八下Units 1-2-2020年春提前招生英语专题训练

2020年春黄冈市省级示范学校提前招生专题训练

八下英语(一)

内容： Units 1-2

(满分： 100分时间：75分钟)

一、单项选择（本题有15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）

从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

( ) 1. —Did you watch the show Chinese poetry Conference on CCTV 1 last night?

—Yes. It’s very educational. It tells of the ______ of reading classic books.

A. importance

B. habits

C. fairness

D. independence ( ) 2. —I’m afraid to play football with them again, Nick.

—Believe me. No’s going to ______ you.

A.expect

B. miss

C. help

D. hurt

( ) 3. —Tom, why does your father look so satisfy?

—Because a fter an hour’s work, he look s at ______ clean and tidy room with _______

satisfaction.

A. /, a

B. a, the

C. the, /

D. the, a

( ) 4.—What was Jimmy going to do?

—He was going to put _______ some signs _______ old books.

A. up, asking for

B. on, to ask to

C. up, asking to

D. down, asking for

( ) 5. You can’t change who you are by reading a book or change the way you act by watching a video. What _______ is what you do, not what you know.

A. notices

B. matters

C. control

D. imagine ( ) 6. —Where's Tom now?

—I saw him ______ in the park a moment ago and I told him ________.

A. play, go home

B. playing, to go home

C. to play, goes home

D. play, going home

( ) 7. —The oil on the earth will _______ one day.

—I think so. We should make good use of it.

A. find out

B. work out

C. give out

D. run out

( ) 8. —One can’t only_____ himself and his family.

—I agree. If so, others won’t care about you.

A. help with

B. look after

C. think about

D. work for

( ) 9. I will never forget the town where there used to _______a clean river and many big tall trees.

A. be

B. being

C. have

D. having

( ) 10. —Some doctors and nurses _______ during fighting against COVID-19.

—Yes, their _______ make people think a lot.

A. died, death

B. death, dead

C. died, dead

D. dead, death

( ) 11. —Jack, do you know that bees never get lost?

—Yes. Bees always remember ________ the same way as they went.

A. come back

B. came back

C. coming back

D. to come back ( ) 12.—Can I talk to your grandma in English?

—Of course. She can _____many English words.

A. change

B. imagine

C. understand

D. accept

( ) 13. —It’s dangerous to drive after drinking.

—That’s true. It can increase the _______ of traffic accidents.

A. stress

B. risk

C. safety

D. advantage

( ) 14. —I want to _____ some of my ideas.

—Good. Never give up and you’ll succeed.

A. hand out

B. give out

C. try out

D. try on

( ) 15. —The exercise is too hard for me. I will certainly lose.

— _______ You will never say no before you try.

A. Forget it!

B. come on!

C. I’m sorry to hear that.

D. I don’t mind.

二、完形填空（本题有15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案。

At the age of 16, Einstein failed in several exams because he often played with some bad kids. One weekend morning, Einstein carried a fishing net and prepared to go fishing with those __16 , his father stopped him and said to him calmly,” Einstein, you were spending too much time 17 , so you failed in the exams. I’m 18 about your future with your mother.”

“What are you worrying about? Jack and Robert also 19 , but they went fishing as usual.”

“My boy, you can’t think so,” Looking at Einstein, his father said lovingly, “There is a 20_ in our hometown. I hope you can listen to it carefully.”

“There were two cats playing on the roof. 21 , they fell into the chimney（烟囱）.When they climbed out of the chimney, one cat’s face was dirty 22 the other’s face was clean. Seeing the dirty-faced cat, the clean-faced one thought its own face was also dirty, so it quickly ran to the riverside and washed its 23 . The dirty-faced cat saw the clean-faced one, thinking its own face was clean as well, so it walked happily in the street.”

“Einstein, 24 can be your mirror. Only you are your own mirror. Some of the kids are not strict with themselves. If you take them to be your mirror, even a 25 person may become stupid.” Hearing this, Einstein was ashamed and lay down his fishing rod and returned to his small room. Since then, Einstein’s face turned red. He put down his fishing net and returned to his small room.

After that, Einstein often took himself as a mirror to be 26 with himself and kept telling himself. “ I am special, so I needn’t be as common as others.” This was why Einstein 27 in his life.

1,000 people have 1,000 kinds of wishes in life. Different wishes will produce different 18 about life. You can learn from other people, but you can 29 follow others completely.

You must see yourself clearly, and know what you want to get. Your future doesn’t 30__ how others act, but on what you are going to act.

( ) 16. A. adults B. kids C. teachers D. artists ( ) 17. A. playing B. working C. reading D. studying ( ) 18. A. excited B. satisfied C. worried D. crazy ( ) 19. A. checked B. passed C. dreamed D. failed ( ) 20. A. song B. story C. speech D. saying ( ) 21. A. Luckily B. Hopefully C. Suddenly D. Naturally ( ) 22. A. while B. or C. so D. for