人教版九年级上册英语 Unit 8 测试卷(含答案)

九年级上册英语Unit 8单元测试卷
一、单项选择。

（）1. I will meet Jane at the station. Please _____ what time she will arrive.
A. count
B. choose
C. check
D. catch
（）2. -Is he running _____ exercise?
-No, I think he is running _____ catch a bus.
A. to; to
B. for; for
C. for; to
D. to; for
（）3. The city of Harbin is beautiful all the year round, _____ in winter. Ice lanterns decorate streets and attract plenty of tourists.
A. especially
B. generally
C. probably
D. possibly
（）4. -What's wrong with Mrs West?
-She was woken up by the _____ of a car starting up. She couldn't sleep any more.
A. laugh
B. sound
C. noise
D. voice
（）5. -Whose book is this?
-It must belong _____ .
A. Diana
B. Diana's
C. to Diana
D. to Diana's
（）6. He was the only kid _____ the picnic.
A. In
B. at
C. on
D. of
（）7. Oh, dear! Did you walk such a long way on such a hot day? Sit down and have a drink. You _____ be tired and thirsty. A. can B. must C. may D. should
（）8. I don't think he can see _____ on the blackboard.
A. anything interesting
B. interesting anything
C. something interesting
D. interesting something
（）9. Maybe you're afraid of _____ homework!
A. too many
B. too much C: many too D. much too
（）10. A police saw a thief _____ a boy's mobile phone in the bus and _____ him at once.
A. to steal; caught
B. steal; catching
C. stealing; caught
D. stolen; caught
二、完形填空。

One day a poor man was traveling on horseback. At noon, he tied his horse to a tree and then 1 to eat something. A few minutes later, a rich man came along and tied his horse to the same tree.
"Please tie your horse to another tree. " said the poor man. " My horse is wild. It will kill yours.
2 the rich man said, "I shall tie my horse as I like! " he tied up his horse and had his lunch nearby. After a moment they heard a terrible
3 , the two horse were fighting. They went up to them, but it was too
4 . The rich man's horse was killed. "See what your horse has done!" cried the rich man: "You will have to
5 it. " And he brought the poor man before Mr. Know.
Mr. Know asked the poor man some questions. But he made no 6 . At last Mr. Know said. "This man is dumb. He cannot speak. "
"Oh," the rich man shouted 7 . "He can! He spoke to me when I met him. "
"Are you sure?" asked Mr.Know. "What did he 8 ?0"
"He told me not to tie my horse to the same tree because his horse was wild and would kill my horse. "
"Oh. " said Mr. Know. "So he 9 you. Then can you expect to get money 10 him?"
The rich man said nothing and left silently.
（）1.A. put down B. set down C. sat down D. turned down （）2.A. So B. But C. And D. Though （）3.A. song B. word C. bell D. noise
（）4.A. late B. slow C. hard D. quick
（）5.A. pay for B. look for C. wait for D. care for
（）6.A. idea B. mistake C. money D. answer
（）7.A. quietly B. angrily C. happily D. heavily
（）8.A. speak B. tell C. talk D. say
（）9.A. helped B. thanked C. warned D. ordered
（）10.A. for B. from C. with D. about
三、阅读理解。

The moon had gone behind a cloud and there weren't many stars in the sky. It was a dark night. I saw bright light in my neighbor' s kitchen. I thought he was having a midnight snack so I went back to my bed. Soon, there was a burning smell in the air and I thought something was wrong. At once, I jumped out of bed and went downstairs to have a look. I saw a fire coming out of my neighbor's kitchen. I shouted "Fire ! " But there was no one nearby to hear my shouts for help. I rushed into my house, called the Fire Department and went back to my neighbor' s house. I rang the doorbell, knocked at the door and called out my neighbor' s name, but there was no answer. I managed to break into the house and saved a cat and a rabbit. I tried to pour water through the kitchen window but it was no use, the fire is too strong. Luckily, a fire engine arrived and the firemen put out the fire. They arrived in time as the fire was going on to the other rooms in the house. When my neighbor came back, he was sad because his kitchen was burnt down, but he thanked me for calling the Fire Department and for saving his pets. He wanted to give me some money but I did not accept it.
Weeks later, my neighbor invited me to his new kitchen and there he gave me a present that he had specially ordered from a store. It made me very happy.
（）1. At first when the writer saw bright light in his neighbor's kitchen, he ______ .
A. went to put out the fire
B. didn't care about it
C. was very nervous
D. thought he was cooking dinner
（）2. The writer rushed into his own house to ______ .
A. call his parents for help
B. protect himself from the fire
C. call the Fire Department
D. save the cat and the rabbit
（）3. According to passage, who put out the fire?
A. The writer himself.
B. His neighbor.
C. The firemen.
D. The writer's parents.
（）4. What did the neighbor give the writer at first?
A. Some money.
B. A gift.
C. A pet.
D. A good meal.
（）5. Which of the following is TRUE?
A. The fire was coming out of the neighbor's bedroom.
B. The writer saved nothing.
C. The fire went on to the other rooms.
D. The neighbor was not at home when the kitchen caught fire.
B）阅读短文，选择最佳答案。

Mr. Lee was in bed and was trying to go to sleep when he heard the bell ring. He turned on the light and looked at his clock. It was twelve o'clock. "Who can it be at this time of night?" He thought. He decided to go and find out. So he got of bed, put on his dressing gown (浴袍) and went to the door. When he opened the door, there was nobody there. "That's very strange. " he thought. Then he went back to his bedroom, took off his dressing gown, got back into bed, turned off the light and tried to go to sleep.
A few minutes later he heard the bell again. Mr Lee jumped out of bed very quickly and rushed to the door. He opened it, but again he found no one there. He closed the door and tried not to feel angry. Then he saw a piece of paper on the floor. He picked it up. There were some words on it: "It is now after midnight (午夜) , so it is April Fool's Day (愚人节). April fool to you ! "
"Oh, it was the English boy next door!" Mr Lee exclaimed (惊叫) and almost smiled. He went back to bed and fell asleep at once. The bell did not ring again.
（）6. When did Mr Lee go to bed? He went to bed _______ .
A. before twelve o'clock
B. after twelve o'clock
C. when the bell rang
D. when he saw the boy
（）7. Why did he rush to the door when he heard the bell ring the second time?
A. He wanted to open the door for the visitor.
B. He wanted to find out w-ho the visitor was.
C. He was afraid of the ring.
D. He was waiting for someone.
（）8. From this passage, we learn that we can _______ on April Fool's Day.
A. say "Hello" to each other
B. dance and sing at night
C. play jokes on each other
D. send presents to children
（）9. What did Mr Lee think about the English boy? He thought he _______ . A. was a good boy B. was friendly with him
C. shouldn't ring the bell at midnight
D. did a dangerous thing just now
四、短文填空。

用所给单词的适当形式填空。

Gaynor Sunderland. a nine-year-old girl. gave one of the most detailed
descriptions(详细的描述）in July, 1976. Gaynor lived in Oakenholt,a village in North Wales. On 1.____ way home from school, she saw a silver(银色的)object shaped（形状）2．____ a saucer(碟子) in a field not far from her home.
The strange craft（航空器）was about 30 feet long and 9 feet high. It had yellow windows a long the side and on the top there was a light flashing in a kind of box.
Although Gaynor was afraid, she didn't run away. Instead, she lay 3.____ in a long grass and watched the door of the strange craft open. She saw two people 4.____ silver coats come out of the craft. They were carrying some 5.____ of equipment（仪器）which they used to examine the ground "They were short and had large pink eyes," Gaynor said.
After 6.____ half an hour, the two people went back into the craft. At once there was aloud noise and the UF0 7.____ off.
Although Gaynor told her mother what she had seen, her family decided 8.____ quiet about it. They didn't want people to laugh at their daughter. However, 18 months later, Gaynor told her story to UFO experts. They hypnotized（使进入催眠状态）Gaynor so they could be sure she was telling the 9.____ ．
Not only did she 10.____ her story, she was able to draw a picture of what she had seen.
五、任务型阅读
A few days ago,a strange thing happened in my life. Every night I heard a strange sound outside the window.(1)1 was scared and didn't know what to do.I thought there might be a thief(2)____ (stand) outside the window.I asked my parents to see what it was. (3)但是他们什么也没有发现。

That lasted for a few days.I couldn't sleep well. Sometimes
I even couldn't fall (4)____ (sleep). One day,I bought a flashlight（手电筒）in a market. At midnight,as soon as I heard the strange sound, I jumped out of my bed. With the help of the flashlight, (5)I found a black cat jumping up and down at the window fence. He wanted to make friends with my cat, but couldn't get into our house. So he had to appear on the window fence every night. Do you think it is strange? Have you ever seen such kind of strange thing in your life?
根据短文内容，完成下列任务。

1．回答问题：What happened to the writer a few days ago?
2．将画线部分(1)改为同义句：
I was _____ and didn't know what _____ _____ do.
3．在短文中的(2)和(4)处用所给词的适当形式填空：_____ ；_____ 。

4．用两种表达方式将画线部分(3)译为英语。

(1)____________ _________________________
(2)__________ ___________________________ 5．将(5)处的画线部分译为汉语。

六、书面表达
根据提示写一篇80词左右的短文。

内容提示：李洋在教室外面拣到一支钢笔，他认为这支笔是刘林的，因为他知道刘林有这样一支笔，于是他去给刘林，但刘林说不是她的。

他们俩仔细想了一下，认为这支笔有可能是张力的，他们见过他用过这样的笔。

参考答案
一.l～5 C C A C C 6～10 BBABC
二、1～5 C B D A A 6～10 DBDCB
三、1～5 B C C A D 6～10 ABCB
四、1. her 2.like 3.quietly 4.wearing 5.kinds
6. about
7.took
8.to keep
9.truth 10. repeat
五、1. Every night he heard a strange sound outside the window.
2．afraid of it．I should
3．standing, asleep
4.(1) But they didn't find anything.
(2) But they found nothing.
5．我发现一只黑猫在我的窗栏上蹦蹦跳跳。

六、One possible version:
Li Yang found a pen outside the classroom this morning. He thought it must be Liu Lin's, because he knows that she has such a pen. So he went to Liu Lin to give it back. But Liu Lin said it wasn't her pen, hers was in her pencil case. Whose pen it might be? They thought for a while and agreed that it might be Zhang Li's, because they used to see him use it.Then they went to Zhang Li and gave the pen back. Zhang Li was very thankful.。