项，根据 “I’ve never seen him talking to his friends on the phone” 可知，他不常和朋友打电话，C 错误；D 选项，根据 “or going out with anyone on weekends” 可知，他周末不出去，D 错误。答案选 B。
四、根据汉语意思完成句子
答案：makes; difference
解析：“make a difference to...” 表示 “对…… 有影响”，主语 “The air pollution” 是第三人称单数，动词用 “makes”。
答案：help; out
解析：“help sb. out” 表示 “帮助某人摆脱困境”，情态动词 “can” 后接动词原形。
答案：put off
解析：“put off” 表示 “推迟”，根据 “because of the rain” 可知，句子时态是一般过去时，“put” 的过去式还是 “put”。
答案：come true
解析：“make e true” 表示 “使某事实现”，“come true” 没有被动语态。
答案：came up
解析：“come up with” 表示 “提出”，根据语境可知，句子时态是一般过去时，“come” 的过去式是 “came”。