八年级下册英语U5单元检测

八年级

U5

单元检测

一、听力部分。

A

听对话回答问题。

(

)1. Where does the dialogue take place?

A. At the doctor

’

s.

B. In the teacher

’

s office.

C. At the cinema.

(

)2. How long should the man wait for the next bus at least?

A. 5 minutes.

B. 10 minutes.

C. A quarter.

(

)3. What are they talking about?

A. Public signs.

B. Public places.

C. Useful information.

(

)4. What do you think of Tony?

A. He is slow.

B. He is honest.

C. He is polite.

(

)5. How much should the woman pay for the jacket?

A. $$50

B. $$75

C. $$100

B

听对话和短文回答问题。

听第一段对话，回答第

题。

(

)6. How many ways are mentioned to do the right things in the dialogue?

A. Four

B. Three

C. Two

(

)7. What will the girl tell her parents to do?

A. Not to drop litter on the street.

B. To keep quiet in the library.

C. To obey traffic lights.

听第一篇短文，回答第

8- 10

题。

(

)8. How will Americans feel if you ask him

“

Have you had your meal

”

when meeting in the street?

A. He

’

ll feel happy.

B. He

’

ll feel surprised.

C. He

’

ll feel excited

(

)9. What does

“

Have you had your meal

”

mean in American

’

s eyes?

A. An invitation

B. A greeting

C. An introduction

(

)10. What does the speaker mainly want to tell us?

A. We should learn more foreign languages.

B. Different countries have different customs.

C. We can

’

t ask

“

Have you had your meals?

”

any more.

听第二篇短文回答

11-15

题。

(

)11. What does the passage mainly talk about?

A. How to take care of children.

B. Helping people in many ways.

C. To be a volunteer.

(

)12. If your parents want help others, can they become volunteers?

A. Yes, they can.

B. No, they can

’

t.

C. We don

’

t know.

(

)13. How old is Susan according to the text?

A. 60.

B. 61.

C. 62.

(

)14. What number will you call if you

’

re interested in it?

A. 55585755

B. 55586755

C. 55585756

(

)15. Which of the following is not true?

A. Animal lovers can look after dogs and cats without homes.

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B. You can help to look after children at school while their parents are working.

C. You should ask people to wait in line in hospitals.

二、单项选择。

(

)16.

—

Do you think the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games

great success?

—

Yes.

most successful one in history.

A. /; The

B. the; The

C. a; /

(

)17.

—

You’ve spelt the word wrong again, Judy.

D. a; The

—

Sorry. Maybe I am

used to the mistake to think of the right one.

A. so

B. very

C. quite

D. too

(

)18.

—

Excuse me, sir. But you’re

my way.

—

Sorry. I

know you were passing by.

A. on; didn

’

t

B. in; didn

’

t

C. on; hasn

’

t

D. in; hasn

’

t

(

)19. Which of the following signs can you often see beside a lake?

A.

B.

C.

D.

(

)20. ---Where is your mother?

---She_______ Shanghai. She won't come back_______ next week.

A. has gone to; until

B. has been to; until

C. has been in; till

D. has gone to; after

(

)21. 4. The

of new inventions should be to make life easier, not to make it harder.

A. rules

B. subjects

C. conclusions

D. purposes

(

)22. -- Look! The baby is reaching

the knife. Stop him at once.

--Thank you so much. It

’

s really dangerous ______ a child to play with a knife.

A. to; for

B. for; for

C. for; of

D. to; to

(

)23. Mr. Brown was too busy ________ our papers _______ this question.

A. to mark; to answer

B. to mark; answering

C. marking; answering

D. marking; to answer

(

)24.

You’d better fix the machine

I have told you. __________, you may make more problems.

A. like; Otherwise

B. like; However

C. as; Otherwise

D. as; However

(

)25. --- Mum, can you give me some advice on how to behave myself at the table?

---Well, I do have some advice.

_________, please keep quiet while eating.

A. In all

B. Above all

C. At all

D. All the above

(

)26. ---Jenny, don

’

t ________ the milk jar in the open air. It may go _________.

---Don

’

t worry, mum. There is little milk

__.

A. leave; bad; left

B. put; bad; leaving

C. leave; badly; left

D. put; badly; leaving

(

)27. Checking your answers before ___________ in your paper can help you

mistakes.

A. handing; make

B. hand; making

C. handing; avoid

D. hand; avoiding

(

)28.

–

Did you come back early from school yesterday?

-- _________. It was not seven o

’

clock ______________ I got home.

A. Yes; before

B. Yes; when

C. No; until

D. No; after

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(

)29. Simon is ___________ famous_________ let all the basketball fans in China Know him.

A. too; to

B. enough; to

C. not; enough to

D. so; that

(

)30.

—

Mrs Green. Do you think I can get an

“A” in the final exam if I start working hard

now?

—

Of course.

.

A. Better late than never

B. Many hands make light work

C. You cannot burn the candle at both sides

D. Actions speak louder than words

三、完型填空。

George was a driver. He spent much time on his work so he could

31

have a meal together with his

wife and children. In the evenings he attended

32

to get knowledge, which one day would help him to find

a better job.

George’s

33

often

complained

(

抱怨

) that he was not spending enough time with them,

34

his

only answer was that he was doing all this for his family. He wanted to work hard to

35

his family with the

best that he could do.

Soon

George

got

a

36

job

after

he

had

passed

his

exams.

But

his

family

37

did

not

get

enough attention from George. He

38

to work very hard and often he did not get to see his family most of

the week.

Time passed and George was

promoted

(

提升

). He thought that their house was

39

for their family

and

they

needed

a

bigger

one.

Then

he

needed

to

work

even

harder,

40

he

would

be

promoted

again.

George worked so hard that sometimes he even had to spend his Sundays with his

clients

(

顾客

)

41

his

wife and children. And again, whenever his family asked for his

42

and complained that they didn’t spend

enough time together, he said that he was doing all this only for

43

.

Some time later George was promoted again, so he could

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a bigger house with a beautiful

view

(

景

色

). On the first Sunday evening at their new home, George told his wife and kids that he

45

not to work

so hard, so that he could spend more time with his beloved family. But the very next morning George did not wake

up.

(

)

31. A. sometimes

B. only

(

)

32. A. parties

(

)

33. A. pet

B. meetings

B. family

C. often

C. classes

C. friend

C. or

C. provide

C. difficult

C. only

C. stopped

C. beautiful

C. so that

C. time

C. him

C. draw

C. failed

D. hardly

D. picnics

D. daughter

D. for

D. show

D. part-time

D. just

D. continued

D. old

D. as soon as

D. such as

D. money

D. her

D. plan

D. decided

(

)

34. A. but

B. so

(

)

36. A. good

(

)

37. A. still

(

)

38. A. forgot

(

)

35. A. give

B. offer

B. already

B. started

B. top

(

)

39. A. clean

B. small

(

)

41. A. because of

B. instead of

(

)

42. A. work

(

)

43. A. them

(

)

44. A. buy

(

)

45. A. refused

四、阅读理解。

B. health

B. you

B. hated

(

)

40. A. though

B. while

C. as a result of

B. see

A

Have you ever wondered what goes through your mind when you choose where to sit in a new classroom? Or

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in a waiting room full of strangers? Or on a bus? Researchers have found out some interesting facts.

Perhaps unsurprisingly, we prefer to sit closer to people like ourselves. Girls sit by girls and boys sit by boys.

Adults sit together and young people choose another young person to sit near. But it goes further than this. We even

choose to sit near someone who looks like us. People with glasses are more likely to sit near other people with

glasses. People with long hair sit closer to other people with long hair.

We

seem

to

believe

that

people

with

similar

habits

or

hobbies

will

share

similar

attitude

and

we

are

more

likely to be accepted by people like ourselves or even, we think we may be safer with people who look like us.

Sometimes that’s true but it's a pity if we always stick to the same people, the s

ame group. The danger in always

staying in our comfort zone (

舒适区

)is that we just recycle the same opinions, the same tastes and the same ideas.

We

lose

the

chance

to

learn

something

new,

find

out

about

interesting

things,

hear

funny

stories

and

discover

difference.

?

When we always stick to the same people, how can we ever break down the barriers which prevent us from

getting to know people with different ideas? And how can we avoid the ignorance (

无知

),which too often leads to

prejudice (

偏见

) and even fear? If instead you want to live in a society that opens to changes and new things and

different opinions, be the cat among the pigeons.

Move out of your comfort zone. Go and sit next to someone different. And don't just sit there in silence. Say

hello. Ask a

question. Start a conversation. That’s how we make friends. That’s how we learn about people. That’s

how we open our minds to new ideas. That's how we live an exciting life.

(

)46. From the passage, we know that people prefer sitting by someone who

A. is like themselves

B. has a sense of humor

?

C. is open-minded

D. lives an exciting life

(

)47. People like staying in their comfort zone because they may

A. remain comfortable and special

B. be accepted easily and feel safe

C. find out more interesting things

D. discover differences among themselves

(

)48. What is the purpose of the passage?

A. To tell us just to be ourselves in social life.

B. To introduce ways to learn about the world.

C. To explain how people communicate with

others.

D. To encourage us to meet people of different kinds.

B

Gabriel Garcia Má

rquez ,who got the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1982

，

passed away at the

age of 86 on April 17

，

2014. The world stopped for a while to remember the cultural giant.

Garcia Má

rquez was born in Colombia, but he spent most of his life in Mexico City after he

grew up. As one of the most famous writers, he was widely thought of

as “a giant of

20th-

century literature”. G

arcia Má

rquez wrote in a style

called “magical realism”

. In such

works, people live a daily life in a certain period of time in history. But at the same time,

magical things happen to them.

Garcia Má

rquez is best known for his 1967 novel,

One Hundred Years of Solitude

, which has sold about 50

million copies. It tells the story of the small and isolated town of Macondo which was separated(

分开的

) from the

outside world over a hundred years. The story is a metaphor(

暗喻

) for the development of Colombia since the

19century . As Colombian President Juan Manuel Santons said,

Garcia Márquez wrote about “the very essence of

the Latin American beings”

.

(

)49. Garcia Má

rquez was born in the year _________.

A. 1914

B. 1928

C. 1967

D. 1982

(

)50. We can know from Paragraph 2 that Garcia Má

rquez ______.

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