八年级英语1--7单元试卷.docx

八（上）测试卷Unit 1-Unit 7一、听力第一节：听小对话，回答问题1. What does Alice want to be when she grows up？A. A doctor B. A teacher C. An actress2. How often does Nick read English newspapers?A. Once a month B. Twice a week C. Every day3. Who has longer hair?A. John B. Sam C. Mark4. What does Danny think of the news?A. He cant stand it. B. He doesnt mind it. C. He likes it.5. How is Kelly going to be a writer?A. By going to the college. B. By reading many books. C. By taking some writing lessons. 第二节：听长对话，回答67两小题。6. What does Toms mother ask Tom to do?A. To clean the room. B. To take out the trash. C. To clean the window and doors.7. What isnt Toms father going to do?A. Sweep the floor. B. Take out the trash. C. Go to the supermarket.听长对话，回答810 三小题。8. What problem does the boy have?A. He passed the exam. B. He didnt pass the exam. C. He lost his English book.9. What does the boy often do?A. Reads books. B. Plays computer games. C. Plays sports games.10. What is the boy probably going to do later?A. Study hard. B. Talk with his friend. C .Tell his parents the truth. 第三节：听短文，回答问题。 11. Tom was told to paint at first.A. a hand B. a foot C. a head 12. His grandpa wanted Tom to before painting. A. watch the model carefully B. walk on the paper C. listen to him carefully 13. Tom made his feet with paint. A. yellow B. green C. black 14. His grandpa felt when he came back. A. excited B. angry C. interested 15. At last Tom . A. copied the model B. asked someone for help C. left his own footprints on the paper二、完形填空Who is the greatest teacher in Chinese history? Many people would think of Confucius, whose birthday was September 28. 16 he lived over 2000 years ago, people still remember him for our education today.Confucius lived during the Spring and Autumn Period. He had a 17 childhood. His father died when he was only 3. His mother 18 the child. As a child, he had to work to help his mother, but young Confucius didnt stop 19 . He visited many famous teachers and learned music, history, poetry and sports.Later，he became a teacher and started the first pubic school in Chinese history. At that time, only children from 20 families could go to school, but Confucius 21 everyone should go to school if they expected to learn, though they had no money. He had about 3000 students in his lifetime.Today, people still follow Confucius 22 . He told us that we all have some good things to be learned. “When I am with three people, one of them must be 23 than me in some ways. I 24 their good qualities and follow them.”He also taught us that thinking is very important in study. “All study but no thinking makes people puzzled. All thinking but no study makes people 25 .Confucius is not only a great teacher, but also a famous thinker with wise thoughts about the world and society. His most important teachings are about kindness and good manners. “A person should be strict with himself, but be kind to others,” he said.16. A. Because B. Although C. After D. When17. A. hard B. lucky C. meaningless D. successful18. A. brought up B. gave up C. dressed up D. woke up19. A. working B. studying C. painting D. acting20. A. small B. healthy C. special D. rich21. A. reported B. believed C. replied D. disagreed22. A. roles B. programs C. rules D. teachers23. A. worse B. louder C. better D. older24. A. lose B. refuse C. prepare D. choose25. A. lazy B. angry C. careful D. creative三、阅读理解。 AAn eleven-year-old boy in a small town wanted to be a train-driver. But the boy was born without arms. He was taught by his uncle to use his feet as hands. He could not go to school, so he spent all his time watching trains coming and going because he lived near the station. How he wished he could be a train-driver! One day he saw an empty train and he climbed in. he started it with his feet easily. Soon the train was traveling at forty kilometers an hour. Nobody could see the boy in the train and stop the train. The train got to a small station not far from the town and then the boy drove it back. When he was near the town, a worker caught up with the train and stopped it. At first he was very angry, but when he saw the boy, he was so surprised that he hardly thought it was true. “I like trains,” said the boy quietly.26. The story mainly tells us about _.A. an old train driver B. a boys uncle C. a boy without arms D. a boy without feet27. Where was the boy born?A. He was born in a big town. B. He was born in an empty train.C. He was born in a school. D. The story doesnt tell us.28. What suggests the boys wish to be a train-driver?A. His uncles teaching him how to drive a train.B. Watching trains coming and going all the time.C. Being able to use his feet and hands.D. Traveling around the town. BMany places in the world need more fresh water. Every country is trying to find ways to turn salt water into fresh. Why arent there many factories like the Symi factory? In some places the sun is not hot enough. Or it does not shine every day. In such places other ways of heating sea water can be used. These ways cost more money, but they work faster than the sun. By boiling sea water with high heat a lot of fresh water can be made quickly. But heating is not only way to get fresh water from salt water. Other ways are tried. One way is freezing. The fresh part of salt water freezes first. To get fresh water, the bits different way for each place. Symis way seems very good for small, hot places. It does not make water at a time. But the factory is easy to build and costs a little. That is why people in many dry places talk about Symi.29. From the passage we know that fresh water _.A. is needed in every country B. can be found in many factoriesC. can be used in many ways D. is very important for factories30. What is the writer mainly talking about in the passage?A. Hot places and dry places.B. The ways of making fresh water from sea water.C. How to make good use of the sunlight.D. Water-making factories in different countries.31. The Symi factory _.A. is fresh water-making factoryB. can be built everywhereC. can make much fresh water at a timeD. does not need sunshine every day32. Which is the best way for small and hot places to get fresh water?A. Boiling or heating the sea water.B. The way in hotter and drier places.C. The Symis way.D. Freezing the sea water in cold places. CBobby, the dog, is very hungry. He goes to the market. He wants to look for some food very much. He runs to the meat stalls. He sees a big bone in a basket. The seller is not looking. He is talking to a woman.Bobby jumps and takes the bone. Quickly he turns and runs home. He holds the bone in his mouth.Bobby comes to a bridge. He goes across the bridge. Half way he looks into the river. What does he see? He sees another dog in the river. The dog is carrying a bone, too. Bobby finds that the bone is very big. He wants the other dogs bone, too. What a greedy dog he is!Then Bobby jumps, into the river at once. Splash! He looks around for the other dog in the river. But he cant find it, so he barks. His bone falls into the water and the water carries it away.Now Bobby is looking for his own bone. Can he find it? No, he cant. He climbs out of the water. He is sad and hungry.He looks into the river again. Do you know what Bobby really sees in the river? Yes, he sees a dog with nothing in his mouth. So he is very happy and goes away.33. Bobby looks for _ in the market.A. bones B. his friends C. baskets D. food34. The seller doesnt see Bobby taking the bone away because _.A. he cant see anything around him B. he is talking with a womanC. he is talking with a young man D. he is very busy selling his meat35. Bobby sees _on the bridge.A. another dog is coming to him B. another dog with a bone in the water.C. another dog wants to have his boneD. another dog want to give his own bone to Bobby36. The word greedy in this story means_.A. 贪婪的 B.友好的C. 真诚的 D.勇敢的 DWhen you send a letter or a postcard, you have to put stamps on the envelope or on the card. When did people first begin to use stamps? Who was the first to think of this idea?In the early nineteenth century, people did not use stamps. They had to pay postage when they received letters. Sometimes they didnt want to receive a letter at all, but they had to pay money for it. They were unhappy about this. The postage was high at that time, because the post offices had to send many people to get the postage.Rowland Hill was a school teacher in England. He was the first to think of using stamps in 1850s. He thought it would be much easier for people to use stamps. They could go to the post office to buy stamps and put them on envelopes before they sent the letters. The post office could just put seals on the stamps so that people could not use the stamps again. In this way, the post office did not need to send postmen to get the postage. It only needed fewer postmen to send letters.37. People began to use stamps _. A. at the beginning of the nineteenth centuryB. in the middle of the nineteenth century C. more than two hundred years agoD. when people first sent letters and postcards 38. Before stamps were used, the postage _,A. was paid by the letter-writers B. was-paid by the letter-receiversC. was got by postmen D. both B and C 39. Rowland Hill _. A. invented the first stamp B. was a postman in EnglandC. gave the idea to use stamps D. was the first man to use stamps40. After stamps were used, _. A. the postmen didnt need to be sent to get the postageB. people didnt need to pay the postageC. the post office could get more postage D. people should pay more postage四、词汇运用A) 根据短文内容和括号内所给汉语意思，写出空白处各单词的正确形式（每空一词）。A mother wanted to encourage her son to play the piano. She bought 41 （票）to the concert of a great pianist. When they arrived at the 42 (剧院), the mother found a friend. She stopped to talk to her friend and her son ran off.At eight oclock, the lights began to dim, and the concert was about to start. The mother began to look for the boy. Then she 43 （看见）her 6-year-old son on stage. He was on the piano bench playing Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star.The mother was very 44 (惊讶的). Before she could get her son back, the great pianist 45 (他自己) was on the stage and quickly moved to the piano.“Dont stop. Keep playing,” he said kindly to the boy. The 46 (著名的) pianist reached down with his left hand and began 47 (填满) in the bass (低音)part of the song. Soon, his right arm reached around the other side and played a beautiful piece of music. 48 (一起), the two presses people with their beautiful music.In all of our lives, we get helping hands some we notice, some we dont. We also have lots of 49 (机会) to give helping hands - sometimes we want people to know, sometimes we dont. Little of what we all achieve comes 50 (没有) others help. We get back what we give to others. Happy laugh we clean what B) 用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空，使短文通顺、正确。 每词使用一次。 It was a Sunday morning. We were sitting on the sofa and watching TV. Just then, father smiled and said to 51 ,”Oh, dear. I forgot to tell you the good news.”“ 52 is it?” I asked.“Granny will come this afternoon,” he said.How 53 we were! Granny was so kind and she always brought nice gifts. My mother and I went to the supermarket. We bought a lot of food that Granny likes. Then my sister and I did some 54 . it was four oclock when the house was cleaned up. “Why hasnt Granny arrived?” we asked. Father 55 and said, “April Fools! Today is April 1st, April Fools Day!”五、语法填空。阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求在空格处填入适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。Are you a football fan? If yes, you must know Lionel Andres Messi. If not, its OK. Today lets meet him.Messi is one of the 56 (great) football stars in the world. He was born in Rosario, Argentina 57 June 24, 1987. His father was a worker and his mother 58 a part-time cleaner. He has two brothers and one sister. Messi didnt start playing football for a local club 59 he was five years old. Every day he practiced more than seven 60 (hour). He was full of energy(精力) and ran fast. He soon showed great talent in 61 (play) football.Messi ne