英语八上-Unit1测试卷.docx

八年级上册Unit 1测试卷（时间：80分钟总分值：85分）第一局部选择题(60分)I.词汇(15分)i.从下面每题的A、B、C三个选项中 选出可以替换画线局部的最正确选项。(共8小 题,每题1分)( )1. 一Why do many people like to go on holiday in the countryside?一Because there is fresh air and beautiful scenery.A. parkB. village C. town( )2. 一You should not go out because it is raining outside now!-Perhaps I should listen to you.A. Suddenly B. Finally C. Maybe( )3. 一Do you think tigers will die out if we don't protect them ?一Yes, I think so.A. remain B. disappear C. appear()4. I don't like to do this work.一Me too, I wish someone would invent a new machine to help us with this work.A. produce .for the first timediscoverB. work()5. The tour included a visit to theScience Museum.一That*s so great.A. gaveB. tookC. contained( )6. 一Why do you always stay in the library. 一The library is a place to find out about something.A. know B.talkC. think( )7. 一Look at that boy. He is so young.一He is young, but he has the ability to move the heavy box.A. decides toB.is able toC. comes over to( )8. -Human beings cannot live without water.I agree with you.A. Animals B. Plants C. Peopleii.根据句子意思，从下面每题的A、B、 C三个选项中选出恰当的词语完成句子。(共7小题,每题1分)()9. 一What should I take to attend the meeting.一A pen. In addition, you should take a(n) to make notes on it.A. schoolbag B. notebook C. umbrella ( )10. 一Linda is a good student and she has the to finish the work by herself.I agree with you. She can do it without anyone's help.A. ability B. timeC. chance()11. 一What do you think is the mostimportant of Steve Jobs?一Of course the Apple computer.A. inventionB. programmeC. experiment( )12. 一Do you know why we can't find any dinosaurs now ?一Oh, it is a mystery(谜). knows the reason.A. SomebodyB. AnybodyNobody( )13. 一Have you what time the meeting will start?Yes, it will start at 2： 30 p.m. tomorrow.A. talked aboutB. found outC. asked for( )14. 一Let's before it gets dark.The view is very beautiful here.Wait a moment, please. I must take a shower first.A. take a breakB. go on holidaygo for a walk()15. 一Mr Smith didn*t feel well yesterday., he still went to work on time.A. Besides B. While C. HoweverH.完形填空(15分)阅读下面短文，从短文后所给的A、B、C 三个选项中选出能填入相应空白处的最正确选 项。(共10小题,每题1.5分)Every scientist has a childhood dream. A scientist in China once had a(n)16. He wished to grow a new type of rice which could produce a lot. This person is Yuan Longping, 17 was born in 1930. He graduated from the Southwest Agricultural农业)University in 1953. Yuan Longping came up with an idea for a hybrid (杂交的)rice in the 1960s. Since then, he has devoted himself to the research and development of new varieties(品 种).In 1973, together with other people, he 18 in the development of hybrid rice. This made China be a worldwide leader in riceproduction. For this, he was called "Father of Hybrid Rice”. In 1980, the technology for hybrid rice was 19 to the United States. 20 Professor Yuan's hard work, China now produces enough rice to 21 her people every year.In his spare time, he loves playing22 violin and listening to music. Every night, he reads 23 half an hour before he goes to sleep. He likes swimming, too.It is said that Professor Yuan is one of the 24 people in China. And he cares about 25 but his research.Now Professor Yuan is working on developing super hybrid rice. He goes to the fields twice a day.()16. A. ideaB. dreamC. thought()17. A. whoB. whomC. which()18.A. successB.succeededC. successfully()19. A. given B. introduced C. showed()20. A. According toThanks forB. Because ofB. anything()21. A. feedB. offerC.send()22. A. anB./C. the()23. A. onB. inC. for()24. A. richestB. poorestC. oldest()25. A. everythingC. nothingni.阅读理解(30分)阅读以下短文，从下面每题的A、B、C、 D四个选项中选出最正确选项。(共20小题，每 小题1.5分)AThe Water World Swimming Pool is open every day from eight o*clock in the morning until half past seven in the evening. It costs two dollars sixty to enter the pool. There is a special cheap price for students with a student card. The price is one dollar forty. But you must bring your student card with you.On Wednesday morning the pool is only open to mothers and babies. So mothers can enjoy themselves in the water with their babies. Please leave your older children at home on Wednesday morning.The new Water World Cafe will open on 22nd June. From the cafe you can watch the swimmers or enjoy a drink after you swim.Please call 210-5369 for more information. We look forward to seeing you at the Water World Swimming Pool.()26. How long is the Water WorldSwimming Pool open every day?A.Eleven hours.B.Seven hours.C. Eleven and a half hours.C. Seven and a half hours.( )27. What is the price for students with a student card to enter the pool ?A. Two dollars.B. One dollar forty.C. Two dollars sixty.D. One dollar.()28. A ten-year-old boy can't go to the Water World Swimming Pool .A. on SaturdayB. on Sundayon Wednesday afternoonC. on Wednesday morning( )29. This passage is a(n) .A. advertisementB. noteC. storyD. sloganBNow QQ coins are popular among Chinese teenagers. People use real money to buy Web money. Then they buy clothes for their online characters or services for their online pets with it. And these fancy things will cost QQ fans more in the future.According to the latest policy from the government, it will put a tax of three percent on online sales. For example, if QQ users pay 100 yuan for 110 QQ coins, they will have to spend 103 yuan in the future. The extra three yuan is tax.The capital of China was the first city to carry out the policy. Online games have to pay the tax, too. A number of players make money by spending a lot of time on the games to gain powers, and then selling them.Experts said that online trade grew fast. There is more than 10 billion yuan of real money in online trade a year in China.However, the government's new move has become a hot topic among Internet users around the country. A survey by sina showed that more than 70% of about 3,000 people were against it. They said that the tax is too much.But supporters said the government's better management of the Internet would help it become healthier. They believe the new move would help keep the Internet users safe from online identity theft (身份盗用).()30. We can learn from the story that QQ coins are .A. a kind of game softwarespecial Web money C. some fancy clothes D. some online pets ( )31. The Chinese government will put a tax of on online sales.A. 3%B. 10%11%D. 15%()32. We can learn from the passagethat .A. online gamers don't have to pay the tax B. many people think the tax is too much C. all the people support this policythe new move will cause online identity theft()33. The new move can help Internetbecome healthier and .A. stop online shoppingstop online tradeB. stop online identity theftstop online spending moneyCA man came home from work late, tired and unhappy, to find his 5-year-old son waiting for him at the door.The boy asked, u Daddy, how much do you make per hour? " The father was furious at his son's question.When he said $20 an hour, the little boy asked his father to lend $10 to him. The father was even angrier because he thought the boy just wanted some money to buy a toy. So he didn't answer his son.The little boy quietly went to his room. After about an hour or so, the man calmed down and started to think： Maybe there was something he really needed to buy with that $10.“Maybe I was too hard on you just now," the man went into the room and said. "Here's the $10 you asked fdr. ”“Oh, thank you, Daddy! he said. Then, he reached under his pillow, pulled out some crumpled (褶皱的)paper money and said, “Daddy, I have $20 now. Can I buy an hour of your time? Please come home early tomorrow. I would like to have dinner with you.” ( )34. How much does the man make if he works 10 hours ?A. $100.B. $200.C. $300.D. $400.( )35. In this passage, the underlined word “furious“ means "quite happy B. very angryC. too excited D. a little nervous()36. At first, the father refused to lend the boy any money because .A. he thought the boy wanted to keep the money for himselfhe did not have enough money at that momentA. the boy always borrowed money from him D. he thought the boy would buy something of no use( )37. From the passage, we can infer that the boy's father .A. spent little time with his sonoften played with his sonB. didn't love his son at alloften came back home earlyDThomas Edison lit up the world with his invention of the electric light. Without him, the world might still be in the dark. However, the electric light was not his only invention. He also invented the motion picture camera and over 1,200 other things. About every two weeks he created something new.Thomas Edison was born in 1847. He attended school for only three months. His mother taught him at home, but Thomas was mostly self-educated. He started experimenting at a young age.When he was 12 years old, he got his first job. He became a newsboy on a train. He did experiments on the train in his spare time. Unluckily, his first work experience did not end well. They fired him when he accidentally set fire to the floor of the train. Then Edison worked for five years as a telegraph operator, but he continued to spend much of his time in experimenting his first patent (专利J) in 1868 for a vote recorder run by electricity.Thomas Edison was totally deaf in one ear and hard of hearing in the other, but he thought of his deafness as a blessing in many ways. It kept conversations short, so that he could have more time for work. He always worked 16 out of every 24 hours. Sometimes his wife had to remind him to sleep and eat.Thomas Edison died at the age of 84. He left a great many inventions that greatly improved the quality of life all over the world. ( )38. How often did Edison make a new invention?A. About every fourteen days.B. About every seven days.C. About once a week.D. About twice a week.()39. The underlined word “fired" in the passage means"gave somebody a jobA. set fire to somebodylet somebody downB. forced somebody to leave his job()40. Which of the following sentence is NOT true according to the passage?A. Edison had only 8 hours rest each day after his deafness.B. Edison got his education mostly by self-teaching.C. Edison had his first job in 1869.D. Edison's inventions greatly improved the quality of people's life.( )41. What does the passage mainly talk about?A. The function of the electric light.B. Edison and his experiments.C. The importance of inventions.D. The whole life of Edison.EHave you ever read stories of Sherlock Holmes-a famous detective? Here is one of his cases.Stapleton, Charles* younger brother, found that he would inherit (继承)the Baskerville lands if Charles and his nephew(侄子)Henry both died.Charles who had a weak heart believed super natural stories. After knowing this, Stapleton had the idea of buying a huge hound, and of using the phosphorus(磷)to make it shine like the hound in one story.Then Stapleton asked his friend Laura to write a letter to bring Charles to the moor gate on that sad night. The hound, which was shining with phosphorus, chased Charles down the Yew Alley. Charles's fear was so great that his weak heart stopped, and he died but the animal did not touch the dead body. There was no sign of murder. It was difficult for Holmes to find the murderer.Two weeks later, Stapleton learned that Henry had reached England. He took his wife and the hound with him. He wore a false beard and followed Henry in London. He wanted to use the same way to murder Henry there. He needed something to give the hound Henry's smell, so he paid a woman at Henry's hotel to steal one of his shoes. The first one was a new one, which was no use for the hound, so it was put back. And then another older shoe was stolen. Before he was ready to murder Henry, he wasn't sure if his wife would keep his secret, so he did not tell her the truth. He locked her up in their hotel. She knew that he must have some evil plans. She sent Henry a letter which was made of words cut from a newspaper.After receiving the letter, Henry realized he was in great danger and it must have something to do with his uncle Charles1 death. So he asked Holmes for help ()42. What does the underlined word“hound" in Paragraph 3 mean ?A.魔兽 B.猎犬C.匕首D.猎枪( )43. The first new shoe was not useful for the hound because .A. it didn't have Henry's smellit belonged to Henry's wifeB. the hound saw nothing about Henrythe hound didn't like the smell( )44. Which is the right order of what happened in the story ?a. Stapleton stole Henry's shoes.b. Henry asked Holmes for help.c. Charles's weak heart stopped.d. Stapleton made the hound shine like the one in a story.e. Stapleton's wife sent Henry a letter.A. d-a-e-b-cB. d-c-a-e-bC. b-e-a-d-cD. b-a-e-d-c( )45. What may happen if Stapleton's wife didn't send the letter to Henry ?A. It may be easy for Henry to find that he was in danger.B. It may be easy for Stapleton's wife to know the truth.C. Henry may be murdered easily with no sign like Charles.D. Henry may get to know the truth much more easily.第二局部非选择题(25分).语法填空(10分)阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性 和上下文连贯的要求，在空白处填入一个适 当的单词或用所给单词的适当形式填空。(共 10小题,每题1分)John Smith was an old porter. He worked at the station. Every day he was busy 46. (carry) heavy things for the people. He was careful 47 his work. He was kind to everyone. He was always ready to help 48. (other).One morning he stood in the station. He was waiting for the train. Just then he saw 49. man running towards the trains with a big bag in his hand.“No train is starting. Why is he in such a hurry ? ” the old man thought to 50.(he). He went up to the man and asked, “May I help you ? ”As soon 51, the man saw the porter, he stopped running.“Can I catch the 10 ： 35 train to London ? ” the man asked. He looked 52. (worry).The old porter looked at him for a few seconds and said, "Well, sir. I'd like 53. (help) you, but I can't answer your question because I don't know 54, fast you can run."Then he explainedto the man, “The 10： 35 train to London 55. (leave) five minutes ago. Can you run fast enough to catch it?”IV .书面表达(15分)请根据以下提示信息以“My favourite movie star"为题，用英语写一篇短文介绍你 最喜欢的电影明星。要点：1. Who is your favourite movie star?2. What does he or she look like?3. What do you think is his or her best movie?4. Why do you like him or her?要求：1 . 80个词左右。标题已给出，不计入总词 数内；2 .必须包括以上全部要点，可以适当发 挥；3 .文中不得出现真实姓名和校名；4 .条理清楚，语句通顺，意义连贯,书写规 范。My favourite movie star