2021年人教版英语中考教材通关训练 八年级下册 Units 1—2

八下Units 1—2
一、完形填空
It was Mother’s Day and I was shopping at the local supermarket with my five-year-old son, Tenyson. As we were 1 , we realized that only minutes earlier an 2 woman had fallen over at the entrance and hit her head on the ground. 3 was with her, but there was blood everywhere and the woman was embarrassed and clearly in shock. 4 , a lot of people stopped to help out.
5 we were walking towards the scene, Tenyson became very
6 about what had happened to the elderly couple. He said to me, “Mom, it’s not much fun falling over in front of
7 .”Seeing that there was a flower stall（摊位）in the front of the supermarket, he added, “Why shouldn’t we
8 the lady a flower? It will make her feel better.” I was
9 that he’d come up with this sweet idea. So we went over and told the flower seller 10 we wanted. “Just take it,” she replied. “I 11 take your money for such a wonderful deed.”
By now medical staff had arrived, and were 12 the injured woman. We gave the flower to the woman’s husband and I told him it was 13 my son. At that moment, the old man started crying and said, “Thank you very much.” He then turned to me, “You have a 14 son. Happy Mother’s Day to you.”
The man bent down and gave his wife the flower, telling her who it was from. Although she was badly hurt, the old lady looked up at Tenyson with 15 in her eyes and gave him a little smile.
（）1. A. stopping B. driving C. moving D. leaving
（）2. A. elderly B. awful C. honest D. injured
（）3. A. The seller B. My son C. The crowd D. Her husband
（）4. A. Luckily B. Suddenly C. Interestingly D. Importantly
（）5. A. If B. Since C. Unless D. While
（）6. A. afraid B. curious C. worried D. angry
（）7. A. no one B. everyone C. someone D. anyone
（）8. A. buy B. bring C. leave D. lend
（）9. A. great B. sad C. puzzled D. amazed
（）10. A. which B. what C. when D. whether
（）11. A. must not B. needn’t C. may not D. can’t
（）12. A. looking at B. looking for C. looking into D. looking after
（）13. A. about B. to C. with D. from
（）14. A. wonderful B. cheerful C. successful D. respectful
（）15. A. pity B. hope C. love D. pain
二、阅读理解
It’s 9:30 a.m. Thirty minutes before the party, volunteers
arrive and get to work. They hang colorful balloons, set up toys,
games, and activities, and prepare different kinds of food and
gifts on a table. Soon it’s time to play the music and welcome the
guests. The kids rush in, ready to celebrate. Happy Birthday!
Every month, parties like this can be seen at some places for
the homeless. The host, a nonprofit organization（非营利组织）called the Birthday Party Project, throws birthday parties for groups of kids who don’t have a home. For some children, it’s the first birthday party they’ve ever had.
Let’s celebrate!
Paige Chenault is the creator of the Birthday Party Project. “Everyone wants a chance to feel known and seen, and a birthday is a perfect place and a perfect time in our lives to stop and celebrate,” she says.
Chenault and her family threw the Birthday Party Project’s first event in January 2012, in Dallas, Texas. “We realized serving children in our own community was a great place to start,”she says. Since then, the orga-nization has grown. Now the Birthday Party Project hosts about 50 monthly parties in 15 cities. More than 10,000 kids have celebrated their birthdays at these events.
Jamie Gates, who works at the housing community in Minneapolis, Minnesota, says that the Birthday Party Project holds parties there on the third Thursday of each month. According to Gates, if she doesn’t put up the notice for the next event at least five days ahead, kids will start asking her about it. “They love it,” she says. “Parents will come to the party, too. It’s a really good time for them to sit and talk, and for the whole place to come together.”
1. Who can have his/her birthday party in the Birthday Party Project? （）
A. Rachel, 12, who lives alone in New York.
B. Tommy, 8, who is homeless in Texas.
C. Michael, 14, who doesn’t live with his parents in Minnesota.
D. Ellen, 6, who lives in an apartment with her parents in Dallas.
2. Paige Chenault set up the Birthday Party Project because____________.（）
A. she decided to offer homes to homeless kids
B. she wanted to make everyone feel known and seen
C. it is a great chance to make money by hosting parties
D. she thought it was interesting to hold birthday parties
3. What can we learn from the last paragraph? （）
A. Kids look forward to attending the birthday parties.
B. Parents are not allowed to come to the birthday parties.
C. Jamie Gates is the creator of the Birthday Party Project.
D. Jamie Gates doesn’t put up the notice for the next event on time.
4. What’s the best title for the passage? （）
A. Kids and Family
B. Volunteers and Parties
C. A Special Birthday Party on the Way
D. A Good Way to Have Parties
三、词汇运用
A）用方框中所给词的适当形式填空，每词限用一次。

important her throat get knife
1. There are two____________ in Alan’s pencil box.
2. I have a sore____________. I can’t sing today.
3. Though the girl is only eight years old, she can look after____________.
4. My mother is used to____________ up early.
5. The teacher told his class the____________ of learning English.
B）根据短文内容和所给汉语提示，在空白处写出单词的正确形式。

每空限填一词。

As we know, people who can’t see anything live difficult lives. They may have trouble in
going out. Also, they may feel 6_____________（寂寞的）when they stay at home alone. Can people solve these problems?
In 1918, a doctor and his pet dog walked with a 7_____________（失明的）soldier. The doctor had something to do in the hospital, so he left his pet dog and the soldier for a short time. When he came back, he 8_____________（注意到）his pet dog guide the soldier safely. So he made a 9_____________（决定）that he would teach dogs to guide persons and he succeeded at last. This made the people who can’t see 10_____________（兴奋的）.
The best dogs for the job are 11_____________（聪明的）. It takes more than two years to 12_____________（训练）a little dog to be a guide dog. When the dog is 14 months old, it can 13_____________（理解）people’s instructions（指令）easily. Then it will meet its new 14_____________（主人）and they need to practice together for four weeks. With the help of the guide dog, the people’s lives will 15_____________（改变）a lot.
四、语法填空
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入一个适当的词，或填入括号中所给单词的正确形式。

COVID-19 is now quickly spreading in the West. In many cities, schools and factories 1_____________（close）. Charles Randolph, 13, reads the news about the disease every day. He knows many people have no masks2_____________（protect）themselves. One day, the boy asked himself, “How can I make 3____________difference?”
When Randolph was younger, the boy took 4 （class）in 3D printing. He used to make for himself on the printer. Randolph thought for a while and came up5____________a good idea: Perhaps he could 3D-print some masks for people 6____________needed them.
Randolph 7_____________（find）codes（代码）for masks on the Internet. He then 8_____________（glad）put them into the 3D printer. It took him about 90 minutes and cost him about a dollar to make each mask.
“The masks are the first meaningful things I’ve made,”the boy says in a 9_____________（proud）voice. “Now I’m making more masks and offering them to others.”
The boy is also waiting for 10____________great idea to appear in his head. He wants to solve more real-life problems!
参考答案
一、1—5. DADAD 6—8. CBA
9. D
10. B 11—15. DDDAC
二、1—4. BBAC
三、1. knives 2. throat 3. herself 4. getting 5. importance
6. lonely
7. blind
8. noticed
9. decision 10. excited
11. clever 12. train 13. understand 14. owner 15. change
四、1. are closed 2. to protect 3. a 4. classes 5. with
6. who
7. found
8. gladly
9. proud 10. another。