浙江省杭州市三墩中学八年级英语下册《Unit 2 What should I do》能力卷练习 人教新目标版

Unit 2 What should I do能力卷练习一、完形填空Once there was a clever farmer. Though he was poor, he decided one day to take the king a roast goose(烤鹅)as a present. He had not had much to eat that day, and soon the _l_ of the roast goose became too much for him as he_2_ it to the king, so he ate one of its legs.When he came before the king and gave him the goose, the king_3_. saw that it had only one leg.Now, the king himself was born with one bad leg, so he had never been able to_4_ properly (正常地) . When he saw the goose with only one leg, he thought the farmer had_5_ this to laugh at him. Of course he was very_6_. The farmer was told that if anybody laughed at the king, he would be_7_ at once.“Where is_8_ leg of the goose?” the king asked.“All the geese in this part of the country have one leg only,” the farmer answered.“Do you think Im a fool?” the king shouted.“_9_ ,” said the farmer, “if you look out of the window, you will see geese with one leg by the_10_.”The king looked, and there the geese were_11_ on one leg beside the water. The king at once told one of his men to hit them_12_ a big stick, and of course, they_13_ their other legs and ran away.“There,” said the king. “You were lying(说谎). That shows that the geese here have two legs, like all other_14_ in the country.”“But it doesnt show anything,” answered the farmer, “if your men threw a big stick like that at me, I would grow two_15_ Legs myself to help me to ran away faster.”1. A. head B. neck C. smell D. size 2. A. returned B. carried C. sent D. handed 3. A. at once B. at last C. by then D. on time 4. A. come B. walk C. see D. eat 5. A. kept B. done C. made D. found 6. A. sorry B. worried C. sad D. angry 7. A. helped B. killed C. saved D. covered 8. A. other B. another C. that one D. the other 9. A. Certainly not B. Of courseC. Thats nothingD. Never mind 二、阅读理解Dear Reader,Imagine an 11 year old child whose days are often spent washing clothes, looking after a baby, working hard in the fields.Imagine a little girl who knows there will not be enough food for dinner, who cant fill her stomach with water because its polluted, and who has watched life slip away (消失) from her father and little brother and sister because the family is too poor to see a doctor.Is it hard to believe? For Maria Pastora, these are the real life.Maria would gladly walk miles to school, but her mother, now alone, needs her badly at home. Maria will grow up without any schooling. What will be her future? In many ways, it will be disastrous (灾难性的).But for just 52 pennies a day, you can sponsor (资助) a child like Maria. Show her that somewhere, someone cares about her. Through “Save the Children”, you can help Marias mother get the tools and ways she needs to turn their poor food into a good dinner and get the money she needs to buy clothes and school things for Maria. To help Maria most, your money is put together with that of other sponsors, so hard-working people can help themselves. Build a school a hospital bring in clean water. This is what “Save the Children” has been about since 1932.For you there are many rewards. Have the chance to write to or hear from your sponsored child. Receive photos or progress reports. Know you are reaching out to another person. Not with a handout, but a hand up. Thats how “Save the Children” works. But without you, it cant work. Please take a moment now to fill in and post the form below to help a child like Maria and her village.It can make such a difference in her life and yours. For the children, David L. Guyer 三、选词填空until, out, job, difference, wrong, because, find, leave, should, makeChildrens schooling is changing very fast today. In the past, teachers 1_ children sit in class. They let them remember 2_ kinds of things. And the children had to repeat(重复) things 3_ they learned them by heart.For some children, they were at school only 4_ their parents made them do so. They usually got 5_ of the classroom as soon as the teacher let them 6_. Many children did part-time 7_ to make money to