Unit 2 School life 单元试卷（含答案）

8A Unit2 单元测试
一、单项选择(20’)
1. ---I have read ________ article about ________ softball. Are you interested in it?
---Sure, let me have a look.
A. an; the B. an; / C. a; a D. the; a
2. The winter holiday is coming. Will you make a plan ________ it?
A. to B. in C. for D. on
3. Can you finish the work better with ________ money and _______ people?
A. less; fewer B. fewer; less C. little; little D. few; few
4. Daniel scored ________ points in the exam in his class.
A. less B. the least C. the fewest D. fewer
5. Please come here a little _____ next time.
A. early B. earlier C. earliest D. the earliest
6. ---What do you think of her spoken English?
---Oh, no one speaks ________.
A. better B. well C. best D. good
7. Don’t worry. There is ________ time left.
A. a little B. little C. a few D. few
8. Of the two T-shirts, I’ll choose the ________ one to save some money because I don’t have much money.
A. cheapest B. cheaper C. more expensive D. most expensive
9. When autumn comes, the weather is becoming _________.
A. cooler and cooler B. cool and cool C. hotter and hotter D. hot and hot
10. Do you think skiing in winter is ________?
A. a fun B. a great fun C. great fun D. the fun
11. If you want to be much _____, you should cook healthy food and eat ________.
A. healthier; healthily B. healthy; healthily C. healthy; health D. healthier; healthy
12. The number of the teenagers who smoke _____ getting ________.
A. are; more and more B. are; bigger and bigger
C. is; more and more D. is; larger and larger
13. He said playing computer games _________ him lots of time.
A. paid B. spent C. took D. cost
14. Ricky is a person who often talks _____ but does _____. So nobody likes him.
A. few; much B. more; less C. many; much D. few; little
15. Now the air in the city is ______ than it was. We must do something.
A. more worse B. much better C. very bad D. much worse
16. A lot of people tried their best, but _________ passed the exam.
A. many B. little C. a few D. few
17. He looks tired. We’d better make him ______ a rest in the room.
A. stop to have B. to stop to have C. stop having D. to stop having
18. There aren’t enough chairs. Would you please _____ ones here?
A. to bring another three B. bring more three
C. to take three other D. bring three more
19. ---I usually go there by train.
---Why not ____ by plane? It’s faster.
A. you try going B. trying to go C. you try to go D. try going
20. ---Do you have to leave now? It’s only 5 o’clock.
---_____. I have to take care of my sister since my mother will go out.
A. I hope not B. I hope so C. I’m afraid not D. I’m afraid so
二、完形填空(10’)
On my way home I knocked into a stranger as he passed by. "Oh. I'm terribly sorry," I said. That's all right. Please excuse me too; I wasn't even ___21__ you. I wish I didn't hurt you." We were very?___22__?. We said good-bye and went on our way. But at home we often ___23__?our loved ones in a different way. Later that day, while I was cooking the evening meal, my daughter stood beside me very quietly. When I turned, I nearly?___24___?her down. "Move out of the way." I shouted. She walked away, tears in her eyes. While I lay awake in bed, I realized how___25__?I'd spoken. So I decided to get up to say sorry to my daughter. On the way to her bedroom, to my surprise, I found some ___26___ by the door of the kitchen. At that time my tears began to fall. I quietly went and got down on my knees by her ___27___. She woke up and put her arms around my neck when I kissed her. Then I asked," Did you pick these flowers for me?" She smiled," I found them out by the tree. I picked them ___28__ they're pretty like you. I knew you'd like them. I stood quietly in order to give you a surprise.” “Oh dear, I'm really sorry for the way I acted today; I shouldn't have shouted at you." “That's okay. Mom. I __29___ you anyway." I suddenly realized what a clever way it is to explain the word?___30__ like this: ( F) ather (A) nd ( M) other, ( I) ( L) ove ( Y) ou !
21. A. saving B. helping C. calling D. seeing
22. A. sad B. angry C. polite D. proud
23. A. help B. treat C. love D. hate
24. A. put B. took C. turned D. knocked
25. A. sadly B. rudely C. softly D. happily
26. A. books B. clothes C. flowers D. vegetables
27. A. bed B. desk C. chair D. computer
28. A. because B. so C. or D. but
29. A. love B. need C. miss D. hate
30. A. father B. mother C. family D. daughter
三、阅读理解(20’)
A
In 1826, a Frenchman named Niepce needed pictures for his business. But he was not a good artist. So he invented a very simple camera, He put it in a window of his house and took a picture of his garden. That was the first photo.
?????? The next important date in the history of photography was in 1837. That year, Daguerre, another Frenchman, Look a picture of his reading-room. He used a new kind of camera in a different way. In his picture you could see everything very clearly, even the smallest thing. The kind of photo was called a Daguerreotype.
?????? Soon, other people began to use Daguerre's way. Travelers brought back wonderful photos from all round the world.??People took pictures of famous buildings, cities and mountains.
???? In about 1840, photography was developed. Then photographers could take pictures of people and moving things. That was not simple. The photographers had to carry a lot of film and other machines. But this did not stop them, for example, some in the United States worked so hard.
???? Mathew Brady was a famous American photographer. He took many pictures of great people. The pictures were unusual because they were very lifelike (栩栩如生).
?????? Photographers also became one kind of art by the end of the 19th century. Some photos were not just taken of the real world; they showed ideas and feelings, like other kinds of art.
31. The first photo taken by Niepce was a picture of ______.
A. his business???B. his house ?C. his garden? ? D. his window
32. The Daguerreotype was ______.
A. a Frenchman? B. a kind of picture ?C. a kind of camera? D. a photographer
33. If a photographer wanted to take pictures of moving things in the year of 1840, he had to______.
A. watch lots of films ? B. buy an expensive camera
? C. stop in most cities ? D. take a lot of film and something else with him
34. Mathew Brady ______.
? A. was very lifelike ? B. was famous for his unusual pictures
??? C. was quite strong D. took many pictures of moving people
35. This passage tells us ______.
A. how photography was developed B. how to show your ideas and feelings in pictures
C. how to take pictures in the world ??D. how to use different cameras
B
Mr Brown's house was less than two miles from his office, so he could drive home every day for?lunch. Every time he drove home at noon, he found many cars outside his house and there was no room for his own car. He had to drive somewhere else to park his car. Then he walked back home. This made him very angry.
???? He put up a board in the garden facing the road. The board said, "No Parking". But nobody noticed it. People seemed to obey only a police notice with white letters on a blue board:
POLICE NOTICE??
NO PARKING

???? Mrs Brown asked his husband to steal a police notice but he was afraid to do so. Then she asked him
to make one just like a police notice. Mr Brown said he was not the police and couldn't use the word
"police". Several days later, Mr Brown made a blue board with white letters.
POLICE NOTICE??
NO PARKING

"Oh!" Mrs Brown said."You told me you weren't going to use the word 'police', but why do you use it
now?" "Really?" he asked.
???? "Look again," she started to laugh. "You are really clever". 36. Mr Brown's office was _______ his house. A. next to? B. not far from?? C. 2 hours' drive from? D. 5 miles from 37. Mr Brown was angry because _______. A. he found no room to park his car outside his house B. he had nothing to eat for lunch at home C. he lost the way when he drove back home one day D. he couldn't make a police notice outside his house 38. Mr Brown made _______ notice board (s) altogether (总共). A. one? B. two?? C. three? D. no 39. In the end, Mr Brown made a notice board and it _______. A. was just the same as a police notice B. was different in color from a police notice C. just looked like a police notice D. said "POLICE NOTICE, NO PARKING"

40. We can infer(推断) that _______ after he put up the blue board.
A. more people will park their cars outside his house
B. more policemen will park their cars outside his house
C. fewer people will park their cars outside his house
D. fewer people will visit him at noon later on
四、单词填空(10’)
41. Jack studies better than Kate because he works ___________(更努力).
42. I think _________(物理) is more interesting than Maths.
43. English is one of the most useful __________(语言) in the world.
44. Did you notice a man in a police __________(制服) passing by?
45. I only saw her once ___________(在…期间) my stay in Rome.
46. Josie __________(自愿给予) me 500 yuan to do the difficult job and I agreed.
47. ---How many __________ countries did you travel to this summer holiday?
---None. I just travelled in China.
48. I like to go to Hainan Island to spend my v__________ in winter.
49. Today we’ll talk about the differences between B_________ English and American English.
50. “Cookie” is another way of saying “_________”.
五、用所给词的适当形式填空(10’)
51. Most of us do not like to watch ____________(advertise) on TV.
52. Can you hand in your ____________(week) plan for the project right now?
53. Come here __________(quick). I’ve got something important to tell you.
54. Don’t ask him to do any more work because he is ________(real) tired.
55. Who do you think did __________(badly) in the competition, John or Jim?
56. Do you have much time _________(listen) to pop music every day?
57. I spend 20 dollars _________(buy) this pair of sports shoes.
58. Keep __________(try) until you find something that helps you most.
59. I __________(not be) good at it at first, but now I’m doing much better.
60. Bella is quite good at French because she practices __________(speak) it every day.
六、用适当的介副词填空(5’)
61. My father goes fishing ___________ Saturday morning.
62. John’s buddy Tony is _________ the 8th grade at Rocky Mountain High School.
63. This morning I read an article written __________ a boy from the USA.
64. Before you answer these questions, you’d better look _______ them first.
65. We are going to have three days ______ for the coming Mid-Autumn Festival.
七、翻译句子(15’)
66. 当我们互相讨论这些书的时候，时间似乎过得更快。

67. 会议将近结束时，他们仔细倾听了我们的问题并给我们提供了帮助。

68. 我坚持用英语写我的日常生活。

69. 你理想的学校生活是什么样子的？

70. 他花在业余爱好上的时间比以前少了。

八、书面表达(10’)
请以”My school life” 为题写一篇70词的短文。要点如下：
学校大而且漂亮，有三栋大楼，一个图书馆，里面藏书很多。
上午9:00开始上课，下午4:30结束。
我们不需要早起，有大量时间从事课外活动，每天只有半小时作业。
我们的课程有语文，数学，英语，地理等，我最喜欢…., 因为….
我们有许多俱乐部和课外活动，在班上我参加的俱乐部最多，我们总是玩得很开心。










参考答案
一、单项选择
1-5: BCACB 6-10: AABAC 11-15: ADCBD 16-20: DADDD
二、完形填空
21-25: DCBDB 26-30: CAAAC
三、阅读理解
31-35：CBDBA 36-40: BABCD
四、词汇检测
41. harder 42. Physics 43. languages 44. uniform 45. during
46. offered 47. foreign 48. vacation 49. British 50. Biscuit
五、用所给词的适当形式填空
51. advertisements 52. weekly 53. quickly 54. really 55. worse
56. to listen 57. buying 58. trying 59. wasn’t 60. speaking
六、用适当的介副词填空
61. on 62. in 63. by 64. through 65. off
七、翻译句子
66. Time seems to go faster when are discussing these books with each other.
67. Near the end of the meeting, they listened carefully to our questions and offered us help.
68. I keep writing my daily life in English.
69. What’s your ideal school life like?
70. He spends less time on his hobbies than before.
八、书面表达(略)
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