八年级（上）英语Units 8－9单元测试
听 力 部 分（20%）
一、听小对话，选择正确图片（听一次）（5%）
（ ）1. Where did they go ?
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（ ）2. What was the matter with John ?
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（ ）3. What are they doing this weekend ?
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（ ）4. Who are they talking about ?
（ ）5. Which picture is right ?
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二、听小对话，选择正确答案（听一次）（5%）
（ ）1. What souvenirs did the girl buy ?
A. A hat . B. A watch . C. Nothing .
（ ）2. Who was born in 1982 ?
A. Deng Yaping . B. Wang Nan . C. Zhang Yining .
（ ）3. What kind of movie did Jack first see ?
A. A comedy . B. A thriller . C. A documentary .
（ ）4. When did J.K. Rowling start to write Harry Potter?
A. In 1990 . B. In 1999 . C. In 1965 .
（ ）5. What’s Modonna famous for ?
A. Singing . B. Dancing . C. Beauty .
三、听较长的对话，回答问题（听两次）（10%）
Dialogue One
（ ）1. What are they talking about ?
A. A shop . B. A toy . C. A birthday .
（ ）2. From whom did the boy get the gift ?
A. Jenny . B. His uncle . C. His friend .
Dialogue Two
（ ）3.Where did Lu Xun study medicine ?
A. In Shanghai . B. In Beijing . C. In Japan .
（ ）4. Why did Lu Xun become a writer ?
A. Because he was not good at medicine .
B. Because people didn’t need doctors at that time .
C. Because he wanted to tell people to love and save their country .
（ ）5. When did he die ?
A. On October 19 , 1936 .
B. On September 25 , 1881 .
C. On October 19 , 1966 .
笔 试 部 分（80%）
四、单项选择（15%）
（ ）1. They had fun .
A. skate B. skated C. to skate D. skating
（ ）2. He turned off the lights and the room .
A. leaves B. left C. is leaving D. leave
（ ）3. － How many singers there in the band last year ?
－ Twelve .
A. are B. is C. was D. were
（ ）4. the end last month , we had a sports meeting .
A. At , of B. In , of C. At , / D. At , on
（ ）5. We didn’t go because it heavily .
A. boat , rains B. boat , raining
C. boating , rained D. boat , rained
（ ）6. At five in the afternoon we took the subway school .
A. go to B. back to C. going to D. to back to
（ ）7. He the newspaper and then watched TV .
A. reads B. readed C. read D. is reading
（ ）8. She two hours playing the violin every day .
A. took B. takes C. spent D. spends
（ ）9. － did Tara learn ice skating ?
－ For three years .
A. How long B. How old C. How often D. When
（ ）10. The big box is heavy for me carry . Could you help me?
A. very , to B. too , to C. too , for D. much , too
（ ）11. Pele was a professional soccer player the age of 15 .
A. on B. in C. at D. of
（ ）12. China is a great country with the history .
A. 5000-years B. 5000 year
C. 5000-year D. 5000 years
（ ）13. Tiger Woods started when he was only ten months old .
A. golf B. golfer C. golfs D. golfing
（ ）14. － I went to the bookshop just now . I saw Miss Sun there .
－ Who did you see ?
A. other B. else C. another D. the other
（ ）15. － Where are the Smiths from ?
－ Mr Smith is a , and his wife Mrs Smith is from .
A. Brazil ; Japan B. Brazilian ; Japan
C. Brazil ; Japanese D. Brazilian ; Japanese
五、完形填空（10%）
Maria Gomez was born in Peru(秘鲁) . She grew up in a small village . She 1 when she was six years old . She went to primary school , but she 2 to high school . Her family was very
3 , and she had to go to work when she was thirteen years old . She 4 in a shoe factory .
When Maria was seventeen years old , her family 5 to the United States . First they lived in Los Angeles , and then they went to San Francisco . When Maria 6 in the United States , she was not happy .
She missed（想念） her friends in Peru , and she couldn’t 7 a word of English . She began to study English at night , 8 worked in a factory during the day .
Maria studied very hard , and now she speaks English well . She’s still 9 at night , but now she is studying typing . She wants 10 in Peru . Maria still misses her friends in Peru . But she is very happy now , and she hopes she can have a good future in the new country .
（ ）1. A. went to school B. go to school C. goes to school D. begins school
（ ）2. A. went B. didn’t go C. began D. wasn’t
（ ）3. A. rich（有钱的） B. poor（贫穷的） C. happy D. hungry
（ ）4. A. works B. is working C. is going to work D. worked
（ ）5. A. moved（搬到） B. go C. stayed D. lived
（ ）6. A. reached B. arrived C. got D. moved
（ ）7. A. tell B. talk C. know D. say
（ ）8. A. when B. so C. or D. and
（ ）9. A. studying B. studied C. study D. studies
（ ）10. A. to do B. do C. to be D. be
六、阅读理解（20%）
A
There is one language（语言）, and people , young and old , men and women , use it very often , in every country in the world . It is everyone’s second language .You can’t hear it but it is very easy to understand（理解）. It is sign（手势）language .
When you wave（招手）to a friend in the street , you are using sign language . When you put up your hand in class , you are saying “ Please ask me , I think I know the right answer .” When a policeman wants to stop cars or buses , he puts up his hand . He’s using sign language . Churchill’s（丘吉尔）famous “ V for Victory（胜利）” is also sign language . Sign language is useful（有用的）in quiet places or places full of noise（吵闹声）. Even when you are swimming with your friends , you can have a talk under water .
（ ）1. in the world use sign language ?
A. Many people B. Police officer
C. All children D. Students and teachers
（ ）2. You can’t hear sign language because it’s language .
A. a difficult B. not a
C. an easy D. not a spoken
（ ）3. When you put up your hand in class , you mean .
A. you can answer the question B. you want to ask a question
C. you can use sign language D. both A and B
（ ）4. In a noisy（吵闹的）place the best way（方式）to talk is to .
A. speak louder（大声） B. use sign language
C. speak in a low voice（小声） D. stop noise
（ ）5. Which of the following is TURE ?
A. People often use sign language.
B. Only Churchill used “ V for Victory ” .
C. Teachers don’t know sign language .
D. To nod one’s head（点头）isn’t sign language
B
Mozart was born on January 27 , 1756 and died（死）on December 5 , 1791 . When he was three , he often had music lessons with his older sister . His father took him through many different countries where he played music for lots of people .
But some people didn’t believe that a little boy could write such beautiful music . They asked him to stay in a room all by himself for a week and somebody watched the room all the time . In the week , he finished a new piece of music After that , people believed that he could write beautiful music .
Mozart died when he was still a young man . During his short life he studied music and taught music and played music and wrote music . Though he worked so hard , he couldn’t make much money . Often he had to borrow（借）money from his friends . But his music made him happy and for more than two hundred years his music has made other people happy , too .
（ ）1. When he was , Mozart took music lessons with his sister .
A. three B. five C. young D. born
（ ）2. Some people asked Mozart to stay in a room all by himself in a week because they wanted to .
A. let Mozart write a piece of music alone（单独）
B. help Mozart to write music
C. keep quiet so Mozart could write music quickly
D. let Mozart have a good rest
（ ）3. Mozart lived .
A. a long life B. a short life
C. sadly all the time D. happily because he was rich
（ ）4. Mozart worked hard and was famous , but he was .
A. sad B. rich C. poor D. happy
（ ）5. His music made happy .
A. only himself B. other people
C. no one D. both himself and other people
七、单词拼写（10%）
1. I often help parents clean the （院子）on Saturday .
2. （幸运地）we brought our umbrellas and rain coats , so we didn’t get wet .
3. Many （参观者）came to our school last week .
4. How I wish I could play for our （国家的）team .
5. When did he stop （打喷嚏）?
6. Shirley Temple （成为）a famous movie star when she was only four .
7. Is that famous athlete still （活着）?
8. I saw a wonderful film （叫）Home Alone .
9. So many foreign friends want to （周游）China .
10. She is a kind and （慈祥的）grandmother .
八、语型转换（10%）
1. I went to the aquarium yesterday afternoon .（就画线部分提问）
Where you yesterday afternoon ?
2. Mara won the first prize in yesterday’s singing competition .（改为否定句）
Mara the first prize in the yesterday’s singing competition .
3. I a teacher now , but I a student ten years ago .（be）
4. I was born in a town near Hangzhou .（就画线部分提问）
you born ?
5. I want a glass of water .（就画线部分提问）
water do you want ?
九、任务型阅读（5%）
阅读一位同学所写的游记，然后完成下边的时间表。
School Zoo Trip
Last Saturday our class went to the zoo as part of our science project . We had a great time on the school trip .
We left on the school bus at 8:30 and arrived an hour later . We all wanted to see the dolphin show at 10:15 , but we went to look at the elephants , they were part of our project .
The dolphin show lasted（持续）35 minutes . Then we had a drink . We walked around the zoo to see many other animals before lunch at 11:30 . Lunch was fun because we had it with some monkeys . My friends said they were my cousins ! We had two hours before we went back on the bus . It took an hour to get back to school .
School Zoo TripTime Acitivity 8:30 a . m . left school ① Arrived at zoo 10:15 a . m .－10:50 a . m . ② ③ Had lunch 1:30 p . m . ④ ⑤ Arrived at school |
十、书面表达（10%）
根据下面表格所提供的信息，写出语法正确、意思连贯、符合逻辑的英语短文。表格中所提供的信息必须都用上，可适当发挥，词数为80个左右。
| Name | Bill Gates |
| Born | In 1955 , in Seattle |
| 1973 | Went to Harvard University |
| 1975 | Began Microsoft |
| Writing | Two books: ① The Road Ahead ② Speed of Thought |
| Hobby | Reading , golf , bridge（桥牌） |