教材基础练(十四)八下3-4

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B. puts on B. or B. from B. bright B. have
C. puts away C. but C. up C. boring C. by
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教材基础练（十四） 八年级（下） Unit 3 ~ Unit 4
I. 词汇测试（10分） i. 从下面每小题的A、B、C三个选项中选 出可以替换划线部分的最佳选项。（5分） 1. —Success usually requirቤተ መጻሕፍቲ ባይዱs hard work. —So it does. We need to work harder. A. hopes B. makes C. needs
Star, of course, has no idea how to act on the Earth. But she has a good heart and will do anything to protect the Diaz’s son, Marco. As for Marco, he would welcome a little danger into his boring life, but he gets a little more than he asked for! Disney previewed a part of Star vs. the Forces of Evil at San Diego Comi-Con 2014, a yearly meeting of more than 130,000 comic book and pop culture fans.
an animal or an object. Each puppet is painted in 4 colours and put on a stick. Some puppets have movable arms and legs. During a shadow puppet play, Wang stands behind a white screen 5 lights behind it. The audience sit in front of the screen. Wang and 6 friends hold the puppets very close to the screen so the audience can see the puppets’ shadows 7 .
Then they move the puppets around and 8 the voices of the different characters. Shadow puppet plays are an ancient Chinese art. Now with TV and films, shadow puppet plays are not as popular 9 before. Wang and his friends often work very hard for little money, but they do not mind. They want to keep this traditional art 10 .
About two centuries ago, people began to make matches. Matches brought people a quick and easy way to make fires. Today matches are still being used, but people have more new ways to make fires. One of them is to use an electric fire starter. Of course an electric fire starter is much more expensive than a box of matches. But it is very useful.
1. From the text we know that a spark can ________. A. burn any leaves B. burn anything C. burn dry leaves D. keep the fire burning
2. We can also get a fire by ________. A. making a hole in a big piece of wood B. putting a smaller stick into the hole C. turning the stick hard for a while D. doing all the above in order
II. 完形填空（20分）
Every Saturday, Wang Weifang 1 a play with his friends in a small town near Xi’an. The audience can hear them, 2 they cannot see them. That is because they are putting on a shadow puppet play. Shadow puppets are made 3 hard leather. The leather is cut out in the shape of a person,
4. —How do you like my room? —Wonderful. But these curtains don’t match your carpet. A. look different B. go with C. look terrible 5. It appears that she is older than she really is. A. seems B. proves C. watches
2. Tom reaches school at 7:30 every day. A. arrives at B. arrives in C. gets 3. —Are you ready for the journey? —Yes. And I’m looking forward to it. A. thankful B. eager C. prepared
3. From the passage, we know that ________. A. electric fire starters are widely used B. some forest fires happen from lightning C. today there are only two ways to make a fire D. people haven’t used matches since they had electric fire starters
7. If something ______ you, it interests you and makes you want it. A. satisfies B. disappoints C. attracts 8. Next week, Team 1 will ______ Team 2 to see who is the best. A. decide on B. make progress C. play against
4. Which of the following is the right order of the ways to make fires that people got to know? a. with a match b. from the sun c. from lightning d. by rubbing e. with an electric fire starter f. by hitting two pieces of stone A. b-a-c-d-e-f B. b-c-a-e-d-f C. c-f-d-b-a-e D. c-d-a-f-b-e
ii. 根据句子意思，从下面每小题的A、B、 C三个选项中选出恰当的词语完成句子。 （5分）
6. You use ______ to describe something that is most necessary and from which other things develop. A. basic B. simple C. common
B. his B. quietly B. do B. like B. living
C. its C. correctly C. practise C. as C. life
III. 阅读理解（16分） A Long, long ago people made fire from lightning (闪电). But they had to keep the fire burning, for they couldn’t start it again if there was no lightning. Later, they found out hitting two pieces of stone together could make a spark (火花). The spark could burn dry leaves. In this way they could make the fire again if it went out. Then people also learned to make a fire by rubbing (摩擦).
9. —When will you ______ for Italy? — We haven’t decided yet. It depends on the weather. A. put off B. take off C. set off