英语八年级上册（新版）Unit 5 Encyclopaedias同步测试题

Test for Unit 5

年级:         班级:          姓名:       

Part 1 Listening ( 共 25分)

I. Listening Comprehension.

A. Listen and choose the right picture.(5分)

1.     2.     3.     4.      5.    

B. Listen to the dialogue and choose the best answer to the question you hear.(7分)

(  )6. A. By bike.          B. By bus.         C. By car.         D. By underground.

(  )7. A. She watched TV instead of learning English.

B. She learned English when watching TV.

C. She learned English instead of watching TV.

D. she learned English after watchingTV.

(  ) 8. A. Two.            B. Three.          C. Four.           D. Five.

(  ) 9. A. At 3:30.         B. At 3:45.       C. At 4:00.        D. At 4:15.

(  )10. A. Showing the way.                  B. Crossing a street.

C. Waiting for a bus.               D. Asking the way.

(  )11. A. He might be in the classroom.        B. He might be in the supermarket.

C. He might be in the restaurant.     D. He might be in the hotel.

(  ) 12. A. She wants to work with Mr. Smith this Saturday.

B. She can't finish the report this Saturday.

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C. She doesn't want to say goodbye to Mr. Smith.

D. She plans to go shopping this Saturday.

C. Listen to the passage and tell whether the following statements are true or false.(5分)

(  ) 13. The old woman lived by herself in a little house in a town.

(  ) 14. She was a poor woman but she was very kind.

(  )15. The old woman invited Bill to enter the room before he knocked the door.

(  ) 16. The old woman helped Bill and gave him some potatoes.

(  ) 17. Ten years later, Bill came back and gave the old woman a bag of food and money.

D. Listen to the passage and complete the sentences.(8分)

18. There is a               th at goldfish only have a three-second memory.

19. A 15-year-old schoolboy shows everybody that the goldfish    is          we think.

20. The boy decided to put a in the tank.

21. Three days later, the fish were almost                 the bridge before Roy put the food in.

Part 2 Phonetics, Vocabulary and Grammar (共 41分)

II. Choose the best answer. (15分)

(  ) 22. Which of the following underlined parts is different in pronunciation?

A. while       B、 Africa       C. dinosaur       D. size

(  ) 23. Which of the following is right?

A. How do you know animals can count?

B. Have you got a penfriend?

C. A living dinosaur?

D. Why did you say that?

(  ) 24. There is     “r” in the word“through”. Don't forget it.

A. the        B. /             C. a            D. an

(  ) 25. Americans always like to travel from one place to   by car at weekends.

A. the other   B. others        C. another       D. other

(  )26. At last, the policemen followed the  of the man and caught him in the darkness.

A. fingers      B. flights        C. fields         D、 footprints

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(  ) 27. They started to climb the hill     the morning of July 10th.

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

(  )28. If you want to know more about the shop, you can     its address and phone number in the Yellow Page.

A. look after    B. look for        C. look up        D. look out

(  ) 29. Dinosaurs lived on the Earth more than     ye ars ago.

A. sixty million  B. six million of   C. six millions     D. sixty millions of

( )30. I     if I am not too busy with my housework.

A. come        B. will come       C. have come      D. came

(  )31. Who were the first people     the Moon?

A. visiting     B. to visit         C. visited         D. visit

(  ) 32. John is     to go to university.

A. enough old   B. old enough     C. not too old     D.soold

(  ) 33. Mary seldom goes out alone in the evening,     ?

A. does she     B. is she         C. did she        D. doesn't Mary

(  )34. All of us laughed out loud after he said     in the waiting room.

A. nothing funny                 B. something funny

C. anything funny                D. funny something

(  ) 35. She has been on the flight for twelve hours. She     be very tired.

A. can't       B. can           C. must         D. mustn't

(  ) 36. ——I'm truly sorry for not telling you the truth.

—     .

A. You're right B. It's a pleasure    C. What a pity    D. That's all right

III. Complete the following passage with the words in the box. Each can only be used once.(8分)

A. difficult     B. pleasant      C. note       D. go back      E. hoping

I didn't really want to do that, but I didn't want to  39  to my other problems

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either. I made cookies and put them in a box. Then I made a card with some flowers on it and wrote a small  40  .

37.       38.      40.     39.    

A. in surprise    B. themselves     C. decided    D. myself     E. dark

   That afternoon, I went to my friend's house. When Jamie came to the door, she looked at me  41  . Before she could say anything, I said, “I heard you were having a hard day and  42  to bring you something. I hope your day will go better.” The look on Jamie’s face was the one that I could never put into words. It was as if a   43  sky suddenly turned into sunshine.

   When I got back, I felt a lot better. That day I knew that those who brought sunshine to others could also keep it for  44  .

41. 42. 43. 44.

IV. Complete the sentences with the given words in their proper forms.(6分)

45. After leaving school, Walt Disney sold        and delivered mail. (newspaper)

46. You should give up smoking. It is        to your health. (harm)

47. The        of his pet dog made him sad for a long time. (die)

48. Have you ever been to any        parks? (amuse)

49. It is important for children to learn to express themselves        . (clear)

50. It's        fo r Kate to be late for school as she lives near school. (usual)

V. Rewrite the following sentences as required.(12分)

51. Jonathan has physics lessons four times a week. (改为否定句)

Jonathan               physics lessons four times a week.

52. Harry was too busy with his work to help his wife. (保持句义不变)

Harry was  busy with his work that he  helphiswife.

53. My father always goes to work in his car. (对画线部分提问)

               your father always go to work?

54. Put on your overcoat, or you'll catch a bad cold. (保持句义不变)

        you       put on your overcoat,you’ll catch a bad cold.

55. You can visit Dr Sun Yat-sen's Mausoleum in Nanjing. (对画线部分提问)

               you visit Dr Sun Yat-sen's Mausoleum?

56. giant, shape, the, a, like, panda, in, bear, is (连词成句)

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Part 3 Reading and Writing ( 共 34 分)

VI. Reading comprehension.( 共 24分)

A. Choose the best answer.(6分)

   Hip-hop dancing became popular all over the world because of the 1983 movie Flash Dance. Some people performed Hop-hop dancing in the movie. People enjoyed their performance. They began to dance like them. Then it became popular. There are two kinds of Hip-hop dancing:new school and old school.More and more young people are learning Hip-hop dancing. People believe that it is a good way to exercise their bodies, and that it is good for their health.

(   ) 57. Young people like Hip-hop dancing because     .

A. it has a history of more than 40 years

B. it first began in the US

C. they can invent their own moves

D. many young black people often dance it

(   ) 58. At first Hip-hop dancing was seen      .

A. in the movies                 B. in the streets

C. in the old schools              D. in the new schools

(  ) 59. The young black people didn’t use their      to dance at that time.

A. legs                         B.heads

C. arms and shoulders             D. backs

( )60.  made Hip-hop dancing popular all over the world.

A. A TV program B. A nice film     C. A short play    D. A famous song

(  ) 61. Which of the following is true about Hip-hop dancing?

A. It's not a good way to exercise.

B.It shows that young people feel bad about life.

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C.Youngpeopleusethisdancetoshowtheirloveforlife.

D. It shows that young people are afraid of problems.

(  ) 62. We can see the passage is probably from     .

A. a magazine   B. a diary         C. a letter         D. a storybook

B. Choose the words to complete the passage.(6分)

   But how  64  is the pollution of secondhand smoke? To find out, the World Health Organization did a study recently of 194 countries. They found that, worldwide, secondhand smoke  65  about 600,000 deaths every year. That is about one percent of the world's deaths!

   Secondhand smoke is especially bad for children  66  their bodies are still growinganddeveloping.Accordingtothestudy,around165,000childrenundertheageof5 die each year from diseases caused by secondhand smoke. Most of these deaths happened in Africa and southern Asia.

   Health experts are asking governments to do more to create smoke-free(禁烟的) indoor environments. But it takes time. At the same time, you can do something to help protect yourself and other people  67  secondhand smoke. You can start by asking the smokers you know, such as your parents, to smoke  68  . And, if someone smokes cigarettes to you, you'd better walk away.

   More than 1 billion people around the world smoke. Each year、 5 million people die from smoking. That's about one person dying every six seconds.

(  ) 63. A. difficulty       B. death          C. difference     D. danger

(  ) 64. A. serious         B. safe           C. secret         D. sick

(  ) 65. A. calls           B. creates         C. causes         D. counts

(  ) 66. A. so             B. because        C. though        D. so

(  ) 67. A. over           B. from          C. about         D. with

(  ) 68. A. together       B. again          C. outside        D. enough

C. Read the passage and fill in the blanks with suitable words.(6分)

   We all know that it is important to get exercise. But how can we get enough exercise and have fun as w  69  ?

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   Some times it can be hard to find a team that works for us.But we can always start one by o 73  ! Start a team with some of our best friends, finding out what kind of sports we like. It could be swimming, basketball, football, dancing or something else.

D. Answer the following questions.(6分)

   Mr Cousins thought that the illness could be caused by unhappy thoughts. He did not want to take medicine to cure himself. Instead, he felt that happy thoughts or laughter might cure his illness.

   He began to experiment on himself while still in the hospital by watching comedy shows(喜剧) on television. Mr Cousins quickly found that ten minutes of real laughter during the day gave him two hours of pain-free sleep at night.

   Decíding that the doctors could not help him, Mr Cousins left the hospital and checked into a hotel room where he could continue his experiments with laughter. For eight days, Mr

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Cousins rested in the hotel room watching comedy shows on television, reading amusing books and sleeping whenever he felt tired. Within three weeks, he felt well enough to begin running on the beach for exercise. After a few months, Mr Cousins was able to carry on his work. He had laughed himself back to health.

75. What was Norman Cousins’ job?

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78. What did Mr Cousins do in the hospital?

80. What's the meaning of the last sentence“He had laughed himself back to health”?

My way to be happy

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