新目标八年级（上） Ｕｎｉｔ８练习

Ⅰ.词汇(10分)

A)根据英语解释及首字母提示，完成下列单词拼写。（5分）

1. e____(other things)

2. g____(very big)

3. o____(in the open air)

4. s____(a large dangerous fish with very sharp teeth)

5. g____(a present given by others)

B) 根据句意，用括号内所给词的适当形式填空。（5分）

6. On my way home I met a famous ____(act) yesterday.

7. I must ____(winner) a prize this term.

8. ____(unfortunate) I dont have enough money to travel abroad.

9. I know many ____(visit) come to China every year.

10. They always have fun ____(talk) to each other.

Ⅱ.单项选择（每小题1分，共15分）

1. ——How was your school trip?

——We ____ a fun camp.

A. had B. have C. having

2. Tina and I ____ to the zoo and ____ four pandas there.

A. go, saw B. went, saw C. went, see

3. ——What can I do for you, sir?

——I ____ the VCD player here yesterday, but it doesnt work.

A. buying B. buy C. bought

4. I didnt have anything interesting ____ my day off.

A. on B. at C. for

5. ——What did you do yesterday evening?

——I ____ TV with my family.

A. watch B. am watching C. watched

6. There is a big aquarium ____ the beach.

A. by the end of B. in the end of C. at the end of

7. ——Who swept the floor yesterday afternoon?

——Laura ____.

A. cleaned B. did C. does

8. Youve missed the train. It ____ 20 minutes ago.

A. left B. has left C. had left

9. ——____ your brother ____ up late this morning?

——No, he didnt.

A. Did, get B. Does, get C. Did, got

10. She told me that ____.

A. was Joe free B. Joe is free C. Joe was free

11. He has ____ to tell us.

A. something else B. anything else

C. else something

12. Jack likes Chinese, ____ he doesnt like maths.

A. but B. or C. so

13. Would you please ____ this box to the next room?

A. take B. bring C. put

14. ——Lets play computer games.

——____.

A. It doesnt matter B. No, I dont

C. That sounds really boring D. Its nothing

15.The manager gave the staff (职员) a day ____.

A. away B. off C. far

Ⅲ.完形填空（每小题1分，共10分）

Some years ago, a group of students had a __1__ to the countryside. When they __2__ to the fields at the foot of a hill, they were excited. They said the peach trees were too short. Miss Zhang who came from a village __3__ at them sadly. She told her students the plants __4__ in the fields were cotton. Some girls said the flowers were very beautiful and wanted __5__ some home. Miss Zhang told them that kind of plants were sesames. Its oil was called “Xiangyou”.

The hill was not high and steep. When they came down from the hill, __6__ students were hurt hands with branches and feet with stones. All the students __7__ themselves and wanted to have another school trip.

The next week some parents went to school and asked Miss Zhang to __8__ the kids medicine. And someone wanted to go to law against her.

Now students have more __9__, such as Qingming Festival, Dragon Boat Festival and Double Ninth Festival. The kids who live in city have more chances to touch the nature. They can __10__ a lot of knowledge from it. But no teachers dare lead the kids to the fields.

1. A. rest B. trip C. dinner

2. A. got B. get C. getting

3. A. saw B. watched C. looked

4. A. are growing B. were growing C. is growing

5. A. took B. taking C. to take

6. A. few B. a little C. a few

7. A. enjoyed B. enjoy C. enjoying

8. A. spend on B. pay for C. cost

9. A. vacations B. gifts C. souvenirs

10. A. win B. have C. learn

Ⅳ.阅读理解（每小题2分，共30分）

(A)

Why do we need to throw less away? There are two reasons. One is that some resources(资源) are nonrenewable(不可再生的). That means there is only a certain amount of that resource in the world. One example of this is oil. When we use up all the oil in the world, there will be no more.

There is another reason for throwing less away. All of our trash has to be put somewhere. Often, it is put into garbage dumps (垃圾场). Much of that trash will be there for hundreds of years. The dumps will be filled up with all this trash.

There are three ways to cut down on trash.

One way is to recycle. When you recycle something, it means it is made into another shape and used again. Old newspapers may become paper bags. A glass jar can be melted (熔化) and made into a bottle.

Another way to cut down on trash is to reuse things. You can wash and use again a bottle that can hold mustard (芥末酱) or something else.

The third way to cut down on trash is to reduce the amount of trash you make, stop buying thing that you dont need in the first place. That reduce the amount of the earths resources that you use.

1. How many reasons do we need to throw less away? ____.

A. Three B. Five C. Two

2. When you reuse something, it means ____.

A. it is made into another shape and used again

B. it is used again

C. it isnt used any more

3. All the ways of cutting down on trash in the passage are to ____.

A. recycle and reuse things

B. recycle and reduce the amount of trash you make

C. reuse things, recycle and reduce the amount of trash you make

4. If a broken plastic box is changed into a plastic ruler, the way is to____.

A. recycle B. reuse C. reduce

5. The word “reduce” in the passage means ____.

A. 还原 B. 减少 C. 增加

(B)

The Chinese character “an”

A. The character for “sun” was a circle with a dot(点) in the center. The character for “man” looked like a body with two legs.

B. The Chinese began writing their language over 3,000 years ago. Their way of writing is very different from that of English writing.

C. Now the language of Chinese has greatly been developed. More and more people outside China are beginning to learn Chinese. It has become one of the most charming languages in the world.

D. It is written in characters. The early characters were a little like pictures. Each one stood for a different character.

E. As time went on, the characters changed. New ones appeared and many became different in meaning from their shapes. People could no longer tell what a character meant just by looking at it.

The Chinese character “fa”

阅读并给以上5个段落正确排序，将每个段落前的标号填入下方表格的相应位置。

(C)

阅读短文，然后把方框中所给的A—E 5个句子还原到文中空白处。

A. The chicken was more delicious than those he had in city.

B. He would invite Li Fan to come to the city during the summer vacation.

C. It took him two hours to get there.

D. The next day Zhang Tong helped to water fruit trees.

E. Li Fan taught Zhang Tong how to plant vegetables in the morning.

It was June 7. Zhang Tong got on the bus to visit Li Fan at about six. When he got off the bus, he looked at the time of his mobile. 1.____

2.____ In the afternoon he taught Zhang Tong how to make “Zongzi”. Zhang Tong felt buns(馒头) were much better than bread. 3.____ The Zongzi was the best of all. When Li Fans parents were watching soap operas, Zhang Tong and Li Fan were playing computer games in the bedroom.

4.____ After that Li Fan asked him to go fishing at own fish pool. They took two big fishes to home. After dinner the parents asked the kids to go to bed early because Zhang Tong would go back the next morning.

Zhang Tong told his parents he had an important and interesting Dragon Boat Festival. 5.____ They would have a good time.

Ⅴ.情景交际（每小题1分，共5分）

根据对话内容，在空白处填入一个适当的句子，有两项是多余的。

A. I went to see my grandparents and my cousins.

B. I like going to the zoo.

C. Were there any sharks in the aquarium?

D. There was a big park near my house.

E. Did you go to the zoo last Sunday, Tony?

F. Whats the weather like in Hawaii?

G. You had a good time, didnt you?

A: __1__

B: No, I went to the aquarium instead.

A: __2__

B: No, there werent any sharks, but there were some really smart seals.

A: That sounds interesting. __3__

B: Yes, I enjoyed myself very much. By the way, where did you go, Joe?

A: __4__

B: __5__

A: It is neither hot nor cold.

B: I think you had a happy trip.

A: Thats right. I played with my cousins happily.

Ⅵ.短文填空（每小题1分，共10分）

根据短文内容，填写文中所缺单词或短语，使短文意思完整。

Wang Long showed Liu Ming around the Peoples Park. They __1__ to the part of man-made hills first. People who love opera often get together on the hills. At the foot of the hills, an old man was singing __2__ songs with audiences. On the other side of the hills, a young woman was singing pop songs with young people.

They __3__ to the part of man-made lake. People can boat on it. And people can fish for free. But when you leave, you must put all the fishes into the water. __4__ Wang Long didnt take fishing rod with him. They had to leave __5__ the part of the animals.

There are some kinds of animals there. They are rabbits, goats, cows, horses and deer. Every person could __6__ them with grass and touch them with hands. Most kids like staying there and __7__ after the animals.

They __8__ to the part of amusement. They came into the store. Each part of the park has a store. You can buy water, juice, ice-creams, food and __9__. While they were __10__ ice-creams, they were watching the kids playing. They remembered their childhood. They had a good time in the park.

Ⅶ.书面表达（共20分）

根据提示给劳拉写一封不少于80词的信。

你（蒂娜）和林萍周日上午去了上海动物园；当你看到游客向猴子扔食物时，主动上前制止。下午去了水族馆，看了海豚表演，5:30乘出租车返回家。

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