荣昌县2005—2006学年下期八年级英语单元检测题
（Unit1—unit5半期）
听力部分 （30分）
同学们，半期了，首先，用你的耳朵去感受异国语言的优美吧 ！
Ⅰ.情景反应，听句子或问句，选择正确回答，念一遍（⒌分）
1.A.My name is Tom. B.I’ m Mr Smith. C.My name is Tom Smith.
2.A.No,it’ s not ours. B.History. C.Let’ s take our books home.
3.A.She was sixteen years old.
B.She is nice and kind.
C.She was very young.
4.A.Excuse me. B.Have a good time. C.Certainly.Here you are.
5.A.No,it’ s nothing serious. B.Thank you,doctor.
C.Yes,a little better.Thanks.
Ⅱ 根据所听到的句子选出与其内容一致的选项。（⒌分）
6. A. We go to school on Monday.
B. We go to school on Friday.
C. We go to school on Weekdays.
7. A. The computer can’t give us much help.
B. We can do lots of things with the help of the computer.
C. We can’t live without the computer.
8. A.
9.
10.
Ⅲ 听短文并回答问题 （10分） 昨天晚上8:00左右，复兴路发生了一起交通事故。一老人被撞伤，司机却逃路。警方抓住了几名嫌疑司机，正在审讯。请听录音，然后填空，并回答问题。
11. 1. Mr. Green was going 。
12. Whose car do you think hit the old man
?____________________
13. Why do you think so ?_________________________
14. How many people answered the police’s question ?____________
15. Who were they ?____________________________________________
Ⅳ．根据所听到的短文内容，选择正确选项。（10分）
16. The teacher told the pupils ___________
A. to keep quiet after class.
B. not to draw on the wall.
C. not to stand against the wall.
17. After the class was over, David _______.
A. went back home
B. picked up a piece of chalk.
C. drew a sun on the wall.
18. When David noticed the teacher coming, __________.
A. he covered the drawing with his back.
B. he cleaned the wall with his hand.
C. he turned around and ran away.
19. What did David find on the wall after the teacher left?
A. He found a sun on the wall.
B. He found a picture on the wall.
C. He found nothing on the wall.
20. Where was David’s drawing at last?
A. It was on the wall.
B. It was on David’s desk.
C. It was taken away by his teacher.
笔试部分 （90分）
Ⅴ．选择填空：用你的火眼金睛，选出正确的答案吧！（20分）
1.He is happy that he _____in a tall apartment next year.
A. live B. lives C. will live D. will living
2.—Will there be more people in 100 years, do you think? —_____,I hope.
A. No, there isn’t B. No, there aren’t C. No, there won’t D. No, they won’t.
3.I hope I have _____free time. I don’t like to keep busy.
A. more B. less C. many D. much
4.—Do you like the city life or the country life?
—It’s hard to say. In the city there is _____interesting, but in the country there is _____ pollution.
A. less; more B. more; less C. more; fewer D. much; much
5.My life will be _____better than it is now.
A. a lot B. a lot of C. a few D. more
6.I _____rockets to the moon when I grow up.
A. will put B. will fly C. will take D. will be fly
7.If there are _____trees, the air in our city will be _____ cleaner.
A. less; more B. more; more C. more; much D. much; more
8.I predict he will be an engineer _____ten years because he is so interested in making things.
A. in B. after C. later D. for
9.There were many famous predictions that never_____.
A. come true B. came real C. came true D. be true
10.It ______ that everyone _______ to laugh.
A. seems; loves B. seem; love C. seems; love D. seem; loves
11. Who jumps ________ in your class?
A. far B. farther C. farthest D. longer
12. You must have _______ Beyonce, and she is a very famous singer who sang a song for the 77th Annual Academy Awards(第77届奥斯卡金像奖颁奖典礼).
A. heard from B. heard
C. heard on D. heard about
13. We must hurry up, and the plane will _______ in five minutes.
A. leave B. go C. take off D. lands on
14. Ted ___ while he ___ his bicycle and hurt himself.
A. fell, was riding B. had fallen, rode
C. fell, were riding D. had fallen, was riding
15. The reporter said that the UFO ___ east to west when he saw it.
A. was traveling B. traveled
C. had been traveling D. has traveled
16. When I arrived at his office, he ___ on the phone.
A. spoke B. was speaking
C. had been speaking D. had spoken
17. His computer is ____ expensive _____ Tom’s.
A. as; as B. so; as C. much; as D. as; than
18. Tom ___ into the house when no one ___.
A. slipped, was looking B. slipped, had looked
C. had slipped, looked D. was slipping, looked
19.—Is ______ here? —No, Jim is away.
A. anybody B. somebody C. everybody D. nobody
20.—Hello, is that Mrs Black speaking?
—Yes,who’ s that?
—______Mary.
A.I’ m B. My name is C. That’ s D.This is
21.They want to go swimming,______?
A. are you B.do they C. can’ t they D. don’ t they
22.He said he______his teacher on his way home.
A.was seeing B.were to see
C.was going to see D.was going see
23.______meat do you want?
A. How many B.How much C.How about D.What
24.You______a new friend.If you have a friend,you get happiness.
A.should find B.had C.must had D.found
25.We______talking until late into the night and enjoyed ourselves.
A.went on B.put on C.help on D.began o
Ⅵ 用下列所给词的适当形式填空（5分）
take a shower,shout,get out of,happen,call the TV station
1.Last Monday he was walking along the street.Just then a traffic accident______.
2.Don’ t______the bus when it is running fast.
3.When she saw an alien sitting in the UFO,she______.
4.When the storm began,I______.
5.My mother______when the alien went into her shop.
Ⅶ 根据图片内容，排列句子的正确顺序。（5分）
( )B：Maybe you could play basketball at the gym．
( 1 )A：I think I'm going to ride my bike．
( )B：If you do, you'll be uncomfortable．It's raining. You should stay at home．
( )B：That's right. And then I can play, too．
( )A：If I do, I'll watch TV. And I hate TV!
( )A：Right! I could play basketball. If I do, I'll probably have a great time．
Ⅷ. 完形填空：（20分）
Television has now come into nearly every family. It has 1 a very important part in 2 life. School children in the USA watch TV about twenty-five hours a 3 .
Some parents feel the television is good 4 their children because it helps them learn about their country and the world. 5 the help of some programmes （节目）of education （教育），children do 6 school.
7 parents do not let their children 8 TV too much. They say the TV programmes are not good and children may 9 bad things from them.
Men have invented many things which have brought much convenience.Television is one of them. If it 10 carefully planned, watching TV can be good for children.
1. A. take B. taken C. took D. taking
2. A. people B. people’s C. peoples D. peoples’
3. A. day B. morning C. year D. week
4. A. at B. of C. for D. to
5. A. With B. Under C. By D. Below
6. A. well in B. good in C. better in D. best in
7. A. Other B. The other C. Another D. Others
8. A. to watch B. watch C. watching D. watched
9. A. study B. learn C. listen D. see
10. A. are B. will be C. was D. is
Ⅸ 阅读理解（30分）
A
Mark Twain,the famous American writer,was traveling in France.Once he was going by train to Dijon.That afternoon he was very tired and wanted to sleep,so he asked the conductor to wake him up when they came to Dijon.But first he explained that he was a very heavy sleeper.“I’ ll probably protest(表示不满)loudly when you try to wake me up,” he said to the conductor,“but do not take any notice,just put me off the train anyway.”
Then Mark Twain went to sleep.Later,when he woke up,it was night-time and the train was in Paris already.He realized at once that the conductor had forgotten to wake him up at Dijon.He was very angry.He ran up to the conductor and began to shout at him.“I have never been so angry in all my life,”Mark Twain said.
The conductor looked at him calmly(冷静地).“You are not half so angry as the American whom I put off at Dijon,”he said.
阅读短文选择答案
1.—Who’ s Mark Twain?
A.A French writer. B.A famous artist.
C.An American writer. D.A traveler.
2.Mark Twain wanted to sleep because______.
A.he was tired B.he was hungry
C.he was a lazy man D.he liked sleeping
3.He wanted to wake up______.
A.in France B.in America C.on the train D.in Dijon
4.Heavy sleeper means______.
A.A person not easily to sleep B.A person not easily to wake up
C.A person who liked to protest D.A person who was calmly
5.When he woke up,the train got to______.
A.Dijon B.London C.Paris D.New York
B
根据图片内容,阅读短文后判断正误。
A Zoo Story
If you visit the City Zoo, put your keys in your pocket! That's the advice of Lorraine Williams of South Portland, who visited the zoo with her children on Saturday. While they were eating lunch, a big black crow landed on their table. It began to dance. The children laughed and shouted. Ms Williams jumped up and dropped her purse. The crow stopped and picked something up and flew away. Everybody laughed.
When they were ready to go home, Ms Williams looked for her car keys in her purse, but they weren't there. The children went to look for the keys. While they were looking around, Ms Williams went to the zoo office. "Keys?"asked the man in the office．
"Oh, yes. We have keys.' And he showed her ten sets of keys."That crow loves to take keys."
例如 ．The Williams
family went to the zoo on Saturday．
False I
don't know．
6．They had a good time at the zoo． True False I don't know．
7．Ms Williams dropped her purse． True False I don't know．
8．A crow picked up the keys from the table． True False I don't know．
9．Ms Williams' children found the keys． True False I don't know．
10．Ms Williams likes crows． True False I don't know．
C
People
live all over world. They live on land that is low. They live on land that is
high. Some live near the oceans. Others live far from the oceans.
Earth has many different kinds of lands. In some places, the land
is flat(平坦的). Flat lands are called plains(平原).
Some parts of Earth have hills. Hills are higher than the land
around them. But hills are lower than mountains. Did you ever try to ride your
bicycle up a hill? Some parts of Earth touch oceans. These parts are called
coasts. Some lands have water all around them. These lands are called islands.
Earth has many different bodies of water, too. You know about the
oceans. There are very large bodies of water. The water in the oceans is salty.
There are also smaller bodies of water called lakes. Lakes have land all around
them. Rivers carry water from the land. They are long bodies of running water.
The water in rivers is not salty. Most lakes do not have salty water, either.
11. People live on ___ lands.
A. high and salty B. low and high C. low and salty D. salty and flat
12. Hills are higher than ___ and lower than ___.
A. mountains/the land B. mountains/lakes
C. the land/mountains D. lakes/islands
13. Some lands with water around them are called ___.
A. hills B. mountains C. flats D. islands
14. What’s the meaning of the word “coast”?
A. 海岛 B. 海岸 C. 海洋 D. 海滩
15. According To(根据) the passage, which sentence is TRUE?
A. The water in rivers and lakes is salty.
B. The water in oceans and all lakes is salty.
C. The water in oceans and some lakes is salty.
D. The water in oceans and of lakes is salty.
Ⅹ.写作训练（10分）
以“My Beautiful Dream”为题用英语写一篇短文，词数在60左右.
荣昌县2005—2006学年下期八年级英语单元检测题
（Unit1—unit5半期）听力材料及参考答案
听力部分 （30分）
同学们，用你的耳朵去感受异国语言的优美吧 ！
Ⅰ.听力A.情景反应，听句子或问句，选择正确回答，念一遍（10分）
1 Mr Smith is my father.I am his son.What' s your name?
答案：C
2 What class are you going to have this afternoon?
答案：B
3 How old was she that year?
答案：A
4 Excuse me.Can I borrow your dictionany?
答案：C
5 Do you feel well today,Mary?
答案：C
Ⅱ 根据所听到的句子选出与其内容一致的选项。
6. .We go to school from Monday to Friday. 7 The computer helps us a lot in our work and life. 8. The sign in the picture means “You must be more careful”.9 My mother doesn’t work at school, she works in a hospital. 10. Lucy and Lily are going skating happily now.
| C | B | B | C | C |
Ⅲ 听短文并回答问题 （10分）
Policeman : Mr. Green , what were
you doing at eight o’clock last night ?
Mr. Green : Er , I was going home from a meeting .
P : What meeting ?
Mr. Green : A parents’ meeting at school .
P : How did you go back home ?
Mr. Green : I drove back as usual .
P : How long did it take you ?
Mr. Green : A quarter of an hour .
P : I see . Thank you . Mrs. Black . What were you doing at
eight o’clock last night ?
Mrs. Black : I was still working in my company .
P : Working ? At eight o’clock last night ?
Mrs. Black : Yes , there were about ten of us there last
night . We were working late . That’s nothing strange . We often work late like
that .
P : Ok , Now , Mr. Brown , what were you doing at eight
o’clock last night ?
Mr. Brown : Um , I was watching TV at home with my wife .
P : Oh , where is your wife , please ? May I speak to her ?
Mr. Brown : Sorry , she isn’t here today . She went to
Seattle yesterday .
答案：
11. Mr. Green was going home from a meeting .
12. I think Mr. Brown’s car hit the old man .
13. First , Mr. Brown said he was watching TV with his wife , and then ,
he said she went to seattle yesterday . He was telling a lie . Mr. Brown may
hit the old man .
14. Three people .
1 5. They were Mr. Green , Mrs. Black and Mr. Brown .
Ⅳ．根据所听到的短文内容，选择正确选项。
The class was coming to the end. The teacher told the pupils not to draw anything on the wall in order to keep it clean.
After class, David forgot the teacher’s words. He took a piece of chalk and drew a sun on the wall. Just then, he noticed that the teacher was coming back again. So he quickly covered his drawing with his back. The teacher didn’t find out what he was doing. When she passed, she smiled at David. David was very happy. But when he returned around to see his drawing, he found nothing on the wall.
Where was David’s drawing?
| B | C | A | C | B |
Ⅴ．选择填空：
CCABABCACA CDCAABAACD DCBAA
Ⅵ. 用下列所给词的适当形式填空
1.答案：happened2答案：get out of3.答案：shouted4.答案：was taking a shower
5答案：called the TV station
Ⅶ 根据图片内容，排列句子的正确顺序。Order: 4 1 2 6 3 5
Ⅷ 完形填空：. 1. B 2. B 3. D 4. C 5. A 6. C 7. A 8. B 9. B 10. D
Ⅸ阅读理参考答案
1--5C A：D：B：C．6—10 .I don't know
.True .True .False .False
11--15 . B C . D . B . C
Ⅹ.写作训练（10分）
以“My Beautiful Dream”为题用英语写一篇短文，词数在60左右。
My Beautiful Dream
Last night I had a beautiful dream.I had turned into an alien.I flew my UFO in the sky.Suddenly I saw some people playing in a park.They were very happy.I wanted to join them.So I landed in the park and got out of the UFO.When the people saw me,they were scared.I said hello to them.But they didn' t understand me.After a while,only a kid came to me and asked,"Who are you?""I am your friend."The boy got happy.He moved to my UFO."May I play with you?""Sure.You can play in the UFO with me."When we got into the UFO,it started to fly into the sky.Suddenly it fell to the ground.I was scared and jumped up from the bed.Oh!It was a dream!