新人教版八年级上英语第六单元检测题及答案

八年级英语Unit6单元检测题
一、单项选择。

(15分)
（）1、I'm going to take ______lessons every day. A. act B. action C. acting D. actor
( ) 2、When I grow up ,I'm going to do _____I want to do. A. that B. what C. which D. when
( ) 3. I'm going to find a ______job for a year or two. A. part in B. part -timer C. part-time D. part times
( ) 4. Where is he going to ______? A. moving B. move to C. move D. be moved
( ) 5. I ______ this afternoon. A. am going to be free B. am to be free C. was to be free D. am free
( ) 6. How long _______ to stay here? A. is he going B. would he go C. does he go D. will he go
( ) 7. It ______ rain .You'd better take an umbrella with you. A. must B. is to be C. is going to D. will
( ) 8. You __ a cold if you don't put on your coat. A. will catch B.are catching C.are going to catch D.are to catch
( ) 9. If you go ______ ,take me _______you.
A. somewhere ; with
B. anywhere ; with
C. somewhere ; by
D. somewhere ; to
( )10.The smell of cooking ________me hungry. A. let B. get C. have D. makes
( )11.My grandfather is lonely because my grandmother _______.My grandmother ________ kind to us.
A. die ;is
B. died ;was
C. died ;is
D. dies; is
( )12.What is he so angry________? A. on B. in C. about D. at
( )13. We communicate ________each other _______letter. A. by; with B. by; by C. with; with D. with; by
( )14.This dictionary _______ me over sixty dollars. A. cost B. spent C. paid D. bought
( )15.I'm going to travel_______the world. A. all B. all over C. of D.at
( )16.Linda_______to help me with my Math, but she didn't appear. A. decided B. promised C. expected
( ) 17.- _______are you going to be in the future? - A teacher like my mother. A．Where B. Who C. What
( ) 18.-What are you reading ?Peter -Harry Porter _______JK Rowling. A .by B. from C. about
( ) 19. My father is _______at playing soccer than me. A. good B. better C. the best
( ) 20.lf you keep on ____ like this ,you will succeed A. study B. to study C. studying
( ) 21.-When did you _______volleyball ,John? -At the age of six. A. make up B. take up C. pick up
( ) 22.-ls Mr. Brown in his office? - Yes. But he is _______busy to meet you. A. too B. very C. enough
二、.阅读理解。

(20分)
Most American families are smaller than the families in other countries .Most American families have one or two parents and one or two children each.
Children in the US will leave their parents' home when they grow up.They usually live far from their parents because they want to find good jobs. They often write to their parents or telephone them. And they often go to visit their parents on holiday.
Parents usually let their children choose their own jobs. Americans think it important for young people to decide on their lives by themselves.
Children are asked to do some work around their house .And in many families ,children are paid for some housework so that they learn how to make money for their own use.
( ) 33.The size of most American families is _______ that of other countries.
A. larger than
B. smaller than
C. as big as
D. as small as
( )34.When children grow up ,they leave their parents' home to ______.
A. get married
B. be free
C. find good jobs
D. study
( ) 35. They visit their parents _______ .
A. on weekdays
B. on weekends
C. at any time
D. on holiday
( ) 36. Which of the following statements is WRONG?
A. Children have the freedom to choose their own job.
B. Parents don't ask their children to do the housework.
C. Parents think it important for children to make their own decisions.
D. When children grow up, they usually live far away from their home.
( ) 37.Some parents pay their children for doing housework because_______.
A. children can leam how to make money for themselves
B. their children required them to do so
C. they are rich
D. it is required by law
It was Mother's Day, but the young mother was a little unhappy, because she was 800 miles away from her parents. In the morning she phoned her mother to wish her a happy Mother's Day, and her mother told her about the beautiful lilacs (丁香) in the garden.
Later that day, when she told her husband about the lilacs, he said, "I know where we can find all that you want. Get our children Peter and Lily, and come on." So they went, driving down the country roads．There on a small hill, they saw a lot of beautiful purple lilacs, The young woman ran quickly to enjoy the flowers. Carefully, she picked a few here and a few there. On their way home there was a smile on her face When they were passing a nursing home (敬老院), the young woman saw an old granny sitting in a chair. She had no children with her. They stopped the car and the young woman walked to the old woman, put the flowers in her hands, and smiled at her. The old granny thanked her again and again. She smiled happily, too.
When the young mother came back to her car, her children asked her, "Who is that old granny? Why did you give our flowers to her?" "I don't know her," their mother said. "But it's Mother's Day, and she has no children. I have both of you, and I still have my mother. Just think how much those flowers meant to her."
( ) 38. The young women was a little unhappy on Mother's Day because_____.
A. She didn't have a present
B. She was a long way from her mother
C. She didn't know it was Mother's Day
D. She wanted to see her mother
( ) 39. There were many beautiful purple lilacs_____.
A. in her garden
B. in the market
C. in the mother's garden
D. in the living room
( )40. The young women had _____.
A. one child B .no child C. more than one child D. a boy and a girl
( )41. The young woman gave the flowers to the old granny because ______.
A. She was her mother
B. She didn't like those flowers
C. Her mother asked to do so
D. She wanted the old granny to be happy ,too
( ) 42. Which of the flowing is NOT true?
A. The young woman was kind.
B. The young was understanding.
C. The young woman was friendly.
D. The young woman was surprised.
三.阅读下列短文，根据文章内容，将文中划线句子（43、46小题）翻译成汉语，并回答37、38、40小题。

( 43) I think football is the favorite game in England : One has only to go to one of the important cities to see this , rich or poor, young or old, one can see them all there, shouting for side or the ( 44 ) ______.
To a stranger , one of the most surprsing things about football in England is the great knowledge of the game. Even ( 45)最小的男孩seems to have the knowledge about it. He can tell you the names of the players in most of the important teams. (46)He has pictures of them and knows the results of the large numbers of matches. He will tell you he hope who will win such a match and his ideas about football are usually as good as those of men three or four older his age.
43_______________________________________________________.
44.在44处填上一个适合的单词：_____
45 .将划线部分翻译成英语。

_______________
46.________________________________________________________.
47.Do many people know football in England?( answer the questions )______________________
四、单词拼写。

根据句意和首字母填空。

48. Jim is a computer p_______ in a big company.
49. It's hot here, let's move s _____cool.
Mike is from Canada. Now he 50 as a waiter in New York City. Every August he has one week 51
for summer holiday. Last summer, he 52 to take a trip to San Francisco in the United States. He didn't want to go53 plane. He really wanted to see more scenery of the U.S , so he decided to 54 the train from New York City to San Francisco.
The train 55 the station in New York City at 10:30 pm. on Monday. Mike 56 to sleep that night, but he 57 , because he was too 58 . He expected to see the scenery the next day. He 59
his trip would be wonderful.
五。

阅读理解阅读下列短文，从每小题所给的选项中，选出最佳选项或做出正误判断。

A篇为判断正误正（A）误（B）
Larry is going to be a pilot. He wants to fly an airplane. But Larry is not a rich man. He doesn’t have an airplane. He has only a chair.
Larry ties（捆，系）45 big balloons to his chair and then sits in the chair.
The chair goes up higher and higher .
At first，everything was fine. Larry was very happy. Then Larry is afraid. “I don’t want to go very high,”Larry thinks, “I want to go down a little.” With a small gun（枪，炮）, Larry shoots（射击）10 balloons. Unluckily, Larry drops the gun, and it falls to the ground. Larry can’t shoot more balloons. The chair goes up and up.
Larry has a small radio. “Help! Help!” he says into the radio, “I’m flying in a chair, and I want to come down!” People hear Larry, but they can’t help him.
Larry flies in the chair for 45 minutes. Then the balloons begin to lose air. Slowly the chair comes down, and Larry is back on the ground.
1. Larry doesn’t want to be a pilot.（）
2. The chair goes up into the air because big balloons help it.（）
3. He shoots 10 balloons when the chair goes down.（）
4. Other airplanes give him some help.（）
5. The chair comes down at last because the balloons lose air. （）
七、短文填空，从方框中选出合适的词并用其正确形式填空。

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O. Henry was the pen name of an American writer. His 1 name was William Sydney Portcr. He was born in Carolina in 1862 and was good at 2 short stories.
As a young boy, O. Henry lived a happy life. He did not need to 3 about anything and often playe games with his friends． 4 , O. Henry did not go to school for very long. But he tried to teach 5 everything he needed to know.
When he was about 20 years old, O. Henry went to Texas. There he tried 6 kinds of jobs. He first worked on a newspaper, and then had a job in a bank. When some money was 7 ,people all thought O. Henry took it. Then they sent him to prison (监狱). There he 8 to write short stories. After he got out of prison，he went to New York and became a 9 writer.
O. Henry wrote mainly about New York and the life of the poor people there. People liked his stories, because they were 10 to understand and they would finish with a surprising ending,
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