人教版八年级英语下册第十单元检测题及答案

1、人教版八年级英语下册第十单元检测题及答案一、单项选择(每小题1分，共15分)()1. When a tiger is trapped, he will be very and can do nothing but wait forhelp.A. helpful B. unhelpful C. helpless D. useless()2. Shall we go to the this weekendGood idea. I haven' t enjoyed a movie for months.A. restaurant B. museum C. theme park D. cine

2、ma()3. Don' t worry about money. I can you some. Thanks. I ' ll give it back as soon as we are back.A. lend B. give C. return D. borrow()4. How the meat smells! Why not dump itOK. I will.A. nice B. wonderful C. terrible D. harmless()5. I am looking forward to going to Qingdao on holiday this

3、 summer. I hope I can go on the sea and enjoy a sunbath on the beach.A. skiing B. skating C. diving D. sailing()6. Did you catch what he said No. He didn ' t speak enough.A. especially B. incorrectly C. clearly D. widely()7. It that he has heard about the accident.Yes. He watched the local news

4、on TV.A. seems B. listens C. sees D. says()8.How will you feel when you get to a city for the first timeI will feel rather.A. lonely; alone B. lonely; lonely C. alone; lonely D. alone; alone()9. Look at the clock. It ' s lunchtime. But Jim hasn ' t returned from school.A. already; already B.

5、 already; yet C. yet; already D. yet; yet()10. , do you live with your parents or have a house of your ownI live with my parents.A. In fact B. In some ways C. In my opinion D. By the way()11. Hello, this is Jane. May I speak to TomSorry. He the library. Please call him later.A. went to B. has been t

6、o C. has gone to D. has been in ( )12. My family are going to Hong Kong Disneyland on holiday next week!. How I wish I could go with you.A. Don ' t play too long B. You are welcome Have a nice trip D. I'd love to ( )13. Is there an underground in the cityYes. It in 2005.A . has built B. was

7、built C. built D. has been built( )14. Han Han, a young writer in China, has been successful since his first book The Three successive Doors in 2000.A. came on B. came back C. came out D. came from ( )15. Do you mind my turning on the TV. It ' s time for me to do my homework.A. No, please don B.

8、 Sorry, but you ' d better notC. No, not at all D. Of course you can( )16. Jim was watching TV his mother was washing clothes.A. while B. since C. yet D. what time()17. This is a big class, and of the students are girls.A. two third B. three quarters C. second threeD. two three( )18. Father will

9、 buy you a new computer you pass the Englishexam.A. although B. as long as C. because D. though()19. I won ' t go to the cinema. Please ask Mary to go .A. instead of B. instead C. also D. for( )20. The car is running a top speed of 150 kilometers per hour.A. at B. in C. on D. to二、完形填空(每小题1分，计10分

10、)One of the most famous writers from England until now is Agatha Christie. Her books and plays can 21 nimany foreign languages. Agatha Christie' s realname was Agatha Miller. She was _22 in England in 1890. She married Archibald Christie 23 she was 24 years old, and she changed her 24 name to Ch

11、ristie.She sold her first book in 1920. This book was the first 25 that the world met Mrs. Christie ' s famous detect)ve(ercule Poirot. Ten years after that, Mrs. Christie wrote her another book with her _26 famous detective,Miss Marple. In 1928, Mrs. Christie ' s first marriage broke up.She

12、 27 M. E. L. Mallowun in 1930, but she continued to write her books under the 28 of Agatha Christie.Over her 29 , Agatha Christie wrote 60 books, 16 plays, and more than 100 shorts stories. She 30 in 1976 when she was 85 years old. Now her books can still be found for sale in bookstores all around t

13、he world.()21. A. find()22. A. interested()23. A. when()24. A. full()25. A. work()26. A. very()27. A. knew()28. A. name()29. A. study()30. A. passed三、阅读理解。(共AB. be found C. readB. busy C. readB. until C. thoughB. real C. familyB. time C. chanceB. more C. lessB. showed C. marriedB. helpC. wayB. lifeC

14、. ideaB. disappeared C. left 20分，每小题2分)D. writeD. bornD. sinceD. givenD. experienceD. secondD. lostD. choiceD. planD. diedIn Spain there once lived a king and he liked playing jokes.“I will give a baggold to the person who can tell me the best story, " he said. “ But there is one rule: It must

15、be a story which I can ' t believe true. If I can believe it, then I won' t gthe bag of gold. ”People came to the king from all parts of the country. They brought strange andwonderful stories. The king sat in his palace and listened to all the stories. He enjoyed them very much but to each p

16、erson he said,“I can believe it. It couldhappen and it may be true. So I won ' t give you any gold. ”At last a poor old man came to the palace. He was carrying a huge stone jar.The old man began his story "Oh, my king. Your good father was once a very poor man, and my father was very rich.

17、They were very good friends. My father gave your father a large jar, like this one, and it was full of gold. Your father promised 答应)to give back the gold when he became rich. But he didn' t give it back. When my fatherdied he told me not to forget to get our gold back. Now you are rich and I am

18、 poor.It ' s time to return my gold. ”The king said, “I can ' t believe your story. It ' s impossible. My father never told me anything about the jar full of gold. Besides there isn' t enough gold to fill that jar.“All right, " said the old man. “If you don ' t believe my st

19、ory, give me the bag( gold. Keep your promise(若言)，please. " kTgeremembered the rule and gave the man the bag of gold.( )31. At the beginning of the story the king wanted to .A. make a joke about others B. give his people some goldC. find a good story teller D. set up a new rule for people( )32.

20、 The king would give a bag of gold to the person who told.A. a strange story B. an unbelievable storyC. the best story of the world D. a story which was true.()33. Why did the old man came to the palaceA. He tried to get his father' s gold back. B. He wanted to get the bag full of gold.C. He tho

21、ught the king would like his story. D. His father had been the king'father ' s friend.()34. Why didn ' t the king believe the old man ry ' s stoA. The jar was so big. B. There wasn ' t much gold in the country.C. The jar couldn ' t have been used for holding gold.D. His fathe

22、r didn ' t tell him about the jar full of gold.( )35. Which word can describe the old man bestA. Clever. B. Poor. C. Interesting. D. Strange.BWhen we do not understand each other's language we can talk with the help of signs.A Frenchman was once travelling in England. He could not speak Engl

23、ish at all.One day he went into a restaurant假店)and sat down at a table. When the waiter came, he opened his mouth, put his fingers in it and took them out again. He wanted to say. “ Bring me something to eat. ”The waiter soon brought him a cup of tea. The man moved his head from side to side. The wa

24、iter understood him and took the tea away. In a moment he came with a cup of coffee. But the man again refused拒绝)it. He shook(8) his head whenever the waiter brought him something to drink , for drinks are not food.When the man was going away another man came in. This man saw the waiter, and he put

25、his hand on his stomach(f). That was enough. In a few minutes there was a large plate of meat and vegetables on the table in front of him.So, you see, we cannot understand the language of signs as well as we can understand the language of words.()36. According to the passage据短文),when people do not u

26、nderstand each other's language they can talk with the help of.A. a waiter B. a teacher C. an EnglishmanD. their hands, heads, and other parts of their bodies( )37. A Frenchman signed to the waiter.A. to give him some medicineB. to bring him a cup of coffeeC. to ask him for food D. to tell him w

27、hat he said( )38. The waiter brought the Frenchman.A. a cup of tea, a cup of coffee and a lot of other drinksB. a large plate of meat and vegetablesC. a lot of drinks and a large plate of meatD. a lot of food and drinks( )39. Another man saw the waiter, and put his hands on his stomach. He meantA. h

28、e had a stomach-acheB. he was hungryC. he was very thirstyD. he was full( )40. From this story we know.A. people can only understand the language of wordsB. people know the language of signs as well as the language of wordsC. people can make a waiter understand what they wantD. people can only under

29、stand their languagesCPeople all over the world eat rice. Millions of people in Asia, Africa, and South America live on it. Some people eat almost nothing but rice. Rice is a kind of grass. There are more than 7,000 kinds of rice. Most kinds are water plants. Farmers grow rice in many coun-tries, ev

30、en in the south of the United States and in eastern Australia.China is the world ' s larg-esOWCeg country. In 2003, China grew 166 million tons of rice. But it is not easy to feed the world' s largest population. In th1960s, thousands of Chinese died because they didn' t haVetoeeoughfoot

31、he 1970s, Yuan Longping, a Chinese scientist, grew a new kind of rice called hybrid rice. It makes 20% more rice than any other kind. Hybrid rice is stronger plant, unlike ordinary rice. It can grow in lots of water or in not much water. It d oesn' t easily get diseases or worms (虫子).Today, half

32、 of China ' s rice plants are Yuan ' s special hybrid rice. China uses Yuan' s hybrid rice to grow much more rice than before. Yuan is known as the Father of Hybrid Rice. He won the World Food Prize for his work to help feed so many people.( )41. Rice is grown in the world.A. in lots of

33、countries B. for humans and animalsC. only on wet land D. by Chinese farmers( )42. China in the world.A. offers the best rice to people B. harvests the most riceC. has the largest farmland D. is short of rice()43. Yuan Long ping ' s hybrid rice.A. gets sick more often B. is ordinary riceC. can g

34、row without water D. can make more rice than the others( )44. The Chinese scientist, Yuan Longping, is famous for .A. the Father of Rice B. his rice to feed all ChineseC. his hybrid rice D. growing different kinds of rice( )45. What did Yuan Longping winA. The World Food Prize. B. A game of growing

35、rice.C. China ' s Population PriZD. The Farming Prize.DMr Robinson worked in Africa(非洲).His son was born there. His name was John.One winter Mr and Mrs Robinson went to England, and they took John there. John was seven years old then. One day it snowed. The boy went into the garden, and he playe

36、d in the snow. He said, "Snow is very beautiful, but it is very cold. "Then he said, "What is this It is a big, round piece of glass. It is beautiful, but it is very cold, too." But it was not glass. It was ice. It was on a bucket!) of water. John said, "Who put this glass h

37、ere I am going to take it into the house." He took the ice to his father andsaid, "This is a beautiful piece of glass, but it is very cold and wet. It was on a bucket of water in the garden. " Mr Robinson smiled and said, "Take it to the kitchen, put it in front of the stove ther

38、e, and dry it. "The boy took the ice to the kitchen and put it in front of the stove. He dried(弄干)his hands, because they were very cold and wet, and then he went to the ice again .He looked at it, and then he took it to his father again. He said, "I put this glass in front of the stove, b

39、ut it does not get drier. It becomes wetter and smaller."()46. John didn't know what the ice was, because.A. he was very foolish B. he was young C. he was born in Africa D. he didn't go to school ()47. One winter Mr and Mrs Robinson went England with.A. their son B. a boy of their frien

40、ds C. their daughter D. one of their friend's son()48. One day John found on a bucket of water.A. a piece of glass B. a piece of ice C. some snow D. some water()49. What did Mr Robinson ask John to do A. He asked John to take the ice out.B. He asked John to put the ice in front of the stove. C.

41、He asked John not to play with ice.D. He asked John to dry his hands at once.()50. After John put the ice in front of the stove, he found that it became. A. dry B. wetter C. bigger D. colder 四、任务型阅读(每小题1分，共5分)Have you ever heard of any fables A fable is a very short story which explains to us a poin

42、t of view or teaches us a lesson. Usually, fables are stories about animals that talk like people. Frogs are often the main characters. And of course, there are also many other animals playing a very important role in fables. (1)From these short stories, people may find a better way to deal with the

43、ir problems, or a positive(积极的)attitude towards their lives. Many common sayings come from Aesop ' s Fables(寓言),such as " Don' t count your chickens until they are hatched ” ,“ Honesty is the best policy ” ,“ Look before you leap " and so on.are familiar examples. Aesop is believed

44、 to have been a Greek slave who made upthese stories to make his life easier. （2）Nobody is really sure that Aesop made up these fables himself. What is certain, however, is that the stories called Aesop Fables are so wonderful that they have been told over and over again for thousands of years.根据短文内

45、容回答下列问题。51. What is a fable52. What are the characters in a fable将短文中画线的句子翻译成汉语。53. （1）54. （2）请给短文拟一个适当的标题。55. 五，词汇部分（5分）A）根据句意及括号内的汉语提示，用正确的单词填空。56. She set the bird（由的）from the cage.57. Tom had great difficulty in learning English 法）.58. My brother came into my bedroom directly, for the door was w

46、ide什着的）.59. I had a good time at my friend' s birthday party. It is very difficult to幡述）my joy in words.60. Mrs Lee has much（验）of teachingEnglish.B）短文填空（每小题1分，共10分） 根据短文内容及首字母提示，填写所缺单词。We often hear that children wish they were grownups, and that old people wish they were young.Childhood is a ti

47、me when there are few d_61 A child is fed, looked after andloved by all grownups l 62 parents or grandparents. What' s more, life isalways g 63 new things to him.However, a grown-up always has many duties. He can no longer expect others to p_64 for his food, clothes, house and many other things. And heh 65 to work. If he still spends most of his time playing as heu 66 to as a child, he wi