八年級下英語U5基礎(chǔ)練習
I. 單選
1.The children are _____not to skate on such thin ice.
??A.warned ??B.warns ??C.warning ???D.warn
2.Learning body language is very important because it ia a good way to ______with other people, especially those in foreign countries.
??A.speak ??B.communicate ???C.link ???D.connect
3.Please rearrange the following passage _______.
A.in order of time ???B.in the order of time ??C.in order of the time ???D.in the order of the time
4._______of the meeting, the chairman announced a piece of good news.
??A.At the end ??B.In the end ??C.By the end ???D.At end
5.Don’t do the homework for him. Let _____do it ______.
??A.him; himself ???B.her; herself ???C.he; himself ??D.him; itself
6.His mother made a phone call to him ______he arrived in Singapore.
??A.for ??B.because of ??C.as soon as ???D.while
7.What ______weather it is! I feel so comfortable.
??A.pleased ??B.pleasing ???C.pleasant ???D.pleasure
8.---Would you help me with this heavy box?
?---_______
??A.It’s a pleasure. ??B.It’s pleasing. ??C.It’s pleasant. ??D.With pleasure.
9.More than 1,000 scientists will ______the conference which will be held in Shanghai.
??A.attend ??B.join ??C.join in ???D.take part in
10.What should we do first when we are _______?
??A.dangerous ???B.in danger ???C.danger ???D.in the danger
11.______spring is coming, we begin to plant trees in our gardens.
??A.While ???B.As ???C.If ???D.Although
12.______the young boy had failed so many times, he went on with his biological research.
??A.Since ??B.As soon as ????C.Soon after ???D.Although
13.I’m afraid the flight will be put off ______it is raining so heavily today.
??A.though ???B.even if ???C.after ??D.because
II. 改寫句子
Rewrite the following sentences as required.
1. The ?class ?teachers ?have ?a ?meeting ?every?Monday. （改為否定句）
??The class teachers ______ ______ a meeting every Monday.
2. We ought to discuss the problem now. （改為一般疑問句）
??______ we ______ discuss the problem now?
3. Do you prefer a short title for an article? The paper asks. （將兩句合為一句）
??The paper asks ______ you ______ a short title for an article.
4. Shanghai Wenhui Daily is published once a day. （對劃線部分提問）
??______ ______ is Shanghai Wenhui Daily published?
5. We will plant more trees on 2010 Tree-plant-ing Day. (改為被動語態(tài))
??More trees will ______ ______ on 2010 Tree-planting Day.
. III. 閱讀理解
A
????Tom arrived at the bus station quite early for the Paris bus. The bus for Paris would not leave until five to twelve. He saw a lot of people waiting in the station. Some were standing in line. Others were walking around. There was a group of schoolgirls. Their teacher was trying to keep them in line. Tom looked around but there was no place for him to sit.
????He walked into the station café, and he looked up at the clock there. It was only twenty to twelve. He found a seat and sat down before a large mirror (鏡子) on the wall. Just then, Mike, one of Tom's workmates came in and sat with Tom.
??“What time is your bus?” asked Mike.
??“There's plenty of time yet,” answered Tom.
??“Well, I'll get you some more tea then.” said Mike.
????They talked while drinking. Then Tom looked at the clock again. “Oh!It's going backward (倒行)!” he cried. “A few minutes ago it was twenty to twelve and now it's half past eleven.”
??“You are looking at the clock in the mirror,” said Mike. Tom was very sad. The next bus was not to leave for another hour. Since then, Tom has never liked mirrors.
( ??) 1. Tom ?went ?to ?the ?station ?café ?because?there were no people in the station.
( ??) 2. Tom met one of his workmates in the café.
( ??) 3. In fact it was half past twelve when Tom looked at the clock in the mirror again.
( ??) 4. The next bus would leave in half an hour.
( ??) 5. Tom doesn't like mirrors now.
B
????We are often told by our parents not to spend more than we have. It seems that the people who run several big US companies never learned that lesson.
????Over the past years, a number of the US banks have gone out of business. Millions of people have lost their money. Thousands of workers have lost their jobs. The financial crisis(金融危機) that began in 2007 has taken a turn for the worse.
????Experts say that the crisis was caused by banks lending too much money. With rising oil prices and falling house prices, many people and companies who borrowed money have found themselves unable to pay it back. This has left the banks out of pockets.
????However, the financial storm in the US is now affecting the rest of the world. If so, China will be one of the first countries to be hurt. No country has lent more than China to the US now. Moreover, the US is one of the largest buyers of Chinese goods. China will suffer a great loss (遭受巨大損失) if Americans have less money in pockets to spend on Chinese goods.
( ??) 1. The beginning of the financial crisis were
???______.
????A. last week B. in 2007???C. last month D. over the past weeks
( ??) 2. The phrase “taken a turn for the worse” in the second paragraph means “______”.
????A. 好轉(zhuǎn) B. 得到遏制 ?C. 變得更糟 D. 得到解決
( ??) 3. People can't pay back the money they borrowed from the banks because ______.
????A. they wouldn't like to pay it back???????B. oil prices have risen
????C. house prices have fallen down????????D. Both B and C
( ??) 4. ______ has lent the most money to the US.
????A. China ????B. France ????C. Japan ??D. Canada
( ??) 5. From the passage, we can learn ______.
????A. the financial crisis will affect all other countries except China
????B. the Americans don't like Chinese goods
????C. the crisis was caused by banks in Japan lending too much money
????D. China may suffer a great loss in the financial crisis ?????????????
C
????A beggar was sitting at the train station with a bowl full of pencils. A young manager passed by and dropped a dollar in the bowl. Then he got on the train. Before the doors closed, something came to his mind and he went back to the beggar, took up some __1__, and said, “After all, you are a business person and so am I.” Then he left.
????Six months __2__, the manager came to a party. The beggar was also there in a suit and tie. The beggar went up to the manager and said, “You probably don't remember me but I remember you.” Then he __3__ about what had happened six months before. The manager said, “I do remember that you were begging. What are you doing here in your suit and tie?”
The beggar replied, “You probably remember what you did to me that day. You__4__ the first person in my life who gave my dignity (尊嚴) back to me. You took some pencils and said some words to me. After you left, I __5__ to myself, ‘What am I doing here? ??__6__ am I begging?' I decided to do something helpful to my life. Then I started working and here I am. I just want to __7__ you for giving my dignity back to me. What you did for me changed my life.”
( ??) 1. A. chocolate B. coins?????C. pencils ????D. food
( ??) 2. A. after B. earlier????C. later D. ago
( ??) 3. A. wrote ????B. talked????C. read D. listened
( ??) 4. A. be ????????????B. were ???C. have ????????D. will be
( ??) 5. A. said ????????B. told ???C. spoke ????????D. talk
( ??) 6. A. How ????????B. Why ???C. Where ????????D. When
( ??) 7. A. thank ????B. pay??????C. suggest ????D. consider
D
????Some teenagers think that newspapers are?b__1__ and only for adults, but that's not true. There are many interesting stories in the paper. You just need to be clear about what you are looking at. “I s__2__ about half an hour reading newspapers every day.” said 15-year-old Gao Ming from Beijing. “I'm i__3__ in things that happen at school.” School news is just one kind of news story in newspapers. There is also world news: from international problems to pop stars.
????Read the newspapers c__4__ and you'll find different types of articles, such as:?News stories—these stories are about events. Reporters try to explain all points of a story to help readers understand what happened. The reporters try to speak to as m__5__ people as possible. They also use pictures and statisitcs (數(shù)據(jù)) to show the readers?that the stories are true. When we read these stories, we learn about the facts, not the writer's opinions.
????Advertisements—don't get happy t__6__ early when you read these. Sweet words and lovely p__7__ are just ways to get us interested in products. People have to pay to put advertise-ments in newspapers.
參考答案
I. ?ABBAA ?CCDAB ?BDD
1.??don't have ?2.?Ought, to ??3.?if, prefer ??4. ?How often ??5.?be planted
III. A. 1-5 FTTFT ?????B. 1-5 BCDAD ????C. 1-5 CCBBABA
D. 1. boring ?2. spend ?3. interested ?4. carefully ?5. many ?6. too ?7. pictures
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