牛津英语8AUnit1-3单元测试

初二英语第一学期U1-U3测试卷

第一卷（45分）

一、单项填空（1’*15=15’）

( ) 1. We became _______in the _________places.

A. interest; interesting

B. interesting; interested

C. interested; interesting

D. interests; interesting

( ) 2. The house is ________ wood. That kind of beer(啤酒) is _______rice.

A. make of; made in

B. made from; made in

C. made of; made from

D. made of; make from

( ) 3. The White House is a beautiful building ______ a big garden and many trees.

A. have

B. has

C. with

D. there is

( ) 4. When he walks _______ my desk, he often knocks my books _______ the floor.

A. past, off

B. past, onto

C. through, on

D. across, away

( ) 5. --- How tall the boy is!

--- Yes, he is taller than __________ in his class.

A. any other student

B. any student

C. other student

D. other students

( ) ’d better do our work better with _______money and ______ people.

A. less, fewer

B. less, less

C. fewer, fewer

D. fewer, less

( ) 7. I hope _________ my birthday party next Saturday.

A. you to come to

B. that you to come

C. you come

D. that you can come to

( ) 8. He tries to spend as much time as he can ____ Chinese well.

A to study??

B studies??

C studying?? D?study

( ) 9. Why not ________ an English Club to practice ________ English?

A. join; speaking

B. to join; speaking

C. join; to speak

D. to join; to speak

( ) 10．Where __________ the match____________?

A．is；take place B．did；take place

C．was；happened D．was；happening

( ) 11. In our school library, there _____a number of books on science and the number of them _______growing larger and larger.

; are B. are; is C. is; is D. are; are

( ) 12. Peter plays chess ___________ than I, but he doesn’t play ___________ my brother.

A. better; as good as

B. better; so well as

C. well; so good as

D. well; as well as

( ) 13. She always looks _________ now. she’s looking _________at her new drawing.

A. happy; happy

B. happy; happily

C. happily; happily

D. happily; happy ( ) 14. When something _______you, I will always help you, so don’t _______it.

A. worry about; worry

B. worry; worry about

C. worries; worry about

D. worries; worry

( ) 15. Suzhou is one of ________ in China.

A. the most famous city

B. the famousest city

C. the famousest cities

D. the most famous cities

二、完形填空：（1’*10=10’）

One day, I heard an American boy say to a Chinese girl student, “You speak very good English.” But the girl answered, “ No, no. My English is very poor.” The foreigner was quite 16 at the answer. Thinking he had not made himself understood or the girl had not 17 him clearly, he said, “ Yes, indeed, you speak very well.”18 the girl still kept saying, “ No.” In the end, the American boy could not understand and didn’t know 19 to say.

What’s wrong with the girl’s answer? She didn’t 20 a compliment ( 恭维)in the same way as the American people do. She should answer, “ Thank you” instead of “ No”. She really understood what the American boy had said, but she thought she should be modest. In the west, people will feel proud and 21 when they are praised. So if someone says the 22 you have cooked are very delicious, you should say, “ Thank you .”

In our country we think being modest is a virtue (美德) and being proud is a bad thing, but in my opinion, being confident does not 23 being proud, so sometimes you should be confident instead of being modest.

24 you are modest and say, “No , I’m afraid I can’t do it well”, while working in a western country, the others may think that you really cannot do it. If you often say “No”, you will certainly be looked down upon by 25 . When asking for a job, if one says something like “Yes, I can certainly do it ” instead of “ Let me have a try ”, he or she will expect to get it . So in the west, you should be brave to show your self-confidence.

( ) B. surprised C. relaxed D. frightened

( ) 17. A. heard B. watched C. listened to D. looked at

( ) 18. A. Though B. Although C. Or D. But

( ) 19. A. when B. which C. what D. how

( ) 20. A. receive B. accept C. refuse D. disagree

( ) 21. A. dutiful B. modest C. shameful D. confident

( ) 22. A. dishes B. cups C. glasses D. bowls

( ) 23. A. think B. say C. ask D. mean

( ) 24. A. Until B. Unless（除非） C. Whether D. If

( ) 25. A. another B. the other C. the others D. others

三、阅读理解（2’*10=20’）

（A）

Little Tommy was doing very badly in math. His parents had tried everything—tutors (家庭教师), cards, special learning centers—in short, everything they could think of. Finally they took Tommy to a catholic (天主教的) school.

After the first day, little Tommy came home with a very serious look on his f ace. He didn’t kiss his mother hello. Instead, he went straight to his room and started studying. Books and papers were spread out all over the room and little Tommy was hard at work.. His mother was surprised. She called him down to dinner and as soon as he finished eating , he went back to his room, without a word. In no time he was back hitting the books as hard as before. This went on for some time, day after day while the mother tried to understand what was happening.