江苏省永丰初级中学八年级英语上册 Unit 2 School Life练习 （新版）牛津版.doc

unit 2一、单项选择（共18分，每小题1分）从a、b、c、d四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。( ) 1. do you have any plans _ mid-autumn day? are you going _ a trip tochangzhou china dinosaurs? a. of; inb. for; onc. on; outd. at; out( ) 2.do you like playing _ chess? no. i like playing _ softball.a. the, theb. /; /c. the; /d. /; the( ) 3.school _ watching tv, but there is too much homework to do every day.a. likesb. is the samec. is different fromd. is like( ) 4._ great fun we have _ english! yes. i can be _ at it this way.a. how; to learn; goodb. how; learning; wellc. what; to learn; betterd. what; learning; better( ) 5.jim is _, and always gives his seat to people in need on the bus.a. generousb. helpfulc. hard-workingd. honest( ) 6.you can _ two more books from the school library at a time, and you can _ them for two weeks, but you cant _ them to othersa. borrow; lend; keepb. lend; keep; borrowc. keep; lend; borrowd. borrow; keep; lend( ) 7.today, you can use my english book instead. but remember to _ it here tomorrow. ok?a. takeb. bringc. getd. buy( ) 8.in the buddy club, _ help _ learn more about the school.a. newer students; older studentsb. older students; newer studentsc. elder students; newer teachersd. elder teachers; newer teachers( ) 9._ do you know about john?on friday afternoon, his school ends earlier than usual. they often practice baseball together. a. what otherb. what other thingsc. which elsed. what else( ) 10.what do you think of the books by moy yan?i think _ great in our free time.a. doing some reading isb. reading his books arec, to doing some reading isd. to read his books are ( ) 11.david jumps higher than _ in his class. a. any other classmatesb. the other classmatec. any other of his classmatesd. all his classmates( ) 12.jims school has _ weeks _ in the uk in the summertime than ours in china.a. fewer; offb. more; offc. fewer; /d. more; /( ) 13._ do you have for after-school activities every day?about an hour. but we have about 3 more hours _ homework than you. a. when; onb. how much; inc. how long; ford. how much time; of( ) 14.david, its time for home. have you finished all your homework?_ minutes for doing it.a. more tenb. ten anotherc. another tend. at most ten( ) 15.jack. i hear well have _ english and math. do you know about them?yes. i knew about them from our math teacher.a. a month s test inb. months tests inc. monthly tests ond. a monthly test on( ) 16.are you sure you can get good grades in this tests?i think i should get more grades because i worked on it _ than before and i did not _ all the questions as usual. a. careful; look forb. carefully; look ata. more careful; look afterd. more carefully; look through( ) 17.does your brother like learning drawing? he doesnt like it, because he thinks learning drawing _ too much money and it _ too much time as well.a. cost; takesb. costs; spendsc. takes; spendsd. takes; costs( ) 18.mrs. sun. im not better _ my english writing than the others. how can i learn it well? dont worry, li ping. _ you practice, _ youll do _ it.a. at; the more; the better; inb. in; the more; the better; atc. at; much more; much better; ind. in; the much more; well; at二、完形填空（共12分，每小题1分）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的a、b、c、d四个选项中，选出最佳选项。farley worked for the canadian government. one day, he was 19 to learn more about wolves. do wolves kill lots of caribou (北美驯鹿)? do they kill people? they gave him lots of food, clothes and guns. then they put them on a plane and took him to 20 . the plane put him down and went away. there were no houses or people in this place. but there were lots of animalsand lots of wolves. people tell terrible 21 about wolves. they say wolves like to kill and eat people. farley remembered these stories, and he was 22 . he had his gun with him 23 .then one day, he saw a group of wolves. there was a mother wolf with four baby wolves. a father wolf and 24 young wolf lived with them. farley watched these wolves every day. the mother was a very 25 mother. she gave them milk to her babies. she gave them lessons about life. the father wolf 26 food for the mother. the young wolf 27 the children. they were a nice, happy family! farley did not need his 28 any more. in a short time, he got on well with the wolf family. farley watched them for five months. he learned that many stories about the wolves were 29 . later, farley wrote a book about wolves. he wanted people to 30 them and not to kill them. ( ) 19.a. seenb. toldc. heardd. found( ) 20.a. a small townb. a big cityc. a far placed. a lonely village( ) 21.a. storiesb. informationc. newsd. something( ) 22.a. afraidb. happyc. angryd. tired( ) 23.a. at timesb. all the timec. once a weekd. every afternoon( ) 24.a. the otherb. otherc. anotherd. others( ) 25.a. badb. goodc. hungryd. thirsty( ) 26.a. cookedb. madec. gotd. picked( ) 27.a. shouted atb. looked intoc. laughed atd. played with( ) 28.a. foodb. clothesc. gund. plane( ) 29.a. not goodb. not truec. not easyd. not clear( ) 30.a. growb. havec. teachd. understand三、阅读理解（共26分，每小题2分）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的a、b、c、d四个选项中，选出最佳选项。ai began to like running when i was young. i like running with my father and sister around the garden.one day, my mother saw an advertisement for a running match in a newspaper. “would you be interested in the match?” she asked me. “yes, of course.” i answered. i spent the next few days practicing for the match. my sister put a table in the garden, so she could give me water and time me.on the day of the match, i arrived early. just before the match began, my father whispered in my ear, “dont use up all your energy at the beginning of the match. you need to have energy so you can run faster in the end.”the match began soon. following dads advice, i didnt run as fast as i could. the other runners started passing me. i began to feel nervous and tired. i started slowing down. then i heard. “come on, kelly! you can do it.” i saw my dad running beside me around the outside of the track (跑道). “i can not do it, daddy!” i answered. “i cant do it!” “yes, you can. dont give up. keep running.” he called back. i tried my best to run faster. dad went in running beside me and shouting. it would be nice to end this story by saying that i won the match, but i didnt. but i felt like a winner. i did my best and i didnt give up. later, as i thought about the match, i felt thankful that my dad had never left my side. he always shouts when i feel like giving up. he runs alongside me through my life.( ) 31.what does the underlined word “time” (paragraph 2) mean in the passage? a. 安排时间b. 计算次数c. 计时d. 命令( ) 32.what is the result of the running match? a. the writer gave up at last.b. the writer won the match.c. his father won the match.d. the writer lost the match.( ) 33.who does the coach (教练) refer to (指) in this match?a. the writer himself.b. his sister.c. his father.d. his mother.bwhile english is getting more important in our country, more and more foreigners are learning chinese. chinese has become popular among foreign (外国的) children as a foreign language. but chinese is more difficult to learn.in south korea (韩国), there are more than 300,000 chinese learners. some south korean students begin to learn to write chinese language on their first day at school. isnt it a surprise? some young students say chinese is really hard to learn. to help students learn chinese, south korea holds speaking competitions for high school students every year, chinese isnt just popular in south korea. people from all over the world want to learn it.the chinese ministry of education (教育部) says that last year nearly 30 million people from 85 countries were learning chinese. in america, chinese is the second most popular foreign language, after spanish. some american middle schools have chinese classes. students learn to make dumplings and chinese knots (中国结). some even try to write and draw in a chinese way.last month, chins opened and the first confucius institute (孔子学院) in south korea. soon, another 99 will be set up in the world. these institutes will teach chinese to foreign students. the growing number of chinese learners shows that our country is becoming stronger in the world. dont you think so? ( ) 34.where is chinese popular now? a. its popular only in south korea.b. its popular in japan.c. its popular around the world.d. its just popular in america.( ) 35.in the usa, chinese is _.a. not the most popular foreign language at allb. one of the most popular foreign languagesc. popular with only university (大学生) studentsd. not popular with young middle school students( ) 36.which foreign language is the most popular in the usa?a. chineseb. koreanc. japanesed. spanish( ) 37.which one of the following sentences is not right about the chinese language?a. south korea doesnt want its people to learn chinese.b. chinese is hard to learn for some young people.c. chinese is becoming more and more popular in the world.d. there will be more and more chinese learners in the world.( ) 38what is the best title of the passage? a. chinese is very popular in the world.b. chinese is very difficult to learn.c. americans like chinese. d. south korean students like learning chinese.cthe largest number of people in a racethe biggest race is in san francisco, the usa. more than 100,000 people run the 12 kilometers in the race. another famous race is in london every year. this race is longer and harder, it is more than 42 kilometers, but 25,000 people usually finish it. the youngest international playerthe youngest international player in any sport was jamaica. her name was joy foster. she was the jamaican table tennis champion (冠军) in1958 when she was 8 years old.the strongest superlative (最佳者)have you ever tried walking backwards? the world record for walking backwards is 12,875 kilometers. a man from texas, the usa, walked backwards for 18 months in 19311032. nobody else has ever broken this record (打破记录). the most popular sportthe popular sport team game in the world is football. people play football in villages, streets and stadiums all over the world. the most famous football competition is the world cup. it happens every four years, and nearly 2,000,000,000 people watch it on tv. the first womens world cup was in 1991. ( ) 39.the san francisco race is not as _ as the london race. a. easyb. bigc. populard. long( ) 40.joy foster was born in _. a. 1950b. 1952c. 1958d. 1966( ) 41._ walked more than 12,875 kilometers backwards. a. few peopleb. nobody elsec. one man hasd. many people( ) 42.the world cup _. a. is held (举行) every four yearsb. is popular all over the worldc. has two billion playersd. is for the women team( ) 43,the best title of this passage is _. a. enjoy your sportb. different sportsc. sport superlativesd. strange sport四、阅读表达（共5分，每小题1分）阅读下面短文，并根据所读短文内容在文章后的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。the eiffel tower is one of the most famous buildings both in france and in the world. it is 324 m metres high, weighs about 10,000 tons. do you know the most interesting thing of the eiffel tower? let me tell you about it. it can get higher in summer. the tower is made of iron (铁). in summer, when the weather gets hot, the tower rises up about 18 centimetres because of physical (物理) change. let me tell you how people built the eiffel tower. more than one hundred years ago, the french government held a competition to choose the best monument (不朽的作品). at last, a man named alexander gustavo eiffel won the competition. after winning the competition, eiffel began to build the tower soon. he spent about two years finishing building the tower. he finished the tower in 1889. people was surprised at its beauty when they saw the tower. the eiffel tower was named after its designer, alexander gustavo eiffel. he also designed the statue of liberty (自由女神像). the eiffel tower the facts of the eiffel tower its 44 is 324 meters and the weight is about 10,000 tons. it is a 45 tower. in 46 , when the weather gets hot, the tower rises up 18 cm because of physical change.how did people build the eiffel tower? eiffel won the competition the french government held. eiffel began to build the tower in 1887 and 47 years later, he finished it. who designed the eiffel tower?the 48 of the eiffel tower was alexander gustavo eiffel. 44_; 45_; 46_; 47_; 48_五、词汇（共10分，每小题1分）。a）根据句子意思，用括号中所给词的正确形式填空，每空填一词。49. this t-shirt is too large for me. do you have a _ (small) one? well, let me have a look.50. daniel has more juice than millie, but kitty had the _ (little) juice of the three. 51. practice more and more, and you will play baseball _ (well) than before. 52. jim is more _ (friend) than you thought. he has many more friends than you. 53. more people like _ (year) holidays. they can have more days off this way.b）根据句意及汉语提示，写出各单词的正确形式，每空填一词。54. people in the uk say “holiday” while people in the usa say “_ (假期)”.55. today, there are fewer and fewer _ (广告) on tv. 56. my cousin studies in the _ (十二) grade. hell finish high school next year.57. theyre all exchange students. they are from other _ (外国的) countries. 58.most boys have _ (物理) because it is very interesting for them.六、用括号内所给动词的正确形式填空（共5分，每小题1分）。59. keep _ (write) in english about your life, and youll use english better.60. why is y