牛津译林版英语八年级下学期闯关练习(八下Unit8)

泾河镇中心初中八年级英语闯关练习（八下Unit8）
一、选择填空(共15分)
( )1.---________________will the meeting begin? ---_______________ eight o’clock.
A. How soon;Not until
B. How long;Not until
C. How soon;Until
D. How long;Until
( )2. The World Cup_____________ two years after the Olympics.
A. is taken place
B. takes place
C. held
D. holds
( )3. Please don’t stand up in class until you________________.
A. were told to
B. are told to
C. were told
D. are told
( )4.---I like my teacher. He is very kind__________ us. ---Oh, that’s very kind__________ him.
A. of, to
B. to ,of
C. to, to
D. of, of
( )5.What_____________it is to go surfing in______________ weather!
A. a great fun; so fine
B. a great fun; such a fine
C. great fun; so fine a
D. great fun; such fine
( )6. Today the forests have always gone. People must____________ down many trees.
A.stop to cut
B. be stopped to cut
C. be stopped from cutting
D. stop from cutting
( )7. ---I had a really good weekend at my uncle’s. ---__________.
A. It’s a pleasure
B. Yes, that’s all right
C. Oh, I’m glad to hear that.
D. Oh, that’s very nice of you.
( )8. This is ______________ song I’ve told you. Isn’t it____________ bet ter one?
A. the / the
B. a/ a
C. the/ a
D. a /the
( )9. ---Look, the man looks like Mr Green. --- It ________be him, for he ________to America.
A. can’t; has gone
B. may not; has been
C. mustn’t; has gone
D. can’t; has b een
( )10.---Do you mind my taking this seat, sir? ---____________.It’s for Mr Black.
A. Yes, of course.
B. Not at all.
C. Sorry, you’d better not.
D. No, of course not.
( )11.He______________the work before six o’clock.
A need finishing
B doesn’t need finish
C needs finish
D needn’t finish
( )12. The new book __________ by the famous writer ___________ very well.
A. was written, is sold
B. written, sells
C. written, is sold
D. was written, sells
( )13. Half of the class____________ done most of the work．The left___________ quite difficult．A．have；is B．has；is C．have；are D．has；are
( )14. The food in the fridge _____________ bad
A. is smelt terrible
B. smells terrible
C. is smelt terribly
D. smells terribly
( )15. The money will _________________ to that man in several days.
A. be gave back
B. return
C. be returned
D. be returned back
二、完形填空(共15分)
Every afternoon after school, some children played in a giant's(巨人的)garden. The giant was away in the 1 . It was a beautiful garden 2 grass, flowers and some peach trees.
But one afternoon, the giant returned and was 3 to see the children in his garden. He chased them away and said, “Don't come back!” He built a high 4 around the garden.
5 came and Earth woke up from its winter sleep. But there was still
6 snow in the giant's garden.
“Spring is late this year,” the giant said. But spring became summer and summer passed into fall. Fall gave golden fruit to every garden, 7 to the giant's, she gave nothing.
All year round, snow 8 the giant's garden. One day, the giant woke up and 9 a wonderful sound. It was a bird singing. He looked out of his window.
What did he see?
Every tree had a little child sitting in its branches(树枝). The children had got back into the garden 10 a hole in the wall. The trees were so happy to have the children back again 11 they covered themselves with blossoms.
“12 selfish(自私的)I have been!” the giant said. “I will 13 the wall down and my garden will be a children's 14 .”
After many years, the giant 15 old and weak. He watched the children play their games and admired his garden." These children are the most beautiful flowers of all" he said.
( )1. A. morning B. afternoon C. noon D. night
( )2. A. with B. for C. at D. on
( )3. A. happy B. angry C. confident D. excited
( )4. A. bridge B. door C. road D. wall
( )5. A. Winter B. Autumn C. Summer D. Spring
( )6.A. large B. high C. deep D. many
( )7.A. so B. or C. but D. and
( )8.A. left B. covered C. gained D. reached
( )9.A. heard B. saw C. touched D. tasted
( )10.A. across B. through C. past D. below
( )11.A. which B. what C. that D. where
( )12.A. How a B. How C. What a D. What
( )13.A. write B. send C. knock D. order
( )14.A. school B. hospital C. market D. playground
( )15.A. kept B. stayed C. grew D. sounded
三、阅读理解(共20分)
A
Even when I was very young, I always loved plants. When I walked to school, I would look at the different plants along the way. I would make up names for them. I would draw pictures of them. When my teacher asked us to draw a picture of anything we liked, I always drew pictures of plants.
When I got to high school, I took a course that was all about plants. We went to the park to study different plants. It was amazing. I found out that there were at least 27 different kinds of plants in the park. There were also about 12 different kinds of trees.
When I went to college, I knew that I wanted to study plants. I wanted to be a plant scientist. I took classes in Maths, English and History. They were good classes. But it was the Science classes that I loved best.
Now I teach about plants at a college. I keep learning more about plants and the animals that depend on them. I learn from the Internet now, and sometimes go to the park and study the plants in my neighbourhood. I share what I learned when I teach, and I write books that help people learn about nature.
( )1. When the writer was very young, he liked to ______.
A. take photos of plants
B. learn names of different plants
C. watch different plants
D. grow different plants
( )2. At high school, the writer often studied plants ______.
A. at school
B. in a park
C. on the street
D. at home
( )3. As a c ollege student, the writer’s favourite subject was ______.
A. Science
B. Maths
C. English
D. History
( )4. What does NOT the writer do now?
A. Teaching classes about plants at a college.
B. Learning more about plants on the Internet.
C. Travelling to different places to study plants.
D. Writing books to help people learn about nature.
( )5. Which of the following is the best title for the passage?
A. Plants are interesting
B. My love for plants
C. What plants teach me
D. Plants around us
B
It is Mrs Brown's birthday. Mr and Mrs Brown are at their favourite Chinese restaurant, China Jade. They rarely go out to eat. It is expensive to eat out. They only eat out on special days. Mrs Brown is forty years old today, so it is a very special day.
China Jade is a small restaurant. However, it is quite clean and beautiful. There are about ten tables in the restaurant. On each table, there is a red flower. The Browns came here for the first time three years ago. They came to celebrate their friend Robert's birthday. They fell in love with this small restaurant at that time.
Yan is the headwaiter (侍者领班) here. He works very hard and he enjoys his job. He likes telling jokes and many customers (顾客) like him. He knows that it is Mrs Brown's birthday and he wants the dinner to be very special. He brings Mr and Mrs Brown a menu. Then he helps them order. They order vegetable soup for their first course (菜肴). For their main course, they order Peking duck. After the main course, they order a fruit salad. Yan brings them their food. They eat slowly and happily, listening to the beautiful music.
The evening is so wonderful. It is 11:00 p.m. when the Browns get home. Mrs Brown puts her red flower from China Jade in a vase (花瓶). She is very happy. She thinks that it is not so bad to be forty years old!
( )6. What does the underlined word “rarely” mean in Chinese?
A. 从未
B. 很少
C. 经常
D. 一直
( )7. The Browns first came to China Jade _______.
A. four years ago
B. five years ago
C. for their friend's birthday
D. for Mrs Brown's birthday
( )8. From the passage, we can know that _______.
A. Yan is a job-loving person
B. Yan is the Browns' old classmate
C. China Jade is quite a big restaurant
D. China Jade is far from the Browns' home
( )9. What foods do the Browns order?
① Vegetable soup ② Beef noodles ③ Fruit salad ④ Peking duck
A. ①②③
B. ①②④
C. ①③④
D. ②③④
( )10. What might be the best title for the passage?
A. A surprising dinner
B. A wonderful evening
C. The Browns' best friend
D. The Browns' favourite food
四、词汇运用(共10分)
1. Early this morning I was busy (挖)in the garden to plant trees.
2.Over 200 cars are_________________(生产) in this factory in a week.
3.Our school will do some___________________(调查) on reading novels.
4.The new factory needs a lot of_________________(煤) and natural gas every day.
5.You can work out the math problem in this__________________(简单的) way.
6. Don’t drop litter ________________(care), all of us should care about the environment.
7. There are some_________________(different) between British English and American English.
8.If we don’t take action, the waste will_________________(pollution) the lake.
9.Bill Gates is one of the______________ (rich) men in the world.
10. Could you please show us how to treat these books __________ (use) next time?
五、任务型阅读(共10分)
Many large cities are not so beautiful. There is a lot of rubbish in the streets. However, some of the rubbish can be useful. If people want to solve the problem, they should do it right now. They must take action to make use of rubbish. In this way, some good things will not be thrown away as waste.
When a car gets too old, it may not run any more. But if the metal (金属) that the car was made of is still good, we can use it to make something else. When a bottle is empty, it will be thrown away. But the bottle glass can be made into sand and used to build streets. Rubbish from food can be changed into fertilizer (肥料). It is cheap and safe. Other rubbish can also be used to make buildings. It can be mixed with concrete (混凝土) to form special bricks. Now, more and more machines are designed for that.
Some day, people will watch films in a beautiful cinema which is built out of rubbish. Besides, in the future, buildings,
六、缺词填空(共10分)
“Go Green” can mean many different things to different people. For some people, it means something very s (1). You may think about the environment. For others, it means that you should live in a way that is not h (2) to the health of people or animals. It’s not n (3) for you to change your lifestyle completely (完全地), but small changes can help make the environment cleaner and safer.
How can you “Go Green”? The following s (4) may help.
●You should use products (产品) that are good for the environment instead of using those that might p (5) the environment.
●You should use washing and cleaning products with n (6) materials and colours.
●You had better r (7) the products you have used.
●You shouldn’t buy things that you don’t r (8) need. You need to buy less because you must s (9) the energy for the next generation (代).
In short, the “Go Green” message is this — thinking of the environment in e (10) you do.
七、翻译句子(共10分)
1.越来越多的家庭拥有了小汽车，但这产生了严重的空气污染。

________________ families own cars, but this leads to ________________.
2.对于我们来说，培养一种绿色的生活方式是必要的。

It is ________________ us to ________________.
3.这个小男孩将会被他的爸爸惩罚，因为他总是做事马虎。

The little boy ________________ his father because he always ________________.
4.来自太阳的能量不仅成本低廉，而且用之不尽。

Solar energy ________________ costs little but also never ________________.
5.自然是我们最大的财富，所以明智地利用它是重要的。

Nature is __________________ treasure, so it is important to __________________.
八、写作(共10分)
随着全球环境的恶化，越来越多的人选择过低碳生活。

请你根据以下要点，写一篇80词左右的英语短文，倡议你的同学们加入低碳一族。

要点如下：（参考词汇：低碳的low-carbon）
1.节约用水、用纸、用电；
2.去超市自备购物袋；
3.不要购买不必要的衣服；
4.不要购买或使用纸杯；
5.步行或骑自行车去上学。

写作指导
1.总述环境的恶劣程度，点明过低碳生活的必要性。

2.分条陈述低碳生活的表现方式。

3.要点不能遗漏，可适当增加自己或周围人的经历介绍，以使建议更具体。

4.发出号召。

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