人教新目标八年级英语下册单元测试题：Unit8

1、A Oliver Twist.B Robinson Crusoe.C Tom Sawyer.Unit 8单元检测听力部分 （20 分 ）节每小题 1 分，第三节每小题 2 分；共计 20 分）第一节：听小对话，回答问题。()1.What book has the boy read?A Alice in Wonderland.B Robinson Crusoe.C Little Women.()2.How many members are there in the band?A Five.B Four.C Three.()3.What kind of books does the boy lik

2、e?A Science.B Animals.C Stories.( )4.What does the girl like?A Surfing the Internet.B Listening to music.CWatching TV.( )5.What has the girls brother done?A He has read Oliver Twist.B He has done his homework.C He has played the guitar.第二节：听长对话，回答问题。 听下面一段较长的对话，回答6 7 两小题。()6.What are the children ta

3、lking about?AA hobby.BA band.CA CD.()7.How does Bob feel while listening to the music?A Worried.B Relaxed.C Excited.听下面一段较长的对话，回答 810 三小题。( )8.Which novel is Frank reading?姓名 _得分 _、听力 （本题有 15 小题，第( )9.How does Frank like his math homework?A . Boring.B. Hard.C. Interesting.( )10.What will Frank do af

4、ter fini shi ng his math homework?A . Watch his favorite cartoons on TV . B. Play computer games for two hours.C. Do some English reading.第三节：听独白，回答问题。()11.How many books have I had?A . About 100 books.B . About 1 , 000 books.C . About 10, 000 books.()12.Why did the mother ask him to sell some books

5、?A . Because the books have taken up most of their room to store them.B . Because his mother wan ted to help a boy.C . Because he did nt read the books anymore.( )13.What did his mother want to do on Saturday?A . Go shopping.B . Clear up the books.C . Have a yard sale.( )14.When did he get the story

6、book?A . On his seventh birthday.B . On his tenth birthday.C . On Saturday.( )15.What will they do with the mo ney they raised?A . Buy new books.B . Buy interesting books.C . Give it to a boy.笔试部分(80 分)二、完形填空(本题有 15 小题，每小题 1 分；共计 15 分)Do you like reading stories? Maybe you will answer,“ No, I am not

7、 a child _16！ ” Yes,childre n all over the world always love stories.Chin ese childre n are _17_ in Mon key Kin gs story. It _18 _a popular bedtime story inChina for many years .In fact, adults also love the story a lot. The clever mon key _19thehearts of many Chinese people. British boys and girls

8、all know Alice in Wonderland well. As the name_20-， its a story full of dangerous but 21 trips. Children laugh, cry and even_22- scared with Alice together while readi ng the story.Most American kids have read Tom Sawyer. Everyone likes the brave boy who also experie nces lotsof _23_. Some scenes of

9、 the story may _24_ your heart go faster for Tom and his friends meet somevery bad men and are usually _25_. Of course in the end, they beat the bad on es.You may also ask me _26_ I like stories. Yes, I have liked them _27_ I was very young.At that time, I ofte n _28_ all my pocket money on storyboo

10、ks. For me, stories are _29_ moredelicious tha n chocolate! They help me lear n a lot. So _30_ young or old, lets enjoy stories.()16.A.foreverB. alreadyC . anymoreD . yet()17.A.boredB. interestedC . worriedD . surprised()18.A.ca n beB. wasC . has bee nD . will be()19.A.beatsB. winsC . hurtsD . break

11、s()20. A.spellsB. smellsC . showsD . solves()21. A.exciti ngB. relaxingC . bori ngD . tired()22.A.lookB. getC . startD . take()23 .A. rulesB . sticksC . toolsD . risks()24.A. causeB . makeC . offerD. shake()25.A.i n dan gerB .in peaceC .in sile neeD .in good con dition()26.A.thatB . ifC . whyD . wha

12、t()27.A.whileB . ever sinceC . as soon asD . whe n()28.A.paidB . tookC . spe ntD . cost()29.A.muchB . tooC . veryD . quite()30.A.bothB . eitherC . n eitherD . all三、阅读理解（本题有 15 小题，第 31 35 小题每小题 1 分，第 36 45 小题每小题 2 分;共计 25 分）The Voice of China has bee n a singing tale nt show on Zhejia ng TV. It start

13、ed on July 13, 2012. Iteven became the most popular program with people on Zhejia ng TV . With so many tale nt shows ontelevision, why was The V oice of China different? So, what was its secret?The most attractive part of the show was the blind choice(盲选).It meant that the four judges(裁判)satwith the

14、ir backs to the contestants, mak ing sure that the con testa nts were just judged by their voices.The show also had a famous group of judges, in clud ing the famous sin gers Na Ying, Liu Huan, Yang Kunand China Taiwa ns pop sin ger Harlem Yu.These years there have bee n a grow ing nu mber of tale nt

15、 shows in China. Besides (除了 )Super Girls, none has reached such success as The V oice of China. When the activity was over, manyyoung dreamers were left in the cold again. The Voice of China hopes to change that. Lu Wei, publicitydirector( 宣传总监 )of the show, says that they pla n to record the con t

16、esta nts live songs into albums andsell in APP stores.( )31.What is The Voice of Chi na?A . A si ngi ng club.B.A si ngi ng tale nt show.C. A talk show.D. A dancing tale nt show.( )32.What was the most important secret of The V oice of China?A . The blind choice.B. The judges.C . The con testa nts.D

17、.The tale nts.()33.Who is nt in the group of judges of The V oice of Chi na?A . Na Yi ng.B . Harlem Yu.C . Liu Hua n.D . Lu Wei.( )34.Which of the followi ng is NOT true?A . The Voice of China was shown on Zhejiang TV .B . None of the tale nt shows is as successful as The Voice of China.C . The con

18、testa nts of The Voice of China are just judged by their voices.D . The Voice of China started showi ng on TV on July 13, 2012.( )35.What does the un derli ned word“ con testa nts” in the sec ond paragraph mean?A.参赛者B .评委C.盲人D .观众BDo you want to know anything about my staying in America? Well, let m

19、e tell you the truth,it is really an eye ope ning experie nee to study here.In Chin a, I have had En glish classes five times a week since the fifth grade. However, I did nt knowtextbook En glish was very differe nt from everyday En glish un til I came to Hotchkiss School, Connecticut.When I first s

20、tudied English, I was told to say “ Iam fine. when people say “ How areyou？” But in the US, I found that people say “I am good. ” or “I am tired. ”One day, someone greeted me with “ Whats up？” It made me confused. I thought for a momentand then smiled because I didnt know what to say.Since then, I h

21、ave discovered more and more differences between Chinese and the US cultures. Tomy surprise, the US girls spend a lot of time in burning sun getting a tan( 晒黑 ). However, in China, girls tryevery possible way to get their skin paler( 白的 )I am also surprised by how hard working the US students are. I

22、n China, schoolwork is almosteverything, so we study hard all the time. But here, an“ excellent ” student gets goodgrades, does a lot for the public and plays sports or music. The kids here are so talented. I am starting to besorry that I gave up playing the piano at an early age and that I have nev

23、er thought about sports.()36.How often did the writer have an English class in Grade Five?A Four times a week.B Five times a week.C Six times a week.D Seven times a week.()37.To the writer, textbook English is _ everyday English.A quite different fromB the same asC easier thanD more difficult than()

24、38.A good US student spends his/her time_ A only in doing homeworkB only on sports or musicC on studies, sports or music and public workD in making money( )39.Which of the following is NOT true?A The writer is now in the US.B American girls love to have white skin.CThe US students are talented and h

25、ard working.D The writer felt sorry to give up playing the piano.()40.Which is the best title for the passage?A My Own Travel in the USB My Study in the USC My Friends in the USD Students in the USMusic is often divided into several categories, or groups.Some of the categories are: classical music,t

26、raditional music, rock music, and jazz music.The first kind, classical music, refers to orchestra music that originated( 发源 ) in Europe a fewhundred years ago. Most of the original classical music was composed or written in Italy, Germany, Austria,or Russia. Classical music is usually played by a va

27、riety of string and wind instruments.The second type of music is traditional music. It comes from a particular culture. Every culture has itsown special form of traditional music. For example,“ blues music ” is a kind oftraditional music in the United States and “ enka music” is one kind of traditio

28、nal music in Japan. Eachtraditional music has its own special instruments.Another kind of music is rock music. It is generally a loud kind of music, played with a strong beat.Rock musicians often use electric instruments. Rock music probably began in Europe about 30 or 40 yearsago. It became very po

29、pular, especially among young people, during the 1960s and 1970s.The fourth kind of music is jazz. Jazz probably comes from Africa. Jazz has different kinds ofrhythm( 节奏 ) from other kinds of music. A variety of musical instruments are used to play this kind ofmusic, especially wind instruments.Of c

30、ourse there are other categories of music. In addition, many kinds of music are combinations( 结合 ) of classical and traditional, or classical and jazz, or rock and jazz, and so on.()41.What are the countries that composed or wrote most of the original classical music?A Austria, Germany, Russia and I

31、taly.B Italy, Germany, the United States and Japan.C Austria, Germany, the United States and Japan.D Italy, Russia, Germany and the United States.( )42.What kind of music is“ blue？s music ”A Classical music.B Traditional music.CRock music.D Jazz music.()43.When did rock music become very popular?AA

32、few hundred years ago.B About 30 or 40 years ago.（ ）44.Where did jazz music probably orig in ate?A .In Europe.B .In Africa. C. In Russia. D .In the Un ited States.（ ）45.What is the main point of the passage?A . Different categories of music.B . The origi n of music.C . The differe nee betwee n class

33、ical music and traditi onal music.D . None of the above.四、词汇运用（本题有 15 小题，每小题 1 分；共计 15 分）A）用方框中所给词的适当形式填空。classic beautiful treasure abroad towards46 . Tom and Soya found lots of_whe n they were risk ing in an isla nd.47 . We have read some_in the summer holiday.48 . When class is over, I saw a boy

34、running_ the school gate.49 . Now more and more stude nts study_after finishing the high school.50 . When the visitors came into the mou ntain, they were surprised at the_of n ature.B）根据短文内容和所给汉语提示，在空白处写出单词的正确形式，每空一词。Tina and Tara are twin sisters. But they are quite 51_ （不同的）.Tina likes reading,her

35、 52_ （最喜爱的）kind of book is science 53_（小说）.She is also interested inscienee and 54_ （科技）and loves to 55_（想象）what the world will be like in 50years. Tara likes 56_ （流行）music very much. She is a member of the school57_（乐队）.She is also a 58_ （迷）of country music. She said it could59_（提醒）her of the best

36、things in life, such as friends, family and the 60_（美丽）of n ature and the coun tryside.五、语法填空（本题有 10 小题，每小题 1 分；共计 10 分）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，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空（每空不多于 3 个单词）。Do you have a favorite sin ger 61_ actor? I do. I love Jay Chou best. He is a great62_（music）, actor and directo

37、r.C. During the 1960s and 1970s.D . The passage does nt men tion.Jay Chou was born 63_ Taiwan. He began to love music when he was young. In2000, Chou had his 64_ （one） record called Jay. 65_ then he has got lots of66_ （fan） around the world. They all love his music. He has 67_ （sell） more than 30million records and has got lots of awards（ 奖）.In 2003, he 68_（appear）on the cover（圭寸面）o