八年级英语下学期期末冲刺期末训练（第8天） 人教新目标版.doc

2012-2013学年八年级英语下学期期末冲刺期末训练（第8天） 人教新目标版一、选词并用其适当形式填空take up as well as be aware of give rides to so that pay for be able to according to care about hundreds of 1.im sorry ive already _ so much of your valuable time.2.im sure the girl will _ look out for herself.3.its not a good thing or a bad thing; i just want you to _ it.4._ somebody _ somewhere on high way is very dangerous.5.i study hard now _i can go to the peking university next year.6.he broke the window, why should i _ it?7._ what you said, i know where the problem is.8.in the usa, _americans lose their jobs during a month.9.i really _ his health. he works 20 hours a day!10.if they want to go on working, they will have to accept that pay can go down _ up. 二、完形填空冲刺训练one man was to meet his wife downtown and spend some time shopping with her. he waited patiently for 15 minutes. then he waited impatiently for 15 minutes more. after that, he became 1 . when he saw a photograph booth (照相亭) nearby, he had 2 . he wore the most unhappy expression he could manage, which was not 3 in the situation. in a few moments, he was holding four small prints that 4 even him.he wrote his wifes name on the back of the photos and handed them to a clerk behind the desk in the booth. “ 5 you see a small, dark lady with brown eyes and an apologetic expression, obviously 6 someone, would you please give her this,” he said. he then returned to his office in morrison building, satisfied that if a picture is worth a thousand words, then the four photos must be a good lecture! he sat down with a smile.his wife 7 those pictures. she carries them in her purse now and shows them to anyone who asks if she is married how are you with patience? one person calls it “wait training.” it seems that there is always something we are waiting for. we wait on traffic and we wait in lines. we wait to hear about a new job. we wait to complete school. we wait for someone to change his or her mind. patience is an important quality of a happy and rewarding life. 8 , some things are worth waiting for. every day presents many opportunities for wait training. we can hate waiting, 9 it or even get good at it! but one thing is 10 we cannot avoid it. how is your wait training coming along?( )1. a. angry b. hungry c. frightened d. thirsty( )2. a. a question b. a reason c. an opinion d. an idea( )3. a. serious b. difficult c. regular d. convenient( )4. a. hurt b. encouraged c. attracted d. shocked( )5. a. since b. before c. as d. if( )6. a. looking for b. working for c. sending for d. paying for( )7. a. tore b. saved c. developed d. destroyed( )8. a. for example b. after all c. right now d. so far( )9. a. accept b. control c. change d. improve( )10. a. certain b. interesting c. precious d. easy 三、阅读理解满分训练australia, the last continent, was discovered by ships belonging to some european nations in the seventeenth century. these nations were less interested in changing it into a colony (殖民地) than in exploring it. as in the early history of the united states, it was the english who set up the settlements (新拓居地) in australia. the history and the geography of these two british colonies have some other things in common as well. australia and the united states are about the same in size, and their western lands are both not rich in soil. it was the eastern coast of australia and america that the english first settled, and both colonies soon began to develop towards the west. however, this westward movement took place more because the english were searching for better land because the population was increasing. settlements of the western part of both countries developed quickly after gold was discovered in america in 1849 and in australia two years later.although the development of these two countries has a lot in common, there are some striking differences as well. the united states gained its independence from england by revolution (革命) while australia won its independence without having to go to war. australia, unlike the united states, was firstly turned into a colony by english prisoners and its economic development was in wheat growing and sheep raising. by 1922, for example, australia had fifteen times more sheep than it had people, or almost half as many sheep as there are people today in the united states. yet, in spite of these and other main differences, australia and the united states have more in common with each other than either one has with most of the rest of the world.1. who turned australia into a colony?a. the ukb. several european countriesc. the united states of americad. none of the above2. in the early history of america and australia, both colonies developed towards the west firstly for the reason that _.a. the population was increasing rapidly in the eastb. the english thought there might be richer land therec. gold was discovered thered. fewer people lived there3. australia, unlike the united states, _.a. won its independence by peaceful meansb. did not discover gold until the late 1840sc. was the last and biggest continent to be discoveredd. was not rich in gold in its western part4. the last sentence in the last paragraph “ australia and the united states have more in common with each other than either one has with most of the rest of the world” means “_”.a. the united states and australia do not have any main differencesb. the united states and australia have much more in common than they have with other countriesc. the united states and australia have nothing in common with the rest of the world