湖南省新晃侗族自治县八年级英语下册 Unit 5 What were you doing when

Unit5 What were you doing when the rainstorm came? A练习
一、单项选择：
( ) 1. There was ______ accident near our home yesterday.
A. a
B. an
C. the
( ) 2. Jack ________ a book when the accident happened.
A. read
B. is reading
C. was reading
( ) 3. I was helping my mom with housework _____ the time of the rainstorm.
A. at
B. in
C. on
( ) 4. He woke up late this morning because my alarm didn’t __________.
B. go away B. went off
C. go off
( ) 5. Your ruler is on the floor. Please _________.
A. pick up it
B. pick them up
C. pick it up
( ) 6. _______ you were doing your homework, Bill called you up.
A. When
B. While
C. What
( ) 7. Why did you watch the movie ___________ times?
A. so many
B. so much
C. too much
( ) 8. She was so tired that she ________ soon last night.
A. fall asleep
B. fell asleep
C. falling asleep
( ) 9. It was raining ___________ at 4:00 yesterday afternoon.
A. heavy
B. heavily
C. big
( ) 10. Tom’s uncle was cooking dinner _____ he came to see him.
A. while
B. that
C. when
( ) 11. _____is important to have happy children.
A. It
B. That
C. This
( ) 12. _____ first, she was so scared that she couldn’t fall asleep.
A. On
B. At
C. In
( ) 13. His father was ______ pieces of wood ______ the windows.
A. cutting, over
B. putting, over
C. putting, on
( ) 14. He joined them ______ up th e streets.
A. to cleaning
B. joining
C. to clean
( ) 15. You must ________ everyone gets on the bus.
A. make surely
B. make care
C. make sure
( ) 16. The strong winds were beating heavily ______ the windows.
A. on
B. against
C.over
( ) 17. The wind was __________ when he got home.
A. dying down
B. lying down
C. dying out
( ) 18. It was hard to have fun with a serious storm ________ outside.
A. happen
B. happening
C. to happen
( ) 19. He fell down __________ the icy road.
A. because
B. because of
C. so that
( ) 20. Mary was ___________ to school at 7:15 yesterday morning.
A. making his way
B. make her way
C. making her way
( ) 21. I remember ___________ when the accident happened.
A. what I was doing
B. what was I doing
C. what I do
( ) 22. It was an important event ____ Chinese history.
A. on
B. in
C. at
( ) 23. _____ April 4, 1968, Martin Luther King was killed.
A. In
B. on
C. at
( ) 24. They were completely shocked and walked home ____ silence.
A. with B of C. in
( ) 25. The World Trade Center ________ by terrorists.
A taken down B. were taken down C. was taken down
( ) 26. Don’t look _______ the window. Listen to t he teacher carefully.
A. out of
B. out off
C. out with
( ) 27. They had trouble _________ the work in such a short time.
A. finishing
B. to finish
C. finish
( ) 28. They heard the news ____ the radio. A. in B. on C. at
( ) 29. The plants were watered _____ Jim’s mother just now.
A. by
B. with
C. on
( ) 30. She didn’t tell me the _______ of the accident.
A. true
B. truly
C. truth
二、根据首字母、中文提示及上下文完成短文中所缺单词。

Everyone in the neighborhood was b____. Ben’s dad was p______ pieces of wood
_______ the windows w________ his mom was making s____ the flashlights and
radio were working. She also put some candles and m________ on the table.
Ben was helping his mom ______ dinner when the rain began to _______(敲打) heavily a________ the windows. After dinner, tried to p____ a card game, but it was hard to have fun with a serious storm h_________ outside.
Ben could not sleep ____ first. He finally fell a_____ when the wind was dying ____ at around 3:00 a.m. When he w____ up, t he sun was r____. He went outside with his family and found the neighborhood in a m_____. ________(倒下的)trees, broken window s and r________ were everywhere. They joined the neighbors to help ______ up the neighborhood together. Although the storm broke many things ________ (分开), it brought families and neighbors c______ together.
三、英汉互译：
1. 外面没有光，感觉就像午夜。

______________________________________.
2. 当风逐渐变弱的时候，他终于睡着了。

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3. 虽然暴风雨破坏了许多东西，但它把家人和邻居的距离拉得更近了。

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4. 他们记得当他们听到这个消息时他们正在做什么。

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5. Even the date ---- September 11, 2001---- has meaning to most Am ericans.
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6. I didn’t believe him at first, but then I looked out of the window and realized that it was true.
__________________________________________。