八年级英语上册第九单元检测题（附答案）

八年级英语上册第九单元检测题（附答案） 八年级英语 Unit9 单元检测题 I.单项选择题（15 分） 1.Sam was ill yesterday, so he _____his homework. A.didn't B.not did C.didn't do D.didn't did 2.Hawaii is famous _____its beautiful beaches. A.for B.in C. of D.with 3.Mr Turner taught English in a middle school _____1998. A.for B.at C.in D.since 4.I was born ____Noverber 25,and my birthdayis comingsoon. A.for B.at C.in D.on 5.The coat was____expensive that I didn't buy it. A.very B.so C.much D.too6.What did your father do when he was in England? He_____in a car factory. A.work B.worked C .is working D. will work. 7. Do you think Jim will pass the Chinese exam? Sure. He ____a lot of time on it . A. took B. cost C.paid D. spent 8.How do you go to work every day? I ____on my bike. A .ride B.drive C. take D.walk 9.When did he come to our city?_______. A.Two years before B.Two years ago C.For two years D.After two years 10.He stopped_____when he was ill. A.to smoke B .smoke C. smoking D.to smoking11.You are never too____to start doing things. A.busy B.free C.young D.brave 12.He began to play the piano_____four. A.at age of B.aged of C.at the age of D.when he is 13.He is ____unusual piano player. A.a B.an C./ D .of 14.I can hear a girl_____the violin in the next room. A.play B.playing C.to play D.are playing 15.Did you _____the sports meeting last week? A.join B.take part in C.joined D.took part in II.完形填空 。（10 分） Mike always love ships. When he was 16 , he said,“I 'm going into the army.” But his eyes were not 17 , and he could not get in it . Then he said,“I'm going to buy a small 18 , and I'm going to go round the world.” But boats 19 very expensive , and Mike did not have 20 money. But last summer Mike found a swimming club near 21 house. The lessons did not cost very much, and Mike began going to the club at the weekeds and 22 . Now he is a good swimmer. Last week a little boy said to him,“You are a very good swimmer . How did you learn to swim 23 ?”Mike smiled and he said ,“ Wherever I'm in the water , I say to 24 , ‘ There are dangerous fish in this area!’ Then I'm very 25 , and I try to swim fast .” III.阅读理解。（20 分） A Bill Clinton took office on January 20,1993 and became the 42nd U.S. president.He was also one of the youngest of all U.S. presidents. Clinton was born in a poor family .Three months before he was born ,his father, William Blats, died. When he was small, his mother remarried Norget Clinton ,so the boy's family name was changed. In the summer of 1963, Clinton was asked to visit the city of Washington.During his visit , he met President Kennedy in the White House . At that time ,he wanted to become a president. And some years later his dream came true! ( ) 26.Clinton became the 42nd U.S. president _______ . A. before his father B. on January 20,1993 C. in the summer of 1963 D. when he was twenty ( ) 27.Clinton's father died _______ . A.after Clinton became the 42nd U.S. president B. before Clinton was born C. before World War II D. when Clinton was young ( )28.Why was the boy's name changed?_______. A. Because he became a president B. Because his family was very poor C. Because his father was dead D. Because his mother remarried Norget Clinton ( ) 29.In 1963 Clinton came to the city of Washington_______. A. to take part in an exam B. for his holidays C. for a visit D. to have a meeting with Kennedy( ) 30. Which one of the following is NOT right ?______. A.Everybody can visit the president in the White House B.All the U.S.presidents work in the White House C.Clinton wanted to became a president after he saw President Kennedy D. The White House is in the city of Washington B Mark Twain was a great American writer, and he was also a famous speaker.He liked to tell funny stories to make people laugh. He also liked to play jokes on his friends. Once Mark Twain was travelling with a friend of his. His frieng lost his money, so he asked Mark Twain to buy a train ticket for him. “But I don't have enough money to buy two tickets,”said Mark Twain.His friend did't know what to do.“You can hide under my seat when the conductor comes to check the tickets,”Mark Twain said to him. When the conductor came to check the tickets, Mark Twain gave him two tickets, one for himself and one for his friend . He said to the conductor,“My friend is a strange man . When he travels on a train, he does not like to sit on the seat. He likes to lie on the floor under the seat. ” Everyone in the train looked at his friend under the seat and laughed. 阅读短文，判断句子的正（T）误（F）。 ( )31.Mark Twain was a great Canadian writer and a famous speaker.( )32.Twain's friend lost his wallet on a train trip. ( )33.Twain gave the conductor two tickets. ( )34.Twain's friend was strange.He liked to lie under the seat when he was on a train. ( )35.Everyone on the train laughed at Twain. IV.任务型阅读。（10 分） 阅读下列短文，根据文章内容，将文中划线句子（36、37 小题）翻译成汉语，并回 答 38~40 小题所提问题。 One day an old man was selling a big elephant .A young man came to the elephant and began to look at it slowly and carefully. The old man went to him and said,"(36)Don't say anything about the elephant before I sell it ,and then I'll give you some meat .""All right ,"said the young man .After the old man sold the elephant ,he gave the young man some meat and said,"Now ,can you tell me how you see the bad ears of the elephant ?""I don't find the bad ears."said the young man."Then why did you look at the elephant slowly and carefully ?"asked the old man.The young man answered ,"(37)Because I had never seen an elephant before,and I wanted to know what it looked like." 36.________________________________________________________ 37.________________________________________________________ 38.What was the matter with the elephant ? ___________________________________________________________ 39.What did the old man give to the young man ? ___________________________________________________________ 40.Why did the young man look at the elephant slowly and carefully? ___________________________________________________________ V.词汇。 （一）单词拼写（10 分）。 根据句意和首字母提示完成单词，使句子意思完整。 41、Li Yundi liked playing the piano when he was very young .Now heis the youngest Chinese p_______. 42、They were b______ on the same day .They are twins. 43.Such cold weather is quite u in the south of China in spring. 44、I t____part in the long jump at the sports meeting last month. 45、Liu Xue ,a Chinese g______won a gold medal at the World C____ when she was 17.（二）综合填空（15 分）。 根据短文意思，用方框中所给词语的适当形式填空。（有两项是多余的） get ,picture ,paint ,stand ,happen ,bad ,make ,agree ,feel ,minute ,laugh ,sleep Peter was a boy about ten .He lived in the village but studied in a school of a town. He (46)____ up early and went to school by bike after breakfast. One day , on his way home ,he saw a lot of people (47)_____around a young man . The boy stopped to find out what (48)______there. The young man said ,"I've traveled in several countries and seen a lot of pictures ,but they were all (49)_____than mine .I'm sure it's difficult to find an artist like me!I have to come here to look for the best artist in the world." Most people thought he was boasting. An old man said ,"Please show one of your (50)_____to us if it's true!" The young man brought out a picture and hung it on the wall. All the people thought it was nice except Peter .He found a drawback(缺陷）and showed it to them. It (51)_____the young man angry .He said to the boy ,"Are you good at (52)_____ ,boy? Paint ont for us ,will you?" "OK,"Peter (53)______. He painted the paper black and showed it to the young man . The young man watched it for nearly ten (54)______---and then asked ,"What did you paint?" "It's a black pig on the dark night." All the people began (55)______and the young man didn't say a word for a long time. VI. 书面表达。 简要介绍一下周亮，写一篇 60 字左右的短文，要点如下： 周亮，男，生于 1979 年，北京人，著名的小提琴手，5 岁开始学小提琴，10 岁开始 演出，15 岁进北京大学深造，在国际上多次获奖，全球闻名。 _____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ Unit9 1-5 CACDB 6-10 BDDBC 11-15 CCBBB 16-20 BACCB 21-25 ACBBA 26-30 BBDCA 31-35 FTTFF 36. 在我卖这头大象之前，你什么也别说。 37 .因为我以前从未见过大象，所以我想知道它是什么样。 38 .It had the bad ears.39.He gave him some meat. 40. Because he had never seen an elephant before, and he wanted to know what it looked like. 41.pianist 42.born 43.unusual 44.took 45.golfer 46.got 47.standing 48.happened 49.worse 50.pictures 51.made 52.painting 53.agreed 54.minutes 55.to laugh VI.书面表达。 Zhou Liang is a man of Beijing. He was born in 1979. He began to learn the violin at the age of five. When he was ten years old, he started his first show. He entered Beijing University to study music at the age of fifteen. He won many international prizes in the world. He is very famous.