人教版八年级英语上册单元测试题Unit 5

1 人教版八年级英语上册单元测试题 Unit 5 第二卷　笔试部分(95 分) 二、单项选择(每小题 1 分，计 10 分) 26. Fred hopes ____ his spoken English, so he practices it every day. A. improve B. improves C. improving D. to improve 27. —Why did Mike come to the party last night? —I don't know. But I'm sure that he had his own (自己的)____. A. action B. rule C. message D. reason 28. I can't stand____ no to whoever needs help. A. say B. to say C. said D. saying 29. The new film is ____. It tells us that friends are important in our life. A. meaningless B. necessary C. educational D. difficult 30. You ____ go out alone at night because you ____ be in danger. A. must; might not B. mustn't; might C. needn't; need D. must; must 31. I heard Mary make much noise in her room last night. Do you know what ____ to her? A. came B. reached C. laughed D. happened 32. Someone broke a window of our classroom and Mrs. White is trying to____ who did it. A. find out B. dress up C. bring out D. stay up 33. The talent show is____ the game show. I like both of them. A. as boring as B. not so boring as C. as interesting as D. not so interesting as 34. —Dale, let's do____ after finishing the work, such as going to the movies and swimming. —Sounds good. A. enjoyable something B. enjoyable nothing C. something enjoyable D. nothing enjoyable 2 35. —What do you think of this TV play? —____ People in it act very well and their clothes are beautiful. A. I can't stand it! B. It's wonderful! C. I hope not. D. That's nothing. 三、完形填空(每小题 1 分，计 15 分) Charlie Chaplin's parents separated a year after his birth in 1889. He lived with his mother and elder brother in a flat in London. Mrs. Chaplin managed to __36__ her children on her own with the money she made as a singer. __37__ ， their economic( 经 济 的 )situation changed when she became ill with laryngitis(喉炎) in 1894. Instead of resting her __38__ until it got better, Mrs. Chaplin kept on singing. Her voice got weaker and weaker and she began to find it __39__ to find well­paid work. One evening Charlie happened to be in the theatre __40__ his mother singing on stage. Suddenly her voice __41__ . She tried to finish the song, but the audience(观众) began to whistle and got angry. Mrs. Chaplin could not continue any longer and walked __42__ the stage crying. The stage manager knew he had to do something quickly to __43__ the embarrassing situation. He remembered Charlie once sang at a party. He __44__ took Charlie by the hand to the stage. After a brief introduction, he left Charlie to please the audience. Charlie began to sing and dance in front of hundreds of people. The audience enjoyed the __45__ very much and began to throw money. __46__ Charlie saw this, he immediately stopped singing and announced to the audience that first he would __47__ the money and then he would finish the song. The audience found this announcement especially __48__ and started to throw even more money onto the stage. Charlie felt perfectly at home on stage. He did not feel __49__ at all and danced and sang more songs to the audience. To his amazement, there was more __50__ and more money throwing. That night was Charlie's first public performance on the stage and his mother's last. 36. A. support B. leave C. ask D. face 3 37. A. Though B. So C. However D. Besides 38. A. sight B. voice C. smell D. hearing 39. A. easy B. difficult C. interesting D. boring 40. A. feeling B. keeping C. realizing D. watching 41. A. rested B. dropped C. broke D. raised 42. A. onto B. off C. towards D. around 43. A. create B. save C. continue D. explain 44. A. slowly B. patiently C. quickly D. coldly 45. A. thought B. description C. speech D. performance 46. A. If B. Till C. When D. Before 47. A. take out B. throw away C. put down D. pick up 48. A. funny B. lucky C. helpful D. painful 49. A. shy B. sad C. satisfied D. excited 50. A. trouble B. anger C. silence D. laughter 四、阅读理解(每小题 2 分，计 30 分) A A Soccer Game Attention, please! There is a soccer game between Class One and Class Two on the playground from 5: 00 to 6: 30 this Thursday. Please come and watch it. Stamp Show Do you want to see different kinds of stamps? Come to the Stamp Show in the school hall. 9: 00 a. m. —5: 00 p. m. every Saturday. Movie Night Place: School Hall Day: Friday Movies: King Kong 5: 00 p. m. —8: 08 p. m. The Sound of Music: 8: 15 p. m. —11: 10 p. m. Enjoy Delicious Food 4 Time: 11: 00 a. m. －5: 00 p. m. Sunday, May 16th Place: On the playground of Beijing International School Help Free the Children raise money to build a new school in Kenya. Craig works for the rights of children. Let's make his dream come true! Welcome to our International Food Festival! 51. When can you watch a soccer game? A. 5：00 p. m. －6：30 p. m. B. 9：00 a. m. －5：00 p. m. C. 5：00 p. m. －8：08 p. m. D. 11：00 a. m. －5：00 p. m. 52. Which activities are held in the school hall? A. Stamp Show and Movie Night B. Movie Night and Enjoy Delicious Food C. Stamp Show and Enjoy Delicious Food D. A Soccer Game and Stamp Show 53. What can you do on Friday? A. Watch a soccer game. B. Watch a stamp show. C. Watch a movie. D. Enjoy delicious food. 54. The four Ads (广告) don't have ____. A. time B. prices C. names D. places 55. What does the underlined word“raise”mean in Chinese according to the passage? A. 上升 B. 养殖 C. 举起 D. 筹集 B Soap operas and sitcoms are two kinds of popular TV shows. What are the differences between them? A soap opera is usually very long and has many episodes (集). All the episodes of a soap opera are interconnected. The first soap opera was on radio in the early 1920s. One of the most 5 famous soap operas is Friends. A sitcom, or a situation comedy, is a set of funny stories. These stories all happen in a small place, like a house or a workplace. Sitcoms are different from soap operas. Each story in a sitcom is a different one and sitcoms make people feel happy. There is a very popular sitcom on TV in China. Everyone likes it. Do you know it? It is Home with Kids. 56. When was the first soap opera on radio? A. In 1930. B. In the early 1920s. C. In the 1930s. D. In the late 1930s. 57. What does the underlined word “interconnected” mean in Chinese? A. 不连接的 B. 互相关联的 C. 无法连接的 D. 没有电的 58. What is Friends? A. It is one of the most famous soap operas. B. It is a very popular sitcom on TV in China now. C. It's the most popular sitcom in America. D. It's the first soap opera on TV. 59. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage? A. A soap opera is usually very short. B. A soap opera has a few episodes. C. A sitcom is a set of funny stories. D. Sitcoms are the same as soap operas. 60. What's the best title of the passage? A. Differences between Soap Operas and Sitcoms. B. How Was the First Soap Opera Made? C. Sitcoms and Funny Stories. D. How to Make People Feel Happy? C American boys and girls love watching television. Some children will spend six hours a day at school, and then spend another four to six hours in front of the television set. Some even watch television for eight hours or more on Saturdays. 6 TV shows are like books or films. A child can learn both good things and bad things from them. Some programs help children understand the world better. Others introduce them to people and places from other countries or other times in history. With TV, a child does not have to go to the zoo to see animals or to the ocean to see a ship. Boys and girls can see plays, concerts or games at home. Television brings many places and events into our homes. Some programs show crime(犯罪活动) and other things that children shouldn't watch, so parents need to help their kids to find out the good programs, and they can also help their kids to find other interesting things to do and limit their children's TV time. 61. Some American children usually spend ____ a day in school. A. four hours B. four to six hours C. six hours D. more than eight hours 62. Some children spend eight hours or more ____ on Saturdays. A. studying B. playing card games C. watching TV D. helping their parents 63. On television, children can see ____. A. games B. animals C. oceans D. almost everything 64. What does the underlined sentence mean? A. Television is bad for children. B. Television makes people love their homes. C. People can learn about things without going to them. D. People can see houses and buildings on TV. 65. What is the main idea of the passage? A. Why TV is bad. B. The good and bad sides of TV. C. How kids watch TV. D. Programs on TV for children. 五、任务型阅读(每小题 2 分，计 10 分) Many boys and girls like to watch TV. And ①they spend some time watching TV every day. I ask some children something about TV shows. Here are their likes and dislikes. 7 Jenny likes Healthy Living. She says it's very interesting. Her sister Cindy doesn't like it. She likes Sports News. She thinks it's very exciting. Bob likes Chinese Cooking. He likes Chinese food very much. Alan can't stand Chinese Cooking. ②He thinks cooking is for moms. He loves Animal World. Oh, last month Alan joined in CCTV's Animal World. ③He went to South Africa with the host. There he saw lots of elephants. 66. 根据①处画线部分的意思完成下面的句子(每空一词)。 It ____ them some time______ ______TV every day. 67. 将②处画线部分的句子翻译成汉语。 _______________________________________________________________________ 68. 将③处画线部分的句子改为否定句。 _______________________________________________________________________ 69. 根据短文内容回答问题。 (1)What does Cindy like? _______________________________________________________________________ (2)What did Alan see in South Africa? _______________________________________________________________________ 70. 根据短文内容判断句子正(T)误(F)。 (1) Many children don't like to watch TV. (2) Bob likes Chinese Cooking. 六、补全对话(每小题 1 分，计 5 分) 根据对话内容，在空白处填入恰当的句子，使对话完整、通顺。 A：Hello! This is Tom. B：Hi, Tom. This is Jack. 71. _____________________________________________? A：Not much. Do you have any plans for tomorrow? B：72. _________________________________________________________________. A：What kind of movie do you want to watch? B：73. ____________________________________________________________. A：Action movies are too boring. There is too much fighting in them. 74. ___________________________________________________________. 8 B：Well, what kind of movies do you like best? A：Comedies. They're more relaxing than action movies. B：Yeah, you're right! Then let's go to Town Cinema. It has the friendliest service. A：75. ______________________________________________________________. What about Center Cinema? It's a lot cheaper. B：OK. Let's meet at 4 p. m. tomorrow in front of the cinema. Bye! A：Bye! 七、根据汉语意思及括号内所给的英语提示，完成句子(每小题 1 分，计 5 分) 76. 学生们正在讨论电视节目。(discuss) The students are ________ ________ ________ about TV shows. 77. 我们必须尽我们最大的努力去查出事情的真相。(find) We must try our best ________ ________ ________ the truth of the matter. 78. 不管她多忙，她都乐意帮助别人。(ready) No matter how busy she is, she ________ ________ ________ ________ others. 79. 凯特在歌咏比赛中表现得很出色。(job) Kate ________ ________ ________ ________ in the singing competition. 80. 布莱克夫人期待盛装赴宴。(dress) Mrs. Black expects ________ ________ ________ for the dinner. 八、综合填空(每小题 1 分，计 10 分) 阅读短文，从方框中选择恰当的词并用其适当形式填空，使短文完整、通顺。每词 限用一次。 but, study, discuss, watch, it, how, culture, relax, show, by Now more and more young people from all around the world come to China for study or work. Alex, a 21­year­old American, came to Nanjing81. ________ Chinese last year. He works hard. Besides ( 除……之外) learning in class, the young man practiced a lot 82. ________ talking with his friends and watching TV. A Bright World (《世界青年说》) is one of Alex's favorite Chinese TV 83. ________. People can watch it on TV or online. 11 young men have 84. ________ in Chinese on all kinds of things. They come from different countries 85. ________ all live in China. 9 “One of my friends told me about this show, and I started to love it after 86. ________ it for just 5 minutes，” said Alex. “Their talks are fun, 87. ________ and educational at the same time. ” As a beginner of Chinese, Alex sometimes finds 88. ________ a little difficult to follow the talks. However, he says it's not much of a problem. He is happy to see 89. ________ people have casual (非正式的) talks in Chinese. “A Bright World is such a great show，” said Alex. “It helps me with my Chinese, and also lets me know more about 90. ________ of different countries. ” 九、书面表达(10 分) 假如你校英语网站近日就“My favorite TV program”这个话题征文。请你根据以下 提示，用英语写一篇短文，向网站投稿。 提示：1. 你最喜欢的电视节目是什么？ 2. 它是关于什么的？ 3. 你通常什么时候观看？ 4. 你为什么喜欢它？ 5. 从这个节目中你能学到什么？ 要求：80 词左右，可适当发挥。 My favorite TV program ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ 参考答案 第二卷　笔试部分 二、26. D　解析：考查动词不定式。句意为“弗雷德希望提高他的英语口语， 所以他每天都练习”。hope to do sth. 是固定用法，意为“希望做某事”， 故选 D。 27. D　28. D　29. C　 30. B　31. D　32. A 10 33. C　解析：根据“I like both of them. ”可知“the talent show”和“the game show”一样有趣。 34. C　解析：根据“Sounds good. ”可知第一句为肯定语气，而形容词修 饰不定代词时要后置。 35. B　解析：由“People in it act very well and their clothes are beautiful. ” 可知，B 项“它很精彩！”符合语境。 三、36. A　解析：考查动词辨析。根据上文“Charlie Chaplin's parents separated a year after his birth in 1889. ”可知，Charlie 的父母分居后，他的妈妈独自 抚养孩子们。support 意为“抚养，支持”。故选 A。 37. C　解析：根据下文中的“when she became ill with laryngitis(喉炎)”可知， 然而，在他的妈妈因喉炎生病后，他们的经济状况改变了。上下文构成转 折关系。However 意为“然而”。故选 C。 38. B　解析：考查名词辨析。根据下文中的“Her voice got weaker and weaker”可知，他的妈妈没有等声音好转，就继续唱歌。故选 B。 39. B　40. D 41～45：CBBCD 46～50：CDAAD 四、51～55：AACBD　56. B 57. B　解析：根据第二段的第一句“一部肥皂剧通常很长又有很多集。”可 推测出第二句意为“一部肥皂剧中的所有剧集都是有关联的。”故选 B。 58. A 59. C　解析：根据第二段的第一句可知 A、B 项都错误；根据第三段的第一 句可知 C 项正确；根据第三段的第三句可知 D 项错误。故选 C。 60. A 61～65：CCDCB 五、66. takes; to watch　 67. 他认为做饭是妈妈们的事。 68. He didn't go to South Africa with the host. 69. (1) She likes Sports News. (2) He saw lots of elephants. 70. (1) F　(2) T 11 六、71. What are you doing　72. Yes. I want to watch a movie 73. I want to watch an action movie　 74. I can't stand them　 75. But it's the most expensive 七、76. having a discussion　77. to find out　78. is ready to help　 79. did a good job　80. to dress up 八、81. to study　82. by　83. shows　84. discussions　85. but 86. watching　87. relaxing　88. it　89. how　90. culture 九、One possible version： My favorite TV program My favorite TV program is Animal World. You can easily tell from its name what the program is about. It shows the living habits and eating habits of different kinds of animals around the world. I watch it once a week, usually on Saturday evenings. I like Animal World best because I'm interested in animals. Also, I think the animals in the program are very beautiful. I can learn so much about animals from this program and the reason why we need to save endangered animals.