江苏省扬州梅苑双语学校八年级英语第十次周练试题

江苏省扬州梅苑双语学校2021-2021学年八年级英语第十次周练试题
成绩
一、单项选择：（15分）
( )1. Simon _________ a computer. He wants to learn __________.
A. bought; what to use
B. has bought; what to use it
C. bought; how to use
D. has bought; how to use it ( )2. —When did you go to bed last night?
—I didn't go to bed ______ I finished my homework.
A. until
B. after
C. when
D. Because
( )3. Mike _______ his room. It's very clean.
A. has cleaned
B. cleaned
C. is cleaning
D. will clean ( )4. We ________ a farm if it ________tomorrow.
A. will visit; won't rain
B. have visited; won't rain
C. will visit; rains
D. are going to visit; doesn't rain ( )5. Lily's grandpa has lived here _____________.
A.6 years old
B. almost 6 years
C. since 2000
D. for long time ( )6. When did your father ________ your mother?
A. marry
B. marry to
C. marry with
D. get married ( )7. —How does Sue go to school every day? —____________.
A. On foot
B. By foot
C. On her foot
D. By her foot ( )8. How long have you _______ Mr Smith?
A. known
B. got to know
C. learnt
D. seen ( )9. Children need to have ________ space and pretty gardens.
A. opened
B. open
C. opening
D. to open
( )10. In fact, he was born here and ________it since he was a child.
A. known
B. has known
C. knows
D. has know
( )11. —He's just back from work,_________? —________.He is having a rest in the room.
A. hasn't he; Yes, he has
B. has he; No, he hasn't
C. isn't he; Yes, he is
D. is he; No, he isn't
( )12. —When did you know this thing?
—I knew nothing about it _____ you told me yesterday.
A. after
B. until
C. since
D. because
( )13. You can play football__________ before.
A. as soon as
B. as quick as
C. as often as
D. as good as
( )14. Our city has ________ these years.
A. change a lot
B. change a lot of
C. changed a lot
D. changed a lot of
( )15.________ you ________ the boy since last summer?
A. Did; see
B. Have; seen
C. Are; seeing D Will; see
二、完形填空：（15分）
You might think that there are no longer any animals in Hong Kong 9 in the zoos. But there are still about 36 different animals 10 there. One of the most interesting of Hong Kong's animals is the barking deer. These are beautiful little animals 11 a rich brown coat and a white patch（补钉）under the tail. They look like deer but they are much smaller. They are less than two feet(英尺) 12 . They make a noise like a dog 13 . In Hong Kong the barking deer has only a real enemy（仇敌）―14 . People hunt these little animals though it is illegal（违法的）. There are now not many barking deer left. So it is important 15 people to protect wild animals.
( )1．A．work B．study C．live D．enjoy
( )2．A．many B．a few C．no D．not
( )3．A．other B．others C．the other D．another
( )4．A．people B．animals C．plants D．things
( )5．A．grew B．made C．got D．kept
( )6．A．fire B．hotness C．heat D．stoves（炉子）
( )7．A．So B．Such C．As D．Nor
( )8．A．lived B．died C．came D．left
( )9．A．besides B．except C．and D．or
( )10．A．live B．to live C．lived D．living
( )11．A．have B．without C．with D．get
( )12．A．high B．higher C．short D．shorter
( )13．A．shouting B．crying C．barking D．talking
( )14．A．tigers B．men C．wolves D．elephant s
( )15．A．to B．for C．like D．of
三、阅读明白得：（30分）
Gladys Holm was a secretary(秘书). She worked in an office all his life. Gladys made about $15,000 a year. She died when she was 86 years old. And she left a big surprise—$18 million! She gave the money to a children’s hospital.
Gladys Holm never got married or had any children. But she always liked children, and she wanted to help them. When her friend’s daughter was ill in hospital. Gladys brought her a toy bear. After that, she visited the hospital many times. Every time she visited, she brought toy bears for those children. After that, people started to call Gladys the “Toy bear Lady.”
Gladys always gave toys and presents to her friends and family but no one knew she had a lot of money. She lived in a small house outside Chicago. Everyone was very surprised when they learned she was a millionaire.A family friend said, “She always gave us nice presents and things, but we didn’t know she was rich.”
How did Gladys get so much money? She asked her boss how to make more money, and she listened to what he said. She brought the stocks(股票) that he told her to buy, and she got very rich. Before she died, she talked to her friends about “giving something to the children’s hospital.” No one knew that the “something” was $18 million!
( )1. Gladys Holm often visited the hospital and gave children toy bears because______.
A. she had too much money
B. she had a lot of toy bears
C. she had never got married and had no children
D. she liked children very much
( )2. People started to call Gladys the “Toy Bear Lady”_______.
A. after she visited the children in hospital many times
B. after she died
C. before her friend’s daughter was ill
D. before she worked with his boss
( )3. Everyone wa s surprised that________.
A. Gladys lived such a long life
B. Gladys lived in a small house outside Chicago
C. Gladys had so much money
D. Gladys always gave her friends nice presents
( )4. ________, so she got rich.
A. Gladys made $15,000 a year as a secretary
B. Gladys did what the boss told her to do
C. Gladys got the money from the boss
D. Gladys did another job in the hospital
( )5. When Gladys Holm became a millionaire,________.
A. she spent most of the money on nice presents and things
B. she stopped working
C. she still lived in the same way
D. she could hardly wait to tell her friends and family
B
In 1638, John Harvard donated some money and about four hundred books to a new university. This was the beginning of the library at Harvard University. The gift was so important that the university was named for John Harvard.
Thomas Bray began the first free lending library in the late 1600s. He set up more than 30 or these libraries in the American colonies. However, the idea for this kind of free library ended when Bray died in 1730. In 1731, Benjamin Franklin and some frien ds started the first subscription library in the United States. In a subscription library people pay money to become members, but they may borrow the books without paying again.
In the United States, every child had a free education. This idea soon led to free libraries. One of the first libraries that used tax money to buy books was a library in Peterborough, New Hampshire. This library was set up in 1833.
( )6. The main idea of paragraph 2 is________.
A. Franklin started the first subscription library
B. in a subscription library people pay money to become members
C. Bray and Franklin were important in the history of public libraries
D. Bray died in 1730 and Franklin died in 1833
( )7. The underlined word “borrow” means_______.
A. read and write with no help from another person
B. use for a short time and then return
C. like very much
D. lend
( )8. The reading does not say it, but we can guess that_______.
A. there were free schools in the United States before there were free libraries
B. free schools and free libraries in the United States began at about the same time
C. the library in New Hampshire also had a free school in it
D. there were free libraries in the United States before there were free schools
( )9. Havard University began_______.
A. in 1731
B. in 1730
C. in 1833
D. in 1638
( )10. At the library that Franklin started, ________.
A. children could use books for no money at all
B. people paid a little money in the beginning but none after that
C. people paid a lot of money in the beginning but none after that
D. both A and B
C
When you are reading something in English, you may often meet with a new word. What’s the best way to know it?
You may look it up in the English-Chinese dictionary. It will tell you a lot about the word: the pronunciation, the Chinese meaning and how to use the word. But how can you know where the word is thousands of English words? How to find it in the dictionary both quickly and correctly?
First, all the English words are arranged(安排) in the letter order. In the dictionary you can first see the words beginning with letter A, then B, C, D…. That means, if there are two words “desert”and “pull”, “desert” will be certainly before “pull”. Then if there are two words both beginning with the same letter, you may look at the second letter. Then the third, the fourth… For example, “pardon”is before “plough”, “judge” before “just”, etc.
Do you understand how to look up in the dictionary?
The dictionary will be your good friend. I hope you’ll use it as often as possible in your English study.
( )11. This passage is about______.
A. new words in writing
B. different dictionaries
C. the best way of reading
D. using an English-Chinese dictionary
( )12. In the dictionary you may not find_______.
A. how to pronounce the word
B. the spelling of the word
C. who used the word first
D. how to use the word
( )13. In an English-Chinese dictionary, the last word______.
A. begins with Z
B. begins with A
C. is a short one
D. is not often used
( )14. Which group of words is in the right order in an English-Chinese dictionary?
A. perhaps, produce, plenty
B. straight, subject, surprise
C. century, center, business
D. foreign, entrance, headache
( )15. In the passage the writer tries to tell us that_______.
A. we have to use a dictionary when we read something in English
B. an English-Chinese dictionary can tell us everything about a word
C. an English-Chinese dictionary can help us a lot in our English study
D. all English-Chinese dictionary are the same
四、辞汇运用：（10分）
1. We should take more actions to reduce the water _______________(pollute).
2. When I passed the driving test, I thought I was the _______________(luck) person in the world.
3. The little boy is _______________(kind) to his classmates, so nobody likes him.
4. Danny and Daniel are brothers, and their______________ (wife) are sisters. That’s interesting.
5. Have you ______________(eat) your breakfast yet?
6. I’ve______________(方才) known it. Sorry to hear that.
7. Kitty got___________(成婚) last year. Her husband is a computer programmer.
8. My English has _______________(进步) a lot this term.
9. Remember not to dump the ______________(废弃物) into the river.
10. They have closed the ________________(工厂) to stop them from polluting the environment.
五、任务型阅读：（10分）
New Year traditions all around the world
“Happy New Year!” Everyone will greet each other with these words as they meet each other over the next two weeks. But it wasn’t always January 1 that marked the New Year.
At least 4,000 years ago, the ancient Egyptians and Babylonians marked the changing of the year. In Egypt, the year started when the Nile River flooded, enriching farmers’ fields. This happened at the end of September.
The Babylonians held a festival in the spring, on March 23, to kick off the next farming cycle. The Babylonian celebration lasted for 11 days.
The date January 1 was picked by the Roman Emperor Julius Caesar as the change of the year when he built his own calendar in 46 BC. The month of January originates（起源于）from the Roman god, Jesus. He is described with two heads. One head looks forward and the other back. They represent a break between the old and new. The new calendar was in time with the sun and it has been used until the present day.
In Vietnam, the New Year holiday happens in February. They buy fresh flowers and a peach blossom to put in their houses, f ollowing the Vietnamese custom.
Thailand has its special New Year’s date. It’s different from the normal calendar. The Thai
New Year is celebrated on April 13. On this day, Thai people play with water, throwing it on each other. It means to bring good luck during the New Year ahead.
In China, the more favorable New Year is usually celebrated in February according to Lunar(农历的) calendar. On New Year’s Eve, all family members sit together at ta ble, enjoying lots of auspicious (吉祥如意的) foods such as dumplings, chicken to bring good luck.
Countries 1 _____ Origins(起源) or 2___ 3______ or reasons
Egypt
The end of
September
The Nile River flood Make fields 4______ Babylon March
Holding a 5 ________ Kick off the next farming
cycle
Rome January 1Roman god, Jesus6_______ of a break
Thailand April 13
7_____ water onto
each other’s body
Bring good luck
Vietnam February
Buying fresh flowers
and a peach blossom
8_____ the custom
China February 9______ auspicious
foods
Bring good luck and
10_____
to everyone
1. ____________
2. ____________
3. ____________
4. ____________
5. ____________
6. ____________
7. ____________
8. ____________
9. ____________ 10. ___________
六、缺词填空：（10分）
The crow is an ordinary bird. It is about twenty inches long and black all over. Crows are dirty because they live o 1 old bad food. Crows eat a lot of w 2 food. In this way they are more u 3 to us than any birds. They c 4 up the dirty things in our streets. Crows are always hungry. They look for food all day long, and in the evening you can see them in large numbers f 5 back to their nests in the trees. They sleep there at night.
Crows are much n 6 than other birds. Very often a large number of crows will get together on the house and talk. Sometimes they talk together, and do it by t 7 like human beings. It is easy to tell f 8 crow’s sounds whether they are friendly birds. A pair of crows will live together all their l 9 , and if one of them dies, the other becomes very sad and q 10 for the rest of its life and sometimes it dies, too.
1.___________
2. ___________
3. ___________
4. ___________
5. ___________
6. ___________
7. ___________
8. ___________
9. ___________10. ___________
七、翻译句子：（10分）
1. 关于扬州的过去和此刻我明白了很多。

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2. 在过去的三十年中, 中国发生了庞大的转变。

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3. 政府已意识到这个严峻的问题而且采取方法来改变那个情形。

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4. 这儿以前是家电影院，此刻它已变成了一个大花园。

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5. 大多数年轻人感到快乐因为转变带给他们一个现代化的生活。

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