新目标英语八年级（上）Ｕｎｉｔｓ ８～９ 阶段测试题

Ⅰ. 单项选择。（15分）

()1. —What he said at the meeting ______ quite right.

—I cant quite agree with you.

A. sounded B. showed C. looked D. listened

()2.—How many members are there on the team?

—Eight this term, but there will be ten ______ next term. Im not quite sure.

A. at all B. at last C. at least D. at once

()3. Mary was born ______ Italy ______ May 1st, 1994.

A. at; in B. in; on C. at; on D. in; in

()4. He is ______ to escape (逃离) the big fire.

A. luckily B. luck C. lucky D. unlucky

()5. —What do you want to be ______?

—An English teacher.

A. in the future B. on the future C. in future D. at the future

()6. London is well-known ______ its terrible fogs.

A. with B. for C. about D. in

()7. That day I saw some parents ______ at the back of the classroom, ______ to the teacher.

A. sitting; listened B. sat; listened C. sitting; listening D. sat; listening

()8. You can ______ what is happening in the world by the Internet.

A. touch B. make C. hear D. learn

()9. The kid is ______ lovely ______ everyone cant help liking him.

A. so; that B. too; to C. such; that D. so; to

()10. There ______ a lot of people at the street corner when the accident happened.

A. was B. were C. have been D. had

()11. Who is the greatest man ______?

A. living B. alive C. lively D. live

()12. I dont want to go ______ a drive.

A. in B. on C. for D. of

()13. —Is David at school today?

—No. He is at home ______ he has a bad cold.

A. because B. if C. though D.until

()14. The boy was too busy ______ his father last term.

A. to hear from B. to write to C. hearing from D.write to

()15. What ______ did she say?

A. other B. too C. else D. the

Ⅱ. 完形填空。（20分）

An old man lived alone in a town. He wanted to dig up his potato garden, but it was very

___16__ work. His only son, who always__17__ him in the past, was then in prison（监狱）. So the old man wrote a letter to his son and said:

Dear Son,

I am feeling pretty bad because it looks like I wont be able to__18__potatoes in my garden this year. I___19__to miss doing it, because your mother always loved planting time. Im just getting too old to dig up a garden. If you were here, all my__20__would be over. I know you would dig up the garden for me__21__you werent in prison.

Love,

Dad

Soon the old man___22__a letter: “Dad, dont dig up the garden! Thats where I buried（埋藏） the guns （枪）!”

At 4 a.m. the next morning, some__23__came and dug up the whole garden without finding any guns. The old man was__24__and wrote another note to his son. He told him what had happened, and___25__him what to do next.

His sons reply was: “Go ahead and plant your potatoes, Dad. Thats what I could do

for you from here.”

()16. A. hard B. interesting C. simple D. boring

()17. A. taught B. helped C. changed D. stopped

()18. A. cook B. dig C. plant D. put

()19. A. hope B. forget C. hate D. decide

()20. A. trouble B. illness C. danger D. fear

()21. A. if B. unless C. because D. when

()22. A. wrote B. received C. sent D. read

()23. A. friends B. neighbors C. policemen D. prisoners

()24. A. ill B. lucky C. surprised D. sorry

()25. A. told B. called C. invited D. asked

Ⅲ. 阅读理解。根据短文内容，完成下列各题。（30分）

A

People around the world like to have celebrations (庆祝活动). In China, people celebrate the Spring Festival. The Spring Festival is in January or February. They wear red clothes because red is the color of joy. Chinese children get money in red envelopes for the Spring Festival. In Gambia (冈比亚), people celebrate Independence Day (独立日). It is in February. They wear bright clothes and play music at the celebration. In England, people celebrate May Day. They wear pretty clothes to celebrate the coming spring. The children like to dance on this day. In America, people celebrate Thanksgiving Day (感恩节). Its in November. They have a very big dinner with their families or friends. They eat turkeys and a lot of other delicious food. They have a long talk after the dinner.

B

Guo Yue is a famous girl who is a ping pong player. She is 1.61m tall and 50 kilos weight. She is a student of a university.

Guo Yue was born in Anshan, Liaoning Province on July 17, 1988. In 1994 she began to learn how to play ping pong at Spare-time Physical Culture School. Guo Xiangsheng was her first coach. Two years later, she went to Province Physical Culture School. Zhang Kangmei began to teach her how to play ping pong. Guo Yue joined the Ping Pong Team of Province in 1998. And her teacher was Zhu Xiangyun. Guo Yue practiced hard and made great progress. She won Japanese East Asia Youth Ping Pong Championship Tournament in 1999. She was asked to join the National Ping Pong Team in 2000. Qi Baoxiang became her coach.

Guo Yue likes reading, traveling and listening to music. She says that she will win more honors for our country.

()31. Guo Yue is ______ years old now.

A. 17 B. 18 C. 20 D. 22

()32. Guo Yue began to learn how to play ping pong at the age of ______.

A. 6 B. 8 C. 9 D. 10

()33. Guo Yue went to Province Physical Culture School in ______.

A. 1994 B. 1996 C. 1998 D. 2000

()34. Her second coach was ______.

A. 郭向生 B. 齐宝香 C. 朱香云 D. 张抗美

()35. One of Guo Yues hobbies is ______.

A. dancing B. reading books C. watching TV D. singing

C

People often say, “Children cant do math problem, its because parents cant do their childrens homework.” Heres an example to show what I mean.

The other day my daughter brought home her math homework. “I have to subtract (减) 179 from 202,” she said.

“Its quite easy,” I said. “You put the 202 over the 179.”

“But we need a 10 here. Where is the 10?”

“I dont know where the 10 is. Lets just subtract 179 from 202. Nine from two is three. You carry one and add it to seven. Eight from zero is two. The answer is 23.”

“We cant do it that way. We have to use the 10.”

“Well, Im going to call your teacher to see how she subtracts 179 from 202.”

Over the telephone, I said that I was having a bit of trouble with the homework she had given to my daughter. The teacher said, “In the right-hand column (栏) we have units of one. The two in that column counts for two ones. The zero in the center counts for zero tens. The two in the left-hand column counts for hundreds. Are you clear?” But I didnt think I was clear.

I hung up and found my way to the medicine box. My head was now hurting. I started putting pills of medicine into my mouth. “How many did you take?” my wife asked. “I took one and then I took another ... I know one and one was two, but dont ask me what it is now.”

()36. The daughter wanted ______ the other day.

A. to give her father a lesson B. to show how easy math was

C. her father to phone her teacher D. her mother to help her with her homework

()37. Which of the following sentences is not true?

A. The father had a different way to do the math problem.

B. The father couldnt do his daughters homework.

C. The daughter couldnt understand her fathers way.

D. The daughter had some trouble doing the math problem.

()38. From what the teacher said, we know that “units of one” means ______ here.

A. 百位 B. 个位 C. 千位 D. 十位

()39 What the teacher said made the father _______.

A. angry B. worried C. sad D. tired

()40. Can you guess what would happen next in the story?

A. The father would go to school and begin to learn math.

B. The father would become very ill and have to take more medicine.

C. The father would never do his daughters math problems again.

D. The father would go to the school and fight with the teacher.

Ⅳ. 按照括号内的要求改写下列句子，每空一词。（10分）

41. There are fifty-nine students in our class.（改为一般过去时）

______ ______ fifty-nine students in our class.

42. I went to the aquarium with my sister last weekend.（改为一般疑问句）

______ you ______ to the aquarium with your sister last weekend?

43. There were some dolphins in the water.（改为否定句）

There ______ ______ dolphins in the water.

44. They saw some seals at the Blue Water Aquarium.（对划线部分提问）

______ ______ they ______ at the Blue Water Aquarium?

45. Davids friends enjoyed themselves on the school trip.（改为同义句）

Davids friends ______ a great ______ on the school trip

Ⅴ. 阅读理解填词。（10分）

Stephen Hawking (斯蒂芬·霍金) was b______(46) on the eighth of January, 1942 in England. After f______(47)high school,Hawking first went to Oxford University to study physics,and then he s______(48)cosmology (宇宙学) in Cambridge University. He was lazy and did very little work. However, he still got good g______(49).

Hawking got a badi______(50) at the age of 20. He couldnt walk or s______(51) without (没有) the help of a machine. Doctors h______(52)no way to help him. They t______(53)him that he would die before he was 23.

At first, Hawking was very sad. Later, he b______(54)to see his life in a different way.He worked hard and b______(55) a famous professor (教授) in Cambridge University. Today he still works there.

Ⅵ. 书面表达。（15分）

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