八年级英语Water talk同步检测.doc

Chapter 5 Water talk一、选择：1. He keeps all his documents in a box. A. strong, black, metalB. metal, strong, black C. strong, metal, blackD. black, strong, metal2. The balloon is . A. belled-shapeB. bell-shapeC. bell shapedD. belled-shaped3. Besides being expensive, the food in the cafeteria tastes . A badlyB. too badlyC. too much badD. bad 4. The film made us laugh but it was not really to watch. A. excitementB. excitedC. excitableD. exciting 5. His speech soon made us feel . A. boreB. boredC. boringD. bore some 6. I dont know whether he is still in collecting coins. He used to be, but that was several years ago. A. interestedB. interestingC. interestD. disinterested7. Would you be do me a favour, please? A. kind enoughB. kind as toC. as kind toD. so kind as to 8. He will not be to vote in this years election. A. old enoughB. as old enoughC. enough oldD. enough old as9. Its never . A. late enough to learnB. not late enough to learn C. too late to learnD. no late as not learn10. Its you back. A. delightful to seeB. too delightful to see C. delightful ofD. so delightful that have11. The noise outside was .A. too irritating B. so irritating so his speech was hardly audible C. so irritating that his speech was hardly audible D. so irritating enough that his speech was hardly audible12. Is shopping here very expensive? Yes, the price run fifty dollars. A. so high toB. as high toC. so high asD. as high as13. Are you going to the football game? No, the tickets are for. A. terrible expensiveB. so much expensive C. far too expensive D. highly expensive14. I should say Henry is not much a writer as a reporter. A. thatB. soC. this D. that15. I wont pay $20 for the coat; its not worth . A. all that muchB. that much allC. that all muchD. much all that16. He had on the subject. A. a rather strong opinion B. rather strong opinion B. rather the strong opinionD. the rather strong opinion 17. He knows little of mathematics, and of chemistry. A. even more B. still less C. no lessD. still more18. After having gone far, Tom did not want to turn back. A. enoughB. much C. such D. that 19. That heart is intelligent that the stomach, for they are both controlled by the brain. A. not so B. not muchC. much moreD. no more 20. Do you enjoy listening to records? I find records are often of better than an actual performance. A. as good asB. as good C. good D. good as二、阅读分析：AA meteorite (陨石) almost hit an 80-year-old man named Arthur Pettifer in Britain when he was working in his garden. The meteorite was the biggest in the past 26 years in Britain.The meteorite weighed (重量) one kilo, and might be over four thousand million (百万) years old.“I hear the big noise in the air. I looked up and saw the tops of the trees coming and going,” he said. “I didnt know what it was.”Meteorites are small things from the small planets in space. About 3,500 meteorites may fall on earth every year, but only very few are found. Mr. Pettifers meteorite is the fifth to fall in Britain since the Second World War.Mr. Pettifer is glad. “When you think about it coming from so far away, it really is something strange.”1. The meteorite was _ Mr. Pettifer when it fell down.A. close toB. far fromC. hittingD. coming to2. The meteorite was already _ years old.A. 40,000,000,000 B. 40,000,000 C. 400,000,000D. 4,000,000,0003. Mr. Pettifer found the tops of the trees coming and going because _.A. the trees were afraid B. the fast falling meteorite kept the tree tops movingC. it was going to rain D. the moving was made by wind4. _ people see a meteorite fall although they visit the earth often each year.A. Quite a fewB. SomeC. FewD. Many5. Mr. Pettifer was _ to see the falling of the meteorite.A. happyB. afraidC. sorryD. angry BIf you do not use your arms or your legs for some time, they become weak: when you start using them again, they slowly become strong again. Everybody knows that. Yet many people do not seem to know that memory(记忆力) works in the same way.When someone says that he has a good memory, he really means that he keeps his memory in practice by using it. When someone else says that his memory is poor. He really means that he does not give it enough chances(机会) to become strong.If a friend says that his arms and legs are weak, we know that it is not his own fault(错误) . But if he says that he has a poor memory, many of us think that it is just his own fault.Have you ever found that some people cant read or write but usually they have better memories? This is because they cannot read or write and they have to remember things; they cannot write them down in a little notebook. They have to remember days, names, songs and stories; so their memory is being exercised the whole time.So if you want to have a good memory, learn from the people: practice remembering.( ) 1. The main reason(主要原因) for ones poor memory is that_.A. he has not used his arms or legs for some timeB. his memory is not often used C. he cant read or write( ) 2. If you do not use your arms or legs for some time, _ . A. you cant use them any more B. they will become strongerC. they become weak and wont become strong until you use them againD. they become weak but they slowly become strong again( ) 3. Which of the following is NOT true?A. Your memory works in the same way as your arms or legs.B. Your memory, like your arms or legs, becomes weak if you do not give it enough chance for practice.C. Dont learn how to read and how to write if you want to have a better memory.D. A good memory comes from more prac