8BU1（Test-2）

1、8BU1Test 2Name _ Class _Score _I. Choose the best answer. (20%)( ) 1. come from trees.A. Rubber and nutsB. Rubber and nutC. Rubbers and nutD. Rubbers and nuts( ) 2. trees is becoming smaller and smaller and we must stop cutting down them.A. A number ofB. ManyC. The number ofD. Some( ) 3. The child i

2、s lively healthy so everybody likes to play with him.A. as wellB. as well asC. tooD. also( ) 4. The government warned some factories the water again, or they will be punished.A. polluteB. to polluteC. not polluteD. not to pollute( ) 5. The room is for us to read books because there is .A. enough bri

3、ght, enough lightB. enough bright, light enoughC. bright enough, enough lightD. bright enough, light enough( ) 6. Our Earth will be if we go on cutting down millions of trees every year.A. in great dangerB. dangerC. dangerouslyD. out of danger( ) 7. Students will make great progress if they a subjec

4、t.A. are interested inB. are interestingC. are interestedD. are interesting in( ) 8. Look! The baby happily now because he you are his friend.A. smiles, is knowingB. is smiling, is knowingC. is smiling, knowsD. smiles, knows( ) 9. At the top of the high mountains, there is very oxygen in the air.A.

5、a littleB. littleC. a fewD. few( )10. Books gives us knowledge and make us happy.A. feelingB. feelC. feelsD. felt( )11. Fireworks and firecrackers can bring us a lot of fun but they can be .A. interestingB. usefulC. beautifulD. dangerous( )12. We can save water vegetables and fruits under running ta

6、p.A, not to washB. by not washC. not washD. by not washing( )13. An umbrella will protect you the rain.A. offB. forC. fromD. away( )14. In the past few months, people in Shanghai a lot to get ready for 2010 Expo.A. doB. didC. were doingD. have done( )15. Its ten oclock, but Joseph at his lessons.A.

7、has workedB. worksC. is workingD. was working( ) 16. Farmers in some northwestern areas can hardly get any pure water in the nature.A. sweetB. mixedC. dirtyD. clean( )17. Scientists are thinking about inventing new machines which need less power to run.A. playB. travelC. walkD. work( )18. Trees remo

8、ve dust and produce the oxygen we breathe.A. providesB. getC. makeD. supply( )19. Someone stole my new ThinkPad last night. - .A. Thats all rightB. Im afraid notC. How awfulD. No problem( )20. Bill fell down from the unicycle in his act and hurt his leg. - .A. Thats not too badB. Im sorry to hear th

9、atC. He should be niceD. Really? He is too greatII. Complete the sentences with the given words in their proper forms. (16%)1. You must have drunk a lot of wine. I can even smell that in your . (breathe)2. When the police came the were trying to run away. (fight)3. Breast milk is food for young babi

10、es. (nature)4. Victory belongs to the people. (certain)5. Since then, they lost their ability to with the audience. (communication)6. I think Beijing is noisy than Shanghai. (little)7. In the year of dragon, we hope everyone will live happily and . (health)8. The weather observatory the people about

11、 the coming typhoon this morning. (warning)III. Rewrite the following sentences as required. (16%)1. The new suitcase is mine. (保持句意不变)The new suitcase to me.2. Trees cool the air and trees clean the air, too. (保持句意不变)Trees cool the air clean it.3. The trees produce a chemical to protect themselves

12、from insects. (保持句意不变)The trees protect themselves from insects a chemical.4. Without trees, cities will be less beautiful. (保持句意不变)If any trees, cities will be less beautiful.IV. Reading comprehension: AAstronauts in spaceThe planets and the stars are very far away from the Earth. The Moon is the o

13、nly star in space that human beings have visited so far. We call people who travel to space by spacecraft astronauts. The men who first visited the Moon were two American astronauts. They were Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin. They flew a spacecraft called Apollo II and landed on the Moon on 21st Jul

14、y, 1969.Astronauts live and work in space stations. Space stations provide them with food, water and air. When astronauts leave their spacecraft, they must wear spacesuits, helmets(头盔) and gloves. Spacesuits are made of special materials and can protect the astronauts from radiation(辐射) and dust in

15、space. True or False. (10%)( ) 1. Human beings have already visited a lot of planets or stars in space.( ) 2. Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin were the first men who visited the Moon.( ) 3. Apollo II landed on the Moon on 21st July, 1969.( ) 4. There is no food, water or air in space station.( ) 5. A

16、stronauts have to wear spacesuits, helmets and gloves when they leave their spacecraft.BFrom Bird-Boy to SpacecraftsOnce a boy wanted to fly, so he made a pair of wings. He used some wax(蜡) to keep the feathers on the wooden frame. He flew and flew and he flew to the sun. The sun melted the wax and

17、the feathers were blown off by the wind. Down came the boy into the ocean.This is just a story. But it tells us that man has always dreamed of flying. In 1783, this dream came true. Two French brothers invented the hot-air balloon. It rose a thousand feet high.It took almost 100 years for men to mov

18、e from the hot-air balloon to the first airship. The first airship was invented in the late 1800s. It was a powered(装有发动机的) balloon.In North Carolina, less than twenty-five years later, the Wright Brothers flew the first airplane. The first flight, in 1903, lasted less than half a minute! It covered

19、 just a few feet.By the 1960s, men had moved from airplanes to spacecraft. Today, spacecrafts can go around the world in less than two hours.Tomorrow, who knows?Answer the questions. (12%)1. Why did the boy in the story make a pair of wings? 2. When did men succeed in flying to the sky for the first

20、 time? 3. Was the first airship a hot-air balloon or a powered balloon? 4. How long did the first flight of the first airplane last? 5. How far did the first airplane fly? 6. What does the writer want to tell us from this passage? V. Cloze test.A. Choose the words or expressions and complete the pas

21、sage. (12%)Why do people wear clothes? The answer will 1 be “To make me warm and to cover my body”. Thats why people wear clothes. But people also want to look 2 and appear successful to others.If people only wore clothes for warmth and to cover their bodies, most clothes would be 3 . In many countr

22、ies, however, clothes are sometimes very expensive. The main reason for this is not the cost of the materials of the cost of making clothes. The clothes are expensive because of fashion(时尚).Successful businessmen, 4 , often wear very expensive suits, shirts and ties. So they pay thousands of dollars

23、 for a suit and hundreds of dollars for a tie. Its still just a suit and a tie but they pay these prices because of the famous 5 .Fashion is always changing. It means that people who want so be fashionable have to buy new clothes every few months. Some people have boxes full of clothes, but some of

24、these clothes have 6 been worn. These clothes are no longer in fashion though they are still new.( ) 1. A. certainlyB. probablyC. almostD. especially( ) 2. A. cleverB. healthyC. attractiveD. rich( ) 3. A. simple and cheapB. pretty and cheapC. special and expensiveD. soft and smooth( ) 4. A. such asB. for exampleC. howeverD. at first( ) 5. A. clothesB. shopC. designerD. material( ) 6. A. onlyB. alwaysC. nearlyD. neverB. Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words. The first letters are given. (14 %) Taiwan was st