杭州市文澜中学八年级上学期英语真题试卷【U5-U6】

The Test of Unit 5-6(Grade Two)
单项选择
They have more books than____. But ____ are better than ____.
A. we; ours; them
B. us; ours; theirs
C. us; we; them
D. we; ours; theirs
---____, Ted? ---Sure, I’d love to.
A. Would you like a cup of tea
B. Do you have a party
C. Can I help you
D. Can you come to my party
He is the best basketball player in the world. No one can be _____ than him.
A. better
B. best
C. well
D. good
You can come and ask me after 10a.m. I ____ till 10 a.m.
A. am not free
B. am free
C. don’t free
D. have time
Cathy is also a careful girl. She writes ____ as her brother.
A. so careful
B. as careful
C. so carefully
D. as carefully
Look, There’s ____ sheep on that hill. Where is it?
A. a little
B. a few
C. few
D. much
Days get ____ in the spring. There are new leaves on the tree.
A. cold and long
B. longer and warmer
C. longer and warm
D. shorter and warmer
Guo Yue ____ the foreign player in the last ping-pong match.
A. beated
B. beat
C. win
D. won
____ my father and my mother ____ coming to see the sports meeting.
A. Both; is
B. Either; is
C. Both; are
D. Neither; is
I think the book “Harry Potter” is ____ than the movie.
A. much interesting
B. more much interesting
C. much more interesting
D. more funnier
Who is ____ of the two, Ruth or Rose?
A. smarter
B. the smartest
C. the smarter
D. smart
---May I go home now? ---____. You have to finish all the work.
A. No, you may not.
B. No, you needn’t
C. No, you mustn’t
D. Yes, you may
The radio said it would rain later this afternoon, ____, it doesn’t rain at all.
A. but
B. so
C. however
D. then
The weather in Guangzhou is warmer than ____ in Beijing in winter.
A. that
B. it
C. this
D. one
完形填空
Two days ago I was quite sure of getting an “A” for my Spanish. Because I had got myself __1__. I looked for __2__ on the Internet for a week. I wrote a __3__ and I even drew a few pictures of Spain. I practiced the speech a lot.
On the day of my speech, I didn’t get nervous or forget __4__ when I was going to say. However, everybody has one thing they are __5__ at. Some people are bad at drawing pictures. ___6__ are bad at typing. My problem is that my stories about Spanish history sounded boring.
After giving my speech and showing my pictures I __7__ I was going to get a bad grade.
Big projects are always very difficult to be finished. They __8__ a lot of time, and I always __9__ the day that it has to be finished and the grade I’ll get.
Anyway, I ended up getting an “A-“. The teacher said I __10__ all my classmates listen because I was talking very loudly!
A. ready
B. excited
C. interested
D. worried
A. news
B. information
C. dictionaries
D. papers
A. book
B. story
C. speech
D. joke
A. something
B. nothing
C. anything
D. everything
A. good
B. bad
C. interesting
D. glad
A. The other
B. Another
C. Others
D. Other
A. thought
B. though
C. taught
D. brought
A. cost
B. spend
C. pay
D. take
A. worry about
B. think about
C. tell about
D. know about
A. asked
B. made
C. hoped
D. found
阅读理解
A （台州高二期末阅读改编）
Hi, Antonio,
I read your blog and guess what? Now I have a summer job with my neighbor moving their lawn and doing work around their house and I am getting paid. I do the same work at my house but the pay is better at the neighbor’s. Have a great summer, man!
Posted by: Jack
Dear Antonio,
My son is 15 and he has been begging for a summer job. Do you know of any place that hires children of that age?
Posted by: Vallery
Hi, Antonio,
I am 13 years old and trying to earn money to take a trip with my chorus to Hawaii. I am willing to do any work at any hour during the summer.
Posted by Ashley Jordan
Hi, Antonio,
I am 19 years old, a college student and I am looking for a summer job. Does anyone know somewhere that is hiring? I have been looking for two weeks now.
Posted by: Erica Allen
Dear Antonio,
My daughter is working in the file room at the law firm I work for and I am very happy that we were able to get her on. My concern is that she wouldn’t have got the summer job if I had not “known” people. What about kids whose parents do not know someone?
Posted by: Tracy
Hi, Antonio,
I found my summer job on my own and my parents are so proud of me because I did it on my own. That is why
the world needs teens who can take responsibility for themselves and grow into mature and wise adults. Can’t wait for your next blog. I enjoy your writing. You have a great point of view.
Posted by: Jeff What do the underlined words “that age” mean?
A. 13 years old
B. 15 years old
C. 17 years old
D. 19 years old
What may be the topic in Antonia’s blog this time?
A. How to enter a profession
B. Getting a summer job
C. A pleasant summer
D. One’s ideal career
From the above posts we learn that ____.
A. Jack also gets paid for cutting the yard for his own family
B. Vallery has been begging along the street over the summer
C. Allen is quite experienced（有经验的）in finding a part-time job at college.
D. Jordan is willing to do any part-time job during his trip to Hawaii.
What do we know about Tracy from her post?
A. She works in a file room
B. She helped her daughter become a lawyer
C. She’s happy that she helped her daughter find a job
D. She thinks children should take responsibility for themselves
Where can we most probably find the text?
A. In a book
B. On the Internet
C. In a report
D. In a bulletin（公告）
B(2009福州中考)
In every little girl’s toy box, there might be a Barbie Doll. Barbie is 50 years old this year. It was designed in 1959 by an American businesswoman named Ruth Handler. She and her husband Elliott started the toy company Mattel. She named the new doll after their daughter Barbara. The first Barbie Doll appeared at the toy fair New York on March 9th, 1959. This date is used as Barbie’s birthday.
Mattel sold three hundred thousand Barbie Dolls in the first year at a price of three dollars. Today, a fifty-year-old Barbie in good condition might cost more than twenty-seven thousand dollars. Mattel says 90% of the girls in the United States aged from three to ten own at least one Barbie Doll. And girls aged three to six own an average of about twelve.
When Mattel created Barbie Dolls half a century ago, they never thought this doll would become a legend. Now Barbie Dolls are famous all over the world. They are sold in one hundred and fifty countries, and every second three Barbie Dolls are sold around the world.
Who designed the first Barbie Doll in 1959?
A. Mattel.
B. Elliott.
C. Barbara.
D. Ruth Handler.
How many Barbie Dolls are sold around the world every minute?
A. 3
B. 30
C. 18
D. 180
What does the underlined word “legend” mean in the passage?
A. 传播
B. 传奇
C. 传承
D. 传达
The writer doesn’t tell us __________.
A. Barbie Dolls are very popular with girls
B. Barbie Dolls sell well around the world
C. what the first Barbie Doll was based on
D. the doll Barbie was named after Barbara
What’s the best title of the passage?
A. Barbie’s birth
B. Barbie Dolls
C. A lovely girl named Barbie
D. A Popular Toy
C
One day, Mark decided to go sailing in his boat with his friend Ben, but Ben happened to be away. Ben’s brother Jack offered to go instead though he did not know anything about sailing. Mark agreed and they set out to the sea.
Soon they found themselves in a thick fog. Mark was sure they would be hit by a big ship. Luckily he saw a large buoy through the fog and decided to tie the boat to it for safety. As he was getting onto the buoy, however, he dropped the wet rope. The boat moved away in the fog carrying Jack, who didn’t know how to use the radio. He drifted about and Was not seen until twelve hours later.
Mark spent the night on the buoy. In the early morning he fell asleep. He was having a bad dream when a shout woke him up. A ship, the Good Hope, came up and he climbed onto it and thanked the captain. The captain told him that Jack had been picked up by another ship and the ship’s captain had sent out a message: “Without the message, I would not have found you on the buoy,” he said.
Mark didn’t go sailing with Ben because______ .
A. Ben was in some other places
B. Mark was in some other places
C. Ben asked his brother to go instead
D. Mark’s brother is better at sailing
Mark tried to tie the boat to the buoy so that______.
A. he could spend the night on it while Jack was looking for help
B. it wouldn’t be hit by other ships
C. he and Jack could go sailing again when the fog cleared
D. he wouldn’t be picked up by a passing ship
Jack and Mark became separated(分开)because______.
A. there wasn’t room for both Jack and Mark on the buoy
B. Jack couldn’t control the boat and it drifted away
C. Mark thought it safe to stay on the buoy but Jack didn’t
D. Jack had to stay in the boat to radio for help
How was Jack saved?
A Jack told people where to look for him
B. Jack used the radio to the Good Hope to get him
C. he shouted when he caught sight of the Good Hope
D. the captain saw Jack as the fog cleared
Who saved Mark?
A. Jack
B. The captain of the Good Hope
C. The captain of another ship
D. All of the above
缺选词填空和单词拼写
参考答案：
单项选择：CBDAA DADAC CCCCA
完形填空：ABCCB CAAAB
阅读理解：BBACB DABCB ABBDD。